Explain your pets names!

Great thread. :)

Dogs

Penny, was born on Christmas day so we wanted somthing Christmas sounding. We went through Tinsel or Tynsel, Sparkle and then we came to our senses and called her Penny because she was so tiny, The size of a Penny coin. (Not realy that small but she could fit into the palm of my hand and i have tiny hands).

Clover, was the little black Poodle from the V.C Andrews books "Flowers in the attic" i loved the name so Clover it was. She was also going to be Guiness.

Theodore, poor Theo was nameless for about a week then my Mum and i said we have to make a decision quickly. I was reading the newspaper and came across a story about a Police officer who name was " Sen sargent *Somthing* Theodore" i suggested the name and it stuck.

Elvis, well Mum is an Elvis Prestly fan so that is where he got his name even though i dont like it. I would have called him Zephyr (pronounced Zefer) or Astro, Turbo, Tweed. Those are my favourite Border Collie names so in the future i will use them. :D

Cat

Yumi (Yu-Mee) was a young lady from the television station Channel-V who i thought was kinda cute and Yumi was an adorable kitten so the name fit her perfectly. I actualy thought of the name and then we were watching TV and Mum said what about Yumi when i was about to suggest the name. So it was a very easy choice to make.
But she did go through about 10 names before we even got her home before that some of those being, Jade (Sweetest girl ever, Jade is a friend from school) the name would have been perfect. Rubi, Tiger-Lilly (Lilly for short), Tabitha, Tabby, Misty.

Angus-named after Angus Young from AC/DC

Roxey-from the song Roxanne by Sting

And Huney-first time she came to me I called her honey (as in "Come here honey"...it just seemed right:D

FizzGigg name came from my favorite movie "the Dark Crystal" By Jim Hensom (If you haven't seen it rent it. Its is such a cool muppet movie)

Tobi's AKC name is Pro's Tuff Guy When we picked him up from the breeder he was playing so ruff with the other pups thats where we got "Tuff" and his Daddy's mane was Pro's Max So he became "Pro's Tuff Guy" How we got Tobi from that I dont no?

Max's Full name is Maxemus Destruction. The first day we brought him home he made such a mess out of everything he got into everything he even pulled a whole chicken (Cooked) right off the counter and ate it while I was in the shower. Thats how he got his name.

when i was younger i just named a lot of my pets after how i tought they looked.. and i haven't gotten any new pets recently.. sometimes i'm just not sure how i would name a new pet because i'd be afraid to choose that name for it to have forever. heh

Well when I was younger i named my pets real dumb names (i only had cats when i was young)(family as a hole had dogs but the cats were mine)
RB- Leaf, was my tabby cat
RB- Slaphead, black farm cat
Most resent RB cat- Kissafur, grey farm cat
RB- Tibs, Abbysinian
Tiger- my dad's 3 legged farm cat
Ferret, Tia liked the name and it seems to fit her.
Rio Most certainly not after any football players, just liked the name
Ky

I'll just do the cats I have now and one RB cat.

Cleo- 1984-1989: came from a pet shop and was called Cleopatra by the people who worked there . I liked the name so it stayed with one exception; Cleopatra turned out to be a male. So he was still Cleo, but it was short for Cleophus.:)


Felicia- 1989-: That was the name of a singer I heard on the radio. I hadn't heard the name Felicia before, and thought it was beautiful. I promised myself that my next female cat would have it for a name.


Beau-1992-: His full name (not counting the Cattery name) is McCleo's Beau. I saw the word beau, decided it would be a nice name for a cat. He is also named after Cleo with the Mc from my last name.


Just want to add that most people get their pet and then think of a name. While I usually have the names selected first. :rolleyes: Why? Because I do things backwards!;)

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Originally posted by Vio&Juni
I wanted to say that Nebo in Russian means Sky - I love it :). And this fits Nebo's blue eyes.

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Wow I had no idea! That's so cool! :D

Sash- my boyfriend named him, he actually picked Sasha, but then we found out Sash was a little boy.:eek: so we shortened it to Sash.

Lucki- was Sash's sister and I named her Lucki because she was darn lucky to be found on such a cold day.

Blackie- obviously because he was all black and beautiful.:)

Kit- was my very first cat my dad found and we never had cats before, so we just started calling him Kitty and he became Kit, a beautiful charcoal grey cat.

Tabby- is our newest edition, he lives with my mom and dad and they named him Tabby, he's an orange tabby

Lisa & Sash




http://pages.ivillage.com/lisalee992 (Sash's website)
http://www.geocities.com/blackie7979/mypage.html (My cats)