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You gotta have the concepts the machines are named after change as the nature of the machine changes (and bonus points if the nature of the concept is analogous to the nature of the machine). E.g. if my main machines were planets, then when I added servers they would be named after space hardware (hubble, webb, iss, etc). Raspberry Pis can be ceres, eros, vesta, juno, etc. It actually genuinely helps by distributing around within your brain the placement of which machine corresponds to which concept or which name, and also it frees up more names when you start having tons of machines in different categories.

I've had tons of naming schemes over the years (chemical elements and classic video games were two that I used for different banks of machines) and I've done that system with good results.

Bird species, most of the time. I look for a bird that seems to have some connection with the intended purpose of the box, then use that. e.g. my work computer's hostname is cormorant.

Scientists/inventors for me - bonus points if I can find one related to the machine's purpose (Kodi machine named after a contributor to the TV for example)

My main machine is Suckup (Second Universal Cybernetic-Kinetic Ultra-Micro Programmer), my laptop is Tuckup (Third Universal etc), my phone is Keitaichan (keitai being Japanese for mobile phone), my tablet is Tabbuchan (from Japanese taburetto for tablet), my NAS is Shinochan (from shinorojii, Japanese for Synology), because I am absolutely insufferable and unimaginative and I crack myself up.

Started with Evangelion Magi naming and now I just use the pet name generator in Terraform.

Random_pet

I tried thematic names but I kept adding devices until it all fell apart.

Now I'm using generic nouns like: plaza, highway, bazaar, stadium, minefield, church...

2nd ww navy vessels (inspired by kancolle)

personal machines - destroyers
servers - battleships

i use all the naming schemes. douglas adams, astronomy, greek letters, star trek ...

have to come up with a new concept every other machine.

I do robots from video games, movies, TV shows, etc.

Royal-Cat-(Computer type)

for example, Royal-Cat-PC or Royal-Cat-iPhone

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My personal domain name is AZK.Ware (azkware.net) so it follows that my machines are called azkware-desktop, azkware-server and azkware-laptop

Greek gods.

Zeus, ares, hera, dionysus, etc etc

Mine machines are all named after Final Fantasy Summons/Espers/Eidolons/Aeons/Primals.

My main proxmox node is Bahamut. I try to pick a suitable summon that matches the host but that doesn't always work.

I've changed my naming scheme so many times that its practically a set-of-sets at this point. But, "board games" is a good long one if you have a lot of machines.

After starting with X-Men characters and quickly running out I moved to Star Wars planets as there are a lot more of them

Mine are named after mythical Asian creatures.

Phoenix, Kirin, Yuki-onna, Dragon, Kodama, etc etc

I name mine after fictional planets.

In college, they were all the secret identity for versions of the Flash. Since then, I've expanded to other comic book super heroes.

Meta machines on my system offer data. Infra machines on my system run the network (infrastructure). But my favourite is naming all my HDD’s platters; Media Platters, Service Platters, etc.

Different Japanese food from this list, cause they are delicious.

pi

pi3

pi3v2

space

fusion

magnet

qdivision

I do models for laptops and case names for my built desktop. So Dell-3590 or my desktop is NR400.

I know who has what so its easy to manage if i want to cut off network access or transfer files.

My Synology is named Atlas because it’s my main file storage box (and has a most of my services running on it).

My VPS is called Aurora after the atmospheric phenomenon because cloud server.

And my little laptop I installed a server Linux distro on is called Challenger because I find it challenging to work with Fedora Server sometimes

I started with Die Hard characters (Hansgruber, NakatomiVault for Nas, John McClane, etc) but lately have been doing Back to the Future. I've got a Marty McFly, DocBrown (old server), and BiffTannen.

My NAS that holds all my data is Farnsworth. My file server is Hermes. My Linux VM that does all the scut-work is Kif. My beefy gaming PC is Bender. My beefy gaming laptop is Flexo. And so on.

urmom = main pc

fbi = rpi 4 with docker + pihole + 2x unbound

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I use futhark runes for my machines and set an ASCII representation of the rune symbol as the /etc/{issue,motd}

My server is named Yggdrasil and my devices are named after the 9 realms.

*bble. Rabble Ribble Pebble Pibble Tribble Rebble Jibble Jabble Etc...

I name my machines after my cats.

Sounds like you could start using the names of moons. But a pantheon does sound like a good system too, should also include the titans.

Not just for devices but also my hard drives, I use the names of stars. For example Rigel or Betelgeuse

Usually just names/lyrics of my favorite songs
iPhone: ByeByeBaby
AirPods: You're on your own, kid
Laptop: InnerMonologue
Except just for fun, I named my HomePod Cortana

Also some kind of Machinery. "GameMachine" for my Xbox "BigMachine" for my PC "MiniMachine" for my Phone "MicroMachine" for my Pi

Except my small 2-in-1 Laptop. That's "decepticon". Because it's an Asus Transformer Book.

My devices are all named after things from the Star Wars universe, in particular:

• Stationary computers are named after planets (my "main" PC is Coruscant, the old "main" that was Coruscant before is now Corellia, etc.)
• Laptops are named after mega-stations (DeathStarI, DeathStarII, Starkiller, etc.)
• Tablets and comparable sized devices are named after giant starships like the Super Star Destroyers (Executor, Lusankya, KnightHammer, etc.)
• Mobile phones are named after regular sized starships (like Tydirium, TantiveIV, SlaveI, EbonHawk, etc.)

For personal machines, I use rivers.

At work we use superheroes.

For hobby projects, cute 4 letter words (it's a challenge), for example bubu and alia.

All of my personal machines are Autobots.

At work we use space probes (Voyager, Pioneer, New Horizons, etc). We're a small satellite communications company.