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This is the naming guide that ATT came up with.

Introduction
There are seven weapons which XV8 Crisis suits are named after. Two of them are special issue/experimental weapons and so can only be taken once (and not twin-linked). The others can be taken as many times as needed; bearing in mind that only two weapons can fire per turn and the average XV8 has a maximum capacity of three weapons.

Cyclic Ion Blaster: Ion
Airbursting Fragmentation Projector: Hail
Flamer: Soul / Heatwave / 4
Missile Pod: Fire / Deathrain / 7
Burst Cannon: Storm / Cloudburst / 5
Fusion Blaster: Forge / Sunforge / 8
Plasma Rifle: Knife / Burning Eye / 6

The first word is the name that the weapon corresponds to for mixed weapon suits, and XV8s that only possess one weapon. The second word is the name that the weapon corresponds to if the weapon is the only type possessed and is either twin-linked, doubled or a mixture of the two. The number at the end is the weapon’s strength value and is used to denote when a weapon is twin-linked or doubled.

Mixed Weapon Type
Often two different weapons will be taken together. These suits' names will be a combination of the names for both weapons. The list in the Introduction is also in a specific order. So, if you were to have a Crisis Suit with a Missile Pod and a Burst Cannon, the Pod is listed before the Cannon. As such, the name would be ‘Firestorm’. However, if you were to switch the Burst Cannon out for a Flamer, then the order would change, making the name ‘Soulfire’.

If twin-Linking a particular weapon, then add ‘-#’ after the name, with # being the number next to the weapon you want twin-linked. For example, a ‘Fireknife’ with a twin-linked Plasma Rifle would be ‘Fireknife-6’. If a Shas’o wanted to twin-link both weapons, then the number after the name would simply use both numbers, as in ‘Fireknife-67’, with the smallest number first.

If you choose to take two of a particular kind of weapon for the XV8, then simply add a ‘D’ before that particular number to identify that it’s been doubled. For instance, a ‘Soulforge’ with two Fusion Blasters would be ‘Soulforge-D8’. If a Shas’o wanted two of each weapons then the name would use both numbers with a ‘D’ before them both, as in ‘Soulforge-D48’, with the smallest number first. If the Shas’o decided to twin-link the Fusion Blaster instead, then the ‘8’ would appear before the ‘D’ and become 'Soulforge-8D4'

For various configurations, there are different names to those provided from the list of words in the Introduction. For all of these names, the last one is the most popularly used but it mainly comes down to personal preference.
Forgeknife/Helios: Fusion Blaster + Plasma Rifle
Ionknife/Centurion/Aurora: Cyclic Ion Blaster + Plasma Rifle
Bladestorm/Blinding Spear: Plasma Rifle + Burst Cannon
Soulfire/Soul Cleanse: Flamer + Missile Pod
Stormforge/Sunstorm: Burst Cannon + Fusion Blaster
Hailstorm/Thunderstorm: Airbursting Fragmentation Projector + Burst Cannon

Single Weapon Type
If the XV8 only has a single weapon, then it uses the first word from the Introduction for the corresponding weapon, with the word ‘-suit’ at the end. For example, an XV8 with a single Fusion Blaster would be a ‘Forgesuit’, and an XV8 with a single Flamer would be a ‘Soulsuit’.

There are also Crisis suits that only equip one type of weapon, but take multiples of this weapon; twin-linked, doubled or both. These XV8s use the second word from the Introduction list to signify a battlesuit with a single type of weapon that is twin-linked. To apply further distinction, you can add the weapon's number '-#' to the end of the name, showing that the weapon is indeed twin-linked, such as 'Cloudburst-5' or 'Sunforge-8' but this is not necessary.

If you take two of the same weapon (rather than twin-linked, as above), add a ‘-D’ to the end of the name instead of the number, such as ‘Deathrain-D’. If you want to take two weapons AND twin-link one of them, then add a the weapon number at the end, such as ‘Deathrain-D7'. If a Shas’o wants to take two of the same weapon and twin-link BOTH of them, add a ‘-X’ to the end of the name, like ‘Deathrain-X’.

Other Weapon Variations
Sunfire: Plasma Rifle + Missile Pod + Fusion Blaster

Standard practice is to use the names from the Introduction in the order given. For example, an XV8 with a Flamer, Burst Cannon and Missile Pod would be called a 'Soulfirestorm', or 'Soulfirestorm-5' if the Burst Cannon was twin-linked.

It is also possible to have no weapons at all on an XV8. In this case, the battlesuit is called a 'Supportsuit', although some Fio caste in the Coreward Marches call it a 'Commsuit'. A particular loadout where a Shas'vre possesses both a Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite and a Command and Control Node, is called a 'Raven'. A Shas'o with both a Multi-Spectrum Sensor Suite and a Command and Control Node, is instead called a 'Kingfisher'.

Examples
Helios: Plasma Rifle + Fusion Blaster.
Thunderstorm-5: Airbusting Fragmentation Projection + Twin-linked Burst Cannon.
Soulknife-D6: Two Plasma Rifles + Flamer.
Soulsuit: Flamer.
Burning-Eye-6: Twin-linked Plasma Rifle.
Deathrain-D: Two Missile Pods.
Sunforge-D8: Fusion Blaster + Twin-linked Fusion Blaster.

Commander Examples
Fireforge-8D7: Two Missile Pods + Twin-linked Fusion Blaster.
Fireforge-D78: Two Missile Pods + Two Fusion Blasters.
Fireforge-78: Twin-linked Missile Pods + Twin-linked Fusion Blasters.
Cloudburst-X: Two Twin-linked Burst Cannons.

I feel like this is probably more complicated than it's worth, but I can't argue it makes some pretty awesome names. Has my support if you care about such things.

It does come out with some nifty names, but I can't help thinking you could just use parts of each weapon name to do the same thing without players needing a new lexicon.

Flamer pod suit for a flamer and a missile pod. Plasma pod instead of fireknife, etc. You get some funny ones like Burst Blaster, although, you could just switch it to Fusion Cannon.

Well I do like this idea, it is pretty cool to name them but opponents won't really know what they mean haha.

It is a little bit confusing but that's okay still a cool concept!

Tbh I've always found the idea of naming XV8s kinda supurfolous, but to each their own I suppose.