Common names

Before proceeding, a little about some DNS status messages. The statuses for the domains listed are per 2006-05-01.

REDEMPTIONPERIOD:
The registry sets this status when a registrar requests that the domain name be deleted from the registry and the domain has been registered for more than 5 calendar days (if the delete request is received within 5 days of initial domain registration it will instead be deleted immediately). The domain will not be included in the zone. The domain can not be modified or purged; it can only be restored. Any other registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected. The domain will be held in this status for a maximum of 30 calendar days.

PENDINGDELETE:
The registry sets this status after a domain has been set in REDEMPTIONPERIOD status and the domain has not been restored by the registrar. The domain will not be included in the zone. Once in this status all registrar requests to modify or otherwise update the domain will be rejected. The domain will be purged from the registry database after being in this status for 5 calendar days.

The US Census Bureau has the following three lists of names, one for male and one for females and one for last names

First names

The collection from Census contains 1219 male names, two of which are in a NO NAMESERVER STATE, but none that are not registered. Looking at a list of norwegian names, currently holding 427 names. The following list shows as available at the present time.

The collection from Census contains 4275 female names. Of which the following might be available.

Looking at some norwegian naming list, with 515 names listed gives the following names:

Other data

270,335 COM domain names contains the word "sex", of which it is the beginning phrase for 88,001 domain names.

16,653 domain names is prefixed with "ilove" and 742 is prefixed "i-love".

Finding your own domain name

A lot of domain names are obviously unavailable already, but this doesn't mean there aren't great names out there still. That said, quoting the famous balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.

The domain name isn't the primary method of getting traffic today due to the large amount of total domain names. Direct links or direct references, such as business cards is more common.

With the exception of situations where you depend on a prospect to remember the domain name, such as a TV advertisement, you can easily go for a slightly longer domain name.

You can see if your domain name is available, and possibly register it at passive12.net