# What shall I name my new iMac? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441 "2009-04-17T17:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/1 "2009-04-17T17:06:56Z")
I got a 24" iMac (which is probably going back today, perhaps for replacement, due to the nasty crashing problem that’s staring to be associated with the ATI 4850 cards). In any case, though I waited 6 weeks for delivery, I didn’t give any thought to it’s _name_. I’ve always named my macs. My current Macbook is called Yggdrasil, and of course that makes my iphone Odin. I like mythical names a lot. The iMac seems to be male, powerful, and stunningly beautiful (and perhaps a bit fickle or disingenuous, but maybe not). Any ideas for a fitting name? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/2 "2009-04-17T17:31:47Z")
Not to be too obvious, but Apollo fits the description ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/3 "2009-04-17T17:45:29Z")
I call my Mac “Bud” when it works for me, and “Piece Of Shit” when it doesn’t. It works 99.9% of the time though so I rarely have to use its, ehm, last name. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/4 "2009-04-18T03:25:12Z")
if you want to stick with the Norse thing, [Baldr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr) is a lot like Apollo: > [@](#): > > The second son of Odin is Baldur, and good things are to be said of him. He is best, and all praise him; he is so fair of feature, and so bright, that light shines from him. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/5 "2009-04-18T05:43:55Z")
> [@Kalypso](#): > > I’ve always named my macs. My current Macbook is called Yggdrasil, and of course that makes my iphone Odin. I like mythical names a lot. The iMac\*\* seems to be \*\*male, powerful, and stunningly beautiful (and perhaps a bit fickle or disingenuous, but maybe not). Any ideas for a fitting name? I dunno, I just thought of \*\*[Teiresias](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias)\*\*first. Or why another another good name from classical antiquity, like Homer, Odysseus, Ajax, Agamemnon, or even maybe Hermes or maybe Dionysus. Then again, I named my ipod Raphael. Because I like Classical Painters. And Emotionally distant mutated Ninja Turtles. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/6 "2009-04-18T21:18:31Z")
Narcissus? (C’mon - modesty isn’t really something you can attribute to Macs) For some Norse names, you might consider Baldur (“shining day” - Norse god of light and peace), Forseti (“promise” - Norse god of Justice), Heimdall (“world brightener” - Norse guardian of the gods) or Tyr (“Glory” - Norse god of War) ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/7 "2009-04-19T01:38:54Z")
I was leaning toward Ganymede, because it’s just so dang gorgeous. I like Loki, but I didn’t want it to live up to its name. Narcissus is great, and I like the god Baldur, but not the sound of the word. Another friend of mine suggested Freyr as fitting, another one that I like the god but not the word. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-i-name-my-new-imac/493441/8 "2009-04-19T03:42:17Z")
Thor? Steve?