Anyone else a sucker for a good name?

oldie48 said:
Our first pony was called "Woodstock Cailin Bui" Woodstock yellow girl, a dun connie by Templebready Fear Bui. When we got the next Irish pony, we got the chance to name him and he became An Buachaille Liath, the Grey pony. A bit of a Gaelic thing going on here and apologies if I have got the spelling wrong. the next one was an eventer by Ricardo Z (there's a Rebel somewhere in the breeding) so he became Donnrua Rebel (Chestnut Rebel). Present horse is called Langaller Bisto, my trainer insists on calling him Bovril which is better than marmite! Yes, names do matter. I also have a Weshie called Iddy, Idiot to people who know him, Idris is the name on his passport!
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A little pedantic linguistics: An Buachaill Liath = the Grey Boy; Donnrua Rebel = dun-red (or brown-red) Rebel. Irish is a very descriptive language, and kudos to you for using it :-)

PS. I named a rescue Spanish/PRE foal Afortunado = "Lucky".

PPS: My favourite riding school horse in America was called Alpo, an American brand of dog food. He was a much-loved boy.
 
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Cortez said:
A little pedantic linguistics: An Buachaill Liath = the Grey Boy; Donnrua Rebel = dun-red (or brown-red) Rebel. Irish is a very descriptive language, and kudos to you for using it :-)

PS. I named a rescue Spanish/PRE foal Afortunado = "Lucky".

PPS: My favourite riding school horse in America was called Alpo, an American brand of dog food. He was a much-loved boy.
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You are, of course, completely right, I'd forgotten the spelling! Great ponies/horses and a credit to Ireland, we were very blessed to have them in our lives!
 
I'm sure someone on here has a foal name Grahame? That always makes me smile. I also love Kevin & Dangerous Brian is awesome name! My friend used to livery at a yard that had a gorgeous pally called "Allan". Sadly he was sold and his new owner didn't think it flash enough so changed him to Vegas 😐.

I have am Ori - because she was called Orange and answered to it and no way was I yelling "Orange" up the hill! And my Shetland are Fergus, Duncan, Hamish & Hector.
 
When I viewed my mare, I wasnt told her name until I asked, and then she was promptly renamed on arrival as I was not calling her Alduin... Ali is similar but not as..odd.. Her show name is Aquila, which I chose because its a star constellation and theres some cool greek mythology around it. Also happens to be a brand of wine, which I find hilarious.
 
Someone I know who deals in dutch sj horses has one in at the minute called Dorito. Makes me giggle everytime she posts about him!

I think little ponies often have the best names - highlight last year was an ancient pony named Basil.
 
I love unusual names!
Hence why the dog is called Tamriel and the horse is Serenity. I couldn't change Ned's name :\ Well, I could, but after YO handed over the passport, I just didn't have the heart. 4 or so years of calling him Ned and he just was.

We have a few normal names at the yard, such as Barney and Frankie, however we also have a Deal, a Pasha and a Loveday!
I think people could stand to be a bit more creative with dog names too :P Benson seems to be the name of the year as I often have a Benson in the class at dog training!
 
I hope the new owners of my filly, who I purchased very cheaply from a dodgy market at the height of the horse meat scandal, appreciated the registered name that I chose for her. "Findus Lucky Escape"
 
When I was a little girl the local town had an annual donkey derby and someone spent ages giving them all names for each race to put in the programme that were hilarious. Things like Broken Down (by Old Car out of Petrol) or Stumped (by Problem out of Ideas)
 
ycbm said:
Can we go off-species? I have a pair of cats called Skratch and Snyph.
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:D :D :D amazing!!

Mine aren't so fantastic, but suit them well; Loki and Luna :)

lrw0250 said:
When I was a little girl the local town had an annual donkey derby and someone spent ages giving them all names for each race to put in the programme that were hilarious. Things like Broken Down (by Old Car out of Petrol) or Stumped (by Problem out of Ideas)
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Fantastic, love it!

I quite like unusual names for horses, but I can also appreciate some 'common' or human names - a friend of mine has a Bob and a Billy, boring on their own but as a pair I love it lol.

We had a horse on the yard called Jethro, which I found quite creepy :S
 
One of the reasons I bought my horse was that I loved her name -- Gypsum.

As it is somewhat unusual, she did a couple schooling shows (ones that didn't require me to send in copies of her USDF card) under the name "Gypsy" because the show secretary couldn't be bothered to read.
 
Caol Ila said:
One of the reasons I bought my horse was that I loved her name -- Gypsum.

As it is somewhat unusual, she did a couple schooling shows (ones that didn't require me to send in copies of her USDF card) under the name "Gypsy" because the show secretary couldn't be bothered to read.
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Haha, everyone had problems with "An Buachail Liath" so we laughed when daughter was announced as "Lyolia on the pony with the unpronounceable name, as she got through to the jump off and then won the class the poor woman had to say it three times. We called Lydia, Lyolia, for several months after that just to tease her but I did make sure the entries were written more clearly!Should add that I wish there was a "like" button as several of the posts have made me smile today!
 
milliepops said:
LOL, thanks... I'd love say I knew it well but soooo not my bag I'm afraid :D
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She's also one of the most annoying characters in the entire show. Terrible choice, but your mare improves it at least!

HeresHoping said:
and a Larry, whom is known to us as Binky (this poor horse is called Direct Prospector on his passport. He is by Golden Lariat and I think all horses from that stud by GL got called Larry) after the horse that Death rode in on....
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Excellent. I call one of mine Binky sometimes for the same reason.
 
JFTD said:
She's also one of the most annoying characters in the entire show. Terrible choice, but your mare improves it at least!
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hahahahahaha! Typical :p Can't imagine what led to her getting lumbered with that as a name. Stud prefix is Glansiedi so it's quite a mouthful for commentators. I just call her 'cob'.
 
I knew someone who gave her horse the show name "In the Nude" because the joy you experienced when show announcers started to say, "And next in the ring is so-and-so riding In the Nu-" and then stumble over themselves, mortified, was pretty much unfathomable.

There are many great Gaelic names to be had. I plan on naming my next horse after a Scottish mountain. People (yard owners) who don't have any comprehension of Gaelic will love it.

The current yard owners were annoyed enough at a fellow livery who bought a young horse called Mojito. They asked if she could give him a different barn name, something like Billy that would be simple and easy to shout, but she liked the name he came with and the YOs had to live with it.
 
milliepops said:
hahahahahaha! Typical :p Can't imagine what led to her getting lumbered with that as a name. Stud prefix is Glansiedi so it's quite a mouthful for commentators. I just call her 'cob'.
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Kira Nerys sounds Welsh enough that you can probably get by without too many people looking askance! Or only the people who watched DS9 giggling at the geekiness.
 
Caol Ila said:
Kira Nerys sounds Welsh enough that you can probably get by without too many people looking askance! Or only the people who watched DS9 giggling at the geekiness.
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True, although there's no K in the Welsh language! I always get asked to provide phonetic spellings for people's Welshies so they can add a "pronounced Glan - Shed - ee" (in your case Milliepops) in brackets after the name!
 
annagain said:
True, although there's no K in the Welsh language! I always get asked to provide phonetic spellings for people's Welshies so they can add a "pronounced Glan - Shed - ee" (in your case Milliepops) in brackets after the name!
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ahhhh thanks! Shame it's too late for regionals next week but i will file away for future ref!
 
milliepops said:
ahhhh thanks! Shame it's too late for regionals next week but i will file away for future ref!
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I was just using yours as an example but glad it's useful!

Welsh is surprisingly easy once you get your head around the noise certain combinations of letters make as it never changes like English does. A "dd" is always pronounced as a "th" like you'd say it in "the, this and that" while a "th" is always like the "th" in thatch, think and through. Like wise a single "f" is always pronounced as a "v" (there is no v in Welsh) you would in "of" while a double "ff" is always pronounced as an "f" as in "off". You don't have to make the judgement of how to pronounce it as the language differentiates for you....Having said that, I get the difficulty of "ll" and "ch" if you've not grown up saying them, there's a knack to it! (which reminds me and no silent letters in Welsh - if you see it, say it!)
 
annagain said:
I was just using yours as an example but glad it's useful!

Welsh is surprisingly easy once you get your head around the noise certain combinations of letters make as it never changes like English does. A "dd" is always pronounced as a "th" like you'd say it in "the, this and that" while a "th" is always like the "th" in thatch, think and through. Like wise a single "f" is always pronounced as a "v" (there is no v in Welsh) you would in "of" while a double "ff" is always pronounced as an "f" as in "off". You don't have to make the judgement of how to pronounce it as the language differentiates for you....Having said that, I get the difficulty of "ll" and "ch" if you've not grown up saying them, there's a knack to it! (which reminds me and no silent letters in Welsh - if you see it, say it!)
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Thank you! I was the last intake year at secondary school that didn't have to learn welsh... my mum's a (maths) teacher and the teachers all had to start welsh classes just as I finished school so I should probably have asked HER how to pronounce it! She who was raised in Essex, and me having lived in Wales (just) all my life! :o
 
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