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Naming agencies and verbal branding companies are firms that specialize in the development of the words used to label or describe goods, services, and organizations. This list is comprised of firms that provide unique and valuable content online in addition to providing naming services. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all agencies providing naming or verbal branding services.

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• A Hundred Monkeys

  http://www.ahundredmonkeys.com/
  Mill Valley, CA-based agency specializing in developing brand identities and positioning strategies.

• Brains on Fire

  http://www.brainsonfire.com/
  South Carolina based national identity development company. Book Authors of "Brains on Fire" and "The Passion Conversation".

• Brand Institute

  http://brandinstitute.com/
  Global full service brand identity consultants specializing in market research, trademark screening and linguistic services. Provides market research using a panel of healthcare professionals and patients.

• Brandpersand

  http://www.brandpersand.com/
  NYC based. Specializing in collaborative brand and name creation services. Offers a NowNaming store with ideas delivered in 10 to 24 days.

• Brandslinger

  http://www.brandslinger.com/
  Northern California based. Specializing in verbal branding and trademark development. Offers a look into the creative process behind choosing a name.

• Brighter Naming

  http://www.brighternaming.com/
  Northern California based agency specializing in rapid development.

• Capsule

  http://www.capsule.us/
  Minneapolis, Minnesota based specializing in identity design. Provides information on areas of focus for brand naming and a blog about brand creation.

• Catchword

  http://catchwordbranding.com/
  New York and California based. Provides a naming guide, how-to videos, a name visualizer and naming game.

• DriveThruNames

  http://www.drivethrunames.com/
  Aurora, Illinois based agency. Provides articles on how-to create brand names along with tips for best practices.

• Eat My Words

  http://www.eatmywords.com/
  San Francisco based agency specializing in the verbal branding of food and drink.

• Engage!

  http://www.engagesite.com/
  North Carolina based name development agency. Provides linguistic evaluations, brand evaluations and market research services.

• Idiom

  http://idiomnaming.com/
  San Francisco, California based. Provides information on name meaning, type, style and creative brand strategy methodologies.

• Igor

  http://www.igorinternational.com/
  Sausalito, California based. Offers a blog on corporate and consumer identity development, positioning and research.

• ixxéo

  http://ixxeohealthcare.com/
  Geneva, Switzerland based agency. Specializing in pharmaceutical brands and offers articles around the concept of "Abstract Naming".

• Lexicon Branding

  http://lexiconbranding.com/
  Sausalito, California based agency. Specializes in international brand names, naming market research and global linguistic clearance services.

• Master-McNeil, Inc

  http://www.naming.com/
  Berkeley, California based company offering identity development and brand architecture services since 1989.

• Metaphor

  http://www.metaphorname.com/
  San Francisco based consultants. Provides information on the importance of verbal branding.

• Namebase

  http://www.namebase.com/
  New York based. Provides information on trademark services, market research, global namecheck and verbal branding.

• NameCorp

  https://namecorp.com/
  New York based agency specializing in name creation. Provides brand stories and tips on securing intellectual property.

• NameDesigner

  http://members.chello.at/won/
  Terminologically trained experts provide product and company names for small businesses.

• NameFlash

  http://www.nameflash.com/
  Name development and testing company led by Mark Prus, author of "The Science of Branding: 20 Proven Ways To Make Better Branding Decisions".

• NameLab

  http://www.namelab.com/
  San Francisco based agency specializing in automotive, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods branding. Offers a "constructional linguistics" approach.

• Namelink

  http://namelink.com/
  San Francisco Bay Area based. Specializing in brand consulting for top-tier and small to medium sized businesses, including agency and panel contribution.

• NameQuest

  http://www.namequest.com/
  Carefree, Arizona based. Provides information on name development around the science of verbal branding.

• Nametag International, Inc

  http://www.nametagintl.com/
  Minneapolis, MN based. Provides information on brand identity creation using a proprietary Ideonics name development method.

• Naming Force

  http://www.namingforce.com/
  Specializing in crowdsourced knowledge for product and company naming.

• Namix

  http://www.namix.com/
  Naming company offering identity solutions for products, services and businesses.

• Nomen

  http://www.nomen.com/
  Paris based global agency established in 1981. Provides information on name creation, linguistic checks and branding strategies.

• Nomenon

  http://www.nomenon.com/
  Cambridge, Massachusetts based. Provides extensive blog on identity service and naming topics.

• Operative Words

  http://operativewords.blogspot.com/
  The principles and practice of brand naming.

• River and Wolf

  http://riverandwolf.com/
  New York City based. Specializing in company and product naming, tagline creation, brand storytelling, copy and script writing.

• Russellmark Group

  http://www.russellmark.com/
  San Francisco Bay Area based. Provides corporate identity systems and information design for complex, sophisticated offerings.

• Stokefire

  http://www.stokefire.com/
  Washington DC area branding and advertising agency. Designs strategic identities, names, taglines, logos and marketing campaigns.

• Strategic Name Development

  http://www.namedevelopment.com/
  Minneapolis, Minnesota based. Provides information on name DNA, global linguistics and brand architecture.

• Tanj

  http://tanj.co/
  New York City based brand language firm. Specializing in naming, taglines, stories, messaging and voice strategies, and copy.

• The Name Stormers

  http://www.namestormers.com/
  Austin, Texas based company providing verbal branding, consulting and software.

• The Naming Company

  http://www.thenamingcompany.com/
  Creates memorable, marketable names for new products, services and businesses.

• The Naming Group

  http://www.thenaminggroup.com/
  NYC based agency. Provides information on namescape strategy development for brands.

• The New Foundry

  http://thenewfoundry.com/
  Ann Arbor, Michigan based. Provides branding through strategy shaping, storytelling and naming.

• the Rabbiter

  http://therabbiter.com/
  Sofia, Bulgaria based. Provides identity creation packages and a blog on successful brand naming.

• Transum

  http://www.transumdenver.com/
  Denver based. Provides information on name development with expertise in intellectual property and strategic branding.

• Tungsten Branding

  http://tungstenbranding.com/
  Brevard, North Carolina based. Site includes a "Company Branding 101" section and extensive blog on naming topics.

• Werner Brandl

  http://www.werner-brandl.de/
  Munich, Germany based. Specializing in new product names, company naming, and naming architecture.

• Zinzin

  http://www.zinzin.com/
  Berkeley, California based. Specializing in company and product brand name development, naming architecture and brand strategy. Publisher of the naming guide "The Art of Naming".

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