How and when are wars given names?

Question

Wars such as the War of Roses. Was it always named that or when do wars normally get a common name?

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Answer 1

Not sure about wars like the war of the roses but a lot of wars with names like Franco-Prussian follow a system. It’ll be the combatants with the loser’s name put first. The Russians lost the Russo-Japanese war etc.