Looking for a catchy bar name for your new business? Here are hundreds of classy bar names, clever cocktail bar names and unique wine bar names too!
Branding experts report that the greatest bars in America have cool or funny names (check out my funny bar name ideas here) – ones that customers remember and tell their friends about.
Your bar’s name is an important part of your brand personality. Make it reflect your unique bar experience – relaxing or boisterous.
Everyone loves a good laugh especially your bar customers!
Puns are jokes that exploit the different possible meanings of words – a play on words. They can make funny and catchy business names.
Some examples of pub name puns; Nobody’s Inn, The Half Pint, Make It a Double, or my favorite – The Ugly Mug!
Check out more funny name ideas for your new bar or pub.
A Lady Lost | Billy Goat Tavern | BarCode |
Bobbie Trap | Boogie Bar | Burp Castle |
Death & Co | Fat Angel | Froggy Bottom Pub |
Fun & Feisty Pub | Fun Intersection | Hell Club |
Marie’s Crisis Cafe | Naughty Bar | Naughty Rabbi |
The best sports bar names utilize related words such as team, game, winning, champions, fans, players, gears, balls, bats, and club, etc.
Check out these winning name ideas for your sports bar.
The Coaches Bar | Bases Loaded Bar | Players Slooshed Sports Bar |
Red League Brews | Locker Room Ale House | Team Champion Bar |
Boozy Batters Sports Bar | Craft Beer Players | SportsZen Bar |
Super Fans Sports Bar |
Create a unique name for your cocktail bar by mixing in related words such as lounge, speakeasy, tipsy, bitters, martini, shaker, champagne flute, dirty, flaming, zest, highball, liquor, booze, mixers, neat, shot glass, jigger, splash, spirit, shaken, stirred, straight up, on the rocks, and ice.
Check out these spirited name ideas for your cocktail bar.
Refined Mixers | Sophisticated Shakers | Cave Lounge |
Cheers Lounge | Jet Mixers | Midnight Lounge |
Loungeadora | Toasts Lounge | Haven Martini |
Tribe Martini | Martini-Rama |
The best brewery bar names have words related to beer in their names such as; ale, malt, suds, head, hops, foam, barley, bottle, brew, craft beer, draught, on tap, keg, growler, mug, and lager.
Check out these creative name ideas for your brewery or craft beer bar.
Crave Ale Brewery | Morning Ale | Go Ale |
Hero Alehouse | Tasteful Brewery | Barista Brewery |
Gusto Brewery | Revolution Hops | Street Hops Brewery |
Vineyard &n Hopes | A1 Hops Brews | Think Hops Brewery |
When brainstorming new wine bar names I like to include related terms to wine such as; winery, vineyard, grapes, cellar, barrel, red, rose, vintage, aged, bouquet, chateau, claret, crush, cuvee, decant, dry, elegant and grand cru.
Here is a list of elegant bar names for your winery or wine tasting bar.
Vineyard Harvest Wine Bar | Hotspot Winery | Inspired Winery |
Lord of the Wines | Acclaimed Vintages Wine Tastings | Urbane Vintages Wine Bar |
Prix Vintage Tastings | Proper Crush | Beyond the Crush Winery |
If you are opening an Irish Pub Bar then try using some of these related words in your bar name such as; public house, shamrock, luck of the Irish, Blarney Stone, Ireland, green, emerald, leprechaun, castle, isle, 0’Grady, Inn
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Blarney Cove | Irish Beatnik Bar | Irish Spice |
Blarney Junkies | Green Beer | Wee Drop of the Irish Pub |
Secret Leprechaun | Loud Green Bar | Tap Green |
Emerald Blues |
Come up with an exciting name for your nightclub bar with these phrases as inspiration; dance, party, soiree (French for a party), soir (French for the evening), beats, tunes, lounge.
To get you started here are a list of jazzy nightclub name ideas you can use:
Night Rock | Night Natives | My Night Habit |
Grove Dance Hall | Evolution Dance | Dancegenics |
VIP Dance | Ignite Dance | Divine Soir |
Bars beachside or poolside are fun drinking spots. Create a memorable name that attracts customers using some of these words in your bar name; tropical, beach, sand, water, ocean, pool, blue, sun, sunshine, club, aloha, Hawaiian, tiki, sailing, boats, shack, tan, bikini, oasis, serenity, and island.
Here are some fresh pool or beach bar names you can use for your new bar:
Tipsy Sand Bar | Stuck on a Sand Bar | Hula Brews |
Bikini Martini | Bronzed Beach Bar | Tipsy Tiki |
Serenity by the Seaside Bar | Swaying Palm Poolside Bar |
If you plan to open a bar and grill restaurant, here are some words and name ideas to get you started. The best bar names use related words in their naming such as; grill, tavern, kitchen, fire, smoke, bones, charbroiled, steak, chops, beer, and brewery.
Here are some tasty names for your bar grill restaurant that you can use – they are not taken!
Grillopedia & Brews | Grill Spot | Flaming Grill Bar |
Hardcore Booze Grill | Grill & Pour Tavern | Grill Lounge |
Grillaholic | Fire Bar | Bar Ops and Grill House |
PS: Get more of my hot name ideas for BBQ restaurants here
95 Slide | Aesop’s Tables | Albert Angel Pub |
All Brothers | Amber Pig | Amelie |
Amused Stone Pub | Anchor Shot Bar | AngelCow |
Atomic Cocktails | Bailey Pub and Brasserie | Ballantyne |
Bandits and Pirates Watering Hole | Barry’s Bar | Beer Me Up |
Beer and Loathing in Dundee | Beer City | Beyer Bee Pub |
Black Out Paradise | Blind Pig Pub | Bloodhound |
Blue Archies | Blue Bungy Pub | Blue Mates Bar |
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The name you choose for your bar business is one of the most important decisions you will make as a new entrepreneur. It’s because names have power and communicate your companies services and values.
Powerful names can greatly impact your business perception in customers’ minds. We’ll help you come up with a catchy business name for the type of bar you want to open in three easy steps.
Come let’s get busy naming your bar, pub, tavern, or cocktail lounge…
Before you can come up with a catchy business name you need to get clear on your branding position. What types of drinks are you serving? Who are your target customers? What makes your bar special and different?
A strong branding position will attract good customers to your establishment. And will make your marketing planning much easier because you will know what your unique benefits are. Come along as we develop your bar brand in two easy steps.
Your Bar Difference vs Competitors
What “position” do you want to claim a stake in your customer’s minds as opposed to your competitors?
Is your bar MORE friendly, hipper, comfortable, full of sports fans, serve the coolest cocktails, most interesting wines, best services or outdoor beachside vibe?
How You Want Customers to Identify Your Bar
What qualities do you want your customers to be reminded of when your bar comes to mind? Are you their place to drink with their sport teams fans, or a place for romantic dates or to sample the newest local craft beers?
Example of Bar Branding Position:
Please take a moment to think through these important questions and answer them by drafting your unique branding position as shown in the example above. Trust me having this statement will greatly assist you in the next step to naming your bar business and brainstorming catchy names.
Armed with your branding position statement (discussed above) you are now ready to come up with a list of good name ideas using my pro brainstorming techniques below. Use some or all of the methods and create a long list of possible name ideas for your business.
Then continue to the next step where we will review each of these naming ideas against the checklist below to determine which is the very best name for your new bar business.
Check out my full list of 24 ways to brainstorm business name ideas here
Review Business Name Lists
Read lists of business name ideas such as these below from my blog to get inspiration for your best company name:
PS: You can also check my guide on how to name your restaurant which will give you pro tips to name your bar business
Combine Two Words for One Business Name
Blend personal names of two or more owners into an interesting compound business name. Learn the many ways to combine names for your business name in my article here.
Name Your Company With Your Personal Name
Some business owners elect to use their own personal name as their business name. Generally, I do not recommend naming your business after yourself – except in a few instances – read more in my article about naming a business after yourself here
FYI: Avoid using business owner initials as a business name.
Some new entrepreneurs decide to use their initials as their company name. This is not a good idea, because names such as The LMI Bar (Larry, Mike and Ira) is boring, easy to forget, hard to spell and pronounce.
Together we can do much better keep reading to come up with your best bar name.
Use Acronyms to Come Up Company Name
An acronym is different from a name made up of owner initials because it creates a new word.
Some examples; IBM is an initial name (for International Business Machines) which is spoken as each letter separately – I -B- M.
An example acronym name is LEGO (short for Leg Godt – danish for “play well”) and is pronounced as one word.
Use this online tool to brainstorm some creative acronym business names.
Experiment with Wordplay and Funny Puns
Puns are jokes that exploit the different possible meanings of words – a play on words. They can make funny and catchy business names.
Some examples of pub name puns; Nobody’s Inn, The Half Pint, Make It a Double or my favorite – The Ugly Mug!
Have fun and get business name inspiration with this free Pun Generator tool.
Try Rhymes for a Catchy Business Name
Using a rhyming name can make your brand more memorable such as StubHub and 7-Eleven.
Business names that rhyme has a musical quality that helps them stand out in customers’ minds. I used this free online rhyme tool to come up with these names for bar companies:
Utilize Descriptive Word Phrases for Business Names
Use keywords that describe your products and services and their benefits to create interesting and powerful bar company business names.
Begin with your business type -“bar”. Then create a list of related words such as; pub, saloon, tavern, cocktail, nightclub, beer, speakeasy, Bartender, cafe, lounge.
Check out this free online related words tool
Combine these related words with other words such as; your location, name or specialty drink menu. Here are some bar-related example of names:
>>Check out my full list of 24 pro ways to brainstorm business name ideas here
By following my recommended steps above you will have come up with a long list of good bar names. Next comes, the critical phase of evaluating your pub name ideas and selecting your perfect name. Use my pro checklist below of important criteria to help you make the best choice.[/callout]
Check if Social Media Profiles are Taken – If your domain name is available, then go ahead and check if all the social media account profiles are available.
Check all of the most popular social media sites user names availability with one click at Knowem here.
FYI – If you are interested in opening a restaurant read my detailed list of restaurant startup costs for equipment, rent, food, and marketing here
Bob Bar | Bravo Bar | Brian Bar Pub |
Brick Store Pub | Brotherhood of Bums | Brothers’ Bar |
Bubba Hot Honey Lounge | Cafe Trendz Bar | Caffe Bello Pub |
Calm Horse Bar | Candy Rabbit | Cantina |
CascadeCurls | Centennial | Center Moor |
Cevuvono Pub | Charming Martini | Cheer Baby |
If you have not found your perfect bar name from the list above of name ideas, then use these bar business name generators.
Shopify business name generator
BNG Business Name Generator
Keep reading to get my very best tips on how to use these online tools to create truly unique names for your bar, cocktail lounge or Irish pub.
To name your bar business start by brainstorming to create a list of keywords related to bars. These are the words that you will enter into the business name generator.
Remember garbage in – garbage out. This means that the better, more focused, and creative, your keywords are the better – and more interesting – your name idea results will be.
Search Engine
An easy way to brainstorm keywords is to use Google. Put in your business type ( Bar, tavern, pub, nightclub, wine bar) plus “keywords”. Example – “Irish pub + keywords”. Scroll through keyword pages such as this one and pick up related words.
I found these bar-related keywords = drink, booze, bottles, beverage, brews, tavern, pub.
Thesaurus
Also try using a thesaurus for your primary service word (bar) for synonyms (words that mean the same thing) I found saloon, taproom, drinkery, canteen, bistro, inn, public house, beer garden and watering hole.
Glossary
Another source of creative keywords is a glossary of bar terms like this one. Here I discovered even more good keywords to input into the name generator including; collins, cooler, fizz, nightcap, highball, toddy and shooter.
Experiment by entering various keywords – single and multiple variations – into the bar business name generator tool to generate creative name ideas.
Check out the ones I created by using my keyword list I created using the prior steps.
List of Bar business Name Ideas Created With Name Generator Tools
Fizz and Suds
Network Brews
Fizzilla Tokyo Bar
Squeeze Booze Bar
Cocktail Tribe
Beer Herd
Love Drinkery
Vineyard Canteen
Now let’s take those names you generated and customize them for your perfect bar business name by adding your personal name (Mary, Susie), nickname (Baby, Queenie) or town name/region (NYC, Tri-State, Southern).
Create a shortlist of ones you like. The next step is where we will pick your final name.
The final step in naming your bar business is to ask your customers, employees, friends, and family to give their opinions about your name ideas.
Have a list of 3-4 choices and ask them which they like best and why. Try not to influence them so you get their true opinion. Ask them for any name ideas they can think of. Some of the best names have come about just this way.
Congratulations on creating your new business name! Now let’s protect it from your competitors. Register your business name by trademarking it, if you like.
Check to see if your intended name is available as an internet domain name for your website. Use a domain search tool because if your exact name is not available, it will offer many suggested names that are not taken.
Cheer Duck | Chill Table | Churchill’s Pub |
Cleufort Cassa Bar | Colo Corado Bar | Comet Tavern |
Connolly’s | Cook’s Club | Copper Apple |
Corner Pocket | Corona Celvy | Drink and Delight |
Eager Sidecar Club | Early Essence | Eisley East Bar |
Elixir | Fado Irish Pub | FalconFest Bar |
Friendly Episode | Fengy Far Pub | Fieston Fry Bar |
FinVin | Fireside Bar | First Round |
Five Flange Pub | Fressy Pub | Friends Bar |
Galaxy Domain | Galway Hooker | Gasto Garry Pub |
Giant Ville Pub | Ginsillity Pub | Ginty Great Pub |
Golden Bronze | Golden Jewel Parlor | Golden Moose Brew |
Good Bar | GoodFusion | Grackle Grog & Grub |
Grateful Gathering | Great Brandy | GreatVista Bar |
GreenPride | Griffin Grand | Growler USA |
Grumpy’s Joint | Gypsy Cobbler Club | Hamilton’s Tavern |
Happy Coast Bar | Happy Toasts Lounge | Heartbeat |
Heaven Spoon Bar and Grill | Hexa Ray | Hi Heron Eatery |
High Bay Bar | Hip Honey Pub | Hop Scotch and Bourbon Too! |
Hot Bird | Moon Burst | Moon Return Bar |
Moon Work | Moor Many Bar | Moose Lounge |
Mul Berry Mist | Mulligan’s Pub | My Destiny |
New 22 French | Night Pub | Nine Jolly Pub |
No Fun | Noc Noc | North City Pub |
O’Briens Irish Pub | On the Rocks | Open Sesame |
Orange Malley | Otto’s Shrunken Head | Pedron Palace Bar |
Pencil Factory | Piano Bar | Pint Speakeasy |
Playaz Pool Pub | Plenty Space | Pluto Piano Bar |
Potter’s Lounge | Pub Stuff, LLC | Quarter Lounge |
Quick Queen | Ray Lee’s | Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar |
Real Club | Reben Flago Bar | Red Breezy Saloon |
Red Hyne Pub | Red,White and Brews | Right Miller |
Rob Roy | Rocking Arrow | Rossi’s |
Roulette Pub | Runaway Fox | Rusty Pub |
Rye | Safari Bar | Secret Spot |
Serendipity Gem | Shooters | Shorty’s |
Silver Grapes Pub | Silver Scarlet | Six Pence Pub |
Sly Barrel Club | Smalle Surf Pub | Smirking Ostrich Bistro |
Smog Cutter | Something Shared | Star Bar |
Star Bello Pub | Starlight Tavern | Strange Fork |
Streamline Tavern | Sunloft | Surley Wench Pub |
Suzi’s Psycho Motor Lounge | Tavern Law | Tavern Rail Pub |
Tempest Bar | Terroilla Bar | The Box Lounge |
The Brews Brothers | The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog | The Double Windsor |
The Four-Faced Liar | The Globe Pub | The Honor Lounge |
The In Zone Bar | The Kitchen Club | The Last Lock |
The Library Room Cocktails | The Maple Leaf Pub | The Narrows |
The Olive or Twist Martini Bar | The Playwright Irish Pub | The Pour House |
The Pub Orlando | The Sandbox | The Stumble Inn |
Therapy | Three Lounge | Tiki Garden Bar |
TinyTat’s Bar | Triangle Pub | Triple D |
Tropicanaville | TrueBang Bar | Turtle Track |
Twin Scrolls Bar | Twirling Anchor Spot | Underground NYC |
Union Pub | Unphogettable | Venus Cystor |
Vito’s | Warm Welcome | Welcome Wagon |
Well Ale House | Well Drafted | Welsy Unicorn |
White Swan Pub | WhiteJoy Bar | Wild Cow Parlor |
Wildbeat Pub | Wily Flask Beer | Wine Cask |
Wine House | Wise Flask Bar | Wishing You Were Saloon |
Wizards & Angels | Wrecking Bar Brewpub | Wynking Lady |
Yeah Lounge | Yellow Tavern | York Tavern |
Young Summer | ZwellStar |
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