How did you come up with your pet's names?

[slleipnir]

Josie: Lets see...I was around...12?? I think when I got Josie...I remember at the time me and my friend went ot her her, and she was helping me name her...I had just read a book with the main character's name was Josie. It was the only thing I could come up with

Zeke: Around the time I got Zeke, I was watching a TV show called "Tour of Duty" like ALL the time. I really liked the show. One of the main characters names was "Zeke" and I've never really heard the name before that. I thought it was such an interesting name...and the character Zeke was really cool ;D

Kiba: I wanted a japanese name for Kiba....I was watching a show called "Wolf's Rain". All the characters were wolves with names relating to wolf features..Kiba (fang), Tsume (claw), Hige (whiskers) and Toboe (howling) I just really liked the name Kiba.

Tango/butter/??: I still don't have a decided name for him Nothing at all suits him but Butter...and I don't really want to name him that..he's not even butter colored! Dad actually came up with "tango" though..he was going through that alphabet thing? Alpha..delta..whatever you call it??

Smitten: Smit is really more my mom's cat...although I named her. I think I got her around the same time I got Josie. Anyway, I've always wanted to name a cat Mittens...but then I wasn't sure...I got her from "Snookums" so I got Smitten out of both of them Pretty sad, cause at the time I didn't know Smitten was a real word...I really like the name now though. She's definitly not a "smitten" cat o_O She doesn't really like ANYONE except my mom.

[catnapper]

Nicki - long and convoluted, but mom, dad, and I agreed on it sfter much debate. She was born right after Christmas, so St. Nick fit, only we added an i to feminize it

Allen - unfortunately my sports loving family named him after Alan Iverson... I changed the spelling.

Pouncer - Jen Luckenbach named him after catmandu's RB Pouncer. I adopted him and the name fit him perfectly, so it stayed.

Abby - was named Evie from the rescue... pronouned Eh-Veeee. Hubby thought I was saying Abby. I hated the name Evie, so Abby it became.

Harry - was named so from the rescue because he was found by a man named Harold. It fit him, and when he's bad, he is often called Harold.

Flutter - also named by the rescue because her little half leg fluttered when she walked. I have always disliked her name, but now I'm so used to it .... she's about to have her leg amputated, so the reason for the name no longer is valid. Perhaps the perfect time to rename her?

Perhaps some day I'll get a pet whose name I'll be able to pick

[wolf_Q]

Nebo: There's a mountain in Utah called Mt. Nebo. It's a pretty mountain (highest in the wasatch range) and I thought it would be a good name.....I had a list with more names, but when I brought him home no other name fit, I HAD to name him Nebo. My family/friends didn't seem to care for it that much, but I think they do now..I love it. I found out after he had been named that Mt. Nebo isn't just in Utah, I guess the mtn here is named after a mountain in the bible err something like that...I read the sign that tells about the local mountain and it says the word means "Sentinel of God." It's pronounced like "Knee-bo" locally I have no idea how it's really supposed to be pronounced.

Reggie: We got him when I was a kid. I just remember going through a bunch of names trying to figure out what one fit him. He was named Scooter at the breeder...didn't like that.....I wanted to name him Lucky I believe my brother suggested the name Reggie and we all liked it.

Sydney: She was my sisters dog, she named her and I have no idea why she named her that...guess she just liked the name?

Smokey (RB): We got him when I was 2. My parents let us (kids) name him...he was black so he had to be named Smokey of course. My mom wanted to name him Nibs (after black licorice I think?).

[tz1]

zero named after the japanese zero fighter planes used in WWII which dominated aerial combat until around 1943