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Generate server names for two very different jobs: hostnames for physical machines, VMs, and homelabs (Norse gods, moons, elements, weather), and community server names for Discord, Minecraft, and game hosting. Every name is short enough to type in a terminal or fit in a server list.

About server names

"Server name" means two different things depending on who is asking. Sysadmins and homelabbers need hostnames: short, lowercase-friendly labels for physical boxes, virtual machines, and containers. The classic advice from RFC 1178 still holds: pick a theme with plenty of members, avoid names that describe the machine's role or hardware (the file server will not stay the file server), and keep everything easy to type over SSH. Norse and Greek gods, planets and moons, chemical elements, winds, and famous computer scientists are the enduring favorites because each set gives you dozens of pronounceable names as the rack fills up.

Gamers and community builders need something else entirely: a Discord or Minecraft server name that reads well in a server list and tells newcomers what kind of place it is. Those work best when they name a mood or a location rather than a feature: The Late Night Lobby, AFK Tavern, Ember Vale, Redstone Republic. Two or three words is the sweet spot; anything longer gets truncated in sidebars.

The list below covers both. Most of it is themed hostname sets you can adopt wholesale (odin, thor, loki for a three-node cluster; rigel, bellatrix, saiph under an orion host), now with rivers, musical terms, pigments, and cheeses; the rest is community server names for Discord, Minecraft SMPs, and game lobbies.

How to choose server names

  • Pick a theme with more members than you currently need. Greek gods, moons, and elements give you room to grow; the four Ninja Turtles do not.
  • For hostnames, keep it lowercase, alphanumeric, and under 15 characters if you have any Windows or NetBIOS machines on the network.
  • Avoid names that encode role, location, or specs (webserver01, rack2-db). Machines get repurposed and those names become lies within a year.
  • For Discord and Minecraft servers, say the name out loud. If people can't tell friends 'join Ember Vale' without spelling it, simplify it.
  • Use a naming pattern for related machines: parent host orion with VMs rigel, bellatrix, and saiph is instantly readable to anyone new on the team.

Frequently asked questions

What are good naming conventions for servers?

The most durable approach is a themed set of unrelated proper nouns (gods, moons, elements, scientists) for individual machines, plus a structured scheme (like region-role-number) only for large fleets where humans rarely type names. Small teams and homelabs almost always do better with the themed approach.

What characters are allowed in a hostname?

Standard hostnames may only contain letters a-z, digits 0-9, and hyphens, cannot start or end with a hyphen, and each label should be 63 characters or fewer. In practice, keep them lowercase and short; underscores and spaces are not valid in DNS hostnames.

Can I use these for a Discord or Minecraft server?

Yes. Discord server names can be up to 100 characters and allow spaces and emoji, and Minecraft server names (MOTD) can include formatting codes. The names of two or more words are written specifically for community servers; the single-word hostnames also work well as short, memorable server titles.

Why shouldn't I name a server after what it does?

Because roles change and names stick. A machine called mailserver that later becomes a backup target confuses everyone, and renaming a host means updating DNS, configs, monitoring, and documentation. A neutral name like heimdall keeps working no matter what you install on it.

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A: 64 names

  • Acacia
  • Achernar
  • Actinium
  • Adhara
  • Adrastea
  • Aeolus
  • AFK Tavern
  • After Hours
  • Akatsuki
  • Alexandrite
  • Algieba
  • Alioth
  • Alkaid
  • Alpheratz
  • Altai
  • Altair
  • Amaranth
  • Amaterasu
  • Amber
  • Ananke
  • Anansi
  • Andante
  • Andesite
  • Andromeda
  • Angelica
  • Anise
  • Ankaa
  • Antares
  • Antimony
  • Anvil
  • Apollo
  • Apophis

A, continued

  • Aqueduct
  • Aquila
  • Ara
  • Ararat
  • Arcade Cabinet
  • Argon
  • Argus
  • Ariadne
  • Ariane
  • Ariel
  • Armadillo
  • Armory
  • Arno
  • Arpeggio
  • Artemis
  • Asgard
  • Aspen
  • Astatine
  • Astraea
  • Atalanta
  • Atanasoff
  • Athena
  • Athenaeum
  • Atlas
  • Attic
  • Auriga
  • Aurora
  • Avalon
  • Avicenna
  • Avior
  • Avogadro
  • Azores

B: 64 names

  • B-Side Basement
  • Babbage
  • Backlog Busters
  • Baffin
  • Baikal
  • Baldur
  • Banyan
  • Barbican
  • Bardeen
  • Barracks
  • Barracuda
  • Basalt
  • Basecamp
  • Basement Dwellers
  • Bastet
  • Bastion
  • Battlement
  • Beacon
  • Bedivere
  • Bedrock
  • Bedroom Producers
  • Beech
  • Belenus
  • Belfry
  • Bellatrix
  • Bellerophon
  • Beluga
  • Bennu
  • Bergamot
  • Bes
  • Betelgeuse
  • Bifrost

B, continued

  • Birch
  • Birchwood Bend
  • Bismuth
  • Bison
  • Bit Bunker
  • Blank Canvas Collective
  • Blockhaven
  • Blockhouse
  • Bloodstone
  • Blue Hour
  • Bobcat
  • Bohr
  • Boltzmann
  • Bonfire Bay
  • Bonito
  • Boole
  • Bora
  • Borage
  • Borneo
  • Bornholm
  • Boss Rush
  • Bragi
  • Brahe
  • Brazos
  • Brickfielder
  • Brie
  • Bromine
  • Bug Bash
  • Bunker
  • Buoy Club
  • Burrata
  • Buttress

C: 91 names

  • Cabin Fever
  • Cadmium
  • Caelum
  • Cairn
  • Calliope
  • Callisto
  • Camelot
  • Campfire Tales
  • Capella
  • Capriccio
  • Capybara
  • Cardamom
  • Cartographers Rest
  • Cartridge Club
  • Cascades
  • Cassandra
  • Cassini
  • Cassiopeia
  • Casual Kingdom
  • Causeway
  • Cavendish
  • Cedar
  • Celadon
  • Cellar
  • Centaur
  • Cerberus
  • Ceres
  • Cerf
  • Cesium
  • Cetus
  • Chadwick
  • Champlain
  • Chapter One Club
  • Charon
  • Charybdis
  • Checkpoint Cafe
  • Cheddar
  • Chervil
  • Chill Beats Cabin
  • Chill Zone
  • Chinook
  • Chiron
  • Chorale
  • Cinderpeak
  • Cinnamon

C, continued

  • Cirrus
  • Citadel
  • Citrine
  • Clementine
  • Clio
  • Cloister
  • Clyde
  • Co-op Campaign
  • Cobalt
  • Cobblestone Collective
  • Coda
  • Codd
  • Code and Chill
  • Coffee and Commits
  • Columbia
  • Combo Breakers
  • Comet Cafe
  • Comet Tail Cantina
  • Comfrey
  • Compass
  • Comte
  • Condor
  • Controller Drift
  • Copernicus
  • Copper
  • Copper Cove
  • Cordelia
  • Core
  • Corfu
  • Corvus
  • Couch Co-op
  • Cozy Corner
  • Cozy Gamers Den
  • Craftopia
  • Creeper Free Zone
  • Crescendo
  • Cressida
  • Crius
  • Crux
  • Cryo Deck
  • Cumulus
  • Curie
  • Curlew
  • Cuttlefish
  • Cygnus
  • Cypress

D: 28 names

  • Danu
  • Dawn Patrol
  • Deadline Dodgers
  • Deimos
  • Demeter
  • Denali
  • Deneb
  • Derecho
  • Descartes
  • Desdemona
  • Despina
  • Dhaulagiri
  • Diamond Dogs
  • Dice Tower
  • Diffie
  • Dijkstra
  • Dingo
  • Diorite
  • Dipper
  • Dolomite
  • Doodle Den
  • Draco
  • Dragonfly Inn
  • Drawbridge
  • Driftwood Dock
  • Dunlin
  • Dusk Till Dawn
  • Duskfall Realms

E: 31 names

  • Echidna
  • Edge
  • Egret
  • Eiger
  • Einstein
  • Eir
  • Elara
  • Elbe
  • Elytra Heights
  • Ember Vale
  • Emberwick
  • Emmental
  • Enceladus
  • Endeavour
  • Engelbart
  • Engine Room
  • Enlil
  • Enterprise
  • Equuleus
  • Erie
  • Eris
  • Eros
  • Etna
  • Eunomia
  • Europa
  • Europium
  • Eurus
  • Euterpe
  • Event Horizon
  • Everest
  • Extra Life Lounge

F: 29 names

  • Falcon
  • Faraday
  • Faunus
  • Feldspar
  • Fennec
  • Fenrir
  • Feverfew
  • Final Circle
  • Finals Week Survivors
  • Firefly Field
  • First Draft Friends
  • Fitzroy
  • Flank Route
  • Flint
  • Flora
  • Fluorite
  • Fog Bank
  • Fog of War
  • Folkvangr
  • Fomalhaut
  • Forge
  • Foundry
  • Four Track Mind
  • Frame Perfect
  • Francium
  • Freya
  • Front Stoop
  • Frostgate
  • Fuji

G: 38 names

  • Gacrux
  • Gadolinium
  • Galatea
  • Galileo
  • Gallium
  • Gamboge
  • Gannet
  • Ganymede
  • Gareth
  • Garrison
  • Gateway
  • Geb
  • Genesis
  • Geri
  • Germanium
  • GG Only
  • Gibbon
  • Gildenreach
  • Gleipnir
  • Glissando
  • Glowstone Gardens
  • Godel
  • Godwit
  • Golden Hour Photo Club
  • Gotland
  • Granary
  • Granite
  • Graupel
  • Grayling
  • Gregale
  • Greywater
  • Grind Season
  • Grouper
  • Grus
  • Gruyere
  • Guanaco
  • Guinevere
  • Gypsum

H: 52 names

  • Haboob
  • Hackberry
  • Hadar
  • Hades
  • Hafnium
  • Halibut
  • Halloumi
  • Hamal
  • Hangar 42
  • Happy Hour
  • Harbor Lights
  • Harmonia
  • Harrier
  • Hati
  • Hawking
  • Hearthstone Hall
  • Hebe
  • Heimdall
  • Heisenberg
  • Hekla
  • Helicon
  • Heliotrope
  • Helium
  • Hello World Hangout
  • Helm
  • Hephaestus
  • Hera
  • Hermes
  • Heron
  • Herschel
  • Hestia
  • High Score Hall
  • Highlight Reel
  • Highmere
  • Hilbert
  • Himalia
  • Hipparcos
  • Hoarfrost
  • Hodgkin
  • Hoenir
  • Homelab Hideout
  • Homeworld
  • Hooke
  • Hoopoe
  • Hopper
  • Huascaran
  • Hubble
  • Huginn
  • Hydra
  • Hyperborea
  • Hyperlane Hub
  • Hypnos

I: 17 names

  • Ibex
  • Icebreaker
  • Inanna
  • Ingenuity
  • Initiative Order
  • Ink and Quill
  • Insert Coin
  • Insight
  • Io
  • Iridium
  • Iron Ward
  • Ironclad
  • Ironhaven
  • Ithaca
  • Itzamna
  • Iverson
  • Izanagi

J: 13 names

  • Jacana
  • Jacaranda
  • Jade
  • Jasper
  • Jenner
  • Jetty
  • Juliet
  • Junco
  • Junction
  • Jungfrau
  • Juniper
  • Junk Drawer
  • Juno

K: 22 names

  • Kaguya
  • Kapok
  • Katla
  • Kauri
  • Kelp Forest Co-op
  • Kepler
  • Kerberos
  • Kestrel
  • Keystone
  • Khamsin
  • Khnum
  • Kilauea
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Kindling
  • Kingfisher
  • Kitchen Table
  • Knuth
  • Kodiak
  • Krakatoa
  • Kraken
  • Kronos
  • Krypton

L: 53 names

  • Lacerta
  • Lag Spike Lounge
  • Lamorak
  • Lamprey
  • Lampson
  • Lancelot
  • Lantern Light
  • Lanternfall
  • Lanthanum
  • Laplace
  • Largo
  • Larissa
  • Lassen
  • Last Call
  • Late Shift Lobby
  • Launch Pad
  • Lavender
  • Lavoisier
  • Lecture Hall Lurkers
  • Leda
  • Leftovers Club
  • Lemongrass
  • Lena
  • Lenticular
  • Leviathan
  • Lhotse
  • Libeccio
  • Lighthouse
  • Lighthouse Keepers
  • Limpopo
  • Linden
  • Linnet
  • Lionfish
  • Lithium
  • Living Room Legends
  • Lo-Fi Loft
  • Lodestone Landing
  • Lofoten
  • Loire
  • Loki
  • Lombok
  • Lomond
  • Loot Goblins
  • Lovelace
  • Lower Deck
  • Lowtide Lounge
  • Luna
  • Lupus
  • Lutetia
  • Lynx
  • Lyonesse
  • Lyra
  • Lysithea

M: 59 names

  • Magellan
  • Magnesium
  • Magnetite
  • Magnolia
  • Magpie
  • Main Menu
  • Makalu
  • Makemake
  • Malachite
  • Mammatus
  • Mandelbrot
  • Mandrill
  • Manganese
  • Manta
  • Marlin
  • Mathilde
  • Mayon
  • Mazurka
  • Medea
  • Meerkat
  • Megrez
  • Meltemi
  • Memory Card
  • Merak
  • Mercury
  • Merge Party
  • Merkle
  • Merlin
  • Meru
  • Mesquite
  • Mess Hall
  • Methone
  • Mezzanine
  • Mica
  • Midgard
  • Millrace
  • Mimas
  • Mimir
  • Mimosa
  • Minotaur
  • Mintaka
  • Minuet
  • Mirach
  • Miranda
  • Mistral
  • Mjolnir
  • Mokosh
  • Molybdenum
  • Monsoon
  • Moonbase Mess
  • Moonlit Meadow
  • Moonstone
  • Mooshroom Meadows
  • Mordred
  • Moriarty
  • Mossy Hollow
  • Muninn
  • Musca
  • Muted Mics

N: 27 names

  • Nabu
  • Naiad
  • Naos
  • Napier
  • Narwhal
  • Natural Twenty
  • Nebula Nook
  • Neith
  • Neodymium
  • Neon
  • Neso
  • Nether Nook
  • Nexus
  • Nidhogg
  • Night Owls Nest
  • Nightjar
  • Nightshift Gamers
  • Nimbus
  • Ninurta
  • Niobium
  • Njord
  • No Mic Club
  • Noctilucent
  • Nocturne
  • Noether
  • Norma
  • Nuthatch

O: 25 names

  • Oakenshore
  • Obelisk
  • Oberon
  • Obsidian
  • Oceanus
  • Odin
  • Odysseus
  • Odyssey
  • Office Hours
  • Ogma
  • Olympus
  • One More Turn
  • Onega
  • Onyx
  • Opal
  • Ophelia
  • Orbit Lounge
  • Orca
  • Orcus
  • Orion
  • Oryx
  • Osmium
  • Osprey
  • Outpost
  • Overtime Club

P: 66 names

  • Packet Loss Pub
  • Palette Knife
  • Palimpsest
  • Palisade
  • Pallene
  • Pampero
  • Paperback Parlor
  • Parapet
  • Parker
  • Party Finder
  • Pascal
  • Pasiphae
  • Patch Notes
  • Pauli
  • Pause Menu
  • Pecos
  • Pegasus
  • Pencil Case
  • Penelope
  • Percival
  • Perdita
  • Peridot
  • Perlis
  • Persephone
  • Perseus
  • Persimmon
  • Petrel
  • Phecda
  • Phobos
  • Pickaxe Parish
  • Pictor
  • Pinatubo
  • Pinecone Post

P, continued

  • Pioneer
  • Pixel Frontier
  • Pixel Pub
  • Placement Matches
  • Platte
  • Platypus
  • Plunder Bay
  • Pocket Healers
  • Poincare
  • Polaris
  • Pomodoro Place
  • Pomona
  • Porch Light
  • Porrima
  • Port of Call
  • Portcullis
  • Portico
  • Poseidon
  • Postel
  • Prelude
  • Procyon
  • Prometheus
  • Proteus
  • Provolone
  • Psyche
  • Ptarmigan
  • Ptolemy
  • Pumice
  • Puppis
  • Push the Cart
  • Pyrenees
  • Pyrite
  • Pyxis

Q: 5 names

  • Quaoar
  • Quartz
  • Quay
  • Quetzalcoatl
  • Queue Dodgers

R: 44 names

  • Rack Room
  • Radiant Realm
  • Radio Silence
  • Radium
  • Radon
  • Rage Quit Room
  • Rainier
  • Raman
  • Ramanujan
  • Ran
  • Rank Up Lounge
  • Ranked Anxiety
  • Rasalhague
  • Rastaban
  • Raven
  • Ravenmoor
  • Razorbill
  • Ready Check
  • Redstone Republic
  • Redwood
  • Reef Rats
  • Regulus
  • Relay
  • Respawn Room
  • Retro Rewind
  • Rhenium
  • Rhiannon
  • Rhodium
  • Ricotta
  • Rigel
  • Rila
  • Rimu
  • Ritchie
  • Roadrunner
  • Roll for Initiative
  • Rontgen
  • Rooftop Garden
  • Rook
  • Rookery
  • Rosetta
  • Roundhouse
  • Rusty Tankard
  • Ruthenium
  • Ryugu

S: 94 names

  • Sailfish
  • Saiph
  • Saltmarsh Landing
  • Salus
  • Sapphire Society
  • Save Point
  • Schedar
  • Scherzo
  • Schiaparelli
  • Schist
  • Schrodinger
  • Scrim Night
  • Scriptorium
  • Scutum
  • Scylla
  • Seahorse
  • Secret Level
  • Sector 7
  • Sedna
  • Sentinel
  • Sepia
  • Serenade
  • Seshat
  • Session Zero
  • Setebos
  • Severn
  • Sextant
  • Shamal
  • Shamash
  • Shard
  • Shaula
  • Sheliak
  • Shenzhou
  • Sherlock
  • Ship It Saloon
  • Shiso
  • Shoebill
  • Shu
  • Signal Boost
  • Signal Fire
  • Sigyn
  • Silicon
  • Simoom
  • Sinope
  • Sirius
  • Sirocco
  • Siskin

S, continued

  • Skadi
  • Skyblock Society
  • Slate
  • Sleet
  • Small Hours
  • Smokestack
  • Snack Drawer
  • Snipe
  • Snowdon
  • Snowdrift
  • Snowgolem Summit
  • Sobek
  • Sodium
  • Solar Flare
  • Solo Queue Support Group
  • Sonata
  • Soyuz
  • Speedrun Saloon
  • Spire
  • Spirit
  • Spitzer
  • Split Screen
  • Springbok
  • Sprucewood Station
  • Sputnik
  • Squall
  • Stack Trace Social
  • Stallman
  • Starboard Station
  • Stardust
  • Starfall Crossing
  • Starling
  • Stockade
  • Stonecutter Row
  • Stormwatch Keep
  • Stratus
  • Stroustrup
  • Study Hall
  • Sturgeon
  • Summit Seekers
  • Sunday Squad
  • Sunstone
  • Surveyor
  • Svalbard
  • Sweatlords Anonymous
  • Swift
  • Switchback Social

T: 104 names

  • Tahoe
  • Takahe
  • Tamarind
  • Tangaroa
  • Tansy
  • Tantalum
  • Tanzanite
  • Tarpon
  • Tarsier
  • Tartarus
  • Tavern at World's End
  • Taweret
  • Tea and Tangents
  • Telescopium
  • Tellurium
  • Tellus
  • Tempest
  • Terbium
  • Tesla
  • Tethys
  • Thalassa
  • Thalia
  • The Adventuring Party
  • The Art Table
  • The Back Porch
  • The Backline
  • The Backseat
  • The Blanket Fort
  • The Boathouse
  • The Break Room
  • The Bunkhouse
  • The Commons
  • The Cozy Vault
  • The Crow's Nest
  • The Darkroom
  • The Fishing Hole
  • The Gilded Griffin
  • The Green Room
  • The Guild Hall
  • The Hex Grid
  • The Hollow
  • The Late Night Lobby
  • The Library Annex
  • The Loading Screen
  • The Long Rest
  • The Melting Pot
  • The Meta Report
  • The Mixing Desk
  • The Night Watch
  • The Observation Deck
  • The Old Chunk
  • The Overworld Inn

T, continued

  • The Pantry
  • The Practice Room
  • The Prancing Badger
  • The Quiet Biome
  • The Ranger Station
  • The Reading Nook
  • The Sandbox
  • The Side Quest
  • The Spare Room
  • The Spawn Point
  • The Speedrun Shed
  • The Spoiler Shelf
  • The Standup
  • The Terminal
  • The Town Square
  • The Treehouse
  • The Tutoring Table
  • The Wandering Wyvern
  • The Warp Room
  • The Watchtower
  • The Writers Room
  • Themis
  • Thesis Trenches
  • Third Place
  • Thistle Creek
  • Thor
  • Thornfield Realms
  • Thuban
  • Thumbnail Thursday
  • Tiangong
  • Tidepool Terrace
  • Tintagel
  • Titan
  • Tongariro
  • Torchlight Trail
  • Torvalds
  • Toucan
  • Tourmaline
  • Tramontane
  • Trevally
  • Triglav
  • Trio Tower
  • Tristan
  • Triton
  • Tucana
  • Tundra Town
  • Tungsten
  • Tupelo
  • Turing
  • Turnstone
  • Typhon
  • Tyr

U: 5 names

  • Ullr
  • Umbriel
  • Uptime Club
  • Urania
  • Uther

V: 22 names

  • Valhalla
  • Vanadium
  • Vaquita
  • Vault
  • Vega
  • Venera
  • Venus
  • Verdandi
  • Verdigris
  • Vervain
  • Vesta
  • Vesuvius
  • Victoria
  • Viking
  • Vinson
  • Viridian
  • Vivace
  • Void Walkers
  • Voidcraft
  • Vostok
  • Voyager
  • Vulpecula

W: 28 names

  • Walrus
  • Wanderlust SMP
  • Warden
  • Warmup Lobby
  • Watson
  • Waypoint
  • Webb
  • Weekend Warriors
  • Wensleydale
  • Weywot
  • Wharf
  • Wheat Field Weekend
  • Whimbrel
  • Wigeon
  • Wilkes
  • Willow
  • Willowmere
  • Windermere
  • Windmill
  • Wintergreen
  • Wirth
  • Witching Hour
  • Woad
  • Wobbegong
  • Wolfpine Ridge
  • Woodruff
  • Word Count Warriors
  • Wren

X: 2 names

  • Xenon
  • Xingu

Y: 6 names

  • Yenisei
  • Yggdrasil
  • Ymir
  • Ytterbium
  • Yukawa
  • Yutu

Z: 11 names

  • Zambezi
  • Zenith
  • Zephyr
  • Zero Gravity
  • Zero Ping
  • Zeus
  • Ziggurat
  • Zinc
  • Zircon
  • Zirconium
  • Zuse