Pet names

[secrets0stolen]

This is the thread, literally, for all the silly names we give our pets.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

When I was younger my siblings and I named our new dog Jamie, after one of our cousins whom we all admired. Only she seemed rather offended by the gesture and now never talks to any of us at family gatherings

And while her name isn't all that silly, she has this habit of making the goofiest faces.

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

When I was younger my siblings and I named our new dog Jamie, after one of our cousins whom we all admired. Only she seemed rather offended by the gesture and now never talks to any of us at family gatherings

And while her name isn't all that silly, she has this habit of making the goofiest faces.

Cute, cute, cute!

My dog's name is Samuel Clemens, normally called Sam, with innumerable nicknames that I plan to sprinkle through out this thread. One is Ponarcus.

[supertom]

I had a pet turtle I called Franklin after the cartoon series.

I had a betta fish I named it Alex, I had the TV on and a player named Alex scored a goal.

[KaleidoskopicVision]

Originally Posted by secrets0stolen

Ponarcus.

That has quite the humorous ring to it. Does your dog also resemble Mark Twain?

Originally Posted by supertom

I had a pet turtle I called Franklin after the cartoon series.

I had a betta fish I named it Alex, I had the TV on and a player named Alex scored a goal.

Cute names, I never did do well with keeping a beta fish. For all that machismo aggression they are rather fragile creatures prone to dying from tank shock.

[Lakshyayidhi Lakshmihi]

I had a dog named "the dingo ate your baby" from "A Cry in the Dark" with Meryl Streep. I called her "the lady dingo." She was the best, I held her while she died last year.

The remaining dog is Norman Bates. He is neurotically attached to me. I let him ride with me to pick up my son from his Dad's house tonight and he was over the moon.

I had a pitbull mix named Bruce Banner, once, a la the incredible hulk. He was massive because he had lab in him, too. I used to hold his head in my hands and say "how did this fit out of your mama's birth canal? it's gigantic!"

my cat is named Nyx, which is dutch for nothing, I think. He lives outside and disappears for long blocks of time.

My chickens were named blackie and ginger. A raccoon dug up under their pen while I was in south carolina and ate them. All that was left was some of ginger and a bunch of feathers.... I hate raccoons!

[ZephyrusX]

Oxo was named after a talking human growth from some book

Credit goes towards my mother's warped mind.

[supertom]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

Cute names, I never did do well with keeping a beta fish. For all that machismo aggression they are rather fragile creatures prone to dying from tank shock.

Yep plus I was gullible enough to buy into "they like small tanks" I probably wont keep another pet after not taking better care of betta.

[secrets0stolen]

Originally Posted by KaleidoskopicVision

That has quite the humorous ring to it. Does your dog also resemble Mark Twain?

He does not (except maybe the hair!) but I suppose someone in my family does as he's a third or forth cousin. Another name we call the dog is Wupperdoodle.

Cute names, I never did do well with keeping a beta fish. For all that machismo aggression they are rather fragile creatures prone to dying from tank shock.

I had one years ago (named Rainbow) that ended up dying when the power went out for a few weeks during a cold Michigan winter...

[ssandra]

Originally Posted by Lakshyayidhi Lakshmihi

my cat is named Nyx, which is dutch for nothing, I think.

It's spelled Niks

My kitty cat is called "Tortuga" which means turtle in Spanish. I call her lots of things... mainly Nena, Chiquitita, gatita bonita, and nenita.

[Weena]

Gromit, poocher, poochie-boy are the 3 things I call our dog most often.

[aelle]

Orion
Oooooorion!
pup
puppy
puppito
pupster
fluffster
fluffypants
silly butt
doggy dog
mah puppeh
bebeh
baby boy
mumuh, momo, mongmong (after the Korean interpretation of what a bark sounds like)

I used to think one could only make up baby talk or terms of endearment in their native language... evidently not.

[Samfx]

When I was a kid, I named my first cat Chat, which means cat in french

[Velorien]

Originally Posted by Lakshyayidhi Lakshmihi

my cat is named Nyx, which is dutch for nothing, I think. He lives outside and disappears for long blocks of time.

With all due respect to the coolness of Dutch, I think in this instance it's trumped by this.

[LostMyMap]

I once had a cat that ended up being named 'dollar-ninety eight'. You could probably guess how much we paid for him.

My Mom had some cats over the years with names like Magnum and TC (from the Magnum PI TV show). She now has a dog named Stormy, and a cat named Blizzard.

I had a goat named Chester once. He came with that name though.

[Andrew Gubb]

I liked in Breakfast AtTiffany's, where the main character had a cat she just called "cat".

[ZephyrusX]

Originally Posted by aelle

momo

lol - I refer to my mother as momo sometimes. Better not tell her about the dog barking part...

[Kaie]

Cinnamon
Cinny
Cinny-buns
Bunzie
Cinny the Pooh
Rin Tin Cin
Bunzika
Zeke
sweet-bottom
Buddy (buuuuuuuuuudy)
Buns of steel
Poo bottom (I know, I know)
Luvy wuvy

There are even more, my daughter and I love to give him love names, I am not remembering. She has a master list.

The cats :

Gabby:
Gibbula
Bibby
Boo berry



Oreo:
Oar Oar
Er

Clearly we need more cat love names

[Criseyde]

For some reason, these days, the dog only gets called "Miz Mollie."

The cat, on the other hand, whose name is Adia, has several nicknames along the theme of "pants": Pants, The Pants, Adypants, Miz Pants, etc. I also call her Kitty Bitty sometimes. Or Kitty Bitty Baby. Sickening, I know. My mom is unconvinced of her adorableness and sometimes calls her Demon.

[ZephyrusX]

Originally Posted by Criseyde

My mom is unconvinced of her adorableness and sometimes calls her Demon.

So the cat takes after you? ...