# I need a name! For an island. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330 "2010-12-25T02:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/1 "2010-12-25T02:13:49Z")
The title pretty much says it all. I need a name for an island. Something dark and foreboding, inspired by hellish coral reefs and dark, claw-like cliffs. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/2 "2010-12-25T02:50:40Z")
No ideas, but I always thought “Nomanisan Island” was a funny gag on _The Incredibles_. Thank you, John Donne! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/3 "2010-12-25T02:58:41Z")
**Babale** , where is it to be located? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/4 "2010-12-25T02:59:37Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > The title pretty much says it all. I need a name for an island. Something dark and foreboding, inspired by hellish coral reefs and dark, claw-like cliffs. For some reason your questions brought back a memory of a bad date from the '70s. He took me to a drive-in movie that was playing _It’s Hot on Sin Island_ Soft porn is not what one wants on a first date. As far as your foreboding island, all I can come up with is Charon. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/5 "2010-12-25T03:08:19Z")
I first thought of R’lyeh, but that’s too obvious. Derleth, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/6 "2010-12-25T03:09:54Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **Babale** , where is it to be located? Since it is an island, one can assume it would be in a body of water. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/7 "2010-12-25T03:13:47Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Since it is an island, one can assume it would be in a body of water. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/8 "2010-12-25T03:19:23Z")
For the cliffs, maybe Scylla Island? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/9 "2010-12-25T03:23:03Z")
Isle of Lucie. (With a nod to _Super Chicken_.) Donzerleigh. It could have a lighthouse, which is known as Donzerleigh Light. Hideous Mutant Island. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/10 "2010-12-25T03:34:46Z")
Scar Island Risk Island Hazard Island Crisis Island Obscurity Island Pitfall Island (even though that sounds like a _Choose Your Own Adventure_ book) Ambush Island Lurk Island Fortification Island Colonnade Island Precarious Island ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/11 "2010-12-25T03:59:33Z")
Hmmm. How about: Lost Hope Island Forbidden Island Purgatory Island Cerberus Island Sheol Island Erebus Island Devastation Island Blackbeard’s Island Woeful Island Isle of Woe Isle of Sorrows Tartarus Island Avernus Island Inferi Island Clymenus Island Ruinous Island Isle of Despair ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/12 "2010-12-25T04:05:56Z")
Scab Island Lich Island or Lychgate Island Sangre Island Toten Island Wollstonecraft Island ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/13 "2010-12-25T04:39:20Z")
Badascaria ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/14 "2010-12-25T04:53:41Z")
The island is in the southern pacific. Lost Hope sounds good, with a story about how Cook ran out of food and thought his ship was doomed and then, after sailing past, reached Australia. Other names about loss of hope are welcome. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/15 "2010-12-25T05:16:17Z")
Desolation Island Barricade Island Island of Clouded Shores Murky Island Blistered Island ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/16 "2010-12-25T05:54:00Z")
Cheney Island. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/17 "2010-12-25T06:04:33Z")
Sanguine Isle? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/18 "2010-12-25T06:52:31Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Cheney Island. With a rare species of tree porcupine best known for shooting quills into your face? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/19 "2010-12-25T08:05:09Z")
Peninsula Island ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330/20 "2010-12-25T08:10:39Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Peninsula Island Isthmus Lake The Pine Tree Desert Dry River [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-name-for-an-island/565330.md?page=2)