Registrar

[Sarah]

One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, aregistrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.

[Sarah]

A registrar is a company or organization that registers domain names. Previously, Network Solutions was the only domain name registrar, but competition for registrars was opened in November of 1999, and now there are about 25 registrars globally. ICANN is the new governing body for registrars.
See Also: [ICANN], [INTERNIC]

[Couch Potatoe]

an official whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, deaths, and marriages