# Need a name for my octopus!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425>\
**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:** 9\
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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/61 "2014-08-01T01:54:13Z")

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Puck the Octopus Deploy.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/62 "2014-08-01T01:58:03Z")

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Siete.

If anyone asks, say, “It grew back.”

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/63 "2014-08-01T02:09:22Z")

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[Kamal.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopussy)

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**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/64 "2014-08-01T14:33:21Z")

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But what is the name of your powerchair? Mine is Buzzy

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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/65 "2014-08-01T19:37:33Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> Pulpo (Spanish for octopus)
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> Antonio, after [Antonio Alfonseca,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Alfonseca) the six-fingered baseball pitcher nicknamed _El Pulpo_.
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> I see that **njtt** beat me to Paul, the [psychic German octopus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus) that predicted World Cup results in 2010

We had one that we named Pulpita (she was a female of course).

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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/66 "2014-08-01T19:47:36Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> If female\*, you can go with “Nadya”
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> - No, I don’t know how to determine the sex of an octopus, real or stuffed.

Easy. If she has long eyelashes it’s a female.  
Another suggestion: Turncoat

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/67 "2014-08-03T17:22:20Z")

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Name him Chad.

Chad Ocho Inko.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/68 "2014-08-03T18:41:43Z")

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since they’re invertebrates, Lucy (Loosey).

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**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-name-for-my-octopus/694425/69 "2014-08-04T07:55:53Z")

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He can be an Irish octopus – Seffle O’ Podd.

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