HOMEAMING
HOMEAMING is the practice of creating, assigning, and managing public or semi-public names for homes, units, or connected devices within a residential setting or property portfolio. The approach aims to improve identification in digital maps, home networks, property listings, and neighborhood directories, while also allowing for personalization and branding. The term is used in technology and real estate contexts to describe a systematic method for naming that balances readability, uniqueness, and privacy.
Practices include manual naming by residents or managers (for example, “Bluebird Cottage” or “Lot 7 Riverside”)
Impact and applications include increased navigability in mapping apps and augmented reality interfaces, as well as
Variants of HOMEAMING appear in neighborhood naming schemes, marketing-driven development names, and efforts to reflect local
See also: host naming, DNS naming, smart home naming conventions, property naming.