Gartlywop this is a word I have been using for a while and I just made it up.

-Doorht

1. Zuntastic

2. Combination of "Zune" and "fantastic".

3. I don't think Zune is thrid party :/

forgot, Zunetag is TheAssailant666

1. Infining

2. Made it up on day and use it for many things

3. I don't believe so

1. colorado

2. colorful in spanish

3. does the name of a state count?

slayr007 is zune tag

1.Scoperta

2. The word "discovery" in Italian. Isn't that what Zune is all about?

3. A quick Bing turned up a few companies with the word in their name. But I don't think it infringes in any way.

Zune Tag: Pierce1161

yup the Zune HD is a very cool device and tons of people are fans and want to get it, I even made my own t-shirt http://twitpic.com/9dq1j

1. Digamma

2. Ancient Greek text. Would just be a cool name.

3. Its Old Greek text. Open use.

How do you guys are going to respond the new touch and nano including a camera and mic?

1. Quadra

2. Its part of my zune/gamertag "JQ=Jeffrey Quadra" as well as a popular vacation island next to Vancouver Island Canada

3. No I'm pretty sure its just a name/word.

Good Luck With Finding A New Name & To Me XD

Zune Tag: see above

1) Atlantium

2) It sounds somewhat awesome.

3) Not as far as I know.

1.Eclipse

2.Something to contrast the current themes which all have a very light color pallet. There was also a solar eclipse the other day.

3. the IDE for java?

gt sil3ntt3mplar

1. Aurora

2. It means the "Northern Lights", maybe create a background similar to the Northern Lights?

3. Don't think it's trademarked, but a couple of businesses use it, but don't think it's reserved trademark or anything.

1. XJIPE

2. It's pronounce Jip, and you  get jiped when your wrong about something you thout was right in fort of alot of people, not knowing are mysteriest.

3. I don't think anyone owns the word jip plus i added x and E to it.

My Zune Tag is Michael0360 , Yeah I was lucky to get that Zune tag.

1. I'll admit, this isn't super-creative, but it's totally one of my favorite words in the English language, AND I think it's appropriate for the Zune software: Cadence. Or Cadency.

2. It's the rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words, or pretty much anything else you can think of!

3. Um...  there's some technology website called cadence.com, but I'm not sure how anyone can copyright the word. It's everywhere! LOL

Oh, and my Zunetag is Coniption. =)

Extrovert, a personality type that that means interested in seeking out excitement.My tag is xCKxLUCKYCH4RMS.

grønn himmel tordenstokk (Norwegian = "green sky thunderstick"; the name of min Zune  :-)   green = all things good for our environment; sky = endless possiblility like the "sky" is the limit; thunderstick - well you know ...min Zune WOW!   I think my mind stream is pretty independent on this one.  It is a fun creation.  Thanks for the musical feeds.  I'd have a tough time parting with my "grønn himmel tordenstokk".  :-0

1. Journey, Time

2. journey, time, well you know what i mean

3. zune isnt a third party

zunetag: fleur94

I was wondering why cant you share your videos, pictures or music from the XBOX360? i mean you can only do it from the zune to the 360.

1: Hakuna

2:chill

3:LIon king I think

Zune Tag is: bumslife

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Euphoria

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

When everyone sees the new 4.0 software they will be in a state of euphoria.

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

I don't think it is trademarked!

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**Zunetag is Friskycashew

1. Elora

2.Elora may be a truncated form of the name Eleonora. Alternatively, it may derive from "Ellora," the name of a group of monastic caves in India. Ellora was anglicized to "Elora" in the nineteenth century when a British military officer previously stationed in India founded the town of Elora in Ontario, Canada.

3. Tag: Foolsmate

1. Equilibrium

2. It's about the equalness, smooth, undeniably centered - like the equalness between the zune user/social , music/video/podcast/radio , desktop/device etc.

3.It's physics!

and wowww Matt mentioned me! lol@ MariahCarey haha

1. emosewa

2. "awesome" backwards. what a great homeage to the zune insider podcast

3. i binged (bing'ed?, bing'd?) it and some cool stuff came up. first, there's an awesome urban dictionary definition. there's already an emosewa.com, but if you check it out there's nothing much to it. then there was this photographer girl at emosewaphotos.com and the top picture out of the 3 on her site (the tree) was a pretty cool photo which was totally emosewa!

zt = martytram

(i like spelling words backwords)

Zunetag: shadzmo

1. What is the name you are suggesting?  I'll submit my zunetag: shadzmo

2. Please explain the meaning of this name. Since 1996 I've used the online nickname of Shadmo, which is my name, Shad, with the "mo" added on the end.  When I created my zunetag I simply added the "z".

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)? not owned or trademarked by anyone else to the best of my knowledge.

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1 Spagookie

2 What my cousin called a gross mess at a Christmas party

3 N/A

ZT:STREET PRODi6Y

1. Hydra

2. Hydra is the queen of The Argosaronic Gulf.

The Greek island of Hydra  is perhaps one the most cosmopolitan, glorious and magnificent island combined with tranquility and relaxation, that offers entartainment all day long and an intensive with a unique night life.

This is Hydra

3. Zunetag is dinaki1

1. Nisshoku

2. It means Solar Eclispe.  I think it sounds cool and has the perfect ring to it.  

3. This word is definitely not owned by anyone.

4. Zunetag is Nishoku1981

This is great guys, keep 'em coming!!

1. Ditto

2. Again...I concur..or over and over

3. Public domain

4. andy23ab

1. Awsomonix

2. It is the word Awsome combined with onix and I just thought that it sounded sweet.

3. I searched online and didn't find a single thing with that word.

4. Zunetag is Whitelord126

1.zen-e

2.from the chines zen or the hungarian word for music "zene"

3. have never heard about it

my zunetag is ZobYs social

1. What is the name you are suggesting?   TALIESIN

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.  Is CELTIC for "Radiant" or "Shining Brow".

3. NO this word is not a trademark or a brand

ZuneTag  ULTRAPLAGUE

1. "Regalia of the Spirit"(although the Zune style thus far has called for one word names, I think it fitting, and in Zune style, to jut out a little from the norm...)

2. Regalia- b.decorations or insignia indicative of an office or membership(Webster.com); altogether, sort of just ones spirit in an artistic and visual form

3. Not owned by anyone.

Zunetag: Mage2012

1.Ecrutuneak

(pronunciation: ekroo-too-neek)

2.Combination of the words “Ecru” and “Tune” and “Teak”.

Ecru: (Pale brown)Of a pale brown color, like unbleached linen.

>One of my favorite colors is brown. Did a search and found this. :D

Tune: (Simple Melody)A series of musical notes that make a simple melody.

>I picked this word because it rhymes with Zune and Zunes play tunes. :D

Teak: (Durable Wood)The durable red-brown wood of a South and Southeast Asian tree.

>I got the word from the name of chairs in my kitchen that are made from this. 

-Definitions from Encarta Dictionary.

This word reminds me of the 1st gen brown Zunes because they play tunes and are durable.

3.I don’t think this name is property of any third parties. I did a search and the search didn’t return any person or business with this name.

Zune Tag: MSNger Of Light

1. Glimpse

2. An English word meaning "to catch a brief look at", and is well-suited to any Zune background because of their minimalist tendencies.

3. This is an English word, and can therefore be used freely. However, there is a women's fashion site called Glimpse.com

My Zune tag is my name (TheElementFire).

Here's another one:

1. Gustibus

2. It is Latin for "preference/taste", and is generally used as part of the phrase: "De gustibus non est disputandum", which translates to "On matters of taste, there is no dispute".

3. The word is simultaneously cryptic and common enough to dissuade use by any major third party.

My name is my Zune tag (TheElementFire).

1.onderzoek

2.It means explore in Dutch and isn't that what the social  is all about exploring new music and people that relate to you

3.No one owns the word

1. Noisulli

2. The word, illusion, spelled backwards.

3. Inspired by the Noisulli drawings by Tuooneo/Mirokaro, who has a deviantART account as well as a LiveJournal account. (tuooneo.[deviantart|livejournal].com) Even though she made those fictional characters, there is no trademark to the word "noisulli".

My Zunetag is the name I used to comment. (In other words, BlueKC.)

1. Prorsum

2. Latin for moving forward,or the absolute/entirety. I believe that the Zune does represent moving in a forward direction for both portable music(media) player, but also music discovery. And , the Zune software and devices are "free from imperfection" much like the meaning of the Absolute.

3. To my knowledge, Burberry, The London fashion company has named a clothing collection/line using the said word. However, I do not believe they own the trademarks/rights to the word.

4. Zunetag TheGossip

Ricardo Dawkins

My mom gave it to me a long time ago. :D

1. Wune

2. It's my nickname based off of my gamertag. No one can pronounce WunWunCe7un like one one seven, so the general populous just calls me Wune. I always thought it had an Asian mysticalness to it. ;)

3. Not owned by anybody.

4. Zune Tag: WunWunCe7un

1. Elora

2.Elora may be a truncated form of the name Eleonora. Alternatively, it may derive from "Ellora," the name of a group of monastic caves in India. Ellora was anglicized to "Elora" in the nineteenth century when a British military officer previously stationed in India founded the town of Elora in Ontario, Canada.

3. Tag: Foolsmate

This is solidly Awsome! I remember it took a few weeks and many dictionaries for the team to come up with the original names, but these suggestions are great. I am well impressed. Looking forward to seeing the winner in the software.

Cheers

Dave

1. Wurbagool

2. A fruit bat, similar to the flying fox but smaller, found in India.

3. All my searches have pointed up no trademarks

-WildKingDirk

Submission Form:

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Gryphos

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

Just took part of my Zune Tag.

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

Not to my knowledge.

1. Viloxy

2. I just made it up, but typing it into a web search engine throws up some music label.

3. As mentioned, it may be a trademark of "Viloxy Sound".

1. Colloquailism

2. Informal expression, word, or phrase used in conversation.

3.  This is a normal english word, so no, it's not protected.

4. Zune Tag is Mike Kazmierski

(I've always thought this word is fun to say!)

1. Manic Eclecticism

2. I love Zune for being such a compulsively strange collection of vintage and modern styles and attitudes; therefore, Zune is, to me, Manic Eclecticism.

3. There is no third party use of this that I am aware of.

Oh, and my Zune tag is BoyScoutLeader.

Thanks! You guys rock!

1. Xytherious

  (zi theer e ous)

2. Just a made up name, but Nothing comes up when you type it in Bing or google and Xytherious.com is available!!!

3. Made up by peter1244

1.  Dramastic

2.  Combination of 'dramatic' and 'fantastic'

3.  A word I've been using for 20 years.

4. Zunetag:  CubeERT

1.  Langevin (lan-guh-vin or lan-juh-vin...depending on who you ask)

2.  Paul Langevin was the mathematician responsible for "real world" molecular simulation (I'm a chemist).  His equations are associated with randomness/stochasticity

3.  There is a congressman from Rhode Island with the last name, and a learning center by the name.

My Zunetag is Viagraine

@Martytram - Your name is a palindrome. I love palindromes!

There are some awesome names in here, I'm stoked to see the new software

kerfuffle

1. Cyclotron

2. It refers to the machine particle physicists use to smash atoms to explore the nature and structure of the universe.  And, it's a cool sounding word.

3. It's just a word, no known TM issues.

Tag: LMFChicago

Submission Form:

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Ava

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

This is my daughters name

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

Not that I know of

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Unterhaltung

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

This word means entertainment in German. Which is what Zunes are for. Also a really cool word!

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

Not that i am aware of.

Zunetag is astreff

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Ubuntu

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

Ubuntu is an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa.

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

www.ubuntu.com I am not sure if you would be able to use it but it is an actual word not something the company made up.

Tag: BuBBy142

Tag:ToyCopNYC

1. Colorsonido

2. Color and Sound in spanish - isnt that what we do when we listen to a great song with our eyes close - we paint in the color of sound the pictures in our minds

3. not that i know of....I just made it up

Great job everyone! This is sweet! Love seeing all the creative names and stories behind zune tags, etc. Brilliant stuff!

1. Neogenera

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

Neo is a prefix signaling a "new" form or a revival of an old one. Gen from generation in reference to stages of successive improvement in the development of a technology such as successive iterations of products. Lastly era, when used in social history, eras may for example denote a period of some monarch's reign... the Zune's time to reign.

3. I personally put the word together myself before searching for it online, but it does come up with some French company which I have no idea because I can't read the site.

My Zune tag is: Pittsburgh Stlr

is there like an email i can have to send either Jessica or someone else a Private Email stating a new Feature that i think would be cool on the Zune and that would seperate the Zune apart from Any other Device on the Market?...And Who Knows Ya'll may already have it in the Update coming this Fall i don't know. I Jjust want to tell someone my Idea.

1. Temptress

2. It has a firey passionate meaning behind the name.

3. No, I was unable to find any trademarking behind its usage.

ZeldaMaster213 is my tag

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Effervesce

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

From encarta.msn.com

1. produce tiny gas bubbles: to give off gas in tiny bubbles, often producing foam and a hissing sound ( refers to liquids )

2. escape as tiny bubbles: to be given off by a liquid in the form of tiny bubbles ( refers to gases )

3. be lively: to behave in a lively, high-spirited, or highly excited way

Definition 3 is definitely how I feel about my Zune!

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

This word isn't being used by any third party of business that I'm aware of

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1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Prismatic

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

This is an English word meaning Spectral in color; brilliant. I think it would be great for very colorful background!

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

There is a sign company called prismatic.

Zunetag: astreff

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

marquisette

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

it's my friends' actual first name. i think it's pretty but she hates it. her mom just made it up when she was born. lol so she goes by her middle name.

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

i binged the name and i guess there is a hotel name la marquisette AND apparently the meaning is a type of fabric used for mesiquito nets lmao i can't wait to tell her

Zunetag; nakedchiken

[sorry for the late submission...hopefully I'm still on time and you'll consider my name]

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

Chive

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

In Spanish, 'Chive' is short for 'Silvestre' (Sylvester). It was the name of my cat, who passed away in mid-July after being run over by a car at night. Chive was a very special part of our family for 9 years; me being an only child, he was the closest thing I ever had to a brother. It pains me very much that his life had to end so tragically, but if his name was permanently part of a software program I love, than at least his legacy as a cherished companion can live on.

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

In English, 'chive' is a type of onion. Other than that, I don't think any company has called themselves or any product by that name.

Zunetag: PEINAO

(My URL includes a link to a picture of him)

1. What is the name you are suggesting?

AWESOMENESS

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

like awesome but better

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

dont think so

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1. What is the name you are suggesting?

AWESOMENESS

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

something really awesome (or solid)

3. Please indicate if this name is the property of third parties, or if it is currently being used by any other person or business (example: a trademark or a brand)?

no

4. my zune tag is rjguitarist

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1.enuZ

2.It's Zune, spelled backwards - simple as that.

3. Sure don't think so.

4. MrSteve007

1. Neogenera

2. Please explain the meaning of this name.

Neo is a prefix signaling a "new" form or a revival of an old one. Gen from generation in reference to stages of successive improvement in the development of a technology such as successive iterations of products. Lastly era, when used in social history, eras may for example denote a period of some monarch's reign... the Zune's time to reign.

3. I personally put the word together myself before searching for it online, but it does come up with some French company which I have no idea because I can't read the site.