Help naming my little girl

Ok, so I went to a reptile show sunday with my little sister who has like 13 snakes and ended up falling in love with a little 90 gram spider ball python girl, after going back and forth between her and a gargoyle, which is this bizarre but cool little amphibian. However, I'm not sure what to name her. Here are some ideas I have. I've been trying to pick something related to her (African, Spider, Snake, or Halloween/Autumn).

Widow (like a black widow spider)
Samhain-pronounced "Saween" or something like that. It's sort of Celtic for Halloween, though it's actually a pagan/wiccan holiday on the same day, meaning the same thing.
Arachne (african for spider)

That's basically all I've got at this point, but if you have any other suggestions, let me know! :) I'll post pics of her as soon as I can, hopefully tomorrow or wednesday.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura...ons_of_spiders

This is wikipedia's article on spiders in culture throughout time. You should find something there. Avoid obvious spider based names (Widow and Arach~anything) because they seem kind of corny and overused. But that's just my own thoughts on the matter. I got 2 new ball pythons, both girls, and named one Persephone because she has face/skull like markings on her sides, and Persephone is the Greek Goddess of the Underworld. I named my Fire Ginger because she was very hissy, and was acting like what I have stereotyped female red heads as (aka like my cousin, haha) and Ginger is a named used for redheads (I'm a redheaded ginger kid, by the way).

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Originally Posted by wilwarin712

Ok, so I went to a reptile show sunday with my little sister who has like 13 snakes and ended up falling in love with a little 90 gram spider ball python girl, after going back and forth between her and a gargoyle, which is this bizarre but cool little amphibian. However, I'm not sure what to name her. Here are some ideas I have. I've been trying to pick something related to her (African, Spider, Snake, or Halloween/Autumn).

Widow (like a black widow spider)
Samhain-pronounced "Saween" or something like that. It's sort of Celtic for Halloween, though it's actually a pagan/wiccan holiday on the same day, meaning the same thing.
Arachne (african for spider)

That's basically all I've got at this point, but if you have any other suggestions, let me know! :) I'll post pics of her as soon as I can, hopefully tomorrow or wednesday.

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?Zena? BTW...a gargoyle is a really neat gecko, not an amphibian;);)

I like Arachne as a name -- similar to that is 'Ariadne', also from Greek mythology, who wove a silken thread to lead her lover through the maze of the Minotaur.

Or 'Nona' -- Roman name, she was the thread spinner on the Wheel of Fate.

Or Charlotte, like in Charlotte's web...

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Originally Posted by MONTY PYTHON FAN

?Zena? BTW...a gargoyle is a really neat gecko, not an amphibian;);)

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Lol. I couldn't remember if it was considered a gecko or not. Aren't geckos amphibians, though, as well? They're definitely not reptiles...at least I don't think they are :-P

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Originally Posted by Sophiax

I like Arachne as a name -- similar to that is 'Ariadne', also from Greek mythology, who wove a silken thread to lead her lover through the maze of the Minotaur.

Or 'Nona' -- Roman name, she was the thread spinner on the Wheel of Fate.

Or Charlotte, like in Charlotte's web...

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I know Widow and Arachne are kinda overused, that's why I wanted to get opinions on them, but I really like Ariadne, or the latin counterpart Arianna. There's not a whole lot of spider folklore that I can see, unfortunately, so those two names might be overused, as well.

I also found some names from scary movies (halloween related): Samara from the Ring and Regan from the Exorcist.

I like Charlotte and Arachne.

Hey sis. How's the little girl doing? You'll have to get some pictures posted if you have a camera.

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Originally Posted by wilwarin712

Lol. I couldn't remember if it was considered a gecko or not. Aren't geckos amphibians, though, as well? They're definitely not reptiles...at least I don't think they are :-P

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yeah, geckos are not amphibians and they are reptiles.

i think you should call your spider "Spitnum".

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Originally Posted by bigballs

yeah, geckos are not amphibians and they are reptiles.

i think you should call your spider "Spitnum".

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lol why spitnum? And sorry, I obviously don't know much about herps yet. :(

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Originally Posted by wilwarin712

lol why spitnum?

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why not? :D

I am pagan and I just love Samhain! I like that name but at the same time I don't know if I would give it to a snake. >_< I would go with Nona! Can't go wrong with roman mythology!

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why not? :D

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Oh I just didn't know if it meant something or not. :)

Ok, so Arianna seems to be the winner. My little sister likes it, as well as some of my coworkers, and I'm pretty sold on it too :) Thanks everyone for your help in narrowing down names for me and giving me suggestions!

I say you name her pretty face. lol. No I am terrible at naming things I still have 9 that have no names.

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Originally Posted by wilwarin712

Ok, so I went to a reptile show sunday with my little sister who has like 13 snakes and ended up falling in love with a little 90 gram spider ball python girl, after going back and forth between her and a gargoyle, which is this bizarre but cool little amphibian. However, I'm not sure what to name her. Here are some ideas I have. I've been trying to pick something related to her (African, Spider, Snake, or Halloween/Autumn).

Widow (like a black widow spider)
Samhain-pronounced "Saween" or something like that. It's sort of Celtic for Halloween, though it's actually a pagan/wiccan holiday on the same day, meaning the same thing.
Arachne (african for spider)

That's basically all I've got at this point, but if you have any other suggestions, let me know! :) I'll post pics of her as soon as I can, hopefully tomorrow or wednesday.

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samhain is really cool i suggested that to someone else earlier dunno if they used it but if your into the pagan stuff theres all kindsa cool names
Freya,Lilith,Isis,bridgid on and on or somthin really spooky like hilery or palin:rofl:

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Originally Posted by rishnack

samhain is really cool i suggested that to someone else earlier dunno if they used it but if your into the pagan stuff theres all kindsa cool names
Freya,Lilith,Isis,bridgid on and on or somthin really spooky like hilery or palin:rofl:

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I'm going to name my next male BP Danzig after the former Misfits singer. I think he was in a band called Samhain too. Also his self-named band Danzig. Misfits were still his best stuff IMO.

I also like the name Artemis, I first heard it from a character on the TV show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia".