Rebecca VA Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I'll go first. My daughter's cocker spaniel/King Charles spaniel is named Thumpy. To tease her, we call Thumpy by other names: Thumpo, Dumbo, Plumpo, and so on. Lately I've been calling him Gumbo, and I just love it! It's so silly that it always makes me laugh. I wonder what our vet practice would say if I were to enroll a dog named "Gumbo?" I doubt they've ever heard that one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springmama Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Ask'em Years ago there was a guy in my neighborhood who had a dog named Ask'em, so someone asked him "What is your dog's name?" He could say "Ask'em" and that always threw people for a loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My ILs had a dachshund named Pig. And our neighbors have a large, mixed-breed (Rottweiler, Lab, Great Dane), male named Sparkles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I used to have neighbors whose dog was "Diogi" D-O-G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubamama Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My 4yo dd has a pet toad from the backyard named Squeaky Banana. It's kind of yellowish and it squeaks when she holds it...we learned that it was a male (only the males vocalize). She was devestated and still insists that Squeaky Banana is a girl! We had a Basset Hound named Flounder. she had a little jingles we'd sing to her and she'd kind of hum along "Flounder Hounder, big and rounder than the average Hounder, gotta lose a pounder to be a thinner Flounder!" I know, we are so pathetic! Oh those HS families! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 TiVo...:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I have (had) a dog named Tick, a cat named John Norman Howard, horse named Walkin in Memphis. Rooster named Croc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 In the past we have had : A black manx cat who was not the prettiest (girl) on the block. We named her Marcellus Wallace ( after character in Pulp Fiction) A brother & sister dog ( a form of hunting dog, whose name escapes me at this point of time). Their names were : Razza and Matazz A budgie named Batman A male rabbit named Rapunzel 2 cats: a male called Keb - after the blues singer Keb Mo a female cat, with a gorgeous purr called Delta - after the Australian singer, Delta Goodrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 We had a Rottweiler named Donut. My ILs have a Shih-zhu (sp?) male named Muffin and I get embarrassed every time I have to take him to the vet or groomer for them. Guess and Ask'em :lol: Those are GREAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I had a dog named Licorice.... one named Cotton... and a cat named Buttermilk. Licorice was black.... Cotton was white.... Buttermilk was creamy yellow... weird names but they all seemed appropriate! Gumbo sounds cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 We had a cat named Two-too. He had 2 extra toes on every foot! Dh says he knew a guy in college who named his dog "Stay". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 We got a new kitten while I was reading The Great Gatsby. So of course we named him Catsby. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinMominTX Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Our horses aren't pets necessarily, but I am always tickled at the registered names that people come up with for their horses. We have... Simply Eternal Plenty Hollywood Generals June Bug Miss BB Lucky Dusters Do Joy among others, but these are the oddest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My childhood dog was named Crispy Crunchy Critter Crackers, our cat was Sammy Whammy Sour Mour. My mom was weird. We have a sheep named Seymour Crelbourn from Little Shop of Horrors and a horse named Chigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Fat Butt and Heather Nicole I had a dog named Laverne. You can probably guess what my favorite show was and when I grew up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) We have a very fluffy white Havanese who likes to crawl under furniture and is often covered in dustbunnies, so I named him Swiffer. :001_smile: One of our horses is called Space Monkey because she's really dumb and spacey, and I think she looks like a chimp. Oh, and my daughter's little pony was absolutely spherical when we first got him, so we named him Meatball. He's chestnut and he really looked like a little round meatball. He was so obese the vet thought he had a metabolic problem, but it turned out he was just grossly overfed at his previous home. After a year on a strict diet, he's slim and sleek so now people go :confused: when they hear his name is Meatball, lol. In the past I've had cats named Bumblebee (striped tabby) and Bathmat (very placid long-haired cat who used to sprawl out on the floor and not move for hours, lol). Jackie Edited July 4, 2009 by Corraleno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 When I was a toddler we had a pekingnese named tinkerbell. The dumb thing bit me and had to go. My next dog was a black chow/shepherd mix named Raven (I was into Poe at the time). We have had several cats: meshach, shadrach, and cricket and screech (named after the sound the tires were making on a busy 4 lane road as the cars tried to avoid the kittens that had been dumped nearby :glare: Oh, and our neighbor had a dog named.....Kipper. Guess who named him?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I had a ferret named Junkyard. My hubby thought he was very ugly when he was a kit and there you go. My hubby also named sibling cockateils we had Zippidy and Dudah. I hear many strange names at the clinic where I work and unfortunately some cannot be repeated here. Some of my favorite are Bee and Bop and the owners will only bring them in at the same time and you must say the names in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Whisper. For a Chihuahua. That dog was NEVER quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donovans4 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 my nephew has a cat named Frank Johnson, we have no idea why. I always thought it a bit odd. Frank is an adorable kitty! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I knew a lab named Buttkiss. He would get out of the yard all the time, and they would go up and down the street yelling his name out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I used to have neighbors whose dog was "Diogi" D-O-G. A friend has a dog with the same name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thanks to my 14 yo, our cats are Edward & Bella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 We have a very fluffy white Havanese who likes to crawl under furniture and is often covered in dustbunnies, so I named him Swiffer. :001_smile: Jackie My sister had a cat named Swiffer for a while; she currently has one named Galileo. Cats I have had or currently have: Jiffy Tempest Requiem Phobia (Requiem and Phobia were both solid black) Kuro (means black in Japanese, and yes, he is) Pepe le Pew Dorian Gray Another one of my friends just named her sixth cat "Spider." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My sister came up with that years and years ago for her cat. There's some reasoning behind it she says---a term of endearment. Still today, if she asks how my cats are doing, she often asks how the Breadnesspies are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I knew a lab named Buttkiss. He would get out of the yard all the time, and they would go up and down the street yelling his name out. Maybe they let him out so they could call his name. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Do any of you remember that racehorse named Hoof Hearted. I thought I was going to die when I heard a clip of a fasted paced play by play with that horse in it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamarley Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 "Useless"... it was a cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the4Rs Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 We had a cat name Skeezits growing up and called him Skeez. I also knew someone in high school who got a dog and named him Ah Sh** beecause he was always breaking things. You know "Ah sh** what did you do now.?" Oh the antics of high schoolers. :001_rolleyes: My good friend has a minature pinscher and named him Thor. He lives up to his name too. 300 lb dog in a 6 pound body! HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My cats have always had people names: Victoria Byron Vince Preston Jack Mary Sylvester Richard Sophie Catherine Clara Peter They're not really silly, but it is fun to call them by such lofty names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Ask'it (a cat) Beaver (a cat) Killer (min Pin) Wife (dog) Pudding and Pi. Sister cats, my dh got with a gf long before I was on the scene. Pudding was really really dumb, and Pi was smart, hence the names. When we met, Pi and my dh had been on their own for about a decade, and Pi was some possessive, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My very innocent aunt had a cat named Fanny, which is the British word for the female pudenda. She used to stand outside her door and call down the street for it. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Our kitty's name is Loomis Toonut. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My neighbor has a guinea pig named Sugar Puddin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 some of our cats are and have been : Rocky Balboa Indiana Jones Hannah Montana Ginger Pye Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat Quiksilver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Some of the names I've seen for registered dogs and cats are hilarious, but the silliest one I ever knew personally was a Budgie named Lunch who arrived in a household with a very large and persistent cat named Cannibal. Were he true to his name, however, Cannibal would have had no interest in Lunch. Quite unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, Lunch was true to his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hey! We have a Peter. Named after the Pan of course! He's the most laid back cat I have ever met. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 oozy-wookums. I guess that is how it is spelled. It was a spoiled mop of an adorable dog owned by a distant cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalieclare Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Fat Butt and Heather Nicole I had a dog named Laverne. You can probably guess what my favorite show was and when I grew up... HeeHee! My sister's name is Heather Nicole. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 My ILs had a dachshund named Pig. And our neighbors have a large, mixed-breed (Rottweiler, Lab, Great Dane), male named Sparkles. We had a big black lab/hound/rottweiler mix named Faery Angel. He was my dd's puppy - she named him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Do any of you remember that racehorse named Hoof Hearted. I thought I was going to die when I heard a clip of a fasted paced play by play with that horse in it. :lol: Funny! And! I got that right away! Usually I end up pondering these things all day, when I read them on these boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 When I was little we had 2 German Shepherd/St. Bernard mixes... Bilbo Baggins and Snifftiff (my nickname when I was a toddler - no idea why:confused:), and the hamsters were Gandalf and Frodo. When we had fish, they were all Star Wars Characters. Princess Leia the Angelfish killed everyone else. Currently, the cats are named Mr. Weasley and Nimphadora Tonks:D The kids WANTED to name our Beagle "Jack Ace" (completely innocently!!! Until we pointed out what might become of that.....) --- But he ended up being just HANK. Oh, and the other day on TV, there was a dog named "STAINZ" --- aweful!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherclassicmom Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Our neighbor had a dog named Treedog and a cat named Boulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 About ten years ago, my mother told me the story of her friend's cat, which I still remember - the friend's older brother was a bit of an odd duck and *he* named the cat.... Moogaloony Lovelace Primrose Bradbury Bodang Alphonse Begonia. They called him "Moog" for short. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Growing up, one of our cats was dubbed "Marvin the Marvelous Mad Meatball". We had company from Mexico one summer so he was also known as "El Albondigo Loco". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Some of the names I've seen for registered dogs and cats are hilarious, but the silliest one I ever knew personally was a Budgie named Lunch who arrived in a household with a very large and persistent cat named Cannibal. Were he true to his name, however, Cannibal would have had no interest in Lunch. Quite unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, Lunch was true to his name. :001_huh: :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I had fish: Rye and Vodka. I was 5 and named them all by myself LOL! My dd got a fish for her 3rd bday and named it Snuggly. LOL I had 4 newts named Flotsam, Jetsam, Phalange and Bacon. Each was named according to what I observed about them the moment I introduced them to their new home. One floated, one sank, one did nothing but had extra toes, and one did the bacon! My dd's cat is named Sneekers. He doesn't sneak anymore though, he's completely blind and has been for over a year. He's more like Bumpy or Bumpers now LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) When I was a child, our neighbors had a Boston terrier named D*mnit. They said they were always saying "D*mnit, come here!" and "D*mnit, stop that!", so the dog thought that was his name. As children, we thought it was glorious that we were able to say such a word because after all it was the dog's NAME! I think there was a commedian later on (Bill Cosby?) who had a similar comic routine about thinking his own name was something similar, and for similar reasons. Edited July 5, 2009 by Janet in WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 We actually just got rid of our two cats this past week because I'm allergic to them. One was named Mac-N-Cheese....the other was named Armadillo. My daughter named them when she was three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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