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OpenStreetMap has an internal server naming theme based on fictional dragons, as in "here be dragons".

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More dragon names on wikipedia.

Also someone seems to have deemed it worthy to compile a similar list before.

Name Description
Ancalagon Silmarilion
Dragon32 of home computing fame back in the 1980's. (suggested by RichardF)
DragonNinja From the Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja arcade game. (suggested by RichardF)
Elliott The friendly dragon from the 70's film Pete's Dragon
Glaurung the Father of Dragons in Tolkien's legendarium
Greygnarl Geriatric, grumpy dragon from Dragon Quest 9
Herensuge the mythologic dragon of the Basque (Wikipedia)
Jabberwocky Creature from the children's novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", often portrayed as dragon-like (Wikipedia)
Pirniplix The name means "one head". From the GDR modern tale "Der Drache mit den veilchenblauen Augen" by Gert Prokop. Child dragon, cast out by his father due to his one head, learns to read, write, calculate and finally rules his people.

Used

Name Description
albi the (not anymore) racist dragon, from Flight of the Conchords comedy
angor
ascalon Dragon slain by St. George.
azure Chinese Symbols
balerion From the Song of Ice and Fire series of books
boitata
bowser Bowser, also known as King Koopa, or Lord Bowser, is a video game character and the primary villain of Nintendo's Mario series.
cherufe
chrysophylax
clifford "Clifford the dragon was the animated star of the Listerine adverts in the late 80s and early 90s."
cmok
culebre
draco Latin for Dragon, Discworld
dribble An old, toothless, flameless dragon who sleeps a lot - Lady Sybll's pet in the Discworld novels. http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Dribble
drogon A Dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
dulcy Sonic the hedgehog
eddie
errol Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
eustace Turns into a dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia) after slipping on a gold bracelet.
faffy Cartoon, Dave The Barbarian
fafnir Norse mythology
falkor Luckdragon from the Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
fiddlestick Strangewood (1999): Fiddlestick, a small musically emotive dragon.
firnen Inheritance Cycle series of books, a young green dragon.
fuchur German spelling of Falkor from The Neverending Story
fume Fumé is the father of Grisù. He works as a show dragon for the tourist office and wants to raise Grisù to a proper and scary dragon.
gackelchen
glaedr Inheritance Cycle series of books, an ancient, huge, golden dragon with 3 legs.
gorwen From Through The Dragon's Eye. The theme tune starts "North or South, East or West, the quest..."
gorynych A type of Slavic Dragon that is green and has three heads.
grindtooth (Mrs.) Grindtooth is a dragon from the same novel (picture). How about her German name (Frau) Mahlzahn? Anyhow, this name would suit best a server doing heavy number-crunching, like rendering.
grisu from the cartoon "Grisù, der kleine Drache" (Draghetto Grisù). A little, fire-breathing dragon who wants to become a Firefighter.
horntail Type from Harry Potter
idris Ivor The Engine
ironbelly
jakelong Jake, or Jacob Long, of Jake Long:American Dragon Disney TV series
kalessin Oldest dragon in the Earthsea novels.
karm
katie KDE Woman mascots
katla Given the increased probability of Katla volcano eruption in 2011, Katla from The Brothers Lionheart might fit.
keizer
kessie A blue kestrel bird with a white belly, debuted in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
kilgharrah The Great Dragon in the Merlin tv series
kokosnuss "Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss" (eng.: The little dragon coconut) is german children's book from Ingo Siegner.
konqi KDE
ladon
lambton Legend lived near Dragonsville, Durham. LivingwithDragons bias
lockheed X-men
longma
meraxes
muirdris
naga
neak<
necrosan
nepomuk Half-dragon from the Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver by Michael Ende (picture)
nidhogg
noomoahk
noquiklos
norbert Harry Potter
odin
orm Another dragon in the Earthsea novels.
ouroboros
poldi Young dragon from the German children's TV series Hallo Spencer (picture)
puff Puff, the Magic Dragon (song)
palulukon
piasa
pummelzacken Poldi's girlfriend, also from Hallo Spencer (picture).
pyrene
ramoth The main gold queen dragon in the Dragonriders of Pern series
rhaegal A Dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
ridgeback
ridley Metroid series
rimfaxe
saphira Inheritance Cycle series of books, Saphira is a young blue dragon.
sarel Sarel seemonster from Wielie Walie early kids show in South Africa, Firefishy bias
sarkany
scorch Puppet of 90s ventriloquist act Ronn Lucas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1AnQrlCis
shenron Dragon Ball Z Eternal Dragon
shruikan Inheritance Cycle series of books, an enslaved, villainous black dragon.
simurgh
smaug The Hobbit
snap-01
snap-02
snap-03
spike-01
spike-02
spike-03
spike-04
spike-05
spike-06
spike-07
spike-08
Spike is a character from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic
soup Character from The Clangers, a UK children's TV programme.
stormfly-01
stormfly-02
stormfly-03
stormfly-04
tabaluga Tabaluga was created by the german rockstar Peter Maffay and the childrens song writer Rolf Zuckowski.
takhisis Five-headed dragon queen, and goddess of evil in the Dragonlance novels (see Takhisis)
tiamat
thorn-01
thorn-02
thorn-03
thorn-04
thorn-05
Inheritance Cycle series of books, Thorn is a young red dragon.
toothless How To Train Your Dragon
trogdor Homestar Runner cartoon
tuatara
vhagar Dragons from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books. More at http://iceandfire.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon
vial
vipertooth Type from Harry Potter
viserion A dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
waima
yevaud First dragon Ged talks to in the Earthsea novels.
zark from the Eidolon Chronicles/Shadow World books by Jane Johnson - full name is Xarkanadûshak

See also