# Name my hamster! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656 "2003-07-06T23:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/1 "2003-07-06T23:31:53Z")
That’s right! I am a new, proud owner of a dwarf hamster. He looks pretty much like [this little guy.](http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/pets/niblet/page-1.html) (that’s not actually mine, but the color scheme is accurate.) Although this guy IS a hamster, I am pretty sure that he (actually, it might be a girl) is not responsible for any lost or changed posts here at the SDMB. So, I am still in need of a name for this little guy. I haven’t really got any ideas whatsoever, so I am leaving it up to you, the members of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/2 "2003-07-06T23:33:32Z")
Lon ---
**Author:** ![ThreeLeggedBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThreeLeggedBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreeLeggedBob)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/3 "2003-07-06T23:33:59Z")
Wickins. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/4 "2003-07-06T23:35:22Z")
Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/5 "2003-07-06T23:40:47Z")
Homer. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/6 "2003-07-06T23:46:17Z")
Spud. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/7 "2003-07-06T23:47:51Z")
Dopey. Butch. Spike. Fido. Stompy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/8 "2003-07-06T23:48:30Z")
Richard Gere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/9 "2003-07-06T23:51:04Z")
Girl hamster: **Miss Piggy** (ham, get it? Of course you did, sorry.) Boy hamster: **Ham&Cheese** or **Hamlet**. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/10 "2003-07-06T23:57:18Z")
Oldsmobile. ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/11 "2003-07-07T00:36:43Z")
SnugTheHamster. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/12 "2003-07-07T00:39:38Z")
Rudolph. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/13 "2003-07-07T00:43:48Z")
Leif Erikson. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Physiognomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@The\_Physiognomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Physiognomist)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/14 "2003-07-07T00:47:37Z")
Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![HeartOfGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@HeartOfGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeartOfGold)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/15 "2003-07-07T00:51:45Z")
Dan’l Webster ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/16 "2003-07-07T00:57:50Z")
We’ve had a few dwarf hamsters–and they are real speed demons on their treadmill. So I’d suggest: Sprint Squirt Speedo (especially if his coloring makes him look like he’s wearing one) ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/17 "2003-07-07T01:28:33Z")
Snoozer, Howdy, Penelope, Panda, Oxnard, Bijou, or Boss. Dexter, Maxwell, Stan, Sandy, Jingle, or Elderham would also work. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/18 "2003-07-07T01:30:32Z")
Frunobulax (you can call her/him/it “fruney” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/19 "2003-07-07T01:40:33Z")
Ham Sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656/20 "2003-07-07T01:53:15Z")
If it’s a girl, name it Esther, after the [Queen of Hamsters](http://www.readersadvice.com/cons/con115.html) (scroll down for a pic). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamster/186656.md?page=2)