How did you name your animals?
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Do you really want to hear ALL my pets names? lol
Dogs:
Harrison Hans-Harrison was the street we got him on. And we wanted a Swedish middle name, so Hands.
Elliot-My brother's middle name.
Daggett-Named after Daggett from the Angry Beavers
Cartman-Eric Cartman from South Park
Charlotte-I liked the band Good Charlotte at the time
Prince Peanut-I honestly have no idea lol
Jannah-Named after our two dachshunds we lost that year, Hannah and Janet
Bjorn-Means bear in Swedish, and he looked like a little bear!
Rees-esitate-She was pretty much smothered by her mother. lol Reese for short.
Bob-When he was at the vets with parvo, before we were even going to keep him . They asked us his name..Well he didn't have one, so we just said Bob..and it stuck
Lucy-Lucy from 50 first dates
Cats-
Marilyn-No reason really
Katie-Liked the name
Morris-The 9 lives cat
Rocky-I don't know, just stuck out
Bubbles-Power Puff Girls
Scooby-Scooby doo!
Barry-Barry Manilow
Lola-Lola the show girl from Barry Manilow's song, Copacabana (my moms a big fan)
Lasagna-The P.Js (if anyone remembers that show)
Spam-His color reminded us of the food, Spam
Chad-After my mom's friend Chandler
Pebbles-The Flintstones
Paris-Just cause I guess
Melvin-The girl version of my name
Jack-After Jack Sparrow
Barney-He looks like Pebbles, so stuck with that theme
Gregory-My mom's friend Chandler's daughter named him
London-He looks like Paris
Annabelle-My mom likes that name
Monkey-My mom named him lol
Rudiger-My brother named him after a Simpson's episode
Margaret-after my mom's favorite patient at work
Wolfy-She looks like a wolf
Rats:
Charlie-Like the name
Max-Was going for a normal boy name theme
James-After a co worker
Andy-After a co worker
Heath-in memory of Heath Ledger
Patrick-After Patrick Dempsey.
Mouse:
Ashton-Hes grey lol
Hamster:
Anastasia-She was already named
Bunnies:
Apollo-Had a theme going. Had a Hercules
Thumper-She was already named.
Dogs:
Harrison Hans-Harrison was the street we got him on. And we wanted a Swedish middle name, so Hands.
Elliot-My brother's middle name.
Daggett-Named after Daggett from the Angry Beavers
Cartman-Eric Cartman from South Park
Charlotte-I liked the band Good Charlotte at the time
Prince Peanut-I honestly have no idea lol
Jannah-Named after our two dachshunds we lost that year, Hannah and Janet
Bjorn-Means bear in Swedish, and he looked like a little bear!
Rees-esitate-She was pretty much smothered by her mother. lol Reese for short.
Bob-When he was at the vets with parvo, before we were even going to keep him . They asked us his name..Well he didn't have one, so we just said Bob..and it stuck
Lucy-Lucy from 50 first dates
Cats-
Marilyn-No reason really
Katie-Liked the name
Morris-The 9 lives cat
Rocky-I don't know, just stuck out
Bubbles-Power Puff Girls
Scooby-Scooby doo!
Barry-Barry Manilow
Lola-Lola the show girl from Barry Manilow's song, Copacabana (my moms a big fan)
Lasagna-The P.Js (if anyone remembers that show)
Spam-His color reminded us of the food, Spam
Chad-After my mom's friend Chandler
Pebbles-The Flintstones
Paris-Just cause I guess
Melvin-The girl version of my name
Jack-After Jack Sparrow
Barney-He looks like Pebbles, so stuck with that theme
Gregory-My mom's friend Chandler's daughter named him
London-He looks like Paris
Annabelle-My mom likes that name
Monkey-My mom named him lol
Rudiger-My brother named him after a Simpson's episode
Margaret-after my mom's favorite patient at work
Wolfy-She looks like a wolf
Rats:
Charlie-Like the name
Max-Was going for a normal boy name theme
James-After a co worker
Andy-After a co worker
Heath-in memory of Heath Ledger
Patrick-After Patrick Dempsey.
Mouse:
Ashton-Hes grey lol
Hamster:
Anastasia-She was already named
Bunnies:
Apollo-Had a theme going. Had a Hercules
Thumper-She was already named.
I named my Senegal Parrot Cyrus after Sirius Black in Harry Potter as he was my favourite character from the series. However I always pronouced the name Cy rus so I decided to use that spelling for her.
Duke has always been my favourite name for a bigger shephard type dog- not very original I know, I also liked Dreen, but Duke seemed more fitting for him.
My carpet Python is named Kaipo as it stands for "sweetheart" in a native langauge.
Other names of pets Ive had over the years include
Starburst
Bob
Nicky
Craxy
Molly
Most just seemed to suit the animal so they stuck
Duke has always been my favourite name for a bigger shephard type dog- not very original I know, I also liked Dreen, but Duke seemed more fitting for him.
My carpet Python is named Kaipo as it stands for "sweetheart" in a native langauge.
Other names of pets Ive had over the years include
Starburst
Bob
Nicky
Craxy
Molly
Most just seemed to suit the animal so they stuck
The D.O.G. came to me with The Stupidest Name Ever (Midnight) and everyone knew him as that already.. so I couldn't change it. Well, I could, but I couldn't think of anything good enough for him and I didn't want to upset or confuse anyone. By that time I had already been calling him Middie, so unless I'm pissed off at him, I never call him Midnight. That suits me fine. I don't actually like the name 'Middie' a lot... but it fits him so well.
Emma got her name at maybe a week or two old the day I met her, in her litter with a bunch of other blind little kittens squirming around my knees. I picked her up and just knew she was a girl and her name was Emma, and that she was mine. It's the kind of knowledge that comes out of nowhere; that's not a conscious decision or thought. Fred (RIP) got his name the same way... when I was talking to my mother about him I referred to him as Fred, and we both knew exactly who I was talking about and agreed the name was right - it wasn't a decision I had made and I hadn't even thought of a name for him before then.
Chili was hard to name. It took weeks. We finally agreed on Chili Pepper because she's such a spicy little cat.
Tom was named after a favorite character in a book... Joe Grey. I don't like the name Joe, so it got switched to Tom, and he's Tom Grey.
Emma got her name at maybe a week or two old the day I met her, in her litter with a bunch of other blind little kittens squirming around my knees. I picked her up and just knew she was a girl and her name was Emma, and that she was mine. It's the kind of knowledge that comes out of nowhere; that's not a conscious decision or thought. Fred (RIP) got his name the same way... when I was talking to my mother about him I referred to him as Fred, and we both knew exactly who I was talking about and agreed the name was right - it wasn't a decision I had made and I hadn't even thought of a name for him before then.
Chili was hard to name. It took weeks. We finally agreed on Chili Pepper because she's such a spicy little cat.
Tom was named after a favorite character in a book... Joe Grey. I don't like the name Joe, so it got switched to Tom, and he's Tom Grey.
I named Gonzo... when I was 13. LOL! I saw this goofy, weird, skinny little guy with a huge roman nose, and I thought it suited him perfectly. I loved the Muppets/Muppet Babies as a kid (and still do, secretly). I regretted it a few months later, because a lot of people made fun of the name, and I toyed with re-naming him. But he responded best to Gonzo, and there isn't a more fitting name. 
Fozzie was going to be Gilligan. I always wanted to name a red & white male BC Fozzie. I was about to get a female Cardigan Welsh Corgi, so all I had been thinking about was girl names, up until the breeder decided to keep her... and I found Fozz the next day, so I only had a few days to think about what to name him. I didn't want to name him Fozzie at first. I tried really HARD not to follow a cheezy Muppets theme. I had decided to name him Gilligan, but when I met him, and saw how sweet and cuddly and silly he was, I knew he was a Fozz. And the next day I decided to just give in to the theme. Sometimes I do think of funny names that I could've given him, but he is very much like his namesake.
Fozzie was going to be Gilligan. I always wanted to name a red & white male BC Fozzie. I was about to get a female Cardigan Welsh Corgi, so all I had been thinking about was girl names, up until the breeder decided to keep her... and I found Fozz the next day, so I only had a few days to think about what to name him. I didn't want to name him Fozzie at first. I tried really HARD not to follow a cheezy Muppets theme. I had decided to name him Gilligan, but when I met him, and saw how sweet and cuddly and silly he was, I knew he was a Fozz. And the next day I decided to just give in to the theme. Sometimes I do think of funny names that I could've given him, but he is very much like his namesake.
Interesting reading on this thread..
"Hottie" was originally Infared meaning hot. Having teens in the house, went to 'hot dog' to 'Hottie".
Zubin - I am a musical and love opera as well. He is named for the last sung when I was in college with Zubin Metha as the conductor. ( I swear he is just as flamboyant.. lol. )
"Femkas' " original name meant princess. We changed it slighly making it as her registered name in the Netherlands of Fantasia. ( however we call her 'precious' half the time..)
"Galina' was named for a Russian prima Ballerina.. ( again- self fullfilling prophecy and she loved to dance around on her back legs.. lol. And a prima dona to boot..)
"Hottie" was originally Infared meaning hot. Having teens in the house, went to 'hot dog' to 'Hottie".
Zubin - I am a musical and love opera as well. He is named for the last sung when I was in college with Zubin Metha as the conductor. ( I swear he is just as flamboyant.. lol. )
"Femkas' " original name meant princess. We changed it slighly making it as her registered name in the Netherlands of Fantasia. ( however we call her 'precious' half the time..)
"Galina' was named for a Russian prima Ballerina.. ( again- self fullfilling prophecy and she loved to dance around on her back legs.. lol. And a prima dona to boot..)
My husband and son named Caleb (registered as Our Little Caleb Takoda. Caleb's name actually came from his geneology research. Caleb Washburn was my husband's 4th great grandfather. "Our Little" is curtesy of our son. Hubby also named the cat. She's a classic tuxedo, so he named her Topper after the tv show from when he was a kid. He also named the two dogs we had previous to Caleb- Heineken (Sibe/GSD) and Michelob aka Mick (Lab/Eng Setter). Any fish that get named have had NASCAR related names, and my rats were named after a bullrider and his bullfighter brother.
I sure like middie better then midnight!
mary was named after a little girl i use to babysit.
Mom seemed determined to come up with Victor's name and i thought if she named him it would help her like him better (he really was that awful).
My son's girlfriend named Pepper. So Pepper she became. WHich ended up being a lot of fun..pepperpot, peppertini, bell pepper and so on.
mary was named after a little girl i use to babysit.
Mom seemed determined to come up with Victor's name and i thought if she named him it would help her like him better (he really was that awful).
My son's girlfriend named Pepper. So Pepper she became. WHich ended up being a lot of fun..pepperpot, peppertini, bell pepper and so on.
Dogs:
Thunder - He was Corbin when I got him, and I changed it to Caleb... but after a few days of trying the name Caleb it just wasn't him. So I made a list of names, and tried them all out.. and Thunder it was!
Penny - She came with the name Tippy, but I hated that name. Penny was just the first name that came to mind when I saw her.
Scooter - John named him, we got him right before we went on a long road trip to pick up an old Vespa Scooter.
Juno - John named her after the movie.
Emmy - Since I was a little girl I always said that if I had a daughter I'd name her Emily... so that's what I named her, but it soon got shortened to Emmy and I haven't called her Emily since.
Cats:
Leo - First name that came to mind.
Spooky Bear - He was 4 weeks old when I found him and he hissed at everything, plus it was close to Halloween, so Spooky was perfect. I added the Bear because he looked like a little bear.
Woodward - Technically he's Woody Jr., named after my "heart cat" that passed away a few years ago.
Grover - I just looked at him and the name popped into my head immediately. It fits him perfectly.
Peanut - John named him that because he was so small.
Wyatt - I wanted another "W" name since he's Woodward's shorthaired twin. Wyatt was the only name I liked.
Grabat - John's dad's cat that lives with John and I. When she was tiny she was an outside cat and she used to run in when the door was opened. John's dad would say "Grab 'at cat!", which eventually was shortened to "Grabat cat", and then just "Grabat".
Horses:
Sienna - She came with the name Cheyenne, which I used for awhile. Then I asked an animal communicator to speak with her, and she told me that her name was really Sienna not Cheyenne. She responds to Sienna so much better and it fits her.
Ike - John named him that because I got him the day before the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through here.
Thunder - He was Corbin when I got him, and I changed it to Caleb... but after a few days of trying the name Caleb it just wasn't him. So I made a list of names, and tried them all out.. and Thunder it was!
Penny - She came with the name Tippy, but I hated that name. Penny was just the first name that came to mind when I saw her.
Scooter - John named him, we got him right before we went on a long road trip to pick up an old Vespa Scooter.
Juno - John named her after the movie.
Emmy - Since I was a little girl I always said that if I had a daughter I'd name her Emily... so that's what I named her, but it soon got shortened to Emmy and I haven't called her Emily since.
Cats:
Leo - First name that came to mind.
Spooky Bear - He was 4 weeks old when I found him and he hissed at everything, plus it was close to Halloween, so Spooky was perfect. I added the Bear because he looked like a little bear.
Woodward - Technically he's Woody Jr., named after my "heart cat" that passed away a few years ago.
Grover - I just looked at him and the name popped into my head immediately. It fits him perfectly.
Peanut - John named him that because he was so small.
Wyatt - I wanted another "W" name since he's Woodward's shorthaired twin. Wyatt was the only name I liked.
Grabat - John's dad's cat that lives with John and I. When she was tiny she was an outside cat and she used to run in when the door was opened. John's dad would say "Grab 'at cat!", which eventually was shortened to "Grabat cat", and then just "Grabat".
Horses:
Sienna - She came with the name Cheyenne, which I used for awhile. Then I asked an animal communicator to speak with her, and she told me that her name was really Sienna not Cheyenne. She responds to Sienna so much better and it fits her.
Ike - John named him that because I got him the day before the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through here.
Morgan is named after Morgan Freeman, but there is a bit more story to it... When we brought him home as an itty-bitty 10-week old puppy back in February, there was still snow on the ground. We would take him outside for his potty training, and after he was done he would come sit on our feet like a baby penguin does. So we wanted to give him a penguin name. The only penguin movies we could think of was "March of the Penguins" and "Happy Feet"... we didn't like any of the "Happy Feet" names, and so he was named after the narrator of "March of the Penguins".
My husband and I picked out the kitties names, Whitacre and Ticheli, LOOOONG before we ever even met them. They are the last names of our favorite two concert band composers, Frank Ticheli and Eric Whitacre. I think were were trying to name a pair of girl rats at the time, and decided that those would be AWESOME names for a pair of boy cats... and so they are.
Novinha (rat) is named after a character in the Ender's Game series... She's in the last three books. She doesn't really match the character's attitude at all (hence why we usually just shorten it to "Novi"), but it goes along with a theme that I've had with my girl-rats for years now. RIP Poke, Petra, Valentine, Virlomi ('Lomi), Ela, and Quara.
Teller (and his brother Penn, RIP) was named after, um, well, Penn and Teller. We had just been watching their TV show a lot at the time that we got them, and we figured that naming sugar gliders after illusionist comedians seemed appropriate.
Elphaba and Fiyero are named after characters in Wicked. Again, we had just seen the show when we got them, and well, they can Defy Gravity!
Oh, and we also have a middle name convention for all the pets, too. Basically, whatever their previous name was (like at the shelter, or in Novi's case, from Craigslist) becomes their middle name.
So from the shelter, we have:
Morgan Rocky
Ticheli Smokey
Whitacre Crumpet
From CL, we have:
Novinha Jingles
And the sugar gliders don't have middle names because we got them directly from a breeder when they were joeys.
My husband and I picked out the kitties names, Whitacre and Ticheli, LOOOONG before we ever even met them. They are the last names of our favorite two concert band composers, Frank Ticheli and Eric Whitacre. I think were were trying to name a pair of girl rats at the time, and decided that those would be AWESOME names for a pair of boy cats... and so they are.
Novinha (rat) is named after a character in the Ender's Game series... She's in the last three books. She doesn't really match the character's attitude at all (hence why we usually just shorten it to "Novi"), but it goes along with a theme that I've had with my girl-rats for years now. RIP Poke, Petra, Valentine, Virlomi ('Lomi), Ela, and Quara.
Teller (and his brother Penn, RIP) was named after, um, well, Penn and Teller. We had just been watching their TV show a lot at the time that we got them, and we figured that naming sugar gliders after illusionist comedians seemed appropriate.
Elphaba and Fiyero are named after characters in Wicked. Again, we had just seen the show when we got them, and well, they can Defy Gravity!
Oh, and we also have a middle name convention for all the pets, too. Basically, whatever their previous name was (like at the shelter, or in Novi's case, from Craigslist) becomes their middle name.
So from the shelter, we have:
Morgan Rocky
Ticheli Smokey
Whitacre Crumpet
From CL, we have:
Novinha Jingles
And the sugar gliders don't have middle names because we got them directly from a breeder when they were joeys.
One strategy is we throw names around until we hit one that makes us laugh uncontrollably for at least 5 minutes. This method works best while reeeaally sleep deprived.
The Wooden Spoon-rabbit, was named after the wooden spoon that Rumplestiltskin flew around on.
Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.- cat. Yeah....lol. The vet techs can never stop laughing when we bring her in.
Levar Burton- cat. because Levar Burton is awesome. It was either that or Kunta Kinte.
Robert used to have a cat named Slobodon Milosevic. Eerily enough, that cat died the same week the human Milosevic died. *spooky music*
For snakes we have Schwinn (she's silver), Rosella, Mercy, Jimmy, and Circe.
And Strider, we just kind of tried every name possible, and that was the only one that stuck. It's fits him though. A lot of people think he's named after Aragorn, which he isn't but that's cool.
The Wooden Spoon-rabbit, was named after the wooden spoon that Rumplestiltskin flew around on.
Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.- cat. Yeah....lol. The vet techs can never stop laughing when we bring her in.
Levar Burton- cat. because Levar Burton is awesome. It was either that or Kunta Kinte.
Robert used to have a cat named Slobodon Milosevic. Eerily enough, that cat died the same week the human Milosevic died. *spooky music*
For snakes we have Schwinn (she's silver), Rosella, Mercy, Jimmy, and Circe.
And Strider, we just kind of tried every name possible, and that was the only one that stuck. It's fits him though. A lot of people think he's named after Aragorn, which he isn't but that's cool.
Oh, gosh,I totally forgot the rabbit! Once again, my husband came up with a great name- Shaker (be cause he shook in the crate all the way home from the breeders). His markings make him look like he's been playing paintball, so I was leaning towards "Splat".
I got my other Mini-Rex from my mother. His tattoo number was PT11, so Mom named him Barnum.
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Doom's we threw around for a looooooong time. We had him three weeks before he was anything other than THE PUPPY. I was reading LOTR at the time, and I was like, "We should name him after something in this book," at which time I suggested we name him Tolkein, and Aaron told me that it was "fail" lol. So then I was like, "What was the bridge called? The one in Moria that Gandalf fought the Balrog on?"
"Khazad Dum?"
"Yeah, that's the one."
"Too long. What about jus Dum?" (Dum is pronounced Doom, and therefore we ended up with Doom!) LoL
Bobsie was already named when we got her. I just tweaked it a little bit because it sounded to male-ish. It WAS Bobbie.
Pixel (the Chinchilla) was Ares until we figured out that he was a she was a he, and Aaron was like "What about Pixie?"
I said "She's too moody to be a pixie. Pixel would be better." (I was joking but he liked it. WIN. LoL! I NEVER get to name animals!!!)
"Khazad Dum?"
"Yeah, that's the one."
"Too long. What about jus Dum?" (Dum is pronounced Doom, and therefore we ended up with Doom!) LoL
Bobsie was already named when we got her. I just tweaked it a little bit because it sounded to male-ish. It WAS Bobbie.
Pixel (the Chinchilla) was Ares until we figured out that he was a she was a he, and Aaron was like "What about Pixie?"
I said "She's too moody to be a pixie. Pixel would be better." (I was joking but he liked it. WIN. LoL! I NEVER get to name animals!!!)
Boo? No reason really, I guess. It had to be a 'B' name - all of our dogs have been 'B's (Belle, Buford, Buddy) , but from there we just picked. Boo sounded cute, easy to say, and easy to make lots of nicknames from. Her real name is Boo Boo Bear, though everyone else in the family insists that it's just 'Boo'. Her name at the shelter was "Lucy Lu" and of course we knew THAT wasn't going to stay.
Misty (the cat) is also a no reason name. She's gray. That's about it.
The mice (who unfortunately have passed on) were Mozzerella, Muenster, Macey, Marley, and Mo. The first two were cheese, and then I ran out of cheese names that began with M so I found some different names.
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Misty (the cat) is also a no reason name. She's gray. That's about it.
The mice (who unfortunately have passed on) were Mozzerella, Muenster, Macey, Marley, and Mo. The first two were cheese, and then I ran out of cheese names that began with M so I found some different names.
-GoingNowhere