# What should I name my new fish? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831 "2001-08-03T19:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/21 "2001-08-04T16:18:18Z")
If it don’t come when you call it, it ain’t worth naming. :wally ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/22 "2001-08-04T17:21:24Z")
Name it Gato. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/23 "2001-08-05T06:22:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bartman \* > **Why would you name a fish?** Ah ha! It’s not just me, then. I don’t name fish. They are simply known as the collective “the fish.” Well, there was one fish my brother insisted on calling Herb, so it was Herb and his tankmates were still “the fish.” ---
**Author:** ![IceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQueen)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/24 "2001-08-05T06:57:35Z")
IceQueen. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/25 "2001-08-06T12:38:19Z")
Mr. Limpet, of course. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/26 "2001-08-06T12:54:15Z")
Country Joe. (The six of you who got that are invited over to Casa Flodnak for a beer tonight.) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/27 "2001-08-06T14:24:02Z")
Well its one, two, three, what are we fightin’ for? I don’t know, I don’t give a damn The next stop is Vietnam I’m not much of a beer drinker, but a Scotch and water with a twist would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/28 "2001-08-06T14:31:33Z")
Professor Fuzznuts ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/29 "2001-08-14T14:44:32Z")
Kippling Prof1 “do you like Kippling?” Prof2 “Dunno, how do you Kipple?” Or Effah (F for fish) ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/30 "2001-08-14T14:46:48Z")
Doh! Here am I thinking I’m posting on an almost recent thread, THEN I realise you Mad Americans do the Date Thing! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/31 "2001-08-14T18:38:46Z")
Red Fish. Then, when you get a second fish, name that Blue Fish. The goal is to have one fish two fish red fish blue fish. [sub]I’ll go away now.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/32 "2001-08-14T18:44:19Z")
Otis. Ohhhh-tis. I also enjoyed Country Joe. I think **flodnak** owes me beer. ---
**Author:** ![AMM9132](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@AMM9132](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AMM9132)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/33 "2001-08-14T22:30:25Z")
I have had two fishes named Fat Albert and Fat Tony. Each died within a week of being bought and placed in the tank. I don’t really have an idea for a new name but I highly sugest NOT to put “Fat” in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![LifeWillFall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@LifeWillFall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeWillFall)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/34 "2001-08-15T05:31:03Z")
Poe, short simple to the point ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/35 "2001-08-15T06:10:37Z")
Well, most of my bettas over the years have had the name Sterling. Then I had more than one, so his name was Deacon. And another, whose name was Ripley. Then I had a mint green one, and his name was Lumen. I also like Spectre, Elvis, Maestro, Jagger (bettas have big lips) and Boo. Most of my bettas have been named and been long-lived. But if I name a goldfish, you might as well start building its little casket. It WILL die. I’ve got some care info on bettas on one of my pages if you want to check it out. Especially if you have one of those ‘betta gardens’. [http://home.hiwaay.net/~keiper/goldfishpage.htm#siam](http://home.hiwaay.net/~keiper/goldfishpage.htm#siam) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/36 "2001-08-15T11:26:03Z")
_hands on hips_ so, um, what DID you name it? ---
**Author:** ![felicity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@felicity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/felicity)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/37 "2001-08-15T13:53:19Z")
When my husband calls me at the office, he asks, “How’s La Bamba?” By default, the fish has been named. I once visited a site called “Wu are you?” At the site, you enter your name and it returns your Wu Tang Clan name. I was “Dubious Masta-batah X.” I have not yet tried that for the fish, but I am looking into it. Some of you asked, “Why name a fish?” Sometimes, thinking about the fish is a very welcome distraction from work. Why NOT name a fish? Beats the hell out of proposal writing most of the time… ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/38 "2001-08-15T16:19:59Z")
I like La Bamba. Cute! I was going to suggest Flotsam or Jetsam. Maybe I’ll go get two so I can use the names! Once my roommate and I got a goldfish. I wanted to name him Frampton. She insisted on Dagwood. Big discussion. Result? Worlds first hyphenated goldfish, Frampton-Dagwood. He lived all of 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Heaving\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Heaving\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heaving_Mass)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/39 "2001-08-15T16:26:40Z")
How about Betty bought a bit 'o betta? or else Jeronimo, obviously. or maybe Rover? Woof? Spot? ---
**Author:** ![dasceder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@dasceder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasceder)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-new-fish/74831/40 "2001-08-15T23:42:56Z")
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