Reasons behind your guinea pig names!

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garfieldette said:
What a wonderful thread!

My first two guinea pigs were ex show girls so came with fancy names: Daphne Diamond Sparkle the third, and Gemma Amethyst Crystal. They were three years old when I got them so stuck with the names but shortened to Daphy and gemgems.

I then got three girls together so wanted names that went together, settled on Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith was tiny when I got her and would sit still in the palm of my hand, hence the name.

When I got my current 3 girls, I spent a long time working out names.

Chose Mocha as she is a beautiful rich chocolate brown. Usually call her Mo for short.

Lara was named after Lara Croft. She is the youngest of the group but the most brave little soul so wanted a name to reflect this. She nearly got called Dora (after Dora the explorer) but Lara stuck. Usually refered to as Top Bird or m'lady as she is the alpha of the group.

Melody Muppet was named after her wayward merino fur. I liked the name melody and added the muppet as she reminds me of one of those big hairy cushions which I have always called muppet hair cushions. usually call her mel or hairybum as she will mess her fur up as soon as I brush her!

Colby was named by the rescue and I did not want to confuse him by changing it. Usually called 'his lord and master' or 'man of the house' (trying to bolster his ego as no-one explained to Lara that she is supposed to give way to the man of the group!)


Beki
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What lovely names :) x
 
Gilbert - I named Gilbert after a character from an anime show I watch.
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Gilbert's colouring was the same as the character. Red eyes and white fur.

The guinea pig he was with, Ludwig, I named after Gilbert (the characters) real brother from the show.
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He's the blonde on the left (and Gilbert is on the right). Though Ludwig's (my guinea pig) colouring didn't match the character, I didn't want to have one brother without the other.

I also named them those names as I didn't want to go with the boring day to day pet names people usually use. :)
 
Under the weather said:
Mine are all named after characters in my favourite series of books (Discworld):

Errol: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Errol
Twoflower: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Twoflower
The Luggage: http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/The_Luggage
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Hehehehe, I know now then, if you ever get one called 'agnes' it's because she's fat with gorgeous hair!


I had a guinea pig once called Hasselhoff, but that was simply because he had the frizzy lovely affro so known and loved by all and made famous by David Hasselhoff in knightrider.. *growls*


I had a guinea pig called 'Princess' once, because he was such a spoilt brat, and acted like he was royalty! But he was very girly and preened alot, hence he became Princess and not prince : D

I have Ghenghis (after khan), and that's another appropriate name, because he's a vicious bad tempered fighter who desires to take over all things and pigs and make them his own..

I have like, 8 pigs with their own important names, to give reasons for them all would take a LONG time and bore you all..



Oh, and there was Lucy (rip : ( ) he was originally a Lucy, when I first got him I was told he was a girl, and he was so gentle and quiet, Lucy seemed like a placid lovely name.THEN, he hit pubery and grew b***s, and became Lucifer..shortened to lucy...


Ratchett, because, well, he looked alot like that weird ratty creature from Ratchett and clank (the games). That kinda got shortened to being 'bratchett' and from there to 'brat'. Because he really is spoiled and pampered and doted on, and doesent seem to appreciate him but I love him anyway.


Baron was another memorable named guinea pig for me, He was very royal and imperial looking to me. A 'proper' breed and worth alot of money, if you beleive in that sort of s***, and he allways acted rather stuck up and snobby because of his 'pedigree' background..





The only guinea pig I have with a really stupid name is 'Mr White' who my ex named (very imaginitive) and now he's stuck with the silly name!
 
Harold - he looks like a Harold
Wanda - son chose it, think its from 'fairly odd parents'
Mrs Jones - we thought it would be cool lol (we call her Jonesy)
Nancy Mohawk - has an awesome Mohawk and it was suggested on here to call her Nancy after Sid Vicious's girlfriend.
Matilda - looks like a Matilda
Brian - originally Briony, self explanatory really lol
Smiffy - Mr Smith, Wandas surprise giant baby.
Honey - rescue pigster, originally Jinny, but she just didnt look like a jinny, she is honey coloured.
Heidi - rescue piggy, cant remember her original name, she looks like a heidi!
 
Schoffers is named after Philip Schofield...

I got schoff's from my friend whos pig had pigglets, and my friend named her schoffers because she would run about on my friends bed and go sit next to poster of Philip schofield.
 
I like to name my pets over personality or looks e.g my hamster that I had was called Tigger after Tigger from Winnie the Pooh because both were very hyper and playful. I would like to name my guinea pigs (when I get them) something like Fluffy, Munchie etc
 
Petal- My mum thought of it because Petty (nick name :)) ) has a little white bit on her nose like a petal! x)

Lily- I wanted something flowery to match Petal and I've always loved the name Lily. It goes nicely with Petal, suits her as it's a pretty name and my piggy is pretty! :(|)
 
My first piggie was called Slush, because he was a ton of different colours and reminded me of a mixed slushie.

My second piggie was called Spike, because he was an abby and had spikey fur.

My third piggie was called Chewie because he was peruvian and had a squished face like Chewbacca from Star Wars.

My fourth piggie is called Rocky because I was eating Rocky Road ice cream whilst trying to name him and it just stuck.
 
OK, I hope your sitting comfortably cos I'm going through past and present piggies;

# Sexy- I gave him this name as he had had a terrible start to life and he deserved a quirky special name.
# Bezu was my husbands and he was name after some dude from the ** vinci code lol
# Romeo already had his name so we kept it but we also call him chewbacca as he is a ginger furball! :)
# Flora, my first sow so I wanted something pretty and girly
# Sarah, already had a name
# Ruby is a himi so obviously is called ruby because of her red eyes!
# Boris, my first skinny has such a wise old face I had to give him that name
#Cesar is named after the artist cesar manrique
# Jethro already had his name
# Jasmine, Ruben, daisy and angel already had their lovely names
# Henry I think I saw it in a book and just decided that would be his name
#Jack, charlotte (romily) came up with his name :)

I think that is all of them!
 
This is really a good thread.:))

I have Vodka, Lemon and Ice - cos its my favourite vice:))

Hope to get Gin, Soda, Lime and Tonic(2), very very soon ssshh don't tell
the hubby:)p

Amanda x
 
Love some of the names on here, and the reasons even more. :)

My babies are,

Pookie - He was so fuzzy with little black button eyes he reminded me of Garfields teddy
Bolvar - Named after Bolvar Fordragon as he needed a tough name to balance out Pookie's feminine one.
Peaches - For some reason she reminded me of Peaches Geldof
Pinkie - Names by a 5 year old :))
Chivalry - I love the name and as he came to our family with the intentions of living with the ladies it fitted perfectly.
 
Well Oreo was named after the cookie.....

But it wasn't because of the cookie that I named her. It was for how sweet she was. I wanted to name her Rolo but it didn't stick like Oreo did
 
I named my first pig JP after my estate agent.
I named Yorkie after one of my best friend
I named Ink because it was just after i got my tattoo
My husband named Tribble because she looks like a tribble from the original star trek series and her freind is called Tibby after Tiberious Kirk.
I names Calli because its an anagram of Lilac and she is Lilac coloured.
My daughter named her g. pig Bling cause my daughters main interest in life is Bling.
A lot of my other pigs have kept their original rescue name. Jewel, Nina, Swizzles.
My first indoor pig we called Jacob because i absolutly love the 80's mini series Beauty and the Beast and one of the main characters was Jacob. xx
 
Piggy Menagerie

Coconut - He is white like Coconut flesh and has long hair like one
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Cinnamon - Colour reminded me of ground Cinnamon and she's naughty (spicy)
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Marble - Her colours and pattern remind me of marble cake
Toffee - She is the colour of Toffee
Biscuit - Before Coconut was neutered the vet said "or you'll have little Coconut and Cinnamon biscuits running around..." lol!

Sooty-Pig - looks like she's stuck her head up a chimney
Brandy-Snap - eye pattern reminds me of Brandy-Snaps
Mocha - Agouti eye-patches = coffee, brown patches = chocolate and white = cream lol
Caramel - When you make your own caramel, it's orange and if you burn it, it has black bits... Caramel is black and orange lol
Rasher - Orange and white, reminded me of a rasher of Bacon lol!
Wiiiiieek - as the name suggests, he is very vocal and did this all the way home on the train :red

Caramel is preg at the moment, has a watery bum so not long to go - so I'll need to come up with even more names rolleyes
 
Fudge - I liked the name
Dil - was my sister and again she likes the name
Coco - because he was a self chocolate
Sage - to keep herb names going
Cinnamon - he was yellowly
Fennel - liked the name
Spot - he was a dalmation
Jasper - sister named him
Archie - mum named him
Hector - after a horse I knew
Basil - another herb name
Jake - like the name
Lentil - hes mostly orange like a lentil
Bounty - as hes white and brown
Barney - sister named him
 
Hee hee! I love to read all the reasons for name choices!

My lot are:

Scruffy - for obvious reasons my daughter chose this name hee hee! He is the piggy in my pic on the left.

Patches - was named by my 14 year oid son because he looked like he had ginger patches on his coat when he was a baby. Looks more like stripes now though!

Cookie - (my special baby) he is just so gorgeous and delicious that it came to us straight away!

Oscar - was originally called Cream Puff by my daughter but he is such a hellcat, we changed his name to Oscar the Grouch! Suits him so much better!
 
I had 2 boys to start with, and because I LOVE Vampire Diaries, I called them Stefan and Damon (after the main characters).
I then got 2 other boys and called them "Cookie" because he looked just like a cookie (White, caramel and brown) and my brother chose "Eddie" for the other one.

Now I only have Damon :(
But I'm hoping to eventually get him a girly and call her something like Pandora x
 
rainbowstarsx said:
I had 2 boys to start with, and because I LOVE Vampire Diaries, I called them Stefan and Damon (after the main characters).
I then got 2 other boys and called them "Cookie" because he looked just like a cookie (White, caramel and brown) and my brother chose "Eddie" for the other one.

Now I only have Damon :(
But I'm hoping to eventually get him a girly and call her something like Pandora x
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Or Elena haha

We were going to call our two brothers Stefan and Damon but then Logan and Victor came to mind (Wolverine brothers)

Pig - Husband called him it and wouldn't budge
Star - already named from rescue
Abby - Husband named, she is an abyssinian, Abby the abyssinian
Cadbury (RIP) - self chocolate
Ginny & Hermione (RIP) - rehomed from a rescue pigs no names so we called them these after Harry Potter and Ginny has some ginger on her and Hermione was older.
Logan & Victor - as above
Fudge / Ripple - already named rehomed from rescue
Bert & Ernie - already named rehomed from rescue
Marvin (RIP) - already named rehomed from rescue
Tia - already named
Nutmeg - she looks like a Nutmeg
Willow - just liked the name
Jasmine - liked the name
Izzy (RIP) - liked the name
Delta - liked the name
Knox - started looking at the alphabet and what we hadn't got
Ulric - husband named wouldn't budge, meaning wolf, looks like a grey wolf
Osra - loved the name
Quinn - struggled with names beginning with Q
Crevan - irish name meaning fox, breed is silver fox
Zsasz - hard finding name beginning Z, husband named batman character
Xanthe - meaning yellow coloured hair, breed lemon agouti
Harley (Quinn) - batman character, husband
Yaphet - meaning handsome
Waylon (Jones) - Batman character
Oracle - just liked the name
Fáelán - irish meaning little wolf, looks like a grey wolf
Tiny - diddy little man, name speaks for itself
Humphry and Teddy - already named
Icarus - liked the name
Morgana - just looks like a Morgana

That is my lot I think
 
Some lovely names here! :)
Maybe the next piggie I get will like the names up here too and will pick one I can call him!
 
Pippa9701 said:
Or Elena haha

We were going to call our two brothers Stefan and Damon but then Logan and Victor came to mind (Wolverine brothers)

Pig - Husband called him it and wouldn't budge
Star - already named from rescue
Abby - Husband named, she is an abyssinian, Abby the abyssinian
Cadbury (RIP) - self chocolate
Ginny & Hermione (RIP) - rehomed from a rescue pigs no names so we called them these after Harry Potter and Ginny has some ginger on her and Hermione was older.
Logan & Victor - as above
Fudge / Ripple - already named rehomed from rescue
Bert & Ernie - already named rehomed from rescue
Marvin (RIP) - already named rehomed from rescue
Tia - already named
Nutmeg - she looks like a Nutmeg
Willow - just liked the name
Jasmine - liked the name
Izzy (RIP) - liked the name
Delta - liked the name
Knox - started looking at the alphabet and what we hadn't got
Ulric - husband named wouldn't budge, meaning wolf, looks like a grey wolf
Osra - loved the name
Quinn - struggled with names beginning with Q
Crevan - irish name meaning fox, breed is silver fox
Zsasz - hard finding name beginning Z, husband named batman character
Xanthe - meaning yellow coloured hair, breed lemon agouti
Harley (Quinn) - batman character, husband
Yaphet - meaning handsome
Waylon (Jones) - Batman character
Oracle - just liked the name
Fáelán - irish meaning little wolf, looks like a grey wolf
Tiny - diddy little man, name speaks for itself
Humphry and Teddy - already named
Icarus - liked the name
Morgana - just looks like a Morgana

That is my lot I think
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Ha, yes I actually might call her Elena ;)

But I'd rather Stefan and Elena end up together :D xo
 
Fudge and Rainbow :) said:
Petal- My mum thought of it because Petty (nick name :)) ) has a little white bit on her nose like a petal! x)

Lily- I wanted something flowery to match Petal and I've always loved the name Lily. It goes nicely with Petal, suits her as it's a pretty name and my piggy is pretty! :(|)
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Just realized I have posted in this thread twice! :red Whoops! :))
 
piglet-first pig, wanted a pig-like name...ironically he has the sissy name and is the dominant one lol

roger-OH named him after roger waters or roger from American Dad, he wasn't very clear lol

Georgie-he has red hair, and george weasley is my fave red head in harry potter :)
 
Gizmo as in Gizmo And Gadget
Piglet formerly Gadget we descovered his rather large appetite
Rocky because of his rock mohawk (and now his bad ass rocky balboa attitude)
humphrey well he looks like a humphrey
 
Mine's name is Elvis because he's totally cool and confident. He also has black hair that he's constantly grooming. He'll let anyone and anything touch him now that he's come out of his shell. My dog was totally up in his face and he didn't seem to care! He's not "The King of Rock n Roll" but he does feel like he's the king of guinea pigs. haha :(|)
 
rainbowstarsx said:
Ha, yes I actually might call her Elena ;)

But I'd rather Stefan and Elena end up together :D xo
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I'd rather that happen too but not sure how it's going to pan out, Stefan is much better than Damon, perhaps Bonnie could be your girly name or Rose, I could go on for a while with Vampire Diaries names
 
i rather like the muppets and already have a cat named Rizzo, so our guineas are called Kermit and Piggy (piggy has lovely blonde hair lol)
 
my pigs

Over the years ive had...
Patch-he was all different colours
Squeak- he never shut up!
Peanut-he was brown with an orange nose
Lucky-we got him from a rescude centre but he died a week later :(
Alfie-already named
Archie-already named
kevin-liked the name
Charlie-already named
I dont think ive missed any out :)
 
Just stumbled on this thread and thought it was fun!

There's no real reason for my girl's name other than I liked it - Jemima!

My son named Squiggles, as she is his.

I think I must like old fashioned names as my first pet, a hamster was Rupert. I've had two dogs - Merlin and Wilf. Three dwarf hammies - Humphrey, George and Charlie and now have two bearded Dragons - Claude and Matilda!
:) :)
 
Alvin - named by the RSPCA who thought she was a boy :{
Poppy and Daisy - Alvin's babies named by our then 3 year old
Buddy - already named by Becklen
Brian and Jerry- named by hubby after the Phoenix nights characters
 
Ah, my 10 piggies' names.

Asti - Well, this name's stuck with me since Neopets time! There is this friend of mine whom's named that and I thought it sounds epic.

Athena - Athena always remind me of graceful, gracious, and all the gentle things, I thought it fits!

Boston - Oh, I needed a name starting with "B", and I stumbled on this, and it just remind me of how "Bossy", "Big boss" he'd sound. It sounds more like a mature gentleman, so there goes.

Belle and Bella are siblings, and I wanted a "B"-related names for the duos too. It just fits them because they reminds me of Ballet(sp?)-dancers, they are Peruvians!

Cynthia - Oh, this was the name of my school counsellor, she's a nice lady, and then, Pokemon Sinnoh region champion is named that too! She's black, which fits Cynthia in Pokemon.

Coleen - I named her this as her brothers are Coby and Cody. It fits her adorable and sweet look, which I always think Coleen sounds like.

Daisy - Just because the name Daisy always remind me of brown+cream+white pigs! In 2005, I was in this forum whose pig was named that, and it was brown+cream+white, so it kinds of stuck with me.

Dayana - Dayana sounds like a royalty name to me. Dayana also takes after her queen mother, as daring, and I believe she would be the next queen of my herd when Asti steps down.

Dawn - Aw, just because she was the shy-est amongst her siblings! Dawn is smaller as well, and timid. I thought it fits her right!
 
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