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 |
| Ash | 1 | budvar |
| wiggly | 1 | barbar |
| Taavi | 1 | president |
| ging | 1 | moonshine |
| dne | 1 | snaps |
| jagez | 1 | dorada |
| plett | 1 | pisang |
| nperry | 1 | tanqueray |
Rejected names
Too similar to another chosen name
- schnapps (taras)
Too long
- anchor-porter (wiggly)
- appenzeller (Sam)
- dogfishhead (Laura)
- goldschlager (tomalak)
- jaegermeister (dg)
- staropramen (Ash)
- stonecutter (popey)
- waggledance (Eckrall)
Already in use elsewhere
Inappropriate to expect customers to type
- cockburns (ging)
- oldfart Made it one word again! (aptanet)
- up (s2h) - too easily confused with a role
Current naming contests
None right now.
Previous suggestions
- absinthe (dne)
- absolut (Tony)
- akvinta (alexjs)
- amaretto (Robert)
- anis (jmb)
- anisette (jmb)
- ardbeg (dotwaffle)
- arrack (jmb)
- babycham (magnus)
- bathtub (Oozlum)
- becherovka (Ash)
- 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. (Ash)
- braggot (gwestwood)
- buckfast (natmchugh)
- butterbeer (ging)
- cachaca (jmb)
- calvados (dutchie)
- campari (gdb)
- cava (Paul)
- chicha (dne)
- chiswick (gdb)
- cognac (m6wiq)
- cointreau (Robert)
- cynar (Mez)
- crabbies (Eckrall)
- cristal (Jon Agland/aggie)
- delirium (Ash)
- deuchars (tolien)
- dogma (popey)
- dooleys (Dee)
- doom (alexjs)
- felinfoel possibly the wrong side of pronouncable (Zuzak)
- filliers (Oozlum)
- fourex (taras)
- gem (fcs)
- glann (alarig)
- grappa (plett)
- greygoose (dotwaffle)
- grouse (tolien)
- gueuze (Ash)
- guinness (tolien)
- happyhog Made it one word! (aptanet)
- hippocras (gwestwood)
- hitachino (Ash)
- 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)
- mojito (Ging)
- moniack (cied)
- namaste (Laura)
- nemiroff (Triple Clones)
- nogne (Ash)
- oban (gdb)
- ogogoro (jmb)
- ophir (Oozlum)
- ouzo (simondsh)
- peapod wine ... "Here's to a clean slate!" (jmb)
- penderyn (tolien)
- pisco (dne)
- polar (taras)
- porter (zuzak)
- poteen (Eckrall)
- prosecco (ging)
- punsch (dne)
- ramtam (Ash)
- 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)
- tanglefoot (gdb)
- 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
2024-07, UK VPS hosts
The winners were pisang, as suggested by plett and dorada, as suggested by jagez.
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.