For a brain-storming session on a name for a new local Indianapolis paper, these were some of our ideas. Apparently, I’m the only one who thinks the name “Naptown Argus” as a Indianapolis newspaper is laugh-out-loud funny. Hmmm. Too much Greek Mythology as a child, not enough playing outside.
(edited to add suggestions from reader comments):
Acorn
Advance
Appeal
Argus
Banner
Beacon
Beaver (Bakersfield Beaver!)
Brief
Bee
Breeze
Bugle
Bulletin
Bumble Bee
Call
Camera
Chronicle
Citizen
City Press
Constitution
Courier
Current
Daily Home
Daily Mail
Daily Star
The Derrick
Discovery
Dispatch
Eagle
Echo
Enterprise
Examiner
Exponent
Express
Eye
Forum
Free Press
Gazette
Globe
Guardian
Guide
Herald
Humbug
Islander
Inquirer
Intelligencer
Journal
Juggernaut
Leader
Ledger
Life
Mercury
Messenger
Meteor
Monitor
Mosquito
Observer
Oracle
Pantagraph (Bloomington (IL) Daily Pantagraph)
Picayune
Pilot
Pioneer
Planet
Post
Radio
Rag
Record
Recorder
Reflector
Repository
Republic
Review
Sentinel
Sentry
Standard
Statesman
Sun
Telegraph
Today
Tribune
Union
Universe
Vanguard
Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio)
Voice
Watchmen
Whigs
World
Zephyr
Zeitung (Zeitung = newspaper in German)
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By Helpful March 21, 2007 - 7:00 pm
You should add ‘Weekly’ and ‘Times’. Just a suggestion.
By Fill March 22, 2007 - 9:28 am
Smiths Falls Citizen
By Steph Mineart March 22, 2007 - 9:43 am
When I was making the list, I intended to focus on unusual newspaper names, which is why I left of weekly, daily, times, news, etc. I also left out a common one – Star – because we were tossing around the names for a new Indianapolis paper, and we already have an Indy Star. We eventually settled on IndyScribe.
By sbs April 3, 2007 - 11:25 am
thank you this was helpful with a project i did
By Stefan McKenna April 25, 2007 - 6:13 pm
A great list!
How about “Guardian” (as in Manchester)
By amanda May 3, 2007 - 10:21 am
dispatch
By People May 11, 2007 - 11:46 am
add bumble bee……
thanx, this was rly helpful!!!
By nnn May 16, 2007 - 12:56 am
How come you don’t have one that starts with a ‘V’? haha That’s the only letter i need.
By Anna May 21, 2007 - 12:18 pm
You might want to add The Derrick to your list. It is a newspaper from Oil City, PA.
By Michelle June 4, 2007 - 6:22 am
Hmmm, can anybody come up with one that starts with X, Y or Z?
Ps. This is a really cool list of newspaper names, its really helpful!
By Bil Browning June 14, 2007 - 4:07 pm
How funny, Steph. I searched for “newspaper names” on Google and clicked the first entry without really looking. It brought me to your site – as if I don’t spend enough time floating around here the way it is! *grins*
By Steph Mineart June 14, 2007 - 4:48 pm
I like how so many of them have some sort of “watch dog” connotation. Argus is one of those, but also Sentinel, Observer, Monitor.
My brothers used to deliver the “Canton Repository” when we were kids. I still have one of their paper delivery bags from that paper.
By Alex June 15, 2007 - 11:42 am
Add republic, inquirer, journal, and today
By Tom June 26, 2007 - 3:12 pm
Carlisle (MA) Mosquito
By marv June 27, 2007 - 4:29 pm
and for the audacious…
the juggernaut
By april July 17, 2007 - 1:20 pm
you should put the meteor and the universe
By AfH July 30, 2007 - 11:42 am
Daily Home
By jordan August 3, 2007 - 5:53 pm
fredericksburg standard-radio post (a small central texas weekly)
By Kate August 13, 2007 - 3:18 pm
Thank you for doing this. Tucson, Arizona has a paper called the Arizona Daily Star and San Francisco has the Examiner.
By Joolz August 25, 2007 - 2:36 pm
I was looking for a Y too. To name my classroom newsletter since my last name is Yonge. I decided to go with Tribune because it has the y sound in it.
For X maybe exchange or one of the other listed ex names and for z, well, I think Gazette is all I can think of.
By Char September 7, 2007 - 3:36 pm
What about the “Oracle”?
By nick September 11, 2007 - 12:12 pm
highland humbug?
By rachel September 25, 2007 - 6:07 pm
thanks this is really helpful!!! i’m glad someone thought about doing this!!!
By Kamil October 8, 2007 - 6:29 pm
I was doing a project, and couldn’t think of a name to call my newspaper. So I googled it as a last resort, and wow, this is beyond what I was excpecting to find. Great work, and thanks a million.
By Taz October 10, 2007 - 2:47 pm
Thankk Uu x
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By Mitchell October 31, 2007 - 7:18 am
oh thanks it pretty good too!
By Ty December 3, 2007 - 4:05 am
how about Breif?
By Glenn December 17, 2007 - 6:15 pm
Just a few I thought of: Bee (like in Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno, CA), Call (San Francisco), Mercury (San Jose), Constitution (Atlanta), Picayune (New Orleans), Record (Stockton), Pilot (several places); but, still, a good list!
By ZYX December 18, 2007 - 2:40 pm
thnx….it really helped lotz…..u rock!!!!!
By bob January 19, 2008 - 7:01 pm
this was so helpful while i was working on my school project! thanks a bunch. =)
By Andrew Kenning January 22, 2008 - 3:14 pm
i used dispatch for a school project
By ??? January 27, 2008 - 6:38 pm
Hold on, are we all coming here for our history class?!? Seriously, I think thats why we are all here! lol.
By MR February 17, 2008 - 1:31 am
The Comox Vally “Echo” and “Record”.
The “Upper Islander” (as in Vancouver Island).
The Discovery “Islander” (Quadra Island).
By Stephanie February 23, 2008 - 7:37 pm
Haha!! Thanks for this list, im brain dead by the time i can think of a title! 8^)
By KLM March 8, 2008 - 5:45 pm
try crossroads, lol helpful list
By George March 9, 2008 - 10:38 am
have any suggestions for a worldly newspaper name? mabye using globe or life?
ThanX!!!!
By Sarah Anderson March 10, 2008 - 4:41 pm
awesome sight!! really helpful with our second-year journalism term assignments (three newsroom days with a full publication) thanks so much, i think we’re going to go with the audacious juggernaut….
By Derek March 21, 2008 - 3:38 pm
Cecil County, Maryland offers readers the “Cecil County Whig,” while the “Quincy Herald-Whig” lives on in Quincy, Ill.
They are only apparently remaining Whigs left in America, although there’s a Kingston, Canada “Kingston Whig Standard.”
By DiNKy_BaBy --> ((aDRii)) April 4, 2008 - 3:56 pm
haha… i needed a ‘V’ one also.
but thank you! icombined 2 of these
names for a porject i did!
very helpful!
♥adrii
By Miriam April 8, 2008 - 2:56 pm
awesome, thanks a toN!
By Shawn April 23, 2008 - 9:29 am
Shawville Equity (Quebec)
By Candice May 1, 2008 - 10:16 pm
Awesome list! Thanks so much. Adding Recorder (S.F.)
By Christy May 15, 2008 - 8:16 pm
Thanks a bunch ! This was really helpful!!!
By Paul May 18, 2008 - 1:30 am
I guess they never heard of the Rock Island Argus in Illinois.
By Will May 23, 2008 - 8:16 am
Hey awesome list.
By sheniqua June 4, 2008 - 7:55 pm
i kno what ur talkin bout cuz im here also fo my socail studies project!! LOL!!
this website was very, very helpful to me…thanx a mil.!!
By Katie Anderson June 8, 2008 - 11:26 pm
Hello. I am 13 years old and was thinking about making a school newspaper. I needed names and subjects to write about. I already had the original ones…like horror scopes, weather, sports, and even something like Dear Abbie. Even advertisements…then there were names like: daily, times, examiner, but thats all I really came up with…I really needed this. It rreeaallllyyy helped me. thanks!!!
-Katie
By Sharon June 10, 2008 - 12:16 pm
Great List! I was looking for both E’s (Echo, Express, and Examiner) and P’s (Post) You have saved me oodles of time!
By rpdg July 19, 2008 - 7:52 pm
V name — The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio); Liberty (Texas) Vindicator
Z name — New Braunfels (Texas) Herald-Zeitung (Zeitung = newspaper in German)
Nice list. Thanks.
By Catie August 10, 2008 - 4:29 pm
you should add “the rag” too. you know, for those laid back kind of papers
By Kat August 23, 2008 - 1:05 pm
Our local paper is called The Acorn. Get it – “in a nutshell”!? Of course I live in a town called Thousand Oaks so it makes sense.
By michelle August 30, 2008 - 9:24 pm
thanks your ideas helped me come up with a name for a news article had to do at school!!!!!
By Jax September 2, 2008 - 6:41 pm
thank you so Much for helping me the Sever hour sun will be a smash hit? Another name is the Bakersfield Beaver
By Joy September 8, 2008 - 5:08 pm
Thanks so much! This saved me a lot of time. I’m actually not doing a history project, mine’s an English one. Fun fun… =]
By THX September 23, 2008 - 11:58 pm
I am SAVED!!!!
Thx Great list
got first on google still for “newspaper names”
By BEN REASON November 13, 2008 - 7:08 pm
THANK YOU JESUS THIS WEBSITE SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By vedant prasad December 26, 2008 - 8:31 pm
eye might also be a good name
By jxbran January 24, 2009 - 9:24 pm
Writing a story and need a newpaper name for the plot ..nice list….The Acorn?…get it in a nutshell…?
I like that!
jb
By John January 28, 2009 - 5:07 pm
Fargo, ND has The Forum
By Ryan February 6, 2009 - 4:05 am
How about “call”. There used to be a newspaper in Newark, NJ named The Sunday Call. Thanks for the list!
By pickle. April 14, 2009 - 10:11 am
hello, my name is bobette,
i am in a pickle…
really, i’m in a pickle.
i cant get out…
By camilla April 25, 2009 - 11:03 am
this helped a lot with my Latin porject! im sure my Roman newspaper will be the best!
By Maryam May 9, 2009 - 11:22 am
Thanks! It helped alot with naming our school newsletter: ‘The Manarat Messenger’
By Cobb May 20, 2009 - 9:09 pm
Thank you, this helped a lot for a school project (like everyone else)
By steph July 9, 2009 - 4:14 pm
I live in Seattle and the Seattle Post Intelligencer is the most ignorant name I’ve ever heard. I’ts ironic in itself.
By Bob August 11, 2009 - 5:44 pm
Be sure to include the Bloomington (IL) Daily Pantagraph.
By Kraig_Partridge August 24, 2009 - 9:27 pm
For V try “Vanguard.” Great list, btw. :]
By kate September 23, 2009 - 2:31 am
thankyou, this helped heaps for my school assignment, i couldnt think of anything!!
By Tom Awolly October 29, 2009 - 10:14 am
You forgot watchmen.
By rsp October 29, 2009 - 11:03 pm
didn’t see Variety for V in these comments. or how bout Victory.
good list.
By Mr. Woman November 2, 2009 - 10:31 pm
that was awesome great ideas!!!!!!!
By Brittany November 10, 2009 - 5:11 pm
Thank you soo much!!!! My life and my A+ is saved!!! Thanks for the names!!!!
By Karishma November 12, 2009 - 7:27 pm
thx a lot this website saved my life for my english newspaper assignment!:)
By Hloniphani Chengeta November 14, 2009 - 8:26 am
What about the Paparazzi or the Tabloid?
By Steph November 24, 2009 - 9:21 am
I don’t know that Paparazzi or Tabloids are names of newspapers, are they? They’re more types.
By Ben Moffett November 26, 2009 - 12:24 pm
Does anybody know an old newspaper joke/saying/ putting together reporter’s names with newspaper names, such as:
“Hello, I’m Dark from the Sun,” and you are?
“I’m Bright from the Star,” and this is my friend, Cash from the Register.”
I can’t remember all the cute combinations, and I only heard it once, from McPherson of the Albuquerque Tribune 50 years ago. Can anyone help?
By sue November 27, 2009 - 12:08 am
for the ‘V’ entries there is ‘Voice’.
By Anonymous December 16, 2009 - 9:43 pm
What about a name for a business organization called B.U.S. (beta upsilon sigma). I want to come up with something catchy that incorporates the name.. any ideas??
By leighanne January 6, 2010 - 2:14 pm
it is a realy brilliant website i want a article beginging with t a realy good one
By Madiha January 11, 2010 - 8:37 am
LOVE the website! gave me great ideas for the names of a newsletter i have to publish for an upcoming event…especially ‘the acorn’! think im going to use it! thanks a tonne!
By Madiha January 11, 2010 - 8:41 am
LOVE the website! it was a great help! especially love ‘the acorn’! i think ima use it for my own newsletter name! thanks a lot!
By Madiha January 11, 2010 - 8:44 am
thanku so much! love ‘the acorn’!
By Kristen February 1, 2010 - 3:04 pm
Hey person!
Thanks for doing this page for us readers. By the way ya know how you talked about Greek Mythology at the beginning? Well my class has to do a Greek newspaper for social studies. My topic is mythology so I have to come up with a news paper name for it. PLEASE GIVE ME A NAME!!!!!!!
from,
Kristen
By roberto February 4, 2010 - 1:56 pm
Zephir or Zephire forgot how to spell it…
By liam February 4, 2010 - 11:12 pm
thx u saved me i needed a newspaper titlefor a project and used review antone have a idea 4 a story about a resteraunt called the red dog inn catching on fire plz tell me sooooooooooon thx
By Barbara March 4, 2010 - 2:59 pm
For a “V” newspaper – use The Vindicator. It’s the newspaper for Youngstown, Ohio.
By Steph March 4, 2010 - 5:15 pm
Thanks! I went through and updated the page will all the fantastic suggestions from readers. You guys are very helpful!
By tmn March 10, 2010 - 7:48 pm
toronto has toronto sun. know a good name for an abyssinian newspaper? need one for an assignment
By Oriana May 6, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Thanks so much for all these ideas. They are really helpful in a project in doing for school!
By KYHLY May 22, 2010 - 5:08 pm
thank you guys sooooo much!!!!! this honeslty helped tons!!! gr8t resource for projects and stuff! thanks again!!!!! from Kyhly the koolest canadian boyy ’round. someday you’ll all remember me…
By KYHLY May 22, 2010 - 5:11 pm
thanks alot!!!! u guys r awesome!!!!!!
Kyhly the coolest canadian boyy ’round. SOMEDAY YOU’LL ALL REMEMBER ME…
By Erika July 9, 2010 - 10:00 am
That list was a BIG help to me. I usually can’t decide on names for anything, but with your list I knew exactly which one to choose! U Rock. thanx.
By neha July 27, 2010 - 1:59 am
thank you very much it really helped me a lot !!!!!!!!!!!
i think its very use full
By Heather November 2, 2010 - 9:43 am
How about “Vendetta” for a “v” name? Sounds like something for a consperacy theorist’s newspaper. Anyway, thanks for the list. I used the Guardian for this project I’m doing.
By Andrew November 15, 2010 - 2:12 pm
Thaaaaaaaaanks this was greaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By charlie pyle November 16, 2010 - 12:42 pm
WHAT ABOUT THE STAR
KANSAS CITY STAR
By tina November 22, 2010 - 12:58 pm
this is not helpful at all.the awakening is better headline than this.
By Hana November 27, 2010 - 3:57 pm
Ooh thnx!
it rlly helped me
i got” eagle eye weekly”
sick right?? its like for a greek project thing
thnx again !!
By Rhombus December 2, 2010 - 10:32 pm
Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!
By Rhombus December 2, 2010 - 10:33 pm
Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!
By Rhombus December 2, 2010 - 10:35 pm
Thnx for all those great ideas. I’m working on a school project that required making up a newspaper name. I used a few of the ideas above but can’t decide which is better, hope someone can help me:
Universal Chronicle
Chronicle Tribune
Chronicle Today
Chronicle Reflector
Chronicle Gazette
Chronicle Echo
BTW, it’s about historical stuff!
Thnx again!
By Paulette December 7, 2010 - 8:16 pm
thnx a mil. saved mah life. needed this for a l.a.essay aha(:
By krista December 12, 2010 - 7:04 pm
thankks so much!!!! i wuz doing a project and wuz desperate for a title! this wuz PERFECT(:
By Jeff January 25, 2011 - 2:57 pm
Thanks for the great list. Did you imagine this list would still be getting comments over 6 years later?
My wife’s hometown newspaper is the Putnam County Vidette.
By anonymous February 14, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Thank you for posting this… you really helped me with my project!
By Pam DISalvo May 10, 2011 - 3:08 pm
We have, The Valley Breeze,
By Sarah May 19, 2011 - 12:14 pm
I know right I am doing a school newspaper
By Sarah May 19, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Thank you so much! I felt that there would be no place that would focus on names! They are awesome thanks!
Thanks again!!! 
I especially like “Voice”
So awesome! My friends and I are making a homeschool newspaper and this really helped! We had NO idea what to name the newspaper, and YOU ARE AWESOME.
By anonymous June 24, 2011 - 1:17 pm
How about the Democrat, the Republican, and the Independent? Great list though–saved me gobs of time in a renaming project.
By Abdul Ghaffar July 2, 2011 - 9:51 am
keep”horizon”and “eye in the world
By Patrick July 27, 2011 - 3:34 pm
Try Xavier, Zing, Yodel, or Yell. Some z’s are already up there. P.S. Some people are blind. V’s are already up there ya’ll!
By Aireen Cherry Ordiz July 29, 2011 - 8:11 pm
this page gives me an idea bout the title of our school paper
thanks a lot…
By David Speakman September 11, 2011 - 5:24 pm
Did a google search for newspaper names. Hard to believe my old college roomie’s list was number one. Small world!
By Aaron Blenkush October 17, 2011 - 8:32 pm
Why not Outlook?
By Alexis November 17, 2011 - 8:50 pm
I made up holston view ca-hoooooots for the main title(H.V.= school, owl= mascot) and bristol bulletin for a sub heading! Thanks 4 the insperation!
By jessica December 2, 2011 - 8:48 am
Thanks you guys, this was really helpful with my research project at school.
By JoAnn Stump February 8, 2012 - 8:45 am
the Pinecone in Carmel By the Sea, CA
By Erin March 29, 2012 - 10:49 pm
Record Delta
Exponent Telegram
Countian
By Suggestions April 16, 2012 - 1:19 am
Paper (as in Washington City Paper)
Then there’s also colors, like school colors (Georgetown’s The Blue & Gray, or UGA’s The Red & Black)
By Sophia May 1, 2012 - 9:27 pm
how about “View” just for another one in the V section