This is my list of machine names that I use or have used, recorded here so I can pick new names without overlap. My current naming scheme (first described here) names machines after living things with some broad divisions for different types of machines.
Machines marked with a
are in active use.
latops
Mostly mythical creatures.
- gnu

- wildebeest (spare for gnu)
- cucurbit
(Anna's current) - aquamiser
(Mark's) - grebe (Anna's old laptop)
- kodama
(Mom's) - phoenix (Maggie's old laptop)
- dragon
- corvid
- kraken
phones
- limpet Palm Pre
servers
Mostly birds.
nslu2 machines
wireless routers
Flying insects.
desktops
functional names
- digi
- phone
- sat
- labswitch
test machines
Large herbovores.
- donkey
- bison
- zebra
- elephant
- cow
- pegasus
- ox
Small amphibians.
- frog
(bitsyxb) - toad
(bitsyg5)
guest machines (pre-allocated DHCP IPs)
- butterfly
- ant
- flea
- roach
- termite
- tapeworm
- leech
- spider
- wasp
- hornet
- carpenter-bee
- sponge
- coral
- starfish
- lizard
- newt
- komodo-dragon