Creative software company name suffix

A lot of technology companies, especially non-consumer facing, have a multi-part name. The first part can be almost anything... The last word, or suffix, is a more formulaic noun, common choices being:

Technology
Networks
Solutions
Software
Development
Associates

So you might have "Blue Sky Software", or "Kiwi Solutions" or "Purple Panda Technology". I'm ignoring the legal incorporation suffix here.

This last part of the name describes what a company is or does, but I think it can be made to do more with just a little creativity. Can anyone show me a list of words that could be used in this context? I'm especially interested in any creative ideas relevant to modern tech companies.

Edit:

To exemplify, here is a name I discovered today: http://www.armadillobitworks.com/ "Bitworks" says what they do - implies stuff works, low-level bits, a work ethic. I'm hoping someone has thought of more like this or has a list.

Naming Domain Name

asked Jun 11 '11 at 03:00

Paperjam
394 points

How is this startup related/specific? – Tim J 13 years ago
@Tim every startup needs to come up with a name for itself – Paperjam 13 years ago
@paperjam, @kekito - So does every baby. As does a college course. Or a book. This also isn't a question about a name - it is a general discussion/poll about a highly subjective topic. – Tim J 13 years ago
Also seems like a duplicate of: http://www.brightjourney.com/q/better-suffix-enterprise-product-company-domain – Tim J 13 years ago
@Tim - I'm asking for a list so it's not really poll/discussion. Your link is specific to "enterprise product", my question is similar but much wider. But no so wide it applies to baby naming! – Paperjam 13 years ago
I also think this is a good question, while on the subjective side, that is useful to the site/community and something that others will want to know about. – Kort Pleco 13 years ago

3 Answers

I really like 'labs' for this, a great example would be: http://www.vigetlabs.com I hope this is what you're looking for.

answered Jun 14 '11 at 05:55

Ale Focardi
184 points

Guess it doesn't need to be having any suffixes. EX: Apple, Google, Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft, JDEdwards, Accenture, CapGemini, etc have names w/o any of these suffixes. It reflects the founders ability to decide on a simple sounding name. thanks

answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:41

Giridhar Nayak
11 points

'Computing' and 'Systems' are two other common/good suffixes.

answered Jul 28 '11 at 18:21

Joydeep Sen Sarma
101 points