Folder Name Generator
Short labels for app, music and file folders
Folder name ideas for the folders you label every day: iPhone and Android app folders like Daily Drivers, Money Moves and Doomscroll, music folders like Rough Mixes and Road Trip Mixes, photo folders like Blurry but Loved, and school and work file folders like Past Exams and Waiting On.
About folder names
A folder name has one job: tell you what is inside before you open it. On a phone home screen the label sits under a small tile, so short wins. One to three words such as Social, Money, Maps or Daily Drivers read at a glance, while a long joke may not fit. That is why most of this list stays brief.
The ideas cover the folders people really make. App folders are the biggest group, in four styles: plain category labels (Banking, Passwords, Utilities), lowercase one-word verbs for a clean aesthetic screen (scroll, spend, listen), two-word themed labels (Go Bag, Side Quests, Toolbox) and funny or honest ones (Doomscroll, Adulting, Time Wasters, Junk Drawer). The rest are music folders for listeners and for people who record (Demos, Setlists, Song Ideas), photo folders (Screenshots, Wallpapers, Blurry but Loved), and file folders for work and school (In Progress, Archive, Study Guides, Lab Reports).
Pick one style per screen or drive and stick to it. A row of lowercase verbs looks deliberate, and so does a row of plain nouns. A mix of both looks like nobody decided. For files, a name that says the status of what is inside (Drafts, To Review, Done) saves more time than a clever one.
How to choose folder names
- Name an app folder after what you do there, not what the apps are. Labels like spend, listen and move stay true when you swap one app for another.
- Keep phone labels to one or two short words. A long label may be shortened on the home screen, so test the name on your own phone before you rename ten folders.
- Use one funny folder, not twelve. Doomscroll or Stuff I Never Open is a good joke next to plain labels like Banking and Maps, and you can still find things.
- For work and school files, sort by status first (Inbox, In Progress, Done, Archive) and by subject inside that. You will always know where a new file goes.
- Give every drive or screen one catch-all such as To Sort or Junk Drawer, and empty it on a schedule so it does not become the biggest folder you have.
Frequently asked questions
What are good folder names for an iPhone home screen?
Short ones. Plain labels such as Social, Games, Money and Tools are the easiest to scan, and lowercase verbs such as scroll, play, spend and learn give a calm, matching look. If you want some personality, add one or two honest labels like Time Wasters, Brain Food or Came With the Phone.
What should I name my music folders?
It depends on whether you listen or make music. Listeners usually sort by use, with folders like Road Trip Mixes, Workout Mix and On Repeat. Musicians do better with folders by stage and type, such as Demos, Rough Mixes, Backing Tracks, Sheet Music, Lyrics and Setlists.
How do I name file folders for school or work?
Use names that say what state the files are in. Inbox, In Progress, To Review, Done and Archive work for almost any job, and Final Final is in the list as a joke about what happens without them. For school, pair a subject folder with working folders such as Study Guides, Lab Reports and Past Exams.
Are the funny folder names safe to use on a work phone?
The funny names here are family friendly: Doomscroll, Adulting, Paycheck Graveyard and Where Time Goes poke fun at your own habits and nothing else. Whether a joke belongs on a screen your manager can see is your call, and the plain labels are in the same list if you want to play it safe.
Related generators
Playlist Name Generator
Playlist names for every mood, season and drive
Pinterest Board Name Generator
Board titles that look curated and get found
Instagram Highlight Name Generator
Short labels for your story highlight covers
Phone Name Generator
Nicknames for your phone and names for new phone brands
Contact Name Generator
Cute, funny and clever names to save people in your phone
Aesthetic Name Generator
Soft, dreamy usernames and display names for TikTok and Instagram
App Name Generator
Short, brandable names for mobile and web apps
Group Chat Name Generator
Funny names for friends, family, and work group chats
More like this
Creepy File Name Generator
Unsettling files found on an old drive
Music Username Generator
Handles for players, singers, producers and listeners
Music Channel Name Generator
Names for cover, lesson, mix and beat channels
Music Blog Name Generator
Blog titles for reviews, gig diaries and crate digging
Device Name Generator
Names for phones, laptops, gadgets, and hardware products
Database Name Generator
Display names and identifiers for any data store
All 500 folder names
A: 18 names
- Abs Pending
- Active Projects
- Adulting
- Airlines
- Albums
- Ambient
- Appointments
- Apps I Regret
- Apps on Probation
- Arcade
- Archive
- Are We There Yet
- Art Class
- Art Reference
- Assets
- Assignments
- Attachments
- Audiobooks
B: 32 names
- Baby's First Year
- Back Burner
- Backing Tracks
- Backups
- Bad Decisions
- Band Practice
- Bank Statements
- Banking
- Battery Drainers
- Before and After
- Best Of
- Bills
- Biology
- Bits and Bobs
- Black Hole
- Bloatware
- Blurry but Loved
- Boarding Pass
- Book Nook
- Bookmarks
- Boring but Necessary
- Boss Level
- Brain Food
- Brain Games
- Brain Rot
- Brand Assets
- breathe
- Broke by Friday
- browse
- Budget
- Budget? What Budget
- build
C: 41 names
- Calendar
- Came With the Phone
- Camera
- Can't Delete
- capture
- Car
- Car Paperwork
- Card Games
- Carry-On
- Cash Flow
- Cat Pics
- Cat Videos, Mostly
- Certificates
- Chat
- Checkout
- Chemistry
- Chord Charts
- Chores
- Class Schedule
- Classical
- Client Feedback
- Clients
- Cloud Storage
- College Apps
- Command Center
- commute
- Completed Projects
- Computer Science
- Concert Clips
- connect
- Contracts
- Control Room
- cook
- Corner Office
- Couch Mode
- Country
- Coupons
- Cover Letters
- Cover Songs
- create
- Creativity
D: 24 names
- Dad's Music
- dailies
- Daily Drivers
- Dark Room
- Dating
- Deadlines
- Deals
- Deep Storage
- Deep Work
- Demos
- Design
- Desktop Cleanup
- Digital Attic
- Dinner Roulette
- DJ Sets
- Dog Pics
- Done
- Doomscroll
- Downloads
- Drafts
- Drawing
- Drum Kits
- Duplicates
- Dust Collectors
E: 14 names
- earn
- Edits
- Emergency
- English
- Errands
- Essays
- essentials
- Etc
- Exam Prep
- Expenses
- explore
- Exports
- Extra Credit
F: 26 names
- Faith
- Fall Semester
- Family Photos
- Favorites
- Feed Me
- Film Scans
- Film Scores
- Final
- Final Final
- Final Mixes
- Final v2 For Real
- Finals Week
- Financial Aid
- First Page
- Fitness
- Five More Minutes
- Flashcards
- focus
- Focus Mode
- Fonts
- Food Delivery
- Food Pics
- Free Trials I Forgot
- Freshman Year
- Front Porch
- Front Row
G: 21 names
- Game Shelf
- Game Soundtracks
- Games
- gather
- Get It Done
- Get Me Home
- Gift Ideas
- Glove Box
- Go Bag
- Go Outside
- Graded Work
- Graduation
- Groceries
- Group Chat Chaos
- Group Project
- Group Project (I Did It All)
- grow
- Grown-Up Things
- Guilty Pleasures
- Guitar Tabs
- Gym (Aspirational)
H: 16 names
- Hair Ideas
- Hall of Fame
- Handy Stuff
- Hangry Button
- Health
- Hip-Hop
- History
- Hobbies I Started
- Holiday Music
- Home Base
- Home Projects
- Homework
- Homework I'm Avoiding
- Hotels
- House Hunting
- House Paperwork
I: 14 names
- Icons
- Ideas
- Impulse Buys
- In Progress
- Inbox
- Indie
- Insomnia Kit
- Inspiration
- Installers
- Instant Prints
- Instrumentals
- Insurance
- Investing
- Invoices
J: 7 names
- Jazz Standards
- Job Applications
- Job Search
- Journal
- Jukebox
- Junk Drawer
- Just One More Level
K: 4 names
- Karaoke Tracks
- Keepers
- Kids
- Kids' Songs
L: 25 names
- Lab Reports
- Landscapes
- Languages
- Last-Minute Cramming
- Launch Pad
- learn
- Learning
- Lecture Notes
- Lecture Slides
- Leg Day Excuses
- Library Card
- Life Admin
- listen
- Live Recordings
- Lo-Fi
- Logos
- Looks Like Work
- Loops
- Loose Ends
- Lost Again
- Lost and Found
- Loyalty Cards
- Lullabies
- Lunch Break
- Lyrics
M: 28 names
- Main Quest
- Manuals
- Manuscript
- Maps
- Masters
- Math
- Maybe Later
- Me Pretending to Read
- Medical Records
- Meditation
- Meeting Notes
- Memes
- Messaging
- Mind and Body
- Misc
- Mission Control
- Mixtapes
- Mockups
- Mom's Favorites
- Money
- Money Moves
- Mood Board
- Morning Routine
- move
- Movie Night
- Movies & TV
- Music to Sort
- Musicals
N: 11 names
- Navigation
- Necessary Evils
- Needs Signature
- Nest Egg
- New Year Me
- News
- Newsstand
- Nine to Five
- Notes I Can't Read
- Notifications Off
- nourish
O: 14 names
- Odds and Ends
- Old Laptop
- Old Phone
- Old Versions
- Oldies
- On Hold
- On Repeat
- Onboarding
- One Day I'll Learn
- organize
- Originals
- Other People's Lives
- Out of Office
- Outtakes
P: 40 names
- Pantry
- Paperwork
- Parking
- Party Starters
- Passport Stamps
- Passwords
- Past Exams
- Paycheck Graveyard
- Payments
- Payroll
- Performance Reviews
- Personal
- Pet Records
- Pharmacy
- Phone a Friend
- Phone Uploads
- Photo & Video
- Photo Lab
- Physics
- Piano Pieces
- Piggy Bank
- plan
- play
- Play Time
- Pocket Arcade
- Podcasts
- Portfolio
- Portraits
- Practice Recordings
- Presentations
- Presets
- Pretend Work
- Problem Sets
- Procrastination Station
- Productivity
- Productivity Theater
- Profile Pics
- Proposals
- Pulse Check
- Puzzles
Q: 3 names
- Quick Fixes
- Quick Hits
- Quotes and Estimates
R: 38 names
- Rabbit Holes
- Radio
- Rain Sounds
- Rainy Day
- Random
- Raw Files
- Reaction Pics
- read
- Reading List
- Reading Room
- Readings
- Real Estate
- Receipts
- Recipes to Try
- Recordings
- Reference
- Remixes
- Renovation Progress
- Replies I Owe
- Report Cards
- Reports
- Research Papers
- Resources
- Responsibilities
- rest
- Resume
- Retail Therapy
- Rewards
- Rides
- Ringtones
- rituals
- Road Ready
- Road Trip Mixes
- Road Trip Photos
- roam
- Rock Classics
- Rough Cuts
- Rough Mixes
S: 59 names
- Samples
- Save Point
- Saved From Chats
- Scanner
- Scans
- Scholarships
- School Pictures
- Screen Break
- Screen Time Shame
- Screenshots
- scroll
- Security
- Self Care
- Send Help
- Senior Year
- Setlists
- Settings
- Shared Files
- Sheet Music
- Shopping
- Show Tunes
- Shutterbug
- Side Hustle
- Side Projects
- Side Quests
- Sleep
- Slide Decks
- Smart Home
- Snack Summoner
- snap
- Social
- Social Hour
- Song Ideas
- Songs to Learn
- Sound Booth
- Soundtracks
- Sources
- Spanish Class
- Spare Change
- Speed Dial
- spend
- Sports
- Spreadsheets
- Spring Semester
- Stay in Touch
- Stems
- Stock Photos
- Storage Hogs
- stream
- Streaming
- study
- Study Beats
- Study Guides
- Stuff I Never Open
- Subscriptions
- Summer Trip
- Sunday Reset
- sweat
- Syllabi
T: 34 names
- Take My Money
- Takeout Menu
- Tattoo Ideas
- Tax Returns
- Team Files
- Team Photos
- Templates
- The Bench
- The Rest
- The Void
- Thesis
- This Week
- Thumb Workout
- Tickets
- Time Wasters
- tinker
- Tiny Dopamine
- To Delete
- To Print
- To Review
- To Sort
- To-Do
- Toolbox
- Tools
- Top Shelf
- Touch Grass
- track
- Transcripts
- Transit
- Translate
- Travel Documents
- Trip Planning
- Trying My Best
- Two-Factor
U: 3 names
- Unreleased
- unwind
- Utilities
V: 3 names
- Video Calls
- Vinyl Rips
- Vocabulary
W: 23 names
- Waiting On
- Waiting Room
- Wallet
- Wallpapers
- wander
- Warranties
- watch
- Watch List
- Water Cooler
- Weather
- Wedding Photos
- Wedding Songs
- Where Am I
- Where My Money Went
- Where Time Goes
- White Noise
- Wind Down
- Window Shopping
- Wish List
- Word Nerd
- Workout Mix
- write
- Writing
Y: 1 name
- Yearbook