# Need a name for my octopus! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425 "2014-07-30T16:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/41 "2014-07-30T21:25:23Z")
Ogden… or Nash. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/42 "2014-07-30T22:11:44Z")
lefty-lefty-lefty-lefty-lefty-lefty-lefty ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/43 "2014-07-30T22:53:27Z")
“E” ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/44 "2014-07-30T22:54:40Z")
Hugs ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/45 "2014-07-31T03:40:39Z")
What’s Italian for “Snack”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/46 "2014-07-31T04:02:55Z")
Kojak ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/47 "2014-07-31T04:41:28Z")
If female\*, you can go with “Nadya” - No, I don’t know how to determine the sex of an octopus, real or stuffed. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/48 "2014-07-31T05:21:35Z")
Get a smaller one to go along with it and you have Octomom. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/49 "2014-07-31T05:26:43Z")
Lynn (short for Linguine) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/50 "2014-07-31T05:40:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’d go for the comic-book reference and name him Otto. Or the Airplane reference…Otto Pilot. Then you could blame him if you crash into anything. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/51 "2014-07-31T07:33:11Z")
Squidward ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/52 "2014-07-31T15:44:52Z")
Name it **Octopodes** and confuse the hell out of everyone. Or **Cthulhu** , if you want to be nerdish/eldritch. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/53 "2014-07-31T15:52:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Squidward I love this name, but technically he would need one of [these](http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Republic-83198-Plush-Giant/dp/B000PBPPMC). ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/54 "2014-07-31T15:56:39Z")
Go multilingual. TintenOctoPulpo ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/55 "2014-07-31T15:57:27Z")
Rocky. Rocky Octopus. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/56 "2014-07-31T16:20:43Z")
Shuriken ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/57 "2014-07-31T23:17:43Z")
Tentacool Invertebrat Cephalipopodamus Camoupus Mimic Sucker Slimy Bic or Parker or Pilot or Cross or Pentel or Sharpie or Montblanc Jet Octopuppy or Octopup Lego Squinkie ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/58 "2014-07-31T23:33:05Z")
Seighty ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/59 "2014-07-31T23:36:35Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I love this name, but technically he would need one of [these](http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Republic-83198-Plush-Giant/dp/B000PBPPMC). It’s ironic - like calling a stripey cat ‘spot’. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/60 "2014-08-01T00:56:14Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > Mimic Bullwinkle. (He’s actually a mimic moose _pretending_ to be an octopus.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425.md?page=4)