BitFolk server naming

Participating in server naming is fun for all the family. For some value of 'fun'. BitFolk customers may suggest names for new servers; BitFolk picks one shortly before installation.

Naming schemes

BitFolk dom0 servers

Alcohol-related, preferably a brand or something else reasonably obscure. See previous choices for examples. You'll get the hang of it.

A good name is generally:

• Short
• Unusual
• Easy to type/pronounce

Please link to documentary evidence that there actually is an alcoholic beverage by your suggested name, if it's not obvious.

Your previous unused suggestions will carry over to the next round - no need to re-submit them.

Archive

• /Archive - 2012 and earlier.

Naming leader board

Gladiator	Victories	Names
popey	5	kwak, bellini, leffe, paradox, elephant
Tolien	4	cosmo, jack, hen, clockwork
dg	2	kahlua, hobgoblin
gdb	2	macallan, talisker
taras	2	chacha, cardhu
tomalak	2	sol, mumm
Adam Sweet	1	urquell
Eyecon	1	obstler
jmb	1	limoncello
Mark Kitson	1	dunkel
rphwrk	1	faustino
Tommy	1	budvar
wiggly	1	barbar
Taavi	1	president
ging	1	moonshine
dne	1	snaps

Rejected names

Too similar to another chosen name

• schnapps (taras)

Too long

• anchor-porter (wiggly)
• dogfishhead (Laura)
• goldschlager (tomalak)
• jaegermeister (dg)
• staropramen (Tommy)
• stonecutter (popey)
• waggledance (Eckrall)

Already in use elsewhere

• bitburger (tolien)
• pride (alexjs)

Inappropriate to expect customers to type

• cockburns (ging)
• oldfart Made it one word again! (aptanet)

Current naming contests

Two UK VPS hosts

• absinthe (dne)
• absolut (Tony)
• akvinta (alexjs)
• amaretto (Robert)
• anis (jmb)
• anisette (jmb)
• ardbeg (dotwaffle)
• arrack (jmb)
• bathtub (Oozlum)
• becherovka (Tommy)
• bedlam (filbert)
• belvedere (Oozlum)
• bettabuy (alexm)
• balsam (Shadyron)
• blavod (rphwrk)
• bloomers With the link to the Flowerpots! (aptanet)
• bollinger or bolly (jmb)
• bondi blonde. Aussie. (tomalak)
• boondoggle (fcs)
• botanist (taras)
• bourbon (Bicko)
• brains The choice of the discerning undead. (Tommy)
• braggot (gwestwood)
• buckfast (natmchugh)
• butterbeer (ging)
• cachaca (jmb)
• calvados (dutchie)
• campari (gdb)
• cava (Paul)
• chicha (dne)
• chiswick (gdb)
• cointreau (Robert)
• cynar (Mez)
• crabbies (Eckrall)
• cristal (Jon Agland/aggie)
• delirium (Tommy)
• deuchars (tolien)
• dogma (popey)
• dooleys (Dee)
• doom (alexjs)
• dorada (jagez)
• felinfoel possibly the wrong side of pronouncable (Zuzak)
• filliers (Oozlum)
• fourex (taras)
• gem (fcs)
• glann (alarig)
• grappa (plett)
• greygoose (dotwaffle)
• grouse (tolien)
• gueuze (Tommy)
• guinness (tolien)
• happyhog Made it one word! (aptanet)
• hippocras (gwestwood)
• hitachino (Tommy)
• hendricks (jmb)
• hoegaarden (simondsh)
• hooch (ging)
• hooker Irish. (Falcon)
• hurban (dom)
• innis (baa)
• jenlain French. (tomalak)
• Jere (gwestwood)
• judder (taras)
• jura (gdb)
• kessler (Triple Clones)
• kraken (Bicko)
• krombacher (simondsh)
• lagavulin (tolien)
• lakka (Treewind2)
• legbiter (tol)
• lochdown (s5h)
• lockdown (hugh@vcs)
• magichat (tolien)
• maotai (PaulGit)
• Maraska (gwestwood)
• merlot (Bicko)
• mermaid (jmb)
• metz (taras)
• mezcal (taras)
• midori (popey)
• mikkeller (Tommy)
• mojito (Ging)
• moniack (cied)
• namaste (Laura)
• nemiroff (Triple Clones)
• nogne (Tommy)
• oban (gdb)
• ogogoro Hello I write you today help with a financial transaction of large sum of money (jmb)
• ophir (Oozlum)
• ouzo (simondsh)
• penderyn (tolien)
• pisang (plett)
• pisco (dne)
• polar (taras)
• porter (zuzak)
• poteen (Eckrall)
• prosecco (ging)
• punsch (dne)
• ramtam (Tommy)
• redstripe (taras)
• renat (dne)
• roku (Oozlum)
• rust (s5h)
• sapporo (taras)
• sambuca (Eckrall)
• saronno (MikeH)
• skol (taras)
• slider (jmb)
• sloe (ej3)
• slyrs (Triple Clones)
• smartprice (taras)
• soplica (jmb)
• stanislav (but also for Stanislav Petrov) (Shadyron)
• stella (laura)
• strega "It's a Sicilian message..." (jmb)
• talisker (gdb)
• tanglefoot (gdb)
• tanqueray (nperry)
• tanduay (Triple Clones)
• tarquin (jmb)
• Tea (andyjpb)
• tequila (jmb)
• terrible (popey)
• tesoro (jmb)
• theobroma (Laura)
• tobermory What's the story in Balamoray, wouldn't you like to know? (Ging)
• tooheys Aussie. (tomalak)
• tribute (Jon Agland/aggie)
• trooper Up The Irons! (Ed)
• tuaca (rphwrk)
• twodogs (Chris D)
• up (s5h)
• wkd (taras)
• wyder (nperry)
• zatec (popey)
• zeitgeist (popey)

Previous naming contests

2019-04, UK VPS host

The winner was limoncello, as suggested by jmb.

2017-05, UK VPS host

The winner was talisker, as suggested by gdb.

2016-11, UK VPS host

The winner was elephant, as suggested by popey.

2016-03, UK VPS host

The winner was clockwork, as suggested by Tolien.

2016-02, UK VPS host

The winner was macallan, as suggested by gdb.

2016-02, UK VPS host

The winner was hobgoblin, as suggested by dg.

2016-01, UK VPS host

The winner was paradox, as suggested by popey.

2015-11, UK VPS host

The winner was leffe, as suggested by popey.

2015-11, UK VPS host

The winner was hen, as suggested by Tolien.

2015-09, UK VPS host

The winner was jack, as suggested by Tolien.

2015-05, UK VPS host

The winner was snaps, as suggested by dne.