Do you like any of these names for a coffee/antique shop/art studio?

I like the last two. The first three seem a bit long for a name. However, Eclectic Sunsets sounds pretty awesome.

imho, the first two are too long to remember. The fifth one is all right.

The Legendary Blue Sunset?
I think 4 and 5 are the nicest.

I like all of the last three.

My picks would be The Original Vagabond or The Blue Girl.

What about Coffee and Diamonds? You might have some real jewels of pictures in there.

What about Hey, Jude as a name?

Kofi Ann an Antique Shop

@rebbel Hahaha!

@Jude ;-)

Get this man a coffee!

I like Blue Lamp and Blue Girl

What if you did something like “Eclectic Blue Girl”?

I like Blue Lamp best.

I like #1. It’s eccentric.

Short and memorable. How about “Fireflies”?

As usual, our wordsmith ^^ has nailed it.

Fireflies
The Blue Lamp

1 & 2 read like parodies to me.

Who are you looking to draw to this place with references to Nicks and Dylan? If your clientele tends to be 50+ then that’s good. I’m still having trouble with Dylan being associated with a place where you want me to __buy__ stuff. Nicks does have that kind of faerie princess thing that might tip off potential shoppers to frilly goods in the store.

The Blue Girl I like, if you’re willing to have some element of the story that’s blue. The sign would be enough. I don’t think you want people to reason that the store owner must be depressed.

I like Blue Lamp. I would be wary of using a name that has personal meaning for you or your partner. What if you grow to hate the business for some reason? It might spoil your connection to the phrase.

1 and 2 are definitely too long. 4 and 5 are okay but a little dull. 3 is my favourite.

I like the last three best, but I also think that the name of a business should give you some idea of what is being done in the business. I hate it when I see a really interesting name in front of an establishment and have no idea what goes on inside.

I like the Blue Lamp, and I also like just “Bohemian Fireflies”.

Vagabond Blue
Blue Firefly
Bohemian Sunset
The Blue Lamp

I like Blue Lamp.
Actually, I only like Blue Lamp.

The first two are absurdly long. The third sounds like a used clothing store. And the fifth I’d avoid for the same reason that @dappled_leaves already mentioned.

Also, not usually a fan of using original or legendary for something that has no history.

The Original Vagabond, I love that one, because it seems it could apply to to all the places you listed as an example. Besides that, it just sounds real good. Plus Joan Baez rocks. :)

I like 3 and 4. The first two are way too long, and I’d avoid the last one for the same reason that @dappled_leaves pointed out above.

Color me blue too.

I think just “Fireflys”. Think of it as someone saying “I’m going to (place name here), wanna go?”.

Either of the last two. Remember that whatever you choose has to fit on a sign and longer signs cost more than short ones. Fireflies and Sunsets might be good too, Especially if you’re going to design your own signs and business cards.

Based on @Judi ‘s post, what about “Ye Olde Painted Samovar”?

If you open a store with three distinct concepts, it needs to have some crossover appeal. The problem with using words like “bohemian” or “vagabond” is that they would identify your store with a certain subculture, and that makes the store less welcoming to people who don’t identify as a bohemian, vagabond, etc. Would you shop at a store that called itself “teenybopper x” or “biker y?” It might make other potential customers decide not to take a chance on your business. 4) is going to appeal to the widest variety of people. It sets a creative tone without being twee.

Fireflies
Fireflies and Sunsets
I’m wondering on the location of the shop. You mentioned North, and having something that distinguishes the location can be nice if the location is a “destination” for people.

I like The Original Vagabond (Diamonds and Rust is one of my all time favourite songs!) I think the first two are a bit long.

A coffee/antique shop has just opened in the town I live in. It’s called Magpies!

Flierfies.

These are her names. She added a few more. She kept coming at me with them and now my head hurts. ;)

Inspiratione Aquilonem (latin for “inspiration of the north wind”)

Inspiratione Aquilonis Luminaria (“inspiration of the northern lights”)

Aquilonis Luminaria

Borealis

Inspiratio Aquilonem Lumina (another way to say inspiration of the Northern Lights)

Inspiratio Boreas Lumina

Inspiratio Boreas (Inspiration of the North or Inspiration of the North Wind)

Or just Boreas (the Greek God of the north wind).

My response:

Borealis or Boreas (sort and simple, haha!)

Blue Borealis. :D

Haha.

(I want it to have something to do with Fried Green Tomatoes or the character Scout Finch).

Boreas sounds like hoary ass… just sayin’.

I like The Blue Lamp the most. It’s simple but nice.

Mockingbirds?

The long names & latin names are confusing and hard to remember. You don’t need to impress yourselves, you need to impress the public.

Quothe @Judi above:
…I also think that the name of a business should give you some idea of what is being done in the business. I hate it when I see a really interesting name in front of an establishment and have no idea what goes on inside.

Ooh, I love ‘Mockingbirds’, @janbb.

@Jude Is her purpose to make sure no one can remember the name, look it up on Google or write her a check? If that’s what she’s going for then any of the extended list are winners.

I’ve learned a bit from writing fiction and getting critiqued- sometimes you have to edit to get to the best part of an idea. Here are a few simpler versions of the second list.

-Inspiration (or synonyms like epiphany, insight, etc)
-Lumina
-Aurora
-Northern Lights
-Borealis

She wants to go with ‘The Jack of Hearts’ from the Bob Dylan song. She has always loved that character in the song.

Oh, I really like that!

@Jude That’s a great name.

here is the song

lyrics:
The festival was over and the boys were all planning for a fall
The cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wall
The curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut down
Anyone with any sense had already left town
He was standing in the doorway looking like the Jack of Hearts.

He moved across the mirrored room “Set it up for everyone” he said
Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin’ before he turned their heads
Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin
“Could you kindly tell me friend what time the show begins ?”
Then he moved into the corner face down like the Jack of Hearts.

Backstage the girls were playing five card stud by the stairs
Lily had two queens she was hoping for a third to match her pair
Outside the streets were filling up, the window was open wide
A gentle breeze was blowing, you could feel it from inside
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.

Big Jim was no one’s fool, he owned the town’s only diamond mine
He made his usual entrance looking so dandy and so fine
With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place
He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste
But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town
She slipped in through the side door looking like a queen without a crown
She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear
“Sorry darling, that I’m late”, but he didn’t seem to hear
He was starring into space over at the Jack of Hearts.

“I know I’ve seen that face somewhere” Big Jim was thinking to himself
“Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebodys shelf”
But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim
And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him
Starring at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.

Lily was a princess she was fair-skinned and precious as a child
She did whatever she had to do she had that certain flash every time she smiled
She’d come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere
But she’s never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.
The hanging judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined
The drilling in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind
It was known all around that Lily had Jim’s ring
And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king
No nothing ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary started drinking hard and seeing her reflection in the knife
She was tired of the attention tired of playing the role of Big Jim’s wife
She had done a lot of bad things even once tried suicide
Was looking to do just one good deed before she died
She was gazing to the future riding on the Jack of Hearts.

Lily took her dress off and buried it away
“Has your luck turn out” she laughed at him’.
“Well I guess you must have known it would someday
Be careful not to touch the wall there’s a brand new coat of paint
I’m glad to see you’re still alive you’re looking like a saint”
Down the hallway footsteps were coming for the Jack of Hearts.

The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair
“There’s something funny going on” he said ” I can just feel it in the air”
He went to get the hanging judge but the hanging judge was drunk
As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk
There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.

No one knew the circumstance, but they say it happened pretty quick
The door to the dressing room burst open a cold revolver clicked
And big Jim was standing there ya couldn’t say surprised
Rosemary right beside him steady in her eyes
She was with big Jim but she was leaning to the Jack of Hearts.

Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall
And cleaned out the bank safe it’s said that they got off with quite a haul
In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground
For one more member who had business back in town
But they couldn’t go no further without the Jack of Hearts.

The next day was hanging day the sky was overcast and black
Big Jim lay covered up killed by a penknife in the back
And Rosemary on the gallows she didn’t even blink
The hanging judge was sober he hadn’t had a drink
The only person on the scene missing was the Jack of Hearts.
The cabaret was empty now a sign said. “Closed for repair”
Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair
She was thinking about her father who she was rarely saw
Thinking about Rosemary and thinking about the law
But most of all she was thinking about the Jack of Hearts.

Jack of Hearts… well at least they can write a check.