Ubuntu Name Generator

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Generate Ubuntu-style codenames: one adjective and one animal that share a first letter, such as Amiable Anteater, Brisk Bobcat, Dauntless Dunlin, Nifty Nuthatch and Quiet Quoll. The real release names from Warty Warthog (4.10) to Resolute Raccoon (26.04) are included, labeled with their version numbers.

About Ubuntu names

Every Ubuntu release carries a two-word codename: an adjective and an animal that start with the same letter. The first, Warty Warthog, shipped as version 4.10 in October 2004, and since Dapper Drake (6.06) the names have run through the alphabet, wrapping from Zesty Zapus back to Artful Aardvark. This page is about that codename pattern, not the Nguni word ubuntu or Zulu and Xhosa personal names, and has no connection to Canonical or Ubuntu.

The list holds 1,000 names in the same strict form. Of these, 44 are the real release names through 26.04, each labeled with its version, such as Jammy Jellyfish (Ubuntu 22.04). The rest are pairs made up for your own releases, sprints and servers, not taken from any Ubuntu plan. Adjectives come in three flavors: cheerful (Brisk Bobcat, Nifty Nuthatch), technical (Binary Barnacle, Recursive Remora) and rare old words in the spirit of Hoary and Oneiric (Sedulous Silkworm, Halcyon Hoatzin).

The animals are real: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects and sea creatures, a few of them extinct. Another 25 are mythical beasts marked (mythical), since Ubuntu itself used a jackalope, a unicorn, a werewolf and a minotaur. No adjective appears more than twice. Q, U, X, Y and Z carry only what real animals allow, so X has just six entries.

How to choose Ubuntu names

  • Work through the alphabet as Ubuntu does. Give each release the next letter and the team can tell at a glance that Dauntless Dunlin came after Clever Cormorant.
  • People shorten a codename to its adjective, the way Ubuntu users say Jammy or Noble. Pick an adjective you are happy to say alone and to type in branch names and config files.
  • Leave the labeled real release names to Ubuntu. A server called Focal Fossa will confuse anyone who also runs that version of the system.
  • For hostnames and package tags, lowercase the pair and join it with a hyphen, as in nifty-nuthatch. Look up the length limits of your tooling before you choose long words.
  • Match the adjective to the work: a technical word such as Modular Mantis for a refactor, a cheerful one for a feature launch, a rare one when you want people to look it up.

Frequently asked questions

How do Ubuntu release names work?

Each release gets an adjective and an animal with the same first letter, and since version 6.06 the letters have followed the alphabet. The names are chosen by the Ubuntu project. This generator only follows the pattern and is not connected to Canonical or Ubuntu.

Which names in the list are real Ubuntu releases?

The 44 entries with a version in parentheses, from Warty Warthog (Ubuntu 4.10) to Resolute Raccoon (Ubuntu 26.04). Everything without that label is a made-up pair, such as Eager Eider, Zippy Zander or Quiet Quoll. None is offered as a planned or leaked release name, though a later Ubuntu release could happen to match one.

Why are there so few names for X, Q and Z?

The list sticks to real animals and real adjectives, so the rare letters stay short. X has six entries, built on Xerus, Xenops, Xenopus, Xiphias and Xantusia, and nothing was made up to fill the letter. Common letters such as S, B and P carry far more.

Can I use these as codenames for my own project?

Yes, that is what the unlabeled pairs are for: releases, sprints, servers, containers and internal projects. Skip the labeled real release names to avoid confusion. If a name will be public, search for it yourself first to see whether someone in your field already uses it.

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A: 58 names

  • Abiding Abalone
  • Able Alpaca
  • Abstract Anemone
  • Accurate Archerfish
  • Active Aardwolf
  • Adamant Addax
  • Adaptive Anole
  • Adroit Aardvark
  • Aerial Albatross
  • Affable Agouti
  • Agile Antelope
  • Agreeable Anchovy
  • Airy Avocet
  • Alacritous Archerfish
  • Alert Addax
  • Aligned Ant
  • Alpine Argali
  • Amber Antlion
  • Ambient Anemone
  • Ambling Amphisbaena (mythical)
  • Amiable Anteater
  • Ample Anaconda
  • Amused Alligator
  • Analog Armadillo
  • Ancient Alligator
  • Angular Angelfish
  • Animated Anteater
  • Annual Aphid
  • Antic Auk
  • Apt Aphid
  • Aquatic Axolotl
  • Arboreal Anole
  • Arcane Adder
  • Archaic Aurochs
  • Arctic Auk
  • Ardent Albatross
  • Aromatic Abalone
  • Arrayed Antlion
  • Artful Aardvark (Ubuntu 17.10)
  • Assured Alpaca
  • Astute Avocet
  • Async Anchovy
  • Atomic Ant
  • Atomic Armadillo
  • Atomized Argonaut
  • Attentive Antbird
  • Atypical Axolotl
  • Auburn Argali
  • Audible Antbird
  • August Aurochs
  • Aureate Akita
  • Auspicious Antelope
  • Avid Angelfish
  • Avuncular Aardwolf
  • Awake Agouti
  • Awesome Anhinga
  • Azure Adder
  • Azure Anhinga

B: 68 names

  • Balanced Barracuda
  • Balmy Bluegill
  • Baroque Bowerbird
  • Bashful Binturong
  • Bashful Bunyip (mythical)
  • Batched Bream
  • Beaming Bullfinch
  • Beamish Binturong
  • Beatific Bustard
  • Becalmed Bittern
  • Bedecked Bowerbird
  • Befitting Blackbird
  • Beloved Basset
  • Bemused Baboon
  • Benevolent Bushbaby
  • Benign Basilisk (mythical)
  • Benign Boa
  • Beryl Butterfly
  • Bespoke Bluebird
  • Biddable Boar
  • Bijou Budgerigar
  • Bilingual Bullfinch
  • Binary Barnacle
  • Bionic Beaver (Ubuntu 18.04)
  • Bitwise Barnacle
  • Blameless Bongo
  • Blazing Bobcat
  • Blessed Bass
  • Blissful Bonobo
  • Blithe Bluebird
  • Blooming Bumblebee
  • Bluff Bullfrog
  • Bodacious Bat
  • Bonded Boa

B, continued

  • Bonny Bandicoot
  • Bookish Bittern
  • Bootable Bluegill
  • Booted Bison
  • Boreal Beluga
  • Bouncy Bushbaby
  • Boundless Bobolink
  • Bountiful Bass
  • Bracing Blackbird
  • Brackish Blenny
  • Braided Bobolink
  • Brainy Baboon
  • Brave Bison
  • Brawny Buffalo
  • Breezy Badger (Ubuntu 5.10)
  • Bright Bumblebee
  • Brimming Barracuda
  • Briny Blenny
  • Brisk Bobcat
  • Bristly Boar
  • Broadband Bat
  • Bronzed Beetle
  • Brotherly Bonobo
  • Bubbly Bream
  • Bucolic Buffalo
  • Buff Bullfrog
  • Buffered Butterfly
  • Bullish Bulldog
  • Bundled Beetle
  • Buoyant Beluga
  • Burnished Bongo
  • Bustling Bee
  • Busy Bee
  • Buttery Budgerigar

C: 56 names

  • Cached Chameleon
  • Calm Capybara
  • Candid Coelacanth
  • Canny Coyote
  • Capable Camel
  • Capricious Capuchin
  • Carefree Canary
  • Careful Cockatrice (mythical)
  • Celestial Chamois
  • Celestial Coelacanth
  • Cerulean Catfish
  • Cerulean Clownfish
  • Charming Chimera (mythical)
  • Cheery Chipmunk
  • Chipper Chaffinch
  • Chivalrous Chital
  • Chthonic Caecilian
  • Circular Conch
  • Civil Civet
  • Classic Cheetah
  • Clement Caribou
  • Clement Colobus
  • Clever Cormorant
  • Cloistered Clownfish
  • Coastal Cod
  • Cogent Cockatoo
  • Coherent Coot
  • Comely Curlew
  • Compact Clam
  • Compiled Crab
  • Concise Condor
  • Constant Caribou
  • Convivial Corgi
  • Copious Crayfish
  • Copper Carp
  • Cordial Crane
  • Coruscant Cowrie
  • Cosmic Cuttlefish (Ubuntu 18.10)
  • Courteous Centaur (mythical)
  • Courtly Cardinal
  • Cozy Caracal
  • Crafty Crow
  • Creative Cuckoo
  • Crested Caiman
  • Crisp Cricket
  • Cromulent Crocodile
  • Crystal Chinchilla
  • Cubic Centipede
  • Cunning Cheetah
  • Cunning Cougar
  • Curious Coati
  • Curious Curlew
  • Cushy Capybara
  • Cushy Cicada
  • Cyclic Cicada
  • Cyclic Cobra

D: 57 names

  • Dainty Dormouse
  • Dapper Drake (Ubuntu 6.06)
  • Dappled Deer
  • Daring Dolphin
  • Dashing Dotterel
  • Dauntless Dunlin
  • Dazzling Dragonfly
  • Debonair Dachshund
  • Debugged Dragonfly
  • Decent Donkey
  • Decimal Damselfly
  • Decisive Dhole
  • Dedicated Dolphin
  • Deep Dogfish
  • Definite Dogfish
  • Deft Dugong
  • Deliberate Dugong
  • Delicate Duckling
  • Delightful Degu
  • Deluxe Dormouse
  • Demure Dove
  • Dependable Dromedary
  • Deployed Dipper
  • Desert Dingo
  • Devoted Dalmatian
  • Devout Dhole
  • Dexterous Degu
  • Diamond Dace
  • Diaphanous Damselfly
  • Digital Dotterel
  • Diligent Donkey
  • Diminutive Dik-dik
  • Diplomatic Drake
  • Direct Dace
  • Disco Dingo (Ubuntu 19.04)
  • Discrete Dab
  • Distributed Drongo
  • Diurnal Dunlin
  • Docile Dik-dik
  • Dogged Dachshund
  • Doting Duck
  • Doughty Dunnock
  • Downy Duckling
  • Dreaming Dowitcher
  • Dreamy Dove
  • Driven Dory
  • Drowsy Dragon (mythical)
  • Dry Dunnock
  • Dual Dab
  • Ductile Dory
  • Dulcet Dipper
  • Dulcet Dowitcher
  • Durable Dromedary
  • Dusky Drongo
  • Dutiful Duck
  • Dynamic Dalmatian
  • Dynamic Deer

E: 45 names

  • Eager Eider
  • Earnest Elk
  • Easy Eel
  • Ebullient Egret
  • Eclectic Emu
  • Edgy Eft (Ubuntu 6.10)
  • Efficient Earwig
  • Elastic Eland
  • Eldritch Eft
  • Electric Eagle
  • Elegant Echidna
  • Elemental Eland
  • Elfin Elk
  • Eloquent Elephant
  • Embedded Eelpout
  • Emerald Earthworm
  • Eminent Erne
  • Empyrean Erne
  • Enchanted Egret
  • Encoded Earwig
  • Encrypted Emu
  • Endless Eel
  • Enduring Elk
  • Energetic Earwig
  • Engaging Echidna
  • Eoan Ermine (Ubuntu 19.10)
  • Epic Eagle
  • Equable Eider
  • Erudite Echidna
  • Essential Earthworm
  • Esteemed Elephant
  • Eternal Erne
  • Ethereal Egret
  • Even Eland
  • Eventful Earthworm
  • Evergreen Elver
  • Evident Eider
  • Evolved Eft
  • Exact Eelpout
  • Excellent Ermine
  • Executable Eel
  • Exotic Emu
  • Expansive Elephant
  • Expert Eagle
  • Exuberant Elver

F: 52 names

  • Fabled Firefly
  • Fabulous Francolin
  • Factual Fisher
  • Fair Fennec
  • Faithful Frog
  • Famous Flounder
  • Fanciful Flyingfish
  • Fancy Fantail
  • Fast Flycatcher
  • Fathomless Flatfish
  • Favorite Fieldfare
  • Fearless Falcon
  • Federated Firefish
  • Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04)
  • Felicitous Fulmar
  • Fervent Fulmar
  • Festive Flamingo
  • Fey Fritillary
  • Fiery Frigatebird
  • Filtered Filefish
  • Fine Fritillary
  • Finite Filefish
  • Firm Flatfish
  • Fit Fisher
  • Flawless Foal
  • Fleet Fox
  • Flexible Flatworm
  • Florid Firefish
  • Flourishing Firecrest
  • Flowing Flyingfish
  • Fluent Francolin
  • Fluffy Fawn
  • Focal Fossa (Ubuntu 20.04)
  • Focused Flatworm
  • Fond Foal
  • Forested Firecrest
  • Formal Frigatebird
  • Forthright Falcon
  • Fortunate Fossa
  • Fragrant Firefly
  • Frank Ferret
  • Free Finch
  • Fresh Frog
  • Friendly Finch
  • Frisky Ferret
  • Frosty Fox
  • Frugal Fieldfare
  • Fruitful Flamingo
  • Fulgent Flycatcher
  • Functional Flounder
  • Funky Fantail
  • Fuzzy Fennec

G: 39 names

  • Gallant Gazelle
  • Game Gar
  • Gamesome Goat
  • Garrulous Godwit
  • Garrulous Guillemot
  • Generic Gnat
  • Generous Genet
  • Generous Gnu
  • Genial Gecko
  • Gentle Giraffe
  • Giant Grouper
  • Giddy Gopher
  • Gifted Godwit
  • Gifted Grackle
  • Glad Goldfinch
  • Gladsome Guanaco
  • Gleaming Grebe
  • Gleeful Griffin (mythical)
  • Gliding Goshawk
  • Glossy Grackle
  • Glowing Glowworm
  • Glowing Goldfinch
  • Gnomic Gerenuk
  • Golden Gannet
  • Gossamer Goby
  • Graceful Gull
  • Gracious Goose
  • Grand Grouse
  • Granular Gar
  • Granular Grasshopper
  • Graphical Gharial
  • Grateful Gerbil
  • Great Gnu
  • Gregarious Guppy
  • Groovy Gorilla (Ubuntu 20.10)
  • Grounded Gopher
  • Grounded Groundhog
  • Guileless Gaur
  • Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10)

H: 40 names

  • Halcyon Halibut
  • Halcyon Hoatzin
  • Hale Hartebeest
  • Hale Hog
  • Hallowed Hawfinch
  • Hallowed Hoatzin
  • Handy Hoverfly
  • Happy Hare
  • Hardened Hagfish
  • Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04)
  • Harmonic Halibut
  • Hashed Herring
  • Hearty Hawk
  • Helpful Hamster
  • Heraldic Harrier
  • Heroic Hound
  • Hesperian Hawkmoth
  • Hexagonal Honeybee
  • Hibernal Hedgehog
  • Hidden Hoopoe
  • Hidden Hoverfly
  • Hieratic Heron
  • Hilly Hartebeest
  • Hilly Hyrax
  • Hirsute Hippo (Ubuntu 21.04)
  • Hoary Hedgehog (Ubuntu 5.04)
  • Holistic Hippo
  • Homey Hen
  • Homey Hound
  • Honest Hyrax
  • Honeyed Hawkmoth
  • Honeyed Hornet
  • Hopeful Hummingbird
  • Hospitable Hake
  • Hosted Haddock
  • Hovering Hippogriff (mythical)
  • Humble Hornbill
  • Hyaline Hake
  • Hybrid Herring
  • Hybrid Hinny

I: 29 names

  • Ideal Ibis
  • Idempotent Ibex
  • Idyllic Iguana
  • Illumined Iiwi
  • Illustrious Impala
  • Imaginative Inchworm
  • Immersive Ide
  • Immutable Isopod
  • Imperial Ibisbill
  • Impish Indri (Ubuntu 21.10)
  • Incremental Ide
  • Indexed Icefish
  • Indigo Ibisbill
  • Industrious Ibex
  • Ineffable Icefish
  • Ingenious Indri
  • Inline Isopod
  • Inquisitive Iguana
  • Insightful Iguana
  • Inspired Ibis
  • Integral Isopod
  • Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10)
  • Intuitive Impala
  • Inventive Inchworm
  • Irenic Impala
  • Iridescent Icefish
  • Island Iiwi
  • Iterative Inchworm
  • Ivory Ibis

J: 27 names

  • Jade Jacana
  • Jammy Jellyfish (Ubuntu 22.04)
  • Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04)
  • Jazzy Jerboa
  • Jazzy Junebug
  • Jesting Jackalope (mythical)
  • Jesting Jaguar
  • Jeweled Jacana
  • Jeweled Jellyfish
  • Jittered Junebug
  • Jocular Junco
  • Jocund Jackdaw
  • Jocund Junebug
  • Jolly Jackdaw
  • Jolly Jay
  • Journaled Jay
  • Jovial Jacana
  • Jovial Jaguar
  • Joyful Jackrabbit
  • Joyful Jerboa
  • Jubilant Jackrabbit
  • Jubilant Junco
  • Judicious Jackal
  • Judicious Jaeger
  • Jumbo Jellyfish
  • Just Jackal
  • Juvenile Jaguar

K: 27 names

  • Kaleidoscopic Kingsnake
  • Kaleidoscopic Koi
  • Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10)
  • Keen Kestrel
  • Kempt Kakapo
  • Kempt Kowari
  • Keyed Katydid
  • Keyed Killifish
  • Keyless Kelpie (mythical)
  • Keyless Kinglet
  • Kind Kangaroo
  • Kindhearted Kraken (mythical)
  • Kindly Kiwi
  • Kindred Kinkajou
  • Kinesthetic Kangaroo
  • Kinetic Kudu (Ubuntu 22.10)
  • Kingly Kingfisher
  • Kittenish Kokako
  • Knightly Kite
  • Knightly Klipspringer
  • Knitted Kiwi
  • Knotted Knot
  • Knotted Krill
  • Knowing Killdeer
  • Knowing Kookaburra
  • Kooky Kagu
  • Kooky Kea

L: 48 names

  • Laconic Leech
  • Lambent Lacewing
  • Lapidary Lemming
  • Latent Lungfish
  • Laudable Lark
  • Laughing Lark
  • Lavish Lorikeet
  • Lawful Lion
  • Lean Leopard
  • Learned Lemur
  • Leeward Lapwing
  • Legendary Lion
  • Legible Lizard
  • Leisurely Loris
  • Lenient Leviathan (mythical)
  • Lenient Llama
  • Lettered Lyrebird
  • Level Llama
  • Light Linnet
  • Lightweight Ladybug
  • Likable Lizard
  • Lilting Linnet
  • Limber Langur
  • Limitless Limpet
  • Limpid Loach
  • Linear Lamprey
  • Linked Locust
  • Liquid Lamprey
  • Lissome Lechwe
  • Literal Locust
  • Lithe Leopard
  • Lively Lapwing
  • Local Limpet
  • Lofty Lammergeier
  • Logical Loon
  • Lone Loon
  • Lordly Lyrebird
  • Lovable Labrador
  • Loyal Labrador
  • Lucent Lanternfish
  • Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04)
  • Lucky Ladybug
  • Luminous Lanternfish
  • Lunar Lobster (Ubuntu 23.04)
  • Lush Lorikeet
  • Lustrous Lacewing
  • Luxuriant Langur
  • Lyrical Longspur

M: 45 names

  • Magnanimous Mammoth
  • Magnetic Mackerel
  • Majestic Macaw
  • Mannerly Marten
  • Mantic Minotaur (Ubuntu 23.10)
  • Marine Mackerel
  • Marine Marlin
  • Marvelous Mongoose
  • Masterful Mallard
  • Mature Mule
  • Maverick Meerkat (Ubuntu 10.10)
  • Mellifluous Meadowlark
  • Mellow Manticore (mythical)
  • Mellow Marmot
  • Melodic Mockingbird
  • Merged Mamba
  • Meridian Merlin
  • Merry Magpie
  • Methodical Mole
  • Meticulous Mallard
  • Meticulous Margay
  • Metric Millipede
  • Mighty Moose
  • Mild Mouse
  • Mindful Manatee
  • Minimal Minnow
  • Mirrored Moth
  • Mirthful Marmoset
  • Mobile Mudskipper
  • Modern Mule
  • Modest Muskrat
  • Modular Mantis
  • Moonlit Mink
  • Moonlit Moorhen
  • Mossy Markhor
  • Mossy Muskrat
  • Motley Monkey
  • Mounted Mussel
  • Munificent Muskox
  • Musical Martin
  • Musical Mockingbird
  • Mutable Mudskipper
  • Myriad Mayfly
  • Mystic Mink
  • Mystic Moth

N: 32 names

  • Nacreous Nautilus
  • Nascent Noctule
  • Native Nene
  • Native Noddy
  • Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04)
  • Natural Nyala
  • Nautical Narwhal
  • Neat Nightingale
  • Neighborly Nene
  • Neighborly Nilgai
  • Neoteric Newt
  • Nested Nautilus
  • Nested Nudibranch
  • Neural Needlefish
  • Neural Nighthawk
  • Neutral Needlefish
  • Nice Nilgai
  • Nifty Nuthatch
  • Nimble Newt
  • Noble Numbat (Ubuntu 24.04)
  • Nocturnal Nightjar
  • Nomadic Nighthawk
  • Nomadic Noctule
  • Nonpareil Nightingale
  • Normal Numbat
  • Northern Noddy
  • Notable Nutcracker
  • Notable Nutria
  • Novel Nudibranch
  • Nuanced Nutcracker
  • Numeric Nematode
  • Nurturing Nuthatch

O: 29 names

  • Oaken Oryx
  • Oaken Ovenbird
  • Obliging Otter
  • Observant Owl
  • Oceanic Oarfish
  • Oceanic Opah
  • Olive Oarfish
  • Olive Oilbird
  • Oneiric Ocelot (Ubuntu 11.10)
  • Onward Oilbird
  • Onward Onager
  • Opaline Opah
  • Open Octopus
  • Optimal Orca
  • Optimistic Okapi
  • Opulent Ocelot
  • Opulent Onager
  • Oracular Oriole (Ubuntu 24.10)
  • Orbital Oyster
  • Orderly Oriole
  • Organic Opossum
  • Organic Oyster
  • Original Osprey
  • Ornate Orangutan
  • Ornate Ovenbird
  • Orotund Orangutan
  • Otherworldly Olm
  • Outgoing Opossum
  • Outgoing Ostrich

P: 58 names

  • Pacific Pollock
  • Painted Ptarmigan
  • Parallel Piranha
  • Parsed Prawn
  • Pastoral Pony
  • Patched Python
  • Patient Panda
  • Peaceable Pony
  • Peaceful Pelican
  • Peerless Peregrine
  • Pellucid Pipefish
  • Pensive Pipit
  • Peppy Penguin
  • Perennial Petrel
  • Perennial Pheasant
  • Perky Parakeet
  • Persistent Platypus
  • Perspicacious Pintail
  • Pert Pipistrelle
  • Phosphorescent Phoenix (mythical)
  • Picturesque Pheasant
  • Piebald Pig
  • Pinned Plover
  • Pioneering Pigeon
  • Pithy Pike
  • Pixelated Pufferfish
  • Placid Perch
  • Playful Porpoise
  • Pleasant Platypus
  • Plentiful Plaice
  • Plucky Puffin (Ubuntu 25.04)
  • Plush Poodle
  • Poetic Parrot
  • Poetic Petrel
  • Poised Peregrine
  • Poised Potoo
  • Polished Periwinkle
  • Polite Possum
  • Popular Pug
  • Portable Pika
  • Positive Polecat
  • Practical Pademelon
  • Prancing Pegasus (mythical)
  • Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04)
  • Prelapsarian Pademelon
  • Primal Puma
  • Prismatic Parrotfish
  • Prismatic Peacock
  • Private Porcupine
  • Prompt Pronghorn
  • Propitious Pochard
  • Proud Peacock
  • Proven Partridge
  • Prudent Porcupine
  • Prudent Potto
  • Puckish Pangolin
  • Punctilious Pratincole
  • Punctual Pronghorn

Q: 17 names

  • Quaint Qilin (mythical)
  • Quaint Quokka
  • Qualified Quagga
  • Quantal Quetzal (Ubuntu 12.10)
  • Quantum Quail
  • Quenchless Queenfish
  • Questing Quokka (Ubuntu 25.10)
  • Queued Quoll
  • Quick Quahog
  • Quick Quail
  • Quiescent Quahog
  • Quiet Quail
  • Quiet Quoll
  • Quirky Quetzal
  • Quixotic Quagga
  • Quizzical Queenfish
  • Quotable Quokka

R: 43 names

  • Radiant Robin
  • Rambling Raven
  • Rapid Roadrunner
  • Raring Ringtail (Ubuntu 13.04)
  • Rational Ray
  • Reactive Rattlesnake
  • Ready Rabbit
  • Recondite Raven
  • Recursive Remora
  • Redundant Redstart
  • Refined Redpoll
  • Refined Rockhopper
  • Refulgent Rosella
  • Regal Roebuck
  • Relaxed Ratel
  • Reliable Reindeer
  • Remote Roach
  • Rendered Razorbill
  • Resilient Rhino
  • Resolute Raccoon (Ubuntu 26.04)
  • Resourceful Rook
  • Responsive Rail
  • Restful Ragdoll
  • Restful Rorqual
  • Reverent Rhea
  • Rhythmic Roller
  • Rightful Ruff
  • Riparian Rail
  • Rippling Rudd
  • Roaming Reedbuck
  • Roaming Rorqual
  • Robust Ram
  • Rooted Redfish
  • Rooted Rudd
  • Roseate Redpoll
  • Rosy Rosella
  • Roving Roc (mythical)
  • Rubicund Robin
  • Rugged Rockhopper
  • Ruminant Reindeer
  • Russet Reedbuck
  • Russet Ruff
  • Rustic Redshank

S: 81 names

  • Sagacious Sphinx (mythical)
  • Sage Stork
  • Saline Sawfish
  • Salty Shad
  • Salubrious Sole
  • Sandy Scorpion
  • Sanguine Sandpiper
  • Sapient Siamang
  • Saucy Salamander (Ubuntu 13.10)
  • Savvy Serval
  • Scalar Scallop
  • Scenic Spider
  • Scholarly Skunk
  • Scripted Sprat
  • Seamless Seahorse
  • Seasoned Skua
  • Secure Snail
  • Sedulous Silkworm
  • Sempiternal Shad
  • Sensible Sifaka
  • Seraphic Spoonbill
  • Serene Swan
  • Serial Sardine
  • Sheltered Springhare
  • Shimmering Sprat
  • Shiny Silkworm
  • Shipshape Shearwater
  • Sidereal Stonechat
  • Signed Stingray
  • Silken Spider
  • Simple Sponge
  • Sincere Shrew
  • Singing Selkie (mythical)
  • Singing Siskin
  • Skilled Snipe
  • Sleek Salmon
  • Smart Skunk
  • Snappy Swordfish
  • Snug Sloth
  • Soaring Swift

S, continued

  • Sociable Songbird
  • Solid Sturgeon
  • Sonic Swordfish
  • Sparse Sponge
  • Speckled Stickleback
  • Spectral Squid
  • Spirited Sifaka
  • Spirited Stoat
  • Splendid Sunbird
  • Spotless Stonechat
  • Sprightly Shrew
  • Sprightly Siskin
  • Spry Squirrel
  • Stable Springbok
  • Stateless Stickleback
  • Stately Sable
  • Stately Saiga
  • Static Starfish
  • Staunch Saiga
  • Steady Stoat
  • Stellar Starling
  • Sterling Skua
  • Sterling Starling
  • Stoic Sole
  • Streaming Smelt
  • Studious Siamang
  • Studious Skink
  • Sturdy Seal
  • Sublime Shearwater
  • Subtle Sawfish
  • Sunlit Scorpion
  • Sunny Sparrow
  • Supple Skink
  • Supple Snipe
  • Susurrant Swift
  • Swift Swallow
  • Sylvan Shrike
  • Sylvan Sunbird
  • Sympathetic Springhare
  • Symphonic Songbird
  • Synced Smelt

T: 46 names

  • Tacit Terrapin
  • Tactful Tamarin
  • Talented Tanager
  • Talented Trogon
  • Tame Tarsier
  • Tangible Termite
  • Tawny Tamandua
  • Teal Tetra
  • Tellurian Topi
  • Temperate Tenrec
  • Temperate Toad
  • Templated Tarantula
  • Tenacious Tortoise
  • Tender Titmouse
  • Terse Toad
  • Tested Takin
  • Tested Tortoise
  • Thalassic Tunny
  • Thankful Thunderbird (mythical)
  • Thoughtful Toucan
  • Threaded Tuna
  • Thrifty Thrasher
  • Thriving Thrush
  • Tidy Tapir
  • Timeless Tuatara
  • Timely Trout
  • Timely Turnstone
  • Tiny Tody
  • Tireless Tern
  • Tokenized Tilapia
  • Toothsome Turbot
  • Topical Tarpon
  • Total Teal
  • Towering Tapir
  • Traceable Treefrog
  • Tranquil Turtle
  • Trenchant Treecreeper
  • Trim Trout
  • Tropical Trogon
  • True Tiger
  • Trusty Tahr (Ubuntu 14.04)
  • Tunable Tuatara
  • Tutelary Tench
  • Twinkling Tetra
  • Twinkling Turaco
  • Typed Triggerfish

U: 15 names

  • Ultimate Umbrellabird
  • Unary Uromastyx
  • Unbound Uakari
  • Understated Unau
  • Unflappable Umbrellabird
  • Unhurried Uakari
  • Unified Urchin
  • Unruffled Urial
  • Unsigned Uromastyx
  • Upbeat Unicorn (mythical)
  • Upbeat Urial
  • Uplifting Urutu
  • Upstream Urchin
  • Useful Unau
  • Utopic Unicorn (Ubuntu 14.10)

V: 23 names

  • Vagile Vaquita
  • Valiant Vole
  • Valid Viperfish
  • Vast Vaquita
  • Vaulting Viscacha
  • Vectored Viperfish
  • Velvet Vervet
  • Venerable Viscacha
  • Verbose Vanga
  • Verdant Vole
  • Verified Vicuna
  • Vernal Vireo
  • Versatile Vicuna
  • Vespertine Vole
  • Vibrant Vireo
  • Vigilant Vulture
  • Vintage Vulture
  • Virtual Viper
  • Visionary Veery
  • Vital Viper
  • Vivid Vervet (Ubuntu 15.04)
  • Vocal Veery
  • Volant Vanga

W: 31 names

  • Wakeful Whippet
  • Wandering Wigeon
  • Wandering Wildebeest
  • Warm Wombat
  • Warty Warthog (Ubuntu 4.10)
  • Watchful Wolf
  • Wavy Wrasse
  • Wayfaring Wigeon
  • Welcoming Walrus
  • Wheeling Wyvern (mythical)
  • Whimsical Wren
  • Willing Weasel
  • Wily Werewolf (Ubuntu 15.10)
  • Windswept Whimbrel
  • Winsome Wagtail
  • Wintry Waxwing
  • Wintry Whimbrel
  • Wired Wasp
  • Wireless Weevil
  • Wise Whale
  • Wistful Warbler
  • Witty Woodpecker
  • Wondrous Wallaby
  • Wondrous Whale
  • Woodland Waxwing
  • Woodland Woodcock
  • Woolly Wapiti
  • Worthy Wapiti
  • Worthy Wolverine
  • Woven Weaver
  • Wrapped Whelk

X: 6 names

  • Xanthic Xenops
  • Xenial Xerus (Ubuntu 16.04)
  • Xenodochial Xenopus
  • Xenophilic Xantusia
  • Xeric Xerus
  • Xyloid Xiphias

Y: 13 names

  • Yakkety Yak (Ubuntu 16.10)
  • Yare Yellowtail
  • Yawning Yaffle
  • Yawning Yeti (mythical)
  • Yearly Yellowjacket
  • Yearning Yellowlegs
  • Yielding Yapok
  • Yodeling Yellowthroat
  • Yonder Yabby
  • Young Yak
  • Youthful Yabby
  • Youthful Yellowhammer
  • Yummy Yellowfin

Z: 15 names

  • Zany Zander
  • Zany Zebra
  • Zealous Zebu
  • Zealous Zilant (mythical)
  • Zen Zokor
  • Zenithal Zebra
  • Zeroed Zeren
  • Zestful Zonkey
  • Zesty Zapus (Ubuntu 17.04)
  • Zigzag Zingel
  • Zingy Zebrafish
  • Zippy Zander
  • Zippy Zokor
  • Zonal Zorilla
  • Zoned Zebrafish