Pet Naming

[Voodymoo]

stiched pup - fluffy, just had to be done
fluxfire feline - atomic kitten
clockwork gnome - ticktock

generally along these lines, i like silly names, like arthur for the argent gruntling
other random sillyness with other pets include

gertrude - chicken
prog - frog (my daughter couldnt say frog for years but said prog)

[Vestiege]

I have named all my pets, except the ones that came with a name like "scooter" etc.

Here are some of my faves:

some oozes--Oozy Oozbourne, Booger

rats/mice--micky, nyhm, bubonic, peter pettigrew, basil, monterey jack, templeton, splinter, pip squeak

snakes--longfellow, will snakespeare, coil, tangle, long john, verdi, medusa, severus, shakes, kaa, slither

roaches--scatter, crush, crunch, hal

birds--birdy mac, hucklebirdy finn, owl capone, hedwig, errol,

crabs--beaches n cream, riptide, crab pitt, seamore

rabbits-peter, flopsy, mopsy, cottontail, runny babbit

frogs--dennis hopper, frog flintstone, snoop frog, frogen das, kermit, digem, Pete (horny toad from "oh brother where art thou")

snails--rocket, escargot

spiders--fingers, shelob, aragog, phalangies, charlotte, webster, miss muffet, arachne

rotted/scourged/infested things--pestilence, rancid, odius, fetid, putrid

turtles--koopa, yertle

chicken/turkey--camilla, mc nugget, col sanders, cluck, drumstick, wishbone

[Santika]

I named most of my mechanical pets after the noises they should make. Clink, Clack, Clank, etc. I named my fluxfire kitten Whrrr. I named my dragonlings the latin names for the seasons and all my frogs after forms of alcohol (with the exception of Ralph the Biletoad). I try to stay in themes as well, because it makes the naming process soooo much faster. I named most of my beasts after the Indian tribes that used them as totems. At least one mouse had to be Reepicheep. My Rapana Whelk I named Uzi because it made me laugh. My guildmates have been having a field day naming some of them...Terrance the Terrible Turnip and Francis the Yeti. I named the spiders after all the noises I make when I see one and my bat Bruce Wayne. My chickens are named Piccata, Marsala and Tso. Fleep the Curious Oracle Hatchling and Grawr the Curious Wolvar Pup. It's fun, but I have to do it in stages...soooo many to name.

[Dakaf]

Hmm, some that I named:

The runt : Tiny
Mantis flayer : mantis face
Spectral kitty : Kitty boo boo
Cinder kitty : Kitty boom boom
Cleft hoof : Stampy (Simpsons reference)

And a few others. Most are unnamed right now. I'll update if I think of anything clever!

[Corah]

Prairie Dog- Boo

Extra points if you get the reference

[Ahdipocere]

I've got a thing for puns...the really bad ones that make you groan if you say them in your head as you read them
Here's a sampling...

Dinah Thirst (Living Sandling)
Fang Shui & Big Fang Theory (Elder Python)
Sharon Needles (Spectral Porcupette)
Ann Thrax (Fungal Abomination)
Paige Turner & Bess Sellers (Gusting Grimoire)
Gus Undheit (Viscidus Globule)
Caws Of Death (Crow)
Helen Damnation & Eva Destruction (Pandaren Fire Spirit)
Wendy Windblows & Augusta Wind (Pandaren Air Spirit)
Anita Cary (Red Cricket)
Helen Highwater (Pandaren Water Spirit)
Julius Seizure (Hopling)
Phil Harmonic (Singing Cricket)
Citizen Crane (Jade Crane Chick)
Beau Nappeteet (Savory Beetle)
Barb Wyre (Malayan Quillrat)
Dee Linquent (Bandicoon Kit)
Des Buratto (Bandicoon)
Misty Meanor (Masked Tanuki Pup)
Anita Alibi (Shy Bandicoon)
Rachel Slurr (Lucky Quilen Cub)
Mia Pharoah (Sand Scarab)
Ferret Bueller (Kuitan Mongoose)
Toadally Rad (Huge Toad)
Matt Matician (Adder)
Byrd Reynolds (Imperial Eagle Chick)
Anita Crutch (Water Waveling)
Perry Anthrust (Flayer Youngling)
Barnaby Wild (Rock Viper)
Carmen Monoxide (Restless Shadeling)
Cerise Starwing (Crimson Moth)
Da Vinci Toad (Toad)
Apocafish Now, Excaviar, Ann Chovie, Sue Shimi, Sweeney Cod (Tiny Carps/Goldfish)
Morry Eale (Spawn of G'nathus)
Clare Vuoyant (Arcane Eye)
Leggo My Eggo (Untamed Hatchling)
Pounce De Leon (Darkmoon Cub)
Meowcolm X (Bombay Cat)
Kitten Kaboodle (Cornish Rex Cat)
Frisky Business (Orange Tabby Cat)
Chairman Meow (Calico Cat)
Butch Catsidy (Siamese Cat)
Feline Dion (Silver Tabby Cat)
Deere John (Emerald Whelpling)
Hawkward (Hawk Owl)
Ella Snowfury (Snowshoe Rabbit) -- *hell hath no fury*
Vertigoat (Summit Kid)
Rosetta Stone (Crimson Geode)
Ann Tartica (Tundra Penguin)
Myra Maines (Lost of Lordaeron)
Resident Weevil (Beetle)
Cluck Norris (Westfall Chicken)
Jason Reignbos (Sprite Darter Hatchling)
Aretha Holly (Winter's Little Helper)
Pig Labowski & Aporkalyspe Now & Tilda Swineton (Mr. Wiggles)
Castor Hoyle (Disgusting Oozeling)
Irrelephant (Peanut)
Gourd Digger (Sinister Squashling)
Rhonda Campfire (Searing Scorchling)
Bjorn Again (Phoenix Hatchling)
Sara Bellum (Ghostly Skull)
Spruce Wayne (Teldrassil Sproutling)
Ginger Vitas (Curious Oracle Hatchling)
Maura Terpitude (Deviate Hatchling)
Coleman Lantern (Enchanted Lantern)

and when I get my hands on the Ethereal Soul Trader, he'll be Xavier Money -- it's all too fitting.

A few won't get pun names ...

Soylent Green (Jade Oozeling)
Aged Yolk (Emerald Proto-Whelp)
Maat (Anubisath Idol)
Dion (Wanderer's Festival Hatchling)
Quetzalcoatl (Wild Jade Hatchling)
Backpeddle (Chicken)
Apple (Mac Frog) -- wanted to name it iFrog, but the i wouldn't stay lower case
Trenchcoat (Horny Toad)
Speed Bump (Fawn)
Raging Rudolph (Winter Reindeer)
Wooly Bully (Elwynn Lamb)
Petunia Petalpwn (Ammen Vale Lashling)

and some are based on having more than one ...

Dostoevsky & Kafka (Lofty Libram)
Edgar & Allan & Poe (Gilnean Raven)
Ribbons & Tatters & Shreds (Blighthawk)
Fester & Scabs (Scourged Whelpling)
Patience & Mercy & Hope (Giraffe Calf)
Ewe Mad & Ewe Bad & Ewe Jelly (Black Lamb)
Jambalaya & Gumbo (Magical Crawdad)
Tipsy & Detox (Pint-Sized Pink Pachyderm)

[Usako]

I've got a thing for puns...the really bad ones that make you groan if you say them in your head as you read them
Here's a sampling...
Sharon Needles (Spectral Porcupette)
Gus Undheit (Viscidus Globule)

Adoring your globule's name. Very brilliantly chosen. And I did notice your witty way of using the DIVA gals from the Race in there.

[Ahdipocere]

@ Usako -- good eye I've been part of that scene since the early 90's in NYC, and now Chicago... so the puns come easy, the language filter is another issue...

[Aingealwroth]

All my 25s have names, as do all my pets that I intend to level to 25. (I've also helped name a guildie's pets, and she has a LOT of level 25s, I had to stop naming hers, lol). Most of my names are based on the teams I have things in (via addon), here are teams...

- (25s)Team "Oldies But Goodies": Sunshine (Singing Sunflower), Lovely (Widow Spider), and Rebel (Black Lamb).
- (25s)Team "Faerie Tales Tell": Charming (CLockwork Gnome), Kiss This (Horny Toad), and Maniacal (Infinite Whelpling).
- (25s) Team "Blizzard Fanclub": T B C (Legs, stone), Faithful (Lost of Lordarean), and M O P (Pandaren Monk).
- (In Progress) Team "Simply Adorkable": Saur Disposition (Zandalari Footslasher), Lightbulb (De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion, stone), and Chew Toy (Stitched Pup).
- (Personal Joke, In Progress) Team "Tribute Band: Aerial Assault": Soul (Tiny Sporebat, because 'Wanderer' is reserved), Firepower (Phoenix Hatchling), and Constellation (Celestial Dragon).
- (In Progress)Team "Love Stinks": Heart Burn (Peddlefeet, stone), Sickly Sweet (Toxic Wasteling, stone), and Dear John (Stinker).
- (In Progress) Team "Addams Family": Wednesday (Darkmoon Eye), Morticia (Ghostly Skull, stone), and Cousin It (Giant Sewer Rat).
- (Inside Joke, In Progress) Team "For the Dawn": Healing Heart (Giraffe Calf, stone), Creativity (Cenerian Hatchling), and Bright (Cinder Kitten).
- (Not complete) Team "Hocus Pocus": Bubble Bubble (Swamp Croaker, green), Toil (intended to be either the Feline Familiar when I get stone or the Lil'BadWolf when 5.3 drops), and Trouble (either the Arcane Eye or the Gusting Grimoire).
-And for guild event I may put together a Harry Potter Team... was thinking Nagini, Hedwig and either Trevor or Buckbeak.

I have more that are not in teams, just named randomly, but that is a long list, so I will not post it all. =)

[Pubrulz]

My best one is my Minfernal. Named it after the rock monster in Galaxy Quest, Gorignak, because it looks just like him, only green instead of tawny.

[Lugia]

Ok i went ott with the teenage mutant ninja turtles here but I loved that cartoon and soo many turtals...
Donatello emerald turtle
Michelangelo Darkmoon Turtle
Raphael Speedy
Leonardo Turquoise Turtle
Splinter Giant Sewer Rat
Shreader Flayer Youngling
Bebop Mr. Wiggles
Rocksteady Stunted Shardhorn
And finally Krang Twilight Fiendling
As I said ott but worth it just wish I could have the whole party out at once:)
Lion O Wind Rider Cub
Slimer Disgusting Oozeling
Igneal Crimson Whelpling
Grandenney Azure Whelpling
Lucky Marsh Fiddler
Ahh forgot in homage Tommy CooperDarkmoon Monkey Just like that!

[Nyxie]

I confess I haven't really started naming pets, although I do tend to name hunter pets. But reading this thread has got my interest up. Right now the only one I've named is a yellow moth I called Fairy after the little fairy Mothra in Rebirth of Mothra.

Now if only I could have a moth as a flying mount...

[Ruzgofdi]

A new wave of pets. A new set to name. Anyone come up with anything good?

Personally, my Unborn Val'kyr was going to get a Digimon reference, but after the long search, ended up as CarmenSanDiego.

[Graven]

I don't have any of the new pets yet, but when I get him, Lil' Bad Wolf is going to be named Wilf.

[Shakesbeard]

new names...
my ToT team is Burn Sul sandling, More For Nests hatchling, No A O E Noobs animus
(familiar phrases to all who have done ToT LFR, i'm sure)

voidcaller Send Me Back
lil bad wolf Grandma
gahz'rooki Then I Got Hydra >.>

older names i like,
Merely A Setback phoenix hatch
I Just Tweeted brill kalari
Dps Lfg Strat lost of lordaeron
G O O D Y E A R darkmoon zep
Monica Celestial celest drag
Fred Schneider Pinchy
Justin Beaver Thundertail flapper
Authenticator core hound pup
Farmer Fungal fungal abom
Shadow Word Bird dark phoenix hatch
I Camped Books kirin tor famil
Finnish Hymnal gusting grimoire
Spendy emerald whelpling
Zangar Marcia Legs
Wats Yer Luckydo kun-lai runt

lots more, i'll spare you

[Valielina]

I rarely name my pets. My Minfernal is named Nacho Fernal. I don't know how many times I have been complimented or had someone laugh at him lol.

[Scottdesign]

I've taken to naming the Raid pets after people who I originally did those raids with who have since "retired" from the game. A fun way to remember people you liked playing with.

[Gwenolyn]

Prairie Dog- Boo

Extra points if you get the reference

The miniature giant mouse from outer space??

[Gwenolyn]

Gusting Grimoire: Warren Peace

From Modern Family: I have a Flyza Minelli (Flamefly) and a Zsa Zsa Goboa (Emeral Boa)