School & Academy Name Generator

1. Do a Competitor Analysis

Doing a competitor analysis as your first step will save you a lot of time in the future, knowing what names to avoid and understanding why and how your competitors business name words for them will help you in forming your own business names. When analyzing competitors think about:

• What business or product values are they conveying in their business name? How does that work for them?
• Is there a trend in how these businesses are naming themselves? It’s best to avoid sounding like “just another one of those businesses”.
• Who does it best? Why does it work and how can I produce a better name?

2. Focus on Naming your Business not Describing it.

A typical pitfall most businesses run into is describing their business name too literally, using overused school terms like grade, excellence or score. A more effective business name should convey to customers of your business and provide them with a deeper understanding of value the product or service offer. Try name your business in a way that has a story behind it.

Let’s take for example a real academy business named “Star Child Academy”.

Literally, this name conveys that school focuses on providing kids with the proper education that can help in recognizing the talents of the kid. At a deeper level, the name suggests there is no end in the number of opportunities for the kid. This is a great name that translates the values of the service/business: they focus only on kids providing them with the right lessons that can help in identifying the potential and talents.

3. How to make a more memorable name

Creating a memorable business name is the first step in getting into a customers mind and is also a task that’s easier said than done. Your business name should aim to stop a customer in their tracks and give an extra thought on your product/service among your wave of competitors. Some tips to create a memorable name would be:

• Use rhythmic pronunciation or alliteration (Live and Let Learn)
• Try using a word that wouldn’t be relevant when out of context (Triumph Academy – Triumph has many meanings that are related to success. In the given academy name, the name communicates the success in the education.)
• Keep it short and simple.

4. Try purchasing a Brandable business name

Brandable business names are names that are non-sensical but read and are pronounced well. They often use letter patterns of Vowel/Consonant/Vowel as these word structures are typically short, catchy and easy to say and remember. For example, some brandable school/academy business names could be:

• Upora School
• Alomos Academy
• Muvo Institute

You can find a full list of Brandable business names at Domainify.com

5. Avoid combining words just to create a unique name.

Another mistake business owners typically make is creating bad word combinations when they find out that their business name idea is already taken. For example, Jack names his business Milestone Academy and before registering finds out it’s already taken. Because he’s already decided this is the final name for his business, he tries to opt for similar sounding names like Meelestone Academy, Milestonne Academy or even going so far with Mile-Stone Academy

You can notice these ideas are a step backward as they are definitely not catchy, easily pronounceable or memorable. If you face the same situation, instead of trying to figure a similar sounding name, follow the steps we’ve already covered above and come up with a new and creative name.

Don’t forget to give our school and academy name generator a try!