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electric_blue68

(21,798 posts) Wed Apr 30, 2025, 06:08 PM Apr 30

Favorite Pet names. Your critters, or others... [View all]

What are silly and good, apt, beautiful, clever names you've heard.

Only had turtles ask a kid. Only named one - big boy (real original 😄 ); I think because he actually lasted, and grew. Gave to friends after he got to 2+ inches, they kept him for some years untill 5 inches! They gave him to the well regarded Statan Island Reptile Zoo.

I thought of this bc I was on Google feed, and realized I hadn't seen a particular cockatoo video's being shown in a while.
It's named "Cumulous" (after the puffy white clouds). When they puff up their feathers; it's a pretty apt name. 👍 I love it.

Then a cat fosterer named an orangey kitten - "Bagel". Idk why I found that hilariously delightful!

These are the two I remember.
What about you?

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Favorite Pet names. Your critters, or others... [View all] electric_blue68 Apr 30 OP

When I was very small - about five - I had two red-eared slider turtles, Ocelot II Apr 30 #1

👍 How did toi come with "Fertile"? electric_blue68 Apr 30 #5

I was a precocious child, and it rhymed with "turtle." Ocelot II Apr 30 #7

😄 electric_blue68 Apr 30 #11

shoulda' spelled it NJCher May 13 #52

I have a border Collie named Booger. 1WorldHope Apr 30 #2

😄 👍 electric_blue68 Apr 30 #3

My wife and I had a black female pit bull we nicknamed "Booger" DBoon May 13 #54

Names but also nicknames. Don't we all have them Tadpole Raisin Apr 30 #4

Bismo 😄 electric_blue68 Apr 30 #6

We named our current dog JPK Apr 30 #8

The popeye character I don't know. I love why you named your rescue cat CD. electric_blue68 Apr 30 #9

You are probably too young to know JPK May 11 #46

Yup too young. i did look Jeep up electric_blue68 May 15 #69

dog, huskey mix bandit. AllaN01Bear Apr 30 #10

Love huskies. electric_blue68 May 15 #80

Yellow lab and a BIG Golden odins folly Apr 30 #12

I like your name transitions 👍 electric_blue68 Apr 30 #13

One of my current dog's nicknames ... surrealAmerican Apr 30 #14

Limbo 👍 electric_blue68 Apr 30 #19

He's not mine, but I always got a kick out of "Chief Inspector Murphy". Midnight Writer Apr 30 #15

Someone's pet you know, or a TV, movie character? electric_blue68 Apr 30 #20

I think someone on this site (DU) has posted pictures, but I don't remember who. Midnight Writer Apr 30 #23

My cat's name is Arwen but I call her baby a lot. Rizen Apr 30 #16

A serious dream to lose... so gentlely smother your furkid w.... electric_blue68 Apr 30 #21

Current kittens... piddyprints Apr 30 #17

Awww, luckily for them you found them... electric_blue68 Apr 30 #22

The rescue found them and raised them. piddyprints May 1 #25

Got it re the rescue... electric_blue68 May 2 #31

A client's Pit Bull (very sweet doggie) is named Mayhem... likesmountains 52 Apr 30 #18

i named my new black kitten cosmo, years before seinfeld's kramer. then my next one basil + then dr who said his name pansypoo53219 May 1 #24

Cosmo for a black kitten is great. electric_blue68 May 2 #32

Retro Man get the red out May 1 #26

Looked him up: very cute dog. electric_blue68 May 2 #33

Pookie and Sweetie SARose May 1 #27

I'm glad you still have Sweetie. electric_blue68 May 2 #34

We had two cats: Smike & Satchmo bif May 1 #28

You've had a nice batch over time. electric_blue68 May 2 #35

A sweet little cat my Hubby named Bosco Pasquali. And yes, she's a girl. Dorothy V May 1 #29

Aww, Hi Bosco! Love black cats. electric_blue68 May 2 #36

Puffer. Childhood cat. Clouds Passing May 1 #30

Unique name! electric_blue68 May 2 #37

He was a unique cat. Clouds Passing May 2 #38

Wow, he knew where he could return to. Puffy fur! electric_blue68 May 2 #41

Marvie Dog. CTyankee May 2 #39

Ohhh. The last Loving Kindness you can do for them. 🩷 electric_blue68 May 2 #42

Our German Shepherd, Gunther we adopted from a friend who had passed away. He KitFox May 2 #40

What a parade of critters! Glad to Bring Some Fun here! Yw. electric_blue68 May 2 #43

Our angora goats had white, really soft curly coats. They were KitFox May 2 #44

Sounds wonderful! Hello, cuties! 🥰 electric_blue68 May 2 #45

I was reading Harpo Marx's autobiography when I named my new dog at the time "Harpo" mucifer May 11 #47

Right...the horn! Glad she was sweet electric_blue68 May 15 #70

Snuggles and Cuddles and Petunia JMCKUSICK May 11 #48

Rest in peace Snuggles. Hello Cuddles, and Petunia electric_blue68 May 15 #71

zipper mopinko May 12 #49

Zipper, I like it! Oh goodness glad you vetoed your daughters' names! 😄 electric_blue68 May 15 #72

I had a black cat that I named Honky Cat. I liked the Elton John song. 3catwoman3 May 13 #50

Ha, I know the song 👍 electric_blue68 May 15 #73

My daughter was an art history major The Blue Flower May 13 #51

I'm an artist, great pun! 😄 electric_blue68 May 15 #74

We brought home a three year old Russell Poodle mix last September. Tikki May 13 #53

Enjoy your doggos! electric_blue68 May 15 #75

We were teenagers in the early 1970s. We had a cat named Alice DBoon May 13 #55

So you're 150 years old? bif May 13 #57

No, but I have sometimes typed an "8" instead of a "9" DBoon May 13 #58

I did see Alice C in Oncert once electric_blue68 May 15 #76

there is Alice Cooper and there was Alice Cat DBoon May 15 #90

Ha... i saw Alice Cooper (not Cat) 😉 electric_blue68 May 15 #97

Our current dog family were all named when we adopted them Bayard May 13 #56

Pyrenees? They're big, right? Oh, boy, a horse, mini horses, and mini donkeys? electric_blue68 May 15 #77

Many years ago a colleague named her two cats Simon &Schuster. MLAA May 13 #59

As a reader I love it! electric_blue68 May 15 #79

Rags the cat.. Permanut May 13 #60

A unique name origin! electric_blue68 May 15 #82

My Aussie ILikePie92 May 14 #61

That you had fun with the names, and loved your doggo is the good thing! electric_blue68 May 15 #85

Thank you electricblue68 ILikePie92 May 15 #98

{hug} electric_blue68 May 15 #99

A German shepherd puppy deRien May 14 #62

My sister had a cat with a mark which resembled a half mustache. Morbius May 14 #63

Dali! 👍 Interesting thought about adjust8ng also to a new name. electric_blue68 May 15 #84

Yellow Lab named Dusty Emile May 14 #64

Lots of baths, I presume? electric_blue68 May 15 #86

Well, they were not my pets, but... OldBaldy1701E May 14 #65

omg! 😄 I've seen that cartoon (a gazillion yrs ago) but Not that episode! electric_blue68 May 15 #88

A friend of mine had a mix of Irish Setter justaprogressive May 15 #66

Sauron! Oh my. electric_blue68 May 15 #89

Magilla Gorilla was my second black chow. Nittersing May 15 #67

Black chows are very cool looking electric_blue68 May 15 #93

I named my tux cat MrLucky womanofthehills May 15 #68

Awww, rest in peace Mr Lucky. Glad you found each other. electric_blue68 May 15 #91

think my favourite is Grey5 May 15 #78

Banjo is a fun name. electric_blue68 May 15 #92

Spike and Tyke Capt. America May 15 #81

Cool. electric_blue68 May 15 #94

Caesar, Mac aka puppins MacGurk, Fluebie, and Pepita Botany May 15 #83

You've made their lives better, too! electric_blue68 May 15 #95

Casper wryter2000 May 15 #87

I love snakes! (avoiding poisonous ones!) electric_blue68 May 15 #96

corn snakes are cool pets wryter2000 May 15 #100

Looked them up and saw why they got thst name. Beautiful markings! electric_blue68 May 15 #101

Riley, Rose, Tyson Jeebo May 15 #102

Nice collection of cat stories! electric_blue68 May 17 #110

My granddaddy had a bloodhound Figarosmom May 15 #103

Jojo sounds like a gentle giant? Basenji looked up their vocalizations, ....Muzzy, i like that electric_blue68 May 17 #111

Yes JoJo was a gentle giant Figarosmom May 17 #118

my favorite pet was a tuxedo cat named Riff Raff Skittles May 15 #104

Had a cat named PissNVinegar once LiberalLoner May 15 #105

Were they spicy, as they say? electric_blue68 May 17 #112

We're dog people so we've named a number of pups peggysue2 May 15 #106

Nice set of names.👍 Hi, Bennie 👋 electric_blue68 May 17 #113

Thanks, electric blue peggysue2 May 17 #120

25 years ago we had a cat named Apollo, the trend stuck Runningdawg May 15 #107

"Mythological" animals! 👍 electric_blue68 May 17 #114

Nicknames - Maui and The Big Island chowmama May 15 #108

Fun! 👍 electric_blue68 May 17 #115

Once had two dogs that we named Bo and Diddley. Borogove May 16 #109

A music fan 👍 electric_blue68 May 17 #116

We used to have a big, goofy Siamese named Wimple. LudwigPastorius May 17 #117

We had a dachshund, fat, spoiled, slowest dog in the world, tavernier May 17 #119