# Poor nameless birdies. Help! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259 "2009-06-19T02:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/1 "2009-06-19T02:34:54Z")
I’m getting scolded by my family for not deciding on names for the parakeets I got for Mother’s Day. Now, before it looks too bad, I didn’t get them _on_ Mother’s Day, so it hasn’t been _that_ long. (The only thing I got on Mother’s Day was a good reason for a pity party, which I subsequently threw for myself.) But it has been about three weeks now. I’m looking for two matched names, or at least that go together, and aren’t too awfully common. And we’re pretty sure they’re both male. One of the kids suggested Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, but, way long and too hard to use all the time. I mean, even the names they gave their fish, Kokopelli and Quetzalcoatl, have been shortened, and they only get used about once a day. I thought about Tony and Tim, since we’re pretty big NCIS fans around here. I also thought about Joe and Jim, in memory of Tony Hillerman. So, any ideas? I’m counting on smart, well-read, pun-loving Dopers here. Oh, if it makes any difference, one of them is blue and the other is yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/2 "2009-06-19T02:40:36Z")
Hmm… Castor and Pollux Osiris and Set Jack and Stephen (if you are a Patrick O’Brien fan) Fred and George (from Harry Potter) ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/3 "2009-06-19T03:48:48Z")
Hmmm, I’ve no idea. My grandmother had a succession of parakeets and all were called George. 😃 I’ve no clue WHY…maybe her twisted sense of humor? How about Saphire and Sulfur? Sky and Sun? George and George the second? Or maybe hold a contest for those scolding you for not naming the birds yet. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/4 "2009-06-19T04:49:54Z")
One and Too. But Too must be spelled that way, because it’s an acronym for The Other One. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/5 "2009-06-19T04:57:13Z")
> [@InterestedObserver](#): > > Hmmm, I’ve no idea. My grandmother had a succession of parakeets and all were called George. 😃 I’ve no clue WHY…maybe her twisted sense of humor? > > How about Saphire and Sulfur? Sky and Sun? George and George the second? Or maybe hold a contest for those scolding you for not naming the birds yet. :rolleyes: I could hold a contest, but they’ve been throwing ideas at me fairly regularly, so I can’t really blame them. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/6 "2009-06-19T13:59:36Z")
Keet #1 Keet #2 They’re a pair of Keets. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/7 "2009-06-19T14:17:09Z")
Bubble and Squeek Thing 1 and Thing 2 Bert and Ernie Casper and Wendy Phil and Don ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/8 "2009-06-19T16:13:39Z")
Eric. Eric the Parakeet. The other one is also Eric. What? There’s nothing so odd about this. Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/9 "2009-06-19T16:18:20Z")
Cecil and Adam? ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/10 "2009-06-19T16:20:55Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > Jack and Stephen (if you are a Patrick O’Brien fan) I like it. (But note that the author’s name is spelled O’Brian.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/11 "2009-06-19T16:22:17Z")
Heckle and Jeckle. ---
**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:** [June 19, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-nameless-birdies-help/500259/12 "2009-06-19T22:55:54Z")
Chirp and Cheep Mickey and Donald Riggs and Murtaugh