# Names for a pet, with "white color" connotations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088 "2019-05-17T00:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/21 "2019-05-17T05:07:53Z")
Bruce or Sheila. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/22 "2019-05-17T05:11:13Z")
Bluey or Red Privilege Guilt ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/23 "2019-05-17T06:05:35Z")
Marshmallow Oh, looks like I’m not the first to suggest that. In that case: Coconut. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/24 "2019-05-17T07:59:03Z")
Natal multimammate mice? How about something regionally appropriate? _Ifu_ (more-or-less _ee-foo_) is Zulu for _cloud_ (the Zulu for _white_ is _mhlophe_ but I reckon that’ll be a _lot_ harder for most people to pronounce. the -hl- is like Welsh -ll- ) The Swahili for _white_ is _nyeupe_, again hard to pronounce, but for _cloud_ it’s _wingu_. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/25 "2019-05-17T08:09:04Z")
And for the brown one, _insundu_ (_in-soon-doo_) is literally the Zulu for “dark-brown beast”… ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/26 "2019-05-17T08:09:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Brownyn is from a Welsh name, meaning “white / fair breasted” Minor nitpick… It’s Bronwyn. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/27 "2019-05-17T09:12:11Z")
There is a mythological Branwen ferch Llyr. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/28 "2019-05-17T11:00:14Z")
Lily. ---
**Author:** ![BeagleJesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@BeagleJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeagleJesus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/29 "2019-05-17T11:56:16Z")
If we’re talking soft and white I think **Cotton** would work well I do like the name Ifu and reserve the right to steal it for future use ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/30 "2019-05-17T11:59:37Z")
Ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/31 "2019-05-17T12:02:56Z")
How about, “Cracker”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UnwittingAmericans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d9b06d/32.png) [@UnwittingAmericans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwittingAmericans)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/32 "2019-05-17T12:18:51Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Whitey. Whitey Bulger. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/33 "2019-05-17T13:24:28Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Minor nitpick… It’s Bronwyn. Yeah, I typoed that, and didn’t catch it (it was late, and I was tired). Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/34 "2019-05-17T13:34:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Natal multimammate mice? How about something regionally appropriate? > _Ifu_ (more-or-less _ee-foo_) is Zulu for _cloud_ (the Zulu for _white_ is _mhlophe_ but I reckon that’ll be a _lot_ harder for most people to pronounce. the -hl- is like Welsh -ll- ) > > The Swahili for _white_ is _nyeupe_, again hard to pronounce, but for _cloud_ it’s _wingu_. Wow, I wasn’t expecting anyone to even know what the hell I was talking about, let alone to be familiar with the other term for 'em. I rarely hear/read anyone use “multimammate” and wonder, is it regional? Are you in the U.S. if I may ask? And for whoever asked for pics, here’s my lovely little lady, with one of her spotted cagemates. The other pic shows the more familiar coloration: a band or “saddle” of brown or reddish across their backs. [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190517/2a76b40609226d4dab3ae29542d09018.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190517/2a76b40609226d4dab3ae29542d09018.jpg) [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190517/c134e343fd832d01a92c303dc8c08814.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190517/c134e343fd832d01a92c303dc8c08814.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/35 "2019-05-17T13:44:55Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Bruce or Sheila. Or Walter. > [@Ashtura](#): > > My all white ball python is named Cracker. I make no apologies for that. In the late ‘60s, my mom (white woman) worked as a secretary for a black man. My parents got a pair of kittens, one black and one white. While mulling over names, Mom’s boss said the black one should be named Bib, “black is beautiful.” Then he said the white one should be named Cracker. And that is how my parents’ cats got their names. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/36 "2019-05-17T14:33:14Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I rarely hear/read anyone use “multimammate” and wonder, is it regional? It’s more of a technical or descriptive term. In the part of their home region I’m familiar with, they’re just called “field mouse”. They’re awfully common as a wild species. > [@](#): > > Are you in the U.S. if I may ask? No, South Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/37 "2019-05-17T17:00:10Z")
Lard Hey, it’s white. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/38 "2019-05-17T17:19:32Z")
Edna [Winter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Winter)? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/39 "2019-05-17T17:36:05Z")
Pat Boone? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/40 "2019-05-17T19:37:59Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Snow is an obvious one, as is Blanca. Ooo, expand Ulfreida’s Bianca to Miss Bianca (from The Rescuers). My first thought was Snowball, a reference to _The Simpsons_ (where the “original” Snowball, based on a vision Bart had where he was ascending to heaven, had white fur). The next “obvious” choice is Ghost, from _Game of Thrones_ (in fact, the name is given in the first chapter of the first book of the series). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088.md?page=3)