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Pet Naming

Post by Saviya » February 14th, 2013, 4:04 am

I don't know if there's been a thread like this but I'd love to get some more ideas for names for my pets. How do you name yours? For instance...

I have three bandicoons: Bacon, Ham and Porkchop
Mongooses: Rikki, Tikki and Tavi (after the mongoose in the jungle book)
Feral Vermling: Sweetums (kinda looks like sweetums?)
Nightsaber Cub (Simon), Cornish Rex Cat (Odie), Cinder Kitten (Vidi) all because they remind me of my real cats.
Purple Puffer: Fish Stick
Clockwork Gnome: Gerard... he looks like a proper english gentleman :D


so, what clever names have you come up with?

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Post by Arvelayne » February 14th, 2013, 6:04 am

Clever? Dunno. But weird? Yes!

Here we go, in no particular order:

Tiny Harvester - Farmer Crankcase
Amethyst Spiderling - Spiderpig
Anubisath Idol - Conkers
Lost of Lordaeron - Dodgy Bedsheet
Jungle Darter - Bristow
Winterspring Cub - Snowblind
Fluxfire Feline - Cannon Cat
My three striders - Fred, Barney and Dino
Oily Slimeling - Blurgurble
Creepy Crate - Evil Toy Box
Grassland Hopper - Caine
Lil KT - Brain
My Serpent Hatchlings - Tyrion, Daenerys and Arya
Flayer Youngling - Edward
Pandaren Monk - Fen Sing
Plains Monitor - Fluffy
Terrible Turnip - Neep

And so the list goes on. Have a look at my pets on Armory, as there are many others with significant or just plain odd names.

:)

Arve,
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Post by Breehit » February 14th, 2013, 11:33 am

Some of my favorites:

3 Beetles: George, Paul and Ringo
Clockwork Gnome: Al Gore
Terrible Turnip: Samhain (in old days, they used turnips instead of pumpkins for Halloween)
Fossilized Hatchling: Baby of Mine
Minifernal: Luck Smiles

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Re: Pet Naming

Post by Bonhomous » February 14th, 2013, 2:41 pm

I named my Porcupette Payne, because that's the trainer that I got it from.
I named my Ghostly Skull Bob because . . . well because how can you have a skull with glowing eyes and NOT call him Bob?

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Post by Tinuthien » February 14th, 2013, 5:10 pm

Since I'm a hunter I spent so much effort naming hunter pets that I'm kind of named out and haven't even started on the battle pets... But I like to read and consequently my naming reflects that. Some ideas:
Snowy Owl - Hedwig
Stowaway Rat - Scabbers
Orange Tabby Cat - Crookshanks
Core Hound Pup - Fluffy
Emerald Whelpling - Norbert
Spring Rabbit - Bunnicula
Worg Pup - Harold
Cornish Rex Cat - Chester
Darkmoon Eye - Sauron
Sporeling Sprout - Gollum
Spawn of Onyxia - Nazgul
Venomspitter Hatchling - Shelob
Gilnean Raven - Carc
Imperial Eagle Chick - Thorondor
Dun Morogh Cub - Beorn

My husband loves music (particularly metal - I have no clue what kind) and he likes to name his pets after musicians, song titles or even lyrics. Have fun!

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Re: Pet Naming

Post by Saviya » February 14th, 2013, 5:57 pm

Bonhomous wrote:I named my Ghostly Skull Bob because . . . well because how can you have a skull with glowing eyes and NOT call him Bob?

Haha, my pandaren earth spirit's name is Bob :lol:

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Post by Gendou » February 14th, 2013, 6:27 pm

My names are, sadly, largely unimaginative.
Ao Guang (Spirit of Competition)
Aquila (Imperial Eagle Chick)
Azurus (Netherwhelp)
Burkek (Curious Wolvar Pup)
Cerulagos (Azure Whelpling)
Chen (Pandaren Monk)
Cordyceps (Fungal Abomination)
Dafeng (Pandaren Air Spirit)
Datso (Gilnean Raven)
David (Clockwork Gnome)
Drakthalak (Death Talon Whelpguard)
Fenris Ulf (Fjord Worg Pup)
Frostygos (Frosty)
Fugu (Purple Puffer)
Furnas (Minfernal)
Fuzzy (Wind Rider Cub)
Genaka (Lashtail Hatchling)
Ghostcrawler (Spirit Crab)
Harbinger (Mini Mindslayer)
Hong Se (Wild Crimson Hatchling)
Huo (Pandaren Fire Spirit)
Infinus (Infinite Whelpling)
Jadefang (Tiny Shale Spider)
Ji Long (Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling)
Jin Se (Wild Golden Hatchling)
Kirastrasza (Crimson Whelpling)
Kuroxia (Onyxian Whelpling)
Lethae (Emerald Whelpling)
Leviosa (Guardian Cub)
Lu Se (Wild Jade Hatchling)
Magni (Mini Thor)
Nanner (Baby Ape)
Neltharian ([pet]Lil' Deathwing[/pet])
Nethersprite (Nether Faerie Dragon)
Nexagos (Nexus Whelpling)
Nordrassil Wisp
Nuff (Red Cricket)
Oblivigos (Scourged Whelpling)
Obsidia (Dark Whelpling)
Ozai ([pet]Lil' Ragnaros[/pet])
Pinchy (Magical Crawdad)
Pixel (Fluxfire Feline)
Qing (Jade Crane Chick)
Rarity ([pet]Lil' Tarecgosa[/pet])
Reaver (Personal World Destroyer)
Rye (Terrible Turnip)
Sabellian (Spawn of Onyxia)
Setis (Anubisath Idol)
Shenlong (Thundering Serpent Hatchling)
Shredator (Flayer Youngling)
Shu (Pandaren Water Spirit)
Solus (Soul of the Aspects)
Spot (Cornish Rex Cat)
Squiggles (Twilight Fiendling)
Sulfuros (Harbinger of Flame)
Tank (Emperor Crab)
Tea (Crow)
Tehuantl (Sapphire Cub)
Tianlong (Celestial Dragon)
Tsuchigumo (Giant Bone Spider)
Viridian (Emerald Proto-Whelp)
Wugou (Pandaren Earth Spirit)
Wyrmisath (Untamed Hatchling)
Xango (Voodoo Figurine)
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Re: Pet Naming

Post by Emrys » February 16th, 2013, 11:17 am

Tinuthien wrote: Spring Rabbit - Bunnicula
I used to love the bunnicula books as a kid. Did you know they made it into a play?

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Post by Shmoooey » February 17th, 2013, 11:45 am

I let my kids name my pets, and they are the worst pet namers ever.
Azure Whelpling - Bubbles
Enchanted Broom - Sweepy
Little Fawn - Doe
Phoenix Hatchling - Flamers
Singing Sunflower - Sunny
Sinister Squashling - Pumpkie
Stone Armadilly - Armie
Wild Golden Hatchling - Lemon


Ok, there were some good ones
Jade Crane Chick - Glowell
Nether Faerie Dragon - Marmalette

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Post by Opallena » February 17th, 2013, 7:22 pm

All of my names usually have some kind of reference... mostly to TV shows/movies or books. here's some of them:

Personal World Destroyer- Unicron
Panda spirits- Aang, Katara, Toph, Zuko (I'm sure you can guess who's who)
Darting Hatchling- Wally West
Cheetah Cub- Cheetor
Azure Whelpling- Saphira
Imperial Eagle Chick- Zeus
Mr. Wiggles- Babe
Wild Crimson Hatchling- Mushu
Sea Pony- Horsea
Proto-Drake Whelp- Charizard
Fluxfire Feline- Ravage

There are some exceptions... some of my pets are named after friends, and others from WoW lore (mostly the dragons)

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Post by Tahsfenz » February 17th, 2013, 11:28 pm

I'm very picky with names so I've only named 3.

Baby Ape - Curious George
Spirit of Competition - Olympia
Gillian Raven - Poe
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Post by Tinuthien » February 18th, 2013, 12:39 pm

Emrys wrote:I used to love the bunnicula books as a kid. Did you know they made it into a play?
No I didn't! I need to go see that. Thanks! I honestly cannot wait to have kids just so I can read them all the bizarre adventures of Harold and Chester (among other books). :D

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Post by Truweildude » February 18th, 2013, 1:39 pm

I'm surprised this forum doesn't have more posts, I'm looking for a good Minfernal name. Some of my more creative, entertaining or lore based names include,

Cheetah cub - Chester
Emerald Whelp - Emeraldstraza
Huge Toad - Squeebz
Imperial Eagle Chick - Patriot
Hopling - Hoptimus
Snake - Romney
Stunted Yeti- Obamanation(to be neutral lol)
Nether Faerie Dragon - Puck
Polly - McCawzy
Fledgling Buzzard - Skavage
some roach names, McFilthy, McFeely
some scorpid names, Hanzo, Kilo
moth names, Lavendeath, Mothra, Arthur
Sporeling Sprout - Sporticus
Spawn Onyxia - Hypoxia

and a bunch more that follow my naming theme that's ends in z, Squeebz, Kreepz, Skitterz, Peckz, etc.

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Post by Yalina » February 18th, 2013, 3:15 pm

My cats are either real cats my family had, or from CATS the musical. :)

Bombay Cat - Eris
Calico Cat - Cali

Black Tabby Cat - Mistoffelees
Cheetah Cub - Griddlebone
Darkmoon Cub - Skimbleshanks
Nightsaber Cub - Grizabella

My hunter's pet cat is Macavity. Because occasionally, he's not there. :)

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Post by Stonewallred » February 18th, 2013, 4:41 pm

chickens: scratches, clucks, Best Fried
crested owl : Aim
voodoo figurine: Mojo Man, Dead Mojo
cat: Mangy
anodized bear: Brassy

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Post by Polyphemus » February 18th, 2013, 11:33 pm

My personal favorites are my baby ape named Jimmy Rustler and my lofty libram named Mein Kampf

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Post by Gwenolyn » February 18th, 2013, 11:41 pm

I named my Fjord Rat, Fjord Prefect. Makes me giggle :lol:

Oh, just thought of it... named my rat, I Smell A :roll:

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Post by Gwenolyn » February 18th, 2013, 11:46 pm

Shujila wrote:
Bonhomous wrote:I named my Ghostly Skull Bob because . . . well because how can you have a skull with glowing eyes and NOT call him Bob?

Haha, my pandaren earth spirit's name is Bob :lol:

My Ethereal Soul Trader is Bob... fun times!

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Post by Tahsfenz » February 19th, 2013, 7:50 am

I'll be naming my stitched pup Precious. I might get a second to name him stinky.
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Re: Pet Naming

Post by Gendou » February 19th, 2013, 8:44 am

Tahsfenz wrote:I'll be naming my stitched pup Precious.
PRECIOUS?!? NOOOOOOOOO!
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