# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/21 "2006-03-29T20:17:32Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > 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. Or name the other after a member of Finch? ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/22 "2006-03-30T13:02:58Z")
Do you find they make the same noise as the little cheepers in the “For the Birds” short that was on the Monsters Inc (or maybe Finding Nemo) DVD? My mum has a bunch of finches and found it a bit bizarre to hear the EXACT same sound coming from her aviary. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/23 "2006-03-31T01:26:24Z")
Hugin and Munin? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn\_and\_Muninn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn) Sincel they are white and (mostly) grey, how about cloud and, um, fog. Brian ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/24 "2006-03-31T03:16:09Z")
If they’re nasty-tempered you could name them Qusay & Uday. That’s what we’ve (re-)named our neighbor’s dogs. We used to call them Mao & Stalin until we recognized they were even more psychotic than those namesakes. Yin & Yang, Beer & Nutz, Sodom & Gomorrah, Archie & Veronica, Fred & Barney; the list is just endless. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/25 "2006-03-31T14:01:49Z")
Name one of them Darwin. I dunno what you’d call the other one. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/26 "2006-03-31T17:25:41Z")
I saw the one in the foreground, and immediately thought of “Cheeky.” As for the other, how about “Grinch?” ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/27 "2006-03-31T18:46:34Z")
Well, I came in to say my choice was going to be Jem and Scout (thanks to \*\*Marlitharn \*\* and **Girfenrina**!) but I just can’t resist the entries from today, sooo… I’d like to annouce Darwin and Cheeky! They are soon-to-be parents, as I saw an egg in their nest this morning. They work fast; I’ve only had them 6 days! In about a month, you can submit names for the babies! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/28 "2006-04-01T02:08:18Z")
“Eagle food” and “Snake food.” I kid, I kid. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/29 "2006-04-02T00:07:05Z")
> [@LunaV](#): > > So far I like Peek & Poke; that’s pretty much what they do! Cool, I’m in the lead. Peek and poke were those commands I never mastered. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/30 "2006-04-02T04:12:16Z")
Betty & Veronica Fred & Barney Lucy & Ethel Batman & Robin (hee hee … give one a real identity crisis). Dumb & Dumber ---
**Author:** ![xiix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d6d6ee/32.png) [@xiix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiix)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976/31 "2006-04-02T21:11:23Z")
as two others have pointed out, Darwin is an ideal Finch name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-new-finches/349976.md?page=1)