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Planet names (Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn , etc etc) or Chemical elements name (Sulfur, Sodium, etc etc)
That led to memorable names such as Mars, Venus, Pluto and Ganymede that didn't conflict much with other namespaces.
e.g. lon1prodapp001, lon1testdbs001, nyc1testweb001
And here's a regex that describes it: http://rubular.com/r/rdEZU9qJ6L
I hate meaningless server names. It's cute for the first 3 but once you're over 10 you won't remember the difference between the 'obsidian' and 'sovite' servers. Which one is production and which one is dev test again?
At least with a logical naming scheme, you'll have a reasonable idea whether you're even on the right server or not.