Coming up with a Farm name

[4horses]

I’m trying to come up with a good farm name.

My horses names are Destiny and Harmony so something similar to that would work. Harmony’s registered name translates to Painted Spring Wind.

So far I’ve come up with:

Destinee Farms
Destiny Acres
Harmony Stables
Harmonious Stables
Spring Wind Stables
Painted Wind Stables

[HungarianHippo]

I’m not good with naming farms–
But whatever you do, do not use “Destinee”. 98% of people who see that will think you just misspelled it.

[Bluey]

There are several Harmony stables/farms/vet clinic around here, it is a very common name.

You may want to check that there are not others with that name where you are.

Painted anything sounds like you have paint horses?

Spring Wind Stables I have not heard, Windy Acres could work.

Guess I am not very good with names, but good luck to you.

[JackSprats_Mom]

Spring Wind Farm and I agree on the Destinee thing

[TheJenners]

Whatever you do, Google before you settle. :yes:

[clanter]

we named our “farm” Sanctuary Farms …mainly at the time thinking we were going to use the horses as tool to raise the kids and all that stuff, didn’t ever think that the place would become an old age home for horses and ponies

[HedgeWitch]

Why choose a name that is a real word when you can take some of the letters in each name and come up with something totally unique, just put farm or stables after the made up word.

ESTIRMON
ARMESTIN
NITSAMRA
NOMRSTIN

Hedgy

[Calamber]

Zephyr Farm (gentle breeze).

[RPM]

Destiny
Harmony

End Note Farm

[Ready_To_Riot]

[QUOTE=Calamber;8496434]
Zephyr Farm (gentle breeze).[/QUOTE]

Side note, my dogs name is zephyr (red hot chili peppers song) and when I call him to come inside, I use his name. My neighbor came up to me the other day and asked me why in the world I always call my dog a heifer. Just something to think about

[Ambitious_Kate]

You know, I really like farm names that describe the countryside they are in.

Peddlar’s Woods
River’s Bend Dressag
Old Forge Hunter Jumpers
Three Creeks Farm
Colonial Woods
Turnstile Stables
Twin Oaks Kennels
Salt Flats Farm

[arapaloosa_lady]

[QUOTE=HungarianHippo;8496200]
I’m not good with naming farms–
But whatever you do, do not use “Destinee”. 98% of people who see that will think you just misspelled it.[/QUOTE]

I would just assume that you’re African-American because that’s commonly how that name is spelled for their children. It’s NOT a misspelling - it’s a cultural spelling.

I like Painted Wind Farms. But google it before you name it that & make sure you can figure out how to get your farm to be at the top of google instead of rainbow wind turbines, hahaha.

[Megaladon]

I like Painted Wind Stables. Choosing a farm name is really hard, finding one that hasn’t been taken that is.

[HealingHeart]

D & H Farm
Four Hoofs Farm

[Sooner_or_Later]

I’m leaning towards Spring Wind Stables… I like the sound of it and you could get some awesome branding ideas with SWS (but with the second S turned around, or vice versa).

[Calamber]

[QUOTE=Ready To Riot;8496611]
Side note, my dogs name is zephyr (red hot chili peppers song) and when I call him to come inside, I use his name. My neighbor came up to me the other day and asked me why in the world I always call my dog a heifer. Just something to think about ;)[/QUOTE]

Oh my, heifer! I don’t mean this pejoratively but where do you live? I used to manage a farm in Virginia Beach that the owner wanted to name Fleur de Lis but was afraid people could not pronounce it. I say, edumacate the natives!

[Martina]

Windy Spring Farm

[UrbanHennery]

Sometimes I think it’s good to come up with a name that tells where you came from, or why you’re there. Note that I don’t I have any suggestions for you.

Although you you could look for synonyms to use…

fateful farm
karma acres
lyric lane

FWIW our farm is Fourteen Mile Farm as the exits between our city house and our farmette are 14 miles apart.

[fordtraktor]

We have always named our farms after the land somehow. So our family farm, at the very top of a tall mountain, is Highland Farm, and my farm, where the drive is lined with lovely spruce trees and I have a gorgeous grove of them beside the house, I named Spruce Lane Farm.

Horse names are good too but the thing is, the horses you have now will probably not be the horses you have 30 years from now, if you intend on staying. Well, my first ones are still on the farm, but they have long since been buried and aren’t obvious to strangers. Of course you can always know they were the root of your farm so it doesn’t really matter if you want to name the place after them, that is totally fine. It’s all a matter of personal preference and I think it is a very nice gesture for a “lifer horse” type. If these are keeper horses, naming a farm after them is a perfectly good idea.

I like something with Wind and Spring of your options. No Destinee (awful) and nothing Painted unless you intend on being a color-focused barn because people will assume that is what you do. If you do Paint horses that is totally fine though.

[tpup]

I like Painted Winds Farm (vs. wind). And I like ending w/“farm” vs. stables. I also like Harmony Farm.