What is your pet's name and what helped you give him/her that name? I named my dog Dolly because she

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looks like a doll.with her smile

[Phoenix61]

1. CJ for Capt Jack. nt

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21. Great name.

[Phoenix61]

24. I should have named him Sir Pissalot.

After his best kitty friend died he started peeing on every carpet/rug in the house. Thankfully, I figured it out before I got the floors refinished.

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26. That is so funny. At least it's not Sir Shitalot.

[Phoenix61]

28. That would have been better.

Pick it up and move on. I had toss almost $2,000 in carpets/rugs.

[cyclonefence]

2. My cat's name is Deuces

given her by my son, who adopted her and was stunned by the size of the bowel movement she had when he got her home from the shelter.

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22. Oh my-that is funny.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. My 17 year old cat is Andy. My son pulled him out of a drain behind the restaurant he

managed when Andy was just a few weeks old. My son and DIL named the kitten Little Orphan Annie. I then took the cat to my vet to be spayed. Both the doctor and I were totally surprised that Annie was a male! So, he became Andy.

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23. We had a similar story with our Siamese cat. Called her Kim. Took her to Vet and had to rename her

Kimchee as it was a male.

[we can do it]

4. Squeaky (cat) because he squeaked a little the first few times I picked him up.

The pet rescuers were calling him Luigi, which he didn’t respond to…
Every time I said you’re a squeaky little guy he looked right into my eyes. He’s responded to Squeaky ever since.

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13. What a beautiful story.

[mommymarine2003]

5. Our corgi's name was Bilbo Doggins.

We named him that because he was short with hairy feet, like Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. We lost him this past April. He was a wonderful dog.

[BigMin28]

6. Penny Lane

I adopted her from a shelter. They had given her the name, and it just seemed to fit her. Now, 3 years later, she is our lucky Penny.

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14. Great post of Penny.

[AndyS]

7. 7 year old terrier mix. Jack!

Because he looks like a Jack. Second time rescue he was called Jetson by his previous human and I morphed it into Jack because, well, he just looks like a Jack.

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15. You are right --he does look like a Jack.

[AbnerBunny]

9. Cooper the Corgi.

Because he looked like a Cooper 🤷🏼‍♀️ Shortly after we got him, his nickname became “Cooper Dooper Super Pooper” for what I believe to be obvious reasons 😂

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16. That is funny!

[Croney]

10. I am Luna. Luna Lovegood, and I will cast a spell on you.

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17. Luna is beautiful.

[Niagara]

50. Hopefully no one will steal Luna's Lovegood's shoes.

[Croney]

55. 😊

[bluedigger]

11. Lili von Shtuppe.

If you know, you know.

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18. I know the movie. Love the name-very unique.

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. Skippa

Because I am the Chief Petting Officer.

edit to add....

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19. Skippa is a beautiful dog and great name.

[MichMan]

20. I always get rescues

They all were given names by the rescue group and I just kept the names when I adopted the dogs.

I prefer people's names for dogs, so all of them were acceptable

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30. That's a good idea. they might be used to the name.

[LakeArenal]

25. We adopted a foster we were going to name Louie after my dad.

But he came with a name we liked. So we kept it. Milo.

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27. Milo is so cute.

I see Milo ate one of his birds.

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48. I like how he ate one of his toucans,

[Diamond_Dog]

29. Sophie is named after

the stubborn yet childlike little Lab in the Dog Eat Doug comic strip.

[LakeArenal]

31. I think you got Sophie about the same time we got Milo.

I remember.

[Diamond_Dog]

32. You have a good memory!

Do you pronounce it Mee-lo or Meye-lo?

[LakeArenal]

34. Mylo

[LakeArenal]

35. Haha check out our rugs in the background.

Very similar…..

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38. Oh Sophie is so cute.

[CanonRay]

33. Diogi

Because he's a d.o.g. and I'm Sicilian.

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39. That is a great idea.

[TlalocW]

36. It's not very politically correct

But at the time I caught two feral kittens, the copyright for the Lone Ranger series had lapsed, and a lot of companies were putting out DVDs of episodes, and I found them fascinating for some reason. Anyway, I have two tuxedos who have black around their eyes, giving them masks. One of them is Kemo, and the other is Sabe.

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40. Times have changed. Love cats with masks around their eyes.

[lark]

37. Foggy - his color is the color of a very foggy day and he used to run up to us out of the fog.

Coco - she was a Tuxie cat but Tuxie is a boys name, so went with Coco for Coco Chanel and her trim shiny black dresses. She's a small slender cat with mostly glossy black fur so it fit. Both our cats are street rescues of sick cats.

Finley, our Aussie Shepherd dog, was already named when we got him and was 3 and name trained and it fit. Funny Finley, Friendly Finley are some of the names we call him. He's 8 and acts like he's 3.

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41. My Kimmy Kat was named because she was Siamese. Found out later she was male. Changed her name to

KimKee.

[lark]

56. I had to do that once.

We got this tiny little orange kitten, thought he was a girl, and named him Inga. A short time later we discovered that she was actually a male and lo and behold his name was changed to Ingmar. He was a great ginger kitty.

[Danmel]

42. Hillary Kitten

She showed up at our door about 2 weeks before the 2016 election. Scrawny and scared. Worked her way into our home and now she's a chonky alpha cat.

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43. Good for Hillary Kitten, she found a forever home with you and you found a forever pet.

[Maraya1969]

44. I'll give you a few that I think are cute

The ones I have now are Peanut and Paco. I swore I wouldn't name a dog a often used name but she just looked like a little Peanut. And Paco looks like the Taco Bell dog.

My cat's name is Lola which is another name for the Buddha I believe. I also got another kitten at the same time and I named her Bodhi. I loved her so much but she ran away. I have this idea in my head that because she was named after the Buddha she had to go live in a cave for awhile because I looked over and she was just gone.

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46. I like the names Peanut and Paco and how you named them. Like your cat names too. Really like the

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name Bodhi.

[Mad_Dem_X]

45. I've always wanted a dog named Scamp, so

when we got our Beagle mix from the shelter, that's what we started calling him. His name was originally Thunder, but I didn't like that name. Scamp suits him much better.

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47. I honestly believe everyone has had a Barney, Scamp and Bear in their life.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. Vincent, Greta, & Betty

I don't think we had a reason for any pets' names.
We've had Freida, Mary, Sophie, Lucy, Lily, & Antoinette for cats. I feel like I'm missing a couple. We've had cats our whole marriage.
Barney, Walter & Vincent for dogs

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51. Was Barney a beagle? Very nice names.

And you did have a Barney!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

54. Barney Was A Yellow Lab

So was Walter.
Vincent is a mix, but looks like a black lab.
Here he is after an hour running around the dog park.

[Brother Buzz]

52. Pearl The Wonder Dog

I read all of Robert Parker's Spencer novels, plus my grandmother was named Pearl. Parker/Spencer had a bunch of dogs, mostly German short-haired pointers, all name Pearl (The Wonder Dog).

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57. Beautiful dog, interesting way you named her

[Brother Buzz]

59. I think my Pearl, a puny rescue Blue Heeler/Border Collie is more beautiful

But I admit, there could be a built in bias at work.

[Niagara]

53. We only have one pet family member left.

This our beloved and now deceased Bombay cat Bermuda who passed the Rainbow Bridge in 2020. Unfortunately he was a very sick boy and I still really haven't gotten over it. Bermuda's full name was a mnemonic for B.O.L.D. He literally walked into someone's (who was a caregiver at a local animal shelter) and helped himself to the cat food. He was hungry and nothing was going to stop him from getting his belly full.





This is our only and last cat. Her name is Moppit, sometimes Moppet, whoever is spelling it. It doesn't matter. I'm her human step-parent and she was named by my step-son 19 years ago.

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58. Beautiful cats. Bermuda looked like a little feisty kitty. Moppit doesn't look that old.

[Niagara]

82. Thank you, Debbie!

Bermuda was the affectionate cat. Moppit not so much.

[applegrove]

60. Captain Hughey. The pet store named him Captain Morgan because

they thought he looked like a pirate. I kept the old name for a bit. Then I read some history and found out Captain Morgan retired to be a slave owner. So I changed Morgan to Hughey. My grandfather was named Hugh. He knows his new name.

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61. Good for you for changing the name. Is Captain Hughey a cat or dog?

[applegrove]

63. Cat.

[Lunabell]

62. Well, we have 9 dogs, but the name that stands out is Bruiser.

He was the biggest baby of an "oops, litter" (we rescue dogs and during covid we didn't get 2 small dogs neutered in time.) But, the runt CJ was having a hard time latching on to the nipple. His brother kept stealing it before his little mouth could get a good suckle. I stayed up 48 hours making sure he could nurse.

I kept saying to the unnamed big brother, "Quit being such a big bruiser, you little little thief!" My wife suggested we call him Bruiser because of that. Oh, he's a love though and he and his siblings love each other.

Oh, and everybody is fixed!

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64. That's a fun way to get a name. We have always had our cats and dogs fixed too

[Prairie_Seagull]

65. Neo, I'll bet you can figure out why. nt

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72. Does it like water?

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74. He is a hell of a swimmer but that has nothing to do with his name.

Hint- his trail name is 'hacker'

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75. Tracker?

[Prairie_Seagull]

76. His name is a main character in recentish movie/s

Hint-"follow the white rabbit."

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77. Nemo?????

[Prairie_Seagull]

78. Now you are just having fun. You got me.

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79. I'm sorry Prairie, I really don't follow movies. The only thing I can think of is a neocon. Will you

give me the answer--not trying to be a smart ass. just not too bright.

[Prairie_Seagull]

80. You are a shining star Deb.

Neo, from the matrix movies. Keanu Reeves the other star.

Next hint was going to be "Red pill or blue pill"

Thanks for playing along.

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81. I was going to say that, but I didn't. I am sorry for not being able to remember.

[Celerity]

66. Jasper is our newest, he is a Caniche Mediano Marron Fonce (dark brown medium French hunting poodle)

As for his name, well....

dark jasper:

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67. He is beautiful. How big will he get? Love your choice of names.

[Celerity]

68. not too big, probably around 2 stone (28 pounds) and 20 to 23 or so inches tall

His breeding line is on the large side for a mediano, as they are bred by the kennel outside Lyon to be actual hunting dogs, so he should be pretty robust.

He is crazy energetic and quite spoilt, lolol.

[Elessar Zappa]

69. My dog's name is Sara

and she just looks like a Sara. My cat is Pickles and she got her name because she reminded my dad of a childhood pet he had named Pickles.

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70. Sara and Pickles--neat names

[3catwoman3]

71. We currently have 4 cats. Two 11 yr olds - a black and brown...

…tabby male, and a tuxie female. They are not related. On January 31st, we added a brother-sister pair of Siamese kittens - coming up on 10 months old.

The tabby male is named Winston. Our sons rescued him from San Antonio while their college soccer team was in a tournament there. They brought him back to Wisconsin, where the school was. They saw the “M” on his forehead but must have been looking at him from the tail end because they thought it looked like a “W” so they named him Winston.

Tuxie female is Chessie, because she is black and white. In a nearby town, there is a restaurant built from a train car from the old Chesapeake and Ohio rail company that has their sleeping kitten logo on it, known as Chessie. When I saw that, I told myself that if we ever had a black and white female cat, I would name her Chessie. Her shelter name was Penny, which is my husband’s unpleasant ex-wife’s name, so that had to go.

The Siamese siblings are named Fitz and Charlotte. Fitz was the brother’s shelter name, and we thought it was kind of cute so we kept it. It’s a prefix meaning “son of…”. Their mother’s name was Lottie. As we were driving home from the shelter, I recalled that Lottie is a nickname for Charlotte, so I chose Charlotte to honor their momma.

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73. How wonderful how they all got their names. I love it. Thank you for posting it.

[Emile]

83. Two cats, Gracie and Rudy.

Gracie because she is a grey and white cat, Rudy because he has a reddish pink nose like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

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84. Neat names based on the appearance of the cats

[ironflange]

85. Two kitties, Trixie and Willow

Trixie's shelter name was P!nk, the girl there liked to name them after pop stars. Her current name suits her better, though we went through Pixie and Dixie before reaching Trixie. Willow is a barn cat, and she just seemed like a Willow.

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86. Two beautiful names for your kitties.

[Conjuay]

87. cats might have nine lives,

but one of ours must have a dozen names. It’s a ginger tuxedo who has been called everything from “Red” to “Boomerang”, to “Boomer”, “Snaggletooth” etc.

His brother( littermate) is technically named “The One We’re Keeping” but we call him “Sparkle”.

We’re bad with names.

Our first son was almost sent home as ‘male child’ because we where told to expect a girl.

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89. I like the multiple names.

[zanana1]

88. His name is Yogi because...

The woman who found him and his sibling kittens named him Bear.

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90. I like the Yogi name.