What are your pets names?

[Zippy]

How did they get them?

Zippy named after the black beanie baby cat with white paws and green eyes
it's name was Zip

Sweet P.my mom's bird because he is green and sweet.(I want to name him Leaf or David but my mom liked Sweet P.)

Pumpkin-she is the color of a Pumpkin

Nemo-i love the movie finding nemo

[Jessika]

Charlie... just because I liked it I guess. The popularity of the name totally left my mind at the time or I probably would not have named him it.. :o

Jamie... I have noooo idea how HJ came up with that name, he just did. Before he ever even saw her or I picked her up! He was four hours away, and said "you can have her, but she will be mine, and I shall call her... uh... Jamie!" lol.

Goldeneye 007 (aka Double-Oh)... because he has the coolest golden colored eyes I have ever seen in a cat!!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Roxy-She had the name at the Shelter and we kept it, and it fits her :p.
TigerLily "Lily"-is named after the Character in Peter Pan, because I wanted to name her after a Peter Pan character in memory of Tinkerbelle.
Skye-Because of her sky blue eyes.
Butterbear-He's a little bit fat, and he's sorta butter-y colored. (Also named after Disney Char.)
Dipstick-Err, he's not the brightest crayon in the box :o. (Disney Char!)
Sebastian-His colors, and after the crab in the Little Mermaid.
Neptune-Also named from L. Mermaid. He reminded me of Neptune in the movie.
Ariel-The Little Mermaid :D.

[Miss Z]

Zsa-Zsa is named after Zsa-Zsa Gabor and Tia, well, I just liked the name Tia Maria!:)

[critter crazy]

Duke(bloodhound)- Named after the bloodhound on the Beverly Hillbillys
Cinamon(calico kitty)- because sh looks like she was sprinkled with cinamon
buttercup(calico bunny)- she just has a gorgeous creamy look to her
Cocoa(bay mare)-she was named cocoa cause when we got her she was deep brown, but now she is lighter
Zoey(bay filly)-named after Zoey from sesame street
Alkris(bay mare)-Came with the name
Franklin(turtle)-named after the cartoon turtle franklin
Squirtle(turtle)- Named after pokemon turtle
Jake(black lab puppy) name just seemed to fit

:D :) :D

[Zippy]

Tiger was the name of Zippy's RB brother
My aunt T has a pom like Lily but named Rascal,Duke is the name of my cuz N's Cocker,Sid(but with C) was my cuz T's RB betta,and Charlie was the name of my cuz T's RB budgie.

[k9krazee]

Dogs
Shadow - She came to us with her name, and we just kept it.
Micki - He has Mickey Mouse shaped spots on his back and side
Mini - She's Micki's sister, so we had to name her Mini.
Kyra - Thought it was cute and it fit her
Jack - Absolutely hated the name, I wanted to name him Bonzai but my family was opposed to it...but Jack fits.

Cats
Motchka - I had just gotten home from a month long Europe trip with a group of Slovakians. I learned a TON of Slovak words and Cat in slovak is pronounced Motchka (but actually spelt Moćha) and I thought it was cute...and different.
Batman - I just gave her a random name, really wasn't planning on keeping her at all.
Jasper - My mom named him Paris until she found out her new baby girl was a boy. Jasper means hidden treasure, pun intended ;)

Guinea pigs
Henry - I wanted a big masculine name for him
Elvis - I named her when I thought she was a he. I put a bunch of names in a hat and drew one.

Tokay Gecko
Geico - She came with her name.

[cali]

Dogs:

Happy-it was what her Breeder called her and it fit lol

Misty-is short for "mistletoe mischeif" because she was a chistmas gift and she kept getting into mischeif lol

Ripley-we had been watching the show "Ripleys beleive it or not" when we were trying to come up with a name, randomly someone said "Ripleys Believe it or not we got another dog" because he was our 4th. and the name "Ripley", stuck lol

Perky-umm cuz she is perky lol

Blair-the name his breeder gave him, we kept it because he was given to us only days after my parents split up, and before my dad my moms serious boyfriend happend to be named "Blair" it was funny.(coinincidently my moms current boyfriends nickname is "Happy")

Birds:
Taru-it means Legend in Finnish, I chose it because Taru is also a god of the sky, and my Taru is a white and sky blue fancy budgie.

Toivo-I wanted another finnish name and I liked the sound, it means "Hope"

Critters:

Kari-cuz someone suggested Caramel for her coloring, and my freind called her "carry" for short, I am not fond of the name "carry" so I said "Kari" and it stuck.

Smores-2 reasons, 1 he looks like a smore lol and 2 he looks just like his dad hence "some more"

Blondie-my mom wanted to name a piggie Blondie lol

Puddin-again my mom just wanted a piggie named Puddin

Checkers-she has to perfect squares on her rump, one pure chocolate and the other roan, it looks like a checkerboard lol

Doodles-he looks like somone doodled all over him lol

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tango: To make a long story short, I wanted my first Toller to be called 'Tango' and eventhough she isn't purebred I thought it fit her anyway.

Winston: Came with the name & eventhough nobody in my family likes it, we kept it because he's older and knew it well plus he'd been through enough changes already.

Morgan: Came with the name, it fit her, and we didn't have anything else to name her that actually fitted her.

Tia: Not really sure, my mom named her.

[CatLuvrs]

Myles: His name was Castor when we adopted him but we didn't think that fit. So I came up with the name Myles and it fits him to a T.

Max: His took a while we wanted all M names because we started it and didn't think it would be fair to have one without a M

Midnight: His was very hard we put names in a basket and had mom over for dinner and she helped us lol :cool:

[lute]

dogs:
Gracie- she was really clumbsy when she was a puppy. still kinda is.
Beanie- full name is Jelly Bean. we picked from a list of names i had made.

cats&kittens:
PiddyBob- i just started calling her that one day.no idea where it came from.
Pete- full name is Squeeky Pete. i saw a cat named Squeeky Pete on Catster.com. it suited him.
Christopher Walken(black kitten)- he's always out "walkin" around.
Screamin Mimi(white calico)- she is LOUD!
i don't have a name for the tabby calico. she's my favorite and i want a really good name for her.

guinea pig:
Precious- it's my brother's first pet. he picked out the name.

[chocolatepuppy]

*cats*
Sassy-named after the cat on Homeward Bound
Missy-already named when I got her
*dogs*
RB Mandy-name was impulse,really fit her though.
Lacey-just a name I liked for a long time
Layla-name I've always loved from the Eric Clapton song.
Jake-named after the country song Feed Jake.
*goldfish*
Snowy-was snowing when I got him
Winter-was wintery when I got her and it fit with Snowy (actually luvofallhorses named her! ;) )
*tetras*
have 3, don't name them
*bettas*
Nemo-always wanted to name one of my fish Nemo and it just kind of fit him.
Milo- just another name I always liked.
Robby-named after a puppy at the shelter I wanted.
*rosey red minnows*
5, don't name them.

[wolfsoul]

Visa -- the litter came down with parvo and the breeder spent $2000 trying to keep them alive. Visa literally owes her life to a Visa card. The other survivors were named Cash and Amex.
Oliver -- When he was a baby he was tiny and submissive. His brother easily overpowered him for food the first time I fed them. He looked at his brother as if to say "please sir, can I have some more?" So I called him Oliver Twist.
Tobias -- no reason really, I just like the name, it's different and I think it's a good name for a rat.
Caleb -- I just like the name. I've always liked people names for animals (especially rats though).

[shihtzulover850]

Snuggles. I think that came from tickles and the snuggle laundry softener. Tickles was a dog we saw at a pet store a lhasa who would lick you and it tickled. Now that I think about it I feel sorry for tickles. Being a pet store puppy. Glad we didn't get him. We couldn't cause he was very expensive. You could set up payment in monthly installments. As much as he cost we would still be paying for him. :rolleyes:

[Suki Wingy]

Niño- The shelter told us his name was “Nino” but when we got him home, we realized he understood commands in Spanish. So then we knew it was pronounced Niño. To this day we don’t know if that was really his name or if they thought the shelter people were asking what sex he was when really they were asking his name. It really fits him though.
Oslo- He is named after the capitol of Norway
Tigger- When I got her I was 5 years old and she happens to be grey and orange. She was up on her legs and tail against the glass trying to climb out of the tank when I saw her and I thought she looked like she was bouncing on her tail like Tigger.
Terrance- My sister’s gerbil. My sister found out that gerbils were originally from Mongolia, so in the car on the way home from the pet store the only thing I could think of was Mongolian Tarripans (wild horses) And my sister thought that that would be a good sounding name, so we then thought of the name Terrance. We call him “Turr” or “FatTurr” though.

[luvofallhorses]

Jenny - I wanted to name her Nala, but my mom wanted to name her after my Grandmother who's name was Geneva. My dad and my mom spell it G-e-n-n-y but I spell it J-e-n-n-y, because it looks better. ;)

Buster - All that would come out of my mouth was Buster or Buster Button, so it stuck and fits him so well. :)

Ginger - my grandmother who passed away in 2003 named her because of her color. My mom inherited her from her when she passed away.

Tiger - he already had his name, but I am assuming they called him Tiger because of his markings. I wanted to call him Tigger, but it doesn't fit although his nickname is Tigs. :)

Rocky - we got him in a town named Rocker. Pretty self-explainatory ;)

and last but not least, Miagi - I wanted to name him Simba, but my mom said that all cats and dogs have that name. She said Mowgli and the next thing was out of her mouth was Miagi. :)

[todd]

MY Cats name is angel

[Rio&Nickysmommy]

Wow I cant belive how many pet you all have that great.
Rio- My Cocker Spaniel- he was named after the Rio casino in Las Vegas. My Husband and I went back and forth long distance over the phone about the name. Hubyy finally won with RIo. I originally was going to name him "Harrison" after Harrison Ford- Hence hs is really a Rio.

Nicholas - was named by my brother before he came to live with me they just liked the name. I love tht name and would name a boy after him but my mother said that would not be right having a child and dog named the same.

Rio&Nickysmommy

[tmice35]

Little Bit-
She ecsaped from the cage and ended up between my headboard and my bed. I had a hard time getting her out and she was hissing at me and trying to bite me, so I said a few choice words and decided to condense those words to say around my daughter. So when I try to touch her and she gets mean, she is also considered a little b----.

[Vette]

Dogs
(RIP)Rambo - Guess what movie i watched. :rolleyes:
(RIP)Tasha - I tired to say Travis and it came out Tasha.
(RIP)Muffin - Her coat pattorns
Kirby - Came named. didnt like the name for starts but then it grew on us... LOL

Cats
(RIP)Rattling Diesel (Disel for short) - Her purr. she had a very LOUD purr
Cheetoo - Her coat coloring and kink at the end of her tail
Stella - Beats me.. the name just came to me for some reason
Shady - My dad named her Shadow,, but i thought that was too boyish sounding so we changed it

[zoomer]

Alaska is named Alaska because it always snows in the state Alaska and Alaska is white.

Georgia is named Georgia because we wanted to go with states more. And Georgia was a girl name.

Buddy is named Buddy... well... we didn't pick the name!

Montana is named Montana because it is a girl name and perfectly fit a yellow leopard gecko.

[Zippy]

Love everone names

[KitCat]

My cat's name is Cocoa Kitty. I had a dream about a chocolate colored cat named Cocoa and the next morning my husband brought him home.

[Zippy]

BUMP
Ok more people

[dab_20]

Dogs:
Molli got her name just because it really fit her. Molli's full name is Good Golly Miss Molli.
Sammy's also just fit him. I planned his name before I even saw him!

Cat:
Oreo got her name because she looks like an oreo! (actually an uh-o-oreo)
Her kittens don't have names yet.

Rabbits:
Hershey Kisses got his name because he's brown and he gives bunny kisses.
Daisy got her name because it fits her.

Pony:
Painted Dreamer got her name because she's a paint and 'Dreamer' is a pretty name.

Goats:
Buddy the goat got his name because he's the friendliest goat.
The other goats- Sebastian, Sweetie, Tweetie, and Black Jack were named because it fits them.

Poultry:
Peety the duck was named when she was a little duckling. (we didn't know if she was a boy or girl ;) ) She was blind and needed special attention.
The rest of the poultry don't have names.

[MsLadyLyn]

Buttons: She looks like she has buttons on her belly and front feet.
Bandit: When she was a baby she would steal and hide my shoes/slippers to keep me home.
Prissy: She walks and acts "prissy" like.
Sasha: My grandsons wated to name her when she was born, so I let them. (Prissy's first daughter.)
Arizona: Prissy gave birth on a trip and we stopped in Arizona, he was the first born. :)
Cowgirl: My neice named her she said, "She looks like a tiny cow", would have preferred Tinkerbell my self lol. (Arizona's sister. Her twin passed soon after his birth. :( )
Redd Fox: I kept him from running onto the interstate last month, he was a foxy one to catch and he's red. Hopefully his Mommy and Daddy will see one of his fliers.

Will have to figure out how to attach pictures. I'm fairly new and haven't explored the whole site.

[Sevaede]

Soni wasn't really anything I had thought of before. After we decided that we were going to keep him (which was pretty much from the first point. :rolleyes: ) I looked at him and it just *popped* into my head: Soni. Also, his disposition is sunny and that's how he makes us feel. :) After he established his spot, fused onto my husbands hip, Troy gave him the middle name Daze. He didn't want a conventional spelling but he wanted something to kind of match his first. Of course, he has our last name. so, he's Soni Daze C.

Isis was a planned name even though it fits her so very well. We are very much into mythology and I wanted the name for a strong goddess. Her middle name is Astrid. I just love that name. So she is Isis Astrid C.

I have no idea why I gave Bijou her name. Rota is another mythological name.

(RB) Tier was partially named after a former friend. Also, according to Babel Fish, it means beast in German. So, I thought that very ironically befitting of such a darling. Tier is also an abstract spelling of our last moment with him. His middle name is a tribute to my husband (middle name, as well). So, he was Tier Andrew C.

Little Dog got her name because we had a German Shepherd and a GS/Rottie and she was the Little Dog.

My Chi pup is going to be registered as "The Stars In His Eyes". His call name will be Orion.

[persianmom]

Scrapy, Oscar, and Wicket

[Danegirl2208]

Malakai (Great Dane)...i wanted a big name for a big dog, and ive always loved the name

Chloe (hound)....it just fit her :)

Raven (tuxedo manx cat)...she came to me with this name

[mustlovedogs]

Maggie- (RIP)
Maggie was an English Bulldog, but we got her before I was born, so I'm not sure why she was named Maggie ;)

Eddy- (RIP)
Eddy was a Yellow Lab, he got hit by a car a couple years ago :( but my step-dad loves the wild river so much, he named Eddy after a river eddy.

Pyton- (RIP)
Pyton was a cat that I had, I'm not sure what breed he was but he was the cutest little thing you ever saw! My mom told me that "pyzon" meant "friend" in native American, but I couldn't remember that, so i thought it was Pyton...

Rascal-
Rascal is a Beagle mix, we took him from my neighbors a couple years ago when they couldn't keep him anymore.

Ellie Mae-
Ellie is a Blue Heeler, we named her from Ellie Mae on the Beverly Hillbillies show! :p

[Roxyluvsme13]

Better add the new additions ;).

Cabaret - Well we thought it was the wine, but got a little confused :p. It still fits him perfectly though. He's quite a feisty betta.

Melody - Another Little Mermaid name. (Ariel's daughter from TLM2)

[jesse_3]

Dogs:
Sammy: My mom always wanted a dog or cat named Sammy

Jesse: well, we had a cat named Soxs, and we had Sammy, so there is 2 S's, then there was my RB Jewel, and Echo. Our whole family came up with a list of names, and my mom was thinking this whole thng through, and the lust was - Bubbles, Dog, Sally, and Jesse. We chose Jesse to say in the least...

Jemi': Well, the reason I got her is because she reminded me so much of my RB Jewel, and I felt it was Jewels way of showing me that she forgives me, and still loves me, and that her death really was not my fault...so, Jemi' has Jem which looks like gem, and jewel is a gem, and Jem in French is I love...then we needed an ee sound at the end because of Sammy and Jesse

cats:
Peek-a-Boo: she was always hiding, and it reminded me of the game ppek-a-boo!
Autumn: her colors are the colors of fall..

Other:
Splinter: she came with the name, and it fits her!

Selina: she came with the name, and she responds to her name

Xambi: I was being sarcastic, and asking my table in small animal management what I should name my betta, and a guy said Zambi, only spelt with an x.

RB Lomasi: she was pretty, and lomasi is a Native American word meaning pretty flower

Chipper (not, a pet): He was chirping so LOUD, and so much, and my neighbor and I didn't like chirper, so we decided on Chipper, and it fits him:)

This is a fun thread!:D
Steph and the crew

[dionne]

Angel - gets her name from how sweet and affectionate she was from the second i got her, and also due to the fact that she survived what happened to her at the hands of the people who had her before me when she was just an iddy biddy baby, she must have been an angel to survive it.

Abysinthe - because his tail was broken at the hands of the people we rescued him and his sister from, his balance was waaaay off and he would run into things and fall over...hence his name from the infamous hallucinagenic alcohol

Montana Mae (my childhood cat that lives with my mom) - when i was very young, i named her this after an obsession with watching "tiny tunes".i liked the name montana max, so montana became montana mae (she's 14 btw :D)

Coral (my sisters cat whom at the moment, i have adopted while she is in Cali. for her internship) - got her name, because my sister had a cat Jasper (RIP), and wanted to continue the names of precious stones, and Coral had the colors of the precious stone, "coral" when poilshed.

[Roxyluvsme13]

One more to add :o
Mufasa - Simba's dad in the Lion king. He's a crown tail betta, and Mufasa was a king, so.. voila.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Jenny Sasha

I liked the name Jennifer ( i guess that was a mistake cuz her name always seems to be Jenny, which is fine, but now my mom calls her Jenny-Fur :rolleyes: lol )

Sasha is what they named her at the pound, i didn't like the name very much, so i changed her name and made sasha her middle name ( but we dont use that name very much )

[Alysser]

Sassy-After the cat in Homeward Bound. I loved the name at the time and it just fit her personality a lot.

Star-My mom wanted me to name her Tweety. I have no problem with the name but UM, she's white lol. She used to look out the window at night so I thought she was looking at the Star's so I named her Star. I don't really like the name it's not really original but I guess I'll stick with ti. :p

Gary Chubbles-Lots of people like this one. It's pretty weird lol. Gary just looks like a Gary so that was his original name. I also wanted one named after the snail in Spongebob. I LOVE that show lol. My sister thought he looked fat and said I should name him Chubbles. I still liked Gary so I jus made it Gary Chubbles AKA G. Chubbs. ;) :p :D

Draco-He looked like a little dragon and his top fin goes down, it made me think of Draco Malfoy's hair in the harry potter movies 'cause it's all slicked back. So I decided on Draco.

Diamond-She's a Diamond Tetra. Can you tell how much creativity I have? :rolleyes:

Rio-He's a fish and he's blue. Rio means River in Spanish lol.

Jack Sparrow-Love POTC

Davey Jones- I love POTC!

[Nobas Mom]

Noba - (basset hound) Short for Oda Nobunaga (an old Japanese war lord), my husband is a history buff and picked out the name.
Sadie - (beagle / lab x) named cause my hubby loved the name.
Jax - (DSH) named after the city he was born in Jacksonville, yeah, I know, real creative... :rolleyes:

[carole]

Most of you know my kitties by now, but thought i would post for those who don't.

lexie, full name her moggy pedigree name lol is lexie-anne jasmine poppy.

Ash- Ashton elliot.

Ellie-Mae -Jezabelle leigh.

Nikkita- marie bethany rose. i know crazy lol. :)

[Zippy]

How did they get them?

Zippy(tabby) named after the black beanie baby cat with white paws and green eyes
it's name was Zip

Sweet P.(quaker)my mom's bird because he is green and sweet.(I wanted to name him Leaf or David but my mom liked Sweet P.)

Pumpkin(orange tabby)-she is the color of a Pumpkin-my brother named her

Nemo(betta)-i love the movie finding nemo

Ruby(betta)-he's a red

Liberty(betta)-he is a red/white/blue

Coral(betta)-I wanted another name form finding nemo so I choose Coral named form Nemo's mom in the movie

RB Tugboat(betta)-she was slow,calm little betta and kinda tugger along.I still don't know how I thought up Tugboat.

Squeekie(budgie)-my brother named him-mom's bird

Piglet-well he's a guinea pig and eats like a pig my mom named him he is my mom's piggie

[Whisk_Luva]

Whisk: Just a random name my dad thought of and I liked :D

Chino: Cappuccino was to long, so we just called him Chino :)

Nut and Egg: The nicknames of the people who gave them to us were Nut ang Egg.

[Kalei]

Bobo - When I was little me and my mom somehow came up with that name, not sure why lol. I was only 4 or 5.

Kalypso - From Pirates of the Carribbean.

Akima - Got it from my own crazy brain...has japanese meaning.

Midnight Masquerade (if I still name him that) - I always wanted to name my first horse masquerade because I love opera and the thought of masquerades:)

Little Guy - When I got him in my tank he was very tiny and had been through alot yet still survived.

Hugs - When I got him, he just looked like he needed a hug. He was so skinny and weak.

And I think that is all.

[molucass]

Dogs:
Baby was already named when we got her.

Mercy was also already named when we got her.

Deebo got his name from a 2 yr. old. We went to pick him up and the little girl that we were babysitting came with us.. She kept calling him "Beebo", so we just changed the "B" to a "D" and that's how he got his name. His full name is "Sir Deebo Jose' Hall"

Ava was the name we had picked out for a solid white english bulldog we were going to get, but we didn't end up getting her.. Well Ava came into our lives, and she is solid white too, so we just decided to name her that instead.. Her name is actually Ava Claire. :)

Nevada's breeder has a theme going with the names of her pit bulls.. Her mom's name is Harrah, and her dad's name is Cash.. (Get the theme?), so I decided to name our baby Nevada. Her full name is "Harrah's Las Vegas Showgirl".

Shane is named after his daddy. Him and his dad look so much alike, that the only name we could really come up to fit him was Shane.. Robin picked his name out and at first I didn't like it, but it fits him for sure now.
His dad's name is Shane, and his moms name is Lil Bit. So we named him Lil Shane.. I don't want to give his full name because it has the kennel name in front of it.

Gryfin: I really don't know how I came up with the name.. I just thought of it and it seems to fit him.. His full name is "Sir Gryfin Maxwell Hall"

Cats:
Carson was named when we got her.. We adopted her from animal control. She was an owner surrender.

Jack is an orange kitten that was dumped off at our friends house. Since it its getting closer to Halloween, Robin named him Jack for "Jack O' Lantern". :rolleyes:

[Genny]

I thought I had already replied here, but guess not :rolleyes:

Angel~Maltese/Pomeranian Mix) She was my brother's dog at first, but then he gave her to me. He named her Angel because he said she was like a little angel :)
Gretta~Toy Poodle) My mom use to have a really good friend named Gretta that she use to go to school with and she loved the name so that's what she named out little dog.
Sadie~Great Pyrenees) I've always loved this name and have wanted to name our next dog this!

Ivory~Cockatoo) Ivory was already named when we got him.
Peaches~ on the side of his face the orange spots looked like peaches to me
Sunny~ My brother named her Sunny Delight so we just call her sunny
Cosmo~ I don't know why...we just thought of the name and liked it...
Mango~ same thing as with Peaches.
All cockatiels....


Reese~Goat) I had a baby duck that I had named Reese, but he only lived a few days so I got Reese right after the duck died and named him after the duck :)


Cadbury~Rabbit) I thought that would be an awesome name for a rabbit !!!!!


Jasmine~
Storm~
Samson~
all cats :D

Jasmine because I named her after the lion on the movie 'second hand lions.'
Storm my mom just named him that but I like to think it's after Storm on 'X-Men'
and Samson just because that sounded like a tough strong name and we liked it :cool:

We also have 21 ducks and they all have names too but it's too many to think about and write down right now!!!!

[Blackrose]

Brownie (R.I.P.) - She was "my" dog when I was younger, around 5 or so, and she was brown. Go figure.

Blackie - he is black. LOL My brother and I wanted to call him Shadow or something else, but my mom said, "I had a dog named Blackie growing up, why don't we name him that?" and so it was.

Rose - I named her after Brownie. Brownie would always climb up onto our porch through our rose bush, so that became Rose's name.

Chloe- we had had her for three days and were still calling her "puppy". That was probably going to be her name until my Aunt suggested, "What about Chloe? She looks like a Chloe." Everyone liked it, so that was that. Come to find out, her sister was also named Chloe, although my Chloe is much cuter. :)

Rush - My dad said the only way we were going to keep him was if he was able to name him....so Rush was named afer Rush Limbal(sp).

Pheobe - My mom wanted to name Chloe Pheobe, and so when we decided we didn't want to call Pheobe her original name, Loupe, I said, "What about Pheobe?" My mom loved the idea. We've now decided we should have named her "killer".

Joey - His parents' names were Jasper and Jazmene(sp), so I wanted something that either had to go with stones or began with a "J". He is quite the character, and all of the Joeys I know were goofballs, so the name just stuck. My brother calls him "Ricky Bobbie". :rolleyes:

Casey Nukpana - I named her Casey because it means "viligant in war" and she is a very viligant Fert. Nukpana means "evil" in a Native American language, and even though she is the sweetest little girl, I think it suits her. LOL

Dameon Michael - I wanted a name that would go with Casey, and Dameon is one of my favorite names. It also fits because off of the movie "Omen" (I think), the anit-Christ's name is Dameon. LOL Michael just fit with the Dameon part.

Lucy - her original owners hadn't given her a name, and much to my dismay my sister wanted to call her Lucy. I had no say in the matter because when I talked about changing it she burst into tears. So Lucy it is.

Bonnnie and Clyde (R.I.P.) - My friend bought them and named them Bonnie and Clyde, although they thankfully were both girl. Clyde has since passed on, and Bonnie is slowly declining. They are/were sweet hammies.

Freddie - I was in charge of caring for him for two weeks before Christmas (he was a gift to my younger sister) and I just couldn't let him remain nameless. He looked like a Freddie (or a peanut :D ) and there was a TV character named Freddie who was funny.

Tobias - That has always been a favorite name of mine, so when my brother didn't know what to call his Gerbil, I threw that out there and he loved it.

[cali]

it appreas I have a few to add to my list lol

Sass and Kat because my city has all the "brother" stores AKA no petstore in my city carries female gerbils, Sasaktoon has the "Sister" stores, so they only carry females. we wanted some females, so we went all the way to SASKatoon to get them.

Jorden, he is Sass' mate, and if anyone watches Canadian Idol, one of the judges names is "Sass Jorden" well I already happend to have a Sass, and Jorden is a boys name lol we thought it would be funny, "hey its Sass Jorden babies!" :p

Rusty his old owners named him, I gather because of his colour. they got him from there naighbor(who didnt want him anymore), and at that time his name was "Cujo". they didnt like that lol

Electra I havent a clue, he co-owner named her. I could have changed it, but I thought it fit.

[i love my piggy]

my piggy's name is cinnamon because she is mainly a cinnamon color. Her middle name is sugar because she has some suguary white color on her.

[Trisst]

Sim-Sim:(Siamese cat) I have no clue why we named her this. My dad says it had to have a S in its name because cats hear that noise better (do they?) and maybe cause my old cat (who died) was Simi.
Petal: (half-Siamese black cat)Hint-we have black roses in our garden.she came from a set of 4 (sim-sim's kittens). Peek-a-boo,Minnie,Viper and Petal.We gave them all away xept petal.
Leopard:(Salamander) Cause hes got funny shaped spots all over him.
Opal,Owdie and Ollie-Twitch,nibbles and Wizzer: (Hamsters) My brother was teaching me car names at the time and i just liked the sound of them.Ollie cause its been one of my favourite words since i was 5.The other 3 are my brothers. Twitch and nibbles cause they're hamsters (what do hamsters do ? :rolleyes: ) and wizzer cause it peed on his hand first time he picked it up!!!
Lorry and Mercedes: (Budgies) When we got Lorry my brother declared it was his and he named him Lorry.Dont ask why its a crazy name! Then when we got Mercedes i thought it would be fun to name him after a veicle too. We had a Ferry and a Jet but they died.
Ruffles: (canary) My favourite chips(which are yellow like him)
Shark:(fish)He looks like one!!!
Squirtle and Blastoise: (turtles) What can i say. My brother named them that!!!one is big the other small.

[kallisto4529]

Bei-jing: Calico Cat I named her after a Panda at a conservation site in china that was named after there city Beijing. Just thought it was unique and exotic like her coloring.

Reilly: Cocker Spaniel/Beagle mixed. The day we got him we were driving home just throwing names out and I threw that one out and my husband loved it so nothing exciting really...lol

[cali]

ok, I again need to update lol

all Gerbils:

Lexus-she was motering around since birth lol

Sport Coupe AKA SC-we needed to theme the litter, and she is almost as active as Lexus.

Luxery Sedan AKA LS-she is gorgous, and larger and not as active as the other 2.

Ebeneezer AKA Ebby-the litter theme was "christmas" and someone suggested "Scrooge" as their are 2, I went with that theme.

Scrooge AKA Roo-same as above lol

[cloverfdx]

Clover - Named came from a VC Andrews book.

Elvis - My Mum names him.

Tinny (Tin Tin) - She came named.

Harri (Harry) - My Mum again.

Yumi (the Cat) - Named after a TV host.

Rudy (Ruddolfe) (Siamese Fighter/ Betta) - He is purple, but looks quite red under light so Ruddolfe the red nose reindeer ;).

Nemo (baby little fish) - Just because he is the baby of the tank.

No name fish - I just call the other fish 'little dudes' LOL.

[RosaLee]

Rosa got her name because when she was first learning to walk (she only has 3 legs) she fell into a rose bush and i thought rosie would be a good name but it was quite a common name so i decided rosa


dylan got his name before we got him my sister was adamant she was going to name him so she chose dylan

[shepgirl]

My two are Shadow and Shannon.

Shadow got his name from shadowing me since he is my service dog.


Shannon got hers when she was registered so I kept her name.

[Chilli]

Frisk: Believe it or not, this chunk of a dog was once very active when he was young. He was "Frisky" =D
Donovan: Named after the singer, of course! Also partially named after Don Lafontaine. Ah, two great people.
Indie: Hehe, no, her name isn't a shortened form of Indian(she is an Indian Ringneck). Instead, its derived from music she likes. On the ride home from her breeder(4-5 hour ride) we played a cd of a local indie artist at some point. Thats the first time she really began to chirp along with the music. She has good taste. :)
Lilly: Already named when we adopted her. I'm assuming lilies are white, or atleast can be white, and thats possibly how she got her name.
Gir: Originally named Ariel. Yeeeeh, it didn't go over too well with the family and she didn't even answer to it. On the car ride home(a 2-3 hour drive) my sister said that she would always chirp along with the doom song from Invader Zim. Needless to say, she was named after Gir from that show. :]

Khaith, Venny, Ophelia, Garber, Pocky, Mason, Akio, Greggory, Larry, Jill, etc.: were either named before we recieved them or they don't have a meaning behing them.

[IRescue452]

Dogs:
Autumn-she was born in Autumn and I picked the name before I even met her
Wallace-came with the name and it stuck "Wawwy"

Cat:
Tuesday-we found her on a Tuesday, my sister calls her Kayleigh as a version of Callie (calico), but since I've been paying for her vet bills and taking care of her, she's become my cat, hence Tuesday

Fish:
Depot-Home depot racing
Jumper-haven't found a better name for the suicidal fish
Bob-pond snail, common snail-common name

Mice:
Corinna Corinna-named after singer Corinna Fugate, not the movie
Natalie-named after Natsuki from "Mai HIme"
Merlot-she's a champagne mouse
Piper-long form of Pip, the babies are my little pips
Ozzy-she's so crazy cute

Rats:
Mana-named after member of "Malice Mizer"
Burakku-Song of the Blackbird, shorter
Brue-Confessions of Carbon Monoxide, lets see you figure this out
Hirschel-good Jewish name
Meshugganah-not so good Jewish name
Löwensenf-Bavarian
Bautz'ner-German

Other:
Millie-giant millipede, not creative

[Twisterdog]

Mr. Snake = He actually had a real name for a while, my son named him after some Pokemon or Dragonball Z character. I could never remember it, and as my son got older, he forgot, too. So, now he's just Mr. Snake, because, well, he's a snake.

Keito = My sister and I were eating taquitos, trying to think of a name for him. She said, sarcastically, "Oh just call him taquito." I said, "Well, maybe Quito, but change the spelling, since he's an Asian breed, not a Mexican one. There you go.

Vanilla = She was a foster that wasn't supposed to stay. Her name was Priscilla, but I know a very odd woman named Priscilla, and I just couldn't call her that. I told my son to think of something that sounded like Priscilla, so it would be easy for her. He said, "Hmmm ... Chinchilla?" No. "Hmmm ... Vanilla?" Perfect, for a white dog. Then she stayed.

Pepper = already named when I got her. Never liked it, but that had been her name for six years.

Georgie = already named when I got him. Don't really like it, but somehow it fits him.

Lucky = already named when I got her. Her registered named is Lucky Lady Down the River or something like that. It fits her.

Sequoia = My son named her. Guess he just liked the name.

Aspen = My stepson also had to have a "tree" name when my son named Sequoia. Monkey see, monkey do. ;)

Karma = the latest addition. See here (http://67.15.70.205/talk/showthread.php?t=137356) for Karma's story.

[cali]

OMG with all my seperate posts, I forgot Rook!

Snake:
Rook- she is a Checkered garter, so I wanted something that would work with the checkerboard pattern, and I couldn't use Checkers cuz it was already taken. then I thought of Chess but I didnt like the name "chess" so I started looking into the names of the peices, the one that stuck was "Rook"

[trayi52]

My dogs names are Buffy, she is a Chihuahua, I named her Buffy after "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", hoping that she would be as tough as Buffy is.

I now own Little Bit, my mother's dog, my mother had to go into a nursing home, and I promised her I would take care of her dog, Little Bit. So anyway Little Bit now belongs to me. She is also a chihuahua.

Grover is a tortie cat, I named her Grover because that's what my grandchildren wanted to name her. She is the one that was found in a trashcan when she was just 2 wks old. She is very dear to me.

Oscar is a siamese cat, I got him from a woman that had two other just like him, but he just seemed like the one for me, even if he was so very wild! I don't why I named him Oscar.

Charlie is my Cockatiel, I named him after a wild bird I raised.

Mario is my Capuchin Monkey. He was already named when we got him. We really love him a lot. He has done so many things to make us laugh.

That is all.

Willie :)

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

Let see...

Duke was named by a guy I dated years ago. The agreement was if I got to pick the breed of dog he got to name it. He had happy memories of a dog named Duke from when he was a boy.

Champ, well that is my hubby's doing. She definitely should have been given the name FuFu or something like that because she does not like to get her feet wet. I think the only thing she is champ of is DROOLING.

Chopper needed a cool biker name because he rides our Harley with us. I posted on here for name suggestions and Taz_Zoe thought of the name Chopper for me and it fit.

We have koi,
one named Piglet because from the moment we got her she ate everything. That then got the Pooh theme going so the other Roo, Kanga, Eeyore, Pooh and Christopher Robin.
Two shubunkins, one use to have a bit dot on her forehead so she was named Dottie and her friend ended up Lottie.

My beta is named Visine because his fins are white and have red streaks so my son thought he looked like a blood shot eye.

My son's beta is named Animal from the muppets because his color kind of reminded me of Animal's hair.

[cassiesmom]

Well ... My cat's "proper" name is Cashmere. She's all grey, with grey whiskers, except for a white spot about the size of a quarter on her right hip. When I told my parents I had found a cat I wanted to adopt, my mom was wearing her new coat - the fabric is part cashmere, so that's where that came from. I was trying to come up with a musical name for her but couldn't think of anything I especially liked. So she became Cassie, which led to Cassie Cat, Cassie Kitty, Cassie Lassie, Cassie Molassie, Boo-Boo Kitty (after Shirley's cat on "Laverne and Shirley"), and my sister calls her Cookie Puss. My other name choice for her was Pepper ... sometimes I think that would have been better.

[binka_nugget]

Kai: Shortly after I found out we were getting a Sheltie puppy, I went on a camping trip with my highschool. I was trying to come up with names. A few of names on my list were Chip (chocolate chip since he was a brown/sable color), Zeke, Blaze (the white blaze on his face). While I was at camp, I had a camp leader named Kai-tech. I thought it was a fantastic name so I picked Kai!

Kaedyn: We adopted Kaedyn from the shelter. His name was originally Milo. He didn't respond to it, and we hated to name. I also had a feeling he had an abusive past based on what I saw, so I didn't want him associating his name with bad things. I remember I was at a family dinner trying to think of names with my brother. I remember saying "Cajun? No. Cayden?" We already had a "K" name for our other Sheltie, so I wanted to stick with a K theme. I've always liked unique names too, so Cayden=Kaedyn.

Keeva: I wasn't sure if I wanted to stick with the K theme for the third dog. It was a toss up between Nevaeh, Havoc and Keeva. Nevaeh because it's "Heaven" backwards, and I'd be able to register her as "Stairway to Heaven" (I'm a huge Zeppelin fan). She didn't look like a Nevaeh though. I was thinking about naming her Havoc because well, Malinois create total havoc. They're chaotic dogs so Havoc seemed fitting. However, I already know a Malinois named Havoc.. it also seemed more like a male name.

[Hellow]

Reggie: I think my mom named her after my uncle Reggie
Little Bit: I named him that because, obviously, hes little. Smaller than my other 2 gerbils before him.

[molucass]

Baby was already named when we got her.

Mercy was already named when we got her.

Nevada got her name because her moms name is Harrah. Which is a casino.. So we went with the theme.. Her registered name is "Harrah's Las Vegas Showgirl" and her call name is Nevada.

Shane is named after his dad. His name is Shane and his moms name is Lil Bit.. So his registered name is KennelName' RE Lil Shane.

Deebo was named by a 2-3 yr. old. We were babysitting when we went to pick him up and the little girl kept calling him "Beebo".. I don't know where she came up with that, but I just changed the B to a D and that's how he got his name.

Gryfin isn't named after anything special. The name just came to me and it seems to fit him. His registered name is "Sir Gryfin Maxwell Hall".

[slleipnir]

Josie: From a book I was reading at the time...can't remember the book now...
Zeke: TV show Tour of Duty
Kiba: A tv show Wolf's Rain (kiba was a wolf. means fang)
Butter: I couldn't find a fitting name for him. I "named" him Shadow because he follows me everywhere, and he's black...but I call him Butter...which just seems to fit him even though I don't think it's a suitable name for a Black male cat?? lol

[Taz_Zoee]

For some reason I thought I'd already posted on this thread, but I guess not. Must have been a similar thread.

Anyway, I named Taz because I like the Tasmanian Devil from Warner Bros cartoons. That's fairly simple and boring isn't it? :)

When we got Zoee I went online to search for names. As I was going through the alphabet I got to Cali. We really liked that and Bruce tried it out on her. We almost stopped there and I said - should I just keep going to see what else there is? So I kept going and we also really like Sophie. So for about 15 minutes he tried out the names Cali, Sophie and Zoee on her. We decided Zoee was it. And Bruce decided on the spelling. Which turned out to be perfect since the breeder had used the double e's on the whole litter. Zoee's name was originally Bonee.

[lute]

I need to update my list a little bit.....

Brick- We were origonally calling him Burn, but I kept calling him Brock and somewhere Brick came into play.

Cherry- My dad's rabbit, but he got the name from one of his favorite songs.

Meat & Cleaver- The rats. My friend and I were just thinking up random names and they kinda stuck.

FT, Rhed, and Nameless The chickens. Well, FT is actually short for a couple foul words. :o Rhed is what I call every Rhode Island Red I've ever had. Too hard to tell them apart sometimes so they are all Rhed. Nameless I got a few weeks ago. Can't find a name for her for nothin. So she's just chicken.

I think that's all my pet changes since my last post.