I've been reading on the BOI about some dude who scammed multiple people by selling crested geckos he either didn't have, or sold multiple times to different people. That's a really messed up situation, but my question isn't about him.

Though out the thread, everyone refers to these individual crested geckos by name i.e. Vegan Cupcake, Frenchie, Abby, Rosebud, Sleepy, Doc, and Sneezy.

They talk about them sorta' like AKC registered show dogs. Is that just how crested gecko people roll, or what's the deal?