Favorite names for dogs, cats, and other pets

[mvd]

For dogs, I would include Reba, Benji, and Scotty - those are the names my 3 dogs have had.

[bahrbearian]

1. My Rottie ...ZEKE

[lovedems]

5. I had a rot in college! She was the best dog! Her name was Sage.

I also had a chocolate lab named Shine. "Shine Ass Shine" was his full name.

Edit: I will never understand the bad reputation of a well raised rottweiler. Sage seriously wouldn't hurt a soul.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. My brother has a 16 year old human society rescue named Zeke.

Zeke was my brother's pseudonym when he worked at Ed Debevec's in Chicago. :hi:

[Catch22Dem]

2. My animals have always been named after Beatles songs

Sadie
Maggie
Jo Jo
Lucy
Maxwell

[DemoTex]

3. My dogs are Sirius and Canicula (who we call Nick-Nick or Nick)

Both are names of the Dogstar, the brightest star in the sky other than the sun. Sirius is Greek and Canicula is Latin.

[mvd]

6. I like them

:thumbsup:

[unblock]

4. "indiana!? we named the DOG 'indiana'!"

sean connery, one of the final lines in indiana jones and the last crusade.

our basset houuuuund is called 'indie', short for 'indiana'.


but of course, all my indian friends hear 'indie' and come to a different conclusion....

[intheozone]

7. My son had a male Rottie, his name

was Guinness, after the black and tan beer. He was the best dog, so lovable and friendly.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. I had a female cat named Lulu

and she was a girly-girl glamour-puss so the name fit.

[bubblesby2002]

11. My mother called all her cats...

Cuthbert. Cuthbert I, Cuthbert II, etc, even when they were girls

[Love Bug]

24. I know someone who names all her cats "Bob"

[SoCalDem]

9. Pets I have had

Dearly departed pets

Tag (a toy collie mix) when I was a baby
Meechu the gray angora cat
Toby the orange tabby cat
Pogo the coatimundi
Tita the marmoset monkey
Carmelita the half-nosed dog.. (she tangled with a wild boar)
Pancake the parrot
Gidget the toy apricot poodle
Toby2 the siamese
Kitka the grey tabby
Tasha Marie the 7th-Black Lab and mother to
Spot the black lab daughter
Blanca the yellow lab
Sandy the stray poodle mix

Still living pets

Wally the grey angora tabby ..now with our son in Concord (she was his cat)
Amber, princess of the universe.. orange tail-less tabby
Mommie the cat.. grey-white long fur.. (marked like a killer whale)
Skunkie, son of Mommie
Willie the evil looking tuxedo cat.. with a disposition to match
Starvin' Marvin the tuxedo cat
Sweetie Pie the tuxedo cat
ChinnyChin the tuxedo cat (girl)
Sara the calico
Sammy the tuxedo

The last 6 were all my bottle babies..

Boy that's a lot of pet food and vet bills ..whew !!!

not to mention the hoardes of strays that I have resuced and fed over the years

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I love Maggie for dogs (we had a Sheltie named Maggie) and we are

on our second Merlin-Kitty cat.

:hi:

[Carlie]

22. Oh, Mrs.Grumpy:

we named our terrier Maggie! :hi:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

29. A cat named Maggie here ("Mags") n/t

[MrsMatt]

12. MrMatt & I prefer "real" names

our pets (together)

Bettina (cat), named for the academic dean of our alma mater
Nancy (cat), named for Nancy Sinatra ("boots" that are made for walking)
Angelique (cat), a variation of the name she had a the shelter
Stanley (cat), named for the cartoon character (by our six year old daughter)

We are both farm kids, so we had MANY quasi-pets - we feel we can only count those that are "actual" pets.

[roguevalley]

13. Dogs: Gretchen, Tippy, Andrew, Andy, Pippin, Pip, Robbie, Timmy,

Cats: Spike.

All the dogs were either dachsies or aussie shepherds.
Cats: the greatest: American Black short hair

[Adams Wulff]

14. Spike is a DOG'S name! (and a great one at that)

Top Male Dog Names:
Spike
Gus
Rex
Duke
Otto

Top Female Dog Names:
Emma (i have one of those now)
Lucy
Gertrude
Frida
Nancy

Top Cat Names, Either Gender:
Rare
Medium
Well

[springriverdog]

16. MY Fav's

Mr. Smokey
Aunt Sally

[UnAmericanJoe]

17. My mom had a cocker spaniel

named Pugsly

Right now I have a Nicky, a Lucky and a Sheba.

[SiobhanClancy]

18. Siobhan and Clancy.....excellent cat names

I've also had cats named Mr.Bogart,Soames,Big City,Mandy,Pyewacket,DeNiro,Delco,Eye Makeup and Banshee.

Some dogs I've had: Eric,Wizard,Boru,Maddie,Rosie,Gin-Gin, George,Gracie and O'Keefe.

Bunnies: Scarlett O'Hare,Miss Bonnie,Punch,Judy,Violet,Mr. Butler,Greta,Festus and Flora.

I won't even start on the peacocks,llamas,parrots,hamsters,hedgehogs etc.

[Cuban_Liberal]

19. We use people names.

Grover, Brody, Sid, Waldo and Seamus (Dog, puppy, cat, ferret and tame mouse, respectively). :)

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Same As Us!

We have had for cats: Tucker, Angelo, Freida, Mary, Sophie, Lucy, Clarrisse, & Josephine. The last two are still alive. The rest died of old age.

Our doggie is named Barney.

The Professor

[baldguy]

21. My dog is Zelda.

A friend had Molson, the Golden retriever.

But the best one is from my brother. When he first got married, he gave a dog to his wife. They named him Jack. After a few years they had a son, Nick. Nick & Jack were the best of friends, practically grew up together. Unfortunately, Jack had some problems with his kidneys and he died when Nick was about five.

For his sixth birthday, my brother asked Nick if it was ok if they got a puppy. Nick said ok, and they visited a Friend who's dog had just given birth. When they picked one from the litter, my brother asked Nick what he thought, and Nick said "Well, there's a chance that he'll be as good a dog as Jack."

So that's what they named him. Chance.

[Carlie]

23. It's not really my favorite, but

I named my first dog "Penny" and so that name always tugs at my heart!

[grannylib]

25. Best I've heard: Deeojee (DOG) for a dog and Seeaytee (CAT) for a cat

I had a friend with a doberman named Deeojee (they called her 'Doje' for short) and a different friend with a huge house kitty named Seeaytee...I thought that was hilarious...
I also have a friend with a miniature little skein of yarn on legs that she thinks is a dog; the teeny yipper is named 'Fang...'

[SoCalDem]

26. Our dogs learned to spell

we could never say "frisbee".."bone"..."cookie"..."walk".. and a few others that escape me

We would spell them to avoid being stampeded by 3 labradors and a poodle mix..

It did not take them long to learn to spell.. The poodle would bring us the leash before we got to the letter "k"..:)

[ProfessorGAC]

30. My Dog Can Do Econometric Modeling

It's the only way i'll pay his vet bill. I made him read all the theory and everything. Good dog!
The Professor

[mvd]

27. More..

Roxie, Calvin, Sam

[PrestoChango]

28. Of all the pets I've loved before...

Not too many, or at least not as many as some here... but here goes:


Arlene - Cat - longhaired grey and tan (lived to ~19 yrs.)
Jeffrey - Son of Arlene - Solid tan longhair (lived to 17 yrs.)
Maggie - Daughter of Arlene Black and tan longhair (who incidentally breathed her last this past Tuesday at 17 and is sorely missed :cry: )

There was also:

Mr. Chips, my brothers' dog.
Tiger, my sisters' dog.
Scout, my sisters' cat
Ted, grey cat, son of Arlene who got adopted by friends
Christopher, solid black cat, same situation as Ted
RRRAaaah, the money-cat who lives next door, but always tries to come and visit. She told us that was her name.

I think that is all, in a very big nutshell.

[Misinformed01]

31. Sebastian Cattbutt

I really miss reading about him...I am so sorry he's gone.

[zanana]

32. Names from 1950's sitcoms.

Hazel, Opie, Lucy

[geniph]

33. I named my stepson's iguana Tastes Like Chicken

My favorite name for a cat was Muon - I was on kind of a physics kick then, so I had Quark, Fractal, Muon, and Strange. Muon is particularly apropos because of the sound - "mew-on." One cat that had the world's most irritating meow (and who liked to climb to your shoulder and do it in your ear) got named Anathema.