Cinema Business Name Generator
Generate names for your cinema business below.
Ashley S.
Branding & Marketing Specialist
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How to Name your Business
5-Tips for Naming your Business
Business Name Ideas
How to name your cinema business
Hey, I’m Ashley (Branding Expert) and I’m going to guide you through our four steps to name your cinema business. Below you’ll find twenty example names I created in this process and next, I’ll show you how you can create your own. To get started, try our cinema business name generator above and then scroll below to find the first step in the naming process.
- Operation Opera
- Lights Camera Acting
- Back Stage Productions
- MicDrop
- La Cinéphile
- Black Sheep Theatre
- Curtain Call
- International House
- Star City
- Feature Film Fest
- Le Critique
- Spotlight Productions
- The Reel
- Light House Films
- Front Row Co.
- Light House Films
- Film Factory
- Spotlight Productions
- Le Critique
- The Reel
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#1) Brainstorm your name ideas
Brainstorming on the words you want to use to represent your business is very important because this is the first impression your business makes on your potential customers. I decided to use words like light, theater, and curtain to give an idea of what to expect. Your goal here is to create a list of words or names that come to mind when thinking about your business.
If you’re stuck on words to use, try our business name generator.
Here are my name ideas after brainstorming:
#2) Shortlist your ideas
Once you’ve developed a list of possible names, do an analysis of your ideas. Remove any names that could be hard to remember, spell or speak aloud. Keep names that are brandable, sound great, are memorable and communicate your brand values, product or service to your target audience.
Here’s a quick checklist you can run your ideas through to help shorten your list of name:
- Is the name simple and easy to remember?
- Is the name easy to read and say aloud?
- Is the name different from competitors?
- Does the name convey a relevant meaning?
- Does the name avoid overused words or cliches?
My Shortlist:
Removed Ideas:
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#3) Get some feedback
You’ll now have a list of 3-6 great cinema business names and you can start to ask potential customers or people working in the industry for feedback (your target audience). Avoid feedback from family and friends, are more likely to praise all your ideas and they aren’t your customer.
Be sure to ask questions like:
- What first comes to mind when you first hear the name?
- How would you spell it?
With your customer feedback, you can now ask yourself is the name still relevant? and did it represent your business how you intended?
My customer feedback:
This sounds like a place where foreign movies are shown.
This sounds like a theater or a cinema.
This sounds like a domain for celebrities.
This sounds like an instruction given at cinemas.
#4) Check if it’s available
At this point, it’s good to have at least three great cinema business names on your list, in case your any of your names are already taken. You can do a quick Business Name Search online to find out if your name is available within your country/state, also be sure to search if the name is also available for Trademark and Domain name Registration.
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Competitor Name Analysis
To help you brainstorm potential business names, let’s take a look at three successful cinema businesses and break down why and how they’ve chosen to name their business and why it works for them.
DreamWorks Pictures is a cinema name that represents a great form of art by the use of the word dream. It says they are bringing dreams into reality.
Universal Pictures expresses an art form that can be enjoyed by all classes of people. Universal represents a collectively enjoyed art.
20th Century Fox represents a new generation of movies and theater arts. Fox represents a sharp and fast animal, and it is used here to indicate a constantly improving art.
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 cinema terms like movies, theater, and action. A more effective business name should convey to customers your businesses and product values at a deeper level. Try name your business in a way that has a story behind it.
Let’s take for example a real cinema business named “Universal Pictures “.
Literally, this name expresses a very diverse form of entertainment without using unnecessary words or overused words.
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 among your wave of competitors. Some tips to create a memorable name would be:
- Use rhythmic pronunciation or alliteration (Curtain Call, Film Factory)
- Try using a word that wouldn’t be relevant when out of context (Encore Cinemas: Encore generally means an extra piece of music as requested by the audience, but in this context, it is used to represent movies that meet the audience needs)
- 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 cinema business names could be:
- The Reel
- Le Critique
- La Cinephile
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, changing Encore Cinemas to EnCin.
You can see how these ideas are a step backward as they are not catchy, easily pronounceable or memorable. In these situations, we suggest starting from scratch and trying the tips we mentioned previously.
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Words cinema often describes
(“cinema ______”)
You can use these words to create cinema business names like ‘The Cinema Goers’ and ‘Big Cinema House’.
How cinema is often described
(“______ cinema”)
Example cinema company names using these related descriptive words ‘International Cinema House’ and ‘Musical Cinema’.
Cinema adjectives
You can use an adjective in your business name to create a business name like ‘Indian Cinema Lovers‘ or ‘The Feminist Cinema Company.
Cinema verbs
You can use a verb in your cinema business name to create business names like ‘Edited Cinema‘ or ‘Remastered Cinema Solutions‘.
Combine words
We’ve taken words from above and from our generator results and combined the words to create new cinema company names.
Cinema in foreign languages
Consider using foreign words in your business name to give the impression of an international or exotic brand.
Latin: cinematographico
French: le cinéma, la cinémathèque
Italian: cinema, cinematografo
Spanish: el cine, el cinema
German: kino
Movie Magic Cinema, Big Screen Cinema, City Center Cinema