Do you use people or cliche pet names to name your pets?

Well, now that I'm REALLY into names, I'd definitely choose 'people names' for my pets. If I were to get more pets right now, i'd use my guilty pleasure names [ex - Imogene, Adelaide, Seraphina, Abel, Jace, Kellan, Ivan, Deacon...]. But before Y!A, my pets all got cliche pet names. I've had a cat named Tiger, a dog named Gator...and right now I have a dog named Dixie & a cat named Lucky. LOL, but Lucky was Lucy before we found out he was actually a male. And since Y!A i've added middle names to my pets, lmao. Dixie is now Dixie Marie Rosemary & Lucky is Lucky Theodore Felipe. Bahahaha.

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One of my dogs has a cliche name, Snow. But, that has a story kind of we didn't just decide, oh we should name her Snow. She was born on the first snow of the year and I was little and she was the only girl and I'd always take her and play with her and I called her Snow Baby so my parents just took off the Baby but we still call her Snow Baby a lot.

My other dog is Noire, I dont' really think it's cliche, I've never seen another dog with this name and she's a black lab - Noire means black in French so that's why she got her name.

My two boy dogs, Jess and Beau, have human names that I love. We were going to name Jess Jesse but my dad wanted to use him for hunting and he didn't think that sounded "manly" enough lol, but that never worked out, he's too scared and sweet to hurt anything :). We still call him Jesse

And my old dog that died was named Kacie. Oh, and we had a Miska (Althogh I'm not sure how it was spelled) but we gave her to a lady that was looking for a dog that my mom worked with that works at the store down the street :(, she's Noire's sister :D

Oh yes, and I like either human names or names that have a meaning in a different language :)

Sorry I wrote so much lol :p

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I don't really know what I use. Most of my pets were not named by me. I used cliche names for my fish and hamsters because I think those kind of names are good for small pets. I did not name my cats or dog. My second cat and my dog were both named when we got them from the shelter and the names stuck. My brother named my first cat though. I had many fish and only a few of them had names. They all looked alike.

The fish:

Violet and Blueberry were the first 2 fish they had babies named

Fish 123.... and Zigzag. Zigzag had a crooked tail.

Spotty and Stripy were cleaners

Raspberry and Blackberry were bright fish.

and there were more unnamed fish.

Little Guy was my brother's bearded dragon

Sparky was our first hamster that we only had for a week and gave away

Then my siblings and I got hamsters

Ganendolf was my brother's

Ginger Snap was my sister's

Hammie was mine and when she died I got Apple Sauce.

My cats are named Kiki and Griddle.

My dog is named Onyx. It suits him.

When I move out I am going to get 4 great danes named Apollo, Bella, Buddha, and Allie.

And I am going to get a few cats. I have only named one so far. Which is Potato. I say the word potato a lot and everybody at my school knows that...... so I thought I would name my cat it. That way I can say it a lot more.

Well, every pet that I have / had have always been cliche names, except for one. I had a bunny name Ebbie, a hamster named Herman, a dog named Sissy, a dog names Gracie (the only person name), and now I have a dog named Zeus (which could be classified as a people name, considering he was a Roman god). However, since I've become obsessed with baby names, the next pet I get will have a first and middle person name. (:

I'm good with whatever although I guess I tend to use "pet names" or names I'd only ever use on an animal. I think pets are a good place to use those wacky or cutesy names. I currently have a cat named Salem, a name I would never dream of saddling a child with, and a dog named Scooby which is obviously a pet only name. I've also had various other cats and dogs named Ozzy, Rocky, Charlie, Sheba, Yoko, and probably others I'm forgetting. I wouldn't ever use any of those names on a person.

My cat's name is Bailey, which I guess is pretty cliche for a pet because I know a LOT of pets called that. And my previous birds have always had cliched pet names (Rainbow, Buddy and Aussie).

However, my two new birds are going to be:

-- Augustus and Finnegan "Gus and Finn"

Which are two names on my GP list :) So really people names!

I tend to use human names or character names for pets. As far as what's okay or not okay, I think basically anything that isn't an expletive is a fine choice :) It's mostly a matter of personal preference.

Pets I've had over the years:

Archie (Mini poodle)- My brother came up with his name, inspired by Archie and Jughead comic books.

Kip (foster dog)- He came with the name, but he was named after Kip Dynamite

Lucy (foster dog)- I named her after the character from I Love Lucy. Her full name was actually Lucinda, just for record keeping purposes (they already had a Lucy in the system).

Zoe, Andi, and Courtney (rats)- The names didn't have any significance, we just liked them.

Mulder, Scully, Lone Gunmen, and Krycek (fish)- Named after characters from The X-Files. Mulder and Scully were platys, the Lone Gunmen were three fish I couldn't tell apart, and Krycek (an algae eater) sucked algae, and Krycek from the show just sucked.

Riley (hamster)- I just liked the name.

Well, if I had a pet, I would name it a "people name."

There are already way too many dogs named, for instance, Spot. Just as I would not name a child a common name, I would not give a dog a popular name either.

Actually, I think I would probably give a pet a name from the country where its species/breed originated. For example, if I got a Chihuahua, I might name her Esmeralda, because it is a Spanish name and Chihuahuas are from Spanish-speaking Mexico.

I also might name a pet a name that I would love to give to a child but can't because it's too strange.

I've always had real people names except for my rabbit that I got when I was 5 (I named her Floppy because she had floppy ears).

Growing up, I also had:

George (goldfish)

Sven (goldfish)

Penelope/Penny (cat)

Zoe (cat; that was the name she had when we adopted her)

In college, my roommate and I had a cat named Cody.

Currently, I have one cat named Bosco.

Since I'm much more into names now, I'll definitely continue to use "people names," but I'll probably go for names I love but would never use on children. For example, I've always wanted a Chihuahua and we plan on getting one soon. I'm leaning towards the name Rosalie and calling her Rosa or Rosie. Or I'll go more of a guilty pleasure route and use Athena, Clementine, Poppy, etc.

I've mostly gone with one theme to my pet names. The theme is legendary/folk-lore/mythological names, usually ones associated with that animal. So...

Shisa (our first cat) was named for a legendary lion-dog creature of mythology in Okinawa.

Our second we named Loki Mess-Mess because he was a rascal. We mostly call him Mess-Mess because he's double the mess of any cat I've ever met. Then Loki is a trickster god.

The next two we named Kasha and Marley Freya.

Kasha is a demon spirit of Japan mythology that is thought to sometimes take the form of a cat. Hence her full title is Kasha the half-goat spider-monkey demon cat (she's a bit of a spaz).

Marley we named because I was listening to his music and she seemed so laid back and it just fit her. Then Freya is thought do be drawn about in her carriage by cats.

Then when I get a dog I want to name it either Argos for a boy or Maera for a girl, both are dogs from Greek mythology.

When my family had Malamutes we gave them royal first names (Czar, Zeus, Sheba) and Alaskan middle names (so either place names or the like; Sheba's was Kiska).

I had a friend that has named her pets after names used in Eric Clapton's music (she's a bit of a fan :) Layla and Lucy

So anything goes really. But I like themes