Cockroach: Change the name!

[niyazpk]

CockroachDB is not a good name. You have a great product going on here. I think the name is going to be a big hindrance for adoption.

I cannot suggest my team to evaluate CockroachDB for our use-cases without people flinching their face hearing the name. I'd like people to evaluate the DB for its merits, but that becomes difficult if they associate the product with low-quality, even before the evaluation because of the name.

[UnnoTed]

There are some people complaining about the name...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7823076
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13660987

EDIT: here are some of them

jacquesm 993 days ago [-]

That's a funny name for a database. At least you'll know that whoever uses it does not use it for its buzzword value.

limsup 993 days ago [-]

I assume it's called this because a cockroach can supposedly survive a nuclear attack. But it's a bad name. It does not invoke good feelings.

orasis 993 days ago [-]

Change the name. I get the joke, but it has an emotionally negative connotation that bosses will hate.

candybar 993 days ago [-]

As for the name, which I agree is problematic as is, how about EntomoDB for entomos (insect)?
Edit: It's not problematic if success is not an objective. But if it is, choosing a name with such strong established negative connotations is not wise.

[crudbug]

RoachDB !

[wendigo]

CouchDB - you're lazy dev, MySQL - selfish, Oracle - too much Matrix... :trollface:

I really like CocroachDB name. Sounds pretty badass 😎

[vivekmenezes]

yeah we know what happened to python the language too! Thanks for considering us for adoption but changing the name is not an option. Thanks

[impredicative]

@vivekmenezes Not an option? Is it prohibited by the laws of physics? I think not. I wait years to check this db given its questionable name. I'm ashamed to even ask my boss to evaluate this database given the name.