Are you searching for the perfect name to make your nail salon stand out?
Then you’ve landed in the right place.
As a salon marketing expert, I’m constantly asked about this crucial topic.
And it’s no wonder why. Your salon’s name is the cornerstone of your brand identity. It’s the first thing potential clients notice, greatly influencing their perception and decision to book. A well-chosen name can drive your salon’s growth and success.
I’ve curated an extensive collection of nail salon and manicure business name ideas to assist you in your naming quest.
I’m also including a list of catchy nail salon slogans that you can combine with your name to express the uniqueness of your salon.
Before we explore the list, I want to highlight some vital resources.
Workbook
A set of simple exercises to help you choose the best name for your new nail salon business.
Branding Course Lesson
My tips when naming a business – one of the lessons in the free branding course (which I highly recommend you go through).
Practical Checks
In my in-depth naming guide PDF, you’ll find a comprehensive checklist to ensure you select a powerful name. If you’re short on time, here are two essential points to remember.
Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
Perform a thorough Google search to confirm that no other nail salon in your area uses your desired name.
To avoid legal complications, it’s crucial to verify that your name isn’t trademarked by another business. You can easily search the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database online or the equivalent in your country.
Securing Your Digital Presence
In today’s digital landscape, having a website and email address that reflects your brand is crucial. However, with countless businesses online, finding an available domain name can be challenging.
Consider adding your city name or keywords like “nails”, “manicure”, or “salon” after your brand name to find an available option. Namecheap is a useful tool for checking domain name availability.
List of Nail Salon Name Ideas
Given this is such a long list, I recommend you use the page navigation to jump between different categories.
Unique Names
What makes a unique nail salon name?
Not only should you try to avoid cliche words but you should also think fresh. You should also try to tie the name to your unique story. This is how the name becomes unique to you.
This is not easy, I know…
- Komorebi Nails (if you have Japanese heritage or salon focus – meaning sunlight filtering through trees)
- At Lisas (or your name)
- Tsundoko Nails (Japanese – the act of buying books and leaving them unread)
- Confident Nails (if your mission is to give confidence)
- Cut Costs (if your focus is low price)
- Nail Embasan (Maguindanao/Philippines – to wear clothes while taking a bath)
- Voorpret Nail & Beauty (Dutch – the sense of enjoyment before an event takes place)
- Fernwhe Nail (German – missing a place you’ve never been)
- The Nail Doctor (if you have a “nail health over beauty” focus)
- Remedy Nail Bar (again, if your focus is nail health)
- Ephemeral Nails (lasting for a very short time)
- Solo Nails (if you’re an individual stylist)
- Mudita Nails (Sanskrit – taking delight in the happiness of others joy)
- Hygge Nails (Danish – the absence of anything annoying)
- Ubuntu Nails (Nguni – the beliefe that we are defined by our kindness toward each other)
- Lautong Nails (Mandarin – a friendship between two girls for eternity)
- Blue Lamp Nails (a tool you might be using a lot)
- Lagom Nail Lounge (Swedish – just the right amount)
- The Nail Express (if your focus is speed)
- The Gel Bar (if you’re a gel specialist)
- Nail Art Salon (if that’s what you’re know for)
- GOAT Nails (greatest of all times)
- Identity Nails
Creative Names
If you run a creative nail studio, you should have a business name representing your artistic image.
People come to you for nail art, trends, and creativity and you want your name to symbolize that.
In the list of name ideas below, I’ve tried to use wording that is associated with creativity to bring this feeling to life.
- Nail Meraki (Greek – to do something with soal creativity or love)
- Art
- Nail Rituals
- Creative Nails
- Brush & Strokes
- Nail Spectrum
- Picasso Nails
- Iridescent Nails (producing a display of rainbow-like colors)
- Salon Create
- Nail Paint
- Powder Nail
- Nail Artists
- Nail Creations
- Artistic Nails
- Liberty Nails
- Say it with Color
- Editorial Nails
- Imagine
- Craft Nails
- Creativity Nails
- Gifted with Nails
- Nail Inspired
- The Nail Shoot
- The Nail Process
- Behind the Scenes at Jane’s (or your name)
- The Nail Lighthouse
- Nail Dreams
- Mirage Nails
- Nail Innovation
- The Nail Lab
- Nail Invention
- Genius Nails
- Fantasy Nails
- Nails First
- Creato Nail Bar
- Blank Canvas Nail Studio
- The Nail Lab
- Mosaic Nails
- Nail Creations
- Hue Nails
- Art & Chemistry Nails
- The Nail Show
- Planet Nail
- On Trend Nails
- Nail Couture
- Nail Activists
- Personalized Nails
Funny Names
Fun and clever nail salon names are more memorable than any other. They evoke emotion, and our brains are better at remembering things that have an emotion attached to them than not.
The only caution I would add to funny salon names is that it’s probably not a good fit if you’re trying to portray a high-end, luxury image. In those cases, you actually don’t want to be approachable but rather distanced and “put on a pedestal.”
- Nailed it!
- Nail Brain
- Tip Toe Nails
- Sweet Feet Pedicures
- Nailaddict
- Get Nailed!
- Phenomenail
- Posh & Polished
- Holy Nails!
- Shortcuts
- Jack of all Fades
- Cutie Pie Nails
- Raise a Hand
- We Love Tips
- Salon Holding Hands
- Ace of Fades
- Nail Stones
- Cut the Crap
- Well Nailed
- Get Polished
- Ms. Manicure
- The Last Nail
- Papa Pedi & Mama Mani
- Red in Bed Nail Salon
- Under the Lamp
- Pink me up
Catchy Names
Using a funny nail salon name is not the only way to make your name memorable. Other clever nail salon names can achieve similar results. Employing rhymes and phrases that hang together well can also make your name more memorable.
I have compiled some examples of catchy names below. They can be a good option for those who want to avoid using humor.
- Pedi Pros
- Nail Knowledge
- Clipsplicity
- Martinis and Manicures
- Paintbox
- Shiny Shots
- Nail Epoch
- Runway Nails
- Rocking Reds
- Barbie Boutique
- Nailology
- Nailium
- Nailomania
- Nailologists
- Nail Nation
- Professionally Polished
- Sugarcoat
- Nail Paint
- House of Nails
- Manipedi
- Nuxe Nails
- Pedi Passion
- Nail on Sale
- Nailography
- Oh La La Nail Salon
- Viva Nails!
- Ruby’s Reds
- Neat Nails
- The Bee’s Knees Nails (used to tell someone they are simply the best in the 20s)
Classy Names
How you brand and name a premium salon is very different from other nail businesses. First of all, a luxury brand is never “launched.” It exists because of a reason. Its existence is a consequence of the past.
And this should be reflected in your salon’s name.
So, not only should you use elegant and classy words, but even more important is that they reflect you and/or your salon’s mission. I’ve already given some examples of unique nail salon names highly relevant to classy salons. Here, we’ll look at some more name examples that use elegant and classy words to portray a luxury image.
- Elite Nails
- Nail Sensation
- Elegant Nails
- Royal Nail
- Pure Nails
- Vivid Nails
- Stylette
- Burlesque Nails
- Timeless Nails
- Fashionic Nails
- Unicure Nails
- Upscarf Nail Salon
- Stylicle
- Femiluxe Nails
- Coutured Nails
- Fiocchi Nails
- Capucci Nails
- Guanti Nails
- Nail Extravagants
- Zuma & Nadal
- Salonbonn
- Divaza Nails
- Beautello Nails
- Majesty Nail
- White Nails
- Serenity Salon
- Sharp Nails
- Lux Nails
- Infinity Nails
- Blush Nail Salon
- Paint Bar
- Coat Bar
- Divine Nail
- Salonvio Nails
- Nail Salon Grande
- Salon Zephyr
- Salon Amber
- Illum Nails
- Pure nails
- Opal Nails
- Signature Nails
- Nail Mark
- Lisa & Lars (or founders names)
- Eloquence Nails (the art of using language in an apt, fluent way)
- Platinum Nails
- Eternity Nails
- Air Nails
- Salon Serendipity (the chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way)
- Epiphany (a moment of sudden revelation)
- Supine Feet (lying face upwards)
- Luminescence Nails (light produced by chemical, electrical, or physiological means)
- Salon Solitude (a state of seclusion or isolation)
- Aurora Nails (dawn)
- Nail Marvel
- Salon Nobel
- Cloud Nails
- Nail Limerence (the state of being infatuated with another person)
- Ethereal Nails (extremely delicate, light, not of this world)
- Bright Lux Salon
- Genesis Nails
- Nail Feathers
- Phosphenes Nails (the light and colors produced by rubbing your eyes)
Cool Names
Do you run a salon that stands out from the crowd? Are you a rebel who does things differently?
Then I think you’ll like the cool nail salon names I’ll share here.
It’s easy to get stuck in nail salon cliche wording. If you run an edgy nail salon, you should try to break free from that and use funky words in your name—words that stand for something that symbolizes you.
I’ve put together a list of funky names below that will help you get your creative juices going.
- Paint!
- The Nail Bazaar
- Tiger Nails
- Nail Pro
- Bombinate Nails (to make a humming or buzzing noise)
- Nail Icon
- Street Nails
- Grafitti Nails
- The Nail Room
- Bounce Nails
- The One Nail Bar
- The Nail Bar
- Luxe Nails
- The Nail Studio
- Knockout Nails
- The Nail Hive
- Illicit Nails (not legally permitted)
- Nunchi Nails (Korean – the ability to read others and act appropriately)
- Rebel Rebel Nails
- Ineffable Nails (too good to be expressed in words)
- Aquiver Nails (quivering/ trembling)
- Sonder Salon Nails (the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own)
- Samurai Nails
- The Nail Project
- The One & Only
- Nail Republic
- Nail Oblivion (the state of being unaware of what is happening around you)
- Bangs Nails
Cute Names
Maybe the cool nail salon names weren’t at all for you 🙂
And you’re looking for some kinder words to use in your name. Then, I think you’ll like the cute names listed below.
- Nail Princess
- Cute-icles
- Lollipop Nail
- Pink Polish
- The Nail Nurse
- Happy Nails
- Sparkle Nails
- Gigil Nails (Filipino – the urge to squeeze or pinch something really cute)
- Goya Nails (Urdu – the suspension of disbelief that happens in good storytelling)
- Simplicity Nails
- Nail Bubbles
- Nail Tingle
- Mon Petit Nogle
- Bliss Nails
- Coco Nails
- Nail Flaunt
- Pixie Nails
- Honey Nails
- Nail Bloom
- Blossom Nails
Hair & Nail Names
Do you have a nail bar in your hair salon? Or maybe a blow-dry bar in your nail salon?
Whatever your setup is, it’s a good idea to reflect that in your name to drive awareness of both your hair and nail services.
To find a name that represents your salon, I recommend you check out my list of spa names. As spas typically provide a full range of beauty services, I’m sure you can find some recommendations here.
I’ve also created a separate list of hair salon name ideas to give you more ideas for the hair part of your business.
- Everything Color
- Color, Color, Color
- Vitamin B
- Cut & Coat
- The Hair & Nail Room
- Blush Beauty Bar
- Hand & Head
- Your Hair & Nails
- 2x Salon
- Red Hair, Red Nails
- The Paint
- Tip & Top Salon
- Say it with Color
- The Hair & Nail Bar
- The Hair & Nail Lab
- Head & Fingers
- Head to toe
- Total Beauty
- Salon You
- Destination Salon
- The Beauty Experts
- The Getaway
- Glamour
- The Beauty Spot
- Perfecta Salon
- Grand Salon
- All at Once
- One-Stop Beauty Salon
French Names
The French language is truly the language of fashion and beauty. Even more so than Italian and Spanish.
It’s probably the most used language by luxury brands. The sound of the language itself makes any brand seem more luxurious.
But many beautiful French words would fit perfectly for a nail salon.
Let’s look at some examples.
- Boudoir Nails
- Salon Femme
- Elle Nails
- Bon Nails
- Nail Adore
- Femelle Nails (Female)
- Noir (Black)
- Blanche (White)
- Petit Salon (small salon)
- Salon Bisou (kiss)
- Salon Étoile (star)
- Le Boutique Ongle (nail shop)
- Elegance (elegant)
- A La Mode (in fashion)
- Salon Soleil (sun)
- Salon Magnifique
- Le Salon
- Atelier de Julien (or your name)
- Salon Chatoyer (to shimmer)
- Salon Ongle (Nail)
- Dépaysement (disorientation felt in a foreign country)
- Mon Petit Ongle (My little nail)
- Salon Formidable (excellent)
- Vachement (“really really”)
- Deja Vous
- Grande
- Salon Evian
- BonBon
- Le Posh
- Floraison (bloom)
- Salon Mieux (Better Salon)
- Salon Paris
- Plein de Vie (full of life)
- Salon Jolie (pretty)
Nail Salon Slogans
As I’ve touched on a few times now.
A good nail salon name should be unique to your nail salon.
But I know this is easier said than done. Maybe you have fallen in love with a name on your list now that has nothing to do with you – it just sounds great.
If it sounds good and feels right to you – stick with it. What you can do instead is to include a slogan under your name. Slogans typically allow for a few more words and can help give your nail salon name meaning.
- Because color changes everything
- Life’s too short to not wear beautiful nails
- More than color
- The power of red
- Polish your life
- Color Experts
- Even your husband will envy you
- 100% organic Beauty
- Look good. Feel good
- Give life a sparkle
- Your nails say it all
- Say it with color
- Simply the best
- The mani & pedi expert
- Where nails become art
- Just say yes, and we’ll do the rest
- More than a nail salon
- The color experience
- Leave your feets with us
- Wake up beautiful
- You deserve it
- It’s nailday!
- Inspired by nature
- Paris (or your city name)
- Come on in, bring your ten little friends!
- Empowered.
- We know beauty
- We know nails
- Beautiful nails. Affordable price.
- Certified nail experts
- You’ll never look at your hands the same way again
- The best a woman can get
What’s the Best Name for Your Nail Salon business?
In conclusion, I hope this article has provided you with a wealth of ideas for naming your new nail salon.
To refine your list, ask yourself:
- Does the name convey your salon’s unique aspects?
- Does it match your business’s tone and style?
- Will people immediately recognize it as a nail salon?
- Can it be easily translated into an appealing logo?
- Is a complementary website domain available?
Ultimately, trust your instincts when making the final decision, even if you can’t fully rationalize it.
More Resources
Here are some more resources you may find helpful as you continue to build your brand.
- A full, free branding course for salon and spa owners (request access here).
- YouTube video training on coming up with a salon name.
