What inspired your herps names?

Ramses just seemed like a cool name for a snake. I'm a huge Egyptology nerd and Ramses II was possibly the greatest rule Egypt has ever known, so I figured it was a name that demanded respect.

After that I decided all my named snakes will be named after historical or mythological figures. LeVeau is named after Marie LeVeau, the famous voodoo priestess from New Orleans. For some reason, boas are the species that come to mind first when I think of snakes and voodoo. It fits, too, cuz she knows how to make people fear her without actually doing anything, lol.

Mojave's name doesn't really have a meaning, aside from the fact that his mate's name was Sonora and they were the American desert buddies.

I used to have a turtle named Flash, just for the sheer irony. That and I totally didn't steal the idea from the tortoise in Daddy Day Care or anything.

I really want a pair of corns named Bonnie and Clyde and a black blood named Bathory.

Let's see, my snake names came from a few places: Star Trek, Greek Mythology, and a Black Metal band called Dimmu Borgir

Cleopatra- Normal female BP, read about the queen wearing a BP around her wrist and named her that
Anthony- Mojave male, from "Anthony and Cleopatra"
Fulvia- Normal female, another of Mark Antony's wives
Tzar- Firefly male, Caesar
Fluffy- Normal (hopefully) female, named when I got her

Slate- Anery female corn, just her color
Jasper- Okeetee male corn, also describing color

Dates, alphabet, numbers
Year hatched, genus and species abbreviation, numbered as hatched, sex if and when determined
So: 2002PA01F

"Real" names happen occasionally if the inspiration hits.

Almost All our names come from tv/movies
Chumley, male normal, from Pawn Stars
Sweet Dee, pastel female, from always sunny
Dennis, male spider, always sunny
Stewie, male mojave, family guy
Precious normal female, from precious (she is more commonly known as big momma though)
Jack, male pied, originally from Nightmare before christmas)
Rose, female het pied, from titanic and fits with jack.
Little Bit never got an "official name" and since she was so tiny when we got her the nickname stuck.

Then we have the bearded dragons:
Snooki because shes chubby and orange
Jwoww and The situation because it fit the theme.

The monitors:
Chomper, the sav, from Land before time
Superman, the nile, came to us named and I'm pretty sure "he" is a she

Lastly there is Kenny Powers or KP for short, our sulcata


sent from my EVO

I was going to go the all Greek/Roman gods, but it seems a lot of people went this route.
I did name my first Hades before I decided to go with differebt names.

Snatch, because how quickly he'll grab any and everything you offer.

Capone, i just thought it to be cool

Gypsy, actually part of my heritage, Romanian.

Calypso, from Pirates of the Carribean

Shrinked, my 4y/o came up with that one.

I just go with things that catch my attention somehow, or when in doubt go with the kids choice:gj:

Mainly movies, and sometimes just whatever goes through my mind for the Ball Pythons.

Those are some of the name

Zoe
Tara
Jasmine
MacKenzie - Did not name this one but kept the name
Sugar
Scully
Selene
Houdinie
Kara
Charlotte
Xena
Lola
Thelma
Louise
Allegra
Independence
Trinity
Rogue
Dizzy
Luna
Piper
Norma
Jean
Sofia
Lauren
April
May
June
Liberty
Hope
Winstonette
Storm

Alessandro
Sebastian
Carmine
Neo
Xavier
Xander
The Joker
Dante

Mythology for the Western Hognose snakes, Fantasy for the Carpet Pythons and Egyptian theme for the Bullsnakes

"Anicho" is my ball python, it's an Old German name which means "ancestor" or "predecessor." I had been reading up on the history of voodoo & Creole culture since I'm going to New Orleans in the spring, and I discovered this name during that process for something unrelated, so it kind of stuck. Also, I intend to get another snake later down the road, so for the first snake to be the "predecessor" made sense.

My pets names are kinda random, but I'll try to explain them.

Lily the normal ball python was named that because I like that name.

Thor and Isis are named after the norse god and egyptian goddess. My dad owed me some money so I said that he ordered a pair of anery 100% het albino sand boas he wouldn't owe me any more. They are the first animals I've ordered online, from VMS Herps, and should be here on Wednsday.

Quin is an unknown leopard gecko morph, he was named by my sister after the last name of a band member

Rainne is a snow bold het eclipse leopard gecko from HISS and has the middel name of the same band member from the band Tegan and Sara

El Scorcho is a super hypo tangerine leo named after the Weezer song

Neko and Hitler are black and white kittens, around five months old, Hitler is long haired with a moustache(she plays fetch!) and Neko has short haired and means cat in Japanese

Garbage is an creme tabby, a little younger than a year old, and was named after the cat on the Office and because he likes playing in garbage.

Spooky is an eight year old black cat that I named a long time ago. She used to be afraid of Lily, but now she cuddles her. Hmm... a cat that cuddles snakes. Weird.

Hoobie is a irish setter/golden retriver mix with yellow wolf eyes. He came with his name.

Zoey is a pointer/black lab mix that came with her name

I think I covered them all.

Only 3 of my balls have names. I couldn't think of anything good for the others

1) Albino - No Pig (short for No Pigment)

2) Pin Stripe - Taiga (derived from Tiger because he is high white. He also has a lot of white outlining on his stripes that reminds me of a Tiger)

3) Het. Albino - Baby Maker 5000 (she was possibly gravid when I got her)

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Black Pastel - The Noodle (I bought her for my boyfriend. He named her)

Super Pastel - The Noodle 2 (My boyfriend and I both rescued him. But he's staying at the bf's house)