# Your Pets' Names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409 "2011-02-24T02:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/121 "2011-02-25T19:57:16Z")
I didn’t have a name picked out for my **Dolly** before I got her. I knew I was going to get a female Golden Retriever (from a breeder - sorry!) I found an ad for a litter about 45 mins away, so my mom and I discussed names on our way to get her. I wanted something like Pixel or Giga (I work in IT) but mom said no (I was about 23 at the time!) Dolly was mentioned along the way, since my parents had recently visited Dollywood. Anyway, when we got there and picked her out, the breeders said she had been named “Dolly” because she was quite blonde and she “sings” when she yawns. That sounded good to me so we kept it. Turns out that my Dolly is not only a blonde that (still) sings, she also is busty with a small waist! She gains all of her weight in her chest, and her tummy stays small. In fact right now she’s overweight by about 10# and her tummy looks like the “normal” tummy in the “is your dog overweight?” poster. So, just like her namesake, she turned out to have a slight waist and a big chest! Anyway, here’s Dolly: [beautiful girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/420131670_cd4ffea95c.jpg) [our christmas card](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4227001453_84e467c2e2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/122 "2011-02-25T22:54:35Z")
We had five betta fish at one time: Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D’Artagnan and Lucky. D’Artagnan was bought from Kroger in Louisville, KY. He made the 600 mile move with us back to Mississippi, and he had just turned 5 years old when he died. The kids had us sing happy birthday to him on his fifth birthday. Athos, Porthos and Aramis were bought together at PetSmart. Athos and Porthos were going to belong to our kids: Aramis was going to be my work fish. D’Artagnan was my home fish. After we bought those three, we saw a large fish tank with a shot glass in the middle: if you could get a quarter in the shot glass, you won a fish. Well, our darling daughter, who was about 6 at the time, hit the shot glass. So we went home with four fish instead of three. Sadly, the longest survivor of that group lasted three months. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/123 "2011-02-25T23:33:01Z")
My dog, Daisy, was named at the shelter. Since my IRL last name is May, I thought that having a Daisy May dog was pretty cool. One cat is named Butterfly because she’s a multicolored calico. The other cat, a large orange tabby is named Tigger although I usually just call her Stupid because she is without a doubt the dumbest cat I’ve ever seen. We had a black cat that would follow me around everywhere like a dog. His name was Footsteps. I really loved him even though I’m not a cat person. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/124 "2011-02-25T23:46:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > We had five betta fish at one time: Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D’Artagnan and Lucky. D’Artagnan was bought from Kroger in Louisville, KY. He made the 600 mile move with us back to Mississippi, and he had just turned 5 years old when he died. The kids had us sing happy birthday to him on his fifth birthday. > > Athos, Porthos and Aramis were bought together at PetSmart. Athos and Porthos were going to belong to our kids: Aramis was going to be my work fish. D’Artagnan was my home fish. After we bought those three, we saw a large fish tank with a shot glass in the middle: if you could get a quarter in the shot glass, you won a fish. Well, our darling daughter, who was about 6 at the time, hit the shot glass. So we went home with four fish instead of three. Sadly, the longest survivor of that group lasted three months. D and I had a Belgian Tervuren named D’Artagnan back in the 80’s - we called him “Dart” for short. We also had a plecostomus who cleaned the inside of the aquarium walls for us. His name was Barnacle Bill. Also Ann, thanks for following the blog! 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/125 "2011-02-25T23:47:31Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > My dog, Daisy, was named at the shelter. Since my IRL last name is May, I thought that having a Daisy May dog was pretty cool. > > One cat is named Butterfly because she’s a multicolored calico. The other cat, a large orange tabby is named Tigger although I usually just call her Stupid because she is without a doubt the dumbest cat I’ve ever seen. We had a black cat that would follow me around everywhere like a dog. His name was Footsteps. I really loved him even though I’m not a cat person. All clever names! I especially liked “Daisy May”. 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/126 "2011-02-25T23:49:39Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I didn’t have a name picked out for my **Dolly** before I got her. I knew I was going to get a female Golden Retriever (from a breeder - sorry!) I found an ad for a litter about 45 mins away, so my mom and I discussed names on our way to get her. > > I wanted something like Pixel or Giga (I work in IT) but mom said no (I was about 23 at the time!) Dolly was mentioned along the way, since my parents had recently visited Dollywood. > > Anyway, when we got there and picked her out, the breeders said she had been named “Dolly” because she was quite blonde and she “sings” when she yawns. That sounded good to me so we kept it. > > Turns out that my Dolly is not only a blonde that (still) sings, she also is busty with a small waist! She gains all of her weight in her chest, and her tummy stays small. In fact right now she’s overweight by about 10# and her tummy looks like the “normal” tummy in the “is your dog overweight?” poster. > > So, just like her namesake, she turned out to have a slight waist and a big chest! > > Anyway, here’s Dolly: > > [beautiful girl](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/420131670_cd4ffea95c.jpg) > [our christmas card](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4227001453_84e467c2e2.jpg) That is a sweet looking dog, **Zip**! That is snow she’s lying on top of, right? And how did you make that card? It’s very pretty! Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/127 "2011-02-25T23:51:56Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > D and I had a Belgian Tervuren named D’Artagnan back in the 80’s - we called him “Dart” for short. We also had a plecostomus who cleaned the inside of the aquarium walls for us. His name was Barnacle Bill. > > Also Ann, thanks for following the blog! 🙂 > > Quasi We called ours Darty. The Three Musketeers names came about because male bettas are so flashy, and they reminded me of the plumes in the hats. And your blog is awesome: how could I not follow? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/128 "2011-02-26T00:02:16Z")
In a pet naming thread several years ago a Doper mentioned that he liked to choose a name and then assign a military rank. Mr. Ko and I liked that idea. Our new pound puppy’s rank reflects his general comportment, but it takes several days in a row of outstanding conduct for promotion (he did make it, briefly, all the way up to Sergeant). [Meet Private Winston](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2187759040027528800MfdzFn). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/129 "2011-02-26T00:05:35Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Three dogs, which I’ve talked about on the Dope ad nauseum, I imagine. > > [Blaze](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/my%20dogs/blaze/?action=view¤t=DSCF2752.jpg) - aka Cherokee Blaze. That was his name on his registration papers. He was a purebred Shetland Sheepdog. I had to put him down last year. He was 14. > > [Lucy](http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/rmix/?action=view¤t=VIDEO0014.mp4) - the black lab in the video. She was a stray I found near this duck pond by my house. She actually adopted me by jumping over my lap and into the passenger side of my car. “Take me home!” she said. I don’t know why we named her Lucy, it just seemed to fit. > > Ernie - the white Bichon Frise. He was originally owned by my neighbors down the street, who are Hispanic. They called him Chikki. When we bought him from them, we renamed him Ernie. That was the name of the adopted kid on My Three Sons. 😉 (He was the third dog - gettit?) > > Dipsey - the brown long haired dachsund/chihuahua mix. You all know [The Saga of Dipsey](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=13589&highlight=dipsey), right? He was named Depse by his previous owners. We tried calling him Nipsey and Gypsy, but neither stuck. Dipsey is his name. Pictures #6 and #8 of Blaze are my favorites, **Dolores**. #2 tugged at my heart real good. You have quite a menagerie, there, my friend. All of them very beautiful. I was sorry to read of your having to put down, Blaze. Been through it as well and had them go to sleep with my head next to theirs. Jesus, that’s painful! I can get choked up even now. Thanks and best of luck in your upcoming competition!🙂 Quasi And yup. Sometimes they adopt _us_! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/130 "2011-02-26T00:09:17Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > In a pet naming thread several years ago a Doper mentioned that he liked to choose a name and then assign a military rank. Mr. Ko and I liked that idea. Our new pound puppy’s rank reflects his general comportment, but it takes several days in a row of outstanding conduct for promotion (he did make it, briefly, all the way up to Sergeant). > > [Meet Private Winston](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2187759040027528800MfdzFn). The Private sure fits his name, **koeeoaddi**!🙂 With his feet together like that “straight-ahead” look into the camera, he looks like he’s at “attention”. We had a similar looking dog, named Steppenwolf, my favorite group at the time. We figured a small guy like that deserved a BIG name!🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/131 "2011-02-26T00:11:41Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > When we got our cocker spaniel in 2002, we initially considered Muffin (my wife) and Shostakovich (me) as names - fortunately, we settled on Jazz. > > [Picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/artrock2006/4488299235/in/set-72157601346647431/). Hmmm, nothing shows on my screen, **Art?** can you re-send, please? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/132 "2011-02-26T00:16:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Way back when, I had a lilac Siamese who was abandoned by its mother and raised by a dog with puppies, and ended up thinking he was a dog. His original name was Lilac Lou, but one day my then husband said “We really got a weird Puppy-Cat here” and the name Puppy-Cat stuck. I have often wondered how animals of a different breed can co-exist in one’s infancy stage and the mother not refuse to nourish or nurture, **Annie**. Puppy-Cat seems like a fitting name for your Siamese, too bad he doesn’t bark, or does he? 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/133 "2011-02-26T00:18:32Z")
> [@maisoui](#): > > Well, then… > > So no damage to the masculinity of the 2 gerbils, then **maisoui**? > > Dog, cats, guinea pigs, gerbils… We call them the food chain… And you are at the top, right? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/134 "2011-02-26T00:26:52Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Hm, first cat was a beige longhair named puff, we got her from the barn belonging to my grandparents handyman when I was 5 years old. > > Next was a big black maine coon who arrived on our doorstep pregnant. I named her Pyewacket because Bell Book and Candle was my favorite movie. The vet found homes for the 2 resulting kittens when we took her in for the big snip. > > I was adopted by a huge white and sort of brownish tabby spot tom who was abandoned or runaway, he was already fixed. I named him Pyewacket as well, but animal control nicknamed him Conan the Cat. > > When he died I adopted Banzai, a first generation himalayan, big fluffy tom we got fixed. He died about 6 years ago. > > About 12 years ago we adopted Jezabel from the vets office. She has apparently made friends with a mouse because I have actually caught them sharing kibble. > > We have a dog named souage we also adopted though from animal control. > > From one of my original batches of chickens, we had a very charismatic rooster we named Cogburn, who died a couple years ago of old age. > > We adopted a throw away that someone dumped on the farm, since we caught him snoozing in the chicken coop where he was apparently eating the cat kibble we use as protein supplement, we named him General Sterling Price, but usually we call him fuzzybutt or snookums. > > We have another outside cat that belongs to our roomie named Pickett after General Pickett, and her other cat is named Sunshine. Pickett and Sunshine and Snookums live with her in the barn. Wow! _Another_ menagerie! Who takes care of all of them when you and your husband go on your trips and do you find as I do, that Maine Coons are the lovingest cats? Mine has no problems being picked up and loves to snuggle up to both D and me. Never had a cat like him, **a**. I am finding that y’all are as clever with your pets’ names as you are with your own Dope names. Other names we have for Bert are: Boo-Boo and Mr. Bert (D’s names) and Ice Cream Nose (he has a litle orange spot on his nose) and Mr. Drooly-Mouth, although he doesn’t drool nearly as much as when we first got him. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/135 "2011-02-26T00:32:00Z")
> [@loshan](#): > > Shadeaux - A stray, she showed up and nobody claimed her, she is the queen. Black Lab/Akita mix according to the vet. She followed the SO everywhere and he is from Cajun country…thus the spelling. Nickname: Dodo. > > Keisha - yellow Lab. Rescue…came with the name. Has a middle name: Keisha Marie. > > Unique - Tri-color Shepard. Rescue. Came with the name, and at 7+ YO, too late to change. Nickname \_ Neeky. > > Inchems - a small rat terrier/min pin mix. Rescue. Original name “Sally”, started out with the nickname of “little half inch” since she looked so small comparatively. > > Zippy - Inchem’s son (we got her already pregnant). He named himself when I couldn’t catch him for his first vet visit. He was “zipping around.” Nickname: Hemi (not the motor…short for hemorroid, cuz he was a pain in the butt. 😃 > > [Shadeaux & Keisha](http://s1179.photobucket.com/albums/x383/loshan1/?action=view¤t=101_0144.jpg) > > [Inchems](http://s1179.photobucket.com/albums/x383/loshan1/?action=view¤t=101_0144.jpg#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1179.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx383%2Floshan1%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D100_0280.jpg) I can’t see the pics, **loshan** , sorry! Can you re-send? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/136 "2011-02-26T00:37:04Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > My dog is [Lucy](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IDl3RYLazD_DAQg0wHXiFl6LUdbAqyrBGr8tKQxaorE?feat=directlink) and my cat is [Bluebelle](https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LM49_QtC2AOaXT62nVRutF6LUdbAqyrBGr8tKQxaorE?feat=directlink). They’re both rescues, and they both came with those names. Bluebelle was about 9 when I got her, so I didn’t want to change her name. Lucy had only had her name a few months, but it was at least her second one, and she was responding to it, so I left it alone. > > I’ve only gotten to name one animal out of all my rescues - my previous cat, Eleanor. She was a grey tabby, and hadn’t had her rescue name (Nickel) very long. There was an older, grey-haired woman in my office named Eleanor, and I decided it fit my new cat. Human Eleanor got a kick out of it. Lucy: How could you NOT like a cutie with ears like that?🙂 Bluebelle: You know, it’s been my experience that people generally just don’t adopt older cats or dogs, because they fear the vet bills and that’s a shame. Just like us, we need companionship and too many pets die in shelters because of this. She looks like a big ol’ ball of fluff and very loving. Not quite a “kitler”, but close. Very pretty kitty, **Inter Alia**! Q ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/137 "2011-02-26T01:01:56Z")
Female Siamese: Snowflake (aka Sweetie Pie) Male Tabby: Junior ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/138 "2011-02-26T02:07:50Z")
My favorite pet name came from a lop-eared rabbit in my brother’s household. As a small child, Terry had always called his baby blanket a “mugget” so that the bunny was baptized “Mugget.” ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/139 "2011-02-26T02:49:19Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > And you are at the top, right? We like to think so! Although if they ganged up on us, there’s no knowing what they could do… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/140 "2011-02-26T03:02:14Z")
We named our AKC Beagle “Princess Juliet of Midvale”, Julie for short. We had a mixed breed named “Dutchess”. I guess my parents had a fixation on royalty. We had a white rabbit named “Whitey”. Yeah, a lot of imagination in our family. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409.md?page=8)