How did you name your pet?

[Scott R]

So this is my newest addition, "Lucy." She's a rescue. I named her after the Van Halen song "Drop dead legs." The lyric is "Loopy loo" I think, but I always heard it as "Lucy loo." So I was on my way home from the rescue, and that song came on , so that's her name. Any other stories? ( She's sleeping on my Pink Floyd rug, but pink didn't sound very good."

[SCadaddle]

"Silver". I think somebody in the neighborhood moved out and left him behind. I adopted him as an approximate 2-3 year old (per the Vet) beat up with a war wound back in 2014. He's been my best bud since.

[Noah930]

Our last cat was named Bruce Lee, so our most recent one got named Jackie Chan. My teenage daughter is going with Asian martial arts action heros. They're cats, so they've all got some degree of innate ninja skills.

Bruce was originally named Daisy by my daughter, because we thought he was a she. But when we got the kitten fixed, we were informed that our cat was indeed a he. So my daughter quickly renamed him Bruce Lee due to his sneaky physical prowess. Seems she's keeping with the martial arts theme so far.

[Bill Douglas]

Big.

[WPOZZZ]

Soba, Maya and Makena were all rescues, and those were the names they came with.

[sc_rufctr]

My cat actually belongs to my son but he moved out about 5 years ago and the cat remained with me.
His official name is "Sonic" but I call him "Pou Chumly" or "Chumbles".

Great cat and he doesn't bother the wild birds or my chickens but he keeps the mice and rat population to a minimum.

[svandamme]

Shrapnel von Pondfarm was born on a farm with WW1 museum by the side of the tracks of a 24 ton replica WW1 tank..

He traded his 2 nuts for a life in luxury..

[Jims5543]

Lucy is on the left, she was named Lucy by the rescue we got her from. Best we can tell she is a Potcacke Dog. So many from the Islands that we meet in public ask if we got her from the Islands.

The little frankendog on the right was named Prince by the rescue. He was a just weened puppy when we adopted him, we did not like the name prince, it really did not fit him. His mom was found as a pregnant stray in Okeechobee Florida and gave birth at the rescue. We got one of the 7 pups she had.

We changed his name to Ricky. Why did we name him that? We thought it was a cute name to give him considering our first rescues name.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

My girlfriend named my lab-rott mix Portia after the Merchant of Venice character. Best dog in the world, incredibly smart. She could hold a big jar in her paws and unscrew the lid with her mouth.

[beatnavy]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

"Pou Chumly" or "Chumbles".

That name fits him perfectly. His face is awesome.

My wife fosters kittens, and we just officially adopted our first and hopefully only "foster fail." She was bottle feeding him at 2 days old after someone brought him into the shelter. He was enormous for his age and just a black ball of fur. He looked like a black bear or a mole, and sometimes just looking at the size of him my wife would exclaim "Holey Moley!" So now he's "Moley."

Before we took him back for adoption they told us he had feline leukemia - life expectancy about 2 years. So we figured we'll just keep him here as adoption was not likely. Then we found out no, they actually meant he has FIV, which isn't quite as serious. Anyway, he's ours now, and I'm pretty attached to him.

The good life chilling in his "cuddle cup"


Which my daughter photoshopped into this:


And Moley with our other foster animal from 10 years ago: "Louis" the Rat Terrier, and I don't recall why we named him that.

[Paul_Heery]

This is Harry and Steve. We have another cat named Ben. How we named them was simple. When we brought them into the house, I would ask them what their names were. Then they got named the first thing that would pop into my head.

[oldE]

Border Collie "Flow", because when she runs over the fields she seems to flow.

Best
Les

[billybek]

Our border collie girl, Pepper was named by my nephew who commented that the spots on her legs look like pepper flakes.
Our new BC guy gets his name from a childrens book called "It's a Dog's Life". Russ is the name of the dog in the book. Great kids book from England for the dog lovers out there.

[rusnak]

My dog Alvin was one of 5 puppies that my parents' two dogs had. My dad named them Alvin, Melvin, Calvin, Selina, and Serina.

He was sold to a neighbor but cried so much for his siblings mother and dad, that they gave him back. So I adopted him. He makes a big deal still each time he reunites with his mom, dad, and little sister.

Alvin with his brother Melvin:




Baby named herself. She would only come when I call her Baby. She was a stray living on the streets. Scared, skinny, and needing a home.

[GH85Carrera]

Reuben and Reese. The smooth black dachshund we got as a puppy. The dappled long hair female came for the same breeder. She would go and pick him out of the litter to play with when he opened his eyes. She is two years older and was named Reese for he coloring like the candy. So we decided he needed a food related name. Since Reuben is a nice German name, that was our choice.

Reuben is a cold nature dog. He hates cold weather and loves to lay in the sun. Reese is the opposite, and like it cold with all her hair to keep her warm. She is only over there to be close to him. They are best friends and they have never had the slightest bit of a fight, even if she comes and gets a bit of food from his bowl as he is eating.

[KFC911]

A Chocolate Lab + A Pelican = Moka

[creaturecat]

our rescues were/are all pre-named - at the shelter.

[aschen]

Dolly Parton, the dog.

Originally named as such do to her coat of many colors. However, she is also a little bit classy and a little bit trashy.

[Evans, Marv]

My first pet was a cat I adopted from a junk yard we lived next to when I was six years old. He was a brown colored cat so in my creative state at that young age, I named him "Brownie." He was just grown and lived in the junk yard guarded by pincers and GS. It took me about a month & a half before I could touch him. He was an outside cat that fought on a nightly basis and was a terror when it came to dogs. Nobody else in the family could touch him, but he was one of the best cats ever.

[doug_porsche]

We got the dog Used from a high kill shelter.
The clock was ticking very loud, and we were his last chance
So...
Meet Chance