YES YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS

I don’t think any explanation is needed here. However, let me add that if you later decide to change a name (to something sensible like you should have chosen in the first place), you are going to be amazed at the amount of pain awaiting you. No matter how easy the manuals suggest it is to change a name, you will find that lots of obscure software has rapidly accumulated which refers to that computer using that now-ugly name. It all has to be found and changed. People mailing to you from other sites have to

Source: RFC 1178 – Choosing a name for your computer

This is good knowledge to have when making use of this here site.