Newspaper Names

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)

This Post Has 132 Comments

  1. Kat

    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.

  2. michelle

    thanks your ideas helped me come up with a name for a news article had to do at school!!!!!

  3. Jax

    thank you so Much for helping me the Sever hour sun will be a smash hit? Another name is the Bakersfield Beaver

  4. Joy

    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… =]

  5. THX

    I am SAVED!!!!
    Thx Great list
    got first on google still for “newspaper names”

  6. BEN REASON

    THANK YOU JESUS THIS WEBSITE SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. vedant prasad

    eye might also be a good name

  8. jxbran

    Writing a story and need a newpaper name for the plot ..nice list….The Acorn?…get it in a nutshell…?
    I like that!
    jb

  9. John

    Fargo, ND has The Forum

  10. Ryan

    How about “call”. There used to be a newspaper in Newark, NJ named The Sunday Call. Thanks for the list!

  11. pickle.

    hello, my name is bobette,
    i am in a pickle…
    really, i’m in a pickle.
    i cant get out…

  12. camilla

    this helped a lot with my Latin porject! im sure my Roman newspaper will be the best!

  13. Maryam

    Thanks! It helped alot with naming our school newsletter: ‘The Manarat Messenger’

  14. Cobb

    Thank you, this helped a lot for a school project (like everyone else)

  15. steph

    I live in Seattle and the Seattle Post Intelligencer is the most ignorant name I’ve ever heard. I’ts ironic in itself.

  16. Bob

    Be sure to include the Bloomington (IL) Daily Pantagraph.

  17. Kraig_Partridge

    For V try “Vanguard.” Great list, btw. :]

  18. kate

    thankyou, this helped heaps for my school assignment, i couldnt think of anything!!

  19. Tom Awolly

    You forgot watchmen.

  20. rsp

    didn’t see Variety for V in these comments. or how bout Victory.
    good list.

  21. Mr. Woman

    that was awesome great ideas!!!!!!!

  22. Brittany

    Thank you soo much!!!! My life and my A+ is saved!!! Thanks for the names!!!!

  23. Karishma

    thx a lot this website saved my life for my english newspaper assignment!:)

  24. Hloniphani Chengeta

    What about the Paparazzi or the Tabloid?

  25. Steph

    I don’t know that Paparazzi or Tabloids are names of newspapers, are they? They’re more types.

  26. Ben Moffett

    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?

  27. sue

    for the ‘V’ entries there is ‘Voice’.

  28. Anonymous

    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??

  29. leighanne

    it is a realy brilliant website i want a article beginging with t a realy good one

  30. Madiha

    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!
    🙂

  31. Madiha

    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! 😀

  32. Madiha

    thanku so much! love ‘the acorn’! 😀

  33. Kristen

    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

  34. roberto

    Zephir or Zephire forgot how to spell it…

  35. liam

    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

  36. Barbara

    For a “V” newspaper – use The Vindicator. It’s the newspaper for Youngstown, Ohio.

    1. bill allen

      the vindicator of youngstown is also branded as the VINDY

  37. Steph

    Thanks! I went through and updated the page will all the fantastic suggestions from readers. You guys are very helpful!

  38. tmn

    toronto has toronto sun. know a good name for an abyssinian newspaper? need one for an assignment

  39. Oriana

    Thanks so much for all these ideas. They are really helpful in a project in doing for school! 🙂

  40. KYHLY

    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…

  41. KYHLY

    thanks alot!!!! u guys r awesome!!!!!!
    Kyhly the coolest canadian boyy ’round. SOMEDAY YOU’LL ALL REMEMBER ME…

  42. Erika

    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.

  43. neha

    thank you very much it really helped me a lot !!!!!!!!!!!
    i think its very use full

  44. Heather

    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.

  45. Andrew

    Thaaaaaaaaanks this was greaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. charlie pyle

    WHAT ABOUT THE STAR
    KANSAS CITY STAR

  47. tina

    this is not helpful at all.the awakening is better headline than this.

  48. Hana

    Ooh thnx!
    it rlly helped me
    i got” eagle eye weekly”
    sick right?? its like for a greek project thing
    thnx again !!

  49. Rhombus

    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!

  50. Rhombus

    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!

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