# Name my hamsters! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869 "2006-12-28T16:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/1 "2006-12-28T16:31:17Z")
Today I bought two adorable Chinese dwarf hamsters. I need names! Any sugestions? They’re both males. I’ll take photos when the hamsters decided to come out and play. And when I find my camera. There asleep at the moment, but hopefully they’ll come out later. One came out exploring when I first put them in there cage. The other has yet to venture from it’s box. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/2 "2006-12-28T16:32:27Z")
Erm… “its” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/3 "2006-12-28T16:36:52Z")
Name one Huey and the other Gooey Kablooie ---
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/4 "2006-12-28T16:59:41Z")
Chou (En Lai) and Mao (Tse Tung) ie: Chew (or Chow ?) and Mao ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/5 "2006-12-28T17:06:16Z")
Eagle Food and Snake Food. ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/6 "2006-12-28T17:07:24Z")
Snuffles and Fluffles would be very cute! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/7 "2006-12-28T17:11:18Z")
The Time Wasters Chu Za Lot ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/8 "2006-12-28T17:46:49Z")
Server Power #1 and Server Power #2. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/9 "2006-12-28T17:52:54Z")
[Eng and Chang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng_and_Chang). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/10 "2006-12-28T17:53:30Z")
Two males? Individually, Mac and Tosh. Collectively, the [Goofy Gophers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofy_Gophers). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/11 "2006-12-28T18:02:09Z")
Hector and Ajax. Because you can never have too many pretentious classical references in your life, and the idea of having small furry creatures named after powerful warriors is hilarious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/12 "2006-12-28T18:02:48Z")
Cuff and Link rocky 53 is coming out ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/13 "2006-12-28T18:15:29Z")
Are **Yin** and **Yang** too obvious? I refuse to think of anything cooler until I see pictures. (I agree with **Cervaise** , naming cute, tiny, fuzzy little things after great warriors is hysterical) ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/14 "2006-12-28T18:15:43Z")
Ig and Ook. I got two little gerbils from my sister’s friend right before I went to college. They were absolutely identical, right down to the white pattern on their paws. So I named them Bob. No point in giving them separate names if I can’t tell them apart, right? I always called them just Bob, not Bob 1 and Bob 2 or anything. It’s not like them came when I called 'em anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/15 "2006-12-28T18:24:56Z")
Pinky and The Brain. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/16 "2006-12-28T18:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] Ig and Ook. [/QUOTE] I’d like to applaud this suggestion on general principle. In high school, two of my best friends were twin boys, and we called them Ig and Ook whenever possible. And **Cervaise** , I have a small, fluffy cat named [Khan](http://www.space-debris.com/st_montalban_trek2.jpg). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/17 "2006-12-28T18:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] And **Cervaise** , I have a small, fluffy cat named [Khan](http://www.space-debris.com/st_montalban_trek2.jpg). 🙂 [/QUOTE] I like that: the Aga Khan (Aga is a British stove/heating unit) More suggestions: (Tweedle) Dum and Dee Sinisterly: Cain and Abel or: Jekyll and Hyde ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/18 "2006-12-28T19:04:01Z")
I had a hamster named Pepe the Salsa Hamster. He is long since gone, but one of your little dude’s should be named in his honor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/19 "2006-12-28T19:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] And **Cervaise** , I have a small, fluffy cat named [Khan](http://www.space-debris.com/st_montalban_trek2.jpg). [/QUOTE] I was expecting a cat picture. Imagine my surprise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869/20 "2006-12-28T19:51:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I was expecting a cat picture. Imagine my surprise. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, I wanted to make sure you weren’t thinking I’d named him after Ghengis. 🙂 But, just because you were expecting it … my [Genetic Supersoldier](http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/Draeleigh/Stuff/Pictures012.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-hamsters/385869.md?page=2)