diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index bcbd22951bc..e139d38a674 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-6356. Misspelling of threshold in log4j.properties for tests.
     (Brahma Reddy Battula via aajisaka)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6342. Make POM project names consistent. (Rohith via devaraj)
+
 Release 2.7.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
index 5341672e751..0a5343a790e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-app</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce App</name>
 
   <properties>
     <applink.base>${project.build.directory}/${project.name}</applink.base>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
index 824e753abed..d561270f2e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-common</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Common</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
index 44d1c17dda1..a8efa93ee9d 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Core</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins/pom.xml
index babd3d337ab..ebafbcdee91 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce HistoryServer Plugins</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
index c38fa67f6c9..afd2a64ecd3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce HistoryServer</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
index 1224b6984ea..f9edc27fb92 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce JobClient</name>
 
   <properties>
     <fork.mode>always</fork.mode>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
index 3aac92774a5..c6001b9cd26 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Shuffle</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 21e70085e00..c2ff543748f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce-client</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce Client</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 4b47493f0ce..669b09bc7d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>hadoop-mapreduce</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop MapReduce</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/mapreduce/</url>
 
   <properties>