Carry The Nametag
Carry The Nametag lets players keep a named farm animal's name when it is bred, so offspring inherit the nametag from the parents that share it.
What it does
When two animals carrying the same nametag are bred, the baby receives that nametag automatically. If the two parents carry different names, the offspring receives no name and the names are not combined. A parent without a nametag passes nothing on, and breeding with a single named animal produces an unnamed baby. Animals with the same name keep it through generations, which makes it simpler to track a large herd.
The mod is server-side only, so only the server needs it installed and players join without installing anything. Single-player worlds need the mod on the client as well. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with the latest builds covering 1.18 – 1.21.1, and the project is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Inherited nametags
Two animals sharing a nametag produce a baby that carries the same nametag, with no manual renaming.
Name-sharing breeding
Breeding animals with matching names gives the offspring the name applied to both parents.
Mixed-name breeding
A baby from parents with different names receives no nametag, so mixed names do not carry over.
Plain breeding
When one or neither parent has a nametag, breeding proceeds as in vanilla with no special result.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Large livestock farms
Keeping track of animals across many generations becomes easier when each line keeps its name.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who keep named livestock on survival or multiplayer worlds, where the mod keeps breeding lines labelled without renaming each new animal.
How it compares
Craftable Nametags is server required with the client optional, and it is not open source under the All rights reserved license. Transparent Nametags is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, published for 1.14.4 – 26.2 on Fabric. Carry The Nametag runs on the server only, so it differs from both in where it is installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carry The Nametag | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-08-13 |
| Craftable Nametags | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.12.2 – 1.21.1 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-05 |
| Transparent Nametags | Fabric | 1.14.4 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-09-14 |
Questions
Does Carry The Nametag need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Carry The Nametag support?
What happens when two animals with different names breed?
In the catalog
Carry The Nametag is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Carry the Nametag allows you to keep large farms of animals of named with less hassle. When you breed to animals, if they both have the same name, then the offspring of the two animals will also have the name applied to them. Think two Dinnerbone cows being bred, the new baby cow will also be a Dinnerbone cow now…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/carry-the-nametag
- Owner
- MaritheVillain
- Published
- 2023-04-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15