Involve Ton in this discussion,The problem: Eventually most modifiers will be node-based, so naming this new modifier "Nodes" will get outdated pretty quickly.
Proposed names for the modifier:
#### Empty
It's fairly descriptive, since the node tree simply connects the modifier Input to an Output, without any effect.
Problem: It could be associated with the Empty object type. Like some sort of Hook.
#### Blank
Descriptive. Same as Empty but without the connotation of Empty objects. make sure he is happy with the decisionGrease Pencil has a similar concept of adding a Grease Pencil object without strokes (`Add -> Grease Pencil -> Blank`)
#### Container
Just throwing it out there.