Animals with names that don't suit them

[Titchy Reindeer]

Just a bit of musing really (I put this thread in tack room, but all species may be included). Partly brought on by a post in the fatal dog attacks thread.

I have a chicken called Korma (all my chickens are named after chicken recipes, except Paulette who came prenamed). She is an araucana and quite small, but she is fearless. She casually saunters past the bigger chickens and ignores any pecks and she will take on my dogs through the fence (thankfully!). There is something rather impressive about a small chicken squaring up to my malinois cross and not backing down (unlike my cockerel, who is a wimp). I feel Korma is too mild a name for her, she should have been a Vindaloo.

I also once knew a pony called Kamikaze who was the sweetest little thing ever and Kaline (it means "cuddly") was the pony who probably has the most broken rider bones to her active (to be fair to her, she worked in a riding school from age 4 to 27 and is now happily retired, so it's not like she was breaking her riders every week).

French rules about naming with a given first letter depending on the year of birth can lead to some rather strange names, but do you have any examples of animals who simply didn't suit their names?

 

[Marshpiper]

I took on a huge fabulous GSD as a rescue, he had spent his few months of life shut in a shed….they had named him Fluffy, he was a long haired type….
I changed it on way home…….to Moose….

 

[smolmaus]

I named a tiny, barely there little squeak of a hamster Ragnarock, as in an apocalypse. The irony was on purpose, but he did turn out to be the sweetest little creature

 

[Ceifer]

Pony in the local riding school called Sweetie Pie.
The name was ironic.
Another riding school had a 18hh shire called Titch

 

[poiuytrewq]

I knew a mare who was a complete grouchy madam, called Sweetie. Probably ironic as above

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I know of a really fine, handsome refined type TB called Boris

 

[meleeka]

My typical chestnut, Welsh B mare was called Fairy in her previous life. I didn't find that out until much later (she came from the sales), but she was definitely not delicate and kind . I'm glad I didn't know so had to change her name anyway.

 

[BurntontheoutsideTurkey]

Reminds me of the occasional time where, looking at estate maps, I'd find a tiny sliver of land called '100 acres' or somesuch

 

[HufflyPuffly]

I am probably guilty of this...

Beryl:



And Squirrel:

 

[Bonnie Allie]

Used to ride with a lady who had the most stunningly, pretty, elegant palamino with a long glossy flowing mane, a thick white tail and was the colour of spun gold. A true barbie horse. His name was Roger.

 

[JFTDWS]

My Daemon pony is really only charmingly eccentric. My previous collie, Wolf, was an absolute pudding, and became known as Woollie, the sheep in wolf's clothing.

 

[Ceifer]

I used to work for an elderly lady who was a prolific horsewoman in her youth and had many grand horses. As she aged she had wisely decided to downsize and moved onto ponies. But she still gave them very grand names. One resembled a Thelwell pony and was Christened Sapientia.
You had to call her by her full name at all times

 

[Caol Ila]

Reminds me of the occasional time where, looking at estate maps, I'd find a tiny sliver of land called '100 acres' or somesuch

Yeah, streets in really deprived areas of Glasgow always seem to be named after beautiful places in the Highlands, like Lochinver Crescent, Glencoe Road, etc. Just to remind you of where you are very much not.

 

[Mrs. Glittery Jingle Balls]

An overgrown 18.1 huge chestnut ID gelding called Tiny........yes he was mine and I did name him that, mostly because I didn't like his passport name.

 

[Fransurrey]

Just a bit of musing really (I put this thread in tack room, but all species may be included). Partly brought on by a post in the fatal dog attacks thread.

I have a chicken called Korma (all my chickens are named after chicken recipes, except Paulette who came prenamed). She is an araucana and quite small, but she is fearless. She casually saunters past the bigger chickens and ignores any pecks and she will take on my dogs through the fence (thankfully!). There is something rather impressive about a small chicken squaring up to my malinois cross and not backing down (unlike my cockerel, who is a wimp). I feel Korma is too mild a name for her, she should have been a Vindaloo.

I also once knew a pony called Kamikaze who was the sweetest little thing ever and Kaline (it means "cuddly") was the pony who probably has the most broken rider bones to her active (to be fair to her, she worked in a riding school from age 4 to 27 and is now happily retired, so it's not like she was breaking her riders every week).

French rules about naming with a given first letter depending on the year of birth can lead to some rather strange names, but do you have any examples of animals who simply didn't suit their names?

Chloe was called Nessa when I took her on, due to her stud suffix. I just thought of the Loch Ness monster and so I gave her a prettier name. She'd only been named informally a few months before, so she soon took to my new name and everyone said she suited it much better.

 

[ArklePigInBlanket]

Chloe was called Nessa when I took her on, due to her stud suffix. I just thought of the Loch Ness monster and so I gave her a prettier name. She'd only been named informally a few months before, so she soon took to my new name and everyone said she suited it much better.

Also a figure in Irish mythology! My confirmation name is Nessa and I fought my husband to call Fodhla Nessie because we honeymooned in Scotland I think it would really suit her.

Fodhla was called Shelby at the rescue which does not suit her at all and got changed the night we brought her home.

 

[fraggle bells rock]

My brother had a cat called mouse. As when he got her her miaow came out more like a mouses squeak.

 

[Baywonder]

My niece once had a jet black cat called Snowy

 

[HaffiesRock]

I have had 2 Haflingers. They were passported as Nigel and Terry! I called the Benji and Symba

 

[misst]

I used to work for an elderly lady who was a prolific horsewoman in her youth and had many grand horses. As she aged she had wisely decided to downsize and moved onto ponies. But she still gave them very grand names. One resembled a Thelwell pony and was Christened Sapientia.
You had to call her by her full name at all times

This made me think of Linda Snell in The Archers. She named her llamas Salierie and another fancy name. If you don't do the Archers ignore this

 

[AppyLover1996]

My next door neighbour, who has now sadly moved was the Queen of giving animals strange names...here are a few -

Ginger Cat called Toad
Pet Frog called Hammie
Hamster called Gerbiline
Rats called Thatcher,Hollywell,Birdy,Broodie and Lupin
German Shepard Dog called Llama
Donkey called PerriPony

I'm sure there are a few others but those are all I can remember for now aha!

 

[2awesomenatives]

I used to ride a pretty little Palomino who's show name was 'Suicide Blonde'!

I also used to have a Hamster called Donkey

 

[DabDab]

This is "Christopher Columbus the Kitten"

Named by my OH, mainly for the alliterative properties I think. I choked out of saying it when giving the vet his name for registration and so the vets know him as Columbo.



Also OH - the first Kelpie was called Ajax, and OH then wanted to name the current Kelpie Ajax the Lesser. I was stronger in my protestations to this one, so fortunately he became Dagon instead.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I had an 18.1 called shorty....

 

[EventingMum]

Mr EM picked up a lovely black and white cat who's owners were going to abandon him when they moved house. He was called Tiger - not a stripe on his coat at all!

 

[cauda equina]

This made me think of Linda Snell in The Archers. She named her llamas Salierie and another fancy name. If you don't do the Archers ignore this

Constanza!

 

[char.lotte]

'
Lucky' has one the rarest forms of cancer

 

[I'm Dun]

Cooper. Its a bland generic name and hes an enormous, spotty lunatic. Its who he is now, but doesnt suit him at all. He gets Coop most of the time which fits better, but still isnt right. I dont know what his name should have been. Something fast and tough, super inteligent but also very needy and cuddly. Hes 3.5yrs old now and I still cant think what would have been better

 

[CastlelackSportHorses]

My neighbour has a cat called Chinese Alan gets me every time.

 

[CastlelackSportHorses]

My old horse is called Lance, but everyone calls him Pants