List of Linux kernel names
Most of the Linux 1.2 and above kernels include a name in the Makefile of their source trees, which can be found in the git repository.
| Kernel Version | Name |
| 1.2.0 | Linux '95 |
| 1.3.51 | Greased Weasel |
| 2.2.1 | Brown Paper Bag |
| 2.4.15 | Greased Turkey |
| 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 |
| 2.6.17-rc6–2.6.17– | Crazed Snow-Weasel |
| 2.6.18–2.6.19– | Avast! A bilge rat! |
| 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! |
| 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-rc1–3.2–3.3–3.4–3.5– | Saber-toothed Squirrel |
| 3.6-rc7–3.6–3.7— | Terrified Chipmunk |
| 3.8-rc6–3.8–3.9–3.10– | Unicycling Gorilla |
| stable: 3.8.5– | Displaced Humerus Anterior |
| stable: 3.9.6– | Black Squirrel Wakeup Call |
| stable: 3.10.6– | TOSSUG Baby Fish |
| 3.11-rc1–3.11 | Linux for Workgroups |
| 3.12-rc1– | Suicidal Squirrel |
| 3.13-rc1 | One Giant Leap for Frogkind |
| 3.14-rc1 | Shuffling Zombie Juror |
| 3.18-rc3 | Diseased Newt |
| 4.0 | Hurr durr I'ma sheep |
| 4.1.1 | Series 4800 |
| 4.3-rc5 | Blurry Fish Butt |
| 4.6-rc6 | Charred Weasel |
| 4.7-rc1 | Psychotic Stoned Sheep |
| 4.9 | Roaring Lionus |
| 4.10-rc5 | Anniversary Edition |
| 4.10-rc6 | Fearless Coyote |
| 4.17-rc4 | Merciless Moray |
| 4.19 | "People's Front" |
| 4.20-rc4–5.0 | Shy Crocodile |
| 5.2-rc2 | Golden Lions |
| 5.2 | Bobtail Squid |
| 5.4-rc2 | Nesting Opossum |
| 5.4-rc5 | Kleptomaniac Octopus |