diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index ee6049b5f2..26febe9ede 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ 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 a763d395cb..dc9c4697c9 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>3.0.0-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 d91c67bfb2..5b4440f1df 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>3.0.0-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 1eb0a8cc66..ed31624159 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>3.0.0-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 72b3dd09f4..4634c7b7fc 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>3.0.0-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 cb4df3a404..77a6583dfb 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>3.0.0-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 6bc5b71d4a..bbf9d859ab 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>3.0.0-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 b1797c88f9..95bcb4fc10 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>3.0.0-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 d60e21cbc3..983c4b8611 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>3.0.0-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 1a4dab8c2b..2823f2cd7d 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>3.0.0-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 b1efa5fd40..8e135decda 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>3.0.0-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 aaa0de5462..76d280a479 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>3.0.0-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 213d436572..72f44a4e7a 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>3.0.0-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 2ac274d016..6a229deb77 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>3.0.0-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 98010647e4..c61587969e 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>3.0.0-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 886773a1d2..00431150de 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>3.0.0-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 a766a8c1bb..d393777790 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>3.0.0-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 e258f211a5..a32f18b8d8 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>3.0.0-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 01f7cd06bc..736508b4f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-project</artifactId>
   <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <name>hadoop-yarn-project</name>
+  <name>Apache Hadoop YARN Project</name>
   <url>http://hadoop.apache.org/yarn/</url>
 
   <properties>