# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/41 "2019-05-17T19:42:12Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Whitey. Blackie. ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/42 "2019-05-17T19:44:33Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Blackie. Blighty. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/43 "2019-05-17T20:55:08Z")
Snowdrift or Magnolia ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/44 "2019-05-17T21:13:22Z")
Moby. Andthesevendwarfs. Tintin’s dog is named Snowy in the English versions. Albinot. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/45 "2019-05-18T00:26:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Marshmallow and Hershey The S’mores twins! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/46 "2019-05-18T00:29:29Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > 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). Snowball was the black private in _Full Metal Jacket,_ the object of some of the sergeant’s unique brand of humour: > [@](#): > > — What’s your name, scumbag? > > — Sir, Private Brown, sir! > > — Bullshit! From now on you’re Private Snowball. Do you like that name? > > — Sir, yes, sir! > > — Well there’s one thing that you won’t like, Private Snowball: they don’t serve fried chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess hall. > > — Sir, yes, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/47 "2019-05-18T01:19:16Z")
In Isabel Allende’s House of the Spirits, there’s a tradition of naming the women in the family some variation on “white;” IIRC, there was a Blanca, an Alba, and a Clara (really “clear,” not white, but close enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/48 "2019-05-18T03:01:44Z")
Coke. Years ago (like thirty or thirty-five years ago), my uncle, then a police officer, adopted a police dog due for retirement. The dog was a white (maybe albino, I don’t know) Generman shepherd. His kids, my cousins, loved that dog. But its name had been, I swear, Cocaine. White dog, white powder, you get it. Fortunately, it answered to Coke, and the kids were told that the dog was named Coke after the soda. No reason given. No problem. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/49 "2019-05-18T04:29:52Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Pure white, so… Blackie? This guy’s got the right idea. Other good choices are Ebony, Onyx, and Sable. ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/50 "2019-05-18T08:24:03Z")
On rice. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/51 "2019-05-18T08:38:01Z")
Ivory ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/52 "2019-05-18T08:40:20Z")
Cumulus Casper ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/53 "2019-05-18T08:41:58Z")
Haoli / Haole Honky ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-a-pet-with-white-color-connotations/834088/54 "2019-05-18T08:44:34Z")
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