This is my list of machine names that I use or have used, recorded here so I can pick new names without overlap. My current naming scheme (first described here) names machines after living things with some broad divisions for different types of machines.

Machines marked with a are in active use.

laptops

Mostly mythical creatures.

• darkstar
• kiwi (Anna's)
• aquamiser2 (Mark's)
• peregrine (Mom's)
• sow (Dad's)
• kodama
• phoenix
• dragon
• corvid
• kraken
• wildebeest
• eel (Maggie's)

servers

Mostly birds.

• kite
• chicken
• turtle
• dodo
• ostrich
• stork
• wren
• bluebird
• hydra
• box
• finch
• pell
• orca
• diatom
• elephant
• clam
• mayfly
• oyster
• sparrow

small machines

• leech
• lime
• slug
• snail
• stick
• honeybee
• [[chip]
• house
• sky

phones

• limpet Palm Pre

wireless routers

Flying insects.

• dragonfly
• gnat
• moth (Mom's)
• butterfly (Anna's)
• fly (Anna's)

desktops

• beaver (Dad's)
• sparrow
• penguin
• mouse (Maggie's)

functional names

• digi
• phone
• sat
• labswitch

test machines

Large herbovores.

• donkey
• bison
• zebra
• elephant
• cow
• pegasus
• ox

Small amphibians.

• frog (bitsyxb)
• toad (bitsyg5)