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How is the name supposed to be pronounced? It looks like the two English words hunt and lie which doesn't sound very nice.

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OJFord an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Fwiw it parsed to me as 'Hun tile', certainly no better.

If it's meant to be hunt-lee per sibling comment then 'huntly' (with the domain hunt.ly) is by far the established (still-annoying) way to do that.

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codazoda 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I also read it as “hunt lie” instead of “hunt lee” FWIW.

	▲	makk 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Reminds me of expertsexchange.com before they put the hyphen in it (now experts-exchange.com)

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heyarviind2 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it is pronounced as hunt-lee

https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie

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trollied 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It really isn't though. Any native English speaker is going to see Hunt Lie.

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cabinguy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Confirmed. I immediately read “hunt lie.”

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emmanueloga_ an hour ago | parent [-]

In the context of discovering brand-new companies, it does come across as somewhat ironic.

Maybe consider the "Kodak recipe" for an alternative? [1]: "Keep it short, easy to pronounce, and avoid similarities to existing names or associations." (short is harder in 2024 though!)

I'm on the fence on whether the name should have meaning. There are plenty of successful companies on either side.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak#Name

	▲	willsmith72 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Imo better to start with a generic name in the early days at least. Best case your generic name becomes a brand name, ie airbnb.