300+ Best Italian Restaurant Names Ideas of All Time

2. Brainstorm and make a list of Italian restaurant names

You must be able to pick out good names from any list by now. Also, you’ll be able to brainstorm new ideas while still keeping the necessary points in mind.

Make a list of catchy and trendy names. Pick some ideas from internet. 

3. Play with words

You’ve got a list. Now, is the time to intermingle words. What you need to do is to pick a word from one idea and put it into another and fit it creatively into it.

Sometimes, it might not be possible. If you could do it, you’ll love this way of coming up with new business names.

You can also consider using a dictionary for related adjectives and synonyms.

4. Keep on narrowing the list down

From time to time, you’ll see your list of names. And whenever, you feel like some ideas are not very cool to use, you should just cut them out.

And in the end, while going step-by-step, you’ll be down to a few decent names.

5. Think about the emotion you want to evoke

It’s important to know the emotions that your restaurant name will evoke in your customers. 

So, decide if you’ll want it to professional, funny, creative, whimsical, or simple.

6. Avoid hard-to-spell and hard to remember names

It’s a digital age. Every business operates online and hence, you’ll have to as well.

And imagine if your business names spell hard and people can’t remember it! You could lose a lot of potential customers.

If your business name is easy to remember, people are gonna land right in your website.

7. Use a name that conveys some meaning

For small businesses with a low marketing budget, it is recommended that their business name should tell what they sell or serve.

8. Consider a name that tells a story

Friendly relations with customers are good for business. And a name that tell a story can give you a start.

So, you should have a good story to tell when your customers ask “How and why you named your company so?”

9. Make it catchy and memorable.

Well! Businesses find an increase in sales through referral marketing, usually known as “word of mouth” marketing.

Maybe, you’ve great products and services, but your company name is hard to remember to share, who would think about it?

Definitely, no-one. So, in order to increase your sales through referrals, your business name needs to be eye grabbing and memorable.

10. Don’t pick a name that limits your business growth

This point is for business owners who intend to spread their business in the future.

For instance, you name your business “Clemen Tea Spot”. Don’t you think it is very specific?

Maybe, you plan to offer tea for now. But what if you later on think of spreading your business and starting other food related services that most of the restaurant offer?

Your business name will restrict, won’t it? Therefore, don’t be too specific, who knows what you’re gonna do in the next 10 years?

11. Consider referencing to a book or movie

Many small businesses took advantage of popular characters from stories and movies. It helped their businesses and they needed relatively less marketing tactics.

You can do this too. However, this might not be professional for some businesses. That’s why some business owners do not consider this shortcut.

12. Conduct a thorough internet search.

In order to find an internet friendly name, you need a thorough research. It’s important for a few reasons, including:

• You would know if someone has already picked the name you wish to go for, which will give you a stop.
• You’ll be able to find a name that might rank in Search Engines easily and hence, bring online traffic to your website.

13. Consider international portability of your restaurant’s name

While picking a name for your restaurant, it’s important that you consider if your business will provide services internationally.

International businesses should not have location based names. On the other hand, small local businesses can opt to pick a location (city, town, country) based name.

14. Get the .com domain name

The world’s most taken TLD is .com and therefore, you should secure one for your business. Customers consider such businesses professional. Though, it’s not necessary.

You can go for other famous TLD’s, in case .com is already taken i.e. .net, .org and .biz.

15. Conduct a trademark search

Internet research could tell you if some business operates on that name that you’re planning to choose. 

In order to know whether it is trademarked or not, you should visit USPTO.gov. You can also visit the concerned department.

16. Get feedback on the name

Naming a business isn’t a small thing…you could do it, but it’s better that you use other’s mind too.

Gather your friends and family members. Ask for feedback on your favorite names. You could use help of your office colleagues as well.

17. Make sure the name sounds good when said aloud

Some names seem good on just paper. And they sound awful. So, what’s the solution here? Say them aloud a few times, so you would know that you won’t start hating it soon.

18. Use resources available for brainstorming the Italian restaurant name ideas

There are hundreds of resources out there that could give you suggestions on Italian restaurant names. Some of the most popular are:

• Shopify Name Generator
• Namelix
• NameMesh
• Oberlo
• VisualThesaurus

19. Make sure you are personally happy with the name

You’re to live with the selected name for long. So, what you personally think matters the most. 

Therefore, make sure you’re personally happy with it.