The Name Game
What's in a name? I read last night in Proverbs 22:1 the following about names, "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches..."
Naming an animal in our house is just as complicated as naming one of our children. My husband is so picky it's amazing we have seven children with two names each. Over the years we have had our fair share of animals. I'm happy with the names we came up with, but it wasn't without a fight.
We have decided to get two kittens. One is going to be an orange tabby and since that is the kind of cat I've always wanted there was no negotiating on the name- she will be Bianca. The other poor cat's name was argued, voted on, and mulled over all night. After my husband vetoed every name with the exception of Luigi and Spike (Blech) we came up with:
Girl: Mercedes or Valentina
Boy: Garfield
Sheesh
Last night, I sat down and tried to remember all of our animals and their names. Here is that list:
Dogs
Kumba
Duchess
Gypsy
Billy
Cats
Peanut
Cocoa
Sergeant
Belle
Hamsters
Mary Jane
Samantha
Brownie
Pebbles
Guinea Pig
Tommy
Fish
Professor
Zeus
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Birds
Bloo
Liberty
Cocoa
Fiona
Princess John (He turned out to be a she so she is now Princess instead of Prince.)
And just for fun...here are the names of all of our vehicles that had names:
Gardenia (My first car) Mazda GLC
Bob- hubby's first truck
Brutus -hubby's old truck
Hans- hubby's BMW
Jill- the van we've owned the longest
Snowball- the last white van
The Big Black Angus - our black suburban. Oh, and in keeping with the cow theme, our GPS is named Moo-moo
What names have you come up with for your animals/cars?
Naming an animal in our house is just as complicated as naming one of our children. My husband is so picky it's amazing we have seven children with two names each. Over the years we have had our fair share of animals. I'm happy with the names we came up with, but it wasn't without a fight.
We have decided to get two kittens. One is going to be an orange tabby and since that is the kind of cat I've always wanted there was no negotiating on the name- she will be Bianca. The other poor cat's name was argued, voted on, and mulled over all night. After my husband vetoed every name with the exception of Luigi and Spike (Blech) we came up with:
Girl: Mercedes or Valentina
Boy: Garfield
Sheesh
Last night, I sat down and tried to remember all of our animals and their names. Here is that list:
Dogs
Kumba
Duchess
Gypsy
Billy
Cats
Peanut
Cocoa
Sergeant
Belle
Hamsters
Mary Jane
Samantha
Brownie
Pebbles
Guinea Pig
Tommy
Fish
Professor
Zeus
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Birds
Bloo
Liberty
Cocoa
Fiona
Princess John (He turned out to be a she so she is now Princess instead of Prince.)
And just for fun...here are the names of all of our vehicles that had names:
Gardenia (My first car) Mazda GLC
Bob- hubby's first truck
Brutus -hubby's old truck
Hans- hubby's BMW
Jill- the van we've owned the longest
Snowball- the last white van
The Big Black Angus - our black suburban. Oh, and in keeping with the cow theme, our GPS is named Moo-moo
What names have you come up with for your animals/cars?
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We currently have 2 dogs, Shadow & Toby, 2 cats, Snuffy & Jingle Bell and a fish named Hamster. It's always an ordeal naming a new pet.
I love the name Jingle Bell!!
Here's our list:
Dogs:
Justin
Katie
Tae (pronounced Ty)
Jack
Rosey
Bella
Cookie
Cats:
Jake
Twinkie
Hoho
Missy
Nemo
Fish:
Zen
I had others but can't remember their names. Life too short due to suffocation by overfeeding. Although one did come back to life in the toilet, but then she was gone.
I didn't have any car names, but the kids named the van Fireball. Hope that's not a premonition.
My daughter got her first hampster after a dentist appointment. We named him Novicain. He was the most wonderul hampster in the whole world. He died of old age last year. Everyone missed him.
We did have a cat when I was a kid - named - Snoopy Charlie Brown. We only used his full name when he would do something really really bad. :)
~Martie