# Need a name for my Kindle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545 "2010-12-17T19:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thegirlwholived](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@thegirlwholived](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegirlwholived)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/1 "2010-12-17T19:09:30Z")
I had to have my Kindle replaced…my son stepped on it (my fault for leaving it in my bag on the floor!) and the screen broke. My original Kindle was named “Hannah” after the main character in _The Reader_. I need a great name for the replacement. Something to do with great literature. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/2 "2010-12-17T19:16:05Z")
Hester Prynne because you’re cheating on your first Kindle? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/3 "2010-12-17T19:20:18Z")
I named mine Kindling. I’m not very clever. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/4 "2010-12-17T19:26:00Z")
Richards. After Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards. Or “Read” Richards. Or Burton after Lavar Burton on Reading Rainbow. If you’re a “Questionable Content” fan you could name it Marten. If you’re a Firefly fan you could call it Shepherd. Johannes after Johannes Gutenberg. (Sorry - nothing’s coming to mind from great literature.) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/5 "2010-12-17T19:31:29Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Hester Prynne because you’re cheating on your first Kindle? I like that! How about Molly, in honour of Molly Bloom’s great soliloquy in Ulysses? ---
**Author:** ![thegirlwholived](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@thegirlwholived](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegirlwholived)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/6 "2010-12-17T19:35:05Z")
I’m leaning towards “Snow Flower” because _Snow Flower and the Secret Fan_ is one of my favorite books. Thought it might be appropriate since the Kindle is white… ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/7 "2010-12-17T19:48:34Z")
If you are from Texas, you could call it the Texas Book Depository. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-kindle/564545/8 "2010-12-17T20:16:43Z")
I second Johannes, or Johan. Darn you, Munch! 🙂