r/CloudFlare: Did I get lucky with my nameserver names?

Paul -
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This article archives a conversation, which took place in a subreddit post (original source linked below) and to which I contributed a solution or answer (with the u/MasterofSynapse handle), in a Q&A format.

Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/yjgvsq/did_i_get_lucky_with_my_nameserver_names/

Question

One of my nameserver names is my actual name. Did I just get very lucky, or is Cloudflare doing this, based on the account info? In any way, I think it's nice :)

Answer

The assignment is random, depending on the region your Cloudflare account resides in.

If you want to read the backstory of the nameserver names, here is the blog post from 2013 on that topic: https://blog.cloudflare.com/whats-the-story-behind-the-names-of-cloudflares-name-servers/