.gemini
Is .gemini a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.gemini is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. It is Google Registry.
A name tied to one famous product and a zodiac sign; useful to whoever owns the brand, little open market for anyone else.
a single brand owner using it as a product namespace; otherwise zodiac, astrology and AI-adjacent hobby sites looking for a memorable vanity address
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: an existing dictionary word adopted as one technology company's flagship product-line brand, requiring the applicant to claim exclusivity over a word it did not coin and that others also trade under.
Same bet: a tech giant placing its flagship developer-facing platform identity on an ordinary pre-existing word, wagering that the brand meaning now outweighs the word's generic sense.
Same shape of bet — a single vendor's mass-market product name that is also a common noun — but the job is consumer end-product identity rather than a platform others build on.
What a .gemini domain is
.gemini is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Brand category. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .gemini domain extension real yet?
.gemini is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .gemini domain?
You can’t yet. A .gemini name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .gemini was .nexus, delegated on 15 September 2014.
Is .gemini a real TLD?
Not yet. .gemini is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .gemini is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Google Registry · first recordedICANN
“CRRI2564-T88445 · Charleston Road Registry Inc. · primary”ICANN
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow). The verified record shows one confirmed application from Charleston Road Registry Inc. with no category tag and no contention. The string itself is a strong collision point: 'Gemini' is the name of a widely recognised AI assistant product, a cryptocurrency exchange brand, and a zodiac sign. A single confirmed application on a string that doubles as a prominent product name is, by analogy to the earlier round, the typical signature of a brand-style namespace rather than an open generic (flagged as inference from the pattern, not from the record). Brand TLDs in the earlier round (for example the dot-brand strings operated by large technology firms) delivered real primary-identity use for the owner but no third-party registrations and no aftermarket; that is the outcome I expect here. It is not in the 30-49 band because even if opened to the public, the generic meaning (a zodiac sign) draws shallow, event-driven vanity demand comparable to other astrology or mythology strings, with a weak brand signal for unrelated projects and the ever-present confusion with the product name. It is not in the 1-9 band because the string has genuine recognition and, for its owner, could serve as a serious primary identity for product endpoints and sub-brands, which is real end-use utility even if resale value is nil. Main market uncertainty: whether the namespace is run closed (brand-only) or opened to general registration, and if opened, whether trademark pressure around the product name would suppress third-party use; registration counts, pricing, and policy are unknown.