The name of your pet and why.

bamboozling

Question is the thread title. Name and why.

My Labrador is named Nico, shamelessly named after Nico Roche and Nico Rosberg my favourite cyclist and favourite F1 driver respectively. I knew I didn't want a name ending in the y or ee sound, e.g Heidi or Molly or something silly like Patch.

Anyway a couple of people have told me its a great name upon hearing it, including my vet who said it was so original yet it seems recognizable.

Actually now that I think about one of our childhood dogs was called Simba. He was a big golden Great Dane. The fúcker was probably the size of a Lion too! The name was rather apt now that I look back!

Anyway I want to hear all of the great names and stories out there..

Nozebleed

Obama..chocolate lab.

bamboozling

Makes sense!

Test For Echo

Patrick is named after the starfish in Spongebob Squarepants.

Winston's name came from Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels - "Chill Winston".

Both are female cats

TooManyDogs

Phantom - she is white except for a mask over one eye and ear, also 'The Phantom of the Opera' came to Dublin the year we found her

Ellie - Cos hubby thought it'd be hilarious for us to be yelling for an Ellie-Phant

Oscar - After Oscar Wilde cos he's a bit of a flamer, lies down and crosses his front paws!

Wiley - after Wile E Coyote, as a pup she would throw back her head and howl like a coyote, she has mesmerising yellow eyes in a dark face. As she grew and matured the name became more and more appropriate cos she's dumb as a bucket of hair, just like wile e coyote!

Little Dude - he was my only failed foster pup out of about 30, I named all my foster pups little dudes so I didn't get attached, by the time they left they always responded. I'd call din-dins little dudes when I was bringing out food and they'd all come flying, little mob of pups! Anyway, I had Little Dude since he was 3 days old and by the time he was ready for adopting we were too attached, he responded to the name and it really suited him

The Púca - Cos she's deaf it sometimes feels like she's a ghost living in the house, she doesn't respond to life going on around her when she's sleeping, disappears and you can't find her cos she's tucked up in a hidey hole, and appears out of nowhere. It's all to do with her being deaf and tiny but it put us in mind of a good natured ghost, hence Púca. Having a title 'The Púca' is to do with where we live and the way people speak here, she aquired the title because of locals describing the way she runs 'The goes of the Púca' and it stuck!

We have 2 rabbits called Mr and Mrs Bunsy, previous rabbit called Dangerous Beans, and 2 sheep called Massey and Ferguson ...... cos they're there to cut the grass!

john t

sheeba because she is lyk a queen..

Whispered

Miller, bcause I collected him from rescue in a miller box.
Willow bcause when I picked her up from the rescue she was tiny and grey like the buds on a pussy willow tree, and it suits her, she's very "willowy"

Harley because of this picture



he got the hat as a gift when he arrived here.

happyoutscan

My missus named our springer Harley. She's always wanted a Harley Davidson (she's not getting one, maybe a 3 wheeler) so now she has a Harley. The name really suits his personality. Lots of vroom vroom vroom.

Whispered

happyoutscan wrote: »

My missus named our springer Harley. She's always wanted a Harley Davidson (she's not getting one, maybe a 3 wheeler) so now she has a Harley. The name really suits his personality. Lots of vroom vroom vroom.

GIVE MY DOG HIS NAME BACK!

TooManyDogs

Whispered wrote: »

GIVE MY DOG HIS NAME BACK!

Puts me in mind of being at an agility show once and calling my dog..... and getting about 6 different Oscar's coming running!!

starviewadams

Fishy,because he's a fish!

Our old cat was called Shadow because he was jet black and followed us everywhere(shops,bus stop,mates houses!)

carefulnow100

My dogs called Tipsy cause she walks like she's drunk!! was funny when i was 11:o... I sware:P

CoDy1

Buddy & Timmy the Fred - Twin black kittens i got when i was 5, i was allowed name at the time obviously! Timmy didn't make it unfortunately but i had Buddy for 12 years.

Packie - another kitten i got during the summer of '90, hence the name! (Packie Bonner) My folks and neighbours learned to live with me shouting 'packie' out the back door every time i had to feed him!

At the moment we have cats called Louis, Pól, Derina and Maisy!

LB6

I had a Harley too - but he was a cat.

Noir & Minuit - two cats - they were both jet black - so Black (Noir) as Midnight (Minuit)

I have a rescue kitten who had her own brood of 4 kittens at 7 months old :eek:

Nash - no reason - just an oddball :-)
Dash - he had a slash of black fur across his otherwise snow white forehead
Double Dot (DD) - he just had 2 big spots on his back.
SOS - she had 3 big black spots on her back - looked like morse code - ie SOS

homerhop

The four stray cats that have taken up residence with me are called...
The Slut she is the eldest and spends her time either on the sofa beside me or makes her way down to my room to bed. She just arrived at the house one stormy night and would go to anyone who came to visit
Munchkin, she looks like a kitten of The Slut but ugly as sin. Was just a name that I seem to have stuck on her
Cat Cat is the biggest tom cat belonging to Munchkin, was nervous as hell and would run when he seen me but now trips me up to get into the house. Ended up called that because when i was out the yard would call it by saying here cat.
Kitten Was the runt of Munchkins litter and was so tame but seems to have reversed rolls with Cat and has gone very cautious. Named that as that as she was the first of the kittens that would come out of hiding to follow her mother.

carwash_2006

Shannan - small black terrier - not sure why, it just suited her.

Sirius brother of Shannan - Called after the Dogstar

Nico - black cat, called after the cat in the programe that used to follow the mouse on ones computer around? (years ago)

Gobo - Ginger and white tabby cat - because he is a little red fraggle. Biggest personality you could imagine and definitely the boss of the house.

Tortie Princess - Tortoishell, very spooiled little angel - Well, she's a tortie and she's a princess She came to us with that name and we never managed to change it to anything else, nothing else would stick.

Sugar - long haired tabby and white ex feral - Came to us with that name, but suits her terribly well as she is sweet as Sugar.

Gerrowdat - calico - Was one of a pair of foster cats called gerrowdat and gerrofdat that came from a friend, gerrofdat never got healthy enough to leave initial fosterer, gerrowdat is very nice, but for some reason she needs to be told "gerrowdat" quite frequently!

Fleur - long haired calico ex feral foster cat that couldn't be moved due to being terrified of all humans other than us, literally, if we go away and leave a house sitter she won't eat if they are in the house, they have to go and stand in the front garden for her to eat! She was named by the person that took her from the vets after her spay and minded her until we picked her up, suited her due to her being pretty and fluffy.

Pepper (aka Little Carwash) - Tabby and white kitten of ex feral colony cat - Originally called Little Carwash due to having a similar look to my first beloved cat Carwash (called after the cat from Willo-the-Wisp cartoon). We decided that Little Carwash was a bit of a mouthful and Pepper quite suited him, plus we seem to be developing a tendency towards cats named after condiments.

Spice (aka Spicey) - long haired grey and white, brother of Pepper - Absolutely stunning boy. Called Spice as he went really well with Sugar with both of them being stunning.

Gobo



Sugar and Spice

magentas

Rory just a name I always loved, rory gallagher is my fav singer/guitarist, short and recognisable for dog and the bf wanted to call him borat!:rolleyes:

Nelly the rescue had already named her nelly when I met her and I didn't want to change it and confuse the girl! I love "old" names like that anyway,
usually just call her nell although she sometimes answers to Rory too!:D

Lillylilly

Bear
He's a beautiful 1 year old black cat with spots of white. He's a real "man cat" and so sleek and athletic looking. When we got him, he used to stand up on his back legs, and he was a little adventurer- so Bear just suited him.

Squid
She is a beautiful, high maintenance tortoiseshell kitty. She cries all the time and is SO excitable. We used to always call Bear by other cutesy little nicknames and my boyfriend called him "Squid" one day. Our Squid had been born so we were just waiting a few weeks to collect her. We originally thought she was a boy so Squid suited "him". We couldn't bring ourselves to name her something different as we had been visiting her from birth, calling her Squid.

We'll probably keep to the trend of calling our future animals other animal's names when we add to our family!

ctrl-alt-delete

magentas wrote: »

Rory just a name I always loved, rory gallagher is my fav singer/guitarist, short and recognisable for dog and the bf wanted to call him borat!:rolleyes:

Nelly

My girlfriend has a cat called Rory after Mr. Gallagher too, he lives in her parents though.

We got ourselves a cat who we named GUINNESS, he is all balck except for a white tuft just under his head!

I like to call him guinness lynott as it has a ring to it, I also like to dress him up sharply as I can arranhe his white tuft to look like a dickie bow!

Lillylilly

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I like to call him guinness lynott as it has a ring to it

I love when people give their cats surnames! A childhood friend of mine had a cat called Elliot Parker.

Penname

My cats name is Bob Buttons.

Am a big friends fan and in one episode, Mr. Heckles pretended that the cat Rachel had found was his and called him Bob Buttons. Just sounded cute

markc1184

Scooby Boxer/Rottweiller cross that the nieces and nephew thought looked like Scooby Doo so that name stuck.

Mathyus Scorpion named after the character in The Scorpion King film.

falabo

Roux
(Golden Cocker Spaniel)

Pronounce Roo.

Reasons:

- because I'm French and it means "red hair"
- it's also the coulour of the kangouroo in "Winnie the pooh"
- and finally because I like the singer "La Roux"

Maxc
(Black Cocker Spaniel)
I usually call her Mini Maxi because I got her one month after Roux but she was tiny, they are now the same size but I still call her Mini Maxi (I didnt choose the name maxi it was already given to her when I picked her up)

irish1967

Bolger.
OH wanted to call our deaf White cat 'Whitey'. I was like how original ! So named him after Whitey Bolger the Irish Mafia boss from Boston. Bolger suits him because he's very hard to find and listens to no one.
His Chinese name is Yung Wan. As OH always asks "where's the Yung Wan"

ABajaninCork

My cats (all sadly passed on...)

Snoopy - Nosy git who loved to get in the shower with you. Drank water from the taps and pinched the dog's food.

Cleo - Just liked the name!:D

Benson - Had the cat two weeks and couldn't think of a name for him. Saw a packet of B & H on the floor, and the rest is history. He was also named after Benson the butler in 'Soap'. (If you can remember that far back!)

Paddy the dog - DH named him after his father!:eek: I wanted to call him Henry or Trevor...

mikemac

Jess the cat

Now sing with me
Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat
It's very unoriginal, lots do the same

The Golden Retriever is Duke.
He was bought from a breeder, damn dog has a more detailed family tree then most families in Ireland :rolleyes:
He's never been to a show or anything but the breeder gave him an offical name Duke of Glenbrook. So called Duke

koneko

We name most of ours after game characters

Ripley: our GSD, the alpha, her name ended up suiting her so much better than we could have known. Shes a strong girl, and a survivor, and the boss Named after Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from the Alien movies.

Malak: We used to have a dog called Revan, who passed away. Revan and Malak are two characters from the game Star Wars Knight of the Old Republic. He reminds me of Revan, so the name made sense.

Neeshka: she's a sneaky funny girl, named after a sneaky rogue from Neverwinter Nights 2.

Riddick: it took us forever to realise what his name should be. He's named after Riddick from Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick, he has intense blue eyes

Deekin: he's a dopey funny dog who likes to sing. Named after the funny bard kobold Deekin Scalesinger from Neverwinter Nights. Really suits him

liquoriceall

Bertie cause hes a Basset Hound! But also known as Mr B, Bold Boy Basset, The Bass, Houndini (amazing ability to escape!)
Had Timmy the dog!(to the tune of the famous five)

tman

Newt (aka Newt Suit) is named after the character in Aliens. She's a frail little rat, literally half the size of her sister... It made sense at the time and suits her so well!

I wish we'd called her sister Ripley, but didn't even think of it at the time! Ended up settling on "Rukia" (character from an anime series)

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Just read 2 posts up!

variety

Dog: Cleo (after Cleopatra because she's got a really beautiful face)

Cat: Dodgem (because his tail is always straight up in the air, like the aerial of a dodgem car).

Pets that have sadly passed:
Tosca (cat) - after the opera since she yowled cried all day long (was a rescue) and never got out of the habit

Roly (dog): he had a big fat roly-poly belly as a puppy

Curio (cat): on a daily basis he tested the saying about curiosity killing the cat

Nimrod (russian dwarf hamster): we had always wanted to call a pet by a stupid name but could never bring ourselves to do it for a dog or cat that you would have to call for in public

Dizzy (another dwarf hamster): she used to grab hold of her wheel and spin around like a lunatic until she fell off and then would just wobble in spot for a while. Very funny.

ladypip

LEE CHATEAU: She is our original cat who came to us one stormy night, Lee is made from mine, my bf and our sons initials and Chateau because the night she came we found a little key in the middle of our kitchen floor with chateau written on it and the next morning i found one on the roof of my car.

MILDEW: Mildew is her baby from her fist litter, she is a tortoiseshell and when she was born was so tiny she looked like a little patch of mildew.

William Powell

Charlie for a fat "Jack Russell" with Queen Ann legs, because he is a right Charlie.

Always wanted to call one of our cats "furkin" but my wifes always stopped me

TaraR

Socks - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier. He got named that because he is Red with four White Socks
Pebbles - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier. She got named that well because he was the only thing i could think if coming home after getting her i was so excited
Bear - A Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Daughter of Socks & Pebbles. When she was born she looked like a little cuddly bear and she still does
Boots - A Pitbull Terrier. He already was named when we got him. But i could clearly see why, he has huge paws

carraghsgem

pandora;- parson russel terrier, named after anne rices book pandora, also named after a punk cartoon character in kerrang magazine.

Riggs, fell terrier; named after cop played by mel gibson in "lethal weapon"

Jess, fell terrier; she came with the name!!!

Cookie, choc labrador puppy.... cos when we brought her she reminded me of a choc chip cookie.

Sky, black and white border collie with half blue eye, pretty much self explanative.



had various unusual animal names in the past; gretal, magua (last of the mohicans), martok (clingon general, star trek), ceska (treacherous cardassian spy, star trek), magick, smeagol, harley, strider, gremlin, boots, gogo, jet, boomer. and thats just the ones i remember off the top of my head! lol

e.d

has any one got a name suggestion for a blue female staffordshire bull terrier,

magentas

carraghsgem wrote: »

pandora;- parson russel terrier, named after anne rices book pandora, also named after a punk cartoon character in kerrang magazine.

Riggs, fell terrier; named after cop played by mel gibson in "lethal weapon"

Jess, fell terrier; she came with the name!!!

Cookie, choc labrador puppy.... cos when we brought her she reminded me of a choc chip cookie.

Sky, black and white border collie with half blue eye, pretty much self explanative.



had various unusual animal names in the past; gretal, magua (last of the mohicans), martok (clingon general, star trek), ceska (treacherous cardassian spy, star trek), magick, smeagol, harley, strider, gremlin, boots, gogo, jet, boomer. and thats just the ones i remember off the top of my head! lol

what about lucy?:)

beautiful names, leather weapon was just on TV tonight and I laughed so much when I saw Riggs!

e.d

e.d wrote: »

has any one got a name suggestion for a blue female staffordshire bull terrier,

thinking, pixie,, cleo. lulu

carraghsgem

magentas wrote: »

what about lucy?:)

beautiful names, leather weapon was just on TV tonight and I laughed so much when I saw Riggs!

she was named after a mongrel terrier i had as a kid, ive always lived in a large multi animal household... heres the full list from since i was about 5 up to recent times

ria border collie RIP
jamie dutch rabbit RIP
ben border collie RIP
lucy mongrel RIP
gypsy lurcher 16yrs
emily lurcher 16yrs
heidi miniature snauzer RIP
sophie yorkshire terrier RIP
amy miniature longhaired dachshund RIP
penny miniature longhaired dachshund RIP
balla miniature longhaired dachshund 15yrs (daughter of penny)
bonnie miniature longhaired dachshund 12yrs (daughter of penny)
willow miniature longhaired dachshund 11yrs
hannah miniature longhaired dachshund 8yrs
cody minature longhaired dachshund ex-stud dog 9yrs
heidi miniature longhaired dachshund (sister to hannah) 8yrs
magick miniature longhaired dachshund daughter of willow and cody
fudge miniature longhaired dachshund grand-daughter of bonnie
holly miniature longhaired dachshund daughter of bonnie;- rehomed due to fighting with willow
suki collie mix (rescue dog)
patch german shorthaired pointer x collie (rescue dog)
dexter (merle collie, bought as a pup to make a stud dog but didnt make the grade with me)
alfie jrt x hound x spanial
harley boxer x labrador (had to be rehomed due to problems with neighbour)
sheba german shephard (as with harley :mad:)
gremlin (rat, RIP)
boots ex racing greyhound.... cat killer so didnt keep her for long
bonnie border collie... sold as a worker
ratty (hooded rat RIP)
hammy (hamster RIP)
napoleon (1 eyed guinea pig RIP)
jet parakeet RIP
bundy parakeet RIP
holly my favourite collie of all time RIP
judy collie, rehomed as failed as a worker
flint collie, sold as a worker
ceska, lurcher, worker but also killed hubbys cat so had to be rehomed
lady greyhound, didnt make the grade so was rehomed
jess fell terrier
lucy lakeland x fell terrier STOLEN
riggs fell terrier
sky collie (daughter of holly and flint)
casey black cat RIP
elphie brown feral cat RIP
twyla feral cat RIP
stinky ferret RIP
magua shamo cock
martok ferret
pandora parson russel terrier 9yrs
gretal blind pony mare, (had to send her to rescue when i could no longer afford grazing)
strider (gretals foal, handreared by me after she rejected him, sold to be brought on a a riding pony)
freya black show pony mare sold
prince appaloosa pony stallion sold

this is a list of the majority of them, most belonging to my parents, not including my mums many cats, donkeys and goats

irish1967

^^^ wow !

Tranceypoo

I always name the animals after actors or fave tv characters/comedians.

So last dog (now sadly RIP) was called George Bailey cos my fave film is It's A Wonderful Life

Dog we have now is called Archie after my fave actor Cary Grant (real name Archibald Leach)

Cat is called Babs, had her sister called Sid, after Sid James & Babs Windsor (love Carry On films), but also Miss Babs from Acorn Antiques.

The last stray we picked up I called Eric (after Eric Morcambe, my dads fave comedian)

The next dog we get will prob be female so will call her Hattie (after Hattie Jacques)

The Sweeper

Current fur-family:

Frankencence, large tabby born on 25th December.

Eric, tabby and white cat originally called Martin, which was the worst name we could think of for him, so we called him the second-worst name we could think of for him instead, and he grew into it and is absolutely an Eric.

Hahn, brown spotted tabby named after a beer.

Turbo Diesel, female brown spotted tabby thus named because she goes from kitten to bitch in 8 seconds.

Sasquatch, blue burmese cross named for his huge feet when he was little.

Cleo, short for Cleopatra, she's a siamese X.

Gus, my bull arab x hound, and Gus in his case is short for Fungus, because he had chronic ringworm when I got him.

wolfpawnat

My pets now live in my mums because I moved into an apartment!

Dogs;
Kerri - Because we used to go there on holidays, my mother now lives there so it is very fitting!

Tiny - because he is such a big Yorkie!

Benson - my mother named him after her favourite cigarettes! :rolleyes:

Cats;
Sambuca "Sam" - Because she has a beautiful liquorice colour to her coat!

Rogue - Because she's always doing something mischievous!!!

Smokey - She is white with these unique smokey colours in her coat!

james098

Our Staffie is called Carter after lil Wayne, we also have a Pug called Oisin dont know why but it does suit him lol :rolleyes:

barbiegirl

Sindy, cause she's a pretty, little, blonde bitch :-)
Fargo cause he came with the name and answers to it so I don't think it would be fair to confuse him :-)

Narsil

Ghost: Our White GSD-After the direwolf in the 'A Song Of Ice And Fire' books. The tv series of Part 1 'A Game Of Thrones' is due out on HBO in April:D

Hopkins: Our 3 legged kitty- Came with the name from Limerick Animal Welfare and it suits him so much(not owing to the obvious;))

Mommy feral: Self explanatory

Baby feral: Again self explanatory

james098

e.d wrote: »

has any one got a name suggestion for a blue female staffordshire bull terrier,

Saphire,Velvet or Midnight....:)

cjf

e.d wrote: »

has any one got a name suggestion for a blue female staffordshire bull terrier,

What about Blue? I knew a staff named blue but she was so black she nearly has a tinge of blue off her coat!

Deelo - Whe n i got him he was called Diablo and used to his name but I didnt like the idea of a devil dog so changed it to something similar for him to recgonise but nothing to do with devils etc. . the world doesnt need another Doberman called Diablo!

Oki Sky - Cause Sky was her foster name and Oki comes from the place where I grew up!

R P McMurphy

A cat called J. R. Hartley

Tranceypoo

R P McMurphy wrote: »

A cat called J. R. Hartley

Possibly the best name for a cat. Ever.

looksee

Two cats with names that don't suit their personalities, though one was (almost) deliberate.

A lazy lump of a tabby called Pepper. Named for her colour, not her temperament. Though if she wants someone to get up and feed her she will look round for the most irritating thing to do, like sit in front of the bookcase carefully pulling books off with a claw, one at a time.

Snowball - an all black, small, nervous cat, great hunter but acts as though the world is out to get her. Except that she will come and sit on my lap and purr and mash and fidgit, she just can't sit still.

seamus

Darcey, because for some reason my wife thought it was nice to name a dog after a famous ballerina (who I'd never heard of).

The irony is that a 3-legged staffie is about as graceful as a newborn calf on stilts.