# Name my new finches! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976 "2006-03-26T18:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/1 "2006-03-26T18:11:12Z")
Thanks to [freecycle.org](http://freecycle.org), I’m now the proud owner of two [zebra](http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1354/finches0019as.jpg) [finches](http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/2102/finches0036gn.jpg)! This cute little [pair](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8885/finches0044nm.jpg) adds a nifty song to my apartment, and induces jealousy from my two cockatiels. But they are nameless! The previous owner had too many to give them proper monikers. I know there are some imaginative Dopers who relish the opportunity to showcase their creativity, so here’s your chance. 🙂 Since they are a bonded pair, I’m thinking of matching names. Salt and pepper, ketchup and mustard, Romeo and Juliet, and so on. I will pick a winner from this thread, I promise! ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/2 "2006-03-26T18:17:03Z")
Abelard and Heloise? Scylla and Charybdis? Trilby and Svengali? I got nothin. 😉 Best wishes with your new pets! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/3 "2006-03-26T18:43:04Z")
Which is which? Kate and Spencer, esp. if the white one is the male (Spencer Tracy’s eventual white mane, vs. Katherine Hepburn’s red). ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/4 "2006-03-26T18:56:04Z")
Aren’t they fun? My two are named Bogie and Bacall. They beep and play all day and have seed spitting contests for distance. How about Grendel and Big Momma? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/5 "2006-03-26T19:39:07Z")
Heckly and Jeckle I know it was a different kind of bird but the names go well together. Or you can dig into BASIC and call them Peek and Poke. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/6 "2006-03-26T19:39:51Z")
Harry & Lloyd. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/7 "2006-03-26T20:06:40Z")
This only works if you have read the book, but one of my favorite books as a kid was _The Finch’s Fabulous Furnace_ which is about a family who moves into a new house to discover it is heated by a small, but active, volcano in the basement. So if I had finches, I would name them after famous volcanos, like Loa and Kea (Hawaii), Rainier and Shasta (West Coast) or Fuji and Etna (no geographic relation, but I like how they sound together). Congrats on your new feathered friends! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/8 "2006-03-26T20:17:45Z")
:smack: Jem and Scout. I can’t believe it took me this long to think of that! ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/9 "2006-03-26T22:19:50Z")
Kang and Kodos. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/10 "2006-03-26T23:02:15Z")
So far I like Peek & Poke; that’s pretty much what they do! But I also like \*\*delphica’s \*\* volcano idea…it is not only unique, but there’s a story behind it as well. \*\*The Scrivener \*\* - the female is the white one, the male is the one with flashy plumage. Otherwise, a great idea! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/11 "2006-03-27T00:16:36Z")
I’d name one Jennifer, after Jennifer Finch from L7. Which would lead me to name the other one after another member of L7, maybe Suzi or Donita. ---
**Author:** ![Girfenrina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Girfenrina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girfenrina)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/12 "2006-03-27T01:02:55Z")
Scout and Jem. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/13 "2006-03-27T01:35:53Z")
[Peter](http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechnetwork3.html) and [Elise](http://www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tvheadsfree_viewer.pl?download_female_elisefinch&freedownload). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/14 "2006-03-27T01:58:29Z")
Milo & Otis. Hee & Haw. Fiddle & Faddle. Dib & Dab. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/15 "2006-03-27T15:10:19Z")
Jerry and Elaine. George and Martha. Thomas and Sally. Daredevil and Elektra. Clark and Lois. Bob and Helen. Paris and Helen. Zeus and Hera. Franklin and Eleanor. Hercules and Megara. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/16 "2006-03-29T19:12:36Z")
No more creative names? OK, I’ll give it some thought today and decide which of the submissions match my cute birds’ personalities! Thanks to all who helped out!! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/17 "2006-03-29T19:14:35Z")
I had three at one time. They made me laugh so I called them The Marx Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/18 "2006-03-29T20:04:35Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I had three at one time. They made me laugh so I called them The Marx Brothers. Which ones did you leave out? Poor Zeppo & Gummo - nobody remembers them. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/19 "2006-03-29T20:05:53Z")
Rocco’s lunch and Devo’s lunch. (this from Rocco and Devo, two of our cats.) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/20 "2006-03-29T20:06:42Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Which ones did you leave out? > > Poor Zeppo & Gummo - nobody remembers them. _sniff_ Actually, I couldn’t decide on which names to choose, so they were just collectively “The Marx Brothers.” No individual names. They were very cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976.md?page=2)