Names that just don't go

Din Taylor

I have a cat called Alan. He is the only Alan on the vet's database of 10,000 animals. He also has a horse called Nigel.

While these are normal names for humans they just don't seem right for animals. Anyone else know of names that just don't work - animals or otherwise? Also, why don't these names work?

starbelgrade

Din Taylor wrote: »

I have a cat called Alan. He is the only Alan on the vet's database of 10,000 animals. He also has a horse called Nigel.

Your cat has a horse called Nigel? That's downright weird. Why did he call him Nigel?

Din Taylor

starbelgrade wrote: »

Your cat has a horse called Nigel? That's downright weird. Why did he call him Nigel?

Alan is a very sophisticated cat.

starbelgrade

Din Taylor wrote: »

Alan is a very sophisticated cat.

Alan, the sophisticat.

FearDark

Used have a dog named John. Fact.

Schism

I used to have a cat called Paul. He went missing there for a while and myself and a couple of lads were talking about it in a taxi without mentioning that Paul was infact a cat...

Paul's been missing for a while now hasn't he?
Yeah, he's probably off riding or something, he'll come home when he's hungry.
Yeah maybe, I hope some family hasn't got him locked in their house and he can't get home.

Needless to say the taxi driver was a bit perplexed!

partyatmygaff

Din Taylor wrote: »

I have a cat called Alan. He is the only Alan on the vet's database of 10,000 animals. He also has a horse called Nigel.

While these are normal names for humans they just don't seem right for animals. Anyone else know of names that just don't work - animals or otherwise? Also, why don't these names work?

Tbh Din is hardly what you would call a human name :pac:

mrDerek

hav for dogs in order from oldest its
pepsi < misty < bonnie < and......Tara

kiffer

I think I'll call my next cat 'K-Nine'...
That'll cause some trouble in the vets...

OutlawPete

Any chance I could have a drag of what everyone else is smoking?

TerrorFirmer

A guy I went to school with really wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and for some very odd reason he kept referring to my two dogs as betty and tony.

Their names were actually max and millie.

Din Taylor

Schism wrote: »

I used to have a cat called Paul. He went missing there for a while and myself and a couple of lads were talking about it in a taxi without mentioning that Paul was infact a cat...

Paul's been missing for a while now hasn't he?
Yeah, he's probably off riding or something, he'll come home when he's hungry.
Yeah maybe, I hope some family hasn't got him locked in their house and he can't get home.

Needless to say the taxi driver was a bit perplexed!

I do feel stupid when I do the "pssshwsssh" noise, you do for cats and call out "Alan", when I want him inside the house. My neighbours must think I'm a right weirdo.

AlmightyCushion

We used to have a puppy called puppy before. It was the only name that we picked that seemed to fit. Unfortunately, we had to give him away as the landlord found out about him.

starbelgrade

OutlawPete wrote: »

Any chance I could have a drag of what everyone else is smoking?

I have a cat called Meow Meow. You can have a sniff of him if you want.

Dave147

Yeah, never heard Misty or Bonnie for a dog before... :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik-WcCdcukk

Sorry about the quality, can't find a better one.. Go to 1:04 in the vid.

kiffer

'Stabby the Hamster' as a name for a Dachshund...

starbelgrade

When I was a kid, my mate had a dog called Prince. When it died, I asked him if he was gonna call it "The Dog Formerly Known as Prince"?

He wasn't amused.

Also had a mate whose snake killed itself by biting a big lump out of itself. I split myself when I heard that, "Your snake committed suicide?" I asked, "Did it curl itself to form the word, HELP, by any chance?"

He wasn't amused either.

Din Taylor

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Tbh Din is hardly what you would call a human name :pac:

I never claimed to be human myself;);)

discobeaker

My cousin has a dog called Noel,Noel had a little friend who was a terrier called Eamonn. Lately my aunt got a new dog and called him Stan.
My dog is called Mimi and my friend has a dog called Bruno.

Tis funny when animals are called people names.

Purple Lemons

Two kitties are Tom and Jerry

ScumLord

There's only one name for a cat and that's chairman Meow. It gets' better the more people that use it because if all cats are named chairman meow and someone calls out for chairman meow they'll get overrun with cats. It's funny cause it's cats?

Christy Browne.

McChubbin

Had a Japanese Spitz named Chloe. Greatest dog ever.

WindSock

I call my dog yellow fatty bean. Not to his face though.

Mitch Buchannon

A buddy of mine has a Budgie called Ann-marie. As it turns out, Ann-marie is in fact a dude. So he has a ghey transvestite budgie.

Rabies

I have cat called Tyson... he eats spiders and plays with roaches.

phasers

My friend had a cat named X after the X Files

Apparently he was the only cat named X around. Go figure.

BBDBB

A mate of mine used to have a cat called Um Boogie

oh the hours of fun we'd have when it used to get up on the table or kitchen side shouting "Get Down Um Boogie!"


ahhh halcyon days

brummytom

When mom was younger, she used to have two dogs, Ringo and Darky. Imagine shouting those names in the street now...

amdublin

My sister found a cat when she was a tiny tiny tiny kitten.
We called her Missy.

Anyway when Missy grew from being a tiny tiny kitten she developed boy parts (think was so small when she was found was too small to say if girl or boy).
So we changed her name to Mister.

Then Mister ran away.
So we now call her/him Missing.

storm2811

ScumLord wrote: »

There's only one name for a cat and that's chairman Meow. It gets' better the more people that use it because if all cats are named chairman meow and someone calls out for chairman meow they'll get overrun with cats. It's funny cause it's cats?

Ha I used to have a cat called that,also past names were -
Swifty,The Messiah,Lucifer,Sancho Paco,Ki ki,Mickey Jo Francis and Smirnoff,the cat I have now is just called cat.

My brother has two budgies called Johnson and Fernando..I think they're "life partners".

amdublin

storm2811 wrote: »

My brother has two budgies called Johnson and Fernando..I think they're "life partners".

I love when animals have human names and real lives.

Kasabian

Used to have a dog named Prince , we changed it to Symbol

watna

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

Mr. Manager

I bought a puppy just over a week ago and we were certain he would be called Phil but after a while of name changing we stuck with McClane.

He's a bad ass

stupidusername

Used to have a hamster we named Arlo. We picked the name before we got her, then realised we'd picked a female, but the name had already stuck. Currently looking after a stray dog I've named Toby. Is Toby a human name?

alwaysadub

stupidusername wrote: »

Used to have a hamster we named Arlo. We picked the name before we got her, then realised we'd picked a female, but the name had already stuck. Currently looking after a stray dog I've named Toby. Is Toby a human name?

My friends nickname is Toby,everyone calls him that. Bar me- I refused from the start,and call him by his proper name as i told him Toby is a dog's name!

So i think it's both personally

ejmaztec

watna wrote: »

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

We've got a mad bastard terrier called Kramer after the mad bastard on Seinfeld.

We did have a tabby cat, which I naturally named "Spot", but I accidentally reversed over it on the drive.:(

Din Taylor

watna wrote: »

I prefer people name for pets. Alan is a great name. So much better than fluffy or socks or those kind of names.

Our cat is called Murdoch and it really suits it. We named him after Howling Mad Murdoch from the A-team. He gets called Murdy or The Murd too which kind of makes it sound like he is homicidal which I guess he is sometimes, if you're a lizard or a cicada.

What a brilliant idea. You could name all of your pets after members of the A Team. What kind of animal would get each name?

Steve_o

I used to have a cat called Emer...

Din Taylor

Also, a girl at work just got one of those camp "purse" dogs, that Paris Hilton has, as an accessory. We really wanted her to call it Killer. Unfortunately she went for Boo.:(:(:(:(:(

gavmcfad

My neighbour has a dog called Thateffindog.
He asked me yesterday if i had seen him

itsallaboutheL

I had a hedgehog named Pig.

Then my mother put him outside and he died.

The bitch.

Thomas828

FearDark wrote: »

Used have a dog named John. Fact.

I had a pet sparrow called John when I was six.

donmeister

I had a cat called bimbo when I was younger (unaware of the word bimbo actually meant ) ahhhh simpler times!

horatio999

had a dog called Stay great fun training him Here Stay

AssaultedPeanut

Two cats years ago used to hang around my parents house in Cork, I named them Eugene and Philip

sheep-go-baa

I used to have goldfish called Gin and Tonic

MJ23

I have a cat and his name is Pa. He has one eye.

Neighbour at home had a dog called Felix and a cat called Rover.. I thought it worked well.

Slidey

My mate got in total flap when I called my dog Sprocket.

He has a phobia about the fraggles and reckons me calling the dog gives him palpitations and brings him out in a cold sweat