Adopted our furball from a foster family after their original owners couldn't keep him. We liked the name and kept it.
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While trying to come up with a name for our previous cat I kept getting shot down by my wife. "Nah...nah..." One day we were walking through the supermarket and she asked again and I facetiously looked around and saw a sign in the produce section and said, "How about Kiwi?" We both realized that we liked it. lol
I don't actually know! Her microchip says her name is Shirley, but I tried two phone numbers and a physical address and never got in touch with her previous owner. I had been workshopping names for a while but I figure she prefers that one, so she's still Shirley.
Spanish horror film called “El orfanato” (The Orphanage). The woman spent a lot of time calling for her son, “Simón” so now I do too. My son is a cat though.
I cannot recommend that film enough to anyone who's a fan of horror movies which are more than just a fun spoop.
This is an amazing thread to collect answers to people's security questions, thanks!
I named my gerbil Smith because it’s my mother’s maiden name. Let me introduce you to my rabbit, 329-06-2789. I named him that so I wouldn’t forget my social security number.
And what happens to be the story behind your mother's maiden name?
Do you have any fun mnemonics for remembering your SSN? :D
I found Pliny frozen in my garage at like maybe 2 weeks old. (Door had blown open somehow) Thought he was dead until he moved his eye right as I was tossing him in a trash can. Had to bottle feed him and he was super sick, so I didn’t think he’d make it. Didn’t name him, just called him Tiny. Once he recovered and it was clear that he owned me, I started calling him Pliny because it sounded kind of like Tiny and was a beer that I really enjoyed at the time. He’s still super small 12 years later, so I think he was left behind because he was the runt. Or being frozen stunted his growth.
Taco Bob is named Taco Bob because we were drunk.
We don't have pets but our neighbour has two cats and they are the bane of my existence. Yowling at the door even though we've never fed the little bastards, and scaring the birds away as they like to shake the branches of our tree.
As a result, we call the grey one "that little shit", and the dotted one "that little cunt". The names have stuck in our household, and we have to watch ourselves when we trade pleasantries with the neighbours.
Richard Scarry/Busytown fans. Wife got a cat during COVID and named her Sally Cat.
My rat's name is Finnegan after the dog puppet from Mr. Dressup.
Cora, she is a white cat with a black heart shapped mark on her side, if was male the name would be Corazon(One Piece)
Aaaaaaand...
Yes we have yet a other dog, the oldest one, 12yo. She come from the shelter her name is Giada (Jade). We never changed it. Funny how that's also a commonish human name and has been hilarious sometimes in the past in crowded places...
I wonder if this makes sense to anybody else? We have a black and white, German Wirehaired Pointer. His full name is: Spruce Creek Livewire Ace of Spades. We call him Lemmy.
I don't have a pet name, only an human name...
We also have a small dog which my daughter called Shiba. We call her Breadcrumb or Bean (she is mostly black) tough. Because she is small and black.
Stu, because the singer of my favourite band is called Stu! Full name: Stu McCatzie
(my gf chose it, to my surprise, and I gladly said yes haha)
We have a dog which was called Betohven from the shelter. We called him Mozart, since it feels more... Manageable .. YKWIM
We also have two cats, brothers. They got called Tom and Jerry.
Named due to ignorance by my kids at the time... Jerry turned out the smart and bossy one and Tom the other one...
Now, I should have done one post I guess.
We also have a other dog... We got her as an adult which had to be taken away from her previous home. She is called Bianca, guess by the looks of her being similar to the other famous Bianca.
We call her BB (beebee) short for Bella Bianca.
In december last year I had to put down my 15y/o dog, named Santino. He was a little stupid and couldn't keep still, so I named him after the guy from The Godfather (a bit grim I know). I also have two cats, a three color grump called Hollie (named after Billie Holiday) and a tuxedo lovable fuzzball called Louie (named after Louie Armstrong).
Edit: Oh, I almost forgot. I also had a kitten (who died of complications from being weaned off too early) called Curie.