---
title: Categories and naming
description: How Vadivam names its icons, how a name becomes a component in each package, and every category with its icon count, for finding the right icon fast.
related:
  - /docs/design-guide
  - /docs/mcp
  - /docs/migrate-from-lucide
search:
  keywords: [icon names, kebab-case, PascalCase, categories, tags, synonyms, lucide names, manifest]
---

Every Vadivam icon has one name, a set of tags, and one or more categories. The names and metadata come from the pinned [Lucide](https://lucide.dev) release, so a name that works in Lucide works in Vadivam.

## Names

An icon's name is lowercase kebab-case, such as `arrow-right` or `circle-alert`. Each package derives its own form from that name:

| Where | Form | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SVG file and URL | kebab-case | `circle-alert.svg`, `/icons/circle-alert` |
| Component import | PascalCase | `import { CircleAlert } from "vadivam-react"` |
| Per-icon import | kebab-case path | `vadivam-react/circle-alert` |
| Dynamic APIs and `iconNames` | kebab-case | `<DynamicIcon name="circle-alert" />` |
| shadcn/ui registry | kebab-case | `/r/circle-alert.json` |

Each name is a current canonical Lucide name. Older Lucide names, such as `alert-circle` for `circle-alert` or `home` for `house`, are not separate icons. The [Lucide codemod](/docs/migrate-from-lucide) and the [Figma plugin](/docs/figma-plugin) map them to the current name.

## Tags

Tags are search synonyms. `activity` is also found by "pulse", "heart rate monitor", and more. The [icon catalog](/), the [Figma plugin](/docs/figma-plugin), and the [MCP server](/docs/mcp) all search tags, and `vadivam/manifest` exports them for your own search:

```js
import { icons } from "vadivam/manifest";

const matches = icons.filter((icon) => icon.tags.includes("pulse"));
```

## Categories

Each icon belongs to one or more categories. Pick a category to browse it in the catalog. `vadivam/manifest` exports the same list as `categories`, and each icon's ids as `icon.categories`.

{/* <!-- vadivam-categories:start --> */}

| Category | Icons | Description |
| --- | --: | --- |
| [Accessibility](/?category=accessibility) | 34 | Icons for accessibility, visibility, hearing, speech, and inclusive UI affordances. |
| [Accounts & access](/?category=account) | 167 | Icons for user profiles, identity, settings, memberships, and personal account actions. |
| [Animals](/?category=animals) | 26 | Icons for animals, wildlife, pets, insects, and other living creatures. |
| [Arrows](/?category=arrows) | 223 | Icons for directional arrows, movement, sorting, transfer, and navigation flows. |
| [Buildings](/?category=buildings) | 31 | Icons for buildings, landmarks, houses, infrastructure, and built environments. |
| [Charts](/?category=charts) | 33 | Icons for charts, graphs, trends, analytics, and data visualization. |
| [Communication](/?category=communication) | 69 | Icons for speaking, listening, calling, messaging, broadcasting, and communication devices. |
| [Connectivity](/?category=connectivity) | 101 | Icons for wireless signals, wired connections, networks, device pairing, and data transfer. |
| [Cursors](/?category=cursors) | 34 | Icons for cursors, pointers, selection tools, and loading states. |
| [Design](/?category=design) | 169 | Icons for design tools, layout controls, creative editing, and visual composition. |
| [Coding & development](/?category=development) | 277 | Icons for code, logic, data structures, automation, and software development workflows. |
| [Devices](/?category=devices) | 192 | Icons for hardware, electronics, computers, peripherals, and connected devices. |
| [Emoji](/?category=emoji) | 45 | Icons for expressive symbols, faces, gestures, hearts, stars, and zodiac signs. |
| [File icons](/?category=files) | 172 | Icons for files, folders, storage, import and export, and document-related actions. |
| [Finance](/?category=finance) | 68 | Icons for money, pricing, payments, currencies, banking, and financial trends. |
| [Food & beverage](/?category=food-beverage) | 86 | Icons for food, drinks, cooking, ingredients, dining, and kitchen items. |
| [Gaming](/?category=gaming) | 164 | Icons for games, fantasy items, strategy pieces, achievements, and play-related objects. |
| [Home](/?category=home) | 79 | Icons for household spaces, furniture, appliances, utilities, cleaning, and home safety. |
| [Layout](/?category=layout) | 158 | Icons for alignment, spacing, resizing, grouping, and interface layout structure. |
| [Mail](/?category=mail) | 30 | Icons for mailboxes, inboxes, sending, replies, attachments, and email management. |
| [Mathematics](/?category=math) | 81 | Icons for math symbols, geometry, measurement, arithmetic, and calculation. |
| [Medical](/?category=medical) | 54 | Icons for healthcare, anatomy, treatment, diagnostics, wellness, and medical facilities. |
| [Multimedia](/?category=multimedia) | 163 | Icons for audio, video, playback, recording, broadcasting, and media libraries. |
| [Nature](/?category=nature) | 27 | Icons for plants, trees, landscapes, camping, and the natural world. |
| [Navigation & Places](/?category=navigation) | 108 | Icons for maps, locations, landmarks, routes, travel directions, and wayfinding. |
| [Notifications](/?category=notifications) | 48 | Icons for alerts, status updates, reminders, approvals, and attention states. |
| [People](/?category=people) | 14 | Icons for people, groups, identities, roles, and person-centered actions. |
| [Photography](/?category=photography) | 80 | Icons for cameras, images, framing, viewing, editing, and photo workflows. |
| [Science](/?category=science) | 47 | Icons for science, research, experiments, instruments, formulas, and discovery. |
| [Seasons](/?category=seasons) | 6 | Icons for seasonal weather, blooming plants, sunlight, and changing times of year. |
| [Security](/?category=security) | 73 | Icons for locks, keys, identity checks, surveillance, protection, and secure access. |
| [Shapes](/?category=shapes) | 67 | Icons for basic geometric shapes and symbols. |
| [Shopping](/?category=shopping) | 42 | Icons for retail, carts, bags, checkout, barcodes, and purchasing. |
| [Social](/?category=social) | 146 | Icons for social interaction, reactions, sharing, community, and relationship signals. |
| [Sports](/?category=sports) | 19 | Icons for sports, fitness, competition, equipment, and athletic achievement. |
| [Sustainability](/?category=sustainability) | 26 | Icons for sustainability, clean energy, recycling, nature, and environmental stewardship. |
| [Text formatting](/?category=text) | 273 | Icons for letters, typography, formatting, reading, writing, and text structure. |
| [Time & calendar](/?category=time) | 69 | Icons for clocks, calendars, schedules, history, timers, and time tracking. |
| [Tools](/?category=tools) | 85 | Icons for hand tools, equipment, maintenance, repair, and making things. |
| [Transportation](/?category=transportation) | 71 | Icons for vehicles, transit, cargo, parking, fuel, and moving people or goods. |
| [Travel](/?category=travel) | 86 | Icons for travel, lodging, luggage, destinations, trip planning, and tourism. |
| [Weather](/?category=weather) | 52 | Icons for clouds, sun, rain, wind, temperature, and weather conditions. |

{/* <!-- vadivam-categories:end --> */}