What is .mormon?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .mormon names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .mormon on November 19, 2014. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on December 5, 2013.
IRI Domain Management, LLC also runs one other TLD, including .lds.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .mormon, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .mormon haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.mormon).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.mormon FAQ
What country is .mormon?
None. .mormon is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .mormon domain extension?
IRI Domain Management, LLC operates .mormon as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .mormon created?
.mormon was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 19, 2014.
Is .mormon a valid domain?
Yes. .mormon is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .mormon addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .mormon domain?
No. .mormon is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for IRI Domain Management, LLC.
Is .mormon DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .mormon.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 15, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
