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[Caprealis]

I start off by giving them all the "x" nickname,

From there I name them by there role..
Soldiers,
Miners,
Woodcutters,
Engineers,
Crafters,
Smiths,
Doctors/nobles
And everyone else is a worker.

As more dwarfs come in, I sort them out so that all higher skilled dwarfs will be in there respective areas
And everyone else hauls stuff.

[King DZA]

I don't, really. The only things resembling organization I can think of is nicknaming my starting seven, and giving legendaries cool custom profession names.

Other than that, they all get scanned upon entering the map so I can fiddle with their jobs a bit, then they're free run off and socialize until they're needed.

[ddonohu2]

My starting seven always get set apart. This way I can give them special tombs, keep an eye on their children, etc.

[Saiko Kila]

I sort my dwarves by clicking on the "group by" droplist in Dwarf TheRapist. However, I also give nicknames for some, usually including some special characters to quickly identify their highs and role in society. Thus continuing the tradition of UFO: Enemy Unknown (a tactical game, where the attrition rate is similar to DF, but the survivors are ubersoldiers basically, yet they still can be specialised in different areas, so naming them conventionally pays off).

The starting seven I name by simply encircling them wit 's. So Urist McConvict becomes 'Urist' McConvict, only two exceptions are the expedition leader, who is "Boss", and a doctor, who is "Doc".

[slink]

Familywise, I nickname the founders MacUthar (Uthar is "first" in DF Dwarven).  Everyone who has relatives after that gets a family nickname in order of arrival.  The first gets MacNob (Nob is "two" in DF Dwarven), and all of the others get nicknames starting with McA through McZ (note Mc instead of Mac).  If a newcomer has a relation already living in the fortress, they get that family nickname.  Migrants with absolutely no relatives just get "A" for a nickname (for "alone").  If they ever marry into a clan, they will take that clan's nickname.  Sometimes new arrivals tie together two or more families who are already present.  Everyone then gets the family nickname of the earliest migrant.  The same thing would happen with a marriage but so far I have had no marriages in 34.x except for between MacUthars.  I usually end up with one large family and quite a few small ones, not counting the founders.

This playing about with family names keeps me entertained during seiges and the like.   

As far as professions, I use the following custom categories which I only apply after all of the migrants have arrived.

Crafting: gem workers, glass-makers, weavers, clothiers, all crafters except metal-crafters
Defense: all of the red-shirts, plus the animal trainers and bowyers
Forges: all of the metal-workers
Gov-X: all of the government workers, they have their position in their profession name, eg Gov-Broker, for purposes of assigning offices and such
Harvest: planters, butchers, tanners, fishery workers, beekeepers, milkers, plant gatherers, can haul food only
Haulers: everyone who isn't something else, except for Babies and Children, these do all of the hauling, cleaning, recovery of wounded, and mass masonary projects
Health: all medical staff, wood burners, lye makers, soap makers
Kitchen: brewer, cook, miller, thresher, cheesemaker, presser
Lumberyard: carpenters and wood cutters
Quarry: miners, masons, engravers, architects

Everyone can carry food and water to prisoners and patients.

[Loud Whispers]

[distinguished job title (if any)][first name][last name][migrant wave number they arrived in]

[peskyninja]

I have the strange habit of naming them after people I know in RL, when I do not do that I create 4 groups.
 
Crippled : Well... Crippled and retired military.

Farmer : Basically just the yellow mass that produce food and create huge walls in a few days.

Usefull : Metalsmiths, carpenters, soldiers and trainers.

Nobles.

[AWdeV]

They have names, they have jobs, I can manage.

[Pynrieg]

I tend to use Dwarf Therapist to assign nicknames and sort by nicknames. When I need a new labor that hasn't been assigned yet, instead of messing with the dwarfs already doing their assigned duties, I have a pool of useless stone haulers ready for a promotion.