# Help name my bird **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915 "2001-03-06T07:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/1 "2001-03-06T07:57:13Z")
Last week I went and got a parakeet, and the poor little guy has yet to be named. He is a very pretty periwinkle blue, not the normal blue you see everyday, and of course he is male. I want a cool name, and at one point had mentioned Alucard which was shot done my hubby immediately. (Dracula backwards) He suggested Petey, and my daughter likes Blueberrie. My youngest (4) son wants to call him cat food. You see we have three cats that had to learn real fast that the bird was for watching not eating. The four year old was the one to name three fish, pain, suffering, and Nubsibot, and one of the cats, Koter which stands for Kitty on the roof. So, I ask my fellow Dopers to help me out here and suggest some good ones. We have had kittens and dogs given names here, and now you get to try out a bird. All suggestions will be run by the family, even though it is my bird and they will have to live with what I pick. ---
**Author:** ![Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba8739/32.png) [@Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vince_the_Intangible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/2 "2001-03-06T08:15:28Z")
How 'bout Skeet? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/3 "2001-03-06T08:24:17Z")
I think you should call him Perry. (Your son named pets “pain” and “suffering”? Yikes!) ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/4 "2001-03-06T08:31:04Z")
We had just watched Hercules for the thousandth time and I think he meant Pain and Panic. But it stuck and that is who they are now. I like Perry, it would remind me of that Brendan Frasier movie where he was in a fallout shelter. They listen to alot of Perry Como, and then of course my husband had to down load it and I giggle everytime I hear that song now. Skeet the parakeet. Nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba8739/32.png) [@Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vince_the_Intangible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/5 "2001-03-06T08:39:37Z")
I know! Call him Cat Food. That should keep him on his toes. Nothing sings better than a parakeet who fears for his life. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/6 "2001-03-06T08:41:30Z")
Well, I was thinking Perry because he is _ **peri** _winkle but whatever floats your boat! ---
**Author:** ![Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba8739/32.png) [@Vince\_the\_Intangible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vince_the_Intangible)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/7 "2001-03-06T09:13:58Z")
How 'bout “Terror Feet”? Or how 'bout “Parasoul”? He **is** blue, after all… Does he fidgit much? You could call him “Paratweak”… I’m sorry. I really should have my license to pun removed. Besides, it’s starting to change color. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/8 "2001-03-06T12:02:12Z")
How about Spritle or Chim-Chim?\* - A vague reference to breasts. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/9 "2001-03-06T13:00:23Z")
I was going to suggest “Periwinkle” as a nice name, but **evilbeth** beat me to it. Then you could call it “Perry” or “Winkle” or “that annoying little cheepy shit” as the situation merits. I think Ogden Nash put it best when he wrote: _The song of canaries Never varies And when they’re moulting They’re pretty revolting._ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/10 "2001-03-06T14:11:05Z")
Perry- I like Perry a lot. Zette (Who has two parrots, one named Ringo and one named Kramer) ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/11 "2001-03-06T14:21:11Z")
I like “Shut-Your-Avian-PieHole-It’s-3am”…but I can live with Perry… ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/12 "2001-03-06T14:25:04Z")
Perry is my last name… Interesting… Anyway, I have two suggestions from _Things Not To Name Your Child_ by Douglas Ellman (great guy). Door Slammed And Easily Killed Hans Shitface ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/13 "2001-03-06T14:45:21Z")
Perry is good, but it makes me think of Perry Mason… Mason would be OK, reminds of the Free Masons, conspiracies and the Illuminati… Lumi is kind of bright and cheery, almost glowing… Glowbird sounds kinda cool. So, you should call him: _Perry Mason Lumi Glowbird_ You’re welcome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/14 "2001-03-06T14:50:49Z")
Dorothy Parker named her parakeet “Onan,” because he spilled his seed upon the ground . . . ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/15 "2001-03-06T14:53:44Z")
White Meat Giblet Gravy (GG for short) Holden D. Shtuffin L’orange Crud, now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/16 "2001-03-06T14:59:00Z")
**Charlie Parker** ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/17 "2001-03-06T15:14:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Dorothy Parker named her parakeet “Onan,” because he spilled his seed upon the ground . . . \*\* You beat me to it, Eve. But it was a canary. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/18 "2001-03-07T03:25:30Z")
Cecil? Wally? Thanksgiving-Dinner-in-a-Pinch? ---
**Author:** ![5CentCigar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/ea5d25/32.png) [@5CentCigar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5CentCigar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/19 "2001-03-07T04:38:37Z")
The name’s Erigar, Bud G. Erigar. You can call me Bud. ---
**Author:** ![Catmarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@Catmarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catmarie)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915/20 "2001-03-07T09:08:53Z")
What about Stravinsky or Sky for short? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-bird/56915.md?page=2)