Naming companies is so difficult. The number of constraints a name must satisfy only seems to grow each year. Between the dearth of available domain names, acceptability in other languages and international markets you might go into, it’s surprising we don’t have more names like Zzyzx.

Here are some resources to help with the process:

• List of root words – It can be useful to combine these with a word or words relating to your business.
• NameBoy.com – A site that allows you to select a few words and it will check various combinations if they are available domain names
• Etymologies of existing company names: Wikipedia List, Business Insider article
• PCNames – A tool that merges words and checks their availability in realtime
• FuseName – Another tool to check availability of name combinations
• How to name your startup by Jason Calacanis – Excellent post with additional resources