Over used names/Naming before seeing the animal.

[blink]

My reps are called whatever suits them, I wait until I get them before naming them. Some names just seem to suit like Doug for my BTS, and Audrey for my boa. Others are called after their characteristics, Heidi because she is very 'hidey' and rarely out, Elliott after the kid from E.T cos he has little E.T faces in his pattern.
Then we have silly names like Blink, cos she doesn't and Sneaky Pete. To whoever said that they sung the names of their reps, we do that too!
My OH sings a little song 'sneaky pete, sneaky pete, the snake with his own theme tune'

[phoenixwoof]

I quite like old fashioned names...always feel really kooky when i introduce the "clan" to new people tho! For example - Maude and Archibald the beardies always seems to illicit a snigger from visitors... but they so suit it!!! theyre a little old married couple!!! Along with Frank the cham, Oscar the collared lizard...oh and Boris the puffer fish!!!
Im still waiting for the right names to come to me for my m & f ackies!

[trese]

sometimes i name my animals before i see them usually because of the names i was thinking actually suits them i do try to think of names that are individual to them like my cresties are called hitomi and itchiko, my sungazers are chad and rukia, lol and dean has named our female cuvieri skitty bitch lol but most of our animals take a little while to name in fact still got some that we've had a while that are unamed.