random heroku-like name generator

haiku

haiku = ->
  adjs = [
    "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
    "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
    "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
    "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
    "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
    "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy",
    "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
    "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
    "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
  ]
  nouns = [
    "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
    "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
    "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
    "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
    "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
    "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
    "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
    "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
    "frog", "smoke", "star"
  ]
  rnd = Math.floor(Math.random()*Math.pow(2,12))
  "#{adjs[rnd>>6%64]}_#{nouns[rnd%64]}"
console.log haiku()

I made a bookmarklet out of this which generates a name and copies it to your clipboard. https://gist.github.com/nwjlyons/61b6c5680c53d7da8baf7245aac7a970

Only tested in Chrome Version 51.0.2704.103 (64-bit) on OSX

Jut found this and love it. I forked it and made it work in R.

In PHP

<?php

$adjs = [
    "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
    "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
    "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
    "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
    "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
    "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy",
    "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
    "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
    "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
 ];

$nouns = [
    "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
    "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
    "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
    "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
    "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
    "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
    "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
    "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
    "frog", "smoke", "star"
];

function generate_name($adjs, $nouns, $separator='-') {
    $num  = intval(rand(2,3)*pow(5,5));
    $adj  = $adjs[array_rand($adjs, 1)];
    $noun = $nouns[array_rand($nouns, 1)];
    return $adj.$separator.$noun.$separator.$num;
}

echo generate_name($adjs, $nouns);

In Bash (with shuf):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

ADJS=(autumn hidden bitter misty silent empty dry dark summer icy delicate quiet white cool spring winter patient twilight dawn crimson wispy weathered blue billowing broken cold damp falling frosty green long late lingering bold little morning muddy old red rough still small sparkling shy wandering withered wild black young holy solitary fragrant aged snowy proud floral restless divine)

NOUNS=(waterfall river breeze moon rain wind sea morning snow lake sunset pine shadow leaf dawn glitter forest hill cloud meadow sun glade bird brook butterfly bush dew dust field fire flower firefly feather grass haze mountain night pond darkness snowflake silence sound sky shape surf thunder violet water wildflower wave water resonance sun wood dream cherry tree fog frost voice paper)

sample() {
  eval "echo \${$1[\$RANDOM%\${#$1[@]}]}"
}

printf "%s-%s-%s\n"   \
       $(sample ADJS) \
       $(sample NOUNS)\
       $(shuf -i 1000-9999 -n1)

JavaScript / Node

adjs = [
  "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
  "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
  "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
  "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
  "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
  "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "wobbling", "shy",
  "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
  "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
  "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"
]
nouns = [
  "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
  "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
  "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
  "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
  "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
  "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
  "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
  "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
  "frog", "smoke", "star"
]

var adj = adjs[Math.floor(Math.random()*adjs.length)];
var noun = nouns[Math.floor(Math.random()*nouns.length)];
var name = adj + '-' + noun + '-' + randomInt(1, 999);
console.log(name);

function randomInt (low, high) {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (high - low) + low);
} 

ES6 🙃

const adjs = [
  "autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark",
  "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter",
  "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue",
  "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green",
  "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old",
  "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "wobbling", "shy",
  "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary",
  "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine",
  "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless",
];
const nouns = [
  "waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning",
  "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter",
  "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook",
  "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly",
  "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness",
  "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder",
  "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun",
  "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper",
  "frog", "smoke", "star",
];

const random = (high) => Math.floor(Math.random() * high);

const adj = adjs[random(adjs.length)];
const noun = nouns[random(nouns.length)];
const num = random(1000) + 1;

console.log(`${adj}-${noun}-${num}`);

restless-wind-659
little-darkness-664
lively-shadow-57

Elixir version :)

defmodule HerokuNameGen do
  @adjectives ~w(autumn hidden bitter misty silent empty dry dark summer icy delicate quiet white cool spring winter patient twilight dawn crimson wispy weathered blue billowing broken cold damp falling frosty green long late lingering bold little morning muddy old red rough still small sparkling shy wandering withered wild black young holy solitary fragrant aged snowy proud floral restless divine)
  @nouns ~w(waterfall river breeze moon rain wind sea morning snow lake sunset pine shadow leaf dawn glitter forest hill cloud meadow sun glade bird brook butterfly bush dew dust field fire flower firefly feather grass haze mountain night pond darkness snowflake silence sound sky shape surf thunder violet water wildflower wave water resonance sun wood dream cherry tree fog frost voice paper)

  def run do
    "#{Enum.random(@adjectives)}-#{Enum.random(@nouns)}-#{(:rand.uniform(9000) + 1000)}"
  end
end

Rust version!

extern crate rand;
use rand::prelude::*;

fn main() {
  let mut rng = thread_rng();
  let adjectives = ["autumn", "hidden", "bitter", "misty", "silent", "empty", "dry", "dark", "summer", "icy", "delicate", "quiet", "white", "cool", "spring", "winter", "patient", "twilight", "dawn", "crimson", "wispy", "weathered", "blue", "billowing", "broken", "cold", "damp", "falling", "frosty", "green", "long", "late", "lingering", "bold", "little", "morning", "muddy", "old", "red", "rough", "still", "small", "sparkling", "throbbing", "shy", "wandering", "withered", "wild", "black", "young", "holy", "solitary", "fragrant", "aged", "snowy", "proud", "floral", "restless", "divine", "polished", "ancient", "purple", "lively", "nameless"];
  let nouns = ["waterfall", "river", "breeze", "moon", "rain", "wind", "sea", "morning", "snow", "lake", "sunset", "pine", "shadow", "leaf", "dawn", "glitter", "forest", "hill", "cloud", "meadow", "sun", "glade", "bird", "brook", "butterfly", "bush", "dew", "dust", "field", "fire", "flower", "firefly", "feather", "grass", "haze", "mountain", "night", "pond", "darkness", "snowflake", "silence", "sound", "sky", "shape", "surf", "thunder", "violet", "water", "wildflower", "wave", "water", "resonance", "sun", "wood", "dream", "cherry", "tree", "fog", "frost", "voice", "paper", "frog", "smoke", "star"];

  let adjective = adjectives[rng.gen_range(0, adjectives.len())];
  let noun = nouns[rng.gen_range(0, nouns.len())];
  let id = rng.gen_range(1000, 9999);

  println!("{}-{}-{}", adjective, noun, id);
}