Buying a WiFi router might not sound like most people’s idea of fun. Similar to buying a new toaster, you may have to replace it every couple of years or when you move to a new residence. Fun fact that you might not know: you’re actually unboxing an opportunity to showcase your personality and humor that can rival any novelty t-shirt or bumper sticker. People scrolling through Twitter or Reddit looking for suggestions to name their WiFi network are greeted by a community of users competing to show off their WiFi wit. Together with some amazingly corny WiFi memes, these names form a niche but often hilarious internet subculture.

Showcasing Personal Interests

WiFi names have grown into an art form thanks to their easy sharability on social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit, especially among people who enjoy corny internet-related puns. Others take it one step further by creating names dedicated to a particular fandom or names that are meant to play good-natured pranks on neighbors who are within range of their WiFi network. Whether it’s a name or a memorable phrase, it’s not hard to think of a name that can make you and your neighbors chuckle giving new meaning to the word “one-liner”.

Here are some of our favorites:

• Get Your Own WiFe
• Always Buffering
• Drop it like it’s Hotspot
• Keep it on the Download
• Abraham Linksys
• Bill Wi the Science Fi
• Dora the Internet Explorer
• Martin Router King
• Wam Bam Thank You Lan
• Winternet is Coming
• You Load Nothing, Jon Snow
• You Shall Not Password
• Accio Internet
• Dunder MiffLAN
• Luke, I am your Wi-Fi
• I Believe Wi Can Fi
• Silence of the LAN
• Byte Me
• Modem Family
• Benjamin FrankLAN
• Ludwig WAN Beethoven
• Wi-fi Art Thou Romeo
• Wi-Fry Chicken
• Password is Gullible

Passive Aggressive Communication

Modern condominium buildings have people living in very close quarters with their neighbors even though may not see or interact with each other in person. But people can definitely see their neighbors’ WiFi networks when they connect devices in their own units. This has created a fun and thoroughly modern dynamic where people use their WiFi name to send messages ranging from mildly passive-aggressive to fully offensive. While they may cause some uncomfortable elevator rides the next morning, they’re definitely hilarious to look at from a safe distance! We went to support a customer and during the RF scanning one neighbor had their WiFi name as “Your Dog Is Too Loud”.

When you’re using a WiFi router as powerful as the UniFi Dream Router, there’s a good chance that people are going to see the name of your WiFi network so why not have some fun and make it your own? We’re always looking for new fun  WiFi names – what’s yours?