Instagram Highlight Name Generator

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Short names for Instagram story highlights: Wanderlust, Good Eats, Besties and Zoomies for personal profiles, Reviews, FAQs and Book Now for businesses, plus lowercase labels, foreign words and puns.

About Instagram highlight names

A highlight name is the small label under each story highlight on an Instagram profile. There is very little room for it, and a long title is cut off on the profile, so the names here are short: most are one or two words, and the longest is 14 characters. A good label tells a visitor what is inside before they tap, which is why plain words such as Travel, Eats, Besties and FAQs do as well as clever ones.

The list covers twelve kinds of highlight. For personal profiles there are travel names (Wanderlust, Window Seat), food (Good Eats, Cafe Hopping), friends and family (Day Ones, Core Memories), couples (Us Two, Soft Launch), pets (Zoomies, Toe Beans), outfits and beauty (Fit Check, GRWM), fitness (Leg Day, Run Club) and hobbies (TBR, Film Pics). For shops, creators and freelancers there are business labels such as Reviews, Book Now, How to Order and Behind Scenes. The rest are style picks: lowercase one-word labels (lately, stills, misc), words from other languages (Dolce Vita, Hygge, Ohana) and light puns (Seas the Day, Shelf Care).

Pick one style and keep it across the row. A profile looks tidy when every label is lowercase, or every label is a single word, and the covers share a color.

How to choose Instagram highlight names

Keep it to one or two words. If a label is cut off when you look at your own profile, shorten it instead of hoping visitors will tap to find out.
Put the highlights a new visitor needs first. For a business that usually means About, Pricing, Reviews and FAQs ahead of anything decorative.
Match the capitals across the row: all lowercase (lately, stills, extras) or all title case (Road Trip, Good Eats), not a mix of the two.
Know what a foreign word means before you use it. Fika is the Swedish coffee break, Ohana is Hawaiian for family and Fernweh is German for a longing for far-off places.
Rename when the content changes. A highlight's name can be edited later without touching the stories inside it, so Snow Days can become Lake Days once the weather turns.

Frequently asked questions

What are good Instagram highlight names?

The best ones say what is inside in a word or two. Travel, Good Eats, Besties and Fit Check are plain and clear. For a softer look, lowercase one-word labels such as lately, moments and stills do the same job more quietly.

What highlight names should a business use?

Use labels that answer the questions customers ask most: About, Services, Pricing, Reviews, FAQs, Book Now and How to Order. Behind Scenes and New Arrivals work well after those. Clear words beat clever ones here, because a visitor decides in a second where to tap.

How long can an Instagram highlight name be?

Instagram gives a highlight name very little space and cuts a long one off on the profile. We do not quote an exact limit because it can change. Every name in this list is 14 characters or fewer, and most are under 10.

What are some aesthetic highlight names?

Lowercase single words are the usual choice: lately, fragments, glimpses, sunlit and after dark. Words from other languages give a similar effect, such as La Vie, Komorebi, a Japanese word for sunlight filtering through trees, and Saudade, a Portuguese word for longing.

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All 500 Instagram highlight names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 17 names

About
About Me
About Us
Abroad
after dark
Aloha
Always
Amigos
Amis
Amore
Amour
Anniversary
archive
Art
Ask Me
Auntie Era
Away

B: 30 names

Baby
Bags
Bakery Finds
Bakes
Barn Days
Basics
Beach Days
Beach Please
Bean There
Before & After
Behind Scenes
Berry Nice
Best Sellers
Besties
Better Half
Birthdays
Biscuits
bits
Blooms
blur
Bon Voyage
Book Club
Book Now
Bookings
Books
Bready or Not
Brew Crew
Brunch
BTS
Bucket List

C: 38 names

C'est La Vie
Cabin
Cafe Hopping
Camera Roll
Camping
Campus
Care Guide
Carpe Diem
Carry On
Casa
Cat Dad
Cat Mom
Cat Naps
Chaos Crew
chapters
Cheers
Chef Mode
Chez Moi
Ciao
Cibo
City Break
Client Love
Climb
Closet
Cocktails
Coffee
Coffee Runs
Collabs
College
Comida
Coming Soon
Concerts
Contact
Core Memories
Cousins
Cozy
Crafts
Crochet

D: 21 names

Dad
Daily Walks
Dance
Date Nights
Day in Life
Day Ones
Decor
Denim
Desk Setup
Dessert
Detours
diary
Dinner
DIY
Dog Dad
Dog Days
Dog Mom
Dolce Vita
Donut Worry
Dream Team
dreamy

E: 8 names

Eats
Elsewhere
Engaged
etc
Euro Summer
Events
everyday
extras

F: 38 names

Fall Fits
Fam
Famiglia
Familia
Famille
Family
Family Time
FAQs
Feedback
Fernweh
Festivals
Fetch
Fiesta
Fika
Film Pics
Films
Find Us
First Bite
First Home
Firsts
Fit Check
Fit Journey
Fits
Five Stars
Floof
Food
Food Coma
Food Diary
Foodie
Forever
Found Family
fragments
frames
Fresh Cut
Friends
Fur Baby
Fur Real
Furry Fam

G: 26 names

Gains
Game Day
Game Night
Gaming
Garden
Getaway
Gift Guide
Girls Night
Giveaways
Glam
glimpses
golden
Golf
Good Boy
Good Eats
Good Girl
Gotcha Day
Grad
Grandma
gratitude
Grill Season
Group Trip
Growing Up
GRWM
Gym
Gym Log

H: 28 names

Habits
Hair
Hair Diary
Happy Clients
Happy Hour
Hard Launch
Hauls
hazy
Heimat
Her
Hikes
Him
Hiring
Holidays
Home
Home Cooking
Home Is You
Home Team
Hometown
Honeymoon
Horse Girl
Hotel Life
How It Works
How To
How to Book
How to Order
Hubby
Hygge

I: 7 names

I Said Yes
Ice Cream
In My Kitchen
Inner Circle
Inside Jokes
Island Time
Italy

J: 4 names

Jet Lag
Jewelry
Joie
Journal

K: 6 names

Kanpai
Kiddos
Kind Words
Knits
Knot Bad
Komorebi

L: 21 names

La Belle Vie
La Vie
Lake Days
Lake It Easy
lately
Latte Art
Launches
Layover
Leaf Me Alone
Leg Day
Lettuce Eat
life lately
Lifts
Little One
little things
Loaf Mode
London
Long Distance
Lookbook
Looks
Love Notes

M: 39 names

Mahalo
Makeup
Making Of
Mane Event
Marathon
Market Haul
Match Day
Matcha
Me
Meal Prep
Meet the Team
Memories
Meow
Meow or Never
Merci
Mi Gente
Midnight Snack
Miles
Milestones
Mindset
Mirror Pics
misc
Mom
moments
mood
moonlit
mornings
Mountain Air
Movie Night
Mr & Mrs
Mug Life
mundane
Museum Days
Music
musings
My Love
My People
My Person
My Valentine

N: 11 names

Nailed It
Nails
New Arrivals
New In
Newlyweds
Next Stop
night owl
Nom Nom
nostalgia
Novel Ideas
NYC

O: 13 names

odds & ends
Offers
Oh Snap
Ohana
Oishii
On My Plate
On Repeat
On the Road
OOTD
Our Story
Our Work
Out of Office
Outfits

P: 35 names

Packing Orders
pages
Paintings
Paris
Park Days
Passport
Pasta
Paw Prints
Pawsitive
Pet Pics
Pets
Pho Real
Photo Dump
Photos
Picnic
pieces
Pilates
Pizza Night
Plants
Playlists
Plus One
Poolside
Pop Ups
Portfolio
Postcards
Pottery
Press
Pricing
Progress
Projects
PRs
Pup
Puppy Era
Pura Vida
Purrfect

Q: 1 name

R: 19 names

Race Day
Ramen
random
Reads
recap
Recipes
Reel Life
Reno
Rest Day
Restocks
Results
Returns
Reunion
Reviews
rewind
Road Trip
Roomies
Run Club
Runs

S: 61 names

Sale
Salt Air
Salud
Saudade
scenes
School
Sea You Soon
Seas the Day
seasons
Self Care
Selfies
Services
Sew What
Shelf Care
Shipping
Shoes
Shop
Shore Thing
Shutter Up
Siesta
Since Day One
Sip Happens
Sisters
Size Guide
Sketches
Ski Trip
Skincare
Skylines
slow days
small joys

S, continued

Smitten
Snacks
Sneakers
snippets
Snow Days
Snow Problem
soft days
Soft Launch
Sole Mates
Souvenirs
Sploot
Squad
Staycation
stills
Street Style
Stretch
Studio
Study
Study Abroad
Style
Summer Fits
Summit
Sunday Dinner
sundays
sunlit
Sunsets
Surf
Sushi
Sweat
Sweet Tooth
Swim

T: 42 names

Tabi
Table for Two
Taco Bout It
Tacos
Tail Wags
Takeoff
Takeout
Tastings
Tattoos
TBR
Tea Time
Tee Time
Tennis
Tents Moments
Testimonials
The Big Day
The Boys
The Cat
The Crew
The Dog
The Girls
The Process
The Proposal
The Zoo
this & that
Thrift Finds
Thrifted
Throwbacks
Tips
Toddler Life
Toe Beans
Together
Tokyo
Tourist
Traditions
Trails
Training
Travel
Treat Time
Try On
Tutorials
Two of Us

U: 2 names

Updates
Us Two

V: 7 names

Van Life
Viaggi
Viajes
Vida
Views
Vintage
Voyage

W: 18 names

Walkies
Wanderlust
Wardrobe
Wedding
Weekender
Wellness
WFH
Whisk Takers
Whiskers
Wifey
Window Seat
Winter Fits
Wishlist
Wok and Roll
Work
Workouts
Workshops
Workwear

X: 1 name

XOXO

Y: 4 names

Yappy Hour
Yoga
You & Me
Yum

Z: 1 name

Zoomies

0-9: 2 names

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