Naming things after favorite book characters

[Paige Turner]

Does that mean you haven't even named your car?! The poor car!

I once had a car called "You worthless pile of junk." (It also went by the name of "Dammit.") It didn't respond very well, as I recall.

 

[Mouse]

I used to have a Daihatsu Domino called 'Heap of crap' or, by my brother 'The Brick.'

I've had a goldfish called Flounder after the one from the Litlle Mermaid. I've had rats called Mayweed and Madder after moles from the Duncton books. Apart from that no. I almost named one of my rats Merry but my brother said it sounded too girly, so I called him Malachi instead.

 

[elvet]

On of the best names I've heard came from a client who had a new puppy. When I asked its name, she said "Officially it's Jinxie, but she now comes to No-no-bad-dog since we us that more often"

 

[SteveR]

I used to go by the name of Slartibartfast some years ago Also used that name as a password on several occasions.

I inherited a network once where the implementer had decided to call the various PCs things like Zen, Orac and so on. Sadly I had to sack him
Although to his credit he did call the main server SERVERLAN which I though was quite clever for a server on our LAN!

 

[Telperaca]

We have a dog named Simba.
My dad chose it's name!
He's just as fierce as a lion.
But I think that's what German Shepherds are like....

 

[DarkIntentions]

I've got a new horse!
Stallion and black!

I dont know what to call it but i want to to be something from a book!

The only black horse i can think of his DarkMoon out of The Wolf-speaker but it doesn't suit him..
hmm

any horse names?

 

[BookStop]

My dog is named after the female lead in Balto; Jenna. My daughter's bird is name Lombardi after Falco in the Nintendo Star Fox games.


Horse names? Hmmm - the only thing I can think of today is Farley - isn't that the author of the Black Stallion - not quite the same thing though.

 

[Faceless Woman]

Have you met Nymeria?

Nothing real but then I've never had anything real to name. In games, however, I have: Ned, Catelyn, Lyanna and Nymeria Stark; Reynik Goth; Willow Rosenburg; Dallandra4; and numerous others I cannot quite remember. I'll add more to this list as and when.

 

[Mark Robson]

My wife and I named our two cats Calvyn and Hobbes ... no need to explain those, I guess. They were a pretty madcap pair that fitted their character names.

 

[Hawkshaw_245]

I've had a cat named Tigger, one named Pooh, two named Gizmo, one named Stripe, one named Khan. A freind named his cats, Vader and Yoda.

Can I retain any semblance of coolness, or have I outed myself as a flaming geek?

 

[K. Riehl]

I have met a cat named Smeagol. A dog named Frodo. And a lizard named Grendel.

 

[Blue Tyson]

I have a cousin named Arwen.

 

[Allegra]

I named my chatterbox African grey parrot Wossname and he loves it.