A machine is defined as anything that performs tasks with human intervention and makes our lives easier. We rely on machines to help us with what could possibly take us forever to do. You’re most probably reading this list on one right now!
Whether you’re looking for a techie name for your baby or for curious pets who love to play with your gadgets or equipment, this list of over 100 names that mean machine is for you! From sleek and modern to the nostalgically industrial, these names relate to the gears, circuits, and binary codes that power the modern age.
Boys’ Names That Mean Machine
These name ideas for baby boys might inspire the mechanic or inventor in them!
Benz
This name is inspired from the German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand Mercedes-Benz.
Chalmers
Chalmers is a boy’s name that is from the word chamber referring to a worker in inner rooms of mansions. This was also the name of an automobile company in the early 1900s known for their four- and six-cylinder automobiles.
Chrysler
This modern-sounding name is from the car engine Chrysler Hemi used by popular muscle cars in the 1960s.
Cogsworth
Cogsworth is the name of the talking clock in Disney’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Amusingly, a cog is defined as a wheel or a bar that makes a series of projections – like those at the back of clocks that make them run.
Elero
Elero is Yoruba word for someone who works with machines.
Ero
Ero means machine in Yoruba.
Ferrari
Inspired by Ferrari, another luxury car brand from Italy with engines that power the world’s fastest cars and have won world car racing championships.
Ford
Ford refers to a shallow part of rivers or streams. It is also the name of a popular car company Ford Motor Company known for their moving assembly line in creating their automobiles.
Gep
Gep is the Hungarian word for machine, and can be a short and unique name for a boy.
Hcaat
Hcaat means machine in Burmese.
Igwe
Igwe is Igbo for machine.
Inneal
Inneal is the Scots Gaelic word for machine.
Jaeger
Jaegers are the human-piloted mechs in the movie Pacific Rim. The name Jaeger means hunter or to hunt.
Kheuong
Kheuong means machine in Lao.
Kone
This unique name idea is from the Finnish word for machines.
Machanidas
Machanidas is derived from the Ancient Greek word that refers to machines, devices or tools. This was the name of a tyrant in Sparta in 3rd BCE.
Magneto
Magneto is the name of the antagonist in the Marvel’s X-Men franchise. Magnets have numerous uses in the industrial world including transforming mechanical energy into electricity.
Makinevan
Makinevan is the Kurmanji term for a machinist or someone who works with machines. This can also be a longer form for the more common name Evan.
Masheen
Masheen means machine in Hindi.
Mashin
Mashin is the word for machine in Yiddish and Mongolian.
Maskine
Maskine means machine in Danish.
Mechion
Mechion is a machine name idea inspired from a tech-company that produces lab and industrial-scale electrospinning machines and devices
Michani
Michani is the Greek word for machine.
Mochini
This adorable sounding name idea means machine in Sesotho.
Peiriant
Peiriant means machine in Welsh and can be a great and unique name idea for boys.
Ramjet
Ramjet is the name of an aero engine used in jets. Ramjets are known for enabling jets to go at supersonic speeds in the atmosphere.
Ratchet
Ratchet is a type of mechanical wrench and device. I think this will make a good name idea for a boy to inspire them to tinker with their imagination and creative curiosity.
Renault
The name Renault is another form of the French name Renaud which means advice or counsel. This is also the name of a French multinational car manufacturing company established in 1899.
Rocket
A name idea inspired by the rockets the world uses for space travel or as weapons. Rocket is also a cool sounding and rare name idea.
Rover
This name idea is inspired from Land Rover, a car engine and automobile company that started in 1885. The name Rover means wanderer.
Strider
Inspired from the mobile resource base and machine in the game Armored Core 6. Armored Core players get to design their mecha and pilot them through quests.
Stroj
Stroj means machine in Czech, Slovak and Slovenian.
Strojnik
Strojnik refers to a machinist in Czech.
Tomoki
Tomoki is a Japanese name for boys that means machine or machinery.
Tshuab
Tshuab means machine in Hmong language.
Vél
Vél is the Icelandic term for machine and would make a great unique short name for boys.
Yanthram
Yanthram means machine in Malayalam.
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Girls’ Names That Mean Machine
These name ideas that mean machine will fit any baby girl whose family loves to tinker machines, make innovative tweaks, and enjoys turning knobs and wheels.
Eureka
Inspired by Striker Eureka, the strongest human-piloted mech in the movie Pacific Rim. Eureka is also a celebratory exclamation in the discovery or successful invention of something, and would make an awesome machine name idea.
Imashini
Imashini is the word for machine in Kinyarwanda.
Inji
Inji means machine in Hausa.
Macchina
Macchina is Corsican and Italian for machine.
Machari
Machari possibly means mechanical breakthrough.
Magna
Magna means machine in Malteses.
Makina
Makina is the Basque and Filipino word for machine.
Mankana
Mankana is the Georgian word for machine.
Maquina
Means machine in Catalan and Galician dialects.
Mashiinka
Mashiinka is machine in Somali.
Mashina
Mashina is Russian for machine. In Ukraine, it is spelled Mashyna.
Mașinărie
Mașinărie is the Romanian way to say machine.
Masjien
Masjien means machine in Afrikaans.
Masyna
Masyna is Belarusian for machines.
Maszyna
Maszyna means machine in Poland. Maszyna is also a train simulator in Polish railways that allows people to practice driving trains.
Mazda
This machine name idea for girls is inspired from the Japanese car company Mazda.
Mercedes
Mercedes is a sweet-sounding girl’s name which means mercy. As a machine name inspiration, we’re referencing the famous luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz.
Mesina
Mesina is an Italian name that means barrel. This is also the word for machine in Bengali.
Mīkini
Mīkini is the Hawaiian word for machine.
Milina
Milina means machine in Malagasy.
Muchina
Muchina is the word for machine in the Shona language in South Africa.
Nissan
Inspired by another Japanese automobile company, Nissan would make a unique and modern name for a baby girl.
Škoda
Škoda is a unique name idea for girls inspired by Škoda Auto company based in the Czech Republic and is currently a subsidiary of Volkswagen.
Weena
Weena is a shorter form of Josephine, which is the name of the love interest of the main character in George Orwell’s The Time Machine.
Yantraya
Yantraya means machine in Sinhala. This is a great and subtle machine name idea for a girl.
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Gender-Neutral Names That Mean Machine
Check out these names that work for anyone and bring out the cool vibes of machines, blending tech with unique name ideas.
Aeolipile
Aeolipile is a name idea inspired by the first steam engine created.
Innealaiche
Innealaiche refers to someone who works with machines in Scots Gaelic.
Hemi
Hemi is a less popular form of the name James. It is also the trademark name of Chrysler Hemi engines.
Makine
Makine means machine in Albanian.
Maschinn
Maschinn is the Macedonian way to say machine.
Masina
Means machine in Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian and Lithuanian.
Masjinis
Masjinis refers to a machinist in Afrikaans language.
Matsuki
Matsuki is a gender-neutral Japanese name. It has many meanings including machines and devices.
Meaisin
Meaisin is the Irish term for machine and would make a unique and sophisticated name idea for both genders.
Mesin
Mesin means machine in Indonesian, Javanese, Malay and Sudanese languages.
Strojar
Strojar refers to a person working with machines in Croatia.
Subaru
Another machine name idea referencing a popular brand of automobiles. Subaru is a gender-neutral Japanese name meaning unity.
Thợ Máy
Thợ Máy is the Vietnamese word for a machinist.
Umatshini
Umatshini means machine in Xhosa.
Umshini
Umshini is the Zulu word for machine.
Name Ideas from Real Machines
These name ideas are inspired by real machines, each one reflecting the unique traits and innovation of its mechanical source.
Axle
The Wheel and Axle are among the earliest machines recorded that became fundamental for the invention of other machines. Rockstar and Guns N Roses vocalist Axl Rose is ahead of us in considering this would actually make a cool name idea. As a given name, Axle can also possibly be related to the Hebrew name Abshalom which means “my father is peace”.
Crane
The crane is an example of how simple machines can do wonders for mankind. Cranes are believed to have been created by the ancient Greeks and have been used since the 6th century BCE or earlier, probably providing leverage in the creation of huge buildings and architectures in ancient civilizations. Crane would make a great name idea as it exudes simplicity and usefulness.
Eniac
ENIAC is the acronym for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. It is one of the first computers invented and would become the great-great ancestor of modern and future machines. Eniac would make a cool unique name with a geeky meaning behind it.
Hadron
The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most powerful machine on Earth.
Heinkel
The Heinkel HeS 3 was the first jet engine to power an aircraft. Heinkel sounds like a posh and sophisticated name.
Holmdale
From the Holmdale Horn Antenna that helped in the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) that fills all space in the observable universe. The CMB is considered evidence of the Big Bang theory for the origin of the universe.
Hubble
Inspired by the Hubble Telescope launched in outer space in 1990. It is still in operation orbiting around the Earth and is still providing us clear views of the cosmos.
Otis
Almost every huge establishment has an elevator. The Otis Elevator Company is one of the earliest and the world’s largest elevator makers.
Thresher
You might also fancy Thresher as a unique and cool-sounding name. This name idea is inspired from the invention of the Harvester-Thresher in 1835. The Harvester-Thresher was a technological and agricultural breakthrough that remains to be of great help in farms until today.
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Famous Machine Inventors
Find a real life name inspiration from among the most successful inventors of their time whose contributions are still significant until today.
- Archimedes – He was an engineer and inventor in the 3rd BC. Archimedes is credited for inventing the pulley, the lever, the catapult, the cog and the Archimedes screw.
- Auguste and Louis Lumière – The Lumiere brothers invented the cinema and patented cinematograph.
- Clément Ader – Inventor of the aeroplane.
- Elias Howe – He invented the lockstitch sewing machine that was later on improved by Isaac Singer.
- Galileo Galilei – He designed and built his own telescopes to study the cosmos.
- Grace Hopper – Aside from coining the computer terms “bug” and “debugging”, Grace was among the inventors of the Mark I computer and invented the compiler that translates written language into computer codes.
- Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier – These brothers invented the hot air balloon.
- Jacob Christian Schäffer – Jacob is considered as the inventor of the first washing machine.
- Karl von Drais – Karl is the German inventor credited for developing the first bicycle which was called back then as the “swiftwalker”.
- Leonardo da Vinci – He drew plans and drafts mechanical looms, submarines, helicopters and more long before these were technically feasible.
- Maria Beasley – Maria is the hero and inventor who created the life raft. Her invention has saved thousands of lives including over 700 people when the Titanic sank.
- Maria Telkes – She designed the first solar heating system and her house was the first 100% solar-powered house.
- Nancy Johnson – Nancy invented the hand-operated ice cream maker machine.
- Nikola Tesla – He discovered the use of alternating current used in modern electric motors and remote controlled boats.
- Thomas Edison – He is credited for many inventions including the phonograph and the electric light bulb.
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Wrap Up – Names That Mean Machine
While no one can guarantee your baby will be into machineries, still these name ideas bear the significance of efficiency and creativity associated with machines. We hope you’ve enjoyed our list of names all about machines and the pride of being a mechanic able to tinker creations and inventions!
Which of these names appealed to you? Do you have machine name ideas that should be in our list? We’d love to hear from you in the comments!
Resource: The website Behind the Name is a fantastic resource for finding more names based on uniqueness, similarity to other names, and meaning.
