Middle School Name Generator

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Generate believable middle school names the way real districts name them: presidents and local heroes, creeks and ridges, neighborhoods and saints, with Middle School, Junior High, and Intermediate School endings. Built for novelists, screenwriters, game designers, and anyone building a fictional town.

About middle school names

American middle schools are named by school boards, and school boards are predictable. The biggest group honors a person: a president (Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt), a civil-rights or science figure (Cesar Chavez, Sally Ride, Thurgood Marshall). The second group borrows the landscape or the subdivision the school sits in (Oak Ridge, Willow Creek, Canyon Vista, Meadowbrook). A smaller third group uses aspirational words chosen by a naming committee (Horizon, Discovery, Legacy, Summit). Catholic and Christian schools add saints and devotions (St. Francis, Holy Family, Mount Carmel).

The ending tells you where and when the school was built. Junior High was standard for grades 7 to 9 until the 1980s, so it signals an older building or a rural district. Middle School is the modern default for grades 6 to 8. Intermediate School usually means a 5-6 or 7-8 split, and K-8 Academy or Magnet points to a newer charter or choice program. The names here mix every pattern so you can match a school to its town: a 1950s brick junior high named for a president, a 2010s suburban campus named for a nonexistent ridge, or a parochial school downtown.

For fiction, aim for plausibility over cleverness: real schools are rarely witty, and an over-designed name breaks the illusion faster than a dull one.

How to choose middle school names

  • Match the name to the town's age: person-named schools and the Junior High ending suit older or rural districts, while nature-plus-Middle School names fit suburbs built after 1990.
  • If the school is in the Southwest or California, Spanish place words (Mesa Vista, Camino Real, Palo Verde) read as authentic; in New England, founder surnames and -field or -ton place names feel right.
  • Give the school a mascot and colors in your notes, because characters will talk about the Wildcats or the Mustangs far more often than the full school name.
  • Avoid naming a fictional school after a famous living person or a real local figure, and do a quick search if the story makes the school central; most names here are generic enough to exist in several states.
  • Invent an abbreviation the students use (Jeff, RMS, Creekside) so dialogue sounds natural; nobody says the words 'Middle School' in the hallway.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a middle school and a junior high?

Junior high schools traditionally serve grades 7 to 9 and are organized like a small high school, with subject-based teachers. Middle schools usually cover grades 6 to 8 and are built around grade-level teams. The name on the building is often just a matter of when it opened, since many old junior highs switched to a middle school model without renaming.

How are middle schools usually named?

Most are named after a notable person, the neighborhood or natural feature they sit on, or the town itself, followed by Middle School, Junior High, or Intermediate School. Newer charter and magnet schools use aspirational words like Horizon or Discovery, and parochial schools use saints and religious titles.

Can I use these names in a novel, screenplay or game?

Yes. These are generic combinations of common names, places and words, and none is tied to a specific real school. If the school is central to a plot, a quick search for the exact name in your story's state or country is a sensible precaution.

Do these names work outside the United States?

The Middle School and Junior High endings are mostly North American. For the UK swap in Academy, High School or Community College; in Australia and New Zealand, Intermediate School and College are common; many of the place-based names (Riverside, Oakwood, Springfield) translate directly.

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A: 18 names

  • Abigail Adams Middle School
  • Achieve Middle School
  • Ada Lovelace Middle School
  • Adams Middle School
  • Alan Turing Middle School
  • Albert Einstein Middle School
  • Alexander Graham Bell Middle School
  • All Saints Middle School
  • Alvarado Middle School

A, continued

  • Amelia Earhart Middle School
  • Anne Hutchinson Middle School
  • Antelope Trails Middle School
  • Apple Valley Middle School
  • Arlington Middle School
  • Arthur Ashe Middle School
  • Ascend Middle School
  • Ashton Junior High School
  • Aspire Middle School

B: 27 names

  • Babe Ruth Middle School
  • Barbara Jordan Middle School
  • Bayside Middle School
  • Bayview Middle School
  • Beacon Hill Middle School
  • Bear Creek Middle School
  • Bear Valley Middle School
  • Benito Juarez Middle School
  • Benjamin Franklin Intermediate School
  • Betsy Ross Middle School
  • Black Hawk Middle School
  • Blue Ridge Middle School
  • Booker T. Washington Junior High

B, continued

  • Briarcrest Middle School
  • Briarwood Middle School
  • Bridge Street Middle School
  • Bridgeport Middle School
  • Bridgewater Middle School
  • Bridgeway Middle School
  • Brighton Middle School
  • Broadway Middle School
  • Brookfield Middle School
  • Brookhaven Middle School
  • Brookview Middle School
  • Brushy Creek Middle School
  • Bunker Hill Middle School
  • Burlington Middle School

C: 48 names

  • Cabrillo Middle School
  • Calvary Middle School
  • Camino Real Middle School
  • Canyon Ridge Middle School
  • Canyon Vista Middle School
  • Carl Sagan Middle School
  • Carl Sandburg Middle School
  • Carrollton Middle School
  • Castro Valley Middle School
  • Cedar Creek Middle School
  • Cedar Hill Middle School
  • Cedar Hollow Middle School

C, continued

  • Cedar Park Middle School
  • Cedar Ridge Middle School
  • Central Middle School
  • Cesar Chavez Middle School
  • Chapel Hill Middle School
  • Cherry Hill Intermediate School
  • Cherry Valley Intermediate School
  • Chestnut Hill Middle School
  • Chestnut Ridge Middle School
  • Chief Joseph Middle School
  • Christ the King Middle School
  • Christa McAuliffe Middle School

C, continued

  • Clara Barton Junior High School
  • Clear Creek Middle School
  • Clear Lake Middle School
  • Clearfield Middle School
  • Clearwater Middle School
  • Clifton Middle School
  • Coldwater Middle School
  • College Park Middle School
  • Columbus Middle School
  • Coolidge Middle School
  • Copernicus Junior High School
  • Copper Canyon Middle School

C, continued

  • Coral Reef Middle School
  • Cornerstone Middle School
  • Coronado Middle School
  • Cottonwood Creek Middle School
  • Covenant Middle School
  • Coyote Creek Middle School
  • Coyote Ridge Middle School
  • Creekside Middle School
  • Crest View Middle School
  • Crossroads Middle School
  • Crystal Lake Junior High
  • Cypress Point Middle School

D: 15 names

  • Da Vinci Middle School
  • Dalton Middle School
  • Daniel Boone Middle School
  • Daniel Webster Middle School
  • Davy Crockett Middle School
  • De Anza Middle School
  • Deer Meadow Junior High
  • Deer Park Middle School
  • Deer Valley Middle School
  • Deerfield Middle School
  • Desert Vista Middle School
  • Diamond Bar Middle School
  • Diego Rivera Middle School
  • Discovery Middle School
  • Dolores Huerta Middle School

E: 24 names

  • Eagle Point Middle School
  • Eagle Ridge Middle School
  • Eagle Valley Middle School
  • Easton Middle School
  • Eastside Middle School
  • Eastwood Middle School
  • Edgar Allan Poe Middle School
  • Edgewater Middle School
  • Edgewood Junior High School
  • Edmund Hillary Middle School
  • Eisenhower Junior High
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School

E, continued

  • Ellen Ochoa Middle School
  • Elm Street Middle School
  • Elmwood Junior High
  • Emerald Isle Middle School
  • Emerald Middle School
  • Emily Dickinson Middle School
  • Endeavor Middle School
  • Ernest Hemingway Middle School
  • Ernest Shackleton Middle School
  • Excel Middle School
  • Excelsior Middle School
  • Explorer Middle School

F: 22 names

  • Fairfield Middle School
  • Fairhaven Middle School
  • Fairview Middle School
  • Fairway Middle School
  • Falcon Ridge Middle School
  • Fallbrook Middle School
  • Farmington Middle School
  • Ferndale Middle School
  • Foothills Middle School
  • Forest Hill Junior High
  • Forest Park Junior High

F, continued

  • Forest View Middle School
  • Fox Meadow Middle School
  • Fox Valley Middle School
  • Francis Scott Key Middle School
  • Franklin Middle School
  • Frederick Douglass Middle School
  • Freedom Middle School
  • Freeport Middle School
  • Frida Kahlo Middle School
  • Frontier Middle School
  • Fulton Middle School

G: 17 names

  • Galileo Middle School
  • Garfield Middle School
  • Gateway Middle School
  • George Washington Carver Middle School
  • Georgetown Middle School
  • Glendale Junior High School
  • Glenwood Middle School
  • Golden Valley Middle School

G, continued

  • Good Shepherd Middle School
  • Grace Hopper Middle School
  • Grace Middle School
  • Grand View Middle School
  • Granite Falls Middle School
  • Green Meadows Middle School
  • Green Valley Middle School
  • Greenfield Middle School
  • Greenway Middle School

H: 32 names

  • Hamilton Junior High School
  • Hampton Middle School
  • Happy Valley Middle School
  • Harbor View Middle School
  • Harborside Middle School
  • Harding Intermediate School
  • Harmony Middle School
  • Harriet Tubman Middle School
  • Hawk Ridge Middle School
  • Hayes Middle School

H, continued

  • Helen Keller Middle School
  • Henry Clay Middle School
  • Henry David Thoreau Middle School
  • Heritage Middle School
  • Heritage Oaks Middle School
  • Herman Melville Middle School
  • Hernando de Soto Middle School
  • Heron Bay Middle School
  • Hickory Grove Middle School
  • Hidden Valley Middle School
  • High Point Middle School

H, continued

  • Highland Park Middle School
  • Hillcrest Junior High School
  • Hillsdale Middle School
  • Hillview Middle School
  • Holy Cross Middle School
  • Holy Family Middle School
  • Holy Spirit Middle School
  • Holy Trinity Middle School
  • Hoover Junior High School
  • Huntington Middle School
  • Hyde Park Intermediate School

I: 7 names

  • Ida B. Wells Middle School
  • Immaculate Conception Middle School
  • Independence Middle School
  • Indian Creek Middle School
  • Innovation Middle School
  • Inspire Middle School
  • Isaac Newton Middle School

J: 17 names

  • Jackie Robinson Middle School
  • Jackson Intermediate School
  • Jacques Cousteau Middle School
  • Jamestown Middle School
  • Jane Addams Middle School
  • Jane Goodall Middle School
  • Jefferson Junior High School
  • Jesse Owens Middle School

J, continued

  • Jim Thorpe Middle School
  • John Adams Middle School
  • John Glenn Middle School
  • John Muir Middle School
  • John Steinbeck Middle School
  • Johnson Middle School
  • Jonas Salk Middle School
  • Jose Marti Middle School
  • Juan Seguin Middle School

K: 5 names

  • Katherine Johnson Middle School
  • Kennedy Middle School
  • Keystone Middle School
  • Kingston Middle School
  • Kit Carson Middle School

L: 24 names

  • Lake Forest Middle School
  • Lake Harbor Middle School
  • Lake Ridge Middle School
  • Lake Shore Middle School
  • Lakeview Middle School
  • Lakewood Intermediate School
  • Langston Hughes Middle School
  • Laurel Hill Middle School
  • Legacy Middle School
  • Lewis and Clark Middle School
  • Lexington Junior High
  • Liberty Bell Middle School

L, continued

  • Liberty Hill Middle School
  • Liberty Middle School
  • Lighthouse Point Middle School
  • Lincoln Middle School
  • Lincoln Park Middle School
  • Live Oak Middle School
  • Long Meadow Middle School
  • Longview Middle School
  • Lorenzo de Zavala Middle School
  • Los Alamitos Middle School
  • Louis Pasteur Middle School
  • Louisa May Alcott Middle School

M: 37 names

  • Madison Middle School
  • Mae Jemison Middle School
  • Magellan Middle School
  • Main Street Middle School
  • Maple Grove Junior High
  • Marco Polo Middle School
  • Marie Curie Middle School
  • Mark Twain Middle School
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School
  • Maya Angelou Middle School
  • Mayfield Middle School

M, continued

  • McKinley Junior High
  • Meadow Park Middle School
  • Meadowbrook Middle School
  • Meadowview Middle School
  • Medgar Evers Middle School
  • Memorial Middle School
  • Mesa Vista Middle School
  • Middleton Middle School
  • Middletown Junior High
  • Midway Middle School
  • Milestone Middle School
  • Mill Creek Middle School

M, continued

  • Mill Valley Middle School
  • Millbrook Middle School
  • Milton Middle School
  • Monroe Middle School
  • Morning Star Middle School
  • Morristown Middle School
  • Mount Carmel Middle School
  • Mount Hope Middle School
  • Mount Olive Middle School
  • Mount Pleasant Middle School
  • Mount Vernon Middle School
  • Mount Zion Middle School
  • Mountain View Middle School

N: 9 names

  • Nathan Hale Middle School
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School
  • Neil Armstrong Middle School
  • New Haven Middle School
  • Newport Middle School
  • Newton Middle School
  • Northfield Middle School
  • Northside Middle School
  • Northwood Middle School

O: 13 names

  • Oak Haven Middle School
  • Oak Hill Middle School
  • Oak Park Middle School
  • Oak Ridge Middle School
  • Oakcrest Middle School
  • Oakdale Middle School
  • Oakwood Middle School
  • Obama Middle School
  • Oceanside Junior High
  • Orchard Park Middle School
  • Osprey Point Middle School
  • Our Lady of Grace Middle School
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Middle School

P: 28 names

  • Palo Verde Middle School
  • Parkside Junior High
  • Parkview Middle School
  • Parkway Middle School
  • Pathway Middle School
  • Patrick Henry Middle School
  • Patriot Middle School
  • Paul Revere Middle School
  • Pearl S. Buck Middle School
  • Pelican Bay Middle School
  • Pico Rivera Middle School
  • Pine Hill Middle School
  • Pine Ridge Middle School
  • Pinecrest Middle School

P, continued

  • Pinnacle Middle School
  • Pioneer Middle School
  • Plainview Middle School
  • Pleasant Valley Junior High
  • Pleasant View Middle School
  • Pleasanton Middle School
  • Pocahontas Middle School
  • Polk Middle School
  • Ponce de Leon Middle School
  • Portola Middle School
  • Preston Middle School
  • Princeton Middle School
  • Prospect Park Middle School
  • Providence Middle School

Q: 1 name

  • Quail Run Middle School

R: 25 names

  • Rachel Carson Middle School
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High
  • Reagan Middle School
  • Red Cloud Middle School
  • Renaissance Middle School
  • Ridgecrest Middle School
  • Ridgeview Middle School
  • Ridgewood Middle School
  • River Bend Middle School
  • Riverdale Middle School
  • Riverview Intermediate School
  • Robert Frost Middle School

R, continued

  • Roberto Clemente Middle School
  • Rock Creek Middle School
  • Rockport Middle School
  • Rocky Hill Middle School
  • Rocky Point Junior High School
  • Rocky Ridge Middle School
  • Roger Williams Middle School
  • Rolling Meadows Middle School
  • Roosevelt Middle School
  • Rosa Parks Middle School
  • Rosedale Middle School
  • Rosewood Middle School
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Middle School

S: 78 names

  • Sacagawea Middle School
  • Sacred Heart Middle School
  • Saddlebrook Middle School
  • Sage Ridge Middle School
  • Saint Anne Middle School
  • Saint Anthony Middle School
  • Saint Catherine Middle School
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Middle School
  • Saint Francis Middle School
  • Saint John Bosco Middle School
  • Saint Joseph Middle School
  • Saint Jude Middle School
  • Saint Mary Middle School

S, continued

  • Saint Michael Middle School
  • Saint Patrick Middle School
  • Saint Paul Middle School
  • Saint Peter Middle School
  • Saint Rose of Lima Middle School
  • Saint Thomas More Middle School
  • Sally Ride Middle School
  • Saltmarsh Middle School
  • Sam Houston Middle School
  • San Gabriel Middle School
  • San Marcos Middle School
  • San Rafael Middle School
  • Sandpiper Middle School

S, continued

  • Sandra Day O'Connor Middle School
  • Sandy Creek Junior High School
  • Santa Clara Middle School
  • Santa Rosa Middle School
  • Santa Teresa Middle School
  • Scholars Middle School
  • Seaside Middle School
  • Sequoyah Middle School
  • Serra Middle School
  • Shadow Hills Middle School
  • Shadow Ridge Middle School
  • Shakespeare Middle School
  • Sheffield Junior High

S, continued

  • Sherwood Middle School
  • Sidney Lanier Middle School
  • Sierra Vista Junior High
  • Signal Hill Middle School
  • Silver Creek Junior High
  • Silver Lake Middle School
  • Silver Valley Middle School
  • Skyview Middle School
  • Skyway Middle School
  • Sojourner Truth Middle School
  • Southport Middle School
  • Southside Junior High School
  • Southwood Middle School

S, continued

  • Spring Hill Middle School
  • Spring Lake Middle School
  • Spring Valley Middle School
  • Springdale Middle School
  • Springfield Middle School
  • Starlight Middle School
  • Stephen F. Austin Middle School
  • Stephen Hawking Middle School
  • Steve Jobs Middle School
  • Stillwater Middle School
  • Stockton Middle School
  • Stone Ridge Intermediate School
  • Stony Creek Middle School

S, continued

  • Stony Point Middle School
  • Stonybrook Middle School
  • Strawberry Hill Middle School
  • Summerfield Middle School
  • Summit Middle School
  • Sun Valley Middle School
  • Sunnybrook Middle School
  • Sunnycrest Middle School
  • Sunrise Ridge Middle School
  • Sunset Park Middle School
  • Susan B. Anthony Middle School
  • Sweetwater Middle School
  • Sycamore Junior High School

T: 14 names

  • Taft Middle School
  • Tanglewood Middle School
  • Tecumseh Middle School
  • Thomas Edison Middle School
  • Thornton Middle School
  • Thurgood Marshall Middle School
  • Tidewater Middle School
  • Timber Ridge Middle School
  • Trailblazer Middle School
  • Trinity Middle School
  • Triumph Middle School
  • Truman Middle School
  • Twin Lakes Middle School
  • Tyler Intermediate School

U: 2 names

  • Ulysses S. Grant Middle School
  • Unity Middle School

V: 6 names

  • Vallejo Middle School
  • Valley View Junior High School
  • Van Buren Middle School
  • Veterans Memorial Middle School
  • Veterans Park Middle School
  • Victory Middle School

W: 30 names

  • W.E.B. Du Bois Middle School
  • Wakefield Middle School
  • Walnut Creek Middle School
  • Walnut Hill Middle School
  • Walnut Ridge Middle School
  • Walt Whitman Middle School
  • Walter Reed Middle School
  • Washington Middle School
  • Wellington Middle School
  • West Point Middle School
  • Westfield Middle School
  • Weston Middle School
  • Westport Middle School
  • Westside Middle School
  • Westwood Middle School

W, continued

  • Whitewater Middle School
  • Wildwood Middle School
  • Will Rogers Middle School
  • Willa Cather Middle School
  • William Penn Middle School
  • Willow Creek Middle School
  • Willowbrook Middle School
  • Wilma Rudolph Middle School
  • Wilson Middle School
  • Winter Haven Junior High
  • Winter Park Middle School
  • Wolf Run Intermediate School
  • Woodcrest Middle School
  • Woodside Middle School
  • Wright Brothers Middle School

Z: 1 name

  • Zora Neale Hurston Middle School