Why are your pets called what they are?

Spider Call · #1 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 09:56 AM

Just been told that my animals are named after weird things XD
So was just wondering why you named your animals what you did?

Orion - Constellation as he is awake at night as are the stars :P
Stephany - My brother named her....
Selene - After the vampire in Underworld XD I get teased cause apparently I named her after the singer....
Gremlin - Cause when she arrived she was in the corner hanging off of the roof and reminded me of Gremlins the film xD
Genie -

The song Jean Genie by David Bowie... Although I wont admit that to my brother when he sings it at her.
Vermin - We thought she escaped when she arrived XD So she would have been classed as vermin by my family.
Skulltula - Cause I am a big geek and love the Zelda games XD
Boo - Named after a friend, cause she likes pink and Boo is pink.
Lola - XD The song Copacabana by Barry Manilow... Mainly cause I had it stuck in my head XD Anyone seen the episode of Friends where Rachel is a bridesmaid? <_< And she gets up on stage and starts singing it?.... Yeah XD Well I watched that the day before.

Darlo_Gal · #2 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 10:26 AM

Lol I like your reasons esp Vermin. Mine are slightly more boring

Gex and Echo: Two of my geckos and I couldn't think of anything more original.
Squiggle: When she was born she has a black squiggle pattern at the base of her tail.
JaffaCake: She's all orange...lol
Spirit: I wanted a ghost corn but ended up with a snow corn but loved the name so it had stuck.
Twilight: An Amel corn who looks like he has stars going down his back.
Kill: Everyone keep asking if my tarantula can kill?!? So I called him Kill

Jigsaw: I love the Saw movies

Draco: My little beardie that survived through a bad past so named him after the dragon on dragonheart.
Evo: My fave car

Lancer: Sticking with the Mitsubishi lol
Abbot and Costello: I love the old shows and these are my fave!

Two new recues without any names yet.

sazzle · #3 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 10:27 AM

LoKi (royal) after watching Dogma thought it was appropriate
Lexi (normal leo) liked the name
Lily (high yellow leo) already named
Trinity (normal leo) already named
Serenity (mack snow leo) already named
Valentino (albino leo) was my valentines present
Summer (albino leo) was sunny and nice weather when we picked her up
Lukey (hypo leo) was originally LeeLoo then found out she was a he so mum named him
Lizzi (blizzard leo) lizzi the blizzard lizzard

Dave (BD) had a bad leg so called him bad leg dave after my RTA a few years back a friend of mines daughter said to me ;bad leg daaaave' cause i was limping
Mylo (BD) other half named him
Tilly (BD) no idea where it came from... thought of it on the way back with her
Noodles (CWD) wanted something Chinesey and neutral as unsure of name

demonworm · #4 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 10:38 AM

Most of my animals dont have names but the few that do are called:-

Elvis...coz hes a 'royal' python and Elvis was the king!
Mr and Mrs Cream Cheese...coz they are a pair of albino burmese pythons and the colour suited them.
Ronseal....one of my cats....she does exactly what it says on the tin.
Jesus.....another cat....just because it embarassed my mother when she had to go outside and shout for Jesus in front of the neighbours
Pyrex.....another cat....just loved the word really! lol

kizzy21_uk · #5 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Hey heres mine there bit boring too:

Nuka (royal)- heard it in lion king 2
Ivy (mack snow leo) - got her at xmas
Noel (pastel mack snow) - got him at xmas
Bella (tang tremper albino) - liked the name & couldnt think of nethink else
Seth (tremper albino) - george clooney character in dusk till dawn is call seth gecko
Billy (normal) - oH named him after billy corgan
Art (normal) - already named
Zig (normal) - already named
Gekks (normal) - my brothers so he named
Lola (normal) - my brothers so again he named
Eddie (blizzard) - eddie izzard = eddie blizzard
Sunny (sunglo) - already named
Grace (normal) - already named

George (snow Corn) - from rainbow
Zippy ( ghost corn) - from rainbow

and a spur thigh wiv no name we kinda call him mr tort.... boring i no so if u can help please do.x

Spider Call · #6 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 10:43 AM

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Ronseal....one of my cats....she does exactly what it says on the tin.

Lol! XD Love it!

Loving some of these reasons!

Art_Gecko101 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 11:40 AM

Mostly i have a book of names and words that i hear and like, so when i get a new gecko i open the book and see what fits!

I have Tarquin, Kurian, Setae, Jasper and Finley that are all named just because i like the words.

Moomin was named by my friend cause s/he hatched on her birthday!

Clause hatched on 23rd Dec.... so yea, xmas theme!

One of my fav names was Forest for my female mossy gecko, but sadly she passed away. I've promised myself that the 1st baby mossy i keep will be called Forest in memory of her.

Flint is called that because when he's not fired up he's a slate/flint blue-grey colour and because i told my OH that i wanted a name that sounded edgy (cause he's a big stud with big crests and he looks mean!) and he came up with Flint.

Houllier is a whites treefrog who's named after Gerrard Houllier - who looks SO much like a frog its uncanny!

Then i have Madame mim who's a pink dalmatian crested gecko and is named after the witch in disneys The Sword in the Stone, who turns into a pink spotty dragon at the end!

Tarragon is an olive crested gecko and is named after Tarragon the Dragon from 'The Herbs'

Then i have a TV detective theme... with Clouseau and Poirot the treefrogs, and Fletcher the mossy gecko. I intend to have geckos called Grissom, Mac, Warrick and Sloane too!

fraggle · #8 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 11:48 AM

The leos:

Morgana (all named after Froud characters)
Bregg
Sphinx
Sylph
Indi
Quiver
Lilu
Altheia

The dogs:

Ferris (after my fave film!)
Austin (after Mr Powers!)

Royal python:

Logan (wolverine)

Rats:

Vic & Bob

Rabbit:

Jessica (she's ginger with a huge arse and everyone wants her- so the obvious choice!)

CWD:

Custard (what happens when you ask cousins to name your pets)

Crestie:

Dakota (Planet Terror)

And a few more we havent named yet! (3 rankins, 2 agamas and 4 white spot geckos)

KateTracz · #9 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 11:49 AM

Mine were really boring!

Dave - was already names by my other half when we got together - turned out to be a girl four years after being named.
Oliver the beardy - when thinking of the name my oh thought i said oliver so we called him oliver.
Bosni - just because really. But it means rising sun and he's got sunrise colours so it works.
Jenga - because it means the chosen one and he is my chosen one!
Hooch - because he's a rescue iguana and if you've ever seen turner and hooch the film you'll understand.

MissCat · #10 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 12:07 PM

mine are:
leopard geckos:
blue tack= my son found some blue tack on the floor while he was trying to think of names for them.
spot= cos he's spotty
leopard= cos he ran out of names... LOL my son has such an imagination, right?!

Tarantulas:
Arianwynn= named after the spidr in the snow spider trilogy books (by jenny nimmo
bh = cos she is one LOL

Snakes:
Ra= after the egyptian sun god
Mehen= the egyptian god who protects Ra's boat
(am getting a new snake soon too so need a name for that one, but i'm thinking either Loki or Nephyths depending on gender)

hamster:
spike= kids named it

cats:
Phinnaeus= from jason and the argonauts

pheonix= cos he's a black cat, with red tabby that you can only see in the light
c-fer= couldn't think of a name. so c fer cat. geddit?
pumpkin= he's big and fat and we got him just before hallowe'en
pips=was named by my brother

dogs:
Sid= cos my OH loves slipknot, sid is a member of the band. it was the only way to convince him to let me get a puppy LOL
Frisby= ex racing greyhound was already named this when we got him

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