Varieties are often named by the breeder or grower to differentiate one from another. In competitive legal markets, such as in Amsterdam, there is significant pressure to create unique varieties that dominate the market. This results in a number of distinct variety names that may refer to very similar cannabis.

Likewise, when a variety becomes popular, many breeders and growers may produce variations of the same variety using the same or similar name. For example, Sour refers to a subset of sativa-dominant Cannabis strains.

I’ve taken the high road and avoided the obvious puns (yeah, as if) in putting together this massive list of the names of nearly 1,500 strains of marijuana, medical or otherwise, which you can see below. But first, here are my Top 25 favorite names from the list:

Apollo 13
Blockhead
Blue Velvet
Brainwreck
Buddha’s Sister
Cat Piss
Chemo
Dirty Harry
Dogshit
Dumpster
First Lady
Floater
Headcheese
Jesus
KGB
La Nina
Pit Bull
Reclining Buddha
Redhaired Sonja
Sabertooth
Stonehenge
Stuporsonic
Superglue
Taco
Velvet Elvis

And now for the straight dope: Here is the full, giant list of marijuana strain names, with many alphanumeric varietals (X #1, X #2, X#3, etc.) and plain country names removed for clarity. Enjoy (ir)responsibly:

#

1 Eyed Jamaican
3 kings
91 Chemdog

A

A-K
A-Train
Abra Cadabra
Acapulco Gold
Accidental Haze
Accidental Tourist
Afghan Delight
Afghan Kush
Afghani Orange
Afghani Special
Afghani Wonder
Afghanica
Afgooey
Afropips
Agent Orange
AK-47 aka Special-K
AK-48
Alaskan Ice
Alaskan Thunderfuck
Albert Walker
Alien Dawg
All Green
Aloha 98
Alp King
Alpha 13
Amarelo
Amazonia
Ambrosia
Americano
Amethyst Bud
Amnesia
Amnesia 99
Amnesia Haze
AMS
Amstel Gold
Amsterdam Bubblegum
Amsterdam Flame
Andys Ak-47
Anesthesia
Angelmatic
Aphrodite
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 13BX
Apollo GF4
Apollo Mist
Apollo Orange
Apollo Thunder
Apollo’s Trip
Appl
Apple Pie
Arcata Trainwreck
Arcata Wreck
Arctic Sun
Arizonan Western Light Purp
Arjan’s Haze
Arjan’s Strawberry Haze
Armenian Raspberry
Artisan
Asia Girl
Asian Slore
Astroboy
Atomic Northern Lights
Aurora
Aurora B
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Indica
Australian Blue
Automaria
Avalon
Ayatyollah

B

B-52
B- 52 Bomber
Baby Shit Bricks
Backstage
Bahia Black Head
Baked Alaska
Baldy
Bambata
Bammer
Banana / Bonanno / Bwananna
Banana Kush
Bangi “aka Congo”
Basic
Basic Diesel
BC Albino Rhino
BC Big Bang
BC Big Bud
BC Biker Bud
BC Blue
BC Blueberry
BC God Bud
BC Purple Star
BC Sweet God
BC Sweet Tooth
BC Timewarp Chemo
Beatrix Choice
Beauty
Beauty and the Beast
Bedrock
Bella Ciao
Belladonna
Belter
Berks
Berry Blaster
Berry Bolt
Berry Bud
Berry Kush
Betazoid
BF Blue Cheese
BF G-13 Haze
Biddy Early
Big Bambo
Big Bang
Big Blue
Big Blue Dump Truck
Big Bud
Big Buddha Blue Cheese
Big Buddha Cheese
Big Cheese
Big Funk
Big Gun
Big Mac
Big Mother Sativa
Big Skunk
Big Snow
Big Sur Holyweed
Big Thunder
Big Treat
Bitchin Blue
Bjorn
Black Africa
Black Berry
Black Cherry
Black Death
Black Domina
Black Gold
Black Ice
Black Kat
Black Magic Kush
Black Mamba
Black Rhino OG Kush
Black Russian
Black Spice
Black Velvet
Black Widow
Blackberry
Blackberry Kush
Blockhead
Blonde Widow
Blowfish
Bluberry Kush
Blue Alaskan fem.
Blue Apollo
Blue Bubblejuice
Blue Buddha
Blue Candy
Blue Cheese
Blue Crystal
Blue Dot
Blue Dream
Blue Dynamite
Blue God
Blue Goo
Blue Grape
Blue Haze
Blue Hen
Blue Hun
Blue Jack
Blue Jamaican
Blue Kiev
Blue Kronic
Blue Moon
Blue Moon Rocks
Blue Moonshine
Blue Mountain Jamacian
Blue Mystic
Blue Nepalese
Blue Pearl
Blue Rocket
Blue Russian
Blue Satellite
Blue Skunk Special
Blue Skunk X
Blue Thunder
Blue Velvet
Blue Widow
Blueberry
Blueberry AK
Blueberry Blast
Blueberry Haze
Blueberry Headband
Blueberry Kush
Blueberry Magic
Blueberry Nice
Blueberry NL
Blueberry Northern Lights
Blueberry Punch
Blueberry Yum Yum
Bluebottle
Bluecheese
Bluez Cluez
Blurberry
BOG L.S.D
Bogglegum
Bomber’s Widow
Boo-Ya
Bottle Rocket
Brains Choice
Brains Damage
Brains Escape
Brainstorm Haze
Brainwreck
Brazil KC
Brazilian Amazonian
Brazilian Gold
Brazilian Haze
Brazilian Lemon
Brazilian Skunk
Brett’s Passion
Bronze Whaler
Bubba Kush
Bubba Kush mint
Bubble Berry
Bubble Cheese
Bubble Gum
Bubble Hash
Bubble Kush
Bubbleberry
Bubblefunk
Bubblegum
Bubblejuice
Bubblicious
Bud Bunnie
Buddahs Love
Buddha
Buddha Haze
Buddha’s Green
Buddha’s Little Sister
Buddha’s Sister
Bullrider
Burmaberry
Burmese Kush
Burmese Pure
BushDoctor
Bushmans
Butterscotch Hawaiian

C

C-4
C-Plus
C99
Caboose
Caesar’s “Salad”
Cafe Girl
Cali Gold
Cali Miss
Cali-O Sativa
California Big Bud
California Dream
California Grapefruit
California Orange aka “Cali-O”
California Special
Calizhar
Calvin
Calyxxx
Canadian Classic
Candlestick Kush
Candy Cane Brain
Canela
Canna Sutra
Cannalope Haze
CannaSutra
Capricho
Caramella
Caribbean Dream
Caribe
Carnival
Casey Jones
Cat Piss
Cataract Kush
Cate Harrington
Catpiss
Caviar
Celestial Temple Sativa
Celtic Cross
CH9
CH9 Flower
CH9 G Bolt
CH9 Jack 33
Champagne
Champagne Kush
Charlie Sheen
Cheese
Cheese Bx
Cheesewreck
Cheesus
Chem 91
Chem Berry
Chem Dawg
Chem Dawg #4
Chem Diesel
Chemdog
Chemo
Chemo Grizzly
Chemota Dragon
Cherry Berry
Cherry Bomb
Cherry Bomb #2
Cherry Slyder
Cherry Thai
Chewing
Chiesel
Chilla
China White
Chinese Indica
Chitral
Choco Diesel
Chocolate Chunk
Chocolate Haze
Chocolate Thai
Chocolate trip
Chocolope
Chronic
Chronicle
Chrystal
Chuffa Puffz
Cinderella 99 aka “C99″
Cinderella Blues
Cindy Princess
Cinnamon
Citral
Citralah
Citrus Skunk
City Slicker
Cloud
Cocoa Kush
Colombian Gold
Colombian Haze
Colombian Jack
Comatoast
Concord Krush
Congo “aka Bangi”
Connie Chung
Conquistador
Consequence Kush
Continental
Coral Reef
Corn
Cotton Candy
Couchlock
Cranberry Kush
Crazy Daze
Cream Caramel
Crimea Blue
Cripple Creek
Crippled Pit
Critical
Critical Hash 47
Critical Mass
Crown Royal
Crystal
Crystal Lightning
Crystal Limit
Crystal Paradise
Crystal Ship, the
Crystalberry
Cuddlefish Hash Plant
Cujo

D

Da Bomb
Dabney Blue
Dagga
Dairy Queen
Dancehall
Dankee Doodle / Dankey Doodle / Danky Doodle
Dannyboy
Dark Kush
Dark Star
Dark Vader
Dawg
Dawgie Style
Daywrecker
Deadman
Death Star
Deep Chunk
DelaHaze
Delta 9
Desert Queen
Destroyer
Devil
Diablo
Diabolic Funxta
Diamond Head
Diesel
Diesel 39
Dirty Diaper
Dirty Harry
Diva G
Dixie Chicken
Dixie Crystals
Doc Chronic
DOG
Dogshit
Dolce Vita
Domina
Donk
Double Dutch
Double Purple Doja
Doyon Bud
Dr. Grinspoon
Draztic
Dreadlock
Dready Kush
Dream Queen
DTC
DTC 99
Ducksfoot
Dumpster
Durban / Durban Poison
Durban Poison
Durban Red
Durban Thai Highflier
Durga Mata
Dutch Dragon
Dutch Haze
Dutch Treat
Dutchmen’s Royal Orange

E

Early Brambleberry
Early Chemo
Early Girl
Early Green
Early Misty
Early Pearl
Early Queen
Early Sativa
Early Skunk
Early Swazi Skunk
Early White
Easy Rider
Eclipse
Ed Rosenthal Super Bud
El Nino
El Peru
Electric Haze
Elephant
Elvis
Elvis aka Elvis PressedMe
Emerald Haze
Emerald Triangle
Endless Sky
ERSB Hash
Ethiopian Highland
Euforia
Everest Queen
Exile

F

F’N'Blue
F-13
Far Out
Fast Blast
Fast Freddie
Fast Manitoba
Fig Widow Queen
Fighting Buddah
Fijian Sativa
First Lady
Five-O
Flo
Floater
Four Way
FourWay
Fraggle Rock
Frankenberry
Free Leonard
Free Tibet
Freeze
Fruit Bowl
Fruit of the Gods
Fruity Juice
Fruity Pebbles
Fruity Thai
Fucking Incredible
Full Melt Hash
Full Moon
Fuma Con Diablos
Fumar Con Dios
Funky Skunky
Funxta’z Purple Cali Kush
Fuzzy Wuzzy

G

G-Berry
G-Bolt
G-Bomb
G-Star
G-SUS
Ganja Pillar
Garlic
Gasolina
Generals Daughter
Genius
George Bush
Ghandi
Ghaze Bx1
Ghost
Giant Cindy
Giant Princess
Gilgarj
Ginger Ale
Girl Scout Cookies
Gnarsty
GOD
God Bud
God’s Gift
God’s Treat
GodCrack
Golden Goat
Golden haze
Golden Jamaican Kush
Golden Kush
Golden Skush
GoldenMoon
Gonzo
Gordy’s Spice
Gourdbuster
Gracie Slick
Grand Daddy Purple
Grandaddy Purple
Granddaddy Purple
Granflora
Grape Ape
Grape God
Grape Krush
Grape Kush
Grape Mayhem
Grape Punch
Grape Sorbet
Grapealicious
Grapefruit
Grapefruit Cross
Grapefruit Haze
Grapeskunk
Grasshopper
Gravity
Great Garberville Pure
Great White
Great White Shark
Greece Coat
Green -O- Matic
Green Beem
Green C
Green Crack
Green Devil
Green Dot
Green Dragon
Green Giant
Green Goddess
Green House
Green House Thai
Green Kush
Green Medicine
Green Pimp
Green Poison
Green Spirit
Grenadella
Grenadine
Grimm White Shark
Grimm White Widow
Guerrilla
Gypsy’s Kiss

H

Haley’s Comet
Hardcore
Harvard Haze
Hash Balls 2
Hash Dawg
Hash Heaven
Hash Khan
Hash Master
Hash Plant
Hashberry
Hawaii Gold
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Big Bud
Hawaiian Goddess
Hawaiian Gold
Hawaiian Goo
Hawaiian Haze
Hawaiian Skunk
Hawaiian Snow
Hawaiian Webbed Indica
Haze
Haze Mist
Haze Special
Headband
Headband Diesel
Headcheese
Headstash
Heavy Duty Fruity
Hempstar
Herijuana
Herijuana aka Hero
Hero-uana
High Land
High Octane
Highend
Highland Afghani
Himalaya Gold
Himalayan Gold
Hindu Kush
Hog
HOG, the
Hogs Breath
Holland’s Hope
Hollands Hope
Homegrown Fantasy
Hong Kong Star
Hoosier Hoot’n'Hollar
HP13
Hubba Bubba
Humboldt Berry
Humbolt snow
Huron
HydroKronic’s Kreeper aka Kronic Kreep

I

Ice
Ice Cream
Ice Princess
Ice Queen
In The Way
Incrediberry
Indian Haze
Indian Skunk
Indica
Indigo
Ingemars Punch
Ingrid
Iranian Autoflower
Island Bud
Island Lady
Island Maui Haze
Island Sweet Skunk
Ivory Haze

J

J Kush
J.J.’s Gold
Jack
Jack Flash
Jack Frost
Jack Hair
Jack Herer
Jack Herrer
Jack Kevorkian
Jack Nectar
Jack The Ripper
Jack’s cleaner
JackHammer
Jacki-O
Jacks Cleaner
Jacky White
Jamaican Pearl
Janis Special
Jasmine
Jedi
Jesus
Jilly Bean
Jillybean
Jim Dandy
Jimi Hendrix
Jock Horror
John Newsom
Johnny Blaze
Jorees Diamond
Jorge’s Diamonds #1
Juicy Fruit
Juliet

K

K-Train
K.O Kush
K2 Special
Kahuna
Kali Mist
Kali Spice
Kali’s Bliss
Kalichakra
Kanasuta
Kandahar
Kandy Kush
Kariba Surprise
Karpov
Kasparov
Kaya
KC
Kenosha Gloo
Kerala Krush
Kerala Skunk
Key Lime Kush
KGB
Khola
Kill Bill
Killa Crip Kush
Killa Kush
Killer Apollo
Killer Chem
Killer Kristalls
Killer Newhaven
Killer Queen
Killian
Killin Garberville
Killing Fields
King Kong Kush
King’s Kross aka King Kush, King’s Blend
Kish
Kiwi
Kiwiskunk
Klingonberry
Knightrider Kush
Kolinahr
Kong
Koon Sucker
Kotton Kandy Kush
Kranial Kush
Kryptonite
Krystal Spike
Kush
Kush Berry
Kushadelic
Kushage
Kwik Kali

L

L.A. Confidential
L.A. Woman
L.A.P.D.
LA Confidential
LA Jack
La Nina
Lamb’s Breath
Lambada
Lambsbread Skunk
Landraces
Lasqueti Haze
Lavender
Lavender Hash
Lebanese
Leda Uno
Legends Ultimate Indica
Lemon Bomb
Lemon Bud
Lemon Chemo
Lemon Drop
Lemon Freeze
Lemon G
Lemon Kush
Lemon Lime Kush
Lemon Mazar
Lemon Sativa Candy
Lemon Skunk
Lemon Stinky
Lemonaid
Leshaze
Lethal Purple
Lieu Hanh
Life Saver
Life Star
Lifesaver
Lightstorm
Lil Afghani
Lime Chemo
Lionheart
Lone Ranger
Love Potion
Low P.T.
Lowland Afghani
Lowrider
Lowryder
LSD
Lucky Charms

M

M-16
Mad Shad
Magic
Magic Bud
Magic Carpet Ride
Magic Crystal
Mako Haze
Mako Shark
Mal’Sp
Malaki
Malawi Gold
Malberino
Malberry
Malibu
Mandala
Mandarin Punch
Manga Rosa
Manghani
Mango
Mango Kush
Mangolian Indica
Manic
Manitoba Poison
Manolito 1
Maple Leaf Indica
Marijuana News
Marilyn Monroe
Marley’s Collie
Martian Mean Green
Mass. Super Skunk
Master Ice
Master Kush
Master Kush Diesel
Master
Masterkush
Matanuska Mint
Matanuska Mist
Matanuska Tundra
Maui Mist
Maui Waui
Maui Wowie
Max 49
Mayhem
Mazar
MCW
Mean Green Martian
Medicine Man
MedMaster
Mekong High
Mendocino Madness
Merlins Dream
Meroin
Merville Blueberry
Mexican Sativa
MI6
Michigan Skunk
Mighty Haze Candy
Mikado
Mikush
Millennium
Millennium Bud
Millies
Mind Bender
Mindfuck
Mississippi Queen
Mississippi Sweet Bud
Mistletoe
Misty
MK Ultra
Moby Dick
Mohan Ram
Mongolian
Moolah
Moon Shadow
Moonflower
Moonlight OG Kush
Morning Dew
Morning Glory
Morning Star
Motavation
Mother of Mercy
Mother Ship
Mount Cook
Mountain Jam
Mountain Lion
MP5K
Mr. Bubble
Mr. Majestyx
Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice Guy
MSM’s Mr. Nice

N

N.Y.P.D.
Nazar
Nebula
Neon Super Skunk
Neopolitan Dynamite
Nepal Baba
Nepalese Grizzly
Nepalese Jam
Nepali
Nevil’s Haze
Neville’s Haze
Neville’s Haze Hybrid
New Blue Diesel
New Killer Queen
New Purple Cross
New Purple Power
New York City Diesel
New York Sour Diesel
Niagara
Niagara Shiva
Nice Guy
Nigerian
Night Train
Ninja Turtle
Ninjica
Nirvana Special
NL x Apollo G13
No Mercy Special
Noely Noel
Norcal Cript
North
Northern Berry
Northern Bright
Northern Dream
Northern Lights
Northern Lights Bubblegum
Northern Lights Haze
Northern Skunk
Nuken
Nutcruncher
NY Kush
NYC Diesel
NYC Sour Diesel

O

Oasis
Obama OG Kush
Odin’s Hammer
OG
Darth Vader
OG
Headband
Michael Phelps
Oké 47
Old Blue
Old Mother Sativa
Opium
Optimus Prime
Orange Apollo
Orange Bud
Orange Chemo
Orange Cream
Orange Crush
Orange Crush
Ice Cream
Orange Friesland
Orange Peako Cambodian
Orange Spice
Orange Widow
Orangina
Oregon Funk
Oregon Pinot Noir
Oregon Purple Thai
Orient Express
Original Green
Original Haze
Original Highway Delight
Original Misty
Original Strawberry Diesel
Ortega
Outback Jack

P

P91
Pacific NorthWest Big Bud
Pacific’s G-13
Pakalolo
Pakistan Chitral Kush
Panama Powerhouse
Panama Punch
Panama Red
Papaya
Passion
Passion Queen
Peak 19
Perma Frost
Perma Hash
Perplex
Pez
PG-13
Phnom Phen
Phoenix Sun
Piezel
Piff
Pine Bud
Pine Tar Kush
Pineapple Dogshit
Pineapple Express
Pineapple Kush
Pineapple Punch
Pineapple Thai
Pineapples Punch
Pink Candy
Pink Kush
Pink Lady
Pink Widow
Pit Bull
PK White Widow
Platinum
Platinum Ghost
Platinum Purps
Plum
POG
PolarLight
Pollypak
Poon Sauce
Poopa
Posh
Pot of Gold
Potent Purple
Power House
Power Plant
Premium KB Killer
Presidential Kush
Princess
Princess Diesel
Pukeberry
Puna Budda
Puna Budder
Pure Gold
Pure Kush
Pure Power
Pure Power Plant
Pure Skunk
Purple Butter
Purple Czar
Purple Dawg
Purple Diesel
Purple Dogg
Purple Erkle
Purple Frost
Purple Goddess
Purple Haze
Purple Indica
Purple Kush
Purple Lightning
Purple Maroc
Purple Monkey Balls
Purple Nepal
Purple Passion
Purple Power
Purple Pussy
Purple Skunk
Purple Skunk Dutch Treat
Purple Snow
Purple Star
Purple Thai
Purple Urkle / Purple Urple
Purple Voodoo
Purple Wreck
Purps aka Mendocino Purple
Pussy Kush
Pyramid

Q

Qlenaer
Queen of Hearts
Querkle
Quick Mist Diesel

R

Raccoon / Rocky
Rainbow Kush
Rainbow Sherbert
Raspberry Cough
Raspberry Kush
Reclining Buddha
ReCON
Red Beard
Red Congolese
Red Devil
Red Haze
Red Horse
Red Sativa
Red Widow
Redhaired Sonja
Redwood Kush
Reefer Madness
Reggie Bush
Remus
Renatta
Rene
Rheingold
Rhino Diesel
Ripple
Rock Bud
Rock Star
Rocklock
Rockstar
Romberry
Rombolt
Romulan
Romulan Cotton Candy
Romulan Haze
Route 66
Rox
Royal Hawaiian
Royal Kush
Royal Orange
Ru-Pa
Ruderalis
Ruderalis Sativa
Runuponyah

S

S.A.G.E.
Sabertooth
Sacra Frasca
Sadhu
Sagarmatha
SAGE
Sage & Sour
Salmon
SandStorm
Sangoma
Sanug
Sapphire Star
Sativa
Sativa Spirit
Satori
Schnazzleberry
Schrom
Secret Sauce
Senor Garcia
Sensativa
Sensi Star
Sensitron
Shagadellic
Shaman
Shanti Devi
Shark Shock
Sharks Breath
Sharon
Sheherazade
Shenzhou
Shiesel
Shirin Gol
Shirin Mango
Shishkaberry
Shit
Shiva
Shiva Shanti II
Shiva Skunk
Shock
Shoreline
Shulam
Silver Blue
Silver Dream
Silver Haze
Silver Pearl
Silver Sage
Silver Spice
Silver Tip
Silverado
Skittlz
Skunk
Skunk Berry
Skunk Haze
Skunk Kush
Skunk Passion
Skunk Power
Skunk Red Hair
Skunkaberry
Skunkberry
Skydog
Skywalker
Skywalker OG Kush
Sleestack
Slyder
Smelly Guy
Smoka Cola
Smokey Bear
Smoothie
Snoop’s Master Kush
Snow
Snow Slyder
Snow White
Snowcap
Snowstorm
So Gouda
Socal Bubbleberry
Socal G-13
Soma A+
Somalicious
Somango
Somanna
Somantra
Somativa
Somaui
Somini
SoQuick’s AK99
Sorry Sucker
Sour Bubble
Sour Cream
Sour Diesel
Sour Grape
Sour Kush
Sour Mist
Sour Queen
Sour Romulan
Sour Russian
Sour Turbo
Sour Wonder
Southern Daze
Southern Lights
Southern Nights
Space Kush
Space Queen
Spacetooth
Spawntanica
Special AK
Special Haze
Special K
Speed Queen
Speedball
Spellbound
Spice
Spirit of 76
Spontanica
Spurkle
Sputnik
Squirt
Star Chief
Star Gazer
Star Nebula
Stargazer
Starlight
Starwalker
Stella Blue
Sticky Icky
Sticky Sista
Stinky Pete
Stinky Pinky
Stonehedge
Stonehenge
Stoney Baloney
Stoney High
Strawberry Cough
Strawberry Diesel
Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Haze
Strawberry Kush
Stuporsonic
Sublime
Sudden Impact
Sugar Babe
Sugar Baby
Sugar Daddy
Sugar Green Skunk
Sugar Klingon
Sugar Loaf
Sugar Skunk
Sugarwarp
Summer Queen
Sunshine
Sunshine Daydream
Super Afghani
Super Blue
Super Dawg
Super Funk
Super Goo
Super Green
Super Haze
Super Impact
Super Jack
Super Kimo
Super Kush
Super Lemon Haze
Super Lemon Skunk
Super OG Master Kush
Super Sativa Plus
Super Silver Haze
Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze
Super Silver Spice
Super Skunk
Super Sour Diesel
Super Star
Super Sweet Cindy 05
Superfruit
Superglue
Swazi Redbeard
Swazi Rooibaard
Swazi Safari
Swazi Skunk
Sweet Apollo
Sweet Cheese
Sweet Cindy
Sweet Deep Grapefruit
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dutch
Sweet Haze
Sweet Island Skunk
Sweet Purple
Sweet Skunk
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Treat
Sweetie
Swiss Bliss
Swiss Cheese
Swiss Miss
SwissXT

T

T.N.R.
Taco
Tahoe Gold
Taiga
Tangerine Haze
Tangerine Kush
Tanzanian Magic
Tarantula
Tashenk
Taskenti
Taste Bud
Terminator
Tessa
Texada Timewarp
Texas Hammer
Thai Lights
Thai-tanic
THC Bomb
The Church
The Crystal Ship
The Doctor
The Dope
The Flav
The Hurricane
The Kali
The Magic
The OG Skunk
The Other Crystal Ship
The Palin
The Purp
The Purps
The Real McCoy
The Teenone
The Third Dimension
The Ultimate
The Willies
The Wiz
Thumper
Thunder Fuckin Wonder
Thunder Pearl
Thunderfuck Diesel
Timanfaya Devil
Time Bomb
Titan
Titan’s Haze
Top 44
Top Lady
Tora Bora
Toxic Blue
Trainwreck
Trance
Transkei Green
Tribal Vision
Trinity
Triple Afghan Slam
Triple Diesel
Trix
Tropical Timewarp
Tropical Treat Special
Tropicanna
True Blue
Tsunami Crush
Tundra
Turtle Power
Twilight Indica
Twisted Fruit

U

UBC Chemo
Ultimate Indica
Ultimate Indoor
Ultimate Peak
Ultra Skunk
Ultraviolet
Urban Poison
UW

V

Valley Queen
Vanilla Kush
Vanilluna
Velvet Elvis
Venom OG Kush
Venus
Very Berry Haze
Very White
Veryberry
Viet Combo
Violator Kush
Viper
Vision Thai
Voodoo
Vortex

W

Wakeford
Waldo
Wappa
Warlock
Warpberry
West Coast Nice
Wheel Chair
Whitaker Blues
White Berry
White Cinderella
White Crystal
White Diesel
White Fire
White Flow
White Grizzly
White Haze
White Himalayan Haze
White Ice
White Indica
White KC
White Light
White Lightning
White Monkey
White Mr. Nice
White Rhino
White Rose
White Russian
White Satin
White Shark
White Skunk
White Smurf
White Star
White Tusk
White Widow
White Willow
Widow Warrior
Widowrella
William’s Wonder
Willie D
Willie Nelson
Willie’s Wonder
Willijuana
Willy Jack
Willy Nelson
Witchcraft
Wonder 99
Wonder Diesel
Wonder Haze
Wonder Woman
Wonderberry

X

Y

Yarkoum
Yellow Brick Wall
Yoda OG Kush
Yuckleberry Wow
Yumboldt / Yumbolt

Z

Zagorsk
Zamal

For additional pleasure, see Wordlab’s archive list of Designer Drug Names and our Drug-O-Matic Name Generator. Just don’t Wordlab and drive.

Backdoor Sliders
Base Desires
Caught Looking
Dirtyball
Hazmat Suitors
Hit Squad
Ice Cold Pitchers
Master Blasters
Multiple Scoregasms
Ponytail Express
Scratch & Sniff
Screwballs
Sons of Pitches
Victorious Secret
Village Idiots

It’s no longer enough just to show up at the local baseball diamond or softball park and expect to play ball. No, you need a strong brand identity for your team. Why just out-play the competition when you can out-name them as well? In this list you will find some great names that will help you do just that — but it’s only the beginning of what we offer here — see the reference links at the bottom of the post for even more team naming goodness.

And now, on with the names…

The full list of 150 funny baseball / softball team names:

99 Problems
Abusement Park
Alley Boys
Ally Oops
Amazons
Angry Chicks
Around The Horn
Backdoor Sliders
Bad Intentions
Ball Busters
Balls Out
Banshees
Base Desires
Bat Rage
Beer Nuts
Beer View Mirrors
Bench Johnnies
Bench Warmers
Bitchy and Bossy
Blood Bath & Beyond
Blue Ballers
Bombers
Breaking Ballers
Brokebat Mountain
Carpet Munchers
Catty
Caught Looking
Chaos Chicas
Chaw ‘Nuff
Chin Music
Cleats & Cleavage
Cow Tipping Dwarfs
Crash Dummies
Cuties from the Block
Designated Drinkers
Diamond Divas
Dirt Eaters
Dirtyball
Disco Ninjas
Divas, Achievas & Believas
Dream Killers
Dugout Dung
Dung Beetles
Exploding Elmos
Farmers’ Daughters
Fast Girls
Flaming Turtles
Free A Gents
Fungo Nation
Glove Love
Good Wood
Grass Hoppers
Grim Reapers
Hazmat Suitors
Head Hunters
Heavy Hitters
Help Wanted
Hit for Brains
Hit Squad
Hitmen
Hoochies
Hood Rats
Human Capitals
Hustlers
Ice Cold Pitchers
Infield Diamonds
Killer Dolls
Know Nothings
Krushers
Last Pick
Leather and Lace
Left Behind
Line Drivers
Lost Boys
Mad Dogs
Mall Rats
Man-Eating Squirrels
Master Blasters
Mean Girls
Minimum Wagers
Miracle Workers
Misfits
Mound Mermaids
Mudcats
Multiple Scoregasms
Nasty Girls
Nemesis
Nice Snatch
Nine Inch Males
Oddballs
Off Base
Old Farts
One Hit Wonders
Pants On The Mound
Piglet
Pink Sox
Pitch Slap
Ponytail Express
Popup Weasels
Power Outage
Prinsesses
Pussy Riot
Queen Bees
Question Marks
Rippers
Rounders
Saddle Soars
Salsa Girls
Scared Hitless
Scratch & Sniff
Screwballs
She Devils
Shockers
Shutdowns
Silent Assassins
Smooth Operators
Sons of Pitches
Special K’s
Spinal Tappers
Spitting Llamas
Splat
Spoilers
Sugar & Spice
Summer Girls
Swamp Donkeys
Sweet Spot
Swingers
Swingin’ Singles
The Bomb Squad
The Breaking Balls
The Fast and Furious
The Fighting Amish
The Free Agents
The Grass Stains
The He-Shes
The Mullet Mafia
The Other White Meat
The Scrubs
The Strikers
The Wet Wedgies
The Wrecking Crew
The Y-Nots!
Thunder Bunnies
Tomboyz
Victorious Secret
Village Idiots
Voodoo Dolls
Weakened Warriors
Whole Enchilada
Yes Dear

For more team naming fun, see Wordlab’s Team Name Generator and our archive list of Sports Team Names. And if you’re still stuck, or just want some personalized service, sign up for a free Wordlab account and post a new Topic to our Sports Team Names group Forum. Give us the details of your team and sport, and members of the Wordlab community will chime in with suggested names. Because that’s how we roil around here. Wordlab members can also add their own favorite funny baseball and softball team names in the comments section below.

Batter up!

I just put the new Fantasy Name Generator through its paces, and here are 30 fantastical specimens for your wonderment, an infinitesimal sampling of the more than six million fantasy names available:

Abarden the Cabbage
Bahir the Horrible
Gebeth the Arse
Wikas the Wanton
Is’tai the Popular
Keluskack the Stammerer
Azuela the Bitch
Garrar the Fallen
Nythil the Longshanks
Cirein the Crosseyed
Teg the Mendacious
Bramblerose the Lovelorn
Oras the Humongous
Ine’urnu the Inexorable
Daniel the Avenger
Honrad the Quarreller
Queul the Exile
Sylvan the Cheesy
Mimpsey the Grim Reaper
Thedelryn the Nutcase
Honther the Precious
Sealanna the Quiet
Chess the Caulker
Oldbuck the Hairless
Nijel the Charcoal Cruncher
Freca the Imp
Vesom the Gouty
Kinrr the Little Impaler
Vorsaw the Harefoot
Toyna the Shallow

For related joyful clicking, check out the Character Name Generator too. It has nearly 380 million character names for all your characterization needs. Oh hell — just go check out all our amazing Name Generators, and tell everyone you know to do the same. The world will be a better place. Cheers.

Naming a skincare and a cosmetics line (09/21/1999)

Hi, I need help in naming a skincare and a cosmetics line. I would like for the products to have separate but corresponding names. The skincare items are high end quality, nice clear packaging. The cosmetics are real modern with matte black packaging and brushed silver accents. Thank you soo much!!! Bella =)

Skin Care:

About Face
Acme Patrol
Acne Away
Cheeky
Clearskin
Clensecloths
DermiCream
DermiDown
Fresh Face
Gleam
Liquid Pore
Liquid Silk
Liquid Skin
Liquid Velvet
Moonbeam
Pore Choice
Pore Girl
Pore Gold
Pore Guy
Pore Partner
Pore Power
PorePads
Qleen
Sea Breeze Facial Wash
Silkia
Smootch
Zit-be-gone

Cosmetics:

Bliss
Equity
Flight
Penelope
Plumage
Sketch
Skin In A Bottle
Sparkle
Sutra
Thin Air Cosmetics
Tickle
Twinkle

Skincare / Cosmetics Pairings:

Cheeky | Sketch
Ciao | Bella Figala!
Gleam | Sparkle
Gleam | Twinkle
Qleen | Sutra
Silkia | Penelope
Smootch | Tickle

Taglines:

Acne — Do An About Face
Acne — Face Up To It
Because you needz-it!
Break Out Your Bella
Don’t just zit around, do somethin!
Face The Music
Fresh as a sea breeze.
Is zit still there?
Just Another Pretty Face
Pore It On!
Stop your zit-pickin!
Walk right in, Zit right down….
What is zit?
Zit can’t be!
Zit really work?
Zit won’t be long!
Zit-itty doodaa, zit-itty day!
Zits about time!

Need name for coffee / candy store (04/05/04)

My hubby and I are opening a coffee / candy store and are coming up short on name ideas. We will be selling old fashioned bagged candy (from gummies, to chocolates, to mints, to Swedish fish) as well as mixed nuts, and peanuts in bulk (up to 20lb bags). We will also be selling gourmet coffee beans and coffee supplies and accessories (grinders, coffee pots, filters, flavored creams…), not quite so much actual cups of coffee or lattes or things like that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Afternoon Delight
Bean Me Up
Beans & BonBons
BonBons & Beans
Bubbleshop
Candimental
Candy Cafe
Chewy Brewy
Dandy’s
Hubby’s Cafe
Jellies and Java
Jumpy’s
Le Bon Bean
Lumps and Brewses
Sipp & Nibble
Snack Shack
Sweet Brews
Sweet Confections
Sweet Java
The Candy Grinder
The Caffeine Confectionary
The Jumping Bean
The Sweet Life
The Sweet Shop Coffee House
Treat & Bean

1. Lolipop Flower
2. Splinter Kiss
3. Paint By Numbers
4. Spiderbarrow
5. The Fidget
6. Bonefly
7. Wartime Recipes
8. Zenthrax
9. Electric Furrytown
10. Sniff Test

We thought we’d throw in a new band name for you, Cheese Machine, but, alas, it is already in use. Not to be confused with The String Cheese Incident. Oh well, no sense crying over Lost Cheese. (You’re welcome.)

Not exactly sure what this is, but I like it. A seemingly simple concept, Redacted Chimp is exactly that — pictures of chimpanzees with black (sometimes other colors) redaction strips covering their eyes, as if to mask their identities. Or perhaps their identities have been taken from them? Or they never existed in the first place? Or perhaps they are us, our proxy in the wild world? It’s impossible to say for sure, because interpretation is left to the viewer. But what makes this site even more interesting are the poetic fragments of narrative that are paired with each image. Here, for example, is the complete text that accompanies the image above:

Redacted Chimp 010. I love holding hands with your foot, in the rain, in the sun, in the rain. I love watching the rain careen off my hand, off your face, off the palm of my hand. There are plants in the world that nobody even knows the names of yet, that don’t even have names yet, that don’t have names. I love holding flowers in your hands, with my feet, in your rain. (Redacted Chimp 010)

A lovely image, probably triggered by the chimp in this picture holding hands with his (her?) own foot. And of course I love that it is also a musing on names.

Could the chimps be the poets here? Maybe they made this website as a way to reclaim their identities? Maybe this is the true beginning of the Planet of the Apes. Check it out, and report back here if you learn anything more.

Night now!
Tell me, tell me, tell me, elm! Night night! Telmetale of stem or
stone. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters
of. Night!
~James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, p.216 lines 2-5

Making the transition from trying to name a company, product or service yourself and hiring an agency such as Zinzin to do it can be a daunting task. Whether the pressure comes from budget, timing, uncertainty or other factors, there are many reasons why companies put off this decision until the last minute, until panic sets in, adding a new source of pressure than can cloud judgement. In order to feel more confident with your selection of a naming company, regardless of who you ultimately hire to do the job, here are Zinzin’s Ten Criteria For Selecting A Naming Agency:

1. Check out the agency’s portfolio. Have they created any great names, or any names at all? Do they demonstrate the ability to create a range of names, or a narrow niche? Do any of the names resonate with you? Have you ever heard of any of the names in the portfolio? Do any make you smile, and do any make you cringe? Take your time to really understand your feelings about a naming company’s portfolio. (Zinzin’s portfolio)
2. Does the agency have a well-developed process for creating names? (Zinzin’s process)
3. Is the naming company’s process for creating names public and easy to understand, or is it missing in action, hidden behind a proprietary TM-branded “black box,” or riddled with alienating biz-speak and obfuscating consultant diagrams?
4. Is their naming process interactive, demanding your involvement throughout, or do they just go away for a month or two, return with 5 names and say, “pick one”?
5. Does the agency have a clear philosophy of naming? Do you get the sense that they are passionate about naming? That they fully understand all aspects of the naming process and can communicate that clearly when you speak with them? (Zinzin’s Manifesto)
6. Does the agency have a blog and a presence in social media? If so, are they active? Do they have anything interesting to say? Do they have strong opinions that they are not afraid to share? Do they engage in conversations, or is it mostly just one-way marketing chatter that’s all about them and how awesome they are? (Zinzin’s blog, and on Twitter)
7. Can you get an agency principal on the phone or in email to discuss your project, or are you routed to “account rep” intermediaries? Are they helpful, and do you get a sense that they actively listen to you and understand your concerns? (Zinzin’s principals and contact information)
8. Are the naming agency principals industry thought leaders, or followers? Do you get the feeling from studying an agency’s website and speaking with them that they are pretty much interchangeable with other naming companies, or that they stand apart?
9. Do you get the sense that working with this agency will be a creative joy, a waste of your time, or even downright drudgery? When was the last time you enjoyed naming? Naming your company, product or service is about much more than just creating an identity — it’s about creating a lasting brand, and to do that right you need to thoroughly understand your brand positioning. And figuring this out should be fun, because it is like having an epiphany and then codifying it into every fiber of your brand. Self-knowledge is very powerful, for corporations no less than for individuals. Watch the Steve Jobs video, below, for a great illustration of this process, and note his shout-out to the ad agency, Chiat\Day (now TBWA\Chiat\Day), which helped him and Apple figure this out.
10. Has the agency, with their own name, gone above and beyond being a generic commodity? Is their own name any good? (Surprisingly, many naming companies have generic names that cause them to be indistinguishable from each other, defeating the most important purpose of naming. Go figure.) Do they have a story to tell? (About Zinzin’s name)

Steve Jobs on understanding the essence of a brand

“Apple at the core, it’s core value, is that we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.”

Get engaged

What is the essence, the core value, of your brand? What is the core value of any company you hire, for naming, graphic identity, or advertising? It is no longer enough for brands just to shout messages for “consumers” to digest — brands, companies must be engaged with their audience, society in general, and the world we all live in. So before you engage an agency to position you in the global village, make sure they understand the fundamental shift in how business is done that is going on right now, or they might just build you a glossy new pedestal to display your vision in a museum of dead brands.

And a poignant Leap Day Carol:

Remember: what happens on Leap Day, stays on Leap Day (at least for the next four years).

These go to eleven!

At Zinzin, we believe that creating powerful names is both a science, for which we have a rigorous, battle-tested process, and an art, for it is the art and poetry of great names that separate brands from their uninspired competition. Great names become brands that foster emotional engagement with their audience, and these are the names we are passionate about.

The Zinzin website has many features to help you get a handle on the naming process, including the Naming Guide and Manifesto PDFs available for free download.

Wordlab will continue to be a great free naming and branding resource for people and small companies who can’t afford to hire a naming firm. For companies in need of professional naming and branding services, Zinzin is here for you.

Join the conversation on Twitter by following @ZinzinLive.

In Canada people welcome trick-or-treators by placing pumpkins called jack-o’-lanterns in their windows.
Also in Canada it is bad luck for a black cat to cross your path, enter your home, or even enter your ship.

In Canada people give trick-or-treaters sweets to make sure they are not played a trick on.

Children make Jack-o’-lanterns for hallowe’en.

Dressing up as witches, ghosts and beasts for trick-or-treating is done also.

I know, I know, it sounds like Jabberwocky to us readers in the USofA, and seems to make no sense whatsoever. You’ll just have to trust my sources that in Canada it’s all perfectly logical.

So, a Happy Halloween to you then, eh?

BONUS MATERIAL: As an extra quasi-holiday featurette, I’ve created the following poem, “Canadian Halloween”, from the 69 words quoted above, put into random order using a random number generator:

CANOLA INHALED ANEW
enter witches
they sweets path a In trick-or-treaters trick
as make is people enter make
by your is called Canada

pumpkins people
cat luck and jack-o’-lanterns black
not home your it done in your for hallowe’en
Jack-o’-lanterns Canada
even their for your to Children in played

In Also or on also
placing sure ship up are Dressing welcome
give to a bad beasts
Canada trick-or-treators
ghosts windows cross for

Stained, glaucous, glycerine, gold, goat, clover
gold, local, stocks, type, food, wild, national, lake, flag,
valve, gyroscope, sect
heat, helium, lead, bare, state, invention, medieval
refraction, faction, ultra-action,
hunter, interest, bullet, market…

Loads, liquids, neon, heater, jaws, jungle
mains, signal, knives, kitchen
ingot, lovely, mirror, mold
Mycenaean, moat, poppy, rubber,
radar, rags, sugar, teak
silver, poke, tin, beetroot,
carrot, ebony, fruit, copper, silk…

Carpet, distant, pigmy, hid, pack,
timber, pudding, straw
raindrops, spattering, ramps
chameleon, prairie, pods, trigger
museum, scales, square, ultra, out of map, vent
volcano, vain, wreck, tactic
tidal, arches, valley, hand
inflect, impression, loom, last, molten
you gamma, meeting
lighting, signal, island, coral-cold

ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is the non-profit, global coordinator of the Internet’s naming system. ICANN’s global Internet regulators met today in Singapore to “finalize rules for a major expansion of ‘generic top-level domains,’ that will clear the way for new offerings like .law, .coke or .nyc. Sites with those endings are expected to start rolling out late next year.” CNN.com tells the story in Forget .com, here’s .coke:

“Today’s decision will usher in a new Internet age,” said Peter Dengate Thrush, chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors. “We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.”

Now, before you get all excited and start dreaming of registering “.wordlab” or “.snark” domain names, note the “gotcha”:

Crawford thinks dot-brand sites will be a hit with major companies. In addition to marketing benefits, they could help on the security front: HSBC, for example, could tell customers that a purported HSBC site isn’t legitimate unless it ends in .hsbc. And a company like Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) could market products at cellphones.verizon and store locations at losangeles.verizon.

But these benefits don’t come cheaply — or easily. ICANN charges at $185,000 per domain application, which Crawford says typically must include about 150 pages of policy documents.

Technical setup takes another $100,000 or so, he says, and upkeep can cost an additional $100,000 each year.

So there you have it — only “major companies” who can afford the cost and regulatory overhead will be able to buy into this, and the result will likely be more brand clutter and confusion, with new domains like .coke, .pepsi, .verizon, .hsbc flooding the Internet with millions more corporate websites. No longer would users just go to coke.com to find out — wait, why do users go there? — whatever they need to find out, but potentially there might be thousands of separate .coke sites. Any large company could basically build its own Internet now — imagine a self-contained, Chromewashed .google empire. And forget about just one “iCloud” for Apple — they could create a mega-cloud of .apple websites.

In addition to companies, non-profits, NGO’s, citizen groups, artists and any sort of non-corporate entity that can raise the funds could also create its own self-contained micro-Internet. Imagine legions of fans registering .gaga, .bieber, .kanye or .diddy domains for their fanblogs, with all that registration money going directly to the artists instead of GoDaddy. That is, if there’s anyone left who wants to have their own website, when a Facebook page is probably all they need. We’ll see.

It’s enough to make your head spin. And in the not-too-distant future, people will misplace websites and domains the way they misplace car keys. Honey, where did you park my files? Was it at cloud.apple, icloud.apple, app.apple, cloudapp.apple, cumulus-cloud.apple, docs.google, mydocs.google or vault.amazon?

Of course, there will be apps to help you remember where you put your digital life. Oh-yes-there-will-be.apps.

I just tested it for my own team name, and here are some of the beauties I came away with:

North Stucco Stumblers
Lucky Chillers
Hopping Steel Chameleons
Headless Turf Monkeys
Stealth Hillbillies
Macho Fire Strikers
Gritty Metal Aftermath
Bouncing Chemical Wheelers
Tri-City Green Wasps
Phat Vampires
Irrational Space Zealots
Pastel Beige Miltons
Hot Desert Crawlers
Tripping Silverbacks
Grunting Day Rats
Tainted City Burnouts
Giant Marsh Groundhogs
Hard Red Prawns
The Chemical Beancounters
Random Surf Rappers
The Champagne Patsies
Noble Longhairs
Limping Bush Hackers

If you need help with a specific team naming project and the Team Name Generator isn’t quite working out for you, sign up for a free Wordlab membership and post a New Topic to the Sports Team Names group Forum, and members of the Wordlab community will jump in and help you beat your arch rivals to a better team name. And see all the other name generators on our Name Generators page.

Really James, Estuarial Years didn’t merit a strike-through? The Tortoise must have liked it…

Salter might have benefited from the input of Wordlabbers if only he’d traveled a few decades into the future and posted a new Topic in our Publications Forum.

Attention authors: give Wordlab a try for novel titles, non-fiction book titles, short story titles, and even character names. (Via The Paris Review via Flavorpill)