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Name ideas by category

Different extension categories reward different vocabularies. Below are example combinations per category — raw material to adapt, not finished brands. Run finalists through store and trademark checks.

Productivity

Users want calm and control. Vocabulary: focus, flow, zen, dash, task.

• Blends: Focusly, Taskdock, Flownimbus, Zenkit
• Descriptive: Calm Tab Manager, Swift Focus Timer, Clear Reading List

Privacy and security

Users want protection they can feel. Vocabulary: shield, vault, ghost, veil, guard.

• Blends: Shieldwise, Ghostvault, Veilkit, Guarddock
• Descriptive: Silent Cookie Cleaner, Prime Tracker Guard

Shopping

Users want savings with zero effort. Vocabulary: deal, saver, hunt, price, cart.

• Blends: Dealwise, Saverly, Pricehunt, Carthub
• Descriptive: Smart Price Tracker, Rapid Deal Finder

Developer tools

Users want precision and speed. Vocabulary: debug, inspect, lint, probe, trace.

• Blends: Debugdeck, Lintly, Probewise, Tracekit
• Descriptive: Swift Link Checker, Clear Form Filler

Set the generator's category bias to any of these and it will lean its word pool toward the same vocabulary automatically.

More combinations to adapt

• Productivity: Dashwise, Planly, Flowdock, Taskmint, Zenflow, Focusly, Taskdock
• Privacy: Veilwise, Cloakkit, Guardly, Ghostdock, Shieldwise, Ghostvault
• Shopping: Huntdock, Bargainly, Cartwise, Dealflow, Dealwise, Saverly
• Developer tools: Inspectly, Probedock, Buildwise, Lintflow, Debugdeck, Probewise

Each of these is a starting point, not a finished brand. Swap in your seed word, say the result out loud, and search the stores before you commit — the naming guide has the full checking process.

Mixing categories

Real extensions often span categories — a password manager is both privacy and productivity. When yours does, pick the category of the buying motivation, not the feature list. Users install a password tool because they fear breaches (privacy vocabulary: vault, shield), not because they love organizing (productivity vocabulary). Name for the motivation and mention the secondary benefit in the listing description.

More combinations to adapt

• Productivity: Dashwise, Planly, Flowdock, Taskmint, Zenflow
• Privacy: Veilwise, Cloakkit, Guardly, Ghostdock
• Shopping: Huntdock, Bargainly, Cartwise, Dealflow
• Developer tools: Inspectly, Probedock, Buildwise, Lintflow

Each of these is a starting point, not a finished brand. Swap in your seed word, say the result out loud, and search the stores before you commit — the naming guide has the full checking process.

The final availability sweep

Before you commit to a category-flavored name, run one consolidated sweep: exact-phrase web search, all three major extension stores, your country's trademark database, and domain plus social-handle availability. Do it in one sitting for your top three candidates — spreading it over days is how teams fall in love with a name before discovering the collision. The candidate that survives the sweep untouched is your name.

Keep your notes. Six months from now, when someone proposes a rename or a spin-off extension, the sweep results tell you exactly which territory is already yours and which names you already ruled out and why.

One more filter many teams forget: say the finalist out loud in a sentence — "Install Tab Vault from the store." If it sounds natural, it will survive word of mouth, which is still how most extensions spread. If you stumble saying it, your users will stumble recommending it — and every stumbled recommendation is a lost install.

Key takeaways

• Name for the buying motivation, not the feature list — privacy tools get privacy vocabulary.
• Blends are ownable; descriptive names are discoverable; pick the tradeoff deliberately.
• Every example here is raw material — the store search and trademark check make it a candidate.