List of Linux kernel names

Most of the Linux 2.6 and 3.x kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository.

Kernel Version	Name
1.3.51	Greased Weasel
–2.4.15	Greased Turkey
–2.6.1	none
2.6.2–2.6.3–2.6.4–	Feisty Dunnart
2.6.5–2.6.6–2.6.7–2.6.8–2.6.9	Zonked Quokka
2.6.10-rc1–2.6.10–2.6.11–2.6.12–2.6.13–	Woozy Numbat
2.6.14-rc1–2.6.14–	Affluent Albatross
2.6.15-rc6–2.6.15–2.6.16–	Sliding Snow Leopard
stable: 2.6.16.28-rc2–	Stable Penguin
2.6.17-rc5	Lordi Rules (Eurovision 2006)
2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17–	Crazed Snow-Weasel
2.6.18–2.6.19–	Avast! A bilge rat! (TLAPD 2006)
2.6.20-rc2–2.6.20–	Homicidal Dwarf Hamster
2.6.21-rc4–2.6.21–	Nocturnal Monster Puppy
2.6.22-rc3–2.6.22-rc4	Jeff Thinks I Should Change This, But To What?
2.6.22-rc5–2.6.22—	Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman!
2.6.23-rc4–2.6.23-rc6	Pink Farting Weasel
2.6.23-rc7–2.6.23–2.6.24–	Arr Matey! A Hairy Bilge Rat! (TLAPD 2007)
stable: 2.6.24.1–	Err Metey! A Heury Beelge-a Ret!
2.6.25-rc2–2.6.25–	Funky Weasel is Jiggy wit it
2.6.26-rc6–2.6.26–2.6.27–	Rotary Wombat
stable: 2.6.27.3–	Trembling Tortoise
2.6.28-rc1–2.6.28-rc6	Killer Bat of Doom
2.6.28-rc7–2.6.28–2.6.29-rc8	Erotic Pickled Herring
2.6.29	Temporary Tasmanian Devil
2.6.30-rc4–2.6.30-rc6	Vindictive Armadillo
2.6.30-rc7–2.6.30–2.6.31–2.6.32–2.6.33–2.6.34-rc4	Man-Eating Seals of Antiquity
2.6.34-rc5-2.6.34–2.6.35	Sheep on Meth
stable: 2.6.35.7–	Yokohama
2.6.36-rc8–2.6.36–2.6.37–2.6.38-2.6.39	Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs
3.0-rc1–3.0	Sneaky Weasel
3.1-rc2	Wet Seal
3.1-rc3–3.1	Divemaster Edition
3.2-rc1–	Saber-toothed Squirrel