110 bakery name ideas for UK bakeries, home bakers and cake makers

Looking for bakery names? Here are 110 original ideas for UK bakeries, sourdough bakers, cake shops, home cake makers and ice cream parlours. They're grouped by type, so jump to the one that fits you. When you find one you like, check it's free on Companies House, the UK trade mark register and as a .co.uk domain. Or make your own with our free name generator.

Every name here was written for Menuthere. A few may already be used somewhere, so always run the checks before you print boxes or stickers.

Traditional bakery names

Classic names for a high street or village bakery. They say "fresh bread every morning".

1. The Morning Batch
2. Flour Sack Bakery
3. Oven Door Bakehouse
4. Barm & Bloomer
5. Hot Cross Lane Bakery
6. The Proving Shelf
7. Stone Mill Loaves
8. Early Bake
9. The Daily Bloomer
10. Tin Loaf & Co.
11. Crumb & Kettle
12. Market Cross Bakery

Sourdough and artisan bakery names

Names that nod to slow, careful baking. Bakers will get the trade words. Customers will just like how they sound.

13. Wild Rise
14. Levain Lane
15. Starter Culture
16. Long Ferment
17. Slow Dough Co.
18. Open Crumb
19. The Banneton
20. Twelve Hour Loaf
21. Ear & Crust (the "ear" is the ridge on a well-scored loaf)
22. Rye & Ryeland

Patisserie and French-style names

For laminated pastry, éclairs and pretty tarts.

23. Choux & Tell
24. Éclair Affair
25. Laminate
26. Butter Fold
27. Mille Layers
28. Tarte & Soul
29. Petit Batch Pâtisserie
30. Crème & Crumb

Cake shop and cupcake names

For a cake shop, cupcake counter or celebration cake studio.

31. Frosted Window
32. Buttercream Lane
33. The Sponge Room
34. Layer by Layer Cakes
35. Sprinkle Theory
36. Tiered & True
37. Crumb Coat Cakes (a crumb coat is the first thin layer of icing)
38. Piped Dreams
39. The Cake Tin Club
40. Icing on Top

Home bakery and cake business names

Many UK cake businesses start on the kitchen table. These names feel personal and homemade, which is exactly what customers want from a home baker.

41. Kitchen Table Cakes
42. Little Oven Bakes
43. Back Door Bakes
44. Two Spoons Cake Co.
45. Sunday Bake Club
46. Doorstep Bakes
47. Tea Towel Bakery
48. Apron Strings Bakes
49. The Spare Room Bakery
50. Garden Gate Bakes
51. Rolling Pin Lane
52. Batch & Bow
53. Whisk & Wonder
54. Mixing Bowl Cakes

Using your own name? "Bakes by Priya", "Cakes by Tom" or "Hannah's Kitchen Cakes" are popular for good reason. People buy from people. It's also easy for friends to recommend you by name. Just check that no one else near you is already trading under the same name.

Wedding and celebration cake names

Elegant names for custom and wedding cake makers.

55. Tier & Toast
56. Sugar Bloom Cakes
57. The Last Tier
58. Ribbon & Rose Cake Studio
59. Petal Tier
60. Vow & Velvet
61. Something Sweet
62. Forever Sponge

Funny bakery names

A pun can make you stand out at a market stall. Keep it easy to say, and check it isn't already a trade mark, as popular puns often are.

63. Yeast Expected
64. Proof of the Pudding Bakehouse
65. Bun Intended
66. Loafing Around
67. Knead to Know
68. Rye Not Bakery
69. Crumbs Ahoy (for a seaside bakery)
70. Sweet Doughings

UK regional bakery names

Name your bakery after a local bake and locals will feel at home.

71. Stottie & Co. (a stottie is a flat, round loaf from the North East)
72. Singing Hinny Bakes (a griddle cake from the North East)
73. Parkin Place (a Yorkshire ginger cake)
74. Barm Cake Bakery (Lancashire and Greater Manchester)
75. Oatcake Corner (Staffordshire)
76. Eccles & Co.
77. Lardy Lane Bakery (lardy cake is a Wiltshire favourite)
78. Saffron Bun Bakery (Cornwall)
79. Huffkin House (a huffkin is a Kent bread roll)
80. Bara Brith Bakehouse (Welsh fruit loaf)
81. Cacen Cwtch (Welsh for "cake cuddle")
82. Tattie Scone Bakehouse (Scotland)
83. Bannock & Bake (Scotland)
84. Soda Farl Bakery (Northern Ireland)

Gluten-free and vegan bakery names

Make it clear what you do, so the right customers find you.

85. Freely Baked
86. Plant & Proof
87. Oat & Oven
88. Simply Free Bakes
89. Pulse & Proof
90. Green Crumb Bakery

One-word bakery names

91. Proved
92. Crumb
93. Hearth
94. Bloomer
95. Kneaded
96. Rise

These are short and easy to remember, but also harder to find free. Add your town or "Bakery" if the plain word is taken.

Ice cream and dessert shop names

For a gelato bar, an ice cream parlour or a dessert shop. "Afters" is a nice British word to play with.

97. Ripple Room
98. Two Scoop Street
99. Wafer Thin
100. Melt & Merry
101. Sprinkles & Sea Salt
102. Cone & Coast
103. Slow Melt
104. Rocky Road Parlour
105. The Sundae Paper
106. Knickerbocker Lane
107. Cold Comfort Creamery
108. Seconds & Afters
109. Pudding Lane Desserts
110. The Waffle Window

Want more ideas? Try the name generator with your town and favourite bake. Opening a café too? See our café name ideas.

How to choose a bakery name

• Keep it short and easy to spell. It has to fit on a cake box sticker, a label and an Instagram handle.
• Say what you sell. If the name is abstract ("Wren"), add "Bakery" or "Cakes". It helps on Google Maps.
• Think about where you'll sell. A market stall name can be fun. A wedding cake name should feel calm and grown-up.
• Leave room to grow. "Cupcakes by Jo" is tricky if you start making wedding cakes and bread.
• Picture it on a box. Many home bakers sell in boxes. Your name will sit next to a PPDS ingredients label, so test them together.

How to check your bakery name is free

Sole trader? Most home bakers start as sole traders. You don't register your trading name, but it can't include "Ltd" or "Limited", can't be offensive, and can't be too like someone's trade mark. Your own name still has to go on invoices.

Home baker? What to do after you choose a name

Selling cakes from home is a food business, so a few rules apply. Here are the basics:

1. Register with your local council at least 28 days before you start selling. It's free, and it applies to home kitchens too.
2. Expect a food hygiene inspection. Council officers visit home kitchens too, usually without an appointment, and you'll get a food hygiene rating, just like a bakery shop.
3. Know your allergens. You must tell customers which of the 14 allergens are in your bakes.
4. Label boxed bakes properly. If you box or wrap a cake before the customer orders it, it's "prepacked for direct sale" (PPDS). Under Natasha's Law it needs a label with the name of the food and a full ingredients list, with allergens emphasised. Our allergen label maker prints these for free. Cakes made to order and boxed when collected don't need a PPDS label, but you still must give allergen information.
5. Price for profit. Use the cake price calculator so your time and ingredients are covered.
6. Make ordering easy. Custom cakes need dates, sizes, flavours and allergies. Taking that by DM gets messy fast.

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