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It seems nowadays there is no "good" name to google. Every single word in a dictionary is already being used by something else.

Which argues that good names are generally not a single dictionary word. This is like saying "nowadays there are no good passwords people can't guess: people can just try the entire dictionary in a few seconds". If you list major brands, the vast majority of them, even of really really old brands, are either made up words or phrases.

The difference is that branding is important. Ease of learning and remembering a name.

Very different to passwords, which should be computer-generated and computer-stored, you should never know your passwords.

So call it two words. ElectronEnv, AtomEditor, AtomIDE, etc..

Then call it "Electron Shell," which would at least be more Googleable than "Electron" by itself is.

Unfortunately, an electron shell is also a widely used term in chemistry and physics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_shell

No need to use words from dictionary then. '999fkk9' is usable and googlable as any other arbitrary name.

"Google" was a good name...

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