Project Code Names

Hey, has anyone had interesting project code-names that you’d like to share?

I’ll kick it off with a few:

  • Balvanie, Cardhu, Talisker, Glenfarclas, Bowmore (a product family - launches were fun!)

Luxor, Destiny (flagships)

Sonoma, Napa, Nagano

Xena, iCruiser, Whistle, Carlsburg,

the Visor, the Cylon (descriptive, because or the product look)

Matador (my favorite - from local bristol meatpie the client liked)

Ice-Nine.

Petrichor.

Kenny.

HardCandy

Is HardCandy a reference to the movie? If so, I’m curious who the target market was/is. Haha

Just thinking about the movie makes me wince a little bit.

Petricore is interesting… is there a meaning you can share?

Kenny - awesome!

HardCandy - edgy!

Some cool aviation code-names:

Skunk-Works
Aurora
Altair
Orion
Apollo
Mercury
Space-X Falcon & Dragon

Petrichor is the smell from hot asphalt after it rains.
‘Kenny’ literally looked like Kenny, with the hood.

Dieter
Jetson
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Vienna
Oslo
Voltron
River Rock
Sage
X-Ray

how about personal computer names (they’re ongoing projects, right?):

Brancusi
Giacometti
Loewy

that reminds me of another project code name too, for an actual desktop pc in 90s… “Blackhawk”
one more: “Monkey”