Has anyone ever had a name chosen before they had the pet?

[Kirbys Mom]

Ya i had 2 names picked out before i got Kirby, i had to look at him to see which one fit. It was between Kirby and Kiba...I went with Kirby.


With Sophie we picked out 2 names before hand it was goin to be Sophie or Ginger...we went with Sophia Loren

[Samantha Puppy]

Samantha was not planned so my husband and I had no names chosen for a dog. I came up with a list of 10-12 names I liked and he chose Samantha from the list.

With the kitties, Sushi came with his name. We really liked it and decided to go with a Japanese name for the other kitty, whose name was Doogie. He became Kirin. That was decided before we actually brought him home.

The girls were not planned either so we got them and then came up with names for them - still keeping with the Japanese theme. Ironically, what ended up helping us was that I had planned on getting a kitty from moosmom and had a list of Japanese girls names. I presented Josh with the list and we chose the two that we felt fit them the best - Kimi, which means "She who is without equal" (quite fitting for a girl kitty) and Amaya, which means "Night rain" since it stormed like a mofo the night we got them.