Alternate Title:  Just Like Pizza & Beer - Only Now Without The Empty Calories!

Back by popular demand.  For all the folks who want to get stuff named but haven't a penny (or 50,000,000 pennies) to spare...

Disclaimer: We've pulled together a quick list of the free (and cheap) Name Generators available online (and some that are downloadable) for your use.  Note that we do not recommend the use of these things, since most are not much smarter than your average Magic 8-Ball and you're entrusting the future of your business or product on it.  They just don't have the brainpower/horsepower needed to provide name candidates and the evaluation you need to select the right brand for your "thing." 

These are tools, not things you trust to name your business. 

You have been warned.  (We don't advocate the use of any of these things - so there shall be no blaming of us when you find out your name means "Chicken-Butt" in the next country you attempt to conquer with capitalism.)

That said... here's a list of more than 15 name generators we've come across (order is currently random - though we may change it over time.):

• Primarily a domain name development tool, Nameboy can combine a couple terms and search for iterations - and then tell you what's available on the 'net.
• Part of the many free services that Wordlab provides is a suite of naming tools (mostly based on blind luck, but still entertaining) that name everything from drugs to bands.  It's one of many "click button and get name" services available.  Chances are low you'll find something applicable in any reasonable amount of time.  In fairness, though, the message boards at Wordlab are likely one of the only free places you can go and have a chance that someone with experience may actually answer a naming question for free.  No promises, but it might happen.
• If you know that you must have a particular word in your name and are just trying to find something to add to it then Rhymer's "Name Your Business, Product, or Web Site" name generator is probably a good bet.  It appears somewhat sophisticated and allows you to select languages and various combining forms.
  
• The good folks at 2Robots have a couple name generators for product names and business names.  They're both single-click services (though they do allow you to select your industry.)  Cute.  But be prepared for lots of clicking before you find something useful - if you find something useful.
• Another questionably useful, though again still fun, one is at at funnies.paco.to (where we probably were suitably warned by the website name.)  Click the button and watch as two words get mashed together in mostly hard-to-pronounce ways.
• "Make My Related Name" has promise if you're looking for a coined term.  Enter a word, click a button and this baby will make up a bunch of fake words that look like they could be related to the word you entered.  It'll also throw a few synonyms at you for good measure.  Not sure how the first bit works, but if you're lacking in creativity this might be worthwhile.
• Kessels Word Generator is another fun tool.  It seems to work similarly to Make My Related Name - though instead of needing a feeder word you tell it what language you want the word to sound like.  BE WARNED - it occasionally (accidentally?) spits out real words.  Both in English and German I was lucky enough to get stuff that actually meant something.  If I'd been going for gibberish I'd have been sadly disappointed. 
  
• MakeWords gives us a domain name focused naming tool.  We get to choose language and length and this baby does the rest.  It'll spit out random website names and tell you if they're available.  You can also do keyword searches that give you some powerful options.  You can modify the way the keywords or used to search for industry-appropriate names, language parts, or other bits that lead to promising web addresses.
• Purely a random name generator, Noemata just gives you list after list of made up stuff.  Good if you're pressed for time.  Probably not so good if you actually want to go into business.
  
• Want to host your own Name Generator service?  AllTheScripts gives you that option too. We didn't try it, but someone may be interested in tweaking their own tool... so to speak.
• Webmaster toolkit allows you to put in a phrase (like "starry night") and helpfully suggests websites that you could use that are related to your term (like "cd-discovering-night-rom-starry-universe-w").  Not sure what makes this thing work - but it can occasionally use some whacks on the head.  The fact that they offer a Domain Name Typo Generator right next to this one suggests that perhaps this isn't the best place to go for quality names.  Unless you really want to be known as Mucrosuft.  (Though if you want to prevent others from stealing your traffic it might not be a bad idea...)
• BustAName gives us the ability to search for websites that combine the words we use exactly as we enter them.  Pretty nifty if you know the words you want in your name and are just trying to find a website that well allow you to use them. 
  
• 123Finder is one of the most powerful - though it too is aimed at Domains rather than business names.  Check out the stuff they allow you to do:

• Search for domain names related to the keyword "domain name"
• Browse quickly through the list of available 10-character domains
• See available domains from the Japanese dictionary
• Find out who is the owner of example.com or any other domains
• Explore some trivia from the domain registration database

They've got a nice suite of service built around all sorts of stuff.  Key word searches, length=based lists, dictionaries, ownership, and more. 

• Cheap Domain offers software (that doesn't work on our Macintoshes, so we can't try it out for you) that appears to help with domain naming.  Give it a shot and let us know how it works if you like. 
  
• Webscriptlab has a one-click service that develops Web 2.0 Names.  They're pretty goofy, but if you've got a "me-too" product this is just the thing to get you a name that sounds like everyone elses.  Can't argue with that...

Af few other options we came across aren't free, but might be worth a peek if you need a bit more help.

• Picky Domains offers live assistance in finding websites that will meet your needs - though they charge about $50 or so to do it.
• Name Razor appears to do what some of the free online services do.  If someone can tell me the difference (other than that you pay money for this one) I'd be happy to show it here.
• Names & Brands offers a time-based service that looks pretty useful for the approximately $20 per week they charge.  Unfortunately I couldn't figure out what the product actually did or how it works.  Though the site promises that it's real easy and effective and lots of businesses larger and more profitable than mine have used it.  If I were in a bad spot I might just give this a try to see what they offered.  But I've not been in a bad spot so I haven't needed to try it...  Someone want to give me a trial so I can actually say something applicable here?
  

That appears to be the list.  At least the ones we've come across in the past year, anyhow.  If you have a service you'd like listed here just let us know via our contact page and we'll check it out. 

Hope you find this stuff useful.  (And remember - We do not advise the use of this stuff for naming your business.  You could do it... but chances are good that you probably shouldn't.)