Best 5 Random Domain Name Generators and Suggestion Tools

Setting up a new website and still thinking for a unique domain for it? Usually you come up with some good names that you’ve thought of and go straight to domain registrar to register and find out that the name is already taken. Then you get two choices at that point; either consider the suggested and related names from the domain registrar or think again for some new and this time — some random names, that you feel sure of are not taken already.

With more then 192 Million active domain names registered, it becomes even harder to find a good domain name that matches a product, service, or website concept that is not already taken. People then go for some crazy random words and combine them to create a unique name for their websites. This random name thinking process becomes even more tiring when you go and check each name one by one.

This is where Domain Name Generators or Suggestion tools make your life much easier. They not only create and suggest random domain names but also tell you whether those name are taken. Recently when I was suggesting a domain for my friend’s website I searched for these domain name generators and found so many of them while searching, I though to share some good ones that might help you in suggesting domain name for your next website.

So, here are the Top 5 Domain Name Generators, ranked on my personal usage experience. Leave your valuable comments and add the service you’ve used and like and you think should be included in the list as well.

1. BustAName

With Bustaname, you get a friendly clean interface that offers good customized results. You give some keywords that are in your mind and add them in the list and start playing with the suggestions that are very closely related to the keywords you entered. The next column shows the available domain with the keywords in the name. You can directly go to domain registrar’s website of your choice after finalizing the name. Bustaname have a special deal with Godaddy and offer discounted prices.

2. NameStation

You choose the extension, characters starting and ending limit, enter the keyword, and hit the Go button. You get a long list of with full of random names to choose from. From then on you can refine the results, by choosing specific domain registrar, get the details and all available domain extension for your suggested name. There’s a interesting “analyze” button in front of each suggested name, by clicking which you can see the availability status in a new window with the domain registrar website already opened and necessary information filled.

3. Dot-o-Mator

Use Dot-o-mator to create domain name suggestions. Just enter a word (or words) in the left box, and choose some endings (or enter your own). Click to combine them. If you see a name you like, you can check its availability or save it to your scratch board. There is a max of 15 words in the prefix and suffix boxes.

It also has “Web 2.0 name Generator” so that you can get more fancy suggestions. You don’t have to provide your keywords to create 2.0’ish name — It just generates them randomly.

4. Suggest.Name

Suggest.name is a dedicated Web 2.0 name generator. You set a prefix and suffix for the name and choose from preset categories already filled with dozens of keywords. If you start seeing some really crazy random names then you can consider ignoring the categories and enter your own keywords in the column. There’s a result column and finally a scratch board column to save the results. Select the name that you want to check the availability for and hit “check” button to get redirected to domain registrar’s site.

5. DomainTools

Simplest generator of all. But still shows very close results matching your entered keywords. It shows a limited list but still lot better as it shows the availability for the suggested names as well. By default you can see availability of .com .net .org .info .biz and .us extensions. Click the “buy this” button in the column of respective extension of your choice in front of the name you chose.

Once you done with selecting the domain name, head over to find a good web hosting provider.