Cottage Names: Ideas
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Names for a Beach House, Woods Cabin, Lake Cottage or Other Vacation Home
You want the perfect name for your vacation home. It isn't easy to find just the right phrase for a cottage or cabin that expresses your creativity and suits your family, their interests and activities. In addition, most people want the vacation home name to reflect the surroundings. Are there woods, a lake, the beach, mountains, a river or other natural attraction? Then you'll want the name of your retreat to include that feature.
If you're puzzling over what to name your special place, check out the resources I've gathered below. You'll love the cottage name generator tool and the sample names I've gathered. In addition, I've found resources for getting that unique name put on a sign for your vacation home.
I'll be at the cabin all weekend by MinnesotaMerch
If you're puzzling over what to name your special place, check out the resources I've gathered below. You'll love the cottage name generator tool and the sample names I've gathered. In addition, I've found resources for getting that unique name put on a sign for your vacation home.
I'll be at the cabin all weekend by MinnesotaMerch
Contents at a Glance
- Apply Brainstorming Techniques to Findin...
- Mix and Match Words to Make a Name for Y...
- Descriptive Words to Use in a Vacation H...
- Find Words That Match Your Location
- Choose a Word That Fits Your Home Style
- Add Your Own Descriptive Words
- Welcome to the Beach - Personalized Sign
- Personalized Cabin Signs
- More Personalized Signs for the Cottage...
Mix and Match Words to Make a Name for Your House
Choose a word from
section one and/or section two.
Combine it with a word
from section three.
Descriptive Words to Use in a Vacation Home Name
Section One
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sunny
bright
summer
shady -
lazy
relaxed
restful
peaceful
tranquil -
happy
cheery
heavenly -
old
ramshackle
tumble-down
vintage
retro
old-time
ye olde -
blue
black
dark
light
green
white
gray
aqua
Find Words That Match Your Location
Section Two
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woods
lake
beach
river's edge
shore
seashore
mountain
hillside
hilltop -
oak
aspen
cedar
pine
maple
oak
hemlock
white birch -
moose
bear
lobster
crab
raccoon
chipmunk
squirrel -
berry (blackberry, cranberry, gooseberry, blueberry, strawberry)
acorn
mossy
pinecone
leafy
fern -
owl
egret
loon
chickadee
eagle
goose
duck
crane
blue heron or heron
seagull -
creek
lagoon
estuary
resaca
rio
agua
pool
pond
lake
puddle
Choose a Word That Fits Your Home Style
Section Three
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cabin
camp
cottage
house
log cabin
shack
hut
farm
acres
home
castle
palace
mansion -
retreat
haven
sanctuary
respite
refuge
heaven
delight
utopia
rest -
cove
river's edge
by the sea
hilltop
hillside
Add Your Own Descriptive Words
These lists are just to get you started brainstorming. Play around with combinations of words until you hit one that sounds right for your weekend or summer home.
Welcome to the Beach - Personalized Sign
Once you choos a name for your vacation home, you'll want a sign to show it off and help visitors find it.
Personalized Cabin Signs
These signs available from Amazon.
More Personalized Signs for the Cottage or Cabin
Click on any picture to get more details
Combine Two Names to Make a Cottage Name
This sign is carved from Kansas limestone.
House Signs to Personalize for a Beach House, Lake Home, Cottage or Cabin
Available from Amazon
More Ideas for Naming a House
Check out the names of other homes in these directory
- West Country Cottages Index - England
- West Country Cottages Alphabetical Index Of Cottages.. Cottages In Devon, In New Forest and. Cornish Cottages.
Get lots of ideas from seeing what others have named their vacation homes. - Outer Banks Vacation Rentals Listed by Name
- This page, although set up for people interested in booking a cottage, gives a wide range of seashore cottage names. Maybe one will inspire a name for your cottage.
- Irish House Names
- Many people have asked me for suggestions on Irish names for their houses. So, the last time he visited Ireland, he wrote down all of the names of the houses he happened to see.
- Alphabetical List of Houses, Cottages and Terraces. Windsor 1898
- Although the houses in Windsor now have numbers and street names, this wasn't so in the past, and all the houses and cottages had names. This is a historical list.
- Country Cottages in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and throughout Great Britain
- Browse this list of rental cottages in Great Britain to get ideas for your own cottage name.
More Ideas
Check out the cottage names and signs I gathered on a pinboard on Pinterest.
What Kind of House Are You Trying to Name?
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Personalized New Address Card
Put your information and your vacation home photo
Personalized Magnet for Your Beach Home
Once you decide on a name, you can get items like this
Enjoy Your Weekend or Summer Home
Pictures of Lake Houses to Inspire You
Courtesy of Flickr Photos
Click on any photo to see it larger.
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Cottage in Sconset by thelaughingwhale
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gottaloveit
May 26, 2012 @ 8:29 pm | delete
- Back to reread. I'm considering keeping my WV cabin and must come up with a name for it if I do.
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Svetlana
May 26, 2012 @ 5:35 pm | delete
- seadream of frog song house - can't seem to choose!
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flipflopseason
May 17, 2012 @ 7:01 am | delete
- We love to read all the names of the houses at the beach! My dream house will be called Squid Manor so all my Squid friends will have a home away from home to come write and rest and have fun!
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RuralFloridaLiving
May 14, 2012 @ 10:07 pm | delete
- What good ideas you have! I always get a brain freeze when trying to come up with a name. Thanks a lot, you've given some good advice.
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dlcass
May 7, 2012 @ 7:27 pm | delete
- We don't have a cottage, but we have a camper. We've been trying to think of names to put on a sign to hang on our camper. Lots of camping families do this. Your lens has given me some ideas. Thanks.
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DebMartin
May 4, 2012 @ 1:26 pm | delete
- This is a helpful lens. I would love to see what others have come up with. My business name is Portage and I have to portage to get to my camp. So I know the word Portage will be part of the name. I'm kind of stuck on the rest. d
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RubyHRose
May 4, 2012 @ 11:48 am | delete
- That is a great idea. Thanks for some good food for thought to help describe our happy new dream place.
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celmara
May 3, 2012 @ 4:28 pm | delete
- I love you technique of coming up with names
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PapaKork
Apr 29, 2012 @ 4:17 am | delete
- Wish I had something to name, but I maybe some day! Fun lens!
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jseven
Apr 19, 2012 @ 3:03 am | delete
- Very interesting and thought provoking lens about naming vacation spots.
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MareeT
Apr 17, 2012 @ 3:49 pm | delete
- Just thinking that it might be fun to name my house! Very nice and inspiring lens!
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Tolovaj
Apr 8, 2012 @ 10:36 am | delete
- Naming the cottage really adds something special to a place. I like idea of some sort of hideout...
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Frischy
Mar 17, 2012 @ 7:30 pm | delete
- I once lived in a cabin called "Intrepid."
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favored1
Mar 13, 2012 @ 7:17 pm | delete
- Isn't it neat when people name their special places? It just makes the place more cozy I think. You gave a lot of good ways to combine words into names that I like.
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Pinks
Mar 11, 2012 @ 4:07 am | delete
- Freinds enjoy entertaining and called their house at the beach "Sipaway"
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