How to name your waffle shop
Give our waffle shop business name generator a try above, below you’ll find our waffle shop company name ideas, trending words, tips for naming your waffle shop business, related words, adjectives, nouns, combined words and foreign words for waffle shop. All of this to help you brainstorm the best name for your waffle shop business.
- We Want Waffles
- Waffle World
- The Waffle Iron
- Waffle Dreams
- Wild For Waffles
- Wafflemania
- Wafflelicious
- Wicked Waffles
- Waffle Wonderland
- Nook and Cranny
- Fluffycrisp
- Whatta Waffle!
- Blue Waffle
- Wi-Fi ‘n’ Waffles
- Waffle Good!
- Chicken and Waffles
- Maria’s Waffles
- Waffles Etc.
- Waffle-rama
- Waffle-A-Go Go
Four steps to naming your waffle shop
This four-step process will help you name your waffle business. In this example, I’m creating a name for a waffle shop that conveys the attractive, affordable, and sweet taste of its product. Here’s each step I took in crafting these business names.
#1) Brainstorm your name ideas
Start by brainstorming what words could fit into your business name. In my name ideas, I used words like “Waffle”, “Good”, “Sweet” and “Delicious”, you can see that while these words can be related to waffles, they also suggest that you can expect a delicious and tasty sort of waffles from this shop. 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:
- We Want Waffles
- Waffle World
- The Waffle Iron
- Waffle Dreams
- Wild For Waffles
- Wafflemania
- Wafflelicious
- Wicked Waffles
- Waffle Wonderland
- Nook and Cranny
- Fluffycrisp
- Whatta Waffle!
- Blue Waffle
- Wi-Fi ‘n’ Waffles
- Waffle Good!
- Chicken and Waffles
- Maria’s Waffles
- Waffles Etc.
- Waffle-rama
- Waffle-A-Go Go
#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 names:
- 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:
- Wafflemania
- Wafflelicious
- Maria’s Waffles
- Waffles Etc
Removed Ideas:
- We Want Waffles
- Waffle World
- The Waffle Iron
- Waffle Dreams
- Wild For Waffles
- Wicked Waffles
- Waffle Wonderland
- Nook and Cranny
- Fluffycrisp
- Whatta Waffle!
- Blue Waffle
- Wi-Fi ‘n’ Waffles
- Waffle Good!
- Chicken and Waffles
- Waffle-rama
- Waffle-A-Go Go
#3) Get some feedback
You’ll now have a list of 3-6 great waffle shop 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 you’re customer feedback you can now ask yourself is the name still relevant? and did it represent your business how you intended?
My customer feedback:
Wafflemania
This name is short and brandable.
Wafflelicious
This name conveys waffles that are tasty.
Maria’s Waffles
This name conveys that the business is owned by a known person hence increasing customer loyalty.
Waffles Etc
This name conveys that the business sells more than just waffles
#4) Check It’s available
At this point, it’s good to have at least three great waffle shop 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 you’re name is available within your country/state, also be sure to search if the name is also available for Trademark and Domain name Registration.
Competitor Name Analysis
To help you brainstorm potential business names, let’s take a look at three successful waffle shops and break down why and how they’ve chosen to name their business and why it works for them.
Waffles and Wedges suggest that customers should expect more than just waffles. The words also rhyme making the name catchy and easy to remember.
Matt’s Big Breakfast achieves a personal connection with customers by having the founder’s name in the business name. They are also specific about the time of the day that they offer their services.
Hollywood Grill is likely to appeal to customers who aspire to live the Hollywood lifestyle. The name is also very clever and most customers are bound to remember it.
5 Tips for naming your waffle shop
The ideal business name should be simple, memorable, and convey a meaning all at the same time. Here are my 5 tips to keep in mind when developing your business names.
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 competitor’s 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 waffle terms like royal, tasty, or sweet. A more effective business name should convey to customers your businesses and product values at a deeper level. Try to name your business in a way that has a story behind it.
Let’s take for example a Waffle Shop named “Grandma’s Waffles “.
The name literally conveys that the waffles belong to or are made by grandma. On a deeper level though, it shows that the waffles are tasty and healthy just like most food made by grandmas.
3. How to make a more memorable name
Creating a memorable business name is the first step in getting into a customer’s 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 extra thought to your product among your wave of competitors. Some tips to create a memorable name would be:
- Use rhythmic pronunciation or alliteration (Waffle Wonders, Waffle Mettle)
- Try using a word that wouldn’t be relevant when out of context (Delico Waffles – Delico for Delicious)
- 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 waffle shop names could be:
- Nuvane Waffles
- Alomos Waffles
- Nurilo Waffles
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, John names his business Bumble Waffles and finds out it’s already taken. Because he’s already decided this is what he’ll name his business he tries to opt for similar-sounding names like BumbillWaffles, Bumbleffles, or BummbleWaffles.
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.
Business Name Ideas
Here’s the ultimate list of related words you could use in your business name. Below is a list of trending, descriptive, and action words that are often related to.
Trending Words
Here are the top trending words used in waffle shop company names.
- angels
- delights
- bagels
- bath
- big
- mama
- wings
- mommma
- cowboy
- black
- coffee
- bubble
- booboo
- garage
- city
- company
- charm
- project
- chicken
- cluck
- community
- house
- complete
- craft
- creme
- delice
- digital
- gelato
- gelataria
- happy
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How Waffle Shop is often described
(“______ waffle shop”)
Example Waffle shop company names using these related descriptive words ‘The World Wide Waffles’.
- belgian
- hot
- frozen
- more
- homemade
- delicious
- good
- crisp
- whole
- best
- shaped
- inch
- golden
- buttered
- grain
- rice
- fresh
- brown
- famous
- soft
- sweet
- thin
- excellent
- plain
- cooked
- blueberry
- crispy
- thick
- cornmeal
- quick
- wonderful
- nice
- cold
- warm
- extra
- baked
- leftover
- top
- folded
- fluffy
- pecan
- enough
- favorite
- sourdough
- piled
- square
- strawberry
- lightest
- luscious
- wheat
- miniature
- delightful
- round
- pink
- lovely
- wide
Waffle Shop Adjectives
You can use an adjective in your business name to create a business name like ‘Local Waffle Inn‘.
- kosher
- shoppy
- stocked
- incendiary
- arrayed
- assuming
- barred
- busy
- coral
- demolished
- detached
- Dominical
- dry
- fugitive
- local
- male
- ordinary
- placed
- planned
- public
Waffle shop Verbs
You can use a verb in your waffle shop business name to create business names like ‘Waffle Keep‘.
- tread
- cribbed
- keep
- keeps
- patronize
- set
- stand
- budge
- addressing
- admit
- bear
- belong
- bestow
- burn
- call
- chaining
- convert
- demolish
- dislodge
- enter
Combine Words
We’ve taken words from above and from our generator results and combined the words to create new Waffle shop company names.
- crifles (Crispy + Waffles)
- waffly (Waffles + Crispy)
- bluffles (Blueberry + Waffles)
- bluebers
- bluebees
- baffles
- wondles (Wonderful + Waffles)
- wafful (Waffles + Wonderful)
Waffle shop in Foreign Languages
Consider using foreign words in your business name to give the impression of an international or exotic brand.
Latin: noun (Loquor, tabernam,calamistratus, Herpothamnus, ) adjective (eu).
French: noun (gaufre, magasin, croustillant, myrtille, agréable).
Italian: noun (croccante, mirtillo).
Spanish: noun (gofre, tienda).
