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You know that Reddit is a treasure trove for just about anything - from serious questions about life to seeking workout advice to solving quantum physics problems to… funny WiFi names. Yup, that’s right, there’s a Reddit thread prompting people to share the funniest WiFi names they’ve seen, and well, it’s an incomparably joyous ride to read it! But what’s real joy if it isn’t shared with you, our dear readers?
Here’s what we did - we read each and every submission mentioning the best WiFi names that people saw (or named their own routers!) in this AskReddit thread, gathered the absolute best gems, and made a list so you could enjoy this rollercoaster ride of unique WiFi names.
And yeah, you might be thinking something along the lines of, "Even the best WiFi names are just what they are - names for an electronic device," but this is where you are wrong! They are a real reflection of their owner’s soul, a pearl of wisdom, and a cracking joke for anyone who sees them.
And it really doesn’t matter if you’re a punny names sort of a fellow or an all-about-pop-culture person, or even if you’re geeky and very proud of it; there’s always the perfect WiFi name for everyone.
Still uncertain? Well, in that case, there’s only one thing left that might convince you, and it is to scroll on down below, check out the hilarious WiFi names, and, hopefully, you’ll find the very same joy as we did when reading them for the very first (and then a second, and then a third) time!
Neighbor-Approved: 2025 Wi-Fi Name Ideas
- Cache Me Outside
- Packet to the Future
- Lag & Order: SVU
- Buffer the Vampire Slayer
- Router? I Hardly Know Her
- Bandwidth With Benefits
- DHC Please Be Kind
- Pings & Needles
- Very Stable Connection
- Stranger Pings
- Cat 6 & the City
- Wi-Files: Trust No One
- Route Awakening
- SSID Effects May Vary
- Ethernet Scissorhands
- CTRL+ALT+Delinquent
- Pingdom Hearts
- Slice of Pi-Fi
- LAN Rover
- Modem Family
- The Good, the Bad & the Wi-Fi
- 404 Network Unavailable
- Latency & Gentlemen
- Low Ping Theory
- Ghoul-Fi Only 🎃
- Trick-or-Router 🎃
- Haunted Hotspot 🎃
- Pumpkin Spice LAN 🎃
- Boo-Tooth 🎃
- Ghost in the Modem 🎃
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#1
"I was in the back of a bus and the wifi name was "Say Chicken Nuggets." I yelled "CHICKEN NUGGETS!" to the front of the bus. Someone replied "NO SPACES!" I didn't get it at first but after like 5 minutes I was like "wait...", put in "chickennuggets" for the password and I was in."
not your average weirdo 2 years ago (edited)
My hotspot name is “Yell ‘OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY!’ for password.” The password is “thosebastards!” 😁
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#2
"Guy walks into a bar and asks the bartender, 'what’s the WiFi password?' The bartender replies, 'you need to buy a beer first.' So the guy buys a beer, and asks again, 'what’s the WiFi password?' The bartender replies, 'you need to buy a beer first, all lowercase, no spaces or punctuation.'"
OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
We had a coffee shop near our uni which had changed it's wifi password, I asked the cocky bartender what the password was and he replied "Why'd you care?". It took me a second or two I'll admit, but I did get the password correct on the first try (all lowercase, no spaces)
#3
"I once renamed by Bluetooth "Aucun périphérique trouvé" which translates to "No device detected." Then 2 weeks later spent 45min cursing my phone for not being detectable, then it hit me, I've played myself."
#4
"We're not allowed to have our own routers on campus, so I named mine 'AT&T Mobile Hotspot'."
No Name 2 years ago
This douche is the reason the campus router flakes out so often. There's a reason they don't allow people to have their own routers: interference. If you're having issues with the campus router, complain to IT or get an ethernet cable. Don't offload your problems on 8 other neighbors.
Lil Miss Hobbit 2 years ago
I had a friend who named his after a printer. The school never found out.
#5
"'Wedonthavewifi.' Password was 'idontknow.' Hilarious when anyone asked him how to get on his WiFi. It was like a vaudeville routine."
A Schlosberg 2 years ago
At home our wifi is "i dont care" because I asked my wife what to name it
foryouwhynot IB 2 years ago
Similar to this, we changed ISP’s awhile back and the new one (being fiber) came with its own equipment. After our old provider closed out our service, I left the wireless router active and ‘open’ to all so you could connect to it but it didn’t have any connection on the backend and went nowhere…
#6
"My favorite was, 'Mom, click here for internet'."
Arlene Trani 2 years ago
I had my kids help me name ours when they were younger. To this day, my wifi is IslandOfMisfitToys.
#7
"I caused a small family panic when I named it "disconnected"."
#8
"I install internet etc. for a living. Best one I ever came up with was for the DeltaPhi sorority, DeltaWiPhi, they loved it."
#9
"My neighbors are rude jerks, so I call my network "Free Comcast [neighbors address]" and I obviously password protect it. My wish is that it drives them mad that there's internet with their address that they can't access... It's the small things in life."
aubergine10003 2 years ago
My upstairs neighbors are rude jerks who are bullying/harrassing me out of the apartment I've owned for 14 years. I don't check the WiFi often for my own mental health, but two of their recent names for their network have been "StopTalkingShitOrMyKidsGetDrums" and "IBetthatBitchVotedforTrump." Never mind that the whole building can see these and knows it's from them... needless to say, I'll be selling my place ASAP.
M Favaloro 2 years ago
I just moved to MO from Oregon. After I saw a neighbor had 'Let'sgoBrandon', I called mine ProChoiceAF. I'm 71yrs old & livin' life dangerously 😉
Edward Dwyer 2 years ago
I named my WiFi BigBaldBalls (serious and they are) in the hope that the female neighbors would wonder who it belonged to (not serious). Do NOT date or F your neighbors!
#10
"YoukidsgetoffmyLAN."
Printerman 2 years ago
Did one a lot like this a while back, but it was "GetOffMyWiFi" and the p/w was some variation of "hey you kids" with random characters for letters. Obviously not using that anymore.
#12
"I'm in a military barracks and my wifi name is 'NCIS surveillance van'."
Keller Worthen 2 years ago
My neighbor's used to be "NSA van 5" but recently changed it to "No laughing router"
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Paul Gerrard 2 years ago (edited)
I was staying in anchorage alaska across road from the fbi office. My phone detected two wifi networks. One was secured and was surveillance van 2 and the other was unsecured and somethink like fbi office. I didnt dare
Kathy Brandt 2 years ago
We used to be "FBI Surveillance Van" until we moved to Borg Street, now it's "Locutus"
Glenn Sawyer 2 years ago
I also had mine named IRS Surveillance Van 5, but by coincidence, the business next door got nailed for tax evasion a couple of months later. Ooops.
#13
'"$3.99 per minute' - that's my personal hotspot name always."
#14
"Mine's pretty classic: "Pretty Fly for a Wi-Fi"."
#15
"Mine is Panic! At the Cisco."
#16
"IsThisTheKrustyKrab. The password was 'nothisispatrick'."
#17
"My dad named our wifi Money Pit growing up. He was reluctant to have to pay for wifi as opposed to our dial up. He's gone now but I still name my own wifi Money Pit because of him. It makes me happy."
Michael Smith 2 years ago
I mean I guess you do pay for the WiFi unit but then it's paid for, it's the internet service it's connected to that your have a recurring charge for.
#18
"My SO changed our to "loading..." I'll never get back the time I put in to trying to fix it."
Erin813 2 years ago
I had dual band so I named one "loading...." and the other "searching..." Got some eye rolls from my teenagers about this. Made me chuckle though :)
Me. Just Me. 2 years ago
"Loading..." has been mine for years on my 5Ghz. I might have to borrow your "searching" idea!
Load More Replies... foryouwhynot IB 2 years ago
You mean your ex, right? Because anyone doing that much evil can’t possibly be loved!
#19
"When my grandma was getting her WiFi set up, we asked her what she'd say to people who asked for her WiFi. She said that she would tell them to "Go to Hell", so that's now her password. So whenever people ask for the WiFi password, she tells them, "Go to Hell"."
PunnyPanda 2 years ago
Lol, our password is "notchonachos", cause we write "notchos" on anything in the fridge we don't want the roommates to eat.
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#20
"For the longest time, I had my phones hotspot name as 'Police Surveillance Tricycle'. Turns out, its a good way to get some people paranoid and have others amused over the whole thing when having it active during classes."
bi_mushr00m 2 years ago
*snorts then starts choking for no apparent reason*
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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago (edited)
Tricycle lol. Now I have the image of a cop riding a tricycle around and trying to point surveillance equipment at people and I can't stop laughing.
Isaac Harvey 2 years ago
Real question: are you a police officer? Follow-up: are we supposed to believe that?
#21
"Mordor It was password protected. One does not simply log into Mordor."
RenaissanceWaffle 2 years ago
Is your password “Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?”
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oddly_informed_raven 2 years ago
Idea: name is TheBeaconsAreLit, password is gondorcallsforaid
#22
"Was at a church and some neighbour had “Jesus has left the building."
#23
Hershie23 said: "Tell My WiFi Love Her." maleorderbride replied: "I kinda wish the person responsible for that router updated the name regularly to fill everyone else in on how their relationship was going: 'Tell My WiFi Need More Space.'" 'Tell My WiFi Want Another Kid But Only If She's Okay With It.''' 'Tell My WiFi Want A Divorce.'"
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
'Tell my WiFi her bum does look big in that' 'Tell my WiFi I found her OnlyFans'
#24
"Connecto Patronum!"
Andrei Marentette 2 years ago
Was there a Ministry of Truth, Love, Peace and Plenty as well?
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A Wild Bean 2 years ago
This gives me an idea... wifi: "ISolemnlySwearI'mUpToNoGood," password: "MischiefManaged" (no, this is not my actual wifi, but it would be cool if it was)
#25
"Rebellious Amish Family."
#26
"I'm a fan of 'Bill Wi, the Science Fi.'"
#27
"Lordofthepings, password Lagoless."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Just kidding. I have absolutely no idea what this means…
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
omg. Geek status cemented. I read this and immediately LOL'd. Literally. Thank goodness I'm at home.
#28
"'Silence of the LAN' is a top contender for me."
#29
"I named mine “searching” it was super effective."
#30
"I set my house network as "McDonald's Free WiFi". My mother thought I legitimately got a WiFi plan from McDonald's. There is no McDonald's nearby."
Dumpster Fire 2 years ago
I cannot believe that I'm the first like on this.
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"Martin router king."
PurpleUnicorn 2 years ago
Only in the USA, most of the rest of us rhyme it with Luther
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#32
"I had a roommate that named ours Batlan and Login. I always thought that was clever."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
For those wondering, this is a reference to Clark Kent and his faithful photog Jeremy.
#33
"That's what she SSID."
#34
"I was at an airport and someone’s hotspot name was 'yell Nice rack for password'."
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I named my hotspot, "yell penis for password". But I can't claim originality, I saw it somewhere else first.
#35
"5G Coronavirus Test #1 Strength: 500%."
#36
"In my last apartment I named my wifi New England Clam Router, always liked that one."
#37
"I mean mine is "LAN Solo", which is pretty great."
#38
"HP-LaserJet-P1102W or any printer name really."
#39
"Cisco Inferno."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago (edited)
I see a Dante reference I upvote! Edit: Maybe it’s an OBLIQUE Dante reference…
#40
"I was in room 132 at my college dorm. I named it "Room 134's WiFi"."
#41
"Super slow. When I hovered over the wifi button in Windows, the pop-up said "Super slow Internet Access". I thought that was pretty cool."
#42
"Wu-Tang LAN."
#43
"A house on my street has one named “Hagrid’s Hut” and we passed a house once with one named “Get Your Own Damn WiFi”."
Lord Mysticlaw 2 years ago
One of our neighbours had "Get your own wifi" then another neighbour got "I got my own wifi".
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
In my old neighborhood there was one named "You're Not Invited"
#44
"Malware.exe."
#45
"Mine has been "Nigerian Scam Network" for years."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At a gym name your hotspot “yell STEROIDS ARE SHRINKING YOUR RAISINS MAN for password”
Eledore Massis 2 years ago
"401 Unauthorized" the main WiFi. "402 Payment Required" guest WiFi with simple website to login. "403 Forbidden" open wifi but you can only see other people on the 403. And then we have "404 Not Found" that doesn't accept connections 🤓.
#46
"When my brother was in the Air Force reserve, I went to his house one day and say his WiFi name was 'LAN of the free'."
#47
"I like mine. I have a dual-band router with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. They are named: Bees? Bees!"
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At a veterinarian’s office name your hotspot “yell A VAN FROM THE DELI PULLS UP OUT BACK DAILY for password”
#48
"My family were staying in Philadelphia for a couple days and were staying in a Airbnb apartment. One WiFi said “I know apartment number is an illegal Airbnb”. Other were just things like “potato salad” and random s**t."
#49
Seven_Dx7 said: "My wifi password for a while was 'ontherouter'. Hilarity ensued. The following password was 'itdidntchange'." wazzledudes replied: "My buddy has "thereisnopassword" as his password for the same reason."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
mygoldenretrieverissmarterthanyourhonorstudent is a perennial favorite.
Trista Evangelho 2 years ago
For a server at an old job, that we constantly forgot the password or were booted out, I finally changed the password to "Ple@se11," and every time after we needed to update the password we just chronologically change the # and kept the Ple@se. It worked!!!
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
When I first set up my router I was watching Caddy Shack. My password was "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts". Didn't last long because it was a pain when setting up new devices.
#50
"Dad, Click Here!"
#51
"Hide yo kids hide yo WiFi."
#52
"Mine is “VirusDistributionCenter”."
#53
'"Router? I hardly know her" was my all-time favorite."
WiggleJiggle (they/them) 2 years ago
As much as I might agree with you, please don’t make a funny post political.
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"Ours is 'low signal strength.'"
#55
"I live across the street from a church. Someone in our neighborhood had "Christianity_Is_A_Cult." Around the holidays they tend to switch it up."
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
My parents are super Christian and I once changed their wifi name to "satan666" because I knew they had no idea how to change it back.
#56
"My younger brother set his mobile hotspot to "Hot Singles in Your Area" and I'm never gonna get over it."
#58
"My neighbors in college had one called “Uncle Touchy’s puzzle basement”."
#59
"Mine was 'I am Iron LAN' for a while."
#60
"FBI Surveillance vehicle."
Lois Reese 2 years ago
SO overdone. That barely amusing 15 years ago. One of my neighbors still uses it. 🥱🥱🥱
#61
'"A senha é o telefone' which translates to "The password is the phone number". Turns out the password was in fact the phone number."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At the army recruitment office name your hotspot “yell REAL MEN JOIN THE NAVY for password”
Bobby 2 years ago
Completely unrelated, but I always heard marines in my family call it the"men's department" of the navy. Yet at building where we actually signed our enlistment contracts the bathroom signs coincidentally pointed in the sand direction as the navy and marine offices. Men's in the navy side women's on the marine
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"Mine is "The LAN of Milk and Honey"."
#63
"My dads a huge fan of the matrix and calls every router we’ve ever had the Nebuchadnezzar."
#64
"WiFightWhenItsClearWeHaveSuchAStrongConnection?"
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At the gun range name your hotspot “yell ARE YOU COMPENSATING FOR SOMETHING for password”
#65
"Password invalid, retry."
#67
"Im under your bed" and "I look at you while you are asleep."
WiggleJiggle (they/them) 2 years ago
Don’t you have six legs? Which pair of legs do the pants go on?
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#69
"Troy and Abed in the Modem."
#71
"'Chipotle Guest' there’s no chipotle near by."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At McDonald’s name your hotspot “yell I THINK I JUST SWALLOWED A ROACH for password”
#72
"My phone’s hotspot is 'Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine'."
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
At the doctor’s office name your hotspot “yell I HAVE HERPES BUT ITS NOT CONTAGIOUS for password”
#73
"'Fire Nation' because my folks are always fighting."
#74
"Mine is Aperture Science. I figure people who get it will chuckle, and those who don't, will just think someone has a business out of their place. I generally pair it with naming one of my electronics GlaDOS too."
Adam Vonder Ahe-Cossey 2 years ago
When I was in the military, our barracks wifi was named 'SKYNET'
#75
"Chance the Router."
#77
"Disconnected Connected, secured."
#78
"This LAN is my LAN."
Lois Reese 2 years ago
Not cool. I know eastern nations use pets for food, but don't fůcking rub that s**t in. Not. Cool.
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"I was driving around Europe the summer of 2008 and the only way I had to access the internet was through internet cafes or connecting my laptop to random open wifi's. One night I parked in a somewhat secluded area to sleep and got horny so I grabbed my laptop and did a wifi search. Found one at it was named "Sei nicht hier" meaning "Don't stay here" or "Don't be here".. Noped really fast away from that spot..."
#80
"My favorite is 'it's on the back of the router'."
#82
"'Go Back to California' when I had just moved to Texas (and had CA plates on my car still)."
Lois Reese 2 years ago
Dude, WTF is wrong with you? Seriously, I would like to know.
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"Password is ProtectYaNet."
#84
"NotaDoctor.99."
Jonathan Rice 2 years ago
I like to name my WIFI after, well, killer robots mostly. The first was HAL9000. I don't recall the exact order but it has also been Cylon, skynet, Cyberdyne Systems, Gort, Agimus, and currently it is Weyland-Yutani Corp. I am pretty sure there were one or two more in that vein. Once I had a couple of old wifi routers I wasn't using and I had several of them all broadcasting some of those SSID's at the same time. Funny thing is I just installed a new router, new SSID and now I read this post. Inspired.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago (edited)
This comment has been deleted just to be on the safe side.
#85
"A neighbour of mine had theirs called '2 girls, 1 router'."
#86
"My ISP is Cox so do with that what you will."
Erin Grant 2 years ago
My step dad named his CoxSuckers...he did not like that they were best option at the time.
#87
"8Hz WAN IP."
WiggleJiggle (they/them) 2 years ago
No offense, but Hitler jokes are really not good, he was a horrible person
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"You've got to kiss! Keep it simple, son!"
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Starbelly Eleven 2 years ago
Mine is "Alien Spacecraft." Whenever I log into my work computer it says, "Connected to Alien Spacecraft" and it gives me a lift every morning.
Laura Gillette 2 years ago
Back when I lived with roommates, my roommated named our wifi network "Blackbird" because she liked the Beatles song. The signal was basically nonexistent on the floor my bedroom was on, so we got a repeater, and I named the repeater network "Mockingbird". 😁
fair_weather_rose (she/they) 2 years ago
My neighbor's wifi name is Luca's House. Luca is her cat.
Starbelly Eleven 2 years ago
Mine is "Alien Spacecraft." Whenever I log into my work computer it says, "Connected to Alien Spacecraft" and it gives me a lift every morning.
Laura Gillette 2 years ago
Back when I lived with roommates, my roommated named our wifi network "Blackbird" because she liked the Beatles song. The signal was basically nonexistent on the floor my bedroom was on, so we got a repeater, and I named the repeater network "Mockingbird". 😁
fair_weather_rose (she/they) 2 years ago
My neighbor's wifi name is Luca's House. Luca is her cat.
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