Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Names.io
A global exhaustive names database
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Names.io launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2023 · joostjansen.me · its alternatives →
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Names Generators▲161Instant name generator can generate millions of unique names
2016 · its alternatives →
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I built this API to return the closest named color for any hex value—using curated lists like my own [1], XKCD [2], and others. I made it from scratch without Express or any frameworks because: - I’m a frontend/interaction dev and wanted to learn how to build an API from the ground up. - Existing APIs didn’t guarantee unique names per color—mine does. - It also supports WebSocket updates, gzip responses, and multiple name sets. I’ve been collecting color names for over 10 years [1]. With ~30,000 entries, bundling them into every color-related project became excessive. This API keeps…
2025 · meodai.github.io · its alternatives →
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2015 · namesmith.io · its alternatives →
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The idea is simple: click any place on the map, propose a name, others vote, or it will be auto-accepted in ~5min. No account needed for fresh locations or name duel - only to challenge already-renamed places or vote to prevent abuse. 40k renames so far, and surprisingly people mostly behave. Some names are genuinely creative and I keep learning random geography facts just by watching the map (did you know someone mapped every single animal in a Taiwan Kaohsiung zoo on OpenStreetMap?) Non-commercial, just a side project. Stack is SvelteKit, MapLibre, 40GB vector map self-hosted on Cloudflare…
Feb 2026 · rename.world · its alternatives →
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2016 · instantnamegenerator.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I'm often looking for short domain names for my various projects, and I thought it would be a good idea to publish my lists and make them available to others. At the time of writing, mononames offers more than 850,000 one-word domain names available in over 40 TLDs. The lists are in downloadable spreadsheet format, with grammatical classes and sentiments. Updated lists are sent by e-mail every week. An extract from one of the lists is freely available on the mononames website, along with a "surprise" for the .ing TLD. If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to reply…
2024 · mononames.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! Long time reader, first time submitter. I've finallllyy got my first webapp online. It's been a long time coming, I started it over a year ago and just been an hour here, a couple of hours here, and a period of a couple of months of nothing. I first wrote it as a way to learn some python it sort of grew to fill a need I had. It's at a point now where I'd LOVE some feedback as I am going round in circules. Please, it's free, just hit the home page, plugin in a name/email and url you want to links checked on. If you use the name 'DeleteMe' I will remove the account after a week, so feel…
2012 · its alternatives →
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We were finding it hard to come up with a name for our soon to be born daughter so I decided to make an app to help us find one. Let me know what you think! www.namemeababy.com
2013 · its alternatives →
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A place to generate unique names
2024 · uniquenamegenerators.com · its alternatives →
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Among others, I am maintaining, what I believe, is the largest collection of unique color-names. To go with it, I created a few tools to help users explore and understand the huge list: Color Picker (Klick the icon): https://codepen.io/meodai/full/mEvZRx/ Full List: https://codepen.io/meodai/full/VMpNdQ/ Color Name distribution: https://codepen.io/meodai/full/zdgXJj/ in different color spaces As well as some tools that are related to color in general and just made a bit nicer by adding unique names to…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Every product that allows usernames eventually ships the same broken solution. Someone adds a blacklist. Then a regex. Then another regex copied from StackOverflow. It works just long enough to ship, and then `admin`, `support`, city names, brand impersonation, and obvious slurs start leaking through anyway. Everyone knows it’s fragile, but it gets ignored because "it’s just usernames". I’ve had to rebuild this logic across multiple products, and I got tired of pretending it’s a solved problem. So I built *username.dev*, an API that answers a more useful question than "is this taken?" — it…
Dec 2025 · username.dev · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I noticed a lot of people have trouble finding the right .com name for their startup or project and I want to help. I just launched NameMage.com and want to help you find a great available .com name for your startup or you pay nothing. No strings attached. Just let me know a little about your project and what you're looking for and I'll do the rest. To get started, visit http://www.NameMage.com Also, any feedback is appreciated. Hope I Can Help!
2012 · its alternatives →
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