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By: Madeline Mooney

Madeline Mooney — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:28:30 +0000

Just found your site - great reading. How about looking at our name? Goombah - def. friend or advisor - is a new music discovery service.

Madeline Mooney
VP, Marketing, Goombah

By: The Name Inspector

The Name Inspector — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:44:21 +0000

Gwen, I think “Fussyboy” is a fun name. Its use of the comically negative characteristic “fussy” is very evocative parenthood (I have a 2-year-old), and it does roll off the tongue, especially pronounced as a compound as you’ve written it. The gender-specific nature of the name concerns me a little: do little girls and their parents feel comfortable buying your booties? Or do you only make boys’ booties?

By: The Name Inspector

The Name Inspector — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:38:16 +0000

Rachel and Brian, I can’t say much about your business names without knowing anything about your businesses, but here goes: “Write with Meaning” seems to be a play on “Ripe with Meaning”. I see what you might be getting at, but I find “Write with Meaning” a little confusing, since it’s hard to imagine writing without meaning. As for “StrongMail Systems”, it strongly suggests security to me, evoking “chainmail”.

I’m afraid I can’t go into much more detail than that, because lots of people have contacted me (most by email) asking for opinions about their names, and I just don’t have the time to give each one the attention it deserves.

Best of luck to both of you!

By: The Name Inspector

The Name Inspector — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:22:57 +0000

Digg done.

By: Plush

Plush — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:52:29 +0000

Taking profile requests yet? Do Digg!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:00:28 +0000

I would love to get your opinion on the name that we choose for our company- Fussyboy! We are a Seattle based company that designs and markets Baby Booties. We have been in business for 5 years, and the origins of the name Fussyboy! came from our son Miles, who was a tad bit fussy when he was a baby. More importantly, I thought the name had a cool kind of tone to it, and rolled off the tongue pretty well…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:43:36 +0000

What’s in my companies name??? StrongMail Systems

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:15:59 +0000

What a fabulous service (business?) this is! I used to be good friends with a linguist and have always loved that seemingly secret knowledge of language’s inner workings. I’m curious what is cool or clunky about my own business name, Write with Meaning. Honestly, I chose it because I brainstormed a list of words and phrases and then checked to see which ones had urls still available.

By: june

june — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:53:01 +0000

After hearing your expertise on all possible names
for baby Newman, I am sure Name Inspector will be
in high demand! Love the picture!