Bummertown. This is my first open source project I've really broadcast to the world and I should have taken more time to research the name instead of just going for the first one that came into my head. Thanks for pointing that out!

How about "proton"?

What about a proper, useful name that hints to the functionality? "libhttepoll" (because built on epoll)?

Sooo boring.

Just kidding, I'd also welcome if more projects came up with sensible names that hint at what the program/library does.

It's happened way too many times to me that I saw a cool project with a generic name, and wanted to use it at a later time to make my own cool stuff. Of course, I'm then unable to look it up because the names get all mixed up, and I only rediscover it a few months later when it gets posted on HN again.

THIS. What is with the stupid single noun names that mean nothing? It may be trendy but it's useless..

How about compromise and call it "H+ ion"

Acid?