# hamster names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887 "2007-09-03T09:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/1 "2007-09-03T09:02:14Z")
I just got a new hamster and cannot choose a name for her! She’s totally white with pink ears, feet, and nose, and has red eyes. I keep thinking of names like Snowball or Pinky, but those don’t seem to suit her. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/2 "2007-09-03T10:24:05Z")
Sushi? The white is the rice. The pink is the crab. Not sure what the red is though. ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/3 "2007-09-03T10:35:47Z")
FWIW, my friend named her ham “Puppy.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/4 "2007-09-03T10:43:05Z")
Voldemort ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/5 "2007-09-03T16:22:51Z")
How about “Mochi”? Mochi is the name for a Japanese rice dumpling-- round and white with a sweet red bean filling. (We like giving Japanese names to our hamsters…) Is your ham a dwarf or Syrian? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/6 "2007-09-04T01:08:03Z")
She’s a Syrian. They call that color of Syrian “albino”, even though there are no true albino Syrians (or so I’ve recently read a couple of places). Those are good suggestions! Voldemort…LOL. Hopefully she’s not that mean. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/7 "2007-09-04T03:36:19Z")
Harvey, harvey, harvey the wonder hamster. Do not call her Harvey for short. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/8 "2007-09-04T09:32:26Z")
Use Snowball! That was the name of the hamster that was the Brain’s rival on _Pinky and the Brain._ ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/9 "2007-09-04T14:57:52Z")
Does she look anything like [this?](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1321135113&size=o) If so, name her Dr. Evil and hide the knives and guns. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/10 "2007-09-04T15:08:56Z")
How about Blanca? Pretty name for a pretty girl. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/11 "2007-09-04T16:21:20Z")
For a syrian hamter, you gotta go with the Carolingian Frankish names, obviously. Godelgaudus? Gundolhinus? Hainricus? ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/12 "2007-09-04T16:33:07Z")
Norbert. My roommate recently got 3 female gerbils (Zoe, Chloe and Joey). She had trouble thinking of that third name, so I suggested Norbert. She didn’t go for it, but I still think it’s a cute name for wee mammals. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/13 "2007-09-04T16:34:37Z")
Why not “Cecil?” After all, it’s the hamsters that make this board tick. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/14 "2007-09-04T16:34:45Z")
I’ve always wanted to name a pet the sound a can of beer or soda makes when you first open it – _ka-chissssssss_. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/15 "2007-09-04T16:39:28Z")
Sprocket, Kaiser, Ruferto, Squeegy, Porky? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/16 "2007-09-04T16:41:47Z")
Call her Bino (pronounced like ‘Beano’), which is short for Albino. Or Junior. ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/17 "2007-09-04T16:52:59Z")
[QUOTE=Fern Forest] Sushi? The white is the rice. The pink is the crab. Not sure what the red is though. [/QUOTE] Masago? ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/18 "2007-09-04T22:20:25Z")
Jean Claude Van Hamme ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/19 "2007-09-04T22:22:15Z")
Doesn’t really work for a girl hamster, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887/20 "2007-09-04T22:26:37Z")
I call our hamster “snack.” But then again, I have a perverse sense of humor. Zev Steinhardt [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-names/417887.md?page=2)