Don’t choose the name of your bakery before reading this post. There are plenty of would-be bakery owners routinely making these three mistakes when coming up with the business name. Don’t let this happen to you!
In addition to calling out these critical mistakes, we outline an expansive list of bakery names you can use for inspiration. Use any of these names or adjust the idea to make it 100% your own. Ready to finally bake up your own unique brand? Let’s do this!
Table of Contents:
- Mistakes to Avoid
- Use Your Name
- Define a Specialty
- Regional Ideas
- Funny Bakery Name Ideas
- Bakery Name Ideas for Sisters
- French-Sounding Bakery Name Ideas
- Spanish-Sounding Bakery Names
- Cupcake Bakery Name Ideas
- Gluten-Free Bakery Name Ideas
- Modern Bakery Name Ideas
- Home Bakery Name Ideas
- Christian Bakery Names
- Vintage Bakery Names
- Rustic Bakery Names
Preparation
Before you start writing down a list of possible bakery names, you’ll want to create a safe space for recording ideas. This safe place could be inside of a cheap notepad or online with Google Docs.
The important thing is that you have a spot to brainstorm ideas, put them in one place where you so you’ll remember and and be able to evaluate later. Don’t stress about the names added to the brainstorm list. Add the names that come to you, document them and you can come back to them later.
It’s important to take this document with you for the next few days, weeks, or as long as it takes to identify a winner. More often than not, you’ll come up with the best names while you’re doing something else… like exercising or baking a cake for example. When you get that brilliant idea, make sure you’ve got a way to remember it.
After you’ve got a list of about 50 names, go back and review. At this point you can underline the names that might work. Cross out the ones that you don’t like at all. Keep going through this process until finding something that resonates with you and reflects your vision for the brand.
Mistakes to Avoid
If you’re planning stages of a bakery startup, tune-in to this podcast we did with Jennifer Jacobs of the Wandering Whisk Bakeshop in Florida. In this discussion, Jennifer outlines her path starting out as a tiny home-based business and eventually growing into a retail location after building her brand locally. This is must listen information for anyone thinking about starting a bakery.
Baking up a business name.
When it comes to name selection, here are some common pitfalls to avoid:
- Don’t let picking the perfect bakery name hold you back from getting started. The most important things you can do for your business in the early days is to build momentum. While you’re figuring out your name, you can make those first sales of cookies or cakes to friends and family members. You can work on perfecting your recipes. Don’t let this step paralyze or slow you down!
- Don’t invest 6 or 7 figures behind an idea you haven’t tested in the market. Do you want to know one of the biggest tips from successful bakery owners? These business veterans recommend building a successful home-based bakery before taking on serious debt to fund the idea. Make sure you’ve got a proven winner before spending all the dough.
- You can’t be a master of everything. Find a baking niche and style no one else can replicate is essential for success. Maybe unforgettable custom wedding cakes is your passion? Perhaps it’s small batch cookies? Maybe it’s cupcakes? Focus on the products you’re great at baking and love to make.
Now that we’ve got the common mistakes out of the way, here are some approaches you can use to come up with a memorable name.
Use Your Name
There’s nothing wrong with mixing your given name into the title of your business. In fact, it’s an easy way to connect with customers since they will associate you making the cookies and not some faceless corporate entity.
- Carol’s Cookies
- Carl’s Cookie Shop
- Ben’s Baked Goods
- Jose’s Bolillos
- Jessica’s Take and Bakery
- Cathy’s Cupcakes
- Cindy’s Brownies
- Grandma’s Old-Fashioned Cakes
- Sally’s Honey Muffins
- Betty’s Bake Sale
- Dave’s Custard
- Larry’s Butterfinger Bites
- Penny’s Cake Pops
- Brett’s Confetti Cakes
- Frank’s Fruit Bars
- Molly’s Hand Mixed Fruit Cake
- Pete’s Cookie Cups
- Mamma Jan’s Italian Cookies
- Jen’s Batter
- Patrick’s Artisan Pie
- Luke’s Pretzel Factory
- Gary’s Cinnamon Buns
- Ally’s Apple Pies
- Mo’s Monster Cookies
- Luna’s Lemon Bars
- Stanley’s Sugar Cookie Jar
As you can see, there are plenty of opportunities to incorporate your name with an artisan baking brand. These examples are perfect for small producers that run part-time cottage food businesses.
Baking Equipment and Ingredients
Your favorite piece of baking equipment or favorite ingredient is another proven approach to naming a business like this. See if any one of these suggestions could work.
I don’t care what you call this. I would eat it.
- The Epic Mixing Bowl
- My Mixing Cup
- The Cookie Rack
- The Dough Pan
- Our Cake Oven
- The Warm Bread Pan
- The Delicious Baking Rack
- Straight Out of the Muffin Pan
- Up North Pizza Pan
- Down South Cake Pan
- The Big Spoon
- Two Cups of Flour
- A Pinch of Sugar and a Dash of Egg
- Batter Late Than Never
- The Rolling Pin
- The Oak Spoon
- The Stunning Spatula
- The Old Measuring Cup
- The Dynamic Dredge
- Three Measuring Cups
- The Pretty Pastry Bag
- The Detail Measuring Spoon
- The Baker’s Scoop
- Singing with my Sifter
- Rock and Rolling Pins
Define Your Specialty
Another simple approach to differentiating your brand is to call out the specific product or ingredient that makes you special. If you create custom cakes, include that in your name.
- Carla’s Custom Cakes
- Wedded Bliss Custom Bakeshop
- Captain’s Cupcakes
- The Chocolate Chunk
- Small-Batch Baking Company
- The Organic Baker
- Unleavened Bakery
- The Birthday Bake
- Rolling Bake Sale
- High on Rye Bread
- The Cupcake Table
- Our Cookie Collective
- PHD in Baking
- You’ll Moan for Our Scones
- The Delightful Danish
- Red Velvet Cake Emporium
- Recollection Confection
- Betty the Bakester
- Fantastic Frostings
- Knead and Rolls
- Elite Icing
- Luxury Long John’s
- Jumping Jelly Donuts
- Cranked Up Custards
- Lovely Layer Cakes
Don’t worry about being too narrow with your name. Offering a product you’re known for and specialize in will actually help you grow a reputation and customer base. Don’t fall into the trap of feeling like you need to be everything to everyone in order to drum up enough business.
Regional Name Ideas
Another tried and true approach is to name generation is to include a geographic region, like a city or country. These regional names also help customers understand the style of baked goods you specialize in.
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One regional reference often incorporated in a bakery name is France where these goods are extremely popular and high quality. French bakeries are common place in every metro area of the United States.
Related Reading: How a Culinary Grad Built a $26k/Month Pastry Shop
But you don’t need to limit yourself to geographies abroad. Incorporating a locally known place from your hometown can be just as effective. Here are a few ideas using this concept:
- Ticket to France Bakery
- Le Gourmet Bakery
- The Daily Baguette
- California Cupcakes
- Boston Cookie Company
- Minneapolis Scone Co.
- The Iowa Breadbasket
- St. Paul Batter Bakehouse
- Baking in Burnsville
- Freemont Frosting
- Pittsburgh Pastry Shop
- San Diego Breadstick Makers
- Colorado Yeast Co.
- Early Morning NYC Bakery
- Baking Before Dawn in Miami
- The Seattle Loaf
- The West Washington Bread Slice
- Montana Baking Oven
- North Dakota Mill Makers
- A Slice of Minnesota
- Early to Rise in Nebraska Bakery
- Northern Roots Bakery
- Southern Charm Baked Goods
- Big Lake Cupcakes
- Native Lands Fry Bread
Funny Bakery Name Ideas
- Smoked Bread
- Prison Bake
- Bake Lively
- Bake A Leg
- Make It Or Bake It
- Bake Shelton
- Bake-Even
- Bake Griffin
- Bake The Spell
- The Bake-Up
- Baking Bad
- The Bake-Up
- I Want To Bake Free
- Bake The Ice
- Bake Your Heart
- Un-Bake My Heart
- Bake Of Dawn
- Bake The Bank
- The Bake-Up Artist
- Emergency Bake
- Bake Stuff
- Hard Habit To Bake
- Tax Bake
- Bake It Down Again
- Gimme A Bake
- Baking Dawn
- Don’t Go Baking My Heart
- Baking Chance
- Baking News
- Baking The Habit
- Baking Over
- Baking Character
- Baking Point
- Baking Free
- Code-Baking
- Carbon Baking
- Blind Baking
- Baking In The Dark
- I Kissed Baking Goodbye
- Trail Baking
- The Bizarre
- Spooky Bread
- Vicious Nuts
- Grumpy Bakes
- Stitch Bakery
- Wacky Breads
Bakery Name Ideas for Sisters
- Four Sisters
- Baked Sisters
- Sisters Sugary Sweet
- Honey Buns
- Baking Bellas
- Stacey & Mandy’s Creations
- Blossom Bakery
- Little Sisters
- Broadway Sisters
- Pink Sisters
- Donuts Paradise
- Yummy Sisters
- Sweets To Go
- Camp Bloom
- Carolina’s Daughters
- Sista Mania
- Dazzle Bakes
- Honey And Blushing
- Creme Bakes
- Sister’s Best
- Southern Sisters Bakery
- Rainbow Creations
- Island Sisters Breads
- Sister’s Alley
- Sisters Society
- Artisan Street Bakery
- Our Sisters Kitchen
- Blooms Bakers
- Sister Baking
- Rose & Flower
- Rosebud Bakery
- Biscuit Girls
- Sisterhood Of The Travelling Bakers
- Little Giggles
- In Bloom
- Tenderly Bakes
- Nana’s Baked Goods
- Rose Bakeries
- Sisterly Bees
- Lusciously Baked
- My Sisters Bakery
- Rosemary Bakes
- Sisterberries
- Bread Sisters
- Bread And Spice
- Bread Angels
French-Sounding Bakery Name Ideas
- Le Royal Lepatty
- Bouche La Herbe
- L’amicalse
- La Fabrique De Pain
- Marie Le Bistec
- Le Boulanger Français
- Jeune Boulangère
- Elle Boulange
- Maison Bleue
- Boulangerie Millénium
- La Madeleine
- Ruée Vers Les Cupcakes
- La Villa Bakery
- Délices De La Boulangerie Locus
- Boulangerie N Plus
- Boulangerie Créasette
- Cuisines De Paris
- Creole Boulangerie
- Deli Patissier
- Belle Chocolat
- The Ailleal Bottle
- Croissant Cheesus
- Bougan Maud
- La Famille Rouge
- Salsicissima Bakery
- Le Rancallion
- Schouffage Bakery
- Etoile Boulangerie
- Belle Boudoir
- Maison De Bouligny
- Ami Boulanger
- Boulangerie Café
- Parisian Crepe
- Boulangerie De La Rue Du Jardin
- Le Bouchon
- Toulouche
- Le Petit May
- L’aventure De La Boulangerie
- La Baguette
- Au Fait La Vie
- La Bakery
- Boulangerie Des Beurs
- Le Boulanger Parfumé
- Boulangerie Du Coin
- Le Paradis Du Pain
- Le Nouveau Boulanger De La Ville
Spanish-Sounding Bakery Names
- Pan Español
- Bolsa Bakery
- Ciudad De Pan
- Bodegas De Almas
- Callejita
- El Panadero Español
- Bondad Horneada
- Horneado Del Cielo
- La Panadera De La Calle
- Mejor Pan
- La Casa Del Pan
- Dulces
- Hablar De Pan
- PanaderÃa Nueva Esperanza
- El Hombre De La ReposterÃa
- Horno Morado
- PanaderÃa Todo El DÃa
- PanaderÃa Salazar
- Tortas Y Pasteles De Hizon
- Panadera Silenciosa
- Eurobake
- Tortas Y Pasteles Marland
- La Cocina De Becky
- PastelerÃa Costa Brava
- PanaderÃa De La Esquina
- PanaderÃa Cuadrada De Limón
- La Empresa De Pasteleria
- Café De Vainilla
- PanaderÃa De Shania
- Sres. Parques Pan Y Pastel
- La Mejor PastelerÃa Casera De Kitchen
- Sr. Panadero
- PanaderÃa Tres Hermanos
- Pasteleria Mallorca
- Panaderos Alimentos Frescos
- Mesa De Postres De Shane
- PanaderÃa De Palma
- Magdalenas De Sonja
- PanaderÃa Jonis
- Delicia De Los Panaderos
- Más Allá Del Pan
- Fiesta De Tinapayán
- Mmm… Tortas Y Pasteles
- PanaderÃa Sol Dorado
- Pasteles De Panadero Azul
- Oso De Miel
Cupcake Bakery Name Ideas
- The Cupcake Club
- Cake Grab
- Cupcakes With TLC
- The Cupcake Guy
- Blue Box Cakery
- Square Cake Bakery
- Mooshy
- Sugar Cakes
- Mocha Cakes
- Dainty Delicious
- Honeybaked Goods
- Cakes Of New York
- Bakery Bites
- Puddles
- ButterCup
- Frost Cake
- Yummilicious
- Baked Bliss
- Scented Bakes
- Lickety Slice
- Butter Puff
- Cakery Bakes
- Baked Up
- Crumbly Sweet
- Cup Nook
- Cake & Butter
- Cheesy Cupcakes
- Cushy Creations
- Cakes Of Joy
- Sweet Nourish
- Tasty Treats
- Puff & Bite
- Munchables
- Better Cupcakes
- Fantasy Cups
- Mooneye Cupcakes
- Little Cakes
- Caramel Cuff
- Glazed Goodies
- Sugary Creations
- Almond Brule
- Topping Box
- Sweet Dough
- Cheese Box
- Butter & Berry
- Cupcake Heaven
Gluten-Free Bakery Name Ideas
- Crop Cakes
- Baked Joy
- Oat Brains
- Lina Bread
- Bread & Bean
- Granola Bites
- Tender Bites
- Bite Zero Bakery
- Happy Baskets
- Bonafide Creations
- Ovens & Delights
- Sweet Nuts
- Flourless Delights
- Fluorish Bakes
- No Grazer
- Slicin’ Good
- Saffron Breads
- Grain Bakes
- GrassCity Bakery
- My Sweet Life
- Goodness Bread
- The Good Life
- Healthy Bakes
- Joyous Foods
- Celery Breads
- Fruit Sauce
- The Good Bread
- Bread And Cheese
- Honey Basket
- Luscious Blends
- Egg Baked
- My Fruity Bites
- Sweet Fingers
- Taste Seed
- My Naturals
- Cheese Gourmand
- Veggie Girl
- Honey O’s
- Nourish Bakery
- The Beehive
- Waffles & Nuts
- Breadstix
- Waffles For Good
- My Vegan Bakers
- Ease Bakes
- Fruity Bakes
Modern Bakery Name Ideas
- Bake My Mind
- Baking Capacity
- Bake & Bake
- Hype Breads
- #Baked
- Bread Yield
- Creations Of Good
- Ayla Bakes
- Glazey
- Grubster Pastries
- Artisan Bakes
- Dessert Republic
- Fable Breads
- Bread Republic
- A Bagel Delight
- The Egg Chair
- Bagel Fire
- Honey Mill
- Woke Pastries
- Stuffed Creations
- Tastes Of Home
- Glamtastic Creations
- Nasty Oven
- Delicate Bakes
- Spindle Bake
- Fondue Bar
- Posh Bakery
- Zippy Fresh
- Dune Delight
- Dablicious
- Jiggy Dippers
- Maple Side Bakery
- Bread Pods
- Mocha Puffs
- Cronuts Robust
- The Egg Bar
- Baked Art
- Chiseled Muffins
- Bread Bistro
- Bread And Bite
- Moxie Bread
- Tiki Baker
- Tastemaker
- Chocolate & Crusts
- The Breadster
- Pastrify
Home Bakery Name Ideas
- Village Bakery
- Craft Bakery Cafe
- Sunny Fields
- Sam’s Bakery
- Honey Shack
- Mama’s Bakery
- The Bakery Quilt
- Doughboys Bakery
- Eggsmart
- Silverstar Bakery
- Green Mountain Bakery
- The Bakery Chain
- Bakery By Mary
- Easy Egg
- Babycakes In The Cloud
- Bakery Corner
- Bagel Market
- Bread Locker
- Our Home Cafe
- Sweets By Jenny
- Bean House
- Golden River Pastries
- The Baker’s Home
- Mellow Baker
- Earth Bread
- Crepes Of Joy
- Kitchen Basket
- Bread Nation
- Home Furnace
- Cottage Bakes
- Baker & Barrel
- Aromatic
- Cake Basket
- Bakery Doodles
- Bake Shack
- Lacey’s Oven
- Bread And Jam
- Bake Nook
- Bread And Butter
- Cakey
- My Farm Cake
- Cake Kitchen
- Posh Pastry
- Nourish By Heart
- Honey House
- Homestead Bread
Christian Bakery Names
- Beloved Breads
- Baked Good
- Church Pastries
- Yonder Breads
- The Holy Bread
- Shepherd Pastries
- St. John’s Breads
- The Faith Pastries
- One Christian Bakery
- Bread From Christ
- The Lord’s Bounty
- Reaching Hearts
- The Keys Bakery
- The Living Bread
- Moses’ Bakery
- Kneaders Haven
- Bread Of Love
- The Good Bread
- Dessert & Feast
- Beloved Muffins
- Faith Bakery
- Churchland Goodies
- Baking In The Name
- Pastries Of God
- Bread Of Life
- Gracefully Baked
- Little Heaven
- Grace Bread
- The Harvest
- The Blessed Pastries
- Enlightened Bread
- Good Life Bakery
- Pastoral Pastries
- God’s Kitchen
- Holy Manna
- Heavenly Creations
- Pastry Church
- Bread Of Christ
- Pastry Paradise
- St. Francis Pastries
- Church Of Bread
- Faithfully Sweet
- Bakers Of Grace
- Holy Good Life
- God Bless Bakery
- Graceful Bakes
Vintage Bakery Names
- Crate Barrel Pastries
- Grannie’s Pastries
- Creasewood Bakery
- At The Mill Bakery
- Old Brick Pastries
- Vintage Bagel
- Popple Roots Bakery
- Iron Bell Breads
- Amity Baker
- Gritty Bread
- Sable Kitchen
- Amish Bakeshop
- Reverie Bakery
- Barley Lane Pastries
- The Bake Barn
- Baking Barn
- Temptable Bakery
- Jellies Of Bread
- Old Oven Bakery
- Cider Pears
- The Vintage Bake House
- Blenderville
- Serenity Bakes
- Baker’s Town
- Barley Cakes
- Old City Cakery
- Chatterbox Bakery
- Zippy Bee
- Kettle & Fire
- Piedmont Pastry
- Bake & Basket
- Bakers Cove
- Savor Batter
- Barrel Bread
- Little Red Blondies
- The Cakesmith
- Baked By Hand
- Antique Oven
- Old Vine Pastries
- Vineyard Bakers
- Wineberry Pastries
- Orchard Bakeshop
- Age Old Bakery
- Beige Hills Bakery
- Bakers Of The Past
- Honeywood Creations
Rustic Bakery Names
- Rusty Barrel Bakery
- Bread Countryfied
- The Bread Farm
- Bedstead Bakery
- Wagon Wheels Pastries
- Farmland Hills Bakery
- Bread And Barrel
- Fiddle & Bakes
- Tumbleweed Pastries
- Farmhouse Pies
- Hometown Breads
- Barley’s Bakeshop
- Barnyard Pastries
- Bread Barn
- Hash Farm Bakery
- Woodland Cottage Breads
- Oaty Blender
- Farmhouse Bakery
- Jug Of Honey
- Crusty Delight
- Oaken Hill
- Woodsmoked Bread
- Farm Cows Pastries
- Woodside Bakery
- Rusty Pies
- Larkwood Bakeshop
- Puff Bricks
- Pinto Farms Pies
- Baker Of The Woods
- Grilled Goods
- Stoney Blossoms
- Basket Bakers
- Crete Knead Bakers
- Farmstead Creations
- Fudge Hut
- Dainty Wagon Goods
- Oaken Breads
- Elias’ Creations
- Grit & Vine
- Farmstash Pastries
We hope this guide has provided inspiration on your search for a name. Remember to enjoy the process of coming up with your baking brand and building your business. If you enjoy the journey and the process of baking, customers pick up on your passion.
To learn more about growing a food startup, check out How I Started a $75k/Month Vegan Cookie Business with My Mom.
