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Brandable Domain Name Generator

Type a pattern such as CVCV and get pronounceable, made-up domain names that you can check for availability.

C is a consonant, V a vowel, L any letter, N a digit. Any other character stays as it is, so CVNN makes names like fa24.

Availability Check Mode

As You Go checks only the 20 rows of the page you open. All at Once checks every row first. No Check skips the lookups.

How the Brandable Domain Generator works

A pattern describes the shape of the name: C is a consonant (b, c, d and so on, with y included), V is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), L is any letter and N is a digit. Any other character stays exactly as you typed it, so lower-case c, v, l and n are plain letters. The tool builds every name that fits, from the left, so the rightmost position changes fastest and the list comes out in alphabetical order. Names are lower case.

Then it adds your extension and checks availability from your browser with DNS lookups against Cloudflare and Google, using the check mode you chose. A pattern may make up to 1,000,000 names in As You Go or No Check mode, and up to 200,000 in All at Once. Nothing you type is sent to Handreg.

Worked example

Pattern CVCV with extension .com makes 21 x 5 x 21 x 5 = 11,025 names. The first four, in order, are:

Input CVCV + .com

  • baba.com
  • babe.com
  • babi.com
  • babo.com

The pattern CV makes 21 x 5 = 105 names, from ba, be, bi, bo and bu through to zu. LLLL makes 456,976 names, which works in As You Go and No Check mode but is over the 200,000 limit of All at Once.

How to use it, step by step

  1. Type a pattern with the letters C, V, L and N, plus any fixed characters, for example CVCV or CVNN.
  2. Type an extension. A leading dot is added for you and the extension must be one the tool knows.
  3. Choose a check mode: As You Go (the default), All at Once or No Check.
  4. Press Generate, then page through the table, sort it, copy a column or export it as CSV.

How to read the results

Combination is the name without the extension, Domain is the name with it, and Length counts the combination.

In As You Go mode only the 20 rows of the open page are checked, and sort, copy column and Export To CSV act on those rows. In All at Once every name is checked. In No Check there is no Status column, and above 50,000 names it also works page by page.

Taken means Cloudflare or Google DNS reports that the name already exists. Likely Available means neither found it, or the check could not finish. A name can be registered without being in use, so a Likely Available name can still be taken: confirm it at a registrar before you buy. A .com name of four or fewer letters is shown as Taken without a lookup.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a domain name brandable?

A brandable name is short, easy to say, easy to spell and distinct, and does not describe a product literally. There is no formula, so treat the generated list as raw material: read the names aloud and pick the ones that feel right for your project.

What is a CVCV domain?

CVCV stands for consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel, a four-letter shape such as loka or fifa. Alternating the two kinds of letters tends to give names that are easy to pronounce, although the tool does not know whether a name means something in any language.

How short should a brandable domain be?

Shorter names are easier to type and remember, but short .com names are almost all registered and this tool reports .com names of four or fewer letters as taken without a lookup. Try a longer pattern, such as CVCVC, or another extension such as .io or .co.

Which characters can a pattern contain?

Letters of any alphabet, digits and hyphens. C, V, L and N in capitals are placeholders, and everything else, including lower-case c, v, l and n, is kept as a fixed character. For example CVNN gives names like ba00 to zu99.

Why does the tool refuse some patterns?

The number of names is the product of the choices at each position, so it grows quickly: LLLL already makes 456,976 names and LLLLLL more than 308 million. As You Go and No Check allow up to 1,000,000 names, because only the page on screen is built. All at Once is limited to 200,000, because every name needs two DNS lookups. Above those limits the tool shows an error instead of freezing the tab: fix some positions to letters you like, or switch to As You Go.

What do the check modes do?

As You Go checks only the 20 names of the page you open and remembers visited pages. All at Once checks every name before the final tally, which can be slow for big lists. No Check skips the lookups and hides the status. The mode is read when you press Generate.

Read the guide

Prefer screenshots and a longer walkthrough? Step by Step Guide to Using Handreg’s Brandable Domain Generator.