Q&A for How to Name a Mob in Minecraft

Librarian villagers trade name tags for 20–22 emeralds a piece as part of their tier 6 trades. Name tags can be caught from fishing as part of the treasure category. Name tags can be found in 29.0% of dungeon chests and 42.3% of chest minecarts in abandoned mine shafts in stacks of one.

Get a name tag, put a name on it in the anvil, then go up to the mob and a 'name' button should appear.

Rename a spawn villager egg (this can be obtained in creative mode) with an anvil, then spawn the villager.

Go in your menu (creative) and get a name tag. Look up the recipe (survival) for a name tag. This works for all mobs (tame cows, sheep, etc.).

Yes.

Yes you can. Use it with the name tag and anvil. Combine the name tag within the villager's egg together and it will work.

Take a name tag, use an anvil and name your tame dog. It only works with tame ones.

No, but the player can change their nameplate to something else if they would like.

You can rename the horse, but you can't remove the name tag.

Yes, you can. Click on the anvil, get a name tag, choose one of the repair boxes and name the tag. Then you hover over the creature and click 'name'.

No, you can't put a name tag on yourself, but you can change your name if you'd like.

Spawn a wolf and get a bone. Hover over the wolf with the bone and click Tame.

Yes. These methods for naming a mob in Minecraft will work for any platform you can play the game on, including the Nintendo Switch.

Nothing. That will be the mob's name and it won't affect anything aside from distinguishing. It's not a swear word so you can choose it if you want.

The term "mob" is short for "mobile object" which refers to non-player characters in the game. A "mob" is also a term for a group of mobs.

You can't name a dolphin. Sorry. But you can name mobs that can become pets!

You cannot get spawn eggs by renaming mobs, no matter which mob it is or what you name them. The only way to get spawn eggs is through the creative inventory or commands.

You cannot use a nametag to name a player in Minecraft. However, it is possible to change your in game username through minecraft.net.

Yes, you can use a nametag in Minecraft to name a mob the same way in creative mode.

You cannot use a nametag on the ender dragon or the wither in Minecraft, you'd have to use mods to name them.

You cannot use a nametag to name a target block or any other block in Minecraft without the use of mods.

Try logging out and back in. If it still does not work, maybe it is a bug or named by someone else.

You didn't do anything wrong. You have to rename the name tag first. If you don't rename it, then it won't do anything.

Get a name tag, put a name on it with an anvil, and right click the wolf. You can do this either before or after the wolf is tamed.

No. Zombies are hostile mobs, and they are untameable, unless you have mods.

With wolves and horses, the right-click button already has an assigned function. For wolves, they will sit when you right-click, and for horses, you will mount. Because of this, for these animals you will need to hold the Shift button while right-clicking on the animal with the nametag in your hand.

Have a nametag that has been named using the anvil. Obtain a tamed wolf by feeding a wild wolf bones. Then, with the nametag in your hand, hold shift and right-click on the wolf.

Do the same thing: name the name tag on the anvil then click the wolf. If you want to name it Education Edition, you type the name on the anvil.

Witherstorm only exists in Story Mode of Minecraft so you cannot spawn it.

It is the same method. Once you have put the name on the tag when you go up to your dog, a ‘name’ button will appear. Select that and your dog should be named.