Okay this is a bit of a lightweight topic, but I wonder if anyone else is doing what I do. I name all of my ships after Tangerine Dream albums from the early years: Phaedra, Hyperborea, Ricochet, Stratosfear, Force Majeure, White Eagle, etc.
Oh and the music itself is perfect for Eve.
Discuss. 
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Doctrine ships I prefix with one of !@#$%& followed by its type. Boring, I know.
Non-doctrine ships have more whimsical names such as:
Super Shrimp: Vexor, VNI,
Myrmurs,
Bug (or Splattered Bug) Tristan,
Ugly, Massy, Messy Massy: Mastodon.
Trashcan, Ratcan: Typhoon,
No, it’s all good. This is just a game and we SHOULD be finding ways to enjoy this game in as many ways as possible.
Mine is “Gen 5 II” for example, where the ‘5’ is what generation of ship build it is and the ‘II’ is how many KM’s I have. Most of my ship builds evolve over time until I settle on one or two.
Free intel is bad (good naming convention won’t mean anything to anyone else though so meh). I call my ships by their hull name. I append NoRigs on when I’ve not yet fitted rigs to the hull, in order to prevent embarrassing lossmails, but rename the ship when I fit the rigs.
I name all my ships Mr Epeen.
Mr Epeen 
I wish there was a way to name your ships separately in station than what it shows your ship name undocked. I name mine according to the fit and loadout and I’d rather not give away intel that way.
Right click, Set Name
I actually dont. For example in case of Dildomatic Shuttle I was playing with words Diplomatic Shuttle that was given out some time ago. But in other case its a name of a character - Segata Sanshiro.
Whatever you name your ship in the hangar, it automatically names while undocked, and vice versa. I want a particular ship to show a certain name while in the hangar but a completely different name while undocked. And no, I don’t want to have to change the name of it every time I undock…
The answer is no. That’s not possible.
123 111 112 kind of that don’t care about names much
But vnis I name bot1 bot2 etc to piss ppl off
I only name my ships when something strikes me. I have a T1 freighter named “Gestaltic Embrace”, paired with a Tayra named “Larger Infinity.” My Sunesis is named “Pocket Titan.” 
Mine are all named after Current 93 songs 
Mostly I go by the IJNAS short system of designations, but adjusted for Caldari corps and weapon types.
“Do you like my fit?”
For PVP ships, names that say in Japanese if the fit is armor/ship, kitey/brawler, and solo/fleet. For example, Yoroi Teppoh Saizo for an armor kitey fit solo ship.
Yoroi - Japanese for armor
Teppoh - Japanese for gun or rifle
Saizo - a character in old samurai movies who always heads down the road alone in the end
For PVE ships that might live longer than a day, mostly Parliament/Funkadelic song names:
Flashlight
Bride of Funkenstein
Atomic Dog
Motor Booty Affair
Bop Gun
Cosmic Slop
Mothership Connection
Gloryhallastoopid
Placebo Syndrome
Mr. Wiggles
Rumpofsteelskin
Funkadelic? what is that?
It’s Parliament’s sister band.