About Moniker

What you can do

• Explore - paste a seed word, branch by meaning, sound, rhyme, association, opposite, and narrower / broader terms.
• Go deep - see definitions, pronunciation, syllables, rhymes, and related words for any name on the canvas.
• Generate - five ways to coin a name: blends (Instagram), letter swaps (Flickr), prefixes and suffixes, compounds, and invented words. Each comes with a sentence explaining the choice.
• Check feasibility - domain availability (.com / .io / .app), GitHub, npm, Bluesky, Reddit, iTunes, and a US trademark click-through. Every signal loads alongside the name so you never leave the canvas.
• Organise - save finalists to a board with columns for shortlist, finalist, and killed, and notes per candidate.
• Sound Check - send an A-or-B voting link to your audience (designers, cofounders, target customers). See which name wins per group, where groups disagree, and an AI summary of what voters actually said.

How it's built

Moniker runs on the Lotlsoft stack: React 19, Express 5, SQLite. AI goes through lotl-ai, our shared AI service. Auth, telemetry, payments, and push notifications are all shared Lotlsoft services - see lotlsoft.com.

Linguistic data comes from Datamuse, which fronts WordNet + the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Domain availability is RDAP through rdap.org. Feasibility results cache for 1-7 days per source so we're respectful of upstream rate limits.

Pricing at a glance

Exploration, feasibility, boards, and Sound Check polling are free. AI-backed generation and theme extraction cost one credit each. New verified accounts get 5 free credits; top-ups start at A$5 for 100 credits.

Who built this

Moniker is part of Lotlsoft, a small Melbourne-based studio run by Max Craigie. Feedback and product requests are always welcome - every Moniker page has a feedback hook wired through Lotl Observe.