Which name to choose for my company

I like Oasis

Puimuri Designs

I'd stick with Puimuri, sure you have some complaints but maybe your putting to much attention of the meaning of the word rather than it being just a word.

Look at Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Paypal, Babblefish, Mozilla, Bugzilla, Opera ... do those words mean anything, if so are they actually related to the content of the site?

IMO step away from the meaning of the word.
If you get to hung up on a meaning and your site, style doesn't reflect that then you're doing yourself an injustice.

Also your reasoning of the word (its to old) is one sided, you could also look at it like; "combine new with old", "combine print with web", "combine your stuff with my skills" ...

bold design

I like titanium, but also like olympos too.

I would suggest: olympos.

I remember last year when I was trying to find a name for my web development & management company. I settled with Websilk Concepts, Inc. (http://www.websilk.ca)

eminence I like it!

"Revontuli." Too ugly word to use in Finnish. Here in Helsinki we don't see them but in Lappland they are very common. Here are the biggest advertising agencies in Finland:

SEK & Grey,
PHS-ryhmä,
Taivas-ryhmä,
Evia Helsinki,
Hasan & Partners,
Grey Direct,
Lowe Group Finland,
Publicis Helsinki,
McCann
Imageneering

See? Only Taivas (sky) is genuinely Finnish name. For some reason many many agencies here use English names, I guess it's "cool". I'm sure they all can't be wrong so why make a difference?

Puimuri (combine) was actually very original and also Finnish name but I'm afraid it's a bit too original. People doesn't expect adverticing agency to have such name.

-Teemu

PS. After couple of moments of thinking I realized what is a biggest problem with Puimuri: combine is way too old invention. We use it still everywhere but it is invented about 100 years ago and have evolved very slowly. Www is a bit more than 10 years old and evolving extremely fast. That's why Puimuri is not good name for my company. That's my humble opinion, other people have found also other faults on that name. :csaw:

I think you should do something that would be meaningful to your culture. I don't know, maybe there's something that makes sense in Finland but wouldn't to others. Which is where we can't help you. I agree that you need something unique. "Zenith" isn't it, nor are the other spacey ideas you have on the list up there. Northern Lights might work - do you see those a lot in Finland? I'm guessing yes. What is "Northern Lights" in Finnish?

Yep, loads of companies overseas but not in Finland. Right now I'm not planning new marketing regions. Only real problem is that when one put my name to Google there are several alternatives.

-Teemu

I think that's a bad idea... there are already loads of companies by that name:

See: here for proof!

In fact... there is already a company using that exact name at: zenithmedia.co.uk - probably not a good idea to use it as well... could be confusing for your customers.

Nice name though heres what it means:

The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
The upper region of the sky.
The highest point above the observer's horizon attained by a celestial body.
The point of culmination; the peak: the zenith of her career.

dequali

OK, now I have chosen new name. It's not on the list. The name is Zenith Media. I guess that's the kind of name everybody expects from new media company. I'm also going to make big changes to my web site. Coming in couple of days. But thanks anyway for participation.

Yes I know I have to find some target group, but right now I'm happy with any customers at all.

-Teemu

I think there are already companies with most of those names. Try thinking of something that is a combination of words ie design and quality = "dequali"

errrrm.... maybe not that one, but you get the idea.

Middle-aged people - may I ask why?

Also targetting "small-businesses" is probably not enough, you need to establish yourself with some vertical markets, decide what type of site you are good at and develop a portfolio for that type of customer. Someone in Interior Design - for example - would be more interested in your businesses if you can show them a portfolio full of Interior Design related sites... Just a thought, and apologies for going off-topic, I'm in "ramble" mode this afternoon

I'm living in Finland and right now my target audience are small companies who are purchasing their first web site. Probably mostly middle-aged people.

Really nice to hear at least someone liked my combine metaphora.

Yes, I also realized IBD section could be better but it's already too late for me to do anything...

-Teemu

Where are you located? Who is your target audience?

I like the combine idea. Trouble with that is the connection is not immediately apparent. There are two or three degrees of separation that have to be traversed. You should build a bridge somehow with a logo or slogan or otherwise.

Of the options provided for this poll, I'd choose 'vineyard'. I like the obvious implications.

This might be more appropriate in Internet Business Discussion...