diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 594ec713f99..32c5ae18c64 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-3169. Drop YARN's overview document. (Brahma Reddy Battula via ozawa)
 
+    YARN-2784. Make POM project names consistent. (Rohith via devaraj)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     YARN-3339. TestDockerContainerExecutor should pull a single image and not
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index 3a3f5eaea66..a8729302085 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-api</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN API</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index 87ca0a0e845..24f8bcc000e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN DistributedShell</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
index 6199ad78ffd..ff9020bc46c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Unmanaged Am Launcher</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
index 6b05281c849..391856ac2e2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-applications</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-applications</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Applications</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
index 61bc91205de..8fac3e24029 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-client</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-client</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Client</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 0dee15c745f..7200f9b072b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-common</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Common</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
index 0563e54c24f..ba21bbe1883 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-registry</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-registry</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Registry</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index 84eee3947f8..e8a70b95ff7 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN ApplicationHistoryService</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
index 87564e9b2b4..f9a7cad3c33 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-common</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Server Common</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index ef3768ce2f9..e1f40f8c60f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN NodeManager</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Basedir eeded for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index e2eab1aaad7..8eed8f12ecd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN ResourceManager</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager/pom.xml
index 26c336f8f41..d0eb7605d4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN SharedCacheManager</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
index b7287850d42..f63c83f9cc2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Server Tests</name>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
index 383d1017245..a45e1d9af45 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Web Proxy</name>
 
   <properties>
     <install.file>${project.artifact.file}</install.file>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
index 76161e12ef8..44631f7438d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-server</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Server</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
index 98897460a2d..0bcf2fb2780 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-site</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-site</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Site</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index e0b21938f84..5c90e5e2dae 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN</name>
 
   <properties>
     <test.logs>true</test.logs>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
index 197e7bd5e08..5eb82c06a05 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-project</artifactId>
   <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-project</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Project</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/yarn/</url>
 
   <properties>