Servers/Name Ideas

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

Available

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
Gorilla-server.svgalbi the (not anymore) racist dragon, from Flight of the Conchords comedy
Gorilla-server.svgangor
Gorilla-server.svgascalon Dragon slain by St. George.
Gorilla-server.svgazure Chinese Symbols
Gorilla-server.svgbalerion From the Song of Ice and Fire series of books
Gorilla-server.svgboitata
Gorilla-server.svgbowser Bowser, also known as King Koopa, or Lord Bowser, is a video game character and the primary villain of Nintendo's Mario series.
Gorilla-server.svgcherufe
Gorilla-server.svgchrysophylax
Gorilla-server.svgclifford "Clifford the dragon was the animated star of the Listerine adverts in the late 80s and early 90s."
Gorilla-server.svgcmok
Gorilla-server.svgculebre
Gorilla-server.svgdraco Latin for Dragon, Discworld
Gorilla-server.svgdribble An old, toothless, flameless dragon who sleeps a lot - Lady Sybll's pet in the Discworld novels. http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Dribble
Gorilla-server.svgdrogon A Dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
Gorilla-server.svgdulcy Sonic the hedgehog
Gorilla-server.svgeddie
Gorilla-server.svgerrol Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Gorilla-server.svgeustace Turns into a dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia) after slipping on a gold bracelet.
Gorilla-server.svgfaffy Cartoon, Dave The Barbarian
Gorilla-server.svgfafnir Norse mythology
Gorilla-server.svgfalkor Luckdragon from the Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
Gorilla-server.svgfiddlestick Strangewood (1999): Fiddlestick, a small musically emotive dragon.
Gorilla-server.svgfirnen Inheritance Cycle series of books, a young green dragon.
Gorilla-server.svgfuchur German spelling of Falkor from The Neverending Story
Gorilla-server.svgfume 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.
Gorilla-server.svggackelchen
Gorilla-server.svgglaedr Inheritance Cycle series of books, an ancient, huge, golden dragon with 3 legs.
Gorilla-server.svggorwen From Through The Dragon's Eye. The theme tune starts "North or South, East or West, the quest..."
Gorilla-server.svggorynych A type of Slavic Dragon that is green and has three heads.
Gorilla-server.svggrindtooth (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.
Gorilla-server.svggrisu from the cartoon "Grisù, der kleine Drache" (Draghetto Grisù). A little, fire-breathing dragon who wants to become a Firefighter.
Gorilla-server.svghorntail Type from Harry Potter
Gorilla-server.svgidris Ivor The Engine
Gorilla-server.svgironbelly
Gorilla-server.svgjakelong Jake, or Jacob Long, of Jake Long:American Dragon Disney TV series
Gorilla-server.svgkalessin Oldest dragon in the Earthsea novels.
Gorilla-server.svgkarm
Gorilla-server.svgkatie KDE Woman mascots
Gorilla-server.svgkatla Given the increased probability of Katla volcano eruption in 2011, Katla from The Brothers Lionheart might fit.
Gorilla-server.svgkeizer
Gorilla-server.svgkessie A blue kestrel bird with a white belly, debuted in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Gorilla-server.svgkilgharrah The Great Dragon in the Merlin tv series
Gorilla-server.svgkokosnuss "Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss" (eng.: The little dragon coconut) is german children's book from Ingo Siegner.
Gorilla-server.svgkonqi KDE
Gorilla-server.svgladon
Gorilla-server.svglambton Legend lived near Dragonsville, Durham. LivingwithDragons bias
Gorilla-server.svglockheed X-men
Gorilla-server.svglongma
Gorilla-server.svgmeraxes
Gorilla-server.svgmuirdris
Gorilla-server.svgnaga
Gorilla-server.svgneak<
Gorilla-server.svgnecrosan
Gorilla-server.svgnepomuk Half-dragon from the Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver by Michael Ende (picture)
Gorilla-server.svgnidhogg
Gorilla-server.svgnoomoahk
Gorilla-server.svgnoquiklos
Gorilla-server.svgnorbert Harry Potter
Gorilla-server.svgodin
Gorilla-server.svgorm Another dragon in the Earthsea novels.
Gorilla-server.svgouroboros
Gorilla-server.svgpoldi Young dragon from the German children's TV series Hallo Spencer (picture)
Gorilla-server.svgpuff Puff, the Magic Dragon (song)
Gorilla-server.svgpalulukon
Gorilla-server.svgpiasa
Gorilla-server.svgpummelzacken Poldi's girlfriend, also from Hallo Spencer (picture).
Gorilla-server.svgpyrene
Gorilla-server.svgramoth The main gold queen dragon in the Dragonriders of Pern series
Gorilla-server.svgrhaegal A Dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
Gorilla-server.svgridgeback
Gorilla-server.svgridley Metroid series
Gorilla-server.svgrimfaxe
Gorilla-server.svgsaphira Inheritance Cycle series of books, Saphira is a young blue dragon.
Gorilla-server.svgsarel Sarel seemonster from Wielie Walie early kids show in South Africa, Firefishy bias
Gorilla-server.svgsarkany
Gorilla-server.svgscorch Puppet of 90s ventriloquist act Ronn Lucas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1AnQrlCis
Gorilla-server.svgshenron Dragon Ball Z Eternal Dragon
Gorilla-server.svgshruikan Inheritance Cycle series of books, an enslaved, villainous black dragon.
Gorilla-server.svgsimurgh
Gorilla-server.svgsmaug The Hobbit
Gorilla-server.svgsnap-01
Gorilla-server.svgsnap-02
Gorilla-server.svgsnap-03
Gorilla-server.svgspike-01
Gorilla-server.svgspike-02
Gorilla-server.svgspike-03
Gorilla-server.svgspike-04
Gorilla-server.svgspike-05
Gorilla-server.svgspike-06
Gorilla-server.svgspike-07
Gorilla-server.svgspike-08		 Spike is a character from My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic
Gorilla-server.svgsoup Character from The Clangers, a UK children's TV programme.
Gorilla-server.svgstormfly-01
Gorilla-server.svgstormfly-02
Gorilla-server.svgstormfly-03
Gorilla-server.svgstormfly-04
Gorilla-server.svgtabaluga Tabaluga was created by the german rockstar Peter Maffay and the childrens song writer Rolf Zuckowski.
Gorilla-server.svgtakhisis Five-headed dragon queen, and goddess of evil in the Dragonlance novels (see Takhisis)
Gorilla-server.svgtiamat
Gorilla-server.svgthorn-01
Gorilla-server.svgthorn-02
Gorilla-server.svgthorn-03
Gorilla-server.svgthorn-04
Gorilla-server.svgthorn-05		 Inheritance Cycle series of books, Thorn is a young red dragon.
Gorilla-server.svgtoothless How To Train Your Dragon
Gorilla-server.svgtrogdor Homestar Runner cartoon
Gorilla-server.svgtuatara
Gorilla-server.svgvhagar Dragons from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books. More at http://iceandfire.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon
Gorilla-server.svgvial
Gorilla-server.svgvipertooth Type from Harry Potter
Gorilla-server.svgviserion A dragon from the Song of Ice and Fire series of books.
Gorilla-server.svgwaima
Gorilla-server.svgyevaud First dragon Ged talks to in the Earthsea novels.
Gorilla-server.svgzark from the Eidolon Chronicles/Shadow World books by Jane Johnson - full name is Xarkanadûshak

See also

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