"Human Names" for animals

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  • TabbyKitten95TabbyKitten95 Posts: 370
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    ginock wrote: »
    I have never owned a dog but when I think of cats I always think of the typical names but I have never once thought of calling a cat or a deg etc a name like Trevor or Jason. Why is that? Why do we insist on giving animals sometimes very silly names? My hamster is called Matty, I didn't call him that my parents did and I like it but calling him Matthew? I just couldn't do it!

    I often wonder what cats and dogs etc think of their own names... maybe that is why they ignore us when we call them?

    Human: tinkles!
    Cat: huh?
    Human: come here tinkles!
    Cat: is he talking to me?
    Human: come on! dinner is ready!
    Cat: dinner? smashing, but who is tinkles and why is my pet calling his name?


    There was a Blue Peter cat called Jason, he was a Siamese.

    I like human names for pets too, I had a fish called Simon as a kid.

    Someone I used to work with had a rabbit called Kevin!
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    I'll always remember my dad's story about dog names.

    He was in the park one day with me when I was a little bubba and he heard a man calling "Joan! Joan! Joan come here". My dad turned around, expecting the man to be calling his daughter/wife/sister/friend over. But no. He was calling his german shep!!

    A german shepard. Called Joan. Cracks me up everytime!!
  • Hobbit FeetHobbit Feet Posts: 18,798
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    There was a Blue Peter cat called Jason, he was a Siamese.

    I like human names for pets too, I had a fish called Simon as a kid.

    Someone I used to work with had a rabbit called Kevin!

    My Geoff is a Siamese (the name brings him down a peg or 2)
  • Jane Doh!Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307
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    My eldest daughter called one of her hamsters, Mary Queen of Scots!
  • dollylovesshoesdollylovesshoes Posts: 14,531
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    A friend of mine has a JR called Eric.


    My cats Wally,Maddy,(visiting cat Dave) Lil and Lucy.


    Neighbours cats called Bianca,Toby and Eponene.
  • sadoldbirdsadoldbird Posts: 9,626
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    I never met him but a woman I know had a horse called Neville.

    And my son called his goldfish Richard.
  • ginockginock Posts: 1,329
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    sadoldbird wrote: »
    I never met him but a woman I know had a horse called Neville.

    And my son called his goldfish Richard.

    I kind of like Neville the Horse! Has a good ring to it :D
  • fitnessqueenfitnessqueen Posts: 5,185
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    My Geoff is a Siamese (the name brings him down a peg or 2)

    My next door neighbour is called Geoff so that was probably a no no when we got our two kittens but my son desperately wanted to call our boy "Ian". We settled for Smudge in the end....
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,333
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    ginock wrote: »

    I often wonder what cats and dogs etc think of their own names... maybe that is why they ignore us when we call them?

    Human: tinkles!
    Cat: huh?
    Human: come here tinkles!
    Cat: is he talking to me?
    Human: come on! dinner is ready!
    Cat: dinner? smashing, but who is tinkles and why is my pet calling his name?

    Hahahaaa love it! :D

    I agree, somehow people names are fine for dogs (Benji etc..) but not cats.. it's weird isn't it?
  • fitnessqueenfitnessqueen Posts: 5,185
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    The following may take place in my boycat's head.....

    Me "Come to mummy my gorgeous Smudglewudglekins"

    Him "My name is Nigel......"
  • Abbasolutely 40Abbasolutely 40 Posts: 15,589
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    sareypoop wrote: »
    I have three cats, Alfie, Charlie and Winston!

    Mine are Alfie and Ben
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 267
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    Where we used to live my next door neighbours had a little dog called Ross.

    When the girl 5 doors down had her baby boy I went to see them. I asked what the little one's name was and was told Ross. I had a hard time stopping my mouth from saying "what a lovely name, that what next door call their dog".
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    My brothers friends cat is called Alan
  • CRTHDCRTHD Posts: 7,602
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    don't ask wrote: »
    Where we used to live my next door neighbours had a little dog called Ross.

    When the girl 5 doors down had her baby boy I went to see them. I asked what the little one's name was and was told Ross.

    I had a hard time stopping my mouth from saying "what a lovely name, that what next door call their dog".

    :D:D:D I know exactly what you mean. I have a springer called Lucy.

    When my boss had a little girl recently, they called her Lucy. Talk about bite your lip!
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    Top 10 Female Pet Names

    1. MOLLY
    2. MAGGIE
    3. DAISY
    4. LUCY
    5. SADIE
    6. GINGER
    7. CHLOE
    8. BAILEY
    9. SOPHIE
    10. ZOE

    Cringe
  • CRTHDCRTHD Posts: 7,602
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    I used to have 2 cats called Arthur & Martha (passed on).

    I suppose I should call the next one Dorothy! (Sorry "in-joke"). :o
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,187
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    I also had a budgie called Peter when I was younger!

    Then there was the hamster called Rodney.

    I had 2 cats, Poppy and Lily. One day we were sitting in a pub garden having lunch and there was a family at the next table, mum, dad, and twin girls (about 18 months old) We got chatting and it turned out their names were Poppy and Lily. I had to give my daughter a swift kick under the table as she was about to announce that's what our cats were called. :D
  • sesmosesmo Posts: 740
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    When I was a young'un we had a cat called Timothy William. My first cat (was mine as opposed to the family's) was called Indiana but she was a she. Current cat is called Jingo, but my other half calls her Ming the Merciless or Morbo (Futurama alien monster).

    We have 3 horses, but only one has a human name- Betsy. All the family dogs have had human names, Polly, Jenny, Jilly and Monty.

    My sister called her cat Emily, which I thought was a bit odd.
  • michelle666michelle666 Posts: 2,302
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    Most of my pets have 'pet-like' names but I have fish called Gilbert, Simon, Frank and Albert and a pet mouse called Bob. :D
  • Andy BirkenheadAndy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450
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    We had a Border Collie called "Rambo", and then we had a black Labrador called "Penny"
    They were our beautiful girls.:)
  • BarbellaBarbella Posts: 5,417
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    EllieMT wrote: »
    Friend of mine has 3 cats, all brothers, called Dave, Colin and Roy.....oddly they suit their names! :D

    My sons had 3 goldfish who they called, Dave, Bert and Tony.

    Our old dog was called Iggy ( as in Iggy Pup, rather than Iggy Pop) . Don't know if thats a normal name or not?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 296
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    I think "human names" for pets are OK if they have a bit of character about them - like Albert, Arthur and Benji which could suit your pets pretty good. However I went to school with a girl who called her cat "Karen". That's just.... huh?

    No offense to people called Karen, but for a cat! :eek:
  • azureanneazureanne Posts: 1,756
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    My dogs called Freeman. I don't know any other dogs with that name. He had been tied up in someones back garden + relly badly neglected. When we got him i said don't worry your a free man now + he jumped all over me liking my face off so we went with Freeman.
  • The_Time_BeingThe_Time_Being Posts: 434
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    We have hamsters Bernard and Tyra and cats Barbie & Banksy
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,680
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    ginock wrote: »
    I have never owned a dog but when I think of cats I always think of the typical names but I have never once thought of calling a cat or a deg etc a name like Trevor or Jason. Why is that? Why do we insist on giving animals sometimes very silly names? My hamster is called Matty, I didn't call him that my parents did and I like it but calling him Matthew? I just couldn't do it!

    I often wonder what cats and dogs etc think of their own names... maybe that is why they ignore us when we call them?

    Human: tinkles!
    Cat: huh?
    Human: come here tinkles!
    Cat: is he talking to me?
    Human: come on! dinner is ready!
    Cat: dinner? smashing, but who is tinkles and why is my pet calling his name?

    lol

    My parents have got a kitten, they called him Dave.
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