# Got any cool names for a couple of snakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732 "2003-11-22T21:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/1 "2003-11-22T21:53:14Z")
Help! I’m adding a couple of Rat Snakes to my own menagarie and I’d like to give them really good names. They were both born in August and I’ll be able to bring them home pretty soon. Right now my friend, who bred the boy and bought the girl for me, is giving them a good start with feeding etc. I go over a couple of times a week to feed and clean them, so they get used to my scent on the food, and my handling. The female is a leucistic (sp? A true white snake, with coloured eyes, not an albino)) Texas Rat and the male is a Black Rat. The girl is sort of a creamy white and the boy currently is charcoal grey with darker bands. He may darken with age and some Black Rats completely lose their stripes and go pure black. I was thinking of native names, perhaps using the words for black and white. The Black Rat has a habitat that extends into eastern Canada, so maybe Ojibway? Texas for the girl might include Apache? If I can’t find / don’t like, those options, how about snakes in Mythology? Any other languages? I’d appreciate any and all suggestions! Thanks, zoogirl. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/2 "2003-11-22T22:10:34Z")
Adam and Eve. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/3 "2003-11-22T22:54:58Z")
Steve and Eydie. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/4 "2003-11-22T23:12:25Z")
Michael and LaToya ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/5 "2003-11-22T23:19:19Z")
Sigmund and Freud ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/6 "2003-11-22T23:30:01Z")
Anna and Kobie (for anaconda and cobra, of course:D) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/7 "2003-11-22T23:33:52Z")
Well, I’ve always thought Fluffy would be a good name for a snake… but then there’s the whole other snake to name… How 'bout Rupert and Jenny? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/8 "2003-11-23T00:22:27Z")
Kang and Kodos ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/9 "2003-11-23T00:30:40Z")
I used to have a pair of fire-bellied newts named Behemoth & Leviathan. You have my permission to steal it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/10 "2003-11-23T01:14:39Z")
I’d call one Wolfgang Reitherman. I like kang and kodos if you’re going to do the similar name thing. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/11 "2003-11-23T01:21:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moo the Magic Cow \* > \*\*I like kang and kodos if you’re going to do the similar name thing. \*\* Wow! What a great idea! ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/12 "2003-11-23T01:22:06Z")
Damn it, I was coming in here to suggest Adam and Eve, \*\* Earl \*\* I hope I can call you Earl… -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/13 "2003-11-23T01:29:08Z")
Sir Hiss and Kaa. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/14 "2003-11-23T01:40:55Z")
Badger and Mushroom. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/15 "2003-11-23T01:41:41Z")
Hey, thanks! Good ideas all. I think I prefer to avoid “paired” names, though. One of them always goes first. Do you have any idea how many single “Salt” and “Peppers” there are out there?! Keep 'em coming, the jury’s still out! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/16 "2003-11-23T01:57:24Z")
Naga and Nummo ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/17 "2003-11-23T02:03:38Z")
Phobos and Deimos ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/18 "2003-11-23T02:42:48Z")
Hiss and Hearse ---
**Author:** ![Ana\_Byrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ana\_Byrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana_Byrd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/19 "2003-11-23T03:13:36Z")
Siegfried and Roy. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732/20 "2003-11-23T06:02:59Z")
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