Oficjalna nazwa 1979 – 1981: Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships 1982: World Curling Championships 1983: Pioneer Life World Curling Championships 1984: World Curling Championships 1985: H&M World Curling Championships 1986 – 1990: World Curling Championships 1991 – 1992: Safeway World Curling Championships 1993 – 1994: World Curling Championships 1995 – 2004: Ford World Curling Championships 2005, 2007: World Women’s Curling Championships (lata nieparzyste) od 2006: Ford World Women’s Curling Championships (lata parzyste, gdy mistrzostwa odbywają się w Kanadzie) 2009: Mount Titlis World Women’s Curling Championship 2011: Capital One World Women’s Curling Championship