When Naming Pets, Do You Give Them Human Names Or More Whimsical Ones?

Canada
November 3, 2019 11:32pm CST
35 years ago we got a 6 week old puppy dog the Humane Society named Jenny. Unfortunately there was a little girl across the street named Jenny, so it might get confusing. In order not to confuse the pup, we named her Penny. About a month later Mom had a party, and one of the guests was named Penny. Things got weird when the puppy got into the Hors d'oeuvres. Unless the pet is already named, we are rather middle ground when it comes to names. Nothing too crazy, but we don’t just slap a human name on them either.
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@xFiacre (12538)
• Ireland
4 Nov 19
@danishcanadian I have a friend who got two pups and named them Haemorrhoid and Syphillis. He thought that was funny till he took them for a walk and had to call them when they ran away.
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@Ronrybs (17795)
• London, England
4 Nov 19
I am a cat person and have named mine after cities. I called one Burbank, which I think is the name of the Danny Glover's cat in the first Lethal Weapon.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
4 Nov 19
I never thought of naming cats after cities! What a great idea!!!!
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@Ronrybs (17795)
• London, England
5 Nov 19
@CRK109 My moggie is called Gaia, which is the name she was given at the rescue centre. It suits her
@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Nov 19
It all depends on what sense I get from them.
@Alexandoy (65350)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Nov 19
All the names of our pets have their own stories. Our first dog was named Jedi because I heard the commercial of Star Wars in the car when I got the puppy from my sister's house. Since I was thinking of a name for the puppy so I named her Jedi.
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
4 Nov 19
Mine have had all sorts of names. The cat I have now is Timothy, a name that came to me in a dream.
@Sojourn (13832)
• India
4 Nov 19
Maybe a foreign name could have been chosen. I give them foreign names here.
@Janet357 (75678)
4 Nov 19
name her Belle.