Tips & Ideas For Naming A Barber Shop

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Last Updated on October 13, 2020

Considering there are more than 131,000 barber shops in the United States alone, it’s no surprise settling on a unique name when starting a barber shop business is no easy task.

Picking the right name gives potential customers an idea about your business’s services, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.

What barber shop names are you allowed to use? How do you come up with a catchy name that represents your brand best? And what about business name best practices?

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If you’re not sure how to answer those questions, you’re in the right place. Keep reading to learn my top tips for choosing the perfect business name and how to make sure your favorite choices are available.

Let’s dive in!

Tips for Choosing the Perfect Barber Shop Name

If you’re struggling to choose a creative name for your barber shop, one of the best things to do is just to start brainstorming. As you go through the tips outlined below, make a list of words, phrases, and terms associated with your business.

From there, you can narrow down the list and cross off ideas you don’t like.

Once you have several top considerations, we’ll walk through how to make sure you’re allowed to use them. This last step helps you narrow down your list even more so you can make a final decision.

1. Location-Specific Terms

Many barber shops are specific to a geographic service area. So, if that’s true for your business, consider adding a location-specific term to your business name.

You can consider things like:

City nicknames
Neighborhoods
Regions or states
And descriptive terms

However, consider what happens if you expand outside your intended service area. Does the name become limiting? If so, it’s best to avoid it if you plan to expand or change directions later.

2. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce, Hear, or Spell

Despite the technological advances of voice search, assistants like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand slang and other confusing words.

This could limit how often your business shows up in voice (and text-based) search if your name is hard to spell, pronounce, or hear. Because of that, it’s important to avoid complicated words, industry jargon, and using numbers in place of letters. While having a unique barber shop name is good, being too unique may not be so good.

Keep your business name as simple and easy to remember as possible so potential customers can easily find you.

3. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words

Alliterations and rhymes are catchy and easy to remember. Because of that, they make for great business names.

That said, it’s not always easy to come up with them. Start with choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorm list.

Then, you can Google “words that start with C” to come up with a name like Creative Cuts or Cheap Cuts or whatever letter you’re using to create an alliteration. Alternatively, you can search “words that rhyme with _____.”

It can be time-consuming, but it’s an excellent place to start.

And don’t forget to add any exciting finds to your brainstorm list while you’re at it. Try not to overthink the names you come up with. Just write them all down as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.

4. Steer Clear of Initials or Obscure Acronyms

Initials and unusual acronyms are hard to remember, so they typically don’t make great business names. They can also be challenging to pronounce and confusing for voice search as well.

Furthermore, there are 325 different two-letter combination possibilities in the English language. And the odds of your customers remembering the specific letters you chose are pretty small.

5. Imagery Words

Another consideration when brainstorming name ideas is whether there are industry-related words that could also lend themselves also to be used in a logo. For instance, a barbershop could use an image of scissors or a barber’s pole and focus the name around the image.

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6. Try the Owner’s Name

If you’ve made it this far and are still struggling to find the best name, you can always consider using the business owner’s name or the name of an important family member. Doing so works well if the owner also plans to be the face behind the business.

Something to keep in mind is that using the owner’s name as the business name can make it more challenging to sell the business in the future.

7. Look at the Names of Other Barber Shops

Here is a list of existing business names that may help give you some creative barber shop name ideas. While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure it can be used.

Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!

Classic Barber Shop Names

4th Avenue Barbershop
5th Generation Barber Shop
ABC Authentic Barber Cuts
American Barbershops
Barber & Co
Barber Box
Barber Club
Barbers Books & Bridges
Barbers Den Chino Hills
Basic Barber
Beachside Barbers
Beardown Barbershop
Benjamin’s Barbering Co
Big D’s Barber Shop
Blain’s Cuts & Conversations
Boulevard Barbers
Brooklyn Ave Barber Co
Brother’s Barber Shop
California Coast Barbershop
Capitol Barbershop
Chris The Barber
Church Barber
City Barbershop
Classic Cuts Barber Shop
Classique Barbers
Clipper Crew Barber Shop
Clippers Barbershop
Couzins Barber Shop
Cut & Shaves Barber Shop
Dapper Barbershop
Dapper Don Barber Lounge
Dapper Fellas Barbershop
Den Barber Shop
Downtown Barbers
Famous Cutz
First Stop Barber Shop
Five Star Barbershop
Fresh Cuts Barber Shop
Haircuts Barbershop
Historic Edge Barbershop
International Barber & Styling
Men’s Chair
Men’s Ultimate Grooming
Mickie’s Barber Shop
Northside Barbers
Shave & Cut Barbershop
Vintage Barbershop
Young House Barber

Cool Barber Shop Names

All In Barber Shop
All Star Barber Shop
All Time Barbers
Art Of Blades Barber Shop
Authentic Cutz Barber Shop
Authentic Image Barbershop
Barber N Brew
Barber Parlor
Barber Lounge
Barber Shop Angel
Barbering Lounge
Barbers Garage Barbershop
Barbershop At Downtown
Barberstarz Barbershop
Bareknuckle Barbering
Black Market Barber Shop
Black Stag Barbershop
Blade’s Barbershop
Blendz Co Barbershop
Blessed Barber Studio
Blessed Kutz Barber Studio
Blessings Barbershop
Champions Edge Barber Shop
Cut It Up Barber Lounge
Cuttin Up Barber Shop
Cutting Edge Barbershop
Daily Planet Barber Shop
Dame & Dapper Barber & Salon
Dice Barber Shop
Dink’s Barbershop
D’Man Barbershop
Elegante Barber Shop
Elevate Barber Shop
Elite Barber Studio
Empire Barber & Shave
Fine Line Barbershop
First Class Barbershop
Flying Scissors Barber Shop
Fresh & Flow Barber Shop
Fresh 2 Def Cutz
Gentleman Jack’s Barber Lounge
Gent’s Barber Club
Gents Barber Lodge
No Limit Barber Shop
Squish’s Barber Shop
True Fades

Funny Barber Shop Names

Afro Puffs Barbershop
Aftermath Barbershop
Apes The Barber
Bald Barber
Barberking
Boss Barber Shop
Boss Cutz
Buddha’s Barber Shop
Buzzed Barbers
Chop Shop
Chuckaboo Barber
Doghouse Barbershop
Fatboys Barber Shop
Game Face Barber Shop
Get Buzzed Barber Shop
Local Buzz Barber Shop
Slim’s Jazzy Kuts
The Comb Over
Whos Next Barber & Style

Modern Barber Shop Names

Above All Fades
Above The Rest Barber Shop
Ambition Barbershop
Amplitude Barber Shop
Angel’s House Of Fades
Appearance Barber Shop
Barber Haus
Barber’s Edge
Barbershop No 7
Barbershop The Cut
B-Cutz Barbershop
Black & Gold Barber Lounge
Blades N Fades
Blazing Fades Barbershop
Blends & Wet Shaves
Broski Barber Shop
Catch A Fade Barber Shop
Catch This Fade Barbershop
Crown & Stache Barber Co
Dr. Beard Barbershop
East Side Kutz
Edged Up Barber Shop
Fade Away Barber Shop
Fade Factory Barbershop
Fade Kings Barbershop
Fade Masterz Barber Shop
Fadehaus Barbershop
Fadem Up Barber Shop
Fademasters Barbershop
Fades & Blades Barber Shop
Flawless Fades
G Stylz Barber Shop
Grooming Lounge
Hair Port
Klipper Kutz
Southern Roots Hair Co
Trendsetters Barber & Styles

Checking the Availability of Your Top Barber Shop Names

At this point, you should have several top considerations to choose from. And the best way to narrow it down further is to check each one for availability.

This step is vital because using a name that someone else is using could be very costly, time-consuming to rebrand your business, and possibly embarrassing. There are several places to look to check whether a name is available to use, so let’s walk through each one.

Trademark Search

Trademarks are the most critical, so we’ll start here.

If a name or phrase is trademarked, you’re not allowed to use it in a similar capacity. So, run a trademark search for each business name you’re considering and cross off those that aren’t available.

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Local Search

Just because there isn’t a federal trademark on a name doesn’t mean the name you want is available. That’s because there is a trademark known as a common law trademark. A common law trademark isn’t filed anywhere but provides someone who uses that name in commerce some limited rights in their geographical area to use the name. It can be hard to define how far geographically these rights extend as each industry is different. Still, at a basic level, someone can’t open a business and name it the same or similar name as a competing business in town. If you think the name could potentially create confusion with customers, it is usually best to just find another one to use to avoid potential legal issues down the road.

To do a local search, open up the phone book (if you still have one), and do a Google search to see if there are any local competitors with a similar business name to the one you want to use.

Cross off any similar names from your list and take the rest and let’s keep checking.

State Entity Search (If Applicable)

If you plan to register your barbershop as a corporation or LLC, you must register with a unique business name. Each state requires every corporation or LLC to register a unique name for their entity. This doesn’t necessarily protect your name from anyone else using it, but nobody can register a corporation or LLC under the same name in your state.

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If you find the name is in use, cross it off your list and move on.

Domain Name Availability

Website addresses aren’t as critical as the first three searches, but it’s still worth doing. Typically, you want your domain name to be “yourbusinessname.com” without any numbers, dashes, etc.

It’s easiest for customers to remember, but these are hard to come by.

However, you can explore other configurations and extensions if your preferred domain name isn’t available. Just remember your customers may have a more difficult time finding you online.

You can start with . Type in the domain name you want to use to see if it’s available. The tool also returns other possibilities you may want to consider.

Social Media Profiles

Next, especially if you are stuck between a couple of names, check and see if anyone is already using your potential barber shop names on social media. Consider which platforms you plan to use and start with those.

Keep in mind you may have to shorten your company name for some platforms. Twitter only allows 15 characters, for example.

Start with your preferred platforms and do a quick search for your name. If nothing pops up, that likely means no one is using it, and you’re good to go.

Example: Someone is using startingyourbusiness on Instagram, so I would have to choose a different handle, making it more difficult for customers to find me.

Vanity Phone Number

An inexpensive way to make your business stick out and is easier for your customers to remember is to get a custom phone number with your business name. How memorable would your number be for customers if it was 337-4BA-RBER? These numbers are affordable too, with pricing typically around $10-$25 per month, depending on the level of features you need.

Companies like and let you type in words to quickly see if a local or toll-free number is available.

Hopefully, you now have some good name ideas for naming your barber shop. Once you have this list narrowed down to just a few and researched that they are all available, start asking friends, family, and potential customers their thoughts to get feedback and then pick your perfect barber shop name!