How do/did you name you your pets?

[St. Kitts Bills Cru]

My cat was named after a fugitive wanted for multiple murders in New Mexico I saw on Americas Most Wanted. His name is Chino.

[May Day 10]

I just go with Stinky and add a roman numeral after it in sequence

[muppy]

when my kids were small we named pets based on names they could easily say

 

A boxer,  the kids first dog, was named Ali. after the boxer of course. Then came Lickie Billy

 

my current dog is a golden pittie named Pumpkin. Punkie for short. family decision. 🧡🧡🧡

[thenorthremembers]

On 11/10/2025 at 8:58 AM, LewPort71 said:

My sister had Cat Benatar  and  CleoCatra.

 

 

I also had a Cat Benatar at one point.   Now I have a dog and just kept the name it came with Salsa.   

[Draconator]

All of my animals were left up to my wife and her kids for the most part

 

Lady Bella (Cat) - My wife

Calvin (Cat) - He came to us with that name, we liked it so we kept it.

Emery (Cat) - My stepdaughters named her. She was a black cat and I wanted to have some say, so her official name is Emery Cygnus. (Cygnus being a Rush reference). Emery adopted us. She showed up in our backyard right around Thanksgiving time, so there were no names to go off of. 

Chloe (Cat) - When we adopted her, her name was Punkin. That name didn't thrill us, so the wife and kids came up with Chloe. They always think that part of their original name should be kept, so her official name is Chloe Punkin.

Riley (Dog). When he adopted him his name was Recon. That didn't fly, so my wife and step daughter was Googling names that go with Recon on the way home from picking him up. Riley was a common result, so we went with Riley. For a middle name, my step daughter did more Googling, and Cooper came up. My wife liked it, so his name is Riley Cooper. I had to tell my sporting friends he was not named after an Eagles WR. 

Millie and Maggie (Cats) - That was their names when we adopted them. My wife thought they went well together, so we kept them.

[PromoTheRobot]

We only get rescues now, so we keep whatever name they come with. Sometimes we shorten it. Our current Chihuahua/Beagle mix, her shelter name was Chimichanga. We shortened it to "Chimi."

 

Our first dog as a couple was a Scotty/Schnauzer we got as a pup. We called him Angus, or "Ang" for short. He was a terrific dog. Died way too young.

 

My only dog growing up was terrier mix. We called her "Kukla" from the puppets on the Ed Sullivan Show Kukla, Fran & Ollie. My mom was Russian and Kukla means doll.

[SoTier]

On 11/11/2025 at 9:29 AM, May Day 10 said:

I just go with Stinky and add a roman numeral after it in sequence

 

My Dad's family always named their female dogs they named either Queenie or Ginger.   Investigating the family history, I came across a photo and a couple of letters from my youngest aunt to my Dad when he was overseas in WW II that referenced a small white dog named Queenie who apparently replaced "old Ginger".  Growing up, we had a string of Queenies and Gingers although we also had other dog names.

[Shamrock]

On 11/11/2025 at 11:41 PM, Sweats said:

Our dog is a mix of Blue Heeler, and coyote..........yep, sounds as awful as you'd think.

Blue Heelers are fiercely loyal, and the coyote side added a dimension of "wild" like you could only imagine.

 

She's 5 now, but the first 2 years was constant training. Like, we couldn't leave her alone in any room with anybody cause no one knew how she would act and there were a few times where she would "turn" on people and try to attack them, but she's well behaved now and in fact, is the biggest suck ever.

 

My son named her for her colors and her coat.........Chai Latte (yes, we got problems).

I have to google chai latte to see the color.

 

Which is which on the parental side. Size wise. Heelers are pretty robust cattle dogs.