Device Name Generator
Names for phones, laptops, gadgets, and hardware products
Generate names for your personal devices (the name that shows up on Bluetooth, AirDrop, and your Wi-Fi router) and for hardware products you're building, from smart speakers to wearables. Includes clever hostname themes, punny phone names, and clean product-line names.
About device names
"Device name" means two different things, and this list covers both. The first is the name your phone, laptop, tablet, headphones, or router broadcasts over Bluetooth, AirDrop, Find My, and your home network. Those names are seen by friends, coworkers, and strangers in coffee shops, so people either keep them practical (Brett's MacBook Pro) or make them a tiny joke: "Battery at 3%," "Definitely Not Stolen," "Please Return to Owner." The second meaning is a product name for hardware you're building, where the conventions come from companies like Apple, Sonos, Google, and Nothing, which favor short, evocative single words (Nest, Pixel, Beam, Halo, Ember, Pebble) rather than model numbers.
System administrators and hobbyists have their own long-running tradition of naming machines by theme so that a whole fleet stays coherent: Greek and Norse gods, planets and moons, space probes, birds of prey, trees, spices, or coffee drinks. Picking a theme means every new device gets a name instantly, and you can tell at a glance whether "Ganymede" is a server or a Raspberry Pi. It's also the source of some real-world product names; Merlin, Falcon, and Raptor are all rocket engines named this way.
Below are punny names for phones and earbuds, sysadmin-style theme sets from constellations to dinosaurs, and clean product-line words you can put on a box.
How to choose device names
- Pick a theme (moons, spices, birds) for all your devices so new ones are easy to name and easy to identify on the router's client list.
- Keep broadcast names short and free of your last name if you use them in public; Bluetooth and AirDrop names are visible to everyone nearby.
- For product names, choose one or two syllables that survive a prefix like "Google" or "Sony" and still sound good: Nest, Beam, Halo, Pixel.
- Avoid special characters and emoji in hostnames; many routers, printers, and corporate networks truncate or reject them.
- Test the joke name for longevity: "Battery at 3%" is funny once, while a clean theme name like Kestrel will still make sense in five years.
Frequently asked questions
How do I change my device name on iPhone or Android?
On iPhone go to Settings, General, About, Name. On most Android phones it's Settings, About phone, Device name. On Mac it's System Settings, General, About, Name; on Windows it's Settings, System, About, Rename this PC.
What are good themes for naming multiple devices?
Common sysadmin themes include planets and moons, Greek or Norse gods, birds of prey, trees, spices, coffee drinks, and space probes. Choose a theme with enough members to cover every device you own.
Can other people see my device name?
Yes. Bluetooth, AirDrop, Wi-Fi hotspots, and Find My all broadcast the device name, so keep it free of personal details you wouldn't want a stranger to see.
Are these names okay to use for a hardware product I'm selling?
The words themselves are free to use, but many single-word product names (Nest, Halo, Pixel, Echo) are already trademarked in the electronics category, so run a trademark search and check domain availability before you print packaging.
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All 1,000 device names
A: 50 names
- Aardvark
- Abraham Linksys
- Accordion
- Aconcagua
- Acrux
- Affogato
- Air Fryer
- Airplane Mode
- Alarm Clock Only
- Alder
- Alhena
- Allosaurus
- Allspice
- Alphecca
- Americano
- Ammonite
- Anise
- Ankylosaurus
- Annapurna
- Anubis
- Anvil
- Apex
- Aphelion
- Apogee
- Apollo
- Aquamarine
- Arc
- Archaeopteryx
- Archipelago
- Are You Still Watching
- Ares
- Artemis
- Asgard
- Ash
- Ask Mom for the Password
- Aspen
- Asteroid
- Astrolabe
- Atacama
- Athena
- Atlantis
- Atlas
- Aura
- Autocorrect Victim
- Aux Cord Royalty
- Aventurine
- Avocet
- Axis
- Axolotl
- Azurite
B: 62 names
- Bacchus
- Badger
- Baguette
- Baked Potato
- Baldur
- Bamboo
- Banshee
- Banyan
- Baobab
- Barn Owl
- Barnard's Star
- Basement Datacenter
- Basil
- Bass Cannon
- Bassoon
- Bastet
- Battery at 3%
- Bauxite
- Bean Grinder
- Beast Mode
- Bedtime Enemy
- Beech
- Bellwether
- Beluga
- Ben Nevis
- Bench Test
- Bezel
- Bifrost
- Big Dipper
- Big Rig
- Big Screen Energy
B, continued
- Bill Wi the Science Fi
- Binge Box
- Birch
- Bit Bucket
- Bit Rot
- Blender
- Blessed Laptop
- Blinky
- Bloom
- Blue Screen
- Bluebell
- Bobbin
- Bonsai
- Bootloop
- Borax
- Borrowed Charger
- Borrowed Wi-Fi
- Bragi
- Brass
- Bread Machine
- Breadboard
- Brick
- Brick Phone Energy
- Brigid
- Brioche
- Brontosaurus
- Brown Dwarf
- Buffer Overrun
- Buffering
- Buzzard
- Byte Me
C: 88 names
- Cable Chewer
- Cable Gremlin
- Cache Cow
- Calcite
- Caldera
- Calendar Tetris
- Callisto
- Camera Off Mic Muted
- Camera Roll Chaos
- Can't Hear You
- Canis Major
- Capricornus
- Caracal
- Cardamom
- Carnelian
- Cassini
- Cast Iron
- Cayenne
- Cedar
- Celestite
- Ceres
- Cerium
- Cernunnos
- Cerulean
- Chai
- Chalcedony
- Chalk
- Chamois
- Chamomile
- Chandra
- Chang'e
- Charging Slowly
- Charon
- Checksum
- Cheetah
- Chestnut
- Chickadee
- Chili
- Chime
- Chinook
- Chrysoberyl
- Churro
- Cicada
- Cinnabar
C, continued
- Cinnamon
- Cirrus
- Clarinet
- Closed My Rings Once
- Closet Server
- Clove
- Cobalt
- Cocoa
- Coelacanth
- Coffee Shop Office
- Cog
- Cold Brew
- Columba
- Columbus
- Commute Shield
- Company Property
- Compass
- Compliance Approved
- Condor
- Congo
- Convection Oven
- Cookie Jar
- Cor Caroli
- Core Dump
- Coriander
- Cortado
- Corundum
- Coyote
- Cracked Screen Club
- Crock Pot
- Croissant
- Cron Job
- Cronus
- Crucible
- Crumb Collector
- Crumbs in the Keyboard
- Ctrl Alt Delete
- Cumin
- Cumulus
- Cupola
- Curiosity
- Current
- Cursed Laptop
- Cypress
D: 40 names
- Dad's Rectangle
- Daedalus
- Daemon
- Dagda
- Dahlia
- Dangling Pointer
- Darjeeling
- Dark Matter
- Dashboard Karaoke
- Dawn
- Definitely Not Stolen
- Deimos
- Demeter
- Deploy on Friday
- Dev Null
- Dimetrodon
- Dione
- Dionysus
- Diplodocus
- Discovery
- Distraction Engine
- Do Not Disturb
- Dodo
- Dogwood
- Dolphin
- Doom Machine
- Doomscroller
- Doorbell with Opinions
- Doppio
- Dorado
- Dragonfly
- Drift
- Drop It Like It's Hotspot
- Dropped Once
- Dubhe
- Duct Tape Edition
- Dugong
- Dust Bunny Hunter
- Dying Slowly
- Dynamo
E: 24 names
- Eagle
- Earbud in the Wash
- Earl Grey
- Echo
- Egg Timer
- Elm
- Elnath
- Ember
- Emotional Support Phone
- Enceladus
- Encke
- Endeavour
- Enterprise
- Eos
- Erbium
- Erebus
- Eris
- Espresso
- Ethernet Cowboy
- Eucalyptus
- Europa
- Excalibur
- Excuse Machine
- Explorer
F: 41 names
- Face Down on Pavement
- Facet
- Factory Reset
- Failover
- Falcon
- Fan Noise Symphony
- Farfalle
- Fax Machine Ghost
- Fell Off the Couch
- Fennel
- Fenrir
- Fermata
- Fermi
- Ferret
- Feta
- Finch
- Firewall of Jericho
- Firmware Gremlin
- Fjord
- Flare
- Flat White
- Flint
- Flip Phone at Heart
- Floor Shark
- Flywheel
- Fondue
- Force Push
- Forge
- Forgot to Charge Again
- Fork Bomb Shelter
- Fornax
- Forte
- Forty Seven Open Tabs
- Four Oh Four
- Fox
- Foxglove
- Freya
- Fridge with a Screen
- Frigg
- Fugue
- Fusilli
G: 34 names
- Gaia
- Galena
- Galileo
- Ganymede
- Gasket
- Gatekeeper
- Gemini
- Get Off My LAN
- Geyser
- Ghost Touch
- Gimbal
- Ginger
- Ginkgo
- Glacier
- Glass Rectangle
- Gleam
- Glimmer
- Glockenspiel
- Gneiss
- Gnocchi
- Gobi
- Golem
- Goshawk
- Gouda
- Grandma's Tablet
- Graphite
- Grep Expectations
- Group Chat Hostage
- Group Project Carrier
- Guess the Password
- Guest Mode
- Gunmetal
- Gyrfalcon
- Gyro
H: 60 names
- Hades
- Halcyon
- Halite
- Halley
- Halo
- Hammerhead
- Hand-Me-Down
- Hands Free Hero
- Handshake
- Harpsichord
- Harrier
- Haumea
- Have You Tried Rebooting
- Haven
- Hayabusa
- Hazel
- Headphone Jack Loyalist
- Heart Rate Snitch
- Heartbeat
- Hearth
- Heather
- Heimdall
- Held Together by the Case
- Heliopause
- Helios
- Hello World
- Hematite
- Hemlock
- Hephaestus
- Hera
- Hermes
- Hermit Crab
- Heron
- Hestia
- Hickory
- Hide Yo Kids Hide Yo Wi-Fi
- Hinge on Its Last Legs
- Holly
- Home Button Memorial
- Home Lab Hero
- Homework Excuse Generator
- Honey Badger
- Honeypot
- Hornbeam
- Horologium
- Horus
- Hot Potato
- Hot Spare
- Hotfix Friday
- Hotspot Moocher
- Hourglass
- Hubble
- Hummingbird
- Hush
- Hyades
- Hydra
- Hyena
- Hygiea
- Hyperion
- Hypnos
I: 18 names
- Iapetus
- Idunn
- Ignoring You
- Iguanodon
- Inbox Zero Never
- Indigo
- Infinite Loop
- Ingenuity
- InSight
- Io
- Iolite
- Iridium
- Iris
- Isis
- Isthmus
- It Hurts When IP
- IT Will Find You
- It's Me, Hi
J: 9 names
- Jackal
- Jackdaw
- Jaguar
- Jet Stream
- John Wilkes Bluetooth
- Jump Box
- Juniper
- Juno
- Jupiter
K: 19 names
- Kalahari
- Kazoo
- Kelpie
- Kepler
- Kerberos
- Kernel Panic
- Kestrel
- Kettle
- Keystone
- Kibo
- Kiln
- Kingfisher
- Kitchen Karaoke
- Kite
- Kitsune
- Kookaburra
- Kuiper
- Kukulkan
- Kyanite
L: 42 names
- Labradorite
- Lag Machine
- Lammergeier
- Lamp with Wi-Fi
- Landsat
- Lap Warmer
- Larch
- Lasagna
- Lathe
- Latte
- Lattice
- Lavender
- Ledger
- Left Earbud Only
- Left on Read
- Legacy Code
- Legato
- Lemur
- Leopard
- Library in My Bag
- Light Year
- Lil Pixel
- Limestone
- Linguine
- Lives in the Couch Cushions
- Living Dangerously
- Loading...
- Localhost
- Lodestone
- Loki
- Loom
- Lost Cause
- Lotus
- Loud Little Cylinder
- Low Power Mode
- Lugh
- Lumen
- Luna
- Lunchbox
- Lungo
- Lutetium
- Lynx
M: 56 names
- Macaron
- Macchiato
- Magellan
- Magic Smoke
- Magnetar
- Magnolia
- Makemake
- Mammoth
- Managed Device
- Manatee
- Manchego
- Mandolin
- Mangalyaan
- Mangrove
- Mantis Shrimp
- Maple
- Marimba
- Mariner
- Marjoram
- Mars
- Marten
- Martin Router King
- Mastodon
- Matcha
- Maui
- Meeting Rectangle
- Megalodon
- Memory Leak
- Mercury
- Merge Conflict
- Merlin
- Mesa
- Messenger
- Meteor
- Metronome
- Midgard
- Mimas
- Mir
- Mirfak
- Missing Right Earbud
- Missing Semicolon
- Missing the E Key
- Mistral
- Mocha
- Mojave
- Mongoose
- Monolith
- Mont Blanc
- Morganite
- Morpheus
- Morrigan
- Mosaic
- Mother's Phone
- Mozzarella
- Murmur
- Muted Since Monday
N: 23 names
- Namib
- Narwhal
- Nautilus
- Nemesis
- Neptune
- Neutron Star
- Niagara
- Nice Try
- Nighthawk
- Nimbus
- Nitro
- Nix
- Njord
- No Free Wi-Fi Here
- No Service
- Noise Cancelling Feelings
- Not a Phone
- Not Backed Up
- Notification Factory
- Nova
- Null Pointer
- Nutmeg
- Nyx
O: 35 names
- Oak
- Obelisk
- Oboe
- Obsidian
- Ocelot
- Octave
- Octopus
- Odin
- Off by One
- Offline for No Reason
- Okapi
- Ol' Sparky
- Old Reliable
- Olivine
- One Bar of Signal
- One More Episode
- One Percent
- Onyx
- Oolong
- Oort
- Opportunity
- Orca
- Orchid
- Oregano
- Orzo
- Osiris
- Osprey
- Otter
- Oumuamua
- Out of Cyan
- Out of Storage Again
- Outboard Brain
- Overheating Machine
- Overture
- Owl
P: 82 names
- Packet Loss
- Page Turner
- Pallas
- Pan
- Pangolin
- Panini Press
- Panther
- Paper Jam Again
- Paprika
- Parcel
- Parity Bit
- Parmesan
- Parsec
- Parsley
- Password Is Password
- Password on the Fridge
- Patagonia
- Patch Day
- Patch Panel
- Pavo
- Peanut Butter Fingerprints
- Pebble
- Penne
- Penumbra
- Peony
- Pepper
- Percolator
- Peregrine
- Perigee
- Perihelion
- Persephone
- Perseverance
- Personal Laptop Also Do Not Touch
- Petrel
- Pewter
- Philae
- Phobos
- Phoenix
- Phone Not Found
- Pi in the Sky
- Piccolo
P, continued
- Pinecone
- Ping of the Hill
- Ping Pong
- Pioneer
- Pipe Dream
- Piston
- Pivot
- Pixel Dust
- Planck
- Player Two
- Please Charge Me
- Please Return to Owner
- Pleiades
- Pluto
- Pocket Dial Champion
- Pocket Furnace
- Pocket Projector
- Pocket Rock
- Podcast Cocoon
- Poplar
- Porch Watcher
- Porpoise
- Poseidon
- Potato
- Pressure Cooker
- Presto
- Pretty Fly for a Wi-Fi
- Pretzel
- Print Queue Purgatory
- Prism
- Procrastination Station
- Prometheus
- Proof of Concept
- Prototype Zero
- Proxima
- Ptah
- Pterodactyl
- Puffin
- Pulse
- Puma
- Pylon
Q: 5 names
- Quaoar
- Quartzite
- Quetzal
- Quill
- Quokka
R: 48 names
- Ra
- Raccoon
- Race Condition
- Ragnarok
- Ramen Machine
- Ranger
- Ransomware Bait
- Raptor
- Raspberry Jam
- Ravioli
- Reboot Goblin
- Rectangle of Regret
- Red Dwarf
- Redwood
- Refurbished Regret
- Relay Station
- Remote Is in the Couch
- Reply All Regret
- Restart Required
- Reticulum
- Rhea
- Rhodonite
- Rhyolite
- Rice Bag Survivor
- Rice Cooker
- Ridge
- Rigatoni
- Rio Grande
- Ripple
- Ristretto
- Rivet
- Road Trip DJ
- Roaming Charges Apply
- Robin
- Roc
- Rondo
- Rooibos
- Root
- Rosalind
- Rose Gold
- Rosemary
- Rosetta
- Rotor
- Router of Doom
- Router? I Hardly Know Her
- Rowan
- Rubber Duck
- Rutile
S: 121 names
- Safe Mode
- Saffron
- Sage
- Sahara
- Salyut
- Sandstone
- Satchel
- Saturn
- Scandium
- Scanner of Sorrows
- Screen Protector Hero
- Screen Time Exceeded
- Screenshot Graveyard
- Searching for Signal
- Second Brain
- Secretary Bird
- Sedna
- Segfault
- Sekhmet
- Selective Hearing
- Selene
- Selenite
- Selfie Stick Survivor
- Selkie
- Sequoia
- Serengeti
- Serpens
- Serpentine
- Serval
- Sextant
- Sherpa
- Shimmer
- Shower Concert
- Shrike
- Shuttle
- Sif
- Signal Lost
- Signal Tower
- Simurgh
- Sirocco
S, continued
- Sizzle
- Skadi
- Sky Lawnmower
- Skylab
- Slab
- Slate
- Sleep Score Judge
- Sleipnir
- Slow Cooker
- Smart Fridge Dumb Owner
- Smilodon
- Snooze Button
- Snowy Owl
- Soapstone
- Soba
- Sobek
- Sock Eater
- Sodalite
- Sojourner
- Sol
- Solar Wind
- Solder Fumes
- Solstice
- Sorry I Didn't Catch That
- Sourdough Starter
- Sous Vide
- Southern Cross
- Space Heater
- Spaghetti Code
- Spam Likely
- Spark
- Sparrowhawk
- Spectra
- Sphinx
- Spiderweb Screen
- Spindle
- Spinel
- Spinosaurus
- Spirit
- Spitzer
S, continued
- Spreadsheet Box
- Sprocket
- Sprout
- Spruce
- Sputnik
- Squid
- Stack Overflow
- Stand Up Reminder
- Standup Survivor
- Stegosaurus
- Step Counter Guilt
- Steppe
- Sterling Silver
- Steward
- Sticker Covered Lid
- Sticky Keys
- Still on Hold
- Stilton
- Stingray
- Stoat
- Stop Looking at My Phone
- Storage Almost Full
- Stratus
- Stride
- Stuck Under the Couch
- Study Buddy
- Styx
- Sudo Sandwich
- Sumac
- Summit
- Sundial
- Sunflower
- Sunspot
- Surveyor
- Survived the Toilet
- Suspicious Toaster
- Swift
- Switchboard
- Sycamore
- Syntax Error
- Syzygy
T: 72 names
- T. Rex
- Tab Hoarder
- Tab or Space
- Table Mountain
- Taiga
- Talc
- Talking Hockey Puck
- Tamarack
- Tambourine
- Tangled Forever
- Tanuki
- Tapir
- Tarragon
- Teapot 418
- Telstar
- Tempel
- Tempo
- Ten Thousand Photos
- Ten Thousand Steps Maybe
- Terra
- TESS
- Tether
- Tethys
- Thanatos
- The Beast
- The LAN Before Time
- The Microwave
- The Precious
- The Printer That Hates Me
- The Tank
- Theremin
- Thermostat Wars
- Theseus
- Thicket
- Thimble
- Thor
T, continued
- Thoth
- Thumb Cardio Machine
- Thumbprint Only
- Thunderbird
- Thunderhead
- Thyme
- Tiger
- Tigris
- Timpani
- Tiny Concert
- Titan
- Titicaca
- Toaster
- Toner Tantrum
- Tortellini
- Trackpad of Mystery
- Trade Wind
- Tranquility
- Travertine
- Treble
- Tree Magnet
- Trellis
- Triangle
- Triceratops
- Trilobite
- Triton
- Trombone
- Tuba
- Tumbler
- Turbine
- Turkish Coffee
- Turmeric
- Turn It Off and On
- Turquoise
- Two Percent Club
- Tyr
U: 12 names
- Udon
- Ukulele
- Under the Car Seat
- Unhandled Exception
- Unity
- Unknown Caller
- Unread Messages 4,281
- Update Pending
- Uptime Champion
- Uranus
- Ursa Major
- Ursa Minor
V: 17 names
- Valhalla
- Valkyrie
- Vanguard
- Vanilla
- Vector
- Velociraptor
- Venus
- Vermilion
- Vertex
- Vesta
- Victoria Falls
- Vidar
- Viking
- Vindemiatrix
- Voicemail Full
- Voyager
- Vulture
W: 26 names
- Waffle Iron
- Wafflebot
- Wall Hugger
- Walnut
- Warranty Expired
- Wasabi
- Watchdog
- Wayfinder
- Weasel
- Webb
- Where's My Charger
- Whisper
- White Dwarf
- Who Touched the Thermostat
- Wi-Fi Wizard
- Will-o'-the-Wisp
- Willow
- Wired for Life
- Wolf
- Wolverine
- Wombat
- Work Laptop Do Not Touch
- Works on My Machine
- Wren
- Wrist Nag
- Wu-Tang LAN
X: 1 name
- Xylophone
Y: 6 names
- Yangtze
- Yerba Mate
- Yew
- Yggdrasil
- Yosemite
- You're on Mute