Pet names

[Synerjee]

For those of us who own pets of any species, be it dog, cat, bird, reptile or arachnid, naming them has always been an important step of integrating them into the family household/telling them apart from one another/creating bonds between human and pet. It's always interesting to see what pet owners name their pets as well as the reason behind the name.

This leads to the following questions:
What pet(s) do you own, what did you name it/them, and why? :]

 

[Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer]

I have two cats at the stable yard where I ride called Diamond and Pearl (I didn't name them and they weren't named after the games but its still kind of funny).

 

[Firox]

I have an albino ferret that lives with me, and I named her "Kojofu", I named her after Mienfoo's Japanese name (love that name), and when I'm playing with her, the way she holds her paws up reminds me of the way Mienfoo does in the games (at least in Amie).

 

[Gardevoir the Dragon Slayer]

I have an albino ferret that lives with me, and I named her "Kojofu", I named her after Mienfoo's Japanese name (love that name), and when I'm playing with her, the way she holds her paws up reminds me of the way Mienfoo does in the games (at least in Amie).

I Love this lol, I want one now.

 

[Poki]

I used to own two lovely chihuahua dogs, Papi & Remy. I also used to own a tarantula (Brachypelma Albopilosum), Spoderman, but it died recently. ;-;

 

[Lotus the Cat]

I own two cats: Porsche and Aston. We also had a third, Lotus.

I'm terrible at naming things so when we originally adopted our first two kittens and my husband named his Porsche (he's a fan of their cars) I just followed suit with my favourite car brand.

We then adopted Aston about a year later and decided to keep with the theme.

For a while I really badly wanted a german shepard x husky (they're so pretty with the husky colouration) so I could name her Femshep.

Now I just plan to get a regular husky and name her Cerberus. It still has a Mass Effect flavour, but also awesome dog related.

 

[Kotone]

I have 3 dogs; mopsy, blizzy, and bella.
idk they just seemed like good names. my family agreed on them.

 

[Juno]

I never got to name my dogs - our first dog was in our family before I was born, and my mom called him Nicky, sort of after herself since her name is Nichole. Our current dog was adopted and she answered to the name Mocha. She was 1 year old when she came to live with us so we probably could have changed it, but it didn't occur to us at the time so we just stuck with Mocha.

Personally, I like giving dogs proper human names, so if I ever get to name my own dog they'd be called something like Oliver or Sam.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

My dog's name is Snappy. The friend of my girlfriend's small sister was giving away a dog and that was the name they gave him. We just kept it like how it is :)

 

[Kevin]

I have a shih tzu and her name is Remi (from solfège so it's pronounced Ray-mee). We named her after my dad's old dog, whose name was also Remi.

 

[TwilightBlade]

My dog's name is Zack. I didn't choose the name. His dad's name was Gohan and his mom's name was Precious. The previous owners tried to name my dog Vegeta before giving him to our family when he was several weeks old. hm. that doesn't even make sense. Yet all of their own male pitbulls had a name from DBZ.

 

[Nakasu]

I have 3 cat's. Bizkit, Scarlett, and Tomoya. They are small newborns! They are so cute! ^^

 

[Meganium]

I named my first cat Anastasia after the movie Anastasia, I love that movie, so I wanted to name her after the character in the movie. (rest in peace, little girl).

Then I named my oldest cat Serafina, because at that time I had no idea WHAT to name her after. So I did the "baby-name" searching thing, and found Serafina.

Her daughter, Mikaila (Miki for short)...heh, it's a funny story. When she was born, I thought she was a male at first. So I kept calling her Mike. xD

My little sister was the one that named my oldest doggy, Abby. Abby was her best friend from school.

Then, last but not least. My Chihuahua, Bentley, is named after country singer Dierks Bentley. His song "Tip it On Back" was playing while I recieved him for the very first time.

 

[Sylphide]

I have three dogs, a female Siberian Husky named Kiba, two male dachshunds named Orpheus and Dumbo :D

 

[Dustmop]

I have two kitties. My little boy is Sergeant Dustmop I wonder where my username came from and my little girl is Bandit.

Sergeant Dustmop earned his name.. from my ex. Lol. As soon as I picked up my little fluffball, he requested I name him Dustmop. I told him he needed to be a Sergeant - he was a very vocal and demanding kitten. Seriously, he used to climb all over my head in the morning and scream in my ear to wake me. He actually used to just scream at my curtains. I don't know what they did to deserve it, but they were told.
So he compromised, "Name him Sergeant Dustmop."
"Well, okay."

Bandit got her name through behavior. Of course. For the first two weeks I had her, she decided it was of the utmost importance to rearrange my bedroom. Or at least everything in it that she could fit in her mouth. She 'stole' and 'hoarded' everything into this dark corner, under my bed.



Though you could say we have an awful lot of cats now. Just a few days ago, my father decided we should 'officially' become a feral cat colony. Now the SPCA will drop off TNRs here, and sometimes even food. It's kinda neat. We've taken the liberty of naming them, of course. They may as well be part of the family - we feed them, 'house' them (they took over my dad's shed/workshop), and play with them.

Spoiler:

The first mommy we had show up was just named "Mama." Super creative.
She had a little girl that the SPCA named Tink after we had her picked up to be TNR'd, and a little black male boasting the all-too original name, Shadow.
Mama's second litter was all males - Commander Boots, Pickles, and Spock. Spocky is my favorite. xP
We think something happened with Mama's third litter - she only came back with one kitten, a little boy who looks just like Boots, from the previous litter.. so dad named him Socks. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the little fella has some brain damage... :c

There's a super tiny grey and white female, aptly named Peanut for her size.
She had a litter of three. One was an orange, gray, and white female that I have named Ghost. She has a twin (gender still unknown, but presumably female because of the coloring) that we have no yet named, and an orange/grey mackerel tabby brother, also unnamed.

 

[Morgnarok]

I currently have a Pure Bred AKC German Shepperd 7 months old - Her name is Trixie :)

 

[Centipede Chan]

My cat's name is Josie. She is really fat and so loveable. But she's about 14-15 in human years, so it worries me that one day she'll be gone.

 

[Shiny Bunnelby]

I had a black cat named Bagheera because Jungle Book is my ****.

 

[obZen]

I currently have two dogs, but here are all of my pets combined thus far:
Tazzy (Rottweiler / German Shepherd mix), I got her when I was 3 and don't remember why she got that name
Xena (warrior princess), a Shih tzu
Cloey (Yorkie), my mom gave her a "fitting" name
Lily (black Poodle) She was my cousin's, no idea. She was born the day my uncle (her father) died
Finneon (Betta fish) Seriously, it looked just like Finneon!

And like 10 stray cats outside, all of which have names. My mom names them based on appearance

 

[Kikaito plush]

I have an goldfish called Galdalf and an hamster called Legolas because my daughter is obessed with those two charaters from lord of the rings.