Ships How do you name your ships?

My Imperial ships tend to be Latin.
My racing ships are all named from the wacky racers.
Exploring ship is Elwood Blues for no other reason than I wanted to
The rest depend on what they are doing.
Also a maxed out in every way, Cobra III called " Jamesons Quest" to honour Commander Jameson.
 
Not ship names this time but I started a new Steam version (humblebundle sale) the other day and I decided to name the Commander after a figure from Greek mythology - well that was a mistake - every single choice was "name already in use" - I mean some of the most obscure names and variant spellings - all in use - so I used another idea altogether since I wasn't going to fly as Eirene2 or Tanaga5. So lots of cultured commanders?
Even if it is not Greek or Roman mythology, I am always surprised that my username is generally available most of the time ... People tend to use popular mythological or literary figures quite extensively for naming their in-game persona.
 
I use song titles or music references.
Tiny Dancer, Roller Girl.
Queen of Hearts, Witchy Woman
Acid Queen. Fat Bottom Girl.
 
I mean, I fly a Keelback and the word Scadente is Italian for a low quality item, aka a piece of crap, so it seemed to fit pretty well.

My ship's ID speaks for itself.
 
For my noncombat ships I use science fiction authors or references to their novels (Ellison, Heart of Gold, Scanner Darkly). For my combat ships I name them after famous naval battles (Leyte, Trafalgar).
 
Interesting! Care to give a couple of examples?
Well the sidewinder got called "flee bag" - couldnt wait to get rid of it.
The adder would have been called "death trap" - but it got sold before i named it (blackbox missions)
The Cobra 3 is getting called "Jumpy" or "Peeping Tom" or "fedex"
When i next fly my keel its getting called "rocky" "rock squasher" or something along those lines, its a core miner
I had my personal freighter (shopping trolly ) on X3 TC named "BFHG" ( big fat hairy girl ) cause me mate that shared the save with me (in a very smoky room) came in while i was buying it. He had just had a good night on the town and woke up next to (you get the rest). - true story
Perhaps i gave the impression that the names were ground breaking or half sensible, Nope - never
I prob name my new imp curry after a pretty lady (cause its really hot)
 
Have just bought the FDL and looking for a relevant Traveller name and there is a Fer Der Lance class Destroyer Escort. Will have to see if I can find a name for any of the other ships in class as I can’t really call my FDL Fer Der Lance!
 
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