What will be the name of your ship?

Importante

You know, to give your ship a good name, one you can live with and a name your ship can live with and by, is important.

A name will indicate what you want, how you think and what will happen.
Say, a ship with witch or cat in its name will be hunted, many would like to catch it.
On the other hand, a ship with the name like harmless would make peoples stop and think... what is this... then die beeing slow :)
 
A good name

The Nelly is a name you give somebody you care about, I would think its captain is a person caring for the ship and other peoples in general :)
 
Well my little lad is called Roman so thinking of naming something after him, maybe The Imperium Romanum or something.
 
ship names:
explorer: no fixed abode
trader: All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
(if long enough names are allowed, otherwise: 'not invented here')
fighter: rapid random response unit
 
ship names:
explorer: no fixed abode
trader: All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
(if long enough names are allowed, otherwise: 'not invented here')
fighter: rapid random response unit
Another Culture fan I see! ;)

Yeah, my thinking would be along the lines of these ships having some kind of AI on board, and that the name should reflect something of the ships personality.
 
My favourite names mentioned by others on this thread are:
- Ockham's Razor
- The Jolly Todger (sheer class).

Some funny favourites from CoD:
- Bold Automatic
- Big Chief Sitting Target
- Bilbo Baggy Balls

But my current forerunner is "The Benevolent Portent"
 
I'm surprised the Agamemnon hasn't been mentioned. In greek it means Very Steadfast - so a good name for a ship.

If your stuck for names, go down to your nearest river or quay if you have one close by and see what is there.

I am thinking of naming mine "The Vanquish", but I am not 100% sure. I might just end up with "How's My Docking? - Dial 1-800-SCRAPER" or "If you can read this, someone has blown a hole in the side of my ship"

More seriously though, I am not sure. Plenty of time to think though. I am pleased that the ships will have registration numbers too ;)

And for the more undecided out there - here is a name generator http://roguey.co.uk/fun/shipnamer/

here are some from that site:

  • The Inferno
  • Beacon
  • Spearhead Dimensions
  • The Centaur
  • Puma Absorption
  • Years
  • Fire
  • Wizard of Flight
 
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