Hey Pandas, What Did You Name Your Pet And Why? (Closed)

I have 3 cats, each with both first and middle names.

My first is Lolly, this was already her name when we got her from the shelter, and I liked it so much I decided to make the name I originally wanted to give her her middle name. Her middle name is Mia, which is special for a few reasons: 1.) When my youngest brother was little he couldn't pronounce my name right so he called me "Mia" instead, 2.) After Hayao Miyazaki and Shigeru Miyamoto, and 2.) Because a Google search said it means "beloved" or "wished for child", my first cat being both.

My second cat is named Aiko, from the Japanese kanji 愛 (ai) meaning love, and 子 (ko) meaning child. Her middle name is Gift, as 1.) She was a gift from my (at the time) coworker's friend whose cat had kittens, and 2.) It was around my birthday that my parents decided I could have her. She is very loving and also childish, so it ended up also being a pretty fitting name.

My third cat is a very old cat (like, 14 years old or something compared to the others I got when they were some months), so I wasn't going to change her name, which is Tilly. Her middle name is Cooper, the last name of the family who gave her to us, who are also amazing people and wonderful lifelong friends of ours.

So as you can see, all of my cats have meaningful names. They are wonderful kitties, I love them so much

When my last dog Samba died I was devastated. He was my soulmate and I truly loved him with all my heart. I didn't want another dog but I had a dream where he came to me and said you will soon see another dog that you will love as much . I woke up thinking "well that was strange", but two days later it happened. I was on facebook looking for someone and a post came up for Sligo Animal Rescue, (Sligo is the town where I live). There were these photographs of this beautiful young female Border Collie and her 4 puppies. She was only 2 years old and was a stray who had been abandoned and forced to give birth to her puppies on the side of the road. I suddenly realised that I was looking at my future dog. We contacted the rescue coordinator Dorothy and made an appointment to meet her. We went up and were looking at the gorgeous puppies I held one that was a little on the quiet side. I showed him to mum and as she held him he just snuggled into her neck and that was it . He came home with us. I called him Shilo after the Neil Diamond Shilo song because there is a Lyric that sings "Shilo, when I was young, I used to call your name. When no one else would come, Shilo you always came . And you'd stay". I felt Shilo had come to me when I was at lowest and loneliest part of my life to give me love and comfort. And he did. He really, really did. Just like Neil Diamond's imaginary friend in the song. I promise you it's true. When you rescue a dog, they rescue you too. And they fill your heart with love and happiness again. They are amazing for doing that and that is one of the many, many why I love my little Shilo so much.

Postmodernism is the name of my cavoodle (Pomo for short). I named him this because I thought it would be hilarious to say things like “postmodernism traipsed mud through the house” etc.

I have a beautiful, silky black cat who I named "Miss Purrdy." The character, Carla Purty, played by Jada Pinkett in the Eddie Murphy movie, "The Nutty Professor," gave me the idea because Murphy's character, Professor Klump, called her Ms. Purty and I thought it fit her perfectly. Of course I put the feline spin on it ("Purr"). She's 4 years old and is laying in my lap as I type this. The second cat I have was named "Noggin" by my husband because when he was a tiny little guy, he had a huge-looking head, or noggin. He's Grey and white with the most piercing yellow eyes I've seen in awhile. He's about 10 months old, and quite the rambunctious kitten. He has a crush on Miss Purrdy but she's not interested. Happy holidays everyone!

I have 2 dogs named cole and cali I gave cole that name on Christmas because he looked like the color of coal.i named my dog cali that because I'm originally from california.

Vesper. We had been on a James Bond kick and I loved the character Vesper Lynd. I think "V" names are just neat too!

Zoe means life in Greek. Years and years ago I saw a file where a parent explains to her daughter why she named her Zoe. I love the idea that someone can bring you 'life' and my 55 pound Black Shepherd mix has certainly done that. She's everything to me.

Dame Olga von Hammstein for my dwarf hamster. Olga from Michael Bond's Olga da Polga and the rest kind of happened.

The previous hamster was Lady Abigail Hammalot (a colleague was to blame for that one) . I have also had Gin (or Djinn, he lived up to that name in both variants), Molly and Max (Maximus).

Dr Thomas. Came to us when was a little kiten, I just put him on the floor and was like he knew what to do, where to go, he went to my mom's sick bed, and jumped to her shoulder pourring so loud. She was better 3 days later. He is mom's doc

The Bull dog we have is named MaGilla Gorilla. The deal with my husband and I was, he got to pick out the pup, I got to name it. I was at work when he picked up the pup so the first time I saw MaGilla was when I walked into the living room and this tiny little puppy was trying to pick up and carry my husbands size 14 shoe and carry it. It was an exercise in frustration for him. Every time he picked up the shoe his rear legs popped up into the air and he would paddle his rear legs desperately trying to walk and couldn't. What better name than MaGilla?

My current cat is Aida, after the title character of the opera. Aida is the first opera I ever saw - and I instantly fell in love with the art form! Even though Aida is a random-bred "Heinz 57," she could almost pass for Siamese because she has the dark points and beautiful blue eyes.

Before that I had Ragamuffin. She was a long-haired stray, and I named her thusly because she looked rather scruffy.

My girl is named Boudicca-Siggy. Boudicca was the Celtic queen who united England against the Romans about 1,000 years ago and Siggy was a character from the tv show Vikings. We just call her Siggy. My boys are Thor and Loki because my partner and I are fans of Norse mythology.

My doggo is named Akela. It’s the name she came with when we adopted her and it’s Hawaiian for princess.

Yesterday, on Christmas eve, me and my brother got guinea pigs! One of them is black with a few white areas, and the other is mostly brown with a white stripe around her waist. I named the black one Leila, which means "dark as night". The other is named "Sophia" after Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls

Rooty Too (R2 for short), our Pekingese-Pomeranian is the 4th to carry the name. It was my husband’s nickname in high school. He would only drink root beer at parties because a loved one had an alcohol abuse problem at the time. Soon after, his root beer-colored Fiat took the name. When we met, a little mutt we adopted together naturally had to be named Rooty. When that Rooty passed away in 2006, we immediately adopted Rooty Too. He is now 14, and still full of his same puppy energy!

Thor is my dog's name.
He's a golden/Basset/husky mix, low and long and 100% black. As a pup he looked like a loaf of pumpernickel and the name was a bit of a joke.
He grew into it, though. He's quiet, but when he does bark it turns heads. He's the biggest small dog you've ever met and the best good boi.

I named my hamster Houdini because when we first got him he tried chewing on the box. So far he has lived up to his name. He has had 4 escapades.

Ok here goes....
Boxer : Remi short for Remington because his bark is loud af
Bearded Dragon: Zilla short for Godzilla (he's currently growing into his name)
Sugar Gliders (f) Vdara after one of our fave hotels in Vegas, She had a sister (yup you guessed it Aria) but she passed. and (M) Viking because he was given to us with that name.
Birds: Val (Illiger Macaw) (rescue came with the name) Damascus (Cockatiel) his tail feathers looks like Damascus steel. Storm (Cockatiel) Rescue came with the name. Ziggy (alexandrian parrot) Rescue came with name. Rosie (Mustache Parrot) She smelled like roses, still does. Peach (Peach faced love bird) self explanatory. Bully (Blue and gold Macaw) Rescue came with it, but she is a bully. Wendy Blue and Gold Macaw) Rescue, came with it. Khaleesi (Severe Macaw) Fave character from GOT. Stretch (Blue and Gold macaw) rescue but he got his name because he constantly stretches his wings. and finally Freya (Green Wing macaw baby just hatched 70 days ago) My love of Viking Lore.

My cat is named jerry. I name all my pets after Seinfeld characters.
So far, I have Jerry, George, Newman, and cosmo. Rip Kramer and Elaine

I named my dorking (chicken) Hata Mari (Hattie for short because as a chick she had eye markings that looked like eyeshadow. she is very spoiled lol.