Name us!
We want a new name. ‘Cause the name we have right now sucks :o)
Currently our company is called “Projekt Arbejdsglæde” (The Happy at Work Project) which doesn’t work for two reasons:
- It’s in Danish – and we’re increasingly working outside of Denmark
- It doesn’t even sound that good in Danish :o)
You know how we even got that name? Back when I founded the company, I couldn’t come up with a name for it. So I said “Until I come up with a name, we’ll just call it The Happy at Work Project.” Biiiiiig mistake :o)
So – we want a new name. And we’d love your help.
Here are some parameters:
- The name has to signify energy, joy, happiness, zest.
- We’re keeping our logo (the little jumping dude you can see above), so something that connects to jumping would be great!
- We want something different, provocative, interesting, untraditional and fun. Something that’ll grab people’s attention.
- It should work in as many languages as possible.
- The .com domain name should be free.
Just to give you a sense of what we want – we’d actually decided to go with the name SPOING inc. Then it turned out that there is already another company in Demark called Spoing. Darn!
So… do you have an idea for a name for our company? Write a comment.
Everyone who suggests a name will receive a free pdf e-book copy of my first book Happy Hour is 9 to 5. So have at it - I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with :o)
Anne Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
“Boing Spagoing!” – isn’t that the sound of a jumping spring? ;-)
or
“Quantum leap” – isn’t that what you do for others?
or
“Bounce” (springkraft) – the force in you?
- Just a couple og thoughts..
:) Anne
Jakob S Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 12:57 pm
The little jumping dude sure looks like he’s saying “Yahoo!”, but I think that name is taken… So how about “Woohoo”, or perhaps “Workhoo”?
Marijn Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 12:57 pm
FUN inc.
or
Happy and co
or
Smile or die
or
The happiness bank
or
Fun productions
or
WOOT
Kenni Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
How about Play and Work?
Anne Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
‘Woohoo’ os so much a sound from your mouth, Alex! I vote for that one :)
Sam Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
wOOt!
smokemonkey Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
-All Work All Play
-Happy Go Working
-24/Heaven
-Playing Nine2Five
Markus Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
“FunRocks” or shorter “Funrox”; simple and derived from your logo description.
a bit silly: “Dingeling”
“Funfactory” would also be a more obvious one, however I’m happy to have googled it before recommending:-)
Byron Soulopoulos Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
Happiness: Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
“Work Marked by Pleasure”
“Results Marked by Pleasure”
“Happyness@Work” written with a Y ;-)
“Happy-Work”
“Jump4Joy”
Louise Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
Joy Productions
Happiness Connection
Spring Transformations
(slightly worried that the first one might have other connotations but I’m not googling it at work.
Flemming Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
ALOHA!
I look at the dude – then I feel zest he looks like he is saying YESSS!
He is lika a sun BEAM that spreads his JOY out to everyone around him. his TIE makes us think he is at work, so HAPPY TIES should be something he would agree with.
Maybe his is showing us that he is happy to be at work, so HAPPY WORKERS could be a very good name too.
Or else just these ideas could be used and abused.
ALOHA
BEAM(company)
YESSS!
HAPPY TIES
HAPPY WORKERS
“we could not come of acompany name, so just feel the energy when we work”…
CRASH
KLICK
WE-EEE(We evolve, educate, entertain)
THE SEQUEL( to projekt arbejdsglæde)
(the) PA Company
Dingdongbingbangsingsong hit me!
Canterforberautelei
Will Knott Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
Since you were called “Projekt Arbejdsglæde”, why not shorten it to
“Projekt Glæde”
or simply “Project Glad” or “Project Happy”
Angie Cole Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
Joy Happens
Joy 9 to 5
Hullabaloo
Make it Work
Happy Dayz (Daze)
HappiDays
UpWork
Spark!
GoodTimes(z) 9 to 5
Making it Work
Fun4Work
925 Project
HappiWorks
Nicholas Wright Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
Work for Fun Foundation (WFF)
“What do you do?” “I Work for Wun” :-) Feels kind of empowering and flippant at the same time. Could also be a strapline.
Work for Life/Live to work
Joyful Jobs
Happy Careers
Work for Happiness/Work for Joy
(also suggests you have to “work” to achieve happiness (ie. it’s not easy to do) as well as have a job)
Career Clowns
(you might get mistaken for a self-help career book for Clowns though!)
Professional happiness/The Happy Professionals
Employed for joy/Joyously employed/Joyful employment
Job for Joy
Jomp/Joymp (nonsense word – like “Skype” – that combines “Job” or “Joy” with “Jump” I don’t speak Danish but it could also pass for a real word…)
Spling/Sploing/Sproing – going with your initial thoughts (assuming Spoing is a nonsense word…does it mean sthg in Danish?)
The Playhouse Cubicle
The Office of Joy
PS – I don’t mean to put a downer on anything and I’m no designer but I have to say that your logo sort of looked quite “Clip Art” design to me. I get the action and what it signifies- but maybe it needs to look a little bit more distinct and modern? Again, hate to criticise as I think you’re doing great things but I think it could be better…
Anne Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
The happy project! :)
TH Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Here are some ideas:
Job Joy
Joyworks
ciaran Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
Workplayce
Playspace
Tao
Confuscius – after all it was him who’s credited with saying that “Find yourself a job you enjoy and you’ll never have to go to work…” 3000 years ago too.
Clem Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 5:58 pm
The Spoing Idea
http://www.spoingidea.com/
Anas Qtiesh Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
GLEE
Cheer.up
Joyilicious
pamela Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Lots of great ones…
JoyWorks
Job for Joy
I like both of those.
All Work All Play (makes johnny a happy boy)…change of line from the shining…hilarious. You could put a pen in the jumping guys hands instead of a knife…ha!
Happiess…take the plunge
Happiness…jump start your work
Happiness…putting the bounce in your buck
But I still like the short ones…more to the point!
Tommy Krabbe Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 8:33 pm
My suggestion:
The Jumping Man
thejumpingman.com is available.
Good luck!
Tommy Krabbe Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 8:37 pm
Or Jumping Dude
http://www.jumpingdude.com is ok too.
Travis Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 10:32 pm
The guy makes me think that he is shouting for joy at the very thought of working.
Here are a few thoughts that I was having – someof them have some sort of website associated with them but nothing really concrete.
Jork – Joy at work
Splout – Explosive Joyous Shout
Sploy – Shourt for Joy
Plark – Play at work
Splork you get the point. I’m thinking Dr. Suess meets the CHO!
If nothing else, I hope they can contribute to the brainstorming session!
Love the post and thanks for sharing your insights with us!
Travis
Bharath Sundararaman Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
Work Ecstasy
The URL is also available
BonzoGal Said,
December 15, 2009 @ 11:14 pm
Happiest Hours
Rob Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 12:19 am
For the Love of Work
Thomas Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 1:13 am
How about
GoingHappy
Several ways to interpret the name Going (like the sound) Happy. Or GoingHappy (like going nuts, but better :D)
Both .com and .dk are available
Jan Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 2:32 am
Jubilacence
Work-X-tacy
Joyus Salt Mining
Fwork – Fun At Work
VVV – The Vivacious Vaullting Vocation Project
Oskari Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 4:58 am
I love making the sound of ‘boiiing’, because while saying the long ii you automatically smile. And just add your ‘happy at work’ for the clarification:
Boiiing
happy at work
bren Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 11:13 am
Lots of fantastic suggestions here and an excellent idea to ask for ideas. I would also change your logo :)
As for the name: The crazy words like spoing, boiing are all great. I would also suggest going along these lines but trying to tell somebody your name over the phone may cause fun issues. The name positivesharing is great. It describes what you deliver to customers.
As for a dot com name i would go for something that makes people stop for a second. In Norway we are very unlucky to have the .no for domains. A friend of mine didn’t want this on his business card so he put .yes instead. Everybody knew they had to write .no anyway.
Below is link to De Bono’s new word with meaning. Maybe an acronym would work for you too?
http://www.worldcentrefornewthinking.org/page.asp?n=newsdetails&i=12971
HH925 (Happy hour…. but domain is taken, haha)
WHN925 (Work Happy Now 9-5)
ok, gotta get back to work here :)
-bren
emme Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
Happy Inc.
Happy Corporation / Happy Corp
– Happy Coop?
Thomas Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
Wooork!
Wyrk
(can’t the danish company named spoing be ok with you having the name?).
flemming Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
No new name but just my appreciation for your work, and for all the smiles I have experienced reading all the suggestions above!
YIR!
Tore Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
You could also take it for a Japanese spin. They use a lot of sound words which can really express emotions nicely.
Doki doki – is the sound a heart makes when it beats excitedly. Suits you guys, I think.
Waku waku – the sensation of being excited when you’re looking forward to something.
Ann B Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
How about:
FUNKEY
ieva Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 5:26 pm
happy work caters
Jesper Olsen Said,
December 16, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
Funsters Inc.
Funworks Inc.
Happyworks Inc.
Jeremy Said,
December 17, 2009 @ 1:30 am
Project ArbyGlad or Project RBGlad (shows a nice evolution from your original name). It’s unique catchy and mysterious until you explain the Danish roots.
Dale Said,
December 17, 2009 @ 7:29 am
How do you like this use of onomatopoeia:
ZING!
Though if you are wanting to use all the senses, then how about:
ZISSLE!
This gives your title a mixture of sound, smell and taste. All good for enlivening the senses:)
Vesela Said,
December 17, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
Hi Alex!
I suggest “Mondaaay” (don’t know how it sounds in Dutch though). The idea is that people hate Mondays, because it’s the beginning of the working week (and usually the most hated day). So, you and your team make people love Mondays, because they feel happy at work. I also think that the name goes very well with the jumping guy :-)
Good luck with this!
Mark Hensley Said,
December 17, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
Zeal Makers…like Deal Makers, but happy!
Mike Said,
December 17, 2009 @ 11:34 pm
-Chief Happniess Office/Officers
-Zesty Sprinkles
-Yowsers
Hope that helps or at least sparks more ideas. Continue the wonderful work; definitely helped to improve my outlook of work!!!
Ramanan Said,
December 18, 2009 @ 7:45 am
My suggestions
Fun @ work – Fork (also stands as a fork between choosing to be happy or otherwise at work)
Fresh at Five PM – FREFI
Proactive Khushi – ProKhush (Khushi in sanskrit means happiness)
Live and Let Live – Lileli
High Spirits – HighSpi
Furahi Kazi – Fukazi (Furahi – happiness, Kazi- work in swahili. Fukazi also sounds good with the dancing logo)
Shannon Said,
December 18, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
JobJoy
JoyLabs
Joie, Inc
Chirpy Corp.
Glee
Workful Play
Cloud9
Jobilant (play on jubilant, but if I have to explain it then it’s prob. not ideal)
Kristian Said,
December 20, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
Going to try a last time, this didnt go through the last three times i tried:
joy-unltd
happiness-unltd
Both domains free
James Said,
December 21, 2009 @ 8:10 am
I think that people tend to make this more complicated than it needs to be. You have a good logo, perhaps could be a slight bit better, but people can already recognize you by that. Even a commonplace word would work here, or perhaps a compound of two. After all, the simplest are the easiest for the customer to remember, especially if they have just heard of you by word of mouth as might easily be found in the consultancy business. And make the blue color a bit more noticable.
However, you might consider the following
BrightFuture
Inspiration
Yamany Said,
December 22, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Happyology
Yamany Said,
December 22, 2009 @ 6:42 pm
Happyology
mary Said,
December 24, 2009 @ 5:31 am
Hi Alex, I love your site!!!
How about the following:
-happy by choice
-(daily) dose of happiness
-unconditionally happy
Michael Herzog Said,
December 24, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Happy Alex
Enjoyce
Jonhappy
Inspiration Corporation
Truworking
Workforced
Fundians
Happyhappyjoyjoyhappyhappyjoyjoyjoy.com? ;)
Sven Ericson Said,
December 26, 2009 @ 7:11 am
My thoughts were:
Spoingtactular
Hoppieness
Hapology
I have checked and couldnt find any domains by those names. I love what you do. It’s good to hear that more people are getting the “how to” on incorporating work into a healthy happy life.
Sven Ericson Said,
December 26, 2009 @ 7:22 am
I had another thought just as I was signing off.
Reverberatfun
Playing off reverberation; why not reverberatfun. This is not a domain either.
Nagendra Rao Said,
December 27, 2009 @ 4:59 am
ProjectYippee ?
Peter Rydahl Said,
December 27, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
Hi Alex
Positive sharing always work miracles on my mood, my ideas and creativity, thank you, tak.
I was very inspired by triple jump for incorporating jumping
123
1-2-3
123happy
1-2-3-happy
Hope to see you in the new year.
Alberto Said,
December 29, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
coolatwork.com
Jean-Marc Said,
December 30, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
Hello Alex from Montreal, Canada.
My rapid suggestions:
- WTFun (what the fun)
- CarpeDiem
- CatchLajoie
Regards, Happy New Year
Jean-Marc
Michael Said,
December 30, 2009 @ 7:11 pm
My suggestion is:
Project Wowza
Domain name projectwowza.com is available :)
kaye Said,
December 31, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
Hi.
This is the first time I went around your website and it’s so cool! :)
I want to suggest…
a pinch of sunshine
poke happiness
Thanks for sharing in the fun!
Happy New Year!
Kaye
Ann Said,
January 2, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
How about BOUNCYJOB !
AvidReader Said,
January 4, 2010 @ 11:23 am
I like your website and the contents you put up very much. Wonder when organisations around the world will start practising your concepts and I get the chance to work in one of them.
Here goes my suggestions:
o Project Hahaha
o Smile a Mile
o Bounce at Work
o Jumpin’ Happy
o Happiness Unplugged
o Happiness Guaranteed
o Smiles Guaranteed
o Delightful Work Hours
Angel Perez Said,
January 5, 2010 @ 2:26 pm
How about Gladlife?
Jeremy Vest Said,
January 5, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
Pushing U
Pushing You
Main Entry: push·ing
1 : marked by ambition, energy, enterprise, and initiative
Main Entry: you
1 : the one or ones being addressed
I own the domain names:
pushingu.com
pushingyou.com
I will be happy to give you one if you like it.
It works with the jumping guy, is silly and also deep.
Brandy Martinez Said,
January 8, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
I vote for WOOT :)
Leanne Said,
January 8, 2010 @ 10:04 pm
how about a play on the phrase ‘worked up’ which is usually negative but instead ‘Working up’ which is active like the logo and emphasise up as being positive.
Jo Beth Said,
January 9, 2010 @ 2:56 am
Lork
A new verb which means to love your work. A verb that I could not use to describe myself but have decided that with the new year I will one day say ” lork!”.
Any suggestions on trying to find yourself and your career? I got conned into becoming a public auditor straight out of college. It’s clearly not the job for me. Are there any places out there that a CPA can work normal business hours, travel, meet different people and continuing learning new things? I just can’t seem to find even a description of a new job I would look forward to doing.
lisa Said,
January 19, 2010 @ 6:59 am
The Workplace Happiness Institute! Or maybe, the Workplace Happiness Institute of Fun?
Fialka Said,
January 20, 2010 @ 10:29 am
Just reading all the enthusiastic comments from people who care about happiness makes me happy on this dreary morning!
Claus -- spacecadet Said,
January 21, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
I think the name “the happy at work project” is great for several reasons.
1 It sounds great in danish “arbejdsglæde” and makes you focus on
what you actually want to accomplish. As a matter of fact you could
easily turn this into a mantra — hey try this out “Om Arbejdsglæde
Namaha” or in english “Om Happyatwork Namaha” or if you don’t swing
that well with mantras you could just hum it to you favorite melody.
2 I also think it is great because when people ask you what you work on
you can say: “I work on the happiness at work project” now that is not
only a great elevatorpitch, it will also be a super fridayevening at the
cafe icebreaker — And it describes what you do!
3 I also like it because it is excellent when I do namedropping: “Do jo know
this guy Alexander? No…Who is he? Well he is the guy from the happy at
work project… Ohhh I see.
Now the great think about your project name is that nobody ever asks me
what you do, the ask how you do it, and I save a lot of time trying to
figure out what it’s all about.
4 It’s not only a name, it’s also a practice. Try to repeat “happy at work”
108 times everyday before you go to work — i tried it, and it TRANSFORMS
your day! At one point I found it felt that it was quite ridiculous, and
I decided to stop. BIG MISTAKE!
5 Did I mention that it sounds great?
6 Spoing? Well if that is the name that comes from your heart, then go for it.
Picture this though: “So what do you do?” … “Spoing (and a little guy
jumping around)” … “Well what do you do?” … “I work on a project to make
people happy at work :-) … “Oh — I see”
7 Well criticism and irony never createt anything good, but I guess that there
really is one thing that sucks about the name….. You have it, and I don’t :-)
david bg Said,
January 25, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
I could think a yell like “yeeeeeja!!” or “yuuuuuuju!!” or something like that could make terrific presentations but would require spelling as a must and the more repetition the more chance for the domain to-be free.
Scrappy Said,
January 25, 2010 @ 8:15 pm
happiworks / hapiworx or some variant of this maybe?
Pia Said,
January 27, 2010 @ 10:18 am
Enjoy your work
while enjoying your life!
Yay Said,
March 10, 2010 @ 8:49 am
- Jump of Joy
- ZestFest
- The Jolly Company