What to call a company???

October 12, 2011 By Paul Yeatman

Back when I was not serious about being arty farty or being a designer, the name I liked to go by was “The Alien’s Niche”.

These days, I’ve been thinking of more appropriate names. Or inappropriate ones.

Should I use my first or last names or a combination? Should I use words like design or creative? Should I use a name I can trademark and I would not mind selling if my non existing business became big and popular? Should I go for a random like Strontium or Bastion of Mung?

Anyhow, during such ponderings, I came across the following site: Ridiculous Company Names

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About The Author

Paul Yeatman

Microbiologist with >15 years in the pharmaceutical industry with such responsibilities as trainer, team leader, auditor, technical writer, validator, quality assurance and control, viable environmental monitoring and more. I've dabbled with computers since the 80's and am fairly IT savvy, acting as a help desk for my immediate and extended family. After toying with visual design since high school, I qualified as a graphic designer in 2012. For leisure I ride and race my many bicycles, create websites, mange my cycling club's social media and am passionate about increasing everyone's knowledge.