YerName generates business name ideas from a word that must be included and an optional short description of what the business does, choosing between short brandable names or word-combination styles. Every suggested name is pre-checked for a currently available .com domain before it is shown, and the tool also checks whether the same name is already taken on major social media platforms, so a founder can see in one pass whether a name is realistically usable across a website and social accounts. Suggested names can be saved for later, and the tool is built and maintained by a single developer, Laszlo Matuska, who funds its continued development through user donations rather than a subscription.
As a donation-funded, solo-maintained tool, YerName does not carry the support guarantees or update cadence of a funded company’s product, so a founder relying on it as part of a time-sensitive launch should treat any downtime or slow response to a bug report as a real possibility. A name being available as a .com domain and unclaimed on social media at the moment of checking does not guarantee it stays that way, so a founder who finds a name they like should register the domain promptly rather than assuming it will remain free.
The tool is free to use, with no account, subscription or per-search fee; the developer asks users who find it useful to consider a voluntary donation to support ongoing development.
