Reasons For the Selection of your Bird's name.
By Malyck
@Malyck (3425)
Australia
August 15, 2007 7:44am CST
I'm just wondering what the names of peoples' parrots are, and more importantly: WHY?!
I recently bought a baby rainbow lorikeet that i named "Xonsime" as it was a typo that my boyfriend made once, that i became quite fond of.
(If anyone is interested: pronounciation is 'zon-sime')... Pretty straight-forward, i would imagine..
So yeah, it got me thinking, or wondering, about other people's "exotic" pet names and the reasons for them.
Enlighten me?
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7 responses
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
16 Aug 07
Could you perhaps give me an example of one or two such names?
I suppose that pronounceable is always handy with a name that you'll use a lot...
And may I ask, do you end up giving them a nickname, thus not using the original so much?
Also, I have been known to search through the internet for obscure names and their meanings:
something that might be appropriate to whatever pet I get next...
Thank you for your response, Lx.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
11 Dec 07
I have two parakeets. The yellow one, I named "Ribbon".
The blue one, I named "Wykee"
My puppies name is "Wiley"
My Cat is named "Cleopatra", "leeland" and "Coal Miner"
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I also have about 60 dwarf bunnies but I did not name any of them. We breed them to sell.
@nhjallan (5)
• Canada
4 Oct 07
A question I had not given much thought to. I adopted most of my birds, pre-named. "Sydney", the Umbrella Cockatoo, was probably named erroneously for the city in Australia. Commonly thought of as the cradle of all cockatoos. Sydney, and my Moluccan "Sprite", are both from Indonesia. Of course, they are "captive bred" -- likely second or third generation removed from the jungle.
I can only guess that Sprite was named for the soft drink, rather than the water nymph fairy. Most, if not all my personally named birds, were chosen on a "cuteness" basis that seemed to fit (and stuck). Applies to all the pets I have had through life.
@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
5 Oct 07
Thank you for such a well versed response to a topic you hadn't given much thought!
I would imagine that in both cases of your adopted birds, Sydney & Sprite, your reasoning is correct.
It's odd that there's actually so few Cockatoos in Suburban/Urban Sydney, they're much more common (or atleast make their presence known) where I live further north...
Not that that is important =P
Cuteness is definitely a factor that has to come into naming, I think, something that fits a pet's look or personality.
Thanks again, and have a wonderful day!
@dana_ann (67)
• Australia
11 Dec 07
I don't have a parrot I'm afraid. I do have a cockatiel and a rosella though. The cockatiel was called Tweetie by it previous owner, but we just call her Birdie... and the Rosella is Mr Bird... Jeez we're creative. No points for guessing where they came from.
@bucketkid (237)
• Australia
17 Aug 07
ps: awesome name of your bird too, what was the typo supposed to say?
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
22 Dec 07
When I aquired my African Grey parrot, I was living aboard my sailboat named Tiamet. My daughter and I agreed that we would name the Parrot the same . Tiamet is the name of the Babylonian goddess of oceanic waters. She was also the first goddess. Tiamet took the goddess part to heart and is very snobbish. She expects her every whim to be catered to and will not speak to strangers unless it strikes her fancy!
@olaff123 (433)
• Namibia
27 Dec 07
She's just being an African Grey! They are like that - the different parrot types all have typical 'personalities', if it can be called that. Personally I prefer macaws, they are real clowns and very affectionate. But also very naughty! And they do like to bite. I have raised and cared for several species, and the macaws are the only ones that do this on purpose and on a constant basis. At the moment I have two tame Blue & Golds, and they bully each other the same way they do the rest of the household.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
13 Dec 07
I don't have a bird, but I work with developmentally disabled adults and one of them has a parakeet. Now I should explain, this man's life revolves around food. As soon as he is done with one meal, he starts yelling for the next - and I do mean yelling, and he wants to eat continuously. Well, he has a parakeet, the he named 'chicken' which happens to be his favorite dinner.
Now I personally thing that this man naming his bird 'Chicken' and knowing his eating habits - should not be allowed. The SPCA should step in for cruelty to animals. Torturing this poor bird, it sitting in hit's cage thinking that he maybe the man's next meal.
