3D Printer Name Generator

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Name your 3D printer with puns like Printy McPrintface and Sir Prints-a-Lot, robot and sci-fi names, mythic smiths, maker in-jokes about spaghetti and bed leveling, and themed sets for a whole print farm of Enders, Prusas, Bambus and Vorons.

About 3D printer names

Almost everyone who owns a 3D printer ends up naming it: OctoPrint, Klipper and Bambu Studio ask for a name, and a machine that hums in the corner for 14 hours earns a personality. The names people actually use fall into a few families. Puns on print and prints are the biggest: Printy McPrintface, Sir Prints-a-Lot, Prints Charming, Print Eastwood. Maker in-jokes come next, named after the things that go wrong or the rituals of the hobby: Spaghetti Monster, Elephant Foot, Thermal Runaway, Bed Leveler, Benchy Baker.

The second family treats the printer as a robot or replicator. Bender, Wall-E, Johnny 5, HAL 9000, Replicator One and Tea Earl Grey Hot show up on forums constantly, along with mythic makers such as Hephaestus, Vulcan, Daedalus and the Norse smith Brokkr. Hardware nicknames work too: Voron Vinnie, Ender Bender, Prusa Petunia, Mozzie for a Mosquito hotend, Revo or Rapido for the hotend you fitted.

If you run more than one machine, pick a set with a theme so the names sort themselves: the Pac-Man ghosts, astromech droids, Jaeger mechs or Norse gods give you matching names for a farm, and a short name is easier to read in a slicer dropdown or on a label.

How to choose 3D printer names

  • Keep it short: the name will appear in OctoPrint, Klipper, Bambu Handy or a slicer dropdown, and two or three syllables read faster than a whole sentence.
  • Name it after its personality or its worst habit; a printer that strings gets Stringy or Spaghetti Monster, a noisy one gets Clanky, a reliable workhorse gets Old Faithful or Bessie.
  • For several printers choose a themed set (Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde or R2-D2, BB-8, K-2SO, Chopper) so everyone knows which machine is which.
  • Puns on your printer model are a classic: Ender Bender, Prusa Petunia, Bambu Bob or Voron Vinnie tell visitors which machine it is and what you think of it.
  • Put the name on the machine with a printed nameplate; a lithophane or embossed tag is a ten-minute print and makes the name stick.

Frequently asked questions

Why do people name their 3D printers?

Partly because the software asks: OctoPrint, Klipper, Bambu Studio and most network-connected printers want a hostname or device name. Partly because a machine you babysit for hours and fix on weekends feels like a pet or a coworker. Naming it also makes talking about multiple printers much easier.

What are good funny names for a 3D printer?

Print puns are the crowd favourites: Printy McPrintface, Sir Prints-a-Lot, Prints Charming, The Artist Formerly Known as Prints, Printception. In-jokes about the hobby also land well, such as Spaghetti Monster, Brim Reaper, Support Group, Elephant Foot or Thermal Runaway.

How should I name a print farm with several printers?

Pick a themed set so names are distinct but related: Star Wars droids (Artoo, Threepio, Beebee, Chopper), Pac-Man ghosts, Norse gods, Jaegers from Pacific Rim, or the Star Trek ships. Keep names short and unique in the first few letters so they are easy to tell apart in a dropdown or on a label.

Can I use these as hostnames for OctoPrint or Klipper?

Yes, but hostnames should be letters, digits and hyphens only, so strip spaces and punctuation: printy-mcprintface, sir-prints-a-lot, ender-bender. Many people keep the fun display name in the web interface and use a simpler hostname for the network.

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A: 20 names

  • ABS-olutely
  • Acetone Annie
  • Ada
  • Adhesion Adrian
  • Afterburner
  • Al Dente
  • All-Nighter
  • Almost There
  • Andúril Flame of the Prints
  • Anvil
  • Anycubic Annie
  • Arachne
  • Ariadne
  • Articulated Dragon
  • Artist Formerly Known as Prints
  • Artoo
  • Astro Boy
  • Astromech
  • Athena
  • Auto Home

B: 36 names

  • B2EMO
  • Babbage
  • Bambu Bob
  • Baymax
  • BB-8
  • Bed Leveler
  • Bed Mesh Betty
  • Bed Slinger
  • Bedslinger Betty
  • Beebee
  • Belt Buckle
  • Benchy
  • Benchy Baker
  • Bender
  • Bending Unit 22
  • Bessie
  • Betsy
  • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
  • Big Bertha
  • Bishop
  • Blinky
  • Blobby
  • Blobfish
  • BLTouch Bill
  • Blue Screen
  • Blueprint
  • Boaty McBoatface
  • Bob the Builder
  • Bondtech Bonnie
  • Bounty Printer
  • Brim Reaper
  • Brokkr
  • Bronzefill
  • Bumblebee
  • Butterfingers
  • Byte Me

C: 31 names

  • C-3PO
  • Calcifer
  • Cali Cat
  • Cali Dragon
  • Calibration Cube
  • Calibrator
  • Captain Nozzle
  • Carbon Fibre Carl
  • Carbonara
  • CASE
  • Casper
  • Catbus
  • Chaos Engine
  • Chappie
  • Chopper
  • Clank
  • Clanky
  • Claptrap
  • Clickety
  • Clockwork
  • Clog Dancer
  • Clyde
  • Cold Pull Colin
  • CoreXY
  • Cory XY
  • Creality Carl
  • Creepy Crawly
  • Crucible
  • Ctrl-Alt-Extrude
  • Ctrl-Z
  • Cute Octopus

D: 17 names

  • Daedalus
  • Daft Punk
  • Dalek
  • Darth Layer
  • Data
  • Data's Cat
  • Delta
  • Dino the Printer
  • Ditto
  • Dolly Parts-ton
  • Dot Matrix
  • Dr. Extrudo
  • Draco
  • Drippy
  • Droideka
  • Drybox Dan
  • Dum-E

E: 17 names

  • Easy-Bake Oven
  • ED-209
  • Elegoo Eleanor
  • Elephant Foot
  • EMH
  • Enclosure Enid
  • Ender Bender
  • Ender Ellie
  • Ender Wiggin
  • Ender's Game
  • Endie
  • Enterprise
  • Etna
  • EVE
  • Extrude Awakening
  • Extruder Skywalker
  • Extrudinator

F: 20 names

  • Fabricator
  • Fan Duct Dave
  • Fenrir
  • Filament Fisher
  • Filament Phil
  • Filamentary Watson
  • Filamentor
  • Fingerprints
  • Firmware Fred
  • First Layer Frank
  • Flash Gordon
  • Flexi Octopus
  • Flexi Rex
  • Forge
  • Forty Hours Later
  • Foundry
  • Fresh Prints
  • Freya
  • Friday
  • Fuzzy Skin

G: 29 names

  • G-Code Grace
  • G-Code Gus
  • G28
  • Game of Cones
  • Gantry Gary
  • Gcodezilla
  • Genesect
  • Geordi
  • Gertie
  • GERTY
  • Ghost Ship
  • Ghosting
  • Gigantor
  • Gipsy Danger
  • Gizmo
  • Glados
  • Glitch
  • Glitterbomb
  • Glossy Posse
  • Glue Stick Gary
  • Goibniu
  • Gonk
  • Gooey
  • Goopy
  • Grit and Polish
  • Grogu
  • Gundam
  • Gutenberg
  • Gyroid Gary

H: 15 names

  • H-Bot
  • Hairspray Harriet
  • HAL 9000
  • Havoc
  • Heat Creep
  • Heater Hilda
  • Hemera
  • Hephaestus
  • HK-47
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Holodeck
  • Homing Pigeon
  • Hopper
  • Hot End Harry
  • Huyang

I: 11 names

  • I Think I Can
  • IG-11
  • IG-88
  • Ilmarinen
  • Inferno
  • Infill Ingrid
  • Inky
  • Input Shaper
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Iron Giant
  • Iron Maiden

J: 5 names

  • Jabba the Print
  • Jarvis
  • Jitterbug
  • Johnny 5
  • Johnny Five Is Alive

K: 15 names

  • K-2SO
  • K-9
  • KARR
  • Kaylee
  • Kernel Panic
  • Kiln
  • KIPP
  • KITT
  • Klink
  • Klipper Kay
  • Kossel
  • Kothar
  • Krakatoa
  • Kraken
  • Kung Fu Panda

L: 16 names

  • L3-37
  • LaForge
  • Layer by Layer
  • Layer Cake
  • Layer Croft
  • Layer Shift Larry
  • Layer Swift
  • Layerzilla
  • Levelheaded
  • Lightning McQueen
  • Lithophane
  • Little Printy
  • Loki
  • Lord of the Prints
  • Lovelace
  • Low Poly Fox

M: 33 names

  • M600
  • MacGyver
  • Madame Filament
  • Magnemite
  • Marlin
  • Marlin Monroe
  • Marvin
  • Mazinger
  • Mechagodzilla
  • Mega Man
  • Melmetal
  • Meltdown
  • Melty
  • Mendel
  • Mesh Head
  • Meshy
  • Metagross
  • Metallica
  • Midnight Oil
  • Millennium Falcon
  • Mimir
  • Minerva
  • Misprint
  • Mithril Mike
  • Molten Mike
  • Motherboard Mary
  • Mount Doom
  • Mozzie
  • Mr. Nozzleworth
  • Mr. Roboto
  • Murphy
  • Murphy's Law
  • My Precious

N: 15 names

  • Nailed It
  • Nailed It (Eventually)
  • Nema Nemo
  • Night Owl
  • Ninety Percent Done
  • Nintendo Power Glove
  • No-Face
  • Non-Manifold Nancy
  • Noodle
  • Noodle Factory
  • Noodles
  • Nozzle Fett
  • Nozzle Nancy
  • Nozzle Rocket
  • Nylon Nigel

O: 15 names

  • Obi-Wan Printobi
  • OBJ Olivia
  • Octo
  • Octopus Prime
  • Octothorpe
  • Odin
  • Old Bess
  • Old Faithful
  • Old Reliable
  • Ooze Cruise
  • Ooze Newton
  • Oozy Osbourne
  • Optimus Prime
  • Orbiter
  • Overhang Otto

P: 56 names

  • Part Cooling Paul
  • Pawprint
  • PEI Paula
  • Perimeter Pat
  • PETG Pete
  • Phil A. Ment
  • Photon
  • Picard
  • PID Tune
  • Pinky
  • Pipsqueak
  • PLA-to
  • Plastic Fantastic
  • Plasticine Pam
  • Polly Plastic
  • Polymer Pete
  • Porygon
  • Precious
  • Pressure Advance
  • Print Eastwood
  • Print Royale
  • Print Solo
  • Print Vader
  • Print Wars
  • Print-a-Palooza
  • Printbacca
  • Printception
  • Printcess Bride
  • Printcess Leia
  • Printcess Peach
  • Printer Parker
  • Printeradon
  • Printosaurus Rex
  • Prints Caspian
  • Prints Charming
  • Prints Harry
  • Prints of Bel-Air
  • Prints of Persia
  • Prints Royce
  • Prints William
  • Printy Hendrix
  • Printy Junior
  • Printy McPrintface
  • Printy Pie
  • Printy Python
  • Printy Two Shoes
  • Printy Yoda
  • Printzilla
  • Professor Plastic
  • Prometheus
  • Prusa Pete
  • Prusa Petunia
  • Ptah
  • Purge Line Pete
  • Purr Machine
  • Pygmalion

R: 28 names

  • R.O.B.
  • R2-D2
  • Raftasaurus
  • Rainbow Road
  • Rapido
  • Raptor
  • Ratchet and Clank
  • Ratty
  • Razor Crest
  • Registeel
  • Replicator
  • Replicator One
  • Replikate
  • RepRap
  • Reprappy
  • Reprint Ronnie
  • Resin Rosie
  • Resinator
  • Retracto
  • Revo
  • Robby
  • Robocop
  • Roci
  • Rocinante
  • Roger Roger
  • Rosie
  • Rostock
  • Rusty

S: 49 names

  • Scotty
  • Segfault
  • Serenity
  • Sethlans
  • Seven of Nine
  • Sherpa
  • Silk Road
  • Sir Layer-a-Lot
  • Sir Prints-a-Lot
  • Skirt Chaser
  • Skynet
  • Sleipnir
  • Slicer McGee
  • Slicey
  • Slow and Steady
  • Smaug
  • Smithy
  • Smooth Operator
  • Snap Crackle Pop
  • Soggy Filament Sid
  • Soot Sprite
  • Sovol Sal
  • Spaghetti Code
  • Spaghetti Monster
  • Spaghettio
  • Sparky
  • Speedy
  • Speedy Gonzales
  • Spinneret
  • Spock
  • Spool
  • Spooler
  • Squirt
  • Squish Master
  • Stanford Bunny
  • Stealthburner
  • Steely Dan
  • STEP Stan
  • Stepper Sister
  • Stepper Steve
  • Stitch
  • STL Steve
  • Stringbean
  • Stringbean Sally
  • Stringer Bell
  • Stringy
  • Support Group
  • Svarog
  • Switchwire

T: 47 names

  • T-800
  • Talos
  • TARDIS
  • TARS
  • Tea Earl Grey Hot
  • Teapot Utah
  • Temp Tower
  • Tensioner
  • Tesla
  • Textured Ted
  • The Beast
  • The Blob
  • The Clogfather
  • The Doctor
  • The Extruder
  • The Fabricator
  • The Forge
  • The Little Engine That Could
  • The Mandalayerian
  • The Replicator
  • The Squisher
  • The Tank
  • Thermal Paste Theo
  • Thermal Runaway
  • Thermistor Thelma
  • Third Time Lucky
  • Thor
  • ThreeMF Thea
  • Threepio
  • Thunderbird 2
  • Tick Tock
  • Tik-Tok
  • Tin Lizzie
  • Tin Man
  • Tinkerbell
  • Torture Test
  • Totoro
  • Touchy
  • TPU Tina
  • Tramming Tom
  • Transporter
  • Trident
  • Tron
  • Trusty
  • Turing
  • Turnip Head
  • Tvastar

U: 2 names

  • Ultron
  • Utah Teapot

V: 9 names

  • Vapor Smooth
  • Vase Mode
  • Velociprinter
  • Vesuvius
  • Volcano
  • Voltron
  • Voron Vinnie
  • Voyager
  • Vulcan

W: 7 names

  • Wall-E
  • Warp Drive
  • Warp Speed
  • Warpy
  • Wayland
  • Wheatley
  • Workhorse

X: 2 names

  • X-Wing
  • XYZ Cube

Z: 5 names

  • Z-Hop
  • Z-Offset Zed
  • Z-Wobble Wendy
  • Zippy
  • Zoomies