When I asked for input in choosing a domain name, instead of some combination of family name and initials the house name was suggested.

On reflection this seemed appropriate:

A house is a dwelling on a by-way, usually the focus for a micro-community, typically a family. For most places and times it was known to the world -connected if you will- by its street address.

For my parents generation and beyond this connection was augmented by a phone number or two and later, perhaps, a fax. For the last decade we have had email.

Now, and increasingly in the future, a home can have a virtual presence on a cyber by-way.