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Funny names for a Mac or MacBook, the computer name that AirDrop and the network list show: Mac and Cheese, Honeycrisp, Rotten to the Core, Procrastinator Pro, Air Guitar and Beach Ball of Doom.

About MacBook names

Out of the box a Mac is named after its owner and its model, something like Sam's MacBook Pro. That computer name is what other people see in AirDrop and in the list of machines on the local network, which makes it the one place where a laptop can show a sense of humor. You change it in the system settings.

Most of the 1,000 names here are puns on Mac and on apples. There are Mac words (Mac and Cheese, Macadamia, Immaculate, Tarmac), real apple varieties from Honeycrisp and Pink Lady to cider apples like Kingston Black, and apple wordplay such as Bad Apple, Rotten to the Core and Apple Pie Chart. The model names get their turn with Air Guitar, Procrastinator Pro, Mini Fridge and Studio Apartment, and the in-jokes of Mac life run from Beach Ball of Doom and Dongle Kingdom to Finder Keepers and Command Q Regret.

The rest is general laptop humor: self-mocking owner names (Not a Gaming Laptop, Expensive Notepad), work and study machines, greetings written for the AirDrop list (Hello There, Decline Politely), cute one-word names and short lower-case hostnames like pomona. This site is not affiliated with Apple; Mac and MacBook are Apple's trademarks and are used only to say what the names are for.

How to choose MacBook names

Remember who reads it. The name appears in AirDrop and on shared networks at school or work, so pick a joke you are happy for a classroom or a meeting room to see. Bad Apple and Thin Air are safe anywhere.
Short names read best. A long name may be cut off in a narrow list, so Fuji, Windfall or Top Notch stay legible where Should Have Bought More Storage may not.
Match the pun to the model. Air Guitar and Thin Air suit a MacBook Air, Procrastinator Pro a MacBook Pro, and Mini Fridge or Studio Apartment a desktop Mac.
With several Apple computers at home, name them as a set. Apple varieties work well: Fuji for the laptop, Gala for the desktop and Bramley for the old machine in the cupboard.
If the name also has to work as a network hostname, prefer one lower-case word with no spaces, such as pomona, macadam or zephyr. Spaces and punctuation do not survive in a hostname.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny names for a MacBook?

Mac and Cheese, Rotten to the Core, Procrastinator Pro, Air Guitar and Beach Ball of Doom are good places to start. For something quieter, an apple variety such as Honeycrisp or Northern Spy reads as a plain name to most people and as a joke to those who notice.

Where does the name of a Mac show up?

The computer name is what other people see when they choose a device in AirDrop, and it is how the Mac appears on the local network. Until you change it, it is the owner's name followed by the model. You change it in the system settings.

Do these names work for an iMac or a Mac mini too?

Yes. The Mac and apple puns fit any Mac, and Mini Fridge and Studio Apartment were written with the desktop models in mind. Only the laptop jokes, such as Not a Gaming Laptop or Coffee Shop Regular, need a MacBook to make sense.

Is this page connected with Apple, and are the names safe for work?

The site has no connection with Apple; Mac and MacBook are Apple's trademarks and appear here only to describe what the names are for. The list keeps to clean jokes and has no names that pose as an official device or as somebody else's computer. Whether a joke name is allowed on a managed Mac is up to whoever runs it, so ask before renaming a machine you do not own.

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A: 78 names

A la Mode
About One Minute Remaining
Accepting Memes
Adapter Required
Adapter Sold Separately
Air Apparent
Air Ball
Air Bubble
Air Freshener
Air Guitar
Air Hockey
Air Horn
Air Kiss
Air Mail
Air Mattress
Air of Mystery
Air Pocket
Air Quotes
Air Supply Low
Air Traffic Control
Airborne
Airhead
Airloom
Akane
Alias of an Alias
All Nighter
alloy
almanac
Already Spilled Coffee
Aluminum Email Machine
Aluminum Foiled
Amateur Pro
Ambrosia
Annie Elizabeth
anodized
Antimacassar
Antonovka
Appeeling
Apple a Day

A, continued

Apple Betty
Apple Blossom
Apple Butter
Apple Cellar
Apple Charlotte
Apple Chips
Apple Cobbler
Apple Core
Apple Crumble
Apple Dapple
Apple Dumpling
Apple for the Teacher
Apple Fritter
Apple Galette
Apple Jelly
Apple Juice Box
Apple of My Eye
Apple Pandowdy
Apple Pie Chart
Apple Slaw
Apple Snow
Apple Strudel
Apple Tart
Apple Turnover
applecart
Applejack
Apples to Oranges
Applesauce
Appleseed
applet
applewood
Approximately Pro
Arkansas Black
Art Studio Mess
Ashmead's Kernel
Ask Nicely
Aspiring Screenwriter
atelier
Autumn Glory

B: 64 names

Back Orchard
Backed Up Once
Backpack Passenger
Bad Apple
Bad Seed
Baked Apple
Baked Mac
Baldwin
Barely Pro
Baroness of Backups
Base Model Blues
Base Storage Regret
Battery Health 71 Percent
Be Right Back
Beach Ball of Doom
Beach Ball Season
Beauty of Bath
Bed Desk Hybrid
Bedroom Studio
Belle de Boskoop
Belmac
Ben Davis
biffin
Big Apple Small Desk
Big Sur
Biscuit
Bite Sized
Black Oxford
Black Twig
Blanket Burrito Buddy
Blenheim Orange
Blossom

B, continued

Blossom Time
Blue Pearmain
Bobbing for Apples
Book Club
Book Smart
Bookend
Bookmark
Bookworm
Bookworm's Apple
Boot Camp Dropout
bough
Bouncing in the Dock
Box of Macarons
Braeburn
Bramley
breeze
Brick and Cable
Brightness All the Way Up
Brown Betty
Brown Snout
Bruised Ego
Build Passing Barely
bushel
Bushel and a Peck
Bushel Basket
Butter Bean
Buttercup
Butterfly Effect
Butterfly Keyboard Survivor
Button
By the Book
Byte of the Apple

C: 85 names

Cafe Corner Table
Calville Blanc
Cameo
Camera Off Mic Muted
Can't Right Click
Can't Run the New One
Candy Apple
Caps Lock Rage
Captain Clamshell
Caramel Apple
Caramel Macchiato
Case Costs Extra
Castle in the Air
Cat Photos Only
Catalina
Catshead
Cellar Keeper
Charger at Home
Charmed I'm Sure
Cheese Board in a Pinch
Chestnut Crab
Chiclet Keys
Chisel Jersey
Cider Donut
Cider House
Cider Mill
Cider Press
ciderkin
cidery
Cinnamon
Cinnamon Stick
Citation Needed
Clamshell Mode
Claygate Pearmain
Clear the Air
Clementine
Client Feedback Round Nine
Closed Book
Cloth Costs Extra
Cloudy Scrumpy
Clover
Coconut Macaroon

C, continued

Code Review Corner
codling
Coffee Shop Prop
Coffee Shop Regular
Coloring Book
Column View Purist
Comic Book
Command Performance
Command Q Regret
Command Tab Dancer
Comparing Apples
Contacts Only
Cook the Books
Core Blimey
Core Competency
Core Curriculum
Core Memory
Core Strength Optional
Core Workout
Corespondent
Corner Office in a Bag
Cornish Gilliflower
Cortland
Cosmic Crisp
costard
Couch Cubicle
Couch Potato Portable
Count Battery Cycles
Court Pendu Plat
Cover Flow Nostalgia
Cox's Orange Pippin
Crabapple
Crabby Apple
Creative Type Supposedly
Cripps Pink
Crisp and Clean
Crisp Decisions
Crispin
Crumb Under the Spacebar
Crumbs Included
Crumbs on the Trackpad
Crumpet
cultivar

D: 40 names

D'Arcy Spice
Dabinett
Danse Macabre
Dapple
Dark Mode Dweller
darkroom
Dead Air
Deadline Engine
Dean's List Hopeful
Debonair
Decline Politely
Deep Dish
Dent on the Corner
Desktop Screenshot Farm
Dictation Gone Wrong
Discovery
Disk Not Ejected Properly
Display of Affection
Dissertation Station
Do Not Disturb Forever
Do Not Drop
Do Not Spill Coffee
Dock Dweller
Dock of the Bay
Dock Party
Dog Photos Welcome
Dolgo
Dongle Drawer
Dongle Jungle
Dongle Kingdom
Double Macchiato
Draft Seventeen
Drop in the Bucket
Drop Me a Line
Drop Zone
Dropping By
Duchess of Oldenburg
Due at Midnight
Duke of Aluminum
Dumpling

E: 24 names

Easy as Pie
Egremont Russet
Eight Core Meal
Eight Gigs of Hope
Eject Key Memorial
El Capitan
Elbow Macaroni
Eleven Percent and Falling
Ellison's Orange
Elstar
emacs
Empire
Empty the Trash
Encore
Envy
Escape Key Witness
Esopus Spitzenburg
Espalier
Essay Factory
Eve's Pudding
EverCrisp
Expensive Notepad
Extension Requested
Extra Cheesy Mac

F: 42 names

Fact Finder
falstaff
Fancy Paperweight with a Notch
Fancy Seeing You Here
Fanless Wonder
Fans at Full Tilt
Farm Stand
Farmacy
featherweight
Feedmac Loop
Fell Far from the Tree
Fell on My Head
fiesta
Fig
Final Draft for Real
Finals Week Survivor
Finder Keepers
Finder's Fee
First Frost
Five Cheese Mac
Flashcard Factory
Focus Mode Liar
Fold and Go
Font Collector
Fool's Gold
Footnote Farm
Forbidden Fruit
Force Quit Everything
Force Quit While Ahead
Force Touch of Class
Forgot the Keychain
Foxwhelp
Frayed Charger Cable
Freelance Headquarters
Fresh Air
Friend or Foe
Fruit Crate
Fruit of My Labor
Fruit Salad
Fruitless Search
Fuji
Fun Size

G: 35 names

Gala
Games Not Included
Garage Band of One
Garage Studio
Gate B12 Charging
Genie Effect
Get Info
Ginger Gold
Glare Champion
Globe Key Mystery
Gloster
Glowing Logo Era
Glued Shut
Going Pro
Gold Standard
Golden Apple of Discord
Golden Delicious
Golden Russet
GoldRush
Gone for Coffee
Good Keeper
Good Morning Everyone
Grad School Fund
Graft and Bud
Granny Smith
graphite
grapple
Gravenstein
Gravity Check
Green Button Gamble
Greensleeves
Greetings Earthling
Grimes Golden
Group Project Carrier
grove

H: 30 names

Half Peck
Hand Me Down Mac
Handoff Fumble
Happy Mac
Haralson
Harrison
Harry Masters Jersey
Harvest Moon
Hazel
Hello There
Her Royal Macness
Hewes Crab
Hi Neighbor
Hidden Rose
Hinge Benefits
His Macjesty
Holy Mackerel
Home Studio
Homebrew Kitchen
Homework Hauler
Honeycrisp
Honeygold
Hot Air
Hot Cider
Hot Corner
Hot Tarmac
How Do You Like Them Apples
Howgate Wonder
Hub of Hubs
Humble Pie

I: 11 names

I Mac Sense
I Mac Therefore I Am
Iced Macchiato
Idared
Immaculate
Immaculate Desktop
Immaculate Inbox
In the Studio
Inbox Zero Someday
Ingrid Marie
Is This Thing On

J: 10 names

James Grieve
Jazz
Jersey Mac
Jonagold
Jonagored
jonamac
Jonathan
Junami
Juniper
Just Browsing

K: 12 names

Kanzi
katy
Keeps the Doctor Away
Kernel of Truth
Kerning Table
Keyboard Shine
Keychain Jangle
King of the Pippins
Kingston Black
Kitchen Counter Camper
Kitchen Table Office
Knobby Russet

L: 42 names

Lab Report Mill
Lady Alice
Lady Macbook
Lap Desk Loyalist
lappy
Laptop in the Corner
Last Apple on the Tree
Last Year's Model
Later Later Later
Latte Art Accessory
Lattice Crust
Laxton's Superb
Lay On Macduff
Layer 23 Copy
Lecture Notes Only
Lemon Macaron
Liberty
Library Corner Regular
Library Third Floor
Lid Closed Still Working
Lid Half Open
Light as Air
Light Mode Menace
limelight
Little Pomme
Little Russet
Little Silver
Live Studio
Lives in a Backpack
Lives on the Charger
Lobo
Lobster Mac
Localhost Hero
Lodi
loft
Look Up
Lord Derby
Lord Lambourne
Lord of the Dongles
Low Hanging Fruit
Low Power Lifestyle
Luxury Spreadsheet Viewer

M: 139 names

Mac a Wish
Mac Alley
Mac and Cheese
Mac and Cheese Please
Mac and Peas
Mac at It Again
Mac Attack
Mac Believe
Mac Burner
Mac Capacity
Mac Ends Meet
Mac from the Dead
Mac in Action
Mac in Business
Mac It Count
Mac It Snappy
Mac My Day
Mac on Track
Mac Pocket
Mac Room for Dessert
Mac Seat Driver
Mac Snack
Mac the Laptop
Mac to Basics
Mac to School
Mac to the Future
Mac to Work
Mac Up Plan
Mac Volume
Macabre Cabaret
macadam
Macadamia
Macadamia Brittle
Macadamia Milk
Macademic Probation
Macapella
Macaque
Macaron
Macaroni
Macaroni Art
Macaroni Necklace
Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Pony
Macaroni Salad
Macaroon
Macaw

M, continued

macbeth
Maccordion
Macedoine
Macfree
MacGuffin
Mach Speed
Mach Two
Machination
Mackerel
Mackerel Sky
Mackinac Fudge
mackinaw
mackintosh
Mackintosh Raincoat
Maclimatized
Macnetic Field
Macnificent Seven
Macnifying Glass
Macnolia
Macnum Opus
Macoun
Macpacker
Macquired Taste
Macrame
Macrame Plant Hanger
Macro Lens
Macro Manager
Macrobat
Macrocosm
Macropod
Macslash
Macspace
Macstage Pass
Mactivity Monitor
Mactual Size
Macushla
Macyard Barbecue
Made You Look
Magic Mouse Belly Up
Magnetic Personality
MagSafe and Sound
Maiden Blush
malic
malus
Maple
Marigold

M, continued

Marzipan
McIntosh
Melba
Melrose
Memes Welcome
Menu Bar Clutter
Menu Bar Regular
Mic Check
midnight
Midnight Oil
Midnight Snack
Migration Assistant
Millionaire in Theory
Mind Your Own AirDrop
Minestrone
Minesweeper Not Found
Mini Boss
Mini Break
Mini but Mighty
Mini Donut
Mini Fridge
Mini Golf
Mini Marshmallow
Mini Me
Mini Muffin
Mini Pancakes
Mini Pretzel
Mini Quiche
Mini Series
Mini Trampoline
Mini Van
Miniature Horse
Miniature Schnauzer
Minibus
Minimalist
Minimum Effort
Minimum Viable Laptop
minnow
minuet
Missing Escape Key
Mojave
Monday Machine
Monterey
Monthly Installment
Mulled Cider
Mutsu
My Whole Personality

N: 22 names

Neo Classic
New Folder With Items
Newton's Other Apple
Newtown Pippin
Nice Catch
Nice to See You
Night Shift Worker
No Homework Please
No Problemo
nonpareil
Northern Spy
Not a Gaming Laptop
Not This One
Notch a Problem
Notch Bad
Notch Today
Notch Your Business
Notebook of Secrets
Notification Avalanche
Nougat
novamac
Nutmeg

O: 30 names

Oat Latte Coaster
Oat Milk Macchiato
Obsolete by Friday
Oh Hi
Old Mac Donald
Old Orchard
Old Pro
Older Sibling's Old Mac
On the Air
One Bite Missing
One More Tab
One Person's Trash
Opal
Open and Shut Case
Open Anyway
Open Book
Option Key Optimist
Option Paralysis
Orchard Gate
Orchard Ladder
Orchard Row Nine
orchardist
Orin
Orleans Reinette
Other Storage Mystery
Out of Thin Air
Outlet Seeker
Over Here
Overdue Library Book
Owns Too Many Fonts

P: 84 names

Pacific Rose
Paid Too Much
Paper Thin Alibi
Paperback Mac
Park Bench Branch
Password Is Please
Patio Office
Paula Red
Peaches
pearmain
Peasgood's Nonsuch
Pebble
peck
pectin
Peel Good
Peel Out
perry
Photo Booth Regular
Pick Me
Pick Your Own
Picture Book
Pie in the Sky
Piggymac Ride
Pillow Fort Office
Pinch to Zoom
pineapple
Pink Lady
Pink Pearl
Pinova
Pinwheel of Destiny
Pip
Pip Pip Hooray
Pip Squeak
Pippin
Pistachio
Pistachio Macaron
Pitmaston Pineapple
Plays Chess and Nothing Else
Please Knock First
Pleased to Meet You
Plum
Pocketbook Emptier

P, continued

Podcast Booth
Podcast Nobody Asked For
Polished Apple
Pomace
pomander
Pome Fruit
pomelo
Pomme
Pomme de Terre
Pomology
pomona
Pop Up Book
Poppy
Port Shortage
Portable Regret
Porter's Perfection
Potomac
Premium Solitaire Device
Pristine
Pro at Naps
Pro Bono
Pro Forma
Pro Tip
Pro Wrestler
Problem Child
Problem Solved
Proceed with Caution
Procrastinator Pro
Prodigal Laptop
prodigy
Professional Napper
prologue
Promise Tomorrow
ProMotion Sickness
Proofreader
Pros and Cons
Prosciutto
prospero
Protagonist
Prototype
Provolone
Purgeable Space

Q: 4 names

Quick Look Away
Quid Pro Quo
Quince
Quit Unexpectedly

R: 25 names

Raspberry Macaron
Ready for Launchpad
Recording Studio B
Red Astrachan
Red Delicious
redlove
reinette
Render Farm of One
Reply All Regret
Retina Burn
Return of the Mac
Return to Sender
Rhode Island Greening
Ribston Pippin
Right Laptop
Rockit
Rome Beauty
Rootstock
Rose Gold Rush
Rotten to the Core
Roxbury Russet
Rubinette
RubyFrost
Runs One App at a Time
Russet

S: 118 names

Sad Chime
Sad Mac
Salted Macadamia
Sansa
sapling
satin
Say the Magic Word
Scarlet Macaw
Scion Wood
Scone
Scorekeeper
Scrapbook
scrapple
Scratch on the Lid
Screen at Half Brightness
Screen Protector Bubble
Screen Wipe Needed
Screenshot 47
scrump
Scrumping Season
scrumptious
Scrumpy
Seat 14C
Second Bite
Secondhand Shine
Seed Money
seedling
Seedy Character
Sekai Ichi
Semi Pro
Send Dog Pictures
Send It Here
Senior Thesis
Service Recommended
Shades of Space Gray
Shaken to the Core
shellac
Shift Command Four
Shiny and Polished
Ship It Friday
Should Have Bought More Storage
Show Package Contents
Side Hustle HQ
Sidecar Passenger
Silent Type
Silver Bullet Points
Silver Lining
Silver Tongue
Sir Shiny
Slab of Aluminum
slate
Sleep Wake Sleep
Sleeps When Closed
Sleeve and Zipper
Slice of Pie
Slide Deck Shack
Slightly Bruised
Slim
sliver

S, continued

Sliver of Silver
Smac Dab in the Middle
Smac Talk
Smitten
Smoked Mackerel
Smokehouse
Smudge Collector
Snap On Charger
SnapDragon
Snow Leopard
Soggy Bottom
Somerset Redstreak
Sonoma
Sosumi
Space Gray Area
Sparkling Cider
Spartan
Speaker Grille Crumbs
Spinning Rainbow
Spoils the Bunch
Spotlight Hog
Spotlight Search Party
Spring Loaded Folder
Sprout
Squinting in the Sun
Stage Fright Manager
starlight
Starlight Starbright
Startup Chime
State Your Business
Stayman
Stem Cell
Stem Major
Sticker Billboard
Sticker Bomb
Stickies Collector
Still Miss My Old PC
Still Paying It Off
Stoke Red
Stole the Spotlight
Storybook
Studio Apartment
Studio Audience
Studio Lights
Studio Mic Check
Studio Time
Study Buddy
Sturmer Pippin
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Sugar Bee
Sugar Snap
Sumac Lemonade
Summer Rambo
Sweet and Tart
Sweet Coppin
Sweet Sixteen
SweeTango
Syllabus Skimmer
System Data Mountain

T: 51 names

Tabs I Will Never Read
Take a Bite
Target Disk Mode
Tarmac
Tarmac Delay
Tart Reply
Tarte Tatin
Tea Ring on the Lid
Teacher's Pet Apple
Terminal Velocity
TextEdit Novelist
Thanks for the File
The Chime
The Great Macsby
The Other One
Thesis Machine
Thin Air
Thin Slice
Third Row by the Window
Three Finger Swipe
Three Models Behind
Throwmac Thursday
Time Machine Hopeful
Timesheet Tuesday
Tiny Studio Big Rent
To the Mac
Toffee Apple
Tolman Sweet
Too Old to Update
Too Thin to Fix
Top Notch
Topaz
Tote Bag Dweller
Touch Bar None
Touch Bar Tab
Trackpad Thoughts
Train Wifi Victim
Trash Not Emptied
Tray Table Office
trellis
Tremlett's Bitter
True Tone Deaf
Truffle
Truffle Mac
Try Again
Tsugaru
Twenty Ounce
Two Finger Scroll
Two Ports and a Prayer
Two Thousand Dollar Browser
Tydeman's Late Orange

U: 8 names

Ultra Wide Grin
Unfinished Novel Holder
Unibody Language
Unidentified Developer
Unsupported but Loved
Untitled Folder 12
Up in the Air
Upset the Apple Cart

V: 5 names

Vanished into Air
verjuice
Very Fancy Calculator
Vintage by Next Year
Vista Bella

W: 28 names

wafer
Wakes on Open
Walking on Air
Warm Lap Edition
Wassail
Wealthy
wedge
Welcome Mac
Well Hello
What Is a Start Menu
Where Is the Delete Key
whisper
White Cable Tangle
White Chocolate Macadamia
Who Goes There
Who Took a Bite
Widget Graveyard
Windfall
Window Seat Warrior
Winesap
Winter Banana
Wolf River
Worcester Pearmain
Work From Bed
Worm Not Included
Wormhole
Worth Every Penny Probably
Wrong Laptop

Y: 8 names

Yarlington Mill
Yellow Transparent
Yes This One
Yoga Studio
York Imperial
Yosemite
You Again
You Found Me

Z: 5 names

Zap the PRAM
zephyr
Zero Finished Projects
Zestar
Zsh and Chips