There are more than 198,000 clothing boutiques in the United States alone. So, it’s no surprise that settling on a unique name when starting a clothing boutique feels impossible.
Picking the right name gives potential customers an idea about your clothing boutique’s products and services, creates a good first impression, and helps you stand out from the competition.
Are all the catchy boutique names already taken? How do you come up with something fresh? And what about legally using a name?
If you’re not sure how to answer those questions, you’re in the right place. Keep reading to learn my top tips for choosing the perfect business name and how to make sure your favorite choices are available across the board.
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Tips for Choosing the Perfect Clothing Boutique Name
If you’re struggling to come up with some clothing boutique name ideas, one of the best things to do is start brainstorming. As you go through the tips outlined below, make a list of words, phrases, and terms associated with your business.
From there, you can narrow down the list and cross off ideas you don’t like.
Once you have several top considerations, we’ll walk you through how to make sure you’re allowed to use them. This last step helps you narrow down your list even more so you can make a final decision.
1. Consider the Products and Services You Plan to Offer
There are countless types of fashion to focus on with a clothing business, so it’s essential to consider the services you plan to offer. Maybe you want to focus on women’s clothing, men’s clothing, or footwear. Add the different types of services you want to offer to your brainstorming list.
Remember to avoid anything limiting your business’s future growth if you decide to go in another direction down the road.
2. Location-Specific Terms
Most clothing boutiques are specific to a geographic service area. So, if that’s true for your business, consider adding a location-specific term to your business name.
You can consider things like:
- City nicknames
- Neighborhoods
- Regions or states
- And descriptive terms
However, consider what happens if you expand outside your intended service area. Does the name become limiting? If so, it’s best to avoid it if you plan to expand or change directions later.
3. Avoid Business Names That Are Hard to Pronounce or Spell
Despite the technological advances in voice search, assistants like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand slang and other confusing words.
This could limit how often your business shows up in voice (and text-based) searches if your name is hard to spell, pronounce, or hear. Because of that, it’s important to avoid complicated words, industry jargon, and using numbers in place of letters. While having a creative name is good, being too creative may not be so good.
Keep your business name as simple and easy to remember as possible so potential customers can easily find you.
4. Consider Alliterations and Rhyming Words
Alliterations and rhymes are catchy and easy to remember. Because of that, they make for a memorable business name.
That said, it’s not always easy to come up with them. Start by choosing a few of your favorite words from your master brainstorming list.
Then, you can Google “words that start with P” to come up with names like Perfectly Posh or F for Forever Fashion or whatever letter you’re using to create an alliteration. Alternatively, you can search “words that rhyme with _____.”
It can be time-consuming, but it’s an excellent place to start.
And don’t forget to add any exciting finds to your brainstorm list while you’re at it. Try not to overthink the names you come up with during this stage. Just write them all down, as some of the more interesting ones may spark better ideas later.
5. Steer Clear of Initials or Obscure Acronyms
Initials and unusual acronyms are hard to remember, so they typically don’t make great business names. They can also be challenging to pronounce and confusing for voice search as well.
Furthermore, there are 325 different two-letter combination possibilities in the English language. And the odds of your customers remembering the specific letters you chose are pretty small.
6. Imagery Words
Another consideration when brainstorming brand name ideas is whether there are industry-related words that could also lend themselves to be used in a logo. For instance, a clothing boutique could use a clothing hanger or a dress and focus the name around the image.
Related: How to create a logo for your business.
7. Still Struggling? Try the Owner’s Name
If you’ve made it this far and are still struggling to find the best name, you can always consider using the business owner’s name. Doing so works well if the owner also plans to be the face behind the business.
Something to keep in mind is that using the owner’s name as the business name can make it more challenging to sell the business in the future.
List of Clothing Boutique Business Names
Here is a list of existing clothing boutique names that may help give you some creative ideas. While many of these names may be available for you to use, be sure to check first to be sure they can be used.
Tips on how to check business name availability are after the list of names!
- 1 Stop Fashion
- 24/7 Clothing
- 3 Knuckleheads Kustom Clothing
- 461 Veteran Clothing Co
- 5 Stars Jeans
- A & S Diva Fashion
- A Better Closet
- A Hard Place Clothing
- A Touch Of Fun Fashion
- Above Royalty Clothing
- Absolute Fashion Co
- Ace Custom Wear
- Ace Fashion
- Action Fashion Clothing
- Active Chick
- Adela’s Fashion
- Adore The Couture
- Adriano Jeans
- Advent Global Clothing
- African Attire Fashion
- Aileen’s Fashion
- Akima Kouture
- Alegria’s Closet
- Alibi Jeans Collection
- All Around Fashion
- Always Fit Clothing
- Ana’s Wardrobe
- Angel Fashions
- Angelic Threads
- Angels Closet
- Animal Flight Clothing
- Archipelago Bay Clothing Co
- Armcandy Couture
- Back 2 Basics Clothing
- Bad Girls Couture
- Baja San Diego Clothing Co
- Bare Bones Work Wear
- Basics Clothing Store
- Be Chic Boutique
- Be Easy Clothes
- Be Fierce Clothing
- Beachnik Surf Designs
- Beautiful Boutique
- Been Trendy
- Benny’s Aloha Shirts
- Beverly Hills Fashionista
- Big Little’s Midas Touch Boutique
- Big Rig Athletic Wear
- Bit Gal Fashion
- Black Fashion
- Blanca’s Fashion
- Bling Fashion
- Bloom Boutique
- Blossom Dress
- Board Life Clothing Co
- Bohemian Corner
- Boo Boo Fashion
- Boss Style
- Bottom’s Up Fashion
- Brittany’s Closet
- Cabanna Fashion
- Cabi Addiction
- Cafe Racer Style
- Caliber Clothing
- Canyon Lake Clothing Co
- Caroline’s Fashion Boutique
- Carriage House Closet
- Catatius Peachy Threads
- Cats Fashion Alley
- Cecilia’s Funky Glamour Wear
- Chic Girl Fashion
- Chill Out Relaxing Clothes
- Cinfully Chic Fashionista
- City Light Fashions
- Classic Fashions
- Classic Rock Couture
- Classy Missy
- Clothing 4 Less
- Clothing Palette
- Clover Clothing Co
- Clutch Threads
- Comfy Shorts
- Compression Clothing Co
- Contemporary Fashions
- Cooking With Fashion
- Cootiebug Clothing
- Corner Clothing Outlet Corp
- Creative Fashion
- Cruiser Lifestyle Clothing
- Cultured Clothing
- Cutie’s Clothing Co
- D Boy Clothing
- Dazzle
- Delilah’s Divine Designs
- Denim Boulevard
- Designer Fashions
- Diamond D Ranch Wear
- Dirty Street Wear
- Dissident Gym Wear
- District 48 Clothing
- Diva’s Fashion
- Dollhouse Dress Shop
- Dood Clothing Co
- Double Clutch Clothing
- Downtown L A Fashion
- Doyenne Active Wear
- Dreamers Rule Clothing
- Dreams Come True Boutique
- Dusty D Work Wear
- Eagle’s Eye Fashion
- Edge Clothing
- Elegante Suits
- Elf Fashion
- Exclusives Clothing
- Exquisite Fashion
- Factory Connection
- Fashion Factory
- Fashion Fiesta
- Fashion Palace
- Fearless Fashion
- Foot Fetish
- French Connection
- Fringe Clothing
- Fun Box Clothing
- Glaze Clothing Boutique
- Good Vibes Clothing & Apparel
- Haute Couture
- High Fashion
- Hilltop Fashion II
- Holbrook Merchantile Co
- Hubbard Clothing Co
- Impulse Clothing
- Jeans & Java Boutique
- Just Kidding
- Krystal Clear Fashion
- Lawley & Co
- Little Lady Boutique
- Little Shop of Dresses
- Livespire Apparel
- Loud Mouf Clothing Co
- Luxe Rich Clothing
- Milan Chica
- Miles High Design Clothing Co
- Moonflower
- Most Unique Fashions Boutique
- Next Generation Fashions
- Over The Top Trading Co
- Paisley’s & Grace
- Perfect Couture
- Pixie Dust
- Pretty in Pink
- Rag International
- Sahara Street Shop
- Salt Of The Earth Fashion
- Sew In Style
- Shade Of Lilac
- Sky Fashion
- Slick Designs Boutique
- Stitch Shop
- Sunny Skirts
- Sweet Bea Boutique
- Thistle & Clover
- Too Hot Mamas
- Top Crown Collections
- True Religion Brand Jeans
- Turquoise Threads
- Wagon Dust Clothing Co
Is Your Clothing Boutique Name Available?
At this point, you should have several top considerations to choose from. And the best way to narrow it down further is to check each one for availability.
This step is helpful because using a name that someone else is using could be very costly, time-consuming to rebrand your business, and possibly embarrassing. There are several places to look to check whether a name is available to use, so let’s walk through each one.
Can the business name be registered in your state?
If you plan to use a specific business name, you may be required by the state to verify it’s available to use.
Related: How to check business name availability in your state
Is your name already trademarked?
When searching for a name for your new business, you should check that your new name isn’t trademarked by someone else. If it is, you may not be allowed to use it legally.
Thankfully, the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) makes trademark searching a breeze through their Trademark Database.
A name isn’t necessarily available if it doesn’t appear in this search. Every business has some limited protection through a common law trademark. This means another business can’t open up down the street with the same name, as this creates confusion for customers. Also, check local competitors by doing a Google search and looking through the Yellow Pages.
If your name is available and you want to protect it from being used by anyone else, you can register it with the USPTO.
Related: How to check for a trademark
Hopefully, you now have some good name ideas for your clothing boutique. Once you have narrowed down this list to just a few and researched that they are all available, start asking friends, family, and potential customers for their thoughts to get feedback and then the perfect name for your clothing boutique name!
