I've finally come up with a business name.. Xcelva Business Solutions! Xcelva means "Excellent Virtual Assistant".

Wow! That is an excellent name. Congratulations on the name.

Stacy

My husband actually helped me brainstorm my name.

I personally wanted "Your Virtual Office", but he thought it sounded too much like software, so we settled on Your Virtual Aide. Thinking back, I should have insisted, because I like Your Virtual Office better!

Kathy
Your Virtual Aide

My husband too helped me with my name. I actually was already working as a VA without a website because I was just helping out people I knew. After three different clients mentioned my 'awesome' work, my husband decided I should have a website and call myself the "Awesome Assistant". So I did.

Sue Canfield
Awesome Assistant

I am branding my company with my actual name. I did this to help establish creditability. Hey you never know, Ford did it.

:-)

What a great thread!

I posted my story here already today, but just to have it here too...

In 2001, I decided it was time to go virtual. I had been brainstorming for days on what to call my business and kept thinking to myself, "They're getting ME, just virtually."

My maiden name is Allin (pronounced like Allen) - so I thought Virtual Allin...which then dinged* in my head VirtuAllin - Me, virtually and it kinda sounds like I'm virtuous! LOL

Another site I had to dream up a name for (kind of a dead project, too busy) was a site a couple of VAs and I were putting together. We wanted a name that said we were at the forefront of helping other VAs... I thought and thought and I knew I wanted it to have a 'V' in it for virtual. I finally went to Thesaurus.com and put in words for 'forefront' and leading, etc. I ended up with Virtual Vanguard - now, I still love how that sounds! <grin>

I feel very uncreative. I was working for a government contractor. When you work with the government, everything is boiled down to acronyms, so while I wanted "Leanne's Administrative Consulting Services," LACS is a bad acronym. I knew I wanted part of my name in the company name. My family teases me about Walker Admniistrative Solutions because the acronym is WAS, but infinitly better.