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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.

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