# Syed's Naming Technique (secret :shushing_face:)

Devise the best name for your next startup / project!

This methodology consists of 5 sequential stages or steps.

> Includes example of a food-oriented social media app.

## Stage 1

This stage involves coming up with a few domain-specific keywords -- off the top of your mind.

For example:

- food
- recipe
- ingredients
- cooking
- sharing

## Stage 2

Next step is to go over to https://relatedwords.org/ (substitutable by wordhippo) and input the keywords you came-up with in the last stage -- one by one, and gather the words that interest you. (these are the words that may appear in your final result, so choose wisely)

- feed
- hunger
- eatable
- foody, foodie
- eat
- kitchen
- meals
- treats
- diet
- snack
- fresh
- oven
- grill
- edible
- tandoor
- dish
- menu
- savour
- taste
- serving
- flavor
- twist

## Stage 3

It gets interesting here! Let's ask AI for some help here: https://namelix.com/

Simply copy your keywords that you invented in stage 2, format them correctly (delimited by commas, or an empty space), paste them in the input box, and hit generate!

Now, you shall give yourself time to go through the overwhelmingly creative names that the tool suggests (customize the _naming style_, _randomness_, _description_ as you please) and start shortlisting potentially usable candidates.

Example:

- BakingBean
- Feedful
- Fauno
- Eatify
- foodee
- Foodgasm
- eatee
- Knead
- HungryCat
- fooderse

## Stage 4

The most important stage! Now you have to put your own brain at work.

Collect the potential candidates from stage 3 in a condensed format and use your natural creativity to make the suggestions sound more natural / genuine / enagaging / welcoming / easily-pronounceable or perhaps invent even newer combinations.

> This step ensures your name absorbs the essence and the context behind its creation.

1. Can I add a suffix / prefix?
2. Can I reverse the order of individual words in a compound word?
3. Can I replace one of the compound words with a similar family word? (ex: replace _bean_ with _ninja_ in BakingBean to make _BakingNinja_)
5. Can I pick some keyword from previous stages, smash it with ideas from the last stage and invent a new name!?
6. (the thought process goes on...)

It's nice to think in the context of a domain name (if you plan to buy one). Explore the variety of many [TLD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains)'s available and imagine your ideas as part of a domain name. For example:

- https://spacedrive.app
- https://feed.ly (not actually owned by feedly but a nice choice)
- https://about.us
- https://last.fm
- https://monetize.it

Don't forget to note down your fresh creative creations!

## Stage 5

The final stage -- discard all but one.