Pet names. Ordinary or not?

Good CALL!! Yes - where both the male and female platypus (platypi?) have sharp claws on their hind legs, the male's claws contain a variety of toxins that - although incredibly painful if it gets into the bloodstream - have not yet killed anything. Now that that's out of the way... I had a pot bellied pig named Wolfgang...he never came when I called him none - just snorted and looked at me real weird like. He was a cute bugger. I traded him for a pair of saddle shoes. I also had a French Poodle named Jaco - after Jaco Pastorius the greatest bass player who ever played a...uhhhm...bass. He used to run up to the door and go, "OWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!" He couldn't quite get the "t" sound at the end, but we all knew what he meant!

It's a "pet peeve" of mine, when people name their pets things like "fluffy", "whiskers", "fido", etc. I like the idea of naming pets "people" names, because they are part of the family. In my family's case, we have a cat. I named her "Katiana", but we all call her "Katie"... and when she ticks me off, she's just "Kat". I chose the name carefully, even before I met her. I've never had any out of the ordinary pets. I had a cat "Timmy" for over 18 yrs, and various hamsters (Chris... later to be known as Christina lol, Larry, and his brother Moe), and now Katie. Oh... .and there were some fish that my son Andrew named "Woody" and "Buzz" (he was a toy story FREAK!).

I have only one pet at home which is a tortoise. It was given to me by my brother a year ago, but I've not given it a name yet. Unlike dogs and cats, which can respond when their names are called, this tortoise is oblivious to anyone who calls other than stick its head into its shell whenever someone approaches, so perhaps that's why we never got to giving it any name. We do interact with many cats though in our estate...about a dozen of them, and we feed them almost everyday. Some of them are like pets to us, and our favorite is a cat (see attached photo) we named Tiger. Actually the name's a misnomer, because SHE is a female, but her color and stripes on her body bear some resemblance to that of a tiger...that's how the name came about. I can't imagine us calling her "Tigress"...LOL. But here's the seemingly ridiculous thing about animal names. This Tiger also happens to be a favorite of some other residents. Remember this is not our real pet, and other residents also can consider her as their 'pet'. We've heard that she also has other names given by others, such as Sweetheart, Angie and Vicki, and God knows what other names we've not heard of yet. Now can you imagine how in the world a stray is able to know that her name is supposed to be Tiger (in the morning when we go looking for her), then Angie or Vicki (in the afternoon) and Sweetheart (at night)....ROFL??? Well, we can't control that nor get everyone to agree to call her only one name, as long as when we go downstairs looking for her, and call out "Tiger", she responds. AND SHE DOES!! So we don't care who else calls her what...she is "Tiger" to us. Now someone told me not too long ago that it is best to give dogs and cats names which have only one syllable, like Rolf or Alf, because they can respond better than multi-syllable names like ChickerDee or Peanutbutter. Multi-syllable names are confusing for them and hard for them to fathom, I am told. I don't know how much truth there is in this. But I've heard of people giving their pets multi-syllable names like Dallas, or Colonel, and they DO respond. Have you heard of such a thing before about giving pets names? What's your take on this? Victor

I have 2 housecats, exclusively indoors, mind you. "George", my avatar at present, is aloof to everyone and a pest to me. Never shuts up. He has claimed me. He is mostly white with tabby spots on him. "Bear", is black, and his full name is Teddy Bear. They are brothers from the same litter. They are like night and day. There was another black male in the litter and we called him "Grizzly Bear". We gave him to an elderly lady and she just adores him. Bear will jump up on anyone that enters our home. He mauls them with love. I have pictures of him jumping up on our guests. They both know their names well and come when called.

We have not had pets in forever but, my daughter had an iguana that she named Spencer.......just because he didn't look like an Iggy*L*

At this time we have a mini dachshund named Emma Doux (her full name is Pepper Roux Emma Doux) but we mostly call her Doux (DOO). Turns out doux is french for sweet. Go figure.

Well my teacup yorkie is named Cocktail. yes i named her Cocktail cause her mother loves her Cocktails!!! I didn't want to name her Rum so Cocktail just worked!! LOL

My babies all had their names when I got them, a couple of them I changed the name a bit and added to it. I have 3 min-pins and 1 rotti and a ferret. The ferret her name is Miss Noodle Girl it was just Noodle. My rotti is Ninja, the minpins are Bailey, Ozzie Ozborne, and Jackie Lyn (his name was Jack). That's it so far.

I named a German Shepard Draven after the character Eric Draven in the crow. I had a dalmation I named Prints because his spots resembled paw prints. But every pet I have had since having kids has been named something that has started with an A. A husky named Ace. A gold fish named Ahab. A grey cat named Ashes. A chocolate lab named Angel because her ears flapped like wings when she ran. A boa constrictor named Azreale. A python named Azul because she looked blue when the sun hit her. I even have the names picked out for the next two dogs I want. Aries and Apollo. lol

my dog's name are....ryokie...and tenerrotti...my cat's name are...icko...mitchie...fujicko...kero...and michiko...

Years ago we had a kitten that was resqued from under my mothers porch.My mom named her Lucky,when we took her into our home we re named her YUCK,because she was soooo ugly.After she grew into a beautiful black cat the name stuck.

Hi Nova! I've got two rabbits, the male is named Minyong and the girl is named Pitimini. We even have them baptized and my sisters and cousin are their godparents :)

I had a all white cat named her marshmellow my other cat was morris now I have a ferret I named her Febe. but I think unique names are different a interesting

I have 3 cats cats Taters Bartholemew, Thomas Miguel, and Fluffaluffagous.

hello novataylor :-) extraordinary pet names are really cool and i do agree that the name of your three cats are unique. i don't have a pet but i do know some folks which have unique names for their pet. one of them is my brother in law who used to have a dog named nirvana and axl rose. one of my friends name her pig after the name of her ex boyfriend who cheated on her ( laughs)

I love 'out of the ordinary' names for pets. I had a rabbit named 'John'. My two Maltese gals are named Penny (short for Penelope) and Lilly (short for Lillith). My cat's name is 'Bean'. (My husband's cat's name is Bitsy because she was and still is very tiny... he has no imagination.) I've had dogs named Elmo, Jake, Sandy, Chris, Moonshine, Linus, Max and Chewy. I had a parakeet (budgie) named Maggie. Hmmm, I had a cat named Maggie as well. I just remembered that. I had a snail we named 'Flash'. (He lived in a fish tank with a goldfish that my son named 'Fish'.) Let's see... oh! I had three turtles I named Larry, Moe and Curly, even though I believe 2 of them were females. They didn't seem to mind. LOL Which has poison in them? Iguanas or Platypus'? I thought the platypus were extinct. My son used to have an Iguana he named "Iggy"... not very original, I must admit, but he also had a kitten he named "Joan"... not your typical kitty name, for sure!

I have dogs and cats .. NAMES: DOGS - Batug - Whithey - Bonjing CATS - Marla - Watitchs My aunt owns a cow and they named it - Ying Ying ( mother ) - Jhano ( calf ) It's a good thing people treat animals as like them and giving them the name that they should be called!

Oh, pet names are fine. It starts to get weird when pet owners tend to name their pets like real children. Tinkerbell's cute. Max is fine. But naming a dog Christine or Prince Harry the Second might get a little... outrageous. We own a terrier at home, and her name's Kyla/Kaila. But if I had it my way, I don't want a pet. Too high maintenance.

I have a horse and he has a normal name Major! It came with him when I bought him and he looks like a Major! My first horse was an 3/4 Arabian gelding.He's name was Gaylord and it fit! My brother has two dogs. A Golden Retriever and a a German Shepherd. The retrieve is named Zeus and theb shepherd is Thor! That was my sister-in-laws idea! She even has a cat named Mew form the Pokeman series,which she really gets into!

Bananamae sounds like a nut