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[Marcus Gord]

I haven't seen a thread like this here, and I find it interesting how people name their ships, so I'd like to ask people to post the names of some of their ships here, their naming conventions, and why certain ships have the names that they do.

For me, I liked to use Japanese for a lot of my ships, but I'm moving away from that to using 'Spirit of ....'

So my ships go like this:

Crane - Deadman's Hand From an old simulator game called X-Wing: Alliance.

Tengu - Moui no Tsurugi Meaning Sword of Fury if I got the translation correct.

Orca - Spirit of Wind

Cormorant - Takara-Maru Takara means Treasure in Japanese, if I got the translation, and Maru is a common ship prefix in Japan. It's a utility dessy for my alt to fly while I do exploration. It does the hacking and stuff.

Hawk - Masamune According to Wikipedia, a man called Masamune is legendary in Japan for being the greatest swordsmith in history. I can't actually fly this yet, but I own one, and that's what I'll call her  

Your turn  

EDIT: In case you're wondering, that's pretty much the extent of my assembled ships right now 

[Saxon Hawke]

My mission-running Domi is called the "Liberty Hammer" and my mining laser equipped Thorax is the "Loretta Lynn."

Other than that, I rename most of my ships "Saxon Hawke's Atron" to mess with the guys who sit around Intaki trying to scan everything down.

[hellgremlin]

Amarr ships: religious stuff, or weapons from Shattered Galaxy

Battleships: Chorus of Angels, Excessive Negation, Aria of Divinity, Serpent of Eden
Cruisers: Theocratic Dominion, Terminal Velocity, Zaragram's Heresy (Sac)
Interceptors: Clarity of Purpose, Black December

Caldari ships: mostly names stolen from Wing Commander 3/4

Battleships: Hvarkann, Sivar, Vesuvius
Cruisers: Strakha (Falcon ofc,) Jalthi
Bombers: Paktahn

I also make it a habit to rename every shuttle I fly to "Executive Shuttle" just because.

[Usagi Tsukino]

I tend to name my ships random Japanese words, sometimes relating to the ship - for instance my Cynabal is called Aburamushi, which can mean 'cockroach' because I think it kind of looks like a giant bug.  

However, thanks to the super-awesome Napanii Primer, new ships will end up getting Caldari names, or at the least Napanii(ized) bastardizations of Japanese words if I don't find something I like.  

I also make it a habit to rename every shuttle I fly to "Executive Shuttle" just because.

I will only fly Gallente shuttles and I rename them all 'The Frisbee' ever since a friend of mine made me notice the similarity between a Gal shuttle and some kind of wild Nerf frisbee. 

[BloodBird]

I make extensive use of names and every ship-class has a name unique to that particular design - no two Moa's for instance, ever have separate names, however Moa's and Caracals will have different ones.

As it was bothersome to have to make new ones all the time I lost ships and to avoid old ones being re-cycles over and over on random ships, I made a long list.

Every race of ships have a separate list of names from Anime I've seen and Manga I've read or Web-comics I've read and a couple games I've played - and each ship has one name assigned to that ship.

A few examples...

Federation vessels - (Gallente)

Sources: NGE, Naruto, BAA, BB, ES, GG, TM

GG - Baiken | Megathron Navy Issue
NGE - Kirishima Mana | Hyperion
NGE - Ayanami Rei | Megathron
NGE - Soryu Asuka Langley | Myrmidon
NGE - Katsuragi Misato
NGE - Horaki Hikari | Dominix
Tribun - Yamagishi Mayumi
ES - Yuna Kachiko | Enyo
BB - Veloce Visrin | Deimos
BB - Veirin | Ishkur
Naruto - Yuhi Kurenai | Arazu
Naruto - Haruno Sakura | Ishtar
Naruto - Hyuuga Hinata | Thorax
Naruto - Hyuuga Hanabi | Vexor
Naruto - Tenten | Taranis
Naruto - Temari | Catalyst
Naruto - Yamanaka Ino | Celestis
BAA - Alita | Astarte
BAA - Yoko | Phobos
BAA - Shumira | Oneiros
BAA - Koyomi K. | Brutix
BAA - Lou Collins | Viator
BAA - Eelai | Helios
BAA - AR-6 - Sechs
BAA - AR-11 - Elf | Atron
BAA - AR-12 - Zwölf | Tristran
BAA - Vilma Fachiri | Incursus
BAA - Nola Defarge | Iteron V
TM - Indekkusu | Occator
TM - Misaka Mikoto
TM - Misaka imōto
TM - Himegami Aisa
TM - Shirai Kuroko
TM - Kazakiri Hyōka | Nemesis
TM - Uiharu Kazari | Primae

Empire vessels - (Amarr)

Sources: FSN, Gundam, BC, MT

FSN - Tosaka Rin | Arbitrator
FSN - Mato Sakura | Armageddon
FSN - Leysritt | Anathema
FSN - Sella
FSN - Rider/Medusa
FSN - Arturia Pendragon | Omen
FSN - Caster/Medea
FSN - Illyasviel | Coercer
Gundam - Miriallia Haw | Prophecy
Gundam - Murrue Ramius
Gundam - Lacus Clyne | Zealot
Gundam - Meyrin Hawke | Retribution
Gundam - Cagalli Yula Athha | Harbinger
Gundam - Flay Allster | Absolution
Gundam - Stella Loussier | Crusader
Gundam - Lunamaria Hawke | Vengence
BC - Minatsuki Saya | Guardian
BC - Saki
MT - Hayasaka Erika
MT - Nanasawa Kimiko | Apocalypse
MT - Tohya Miho
MT - Non-H ESD - Ping
MT - Sonoda Yuki

Republic vessels - (Minmatar)

Sources: EL, UWRM, Bleach.

EL - Kaede
EL - Nyu
EL - Mayu
EL - Kanae
EL - Nana
EL - Tadaka Aiko
EL - Mariko
EL - Saito
EL - Sanban
UWRM - Eruru | Jaguar
UWRM - Aruru | Wolf
UWRM - Urutori
UWRM - Tusukuru
UWRM - Karurauatsuurei | Typhoon
UWRM - Touka
UWRM - Sakuya | Cyclone
UWRM - Kamyu
UWRM - Yuzuha
UWRM - Kuya Amururineuruka | Tempest
Bleach - Satou Senna | Hurricane
Bleach - Shiba Kukaku
Bleach - Kuchiki Rukia | Rupture
Bleach - Inoue Orihime | Stabber
Bleach - Arisawa Tatsuki | Trasher
Bleach - Kurosaki Karin | Claw
Bleach - Kurosaki Yuzu | Stilleto
Bleach - Shihoin Yoruichi
Bleach - Tsumugiya Ururu
Bleach - Feng Shaolíng
Bleach - Unohana Retsu | Hound
Bleach - Kotetsu Isane
Bleach - Hinamori Momo
Bleach - Matsumoto Rangiku
Bleach - Kusajishi Yachiru
Bleach - Kurotsuchi Nemu

As people might notice, all names must be female. I'm not entierly sure why but I keep thinking of my ships as female.

Because I'm able to fly nearly any ship made in this game, I keep considering to add male names, but luckily thus far I keep finding more sources to add from...

[Senn Typhos]

I tried to think of ONE theme to give my ships, but I could never find something that fit every ship, while still being inclusive to the theme itself... snakes, canines, military terms, etc.

So I went with what I thought fit Senn best, a combination of harsh-sounding names pulled from all the themes I thought he'd approve of considering his rough, soldier-y past. Its a short list, but I'm proud of 'em all. Ship type, followed by its name:

Rifter - The Bastard
Thrasher - Blackjack
Caracal - Mean Bitch
Hound - Havoc
Cheetah - Geist

[Saede Riordan]

I make up my ship names that sound interesting, things that Nikita would name a ship.
I use the ACCV prefix in front of all of them, which stands for Angel Cartel Capsuleer Vessel

for ship names I have things like:
Nightmare Child
Cat's Claw
Clear Air Turbulence
Gravedancer
Spirit Darter
Iron Sunrise
Red Storm
Crucifix Glitch
Bad Air
Lighting Ghost
Radical Shift
Fate be Damned
Gunboat Diplomat
Revenge Sex
Shadow Aspect

[Mizhara]

My ships (Matari for the most part) often have names with bad weather incorporated into them. Stormbringer, Perfect Storm, Firestorm (after an RP event involving a lot of fire) and so on and so forth. I also have the (admittedly bad) habit of adding some kind of corp tag to it. While in DONIG I often used -DoN- before the shipname, and while in Du'uma Fiisi it was often -DFS-.

Gives me a tactical disadvantage, D-Scan wise, but it's part of the RP and I'll take that handicap.

[Hamish Grayson]

Harpy - Ocypete, Podarge, Celaeno, Aello, Nikothoe
Hawk - Grayhawke
Buzzard - Gray Bird, Scavenger
Raptor - Sting
Crow - Corvus, Jackdaw
Kitsune - Fox-Fire
Cerberus - Gray Mistress
Falcon - Gyrus
Rook - Noise Maker
Tengu - Karasu
Raven - Corax
Golem - P3Wx2
Charon - Haros
Chimera - Infinity

Dramiel - Uriel
Rifter - Scrapper, Drifter
Harbinger - Kaalakiota Sunstorm
Hurricane - Stormcrow
Bruitx - Brute Force
Megathron - Tyrant
Domi - Turannis

[Seriphyn]

Mostly Greek words translated from an appropiate English name...I forget most of these. All have the "FDS" prefix...for Federal Defence Ship.

Cynabal - Idyglossos
Vigilant - Agrypnos
Rupture - Katagremizo
Rifter - Diathesimos
Daredevil - Diabolos
Dramiel - Xedontiazomai
Brutix - Kochyli
Comet - Faros
Ares - Aetos
Myrmidon - Tsekouri
Ishkur - Dasotrygkas
PvE Ishkur - Dromeas
Thrasher - Polybolo
Vexor - Exorgisi
Dominix - Ekmidenisi
Hurricane - Anemostrobilos
Thorax - Sproximo

[Tacitrain]

Here are a few of mine.


The Ecstasy of Gold
Starlight Hunt
Temper Edge
Sable Flame
Banshee
Good Traveler
Insurance Fund
No Mercy
Malice
Mosquito
Fat Boy
Galaga
Free Radical
En Garde - phantasm

[Kazzzi]

I have a Drake named Draek. Been doing that for years. Now everyone I know spells it that way.

[orange]

It varies... I have Badgers named Trashaul for instance.

I tend to name replacement ships after the system where their predecessor was destroyed.

[Havvie]

I personally prefer poetic (alliteration ftw!) names for most of my ships. Internally I use an alpha-numeric serial code for cataloging purposes (which I'm not revealing).

For example:
Spirit of Apocrypha
Into that Ashen Wake
Elegance in Silence
Valiant Defender
Whisper in the Storm
Heaven can wait
Grey Skies
The Long Road Home

[Literia]

Some of the ship names I have are not rp relates some are.

Satan's Panties, Tuonetar's embrace, Tuonetar's embrace, Gehenna's Wake,  Amitiel's Grace, Isjungfrun, Ulciscor Tangia, Tuonetar's Kiss