# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/161 "2011-02-27T01:46:36Z")
> [@newsbunny](#): > > My late cat, who just died in July, was named Eleanor Roosevelt Rigby. She had that look about her. > > We now have: > > Buster, a giagantic black white cat. Buster was his shelter name and my husband wanted to keep it. > > and…Amelia, who is an itty-bitty tabby. She’s always exploring things, so I named her after Amelia Earhart. Heh! “Eleanor” was she “snooty”, **newsbunny**? Another “shelter parent”! Awesome! Thanks for adopting! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/162 "2011-02-27T01:50:30Z")
> [@whereismymind](#): > > My new pup…half lab,half st.bernard named Strummer.After Joe Strummer…=) Cool name. After the late Clash lead guitarist, right? Now you’ve got me huntin’ for “Train In Vain”:). No pic? I’d like to see a Lab/Bernard mix, **whereismy mind** \> Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/163 "2011-02-27T01:55:44Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Current dog is Rufus, just because, well, he looks like a [Rufus](http://s392.photobucket.com/albums/pp3/kenghisghan/?action=view¤t=snowdog2.jpg). > > I once had a cat named ‘Jane’, after the song ‘Sweet Jane’. We rapidly discovered that she wasn’t sweet. We had to rename her ‘Ming the Merciless’. I used to have a girlfriend who worked in rescue, and every animal that was adopted, she’d ask what the name was going to be. Her answer to all names were, “He _looks_ like a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” But Rufus is aptly named, and what a neat coat, **Attack**. Was Ming a Siamese? I think they’re known to be very territorial. Never owned one, though my Mom had 2. 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 27, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/164 "2011-02-27T01:58:30Z")
> [@Sandra\_Battye](#): > > Tracy because she was rescued from Tracy, CA. She’s a catahoula dog. I had to look that one up, **Sandra** , because I’d never heard of the breed, or if I did, I forgot. Pretty dog. Would you mind posting a pic of yours? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/165 "2011-02-27T02:00:23Z")
Kitties: Newt came from the rescue with the name “Marcie,” and we had an acquaintance by that name, so I wanted to rename her. We adopted her during a time when _Aliens_ was showing over and over and over on one of the cable channels. Pierre came with his name and it seemed to suit him. Scrappy was a tiny orphaned kitten with a wee broken front leg when I rescued him. Once when I was holding him, I remarked that he didn’t seem to weigh more than a scrap of fabric. We started calling him “Scrap,” and eventually his personality came to the fore… he’s remarkably like Scooby Doo’s nephew Scrappy Doo. Doggy: Arwen had been in the shelter where I volunteered for over two years, so she was used to her name. It suits her as she is very regal and dignified. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/166 "2011-02-27T02:01:16Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > [Chooch.](http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/1491/img2915u.jpg)It’s Cherokee for “boy” and a friend used to call me that in college. Unfortunately it also loosely translates to idiot/jackass in Italian. Well, _something’s_ got his attention! Great watchdog, I bet? Good thing you didn’t name him “Tonto”, huh? “Chooch” fits him though: short and sweet! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/167 "2011-02-27T02:06:13Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I don’t have any dogs or cats right now. ☹ Our last dog, a dalmatian, was named Siren. She is one of a long line of dalmatians owned by my former firefighter/paramedic SO, all of whom had names relating to fire or firehouse equipment. I told him the next time we get a dog, we’re naming her Muffler. Siren lived up to her name all too well. She’s now enjoying life on a farm. No, really! Our little apartment yard just wasn’t working out for her, so we Craigslisted her to an awesome family moving to a farm in Maryland. > > We’ve still got a fish, though, a Betta, mostly dark red with some gorgeous blue/teal highlights. He doesn’t need a yard. His name is Darwin. Love the name of the fish! Do you have the walking “Darwin” on the trunk of your car? Siren’s a cool name for a Dal. Got a lot of complains from the neighbors, huh? “Muffler”? How about “Muff” for short, or might that be too suggestive?:)😉 Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/168 "2011-02-27T03:18:26Z")
[Ginger](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/Doggies/?action=view¤t=DSCN4910.jpg) [Holly](http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/Doggies/?action=view¤t=DSCN4194.jpg) We didn’t name them. We had already decided to name our dogs Gytha and Esme. Their foster mother named them Ginger and Holly and when they got up here, it took all of maybe a minute to realize that those would always be their names. We did name our fish though. The 4 goldfish are: Vimes (big and really gold - impressive looking), Vetinari (skinny little black moor), Cuddy (standard goldfish), and Carrot (red and white). The little algae eater is Nobby (he’s small and ugly). The big algae is Detritus (he’s huge and gray). They mostly got their names because my boyfriend is a huge Night Watch (Discworld) fan (I love the Watch too but I prefer the witches). I named Vetinari though because what else can we name a black fish in a tank full of Night Watch fish? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/169 "2011-02-27T03:28:37Z")
Our 13yro black cat is Inigo Montoya, from _The Princess Bride_. I really wanted to name him after Fezzik, as he a big ole gentle giant himself, but hubby did NOT like that name at all. Sooo…the cat became Inigo, and our cat_fish_ became Fezzik. (Catfish just died last year at a ripe age of 12.) 12yro tuxedo kitty is Mija, a Spanish term of endearment. Now, I’m thinking Gordita or Loca would have been better. Snakes are Cleopatra (Cleo) the corn snake, so named because she has an Egyptian-looking symbol on her head, and Seymour the ball python, named after the lead character in _Little Shop of Horrors_. Dog is Ginger–she was already named when we adopted her at age 6. Horse is Ferrana Moniet, also already named when I bought her at age 14 (she’s almost 23 now, yikes!). Her name is a combination of her father’s (Ferrouge) and mother’s (Anna Moniet). Around the barn, she’s just Ana. ---
**Author:** ![Eeyore\_sgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Eeyore\_sgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eeyore_sgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/170 "2011-02-27T04:22:28Z")
My cat is a very big, extremely lovey redpoint Ragdoll who has a registered name of Angelight’s Sir Seamus McManus, but we call him Shea. He was born on St. Patrick’s day and since we’re both primarily Irish, it just seemed fitting. Prior to Shea’s arrival, I had a redpoing Siamese rescue kitty whose name was Miss Kitty, Queen of Everything…and she demanded royal treatment for her entire 18 years. ---
**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/171 "2011-02-28T22:28:12Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **Stars** , I’m just glad you’re not one of those owners who sets their reptile free when they become too big and too much to feed. So you’re “multi-animal”, huh? I LOVE it! Definitely “multi-animal,” and I don’t think I could ever let Loki run free - besides, she’s a big old coward and she’d hate it. 🙂 I found a picture of my cat Sneakers, an older one from 2009. Love him! [Sneakers, 2009 | An older picture of my cat, Sneakers. | StarsApart | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/meginsanity/5486590479/) ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/172 "2011-03-12T15:05:43Z")
Bit of an update, resulting in a cool pet name (IMHO). This past week both Wanda and Princess Leah (daughter informed me her name is properly spelled with an h at the end) died within days of each other. Went to the pet store to buy two new fish. Daughter picked out a small white goldfish named **Snowflake** , but that’s not the cool one I’m here to discuss. Before I went to the store yesterday, I knew what kind I wanted to get and what I’d name it. I wanted a [red cap goldfish](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/RedCapOrandasPairRodsan18a.jpg) as I knew that would stand out from the two gold coloured ones we have. And I thought of a perfect name for it, being a vexillologist (one who studies flags) - **Hinomaru** (日の丸) - “Hino” for short. First off, goldfish were first domesticated in Japan, and secxondly the Japanese flag is white with a red circle (like the fish), its nickame among the Japanese people is, yes, Hinomaru. It wasn’t until later that I realized also that Japan is in the news in a major way the day we bought Hino. Sure, I heard of the event, but I didn’t think much of it, and it didn’t (consciously) affect the name I chose. But I’ll always remember what day we got him. (Sorry for resurrecting a dead (but hardly zombified) thread, but this is very mundane, pointless, and definitely a “must share”) ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/173 "2011-03-12T18:53:00Z")
Cats need to have formal names as well: Annie AKA “Fierce Bad Annie the Claw Beast” Kitty AKA “Dammit Kitty, You Monster” Theo AKA “Theodolite, Galactic Wonder Cat” (three legs and tabby galaxy swirl on his side) Tenchi AKA “Tenchi Buyo, Meatloaf Cat” (named after the Japanese anime character) What their secret real names are has not been revealed to us. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409/174 "2011-03-12T19:45:02Z")
I have a black cat named Merlin. I didn’t name him. But everybody who knows him thinks it’s very fitting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pets-names/572409.md?page=8)