Selfhosted

Used to be names from Neuromancer like "ono-sendai" and variations of that.

Now laptop is "flat", server is named after it's purpose like log, mail, mon, hosting, storage, etc.

Current homelab+desktop+laptop host count here is 22. All anime characters or references. It’s a fairly large pool to pull from, so it’s worked for me for 20+ years now. Mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc) and game consoles aren’t really as clever though.

All of them are in a piHole DNS though so no host files keeps it easy to track. Services have names that mostly are just what they are though and cnames to the matching host that hosts them (or load balancer, whatever)

References to The Dark Tower or Murakami characters.

I name based on OS and location.

fedoraDesktop fedoraLaptop fedoraServer fedoraSchoolServer unraid qnap ubuntuServer

They're all some kind of machine. Steam deck: SteamMachineryV1

PC: ArchMachineryV2

Phone: Android_μMachine

Oddly enough my server goes by MonoVerse, which I named first and I guess it just stuck.

Naming my devices after stars. Specifically stars in Ursa-Major

Desktop: alioth Laptop: alkaid Smartphone: alcor SteamDeck: dubhe Server: sarir

I have pebble, pabble, pibble, rebble, rabble, ribble and nibble.

Though the primary server is old enough that it was from a time when I named everything after Transformers, so it's Shockwave.

I recently de-embarrassed my hostnames. I went with names that are one step removed from being dead obvious. Feels nice having descriptive, but not uncreative, names for everything

• Custom built desktop pc: Studio
• Home theater PC: Theater
• Server: Gamut (this was Nexus until I ran into bs regarding the TLD preload list in web browsers... had to go with a non-tld name)
• Everything else: Based off the model. For example, my Asus Vivobook S 15 is just "Vivobook", etc

pretty new setup but so far I've got

symmetra - synology dsm (nas)
junkrat - intel nuc main server

need to name my desktop/laptop now and maybe networking gear. thinking ramattra for the router and zenyatta for the bridge

I take a word that's related to the purpose of the new host and put it in an online translator and cycle through languages until I get something cool.

I named my old white bitfenix prodigy m "Baymax" because it was white and had rounded edges.

@Krik For my personal devices, i use the names of the 12 Colonies of Kobol from Battlestar Galactica. So I currently have 2 laptops: Aerilon and Caprica. When I get a new phone, I'll probably name it Scorpia or Tauron.

Choosing a good naming scheme depends on how many you need, and how often you add to your collection.

If you need some inspiration, check out this list. https://namingschemes.com/Main/_Page

For my ProxMox server stuff I went with Lord of the Rings. The idea being the servers would be locations and the VMs would characters.

So right now my main server is Rivendell, and my PiHole on it is Gandalf ("You shall not pass!" Heehee eventually he'll have OPNSense too...)

If I get HomeAssistant at some point, obviously that'll be Samwise!

My Klipper VM for 3D printing is Celebrimbor, and the individual printers are named after various deities or myth figures of crafting/smithing/creativity like Brigid and Eitri.

For my client devices, I name my personal hardware after BattleTech mechs and that works well. It's intuitive because I can line up various roles and weight classes.

So my main desktop is Timberwolf, and my laptops are named after light mechs like Kitfox or Mistlynx.

Phones and tablets I don't really care about, they usually just name themselves after their model anyway. :)

cooking-phasers

baconaxe

foot-therapy

Are my current guys.

I call them after what service is running on it. E.g. openvpn.

For my servers I try to use names from the Final Fantasy universe. Lately been focusing on FFXI end game bosses.

Kirin (opnsense firewall) Byakko (proxmox host) Tiamat (proxmox backup) Shiva (Nas)

The only clever virtual machine names I care to brag about are: DockBox (VM running docker) Jellxc (proxmox lxc running jellyfin)

I self-host for learning and fun. So I name my home servers with the car names.

| Server | Hostname | car name | |

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| | RaspberryPi | cooper | Mini Cooper| | Old Laptop | Raptor | Ford F150 Raptor | | PC | Hummer | Hummer |

Hello!

Well I'm having the following hostnames on my LAN:

• betelgeuse (Beelink server with Proxmox)
• altair (an another Beelink server with Proxmox)
• eudora (outgoing SMTP server)
• polaris (my laptop)
• epsilon (my desktop)

Have fun!

Characters from the Murderbot Dairies, mostly

• main laptop (t480 currently) -- Murderbot;
• previous main laptop (x270) -- MB20;
• homeserver -- ART;
• a TV box running armbian -- Miki;
• t440p is currently Behemoth (from Bulgakov's "Мастер и Маргарита"), although I'll probably rename it to Holism;
• x230t -- Three;
• a random thin client I occasionally use to test stuff is yogurt (from" love, death & robots"), not sure if I'll rename them.

Norbert, Norbina, Morbert, Morbina, Hassio, Nassio