You give it a topic word and pick a style, and it combines your word with curated naming patterns — alliteration, 'The X Show' forms, wordplay, two-word punch names — to produce ideas. Generation happens entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Free tool
Podcast Name Generator
Generate name ideas from your topic, then check instantly whether each name is already taken on Apple Podcasts — free, client-side, no sign-up.
How it works
Ideas locally, availability from the Apple catalog
Names are generated in your browser from your topic word plus curated naming patterns — nothing is uploaded. The Is it taken? check queries the Apple Podcasts catalog live and reports exact matches and confusingly-close names, because in podcast apps a duplicate name effectively buries a new show in search.
Naming a show is step one of launching it — our free 30-step podcast launch checklist covers the rest, and the RSS validator checks your feed before you submit it anywhere.
From the makers
Built by The Podcast App
We build free web tools alongside our free, player-first podcast app — no app-inserted ads, offline downloads, OPML import. If you are starting a show, it is also a good way to hear how other shows in your topic sound.
FAQ
Podcast naming questions
Click the check button next to any idea. The tool searches the Apple Podcasts catalog live and tells you whether a show with that name (or something confusingly close) already exists, with a link so you can see it yourself.
Legally, names are not reserved by podcast directories — but a duplicate name buries you in search, confuses listeners, and risks trademark trouble if the other show has registered its mark. Treat 'already taken on Apple Podcasts' as a hard no.
Say-able, spellable, and search-friendly: two to four words, easy to repeat on another show, no numbers-for-letters, and ideally containing a word your audience would actually search. Check the name still works when read aloud — most discovery is word of mouth.
One natural keyword helps search inside podcast apps, where name matching is heavily weighted. Keyword-stuffed names hurt: directories flag them, and Apple has rejected shows for spammy titles. One topic word plus a memorable hook is the working formula.
Yes — the name lives in your RSS feed, and directories update within days. You keep your subscribers, but you lose name recognition and any inbound links that used the old name, so it is far cheaper to pick well before launch.
Yes. No account, no watermark, no limit on generations. It is one of a set of free podcast tools we build alongside our podcast player.
No. Generation is client-side, and the availability check sends only the single name you chose to check to the Apple Podcasts search API. We keep no history of either.
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