A good friend, inspired by my African Grey, has decided to buy a female Eclectus parrot. The female is bright red with a blue front and is quite very pretty. My friend has asked me to ask you to help name her.
She isn’t sure exactly what she wants but suggests one of the following:
A litterary figure.
A heroine
A goddess
A woman famed for her beauty.
Sounds a bit to me like something you would buy in little ziploc-type baggies from a shady-looking guy walking around the streets with a backpack at 11:00 at night. But maybe that’s just me.
Goddess–Nike? Athena? Venus?
Ooh–here we go–not quite in the Goddess category: Amelia Earhart? You know…flying, birds…
I just went with my friend to pick up her bird, which was shipped to an airport close by. She is very pretty. Her colors are absolutely brilliant and so I have suggested Pheonix, because of the brilliant red. My friend however, wants to hear more of your suggestions.
Rita? [Hayworth]
Lucille? [Ball]
Lolita Davidovitch? That wouldn’t be fair on the parrot, huh, trying to say it’s name]
Mnemosyne? [the goddess of memory]
I kinda like gum’s suggestion of going with a famous red head. Anyone have any other redheads in mind?
My friend is kinda leaning towards a new angle - take a traditional dog’s name or cat’s name and translate it to another language. She thinks that is clever. Anyone know how to say “fido” in other languages?
The species name roratus, could be cool with some tweaking. How about Aurora? Seems pretty fitting, especially when looking at dictionary.com’s definition for aurora: