# names for Roomba vacuum **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173 "2009-11-03T16:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/1 "2009-11-03T16:38:25Z")
I bought my first home yesterday and ordered a Roomba for it today. I need to come up with a name for him/her. I got one for my parents 2 years ago and my dad named him Jack, after the robot in Gears of War. The main character in GoW would saw “Jack, rip this door” and the robot would use a blowtorch to cut a door open. My dad likes to say “Jack, clean this floor” and he’ll push the clean button. Anyone have a clever name i could give to my bundle of joy when it arrives? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/2 "2009-11-03T16:53:30Z")
I’m boring, I just call him (yes, mine’s apparently male) “Roomba.” One Roomba owner refers to hers as [J. Alfred Proomba](http://tomatonation.com/?p=844) at one point (hilarious story, btw), but that’s a tad wordy. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/3 "2009-11-03T16:56:38Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I’m boring, I just call him (yes, mine’s apparently male) “Roomba.” Wouldn’t that make him Roombo? Roombo, that’s not bad… ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/4 "2009-11-03T17:26:00Z")
Ours got named [John Henry](http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/John_Henry). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/5 "2009-11-03T21:05:55Z")
[Rosie.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Y8m29ZLX5ag/STD63NkC1fI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/Ckpp-8ieYro/s400/JETSONS+COLOR+6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/6 "2009-11-03T22:48:43Z")
I just got a roomba too. I love mine, but likely will not give it a name. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/7 "2009-11-03T23:52:16Z")
my roomba is roo and the scooba is scooby. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/8 "2009-11-04T00:00:49Z")
Sucky? Zephyr? Aeolus? Some other wind name? Brian ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/9 "2009-11-04T00:37:19Z")
Paul ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/10 "2009-11-04T00:56:46Z")
I am soooooo jealous. Now I will have to start naming my imaginary, future Roomba. how about … Dog? (always picking up crumbs) or Felix (from the Odd Couple) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/11 "2009-11-04T01:01:52Z")
I was going to suggest Rosie, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/12 "2009-11-04T01:21:51Z")
Mine is Zoomba the Roomba. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/13 "2009-11-04T02:22:45Z")
My mama’s is called Flora. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/14 "2009-11-04T03:34:26Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Paul I do kinda like this. “Paul” is so simple and it kinda makes me laugh to look at a roomba and think “Paul” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/15 "2009-11-04T03:54:26Z")
If I had one I’d probably call him Mr. Monk or just Cleany. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/16 "2009-11-04T04:49:09Z")
We just call ours ‘the robot’. Mostly when we are reassuring the dog that he is higher in the pack hierarchy than the robot is. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/17 "2009-11-04T06:30:56Z")
“Robbie” and “Robina”. Oh. You said “clever”. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/18 "2009-11-07T20:31:48Z")
Currently, ours is doing the dreaded “circle dance” so right now, its name is “Bad Roomba!” I am going to try the can of compressed air and spray under the sensors later today and see if that fixes the problem. Otherwise, we’re still trying to find a name, but just call it “Lil’ Roomba” for the time being. We’re waiting to see it grows up to look more like his side of the family or mine. (It does sound a little like my Aunt Jo - she too used to say “uh oh” whenever something bad would happen.) ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/19 "2009-11-08T01:54:37Z")
Slave 1 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/20 "2009-11-08T02:41:33Z")
Sonny. From I, Robot. “One day they’ll have secrets, one day they’ll have dreams.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173.md?page=2)