# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SLChase425](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SLChase425](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SLChase425)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/21 "2009-12-04T00:55:27Z")
Ours is Johnny 5. He is named after the robot in Short Circuit. My name is Stephanie which is also the name of the girl in that movie. My husband is John…so we figured it was perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/22 "2009-12-04T03:02:09Z")
Roomba = Cat car. Just look on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI&feature=related) for the amount of cat videos where cats ride roombas ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/23 "2009-12-04T22:04:55Z")
[Kirby.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(Nintendo)) It’s a pun, because the Nintendo character has a sucking/inhaling power, and of course, there’s the Kirby line of vacuum cleaners. Kirby’s round like a Roomba too. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/24 "2009-12-04T22:10:07Z")
Variously, suckbot, Robomaid, or Maria (or Conchita). ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/25 "2009-12-04T22:12:21Z")
Nobody’s come up with Sucky? ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Old\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/26 "2009-12-05T02:25:45Z")
I would suggest J Edgar (Hoover is a verb to vaccum in the old country) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/27 "2009-12-05T08:15:48Z")
How about Vroomba? From a Simpson’s episode, how about Malevolent Evil? Give it a mushroom top and call it Goomba. Try not to stomp on it. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/28 "2009-12-05T13:15:38Z")
Carp Goldie for a bottome feeding goldfish. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/29 "2009-12-05T20:20:32Z")
Suck-O ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/30 "2009-12-05T22:40:17Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Roomba = Cat car. > > Just look on [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTxW3GWZ5hI&feature=related) for the amount of cat videos where cats ride roombas FAU=Feline Amusement Unit. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/31 "2009-12-05T23:53:08Z")
First one was Puck, current one is Rags but thought about Mopsie, Rosie and Sonny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/32 "2009-12-07T23:21:23Z")
Uriah [Heep] – a Dickens character known for his unctuous displays of humility (who was proven to be covetous, deceptive, and a most unreliable worker, so watch out!) Pleco – short for plecostomus. Fresh-water aquarium enthusiasts can vouch for the bottom-scum-feeding abilities of this species. Alternatively, catfish, loach, carp, just the generic “bottom feeder,” etc. Homer – for Homer Simpson, who tends to eat impulsively and compulsively anyway, but esp. WRT the “Treehouse of Horror” episode in which he succombs to the extraterrestrial blob and becomes a monstrous, green Blob/Homer, devouring Springfield. Sedaris – for David Sedaris, the comic writer. Before he hit it big as a writer and NPR contributor, Sedaris used to work as a housecleaner – because he liked the work (he’s got OCD, IIRC, and was something of a compulsive cleaner anyway). I guess the suitability of this name depends on whether you find your Roomba funny, and how you feel about Sedaris’ writing! ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173/33 "2009-12-07T23:41:42Z")
I have a cousin who loves hers and named it Stella. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-roomba-vacuum/516173.md?page=1)