Carry the Nametag
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Carry the Nametag is a quick mod that allows you to keep large farms of animals of named with less hassle.
The shorthand explanation
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 automatically.
If two animals have names that are different when bred, their names will be cut into halves, and stitched back together. So a Dinnerbone and a jeb_ sheep could make a sheep named Dinneb_, or a sheep named jerbone.
If one or neither of the animals bred have a nametag, nothing special happens.
Interested? Here's some more in bullet point form
- Two mobs with nametags being bred will produce an offspring also containing a nametag. If they both have the same name it will propagate to the offspring, otherwise a mix of the two names will.
* This mod works on multiplayer servers without clients needing to download it
* This said, in order to get functionality on single player worlds, the client would need to have the mod installed.

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- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.21, 1.18.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as carrynametag-1.0.1.3-1.18.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 24 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

