Unusual, domestic animals' names

As a child I used to find Gerry’s dogs in ‘My Family and Other Animals ‘ hilarious, they were called widdle and puke.

My son had goldfish called Lenin and Trot(sky). They lived to a ripe old age in a small bowl until I took pity on them and released them into our pond and they promptly died.

Growing up our family had the most unimaginative names for pets...Puppy, Puss, Bubby (for bunny). I think our parents didn't name them at all, and their names evolved from us being toddlers.

Mentioning names being called out, at work (longshore industry), everyone has nicknames. One day one of the men heard me phoning to make an appointment for Friskie Jones, and had a good laugh. I had to threaten to call HR if he tried to pin it on me! Last name changed to protect the innocent.

I met a very shaggy black poodle the other day called Brian, after Brian May!! 😂

One of my colleagues had two cats called Colin and Not Colin!

AskAlice Reminds me of couple of dogs I knew called Mark one and Mark two.

My daughter had two black hamsters, one was bumble and the other bogey

I had a Guinea pig called Bumble.

Last cat was called Harley Catfish, neighbor dogs called Mopey and Wimpey!

Our handsome black cat was called Nimrod; it seemed so appropriate as the meaning is 'Stealthy Hunter'. Nimrod was also a Mesopotamian King, also fitting as Nim thought he was royalty.

I had two cats called Pepsi and Max

My son's had goldfish called eggs,bacon, sausage,beans, tomatoes and toast lol ..not sure which was which though 😅

Our lovely, much lamented cat was called Crinkle, she had a curled-over ear.

In the vet's waiting room once, room full of various kinds of pets, "Goliath" was called - he was a budgie ..

One cat we had was called Tenzing by the Cats Protection Rescue Centre that my DD worked at during her Duke of Edinburgh Award word. She fell in love with him so he came to live with us. On his first journey outside he shot up the first tree he encountered - and had no problem getting down again!

A friend of mine had two cat brothers whom she named Reggie and Ronnie.

Another friend's DD was a vet nurse and often brought home "unwanted" animals. My friend's' DH called the 3-legged cat "Tripod".

I once met a beautiful black cat - an absolutely gorgeous mini-panther if ever there was one. You would tend to think he would be named Blackie, or Coal, or Bagheera or something.

Nope. He was called Jason

I adopted a kitten and tried to introduce her to the house cats by spreading a little bit of food on the back of her head to encourage the others to lick it off. It was not helpful and she ended up being called Fishpaste because she was a bit smelly. She later gave birth to four kittens in my home office. They were named Dingbat, Helvetica (Semi-bold), Bodoni and Frutiger (Light Condensed). Several of the adult kittens emigrated to New Zealand with me.

Fishpaste.

agnurse

I once met a beautiful black cat - an absolutely gorgeous mini-panther if ever there was one. You would tend to think he would be named Blackie, or Coal, or Bagheera or something.

Nope. He was called Jason

Was he an explorer?

My son had two dogs called Scampi and Chips

My grandma had a cat never washed. Put butter on his paws and he wouldn't touch it