Nameology Thread

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Originally Posted by liv

I love me some LOTR :cool:

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Same, awesome name choices!

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Originally Posted by Slim

I like to use names from Roman and Greek mythology. I'm currently running through the planets, which were all named for gods anyway. I named my latest addition, Jupiter. My next one will be named Saturn if it's a Pinstripe combo or Pluto if it's a Pied combo.

I realize Pluto is no longer considered a planet, but it was a planet for most of my life, so I still count it:D

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In 5th grade i had to do the stupidest project on planets. Making one of those mobiles with 2 hangers and all 9 planets on it. Pluto is a planet and will always be a planet imo.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Pluto is a planet and will always be a planet imo.

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:gj: It's a big ole' hunk of something that orbits the Sun...that make's it a planet as far as I'm concerned :D

Theron (Latin/Greek for "the Hunter)

i like finding latin/greek words seeing what they mean in english :P

"Nucky" - Pinstripe Male - Boardwalk Empire reference...he wears pinstripe suits
"Ellen" - Pinstripe Female - She likely does too :)
I have "Tara", "Jax" and "Gemma" from SOA
I have "Penny", "Bernadette" and "Amy" from Big Bang

Then the rest of my females are named after hot 30-40 year old actresses...Drew (Barrymore), Julianne (Moore), Molly (Parker)...the list goes on.

I've even got some weird names the kids did.... "Crayon", "Captain America", "Stain", "Roxy"

I believe I even have a "Snakie" in there somewhere.

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Oh, and for the LOTR fans....

Meet Frodo....

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/...tVDK/frodo.jpg

Mischief and Mayhem - Bought them together from the same breeder and they live up to their names! The both went off feed around the same time together, although have since started to eat again. They both are super wild looking normals with a ton going on.

Vicious - When I pulled her out of the snake bag the day she arrived, the little thing struck at me so hard she flipped herself completely over. Made me laugh really hard and the name stuck. She is one of the sweetest snakes I have now lol

Henry the Snake - My girlfriend's twist on "Henry the eighth" He has two "H" on his side.

Vengeance - Feisty little girl who is the only one who still strike at people pretty often.

Simba - He has a lion face on the side of his head.

Itsy Bitsy - Itsy Bitsy spider went up the water spout.....

Jinx - He has a "6" and a backward six next to it.

Trigger - He was a trade who has a lot of attitude. He has a hairpin trigger so his name fits.

Iris - is the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods in mythology. She is a Brazilian Boa.

I usually go for mytholocial names or fantasy names.

Cinnamon - Calypso (Greek Myth. Daughter of atlas, Crazy women who tried to force a man to be her immortal husband for eternity)

Normal - Freyja (Norse Myth. goddess of love,fertility,beauty and war and death)

Pastel - Pandora (Greek Myth. Curious women who released all hell)

Pinstripe - Odin (Norse Myth.) Odin fits him cuz we will be the father of almost all my babies

Okeetee Corn - Ekans (after the pokemon, also its snake backwards)

Bearded Dragon - Saphira (From the Eragon book she was his dragon)

Crested Gecko - Treecko ( another pokemon that looks like a gecko)

Tarantula - Aragog ( from harry potter)

most of mine are named after TV show Characters, but not all

Eero: Eero Saarinen the Architect
Starbuck: Battlestar Galactica (call sign)
Helo: Battlestar Galactica (call sign)
Donut: He is a mojave, and has little donuts on him
Charlotte: the spider, I know, so creative
Kovarro: Game of thrones
Aria: Game of thrones
Cally: Battlestar Galactica
Hiccup: Battlestar Galactica (call sign)
Karma: Battlestar Galactica (call sign)

The cat and the dog have human names... Charlie and Zoe.

Perritas- Supposed to be spelled Paratas but I didn't look it up before I decided on it. Either way it means "Ground beneath our feet"
Draco- The dragon from Dragonheart (so my boyfriend would be more likely to accept him because i didn't tell him before i bought him)

Knucks: our cinnamon boy with brass knuckles down his spine.

Mara: our female Mojave, whose name originates from a species if wasp in the Mojave desert.

Rousseau: my coastal carpet, named after the philosopher due to the heart shape on her head.

Not snakes but keeping with the French theme, my parrots are named Normandy, and Evelyn, a French Norman name.

Colonel: our giant male agressive pastel boy that has to show everybody who is boss.

Oliver : male pinstripe, named for his color.

Crania: our bumblebee girl with a skull pattern on her face.

Conky: ivory boy who is pasty and devilish like the Trailer Park Boys character he is named after.

Ricky: enchi boy, also named after TPB character. Little bit of an ass, but overall a good guy.

Julian: cinnamon het pied boy also from TPB. He stays out of the way, and generally does what is expected of him.

Dr Dre : mangrove snake that was abandoned at the vet. Was named Brad Pitt by old owner but I kept forgetting... so started calling him Dr Dre instead.

Cats are named from Bleach characters rukia and ichigo (kiki and ichi)