Naming your family pet is always a fun experience; less serious and with more room for creativity than naming a child, the pet names can be meaningful but still a bit silly. Because after all, the other animals aren't making fun of little Moonpie for his ridiculous name. Or are they?
Your local vet has an incredibly challenging, rewarding and often heartbreaking job, but hearing all the hilariously inventive and funny names that people have chosen for their furry friends must provide a welcome bit of light relief. This viral Twitter thread began at the vet where Caskie Mushens literary agent Juliet Mushens was waiting, and she overheard some of the unique pet names as they came and went. “I have two British Shorthair cats, Neville and Luna, and they were there having their jabs,” Juliet explained to Bored Panda. “Funny pet names are clearly a universally popular theme! I am a fan of old man names for pets, but I also enjoyed the incongruous names like ‘Tinkerbell’ for a Rottweiler.”
What about you? Scroll down below to check out some of the best tweets of funny puns in animal names below, and share your own stories in the comments!
Juliet started a twitter thread sharing the funniest animal names she's heard at the vet


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Soon, many people joined in:
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Our cat is black and talks...his name is Lucifer Meow Meow
I get doing this. I hate the color pink but I put my Rottweiler mix in pink collars with pink tags so she doesn't look so intimidating. She just wants to kiss everyone but they run in fear because of her size/coloring.
Rotts are amazing, my dad used to have one, I'd tell people to beware of my shih tzu, not her, if they had to fear one of the two. He was harmless as well
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My maid of honor had a huge Newfie named Horse. She also had a German Shepherd named, G’Down. No explanation necessary. Of course everyone knows someone like my neighbor who named her Great Dane, Tiny.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! I might even have to steal it sometime in the future if I can remember it when I start thinking of names for future pets.
I know a one eyed cat that my family friend called Wink. I always thought it was super cute. He had to have one eye removed because it was badly infected and they just sewed the eyelids shut, so he always looks as though he's winking.
Good advertisement for comma placement, too. The difference between; "Do you want to go, Winky?", and "Do you want to go winky?" (I'll leave now...)
Load More Replies...My Golden’s name was Mercy. I always wanted to go outside and yell for Mercy!
I have a friend who is a MASSIVE David Bowie fan. His name is David. He has a dog called Bowie and 2 cats one called Ziggie and they he other Stardust.
I don't know why I haven't come across more cats named Schrodinger.
Do you mean that a so-called college educated doctor didn't know about Schrodinger's cat?
I wonder if they are it's owners or if he owns them...
Load More Replies...I had a huge black cat I named Hades - he turned out to be the most vicious, aggressive nightmare of a cat ever. I still loved him to bits despite the bites and scratches and destroyed belongings but I have to wonder if it was the name that he felt he had to live up to.
Neighbors had a cat called Psycho. They named him that because, at 14 weeks, the cat ran head long into a wall and gave himself a concussion.
I lived in a house with a Doberman named Satan. He followed me downtown. A cop yelled at me from across the street saying the dog needed a leash. I just said Satan was following me.
One of my cat is named Ned and the other one Flanders. I thought it was funny 13 years ago...
But wouldn't it be awesome if they also responded to Mrs. Chanandler Bong?
I have had Daisy and Duke. I was a kid and oddly they were mother and pup.
One of my students has a tiny toy Yorkie whose name is... Thor! I think it's hilarious!
Load More Replies...I know this is unnecessary, but please don't buy pugs. They often have breathing problems and it can hurt when they walk. Why? Because we bred them like that. FOR AESTHETIC REASONS. So please be aware of this, and don't get pugs. Don't fuel the cycle.
And if you're gonna get a pug, please look into "retro pugs". They look like pugs but with longer legs and noses, which makes them a lot healthier
Load More Replies...I expect the Snortingham part is because of the inherent breathing problems that Pugs have such as brachycephalic airway syndrome, , it's very cruel, try closing your nostrils and only breathing through a straw in your mouth, that's what a lot of pugs breath like.
That is adorable. Not only a cute name, but he also has a title to go with it...LMAO.
A chicken shaming post? Where are these found, and why am I just learning about them now?
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-chicken-shaming-farm-life/ Here you go ;)
Load More Replies...And currently there is Cap'N Cluck and Ernest Heningway and Albert Eggstein and Attila the Henn.
There was a chicken up for adoption locally with the name Cluck Norris.
I never watched star wars(never had the time) but this is adorable---------Turns out people are freaking out over me never watch star wars. I can't sit still long enough I have like 4 TV shows I have to finish (Lucifer, sex education,re-watching the office and criminal minds) OH and the lead singer of My chemical romance has a new tv show coming to Netflix sometime this month and I gotta support my baby Gerard Way!
I have a guinea pig called Luke Skywalker, his brother was called Treetrunk - maybe I shouldn't have asked 4 year old grandaughters to name them !!!
We once had in succession in our groom shop. BB8 (Shih Tsu) Dart Vader (Shih Tsu) Chewie (Chow) Luke Skywalker (Jack Russell) and Princess Leia (Mini Pomeranian, also owned by one of the groomers at the shop.)
I have a gorgeous male tabby who has abeen an arsehole since birth. We adore the jerk. His name is Lucifer.
I can't retain information while watching Star Wars, so I've only ever tried to watch the first movie. Even then I stopped after like 30 min. Sorry just not my thing.
I adopted a Calico named Autumn. Such a perfect name for a Calico
I had a cat named Goose and my child was so confused the first time he saw a real Goose
My cat is called Badger too! But only because is always badgering me for food!
My mum's cats are called Sox and Fish. Both very confusing for my daughter, both for different reasons
But it’s nice to see “have you checked your Email yet” or “I have to send Email to the vet”, “could you watch my Email for me for a sec?”
Load More Replies...There was an episode of Pitbulls and Parolees where they rescued a dog they thought was a stray, but turned out this guy used to own him, but dumped him in the street. When they confronted him, the a*****e said "he keeps peeing on my Xbox". They named him Xbox
A streamer/youtuber I watch has 2 ferrets called Pixel and 8 bit
Load More Replies...We’re fostering two twin chihuahuas. They came without names so at first we called them both “Spot.” Decided we needed some way to distinguish them and lazily ended up with “Spot” and “Spotify.” Didn’t realize this was ridiculous until I heard myself yelling SPOTIFY! repeatedly out the door in the middle of the night.
My wife named all of our chickens, some of the names include: Elinore, Beatrice, Florencia b. Chicken, Victoria, and more. She gave them all proper English names except for the one I named. Which is a black chicken by the name of Morticia.
I love that you named the black one Morticia. Adorable!
Load More Replies...My chickens are Maisie, Mildred and Myrtle. Myrtle is the boss while Mildred is the gannet. Myrtle just does not care enough to worry about labels.
I used to have a cat called Vicious, cause she was 😂 I didn’t realise the vets call them in by their name & our surname, I was sooo embarrassed
We once had a cat named Fudge Ripple; Ripple, for short. They called her name out at the vet: Ripple Brown 😆
I had two pitchblack sister cats... named Bea and Trix, we are dutch and Beatrix was our queen at that time...
So if you would name two animals today, would you call them willem and alexander?
Load More Replies...We have 2 cats. One black one named Ninja & a tortoiseshell one named Turtle.
I have a tuxedo named Ninja. He was well named. I once left a bag if treats on the top of my drawers (which is pretty high up) and at four am Ivsitring in bed because I can’t sleep and I see him look up at the bag and then launch himself like seven feet into the air and proceed to bite through the bag. When he isn’t pulling off crazy stunts though, he’s such a lovebug.
Load More Replies...My tortoise is named Zippy. I wanted her to have a positive self image. You can call her Missus Zippy.
Yep my kids had Fruitloop and Trix. A couple of very loved Tom cats.
I'm from the smallest state in Australia, and of course we get all the 'inbred' jokes. Not helped by our BROTHER AND SISTER rescue cats being named 'Romeo' and 'Juliet' by the good folk at the shelter. You had one job...
I love a theme! All our pets are name after foods. Dogs: Apple Dumplin', Truffles. Snakes: Chili, Nutmeg, Ginger. Bearded dragon: Prickle E. Pear. Rabbits: Salt & Pepper. Cats: Butter, Falafel, *Earl* Grey Tea, Meat *Hook* (adopted so we worked with his original name Hook), *Ceylon* Tea, *Americano* Coffee, Meringue, Cheddar.
My tortoise is named Moses, because I never named him and always just called him ‘the tortoise.’ When a visitor asked his name, I didn’t have an answer, so I started thinking really hard and ended up saying ‘Mmmmm...Moses?” (The now properly named Moses is a sulcata and spends summer outdoors digging up the lawn, winters indoors rearranging the furniture).
LOVE him! one of the few commedianes that can make me laugh til i cry
Load More Replies...That's because you haven't met KatManDu. Yes, I changed his name -- it was CatCat when I got him.
My favorite dog - half Pointer and half Dalmatian - was named "Mrs. Calabash." You have to be a huge fan of Jimmy Durante or very old to know where that came from!
Our Cattle Dog/Chihuahua mix is named Lady von Figglesworth, the 3rd. (Figg for short). She thinks she's royalty so she needed a royal name.... ;)
My Torti's name is Zuul ….it was Jada but now there is no Jada, only Zuul (Ghostbusters)
Oh my gosh, I love all of these guys. Their videos are hilarious--especially the ones with Teddy--who honks.
Did anybody else think of Freddie Mercury when they saw Stache?
I would have named them Harpo, Zeppo, Chico or Gummo, and of course Groucho...LOL
Reminds me of the three little French kittens, une, deux and trois, who went for a walk on the ice, but the ice was too thin and the kittens fell in, and une, deux, trois cat sank.
I had a toy French Poodle named Demi Less. It was because somebody already had the name, Demi Moore. But I like your Gemma Pell better. Very clever.
Maybe they named it after the song by Eminem/Slim Shady..."My name is".
There’s a beautiful German Shepard named Betty. I think it’s a hoot!
I named my cat Squishy when I first got him as a 9 week old kitten. I was watching Finding Nemo and it was at the part where Dory sees a little jellyfish and says 'I shall call call him Squishy and he shall be mine'.
My Aunt adopted a 3 legged cat in the nineties. He had been brought in to the shelter after he had been knocked down by a car. My cousin insisted on calling him Chumba Wumba after the pop group who was around at the time had a hit with the song "I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again. ".
Ha, thats cute! One of my online friends does animal rescues and she fostered a 3 legged dog she eventually adopted named "Trikael" (like Michael, but a Trike, like those 3 wheeled kids bikes) he gets Trikey for short though
Load More Replies...in 2017 after Hurricane Irma, my girlfriend found a 3 month kitten under our car. we took him in and named him Mr. Meowgi. Our vet loves his name every time we take him for their shots
Dachshund named Stinkweasel. Leachie gecko named Butchy McBitchtits. Female dog called Reggie. Snake called A Boa Named Sue.
We recently took Pom-Pom Pompington to the vet. Well admired fluffy bunny she was and there was some giggles and laughter.
I adopted a very furry male cat that looked like a girl. The rescue center even had him named Mia. I knew I had to pick a manly name but Spike would just not cut it. So now he is Fluff Daddy. My wife nixed Flea Didy Fluff-Dadd...796360.jpg
My GF and I adopted a cat years ago, and named him Officer Friendly (he was very friendly, and had a black & white outfit, not unlike a police car). He had been to the vet before, and had his name recorded there. On a subsequent trip he was in a grouchy mood and at check-in she said he was being "officer surly" today. Not long after, they called "OFFICER SURLY!" The receptionist had actually changed the name in their computer system.
Officer Friendly and Officer Surly. That has Sesame Street written all over it.
Load More Replies...My favorite was a woman I knew who adopted a 3 legged rescue pup and named her Ilene.
My Aunt adopted a 3 legged cat in the nineties. He had been brought in to the shelter after he had been knocked down by a car. My cousin insisted on calling him Chumba Wumba after the pop group who was around at the time had a hit with the song "I Get Knocked Down But I Get Up Again. ".
Ha, thats cute! One of my online friends does animal rescues and she fostered a 3 legged dog she eventually adopted named "Trikael" (like Michael, but a Trike, like those 3 wheeled kids bikes) he gets Trikey for short though
Load More Replies...in 2017 after Hurricane Irma, my girlfriend found a 3 month kitten under our car. we took him in and named him Mr. Meowgi. Our vet loves his name every time we take him for their shots
Dachshund named Stinkweasel. Leachie gecko named Butchy McBitchtits. Female dog called Reggie. Snake called A Boa Named Sue.
We recently took Pom-Pom Pompington to the vet. Well admired fluffy bunny she was and there was some giggles and laughter.
I adopted a very furry male cat that looked like a girl. The rescue center even had him named Mia. I knew I had to pick a manly name but Spike would just not cut it. So now he is Fluff Daddy. My wife nixed Flea Didy Fluff-Dadd...796360.jpg
My GF and I adopted a cat years ago, and named him Officer Friendly (he was very friendly, and had a black & white outfit, not unlike a police car). He had been to the vet before, and had his name recorded there. On a subsequent trip he was in a grouchy mood and at check-in she said he was being "officer surly" today. Not long after, they called "OFFICER SURLY!" The receptionist had actually changed the name in their computer system.
Officer Friendly and Officer Surly. That has Sesame Street written all over it.
Load More Replies...My favorite was a woman I knew who adopted a 3 legged rescue pup and named her Ilene.
