Naming your pet is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in life. Not only do you want the moniker to suit the animal's character, but it’s also a chance for you to show off your creativity. And some owners have so much imagination that we’re jealous.
Today, we’re featuring some of the funniest and weirdest pet names that people have ever heard, as shared in two brilliant online threads. Scroll down for a good laugh and some fun naming inspiration for the next animal you rescue.
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My snakes name is Lieutenant Dan, cause he ain't got no legs 🤣.
My dog is Johnboy. My kids used to do a whole everlasting goodnight thing back and forth and they thought adding, "Goodnight, Johnboy." to the mix would be perfect.
I realize almost no one reading this gets it.
Heck, I have *never* seen a single episode of The Waltons, and even *I* get the joke!
I never watched a complete episode and I get it. It's funny how something creeps into your brain that you're barely aware of.
Oh I get it lol I grew up with the Walton’s , night John boy night billy bob night ma night pa loved that show x
A black and white cat named Oreo Speedwagon.
Ransom Eli Olds created the American auto industry. Everyone started at Oldsmobile, Ford, the Dodge brothers, Leland of both Cadillac and Lincoln.
Looks like you've acquired a troll Grumpy, congratulations and have an uppie
Load More Replies...It can be tough to find balance when you’re naming your pet. Obviously, you want the name to be true to the animal’s personality. You also probably want it to be unique… while staying simple enough that you can call them with ease.
We feel that owners can intuitively tell that they’ve made the right choice, whether they go for something popular like Luna or think outside the box with Sir Meowington von Clawsewitz III. But there will be moments where you see so many good options that you have no clue what to pick. Or the opposite, where you can’t seem to find anything that suits your awesome new pet’s character.
As ‘PetSmart’ points out, if you ever feel stuck for inspiration, you might want to look to your hobbies. Think about your favorite characters from books, shows, and films, and see if those names match your pet.
Lucy Fur she was a devil of a cat.
My beloved cat Lucy who passed last year also had the same name. She was the sweetest, most angelic cat that I had to drop the Fur from her name.
I inherited a Chihuahua mix named Lucy, and called her Lucy-fur when I had to trim her nails! 😂
I knew of a Cat named Admiral. One of his owners was a captain so the cat outranked him.
It's obligatory in military and police that dogs and other pets have a higher rank as a way to prevent mistreatment, do it's a reference to this
I had a friend in HS whose family dog was named Jonathan. His dad named him that as a joke b/c the dad's name was Buster. He thought it was funny to watch vet techs and whatnot call the dog Buster and him Jonathan only for him to correct them. It was like a preemptive dad joke.
I have 4 dogs, and they all have human names. 😁
Load More Replies...I can see this causing problems when a neutering appointment is made.
For cats too? My brother has a cat named Heather and a black cat named Elvira!
A stray Siamese cat found us back in the 70s. He used to vomit a lot, as Siamese seem to do. Dad nicknamed him Chunder. We were kids and didn’t know what chunder meant! He never left. I’ve never stopped missing my beautiful Chunnie.
According to ‘PetSmart,’ it's typically best to give your pet a name that isn’t longer than 2 syllables, so they’re easier to call.
Meanwhile, remember that you can still change your pet’s name a few times in the first few weeks that you have them. However, later, it’s best to stick to one so that the animal isn’t confused.
‘Pet Sitters International’ also stresses the importance of names that are easy to call out and respond to. Tongue twisters aren’t always the best choice, even if they’re incredibly creative.
Furthermore, think about whether the name you choose will still suit your pet throughout the stages of its life. For instance, something like ‘Kitten’ might sound cute, but it might not necessarily be the best fit as it grows.
At the end of the day, though, these are all just suggestions. You know your pet far better than anyone else, and only you can pick a name for it that brings its personality and behavior to life!
Snowball the bunny until they realized she was a male and became Snowballs.
My sister had a rabbit who I kept calling Bunnydict Thumperbatch instead of his actual name and she did NOT like it. 🐇
Had a kingsnake named Harry who laid an unfertilized egg (they're called "slugs") telling us "he" was a "she." My son then named her The Virgin Harry.
Old friend got a rescue dog and named her Rosy. Turned out she was actually 'he' but was already responding to the name. They renamed him to Tozie for the white paws.
My guitar teacher named his cat Ozzy Clawsbourne.
Occasionally posts like this remind me of just how different America English pronunciation is from the rest of the world. In normal English (i.e. in England) pronunciation there is just no way I can make Osbourne rhyme with Clawsbourne.
Yes you can,I was doubting myself as I'm not a native speaker and asked my partner (West Midlands born) to say both and it rhymes
Load More Replies...I have a cat named Stinky Penny. Too long of a story but she named herself. She will only answer to her full name.
Nudacris for a Sphynx.
Once you’ve upvoted your favorite weird pet names, we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments down below, Pandas! Which of these monikers do you think is the best of the best? Do you prefer Oreo Speedwagon, Ozzy Clawsbourne, Lucy Fur, Admiral, or something else entirely?
What are the best, funniest, and most out-there names that you’ve heard people give their pets? What did you name your own pets? Let us know! We can’t wait to hear from you.
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Had a handful of stick bugs with an old roommate and 2 of the names I can remember were Sticki Minaj and Twiggie Smalls.
Could call one Lesley Hornby.... Just in case my downvote was a misunderstanding rather than a t***p, that's the name of Twiggy the 60s model
A lawyer I follow on TikTok adopted a kitten with Wobbly Cat Syndrome. His name is pronounced Dewey but it's spelled DUI.
I work with shelter cats. I think my all time favorite name I’ve come across is Toupee Dave. All white cat with a patch of black fur in between his ears. I keep a picture of him for whenever I need a chuckle.
There was a parrot named “Feather Locklear.” I’m still not over it.
my BIL had a green military macaw named Spike until we found out it was a girl then it became Spikette!!
You might have to be old to get this, but I once had a fish named Finny Barbarino.
My son named a solid red betta fish Larry Fishgerald back in the day days of football player Larry Fitzgerald playing for the Cardinals. My son , who was 8 at the time is very intelligent but in a practical, math, science non-pun language oriented sort of way. Whole rest of the family , myself included, is a bunch of English major language nerds who love a good play on words. We were all SO proud and amused when my son came up with that name!🤣. RIP Larry
Vet tech here. One of my favorites from over the years was this one time a sweet family brought their new kitten Mittens in for a physical exam to establish care. They thought Mittens was a girl and when I told them during the exam he was a boy they changed his name to Gloves 😆 normally I love human names for animals but Gloves gets a pass.
I named my first cat Mittens when I was 6. Yeah, Mittens was a tough boy, probably because he had to defend his name to the neighborhood bullies lol
I adopted two kittens after being told they were both girls. Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" was on the radio so one was named Rosie. Later, the vet said Rosie was Roosevelt.
Friends of mine got a kitten they named Bella before realising it was a boy kitten. They decided to just go with it and keep the name. But if anybody asked, they told them it was short for Bellamy
A buddy of mine has a 20+ pound cat named Concrete. Had him since he was a kitten. It makes me laugh every time I think about it.
Maybe the size of Gabriel Iglesias, the comedian whose nickname is "Fluffy"! XD
Load More Replies...Unless that is Maine Co on cat, I believe that cat needs to go on a diet.
My Dogs name is Linkin Bark.
We call him Link.
"EVERYTHING YOU SAY TO MEEEE TAKES ME ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE EDGE, AND I'M ABOUT TO BARK!"
Once had a cat named after Limp Bizkit, he was also ginger....so he was a ginger Bizkit
My first two chickens - Alicia Quiche and Egg Allman.
We had Ginger, Henrietta, Lizzie, Pepper, Rosie, Lily, Daisy (my mum called her Jenny), Fred, Colin, Rosie 2 and Helen. The last 4 were named by another family and we took them over when they couldn't look after them, they were also all female.
We found two harmless garter snakes in our tool shed. We left them alone, and referred to them as William Snakespeare and Sheddy Roosevelt. We have a pup that loves to sploot, so we call him Vladimir Splootin.
Thud, for an extremely clumsy German Shepherd.
OMG we almost named our cat Jabberwocky "Thud" cuz he was always bumping into things and making thud noises.. Our current cat is named "Princess Tinyfeet von Bitesalot of the Kingdom of Bitemore on the Continent of Eurabrat".
Princess Tinyfeet was originally "Onyx" but she's a tortoiseshell, NOT a void, and does NOT look like Onyx. She is very bitey and defiant, pretty sure she's in charge.
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Giant, very muscular white fur pitbull comes in with the spiked collar and looks aggressive. Upon entering, the dog ran up to my sister wanting belly rubs and was brought in for eating a rubber duck. Dog's name was Marshmallow because "he is a giant idiot with a heart of gold."
Love it I have a friend with a pit bull named Rousey he told me he should have named her Daisy since she was so sweet
A friend has a dog named Covid. "My life is so much richer thanks to Covid." "I've had Covid for 10 years." "I got Covid last year, best decision I ever made."
Covid is short for "Corona Virus Disease, and the Corona Virus has been known since at least 1968.
Load More Replies...My landlords Grandson is named Covid because he was born then and they thougt its sounds very modern. I do not find it very funny tbh, was not a good time for my family. For a pet its ok, i assume
Three legged dog.
His name was "Yardstick" 🐕.
No, Yardstick is good. Every shelter cat or dog with three legs gets named Tripod.
Load More Replies...I met a dog once called The Inspector. That is exactly what he looked like, too. Little Scottish Terrier. Could have used a monocle.
Cat named "Bikini". I thought it was weird at first until the owner lifted him up and showed me white markings on his underside that looked exactly like a bikini.
We had a black cat with a perfect pair of white panties on her underside. Her name was Lola. 😊
My cousin had a black cat named Pinkie. All black, but when she lifted her tail…
Orange cat named Home Depot.
I got 2 snapping turtles when I turned 5. One had the orange bands next to his eyes and the other had red.
Named them MichaelAngelo and Raphael. Not funny but I felt so cool naming them.
I had a cat with thumbs named Motor City, due to his loud purr. Nickname, Detroit.
MC hamster.
A friend of my named his dog "Dog" and his cat "Cat".
He also has a goldfish named Bruce.
I believe that the mechanical shark they used in Jaws was named Bruce.
i named my cat CAT, but you pronounce it SEA-A-TEE. in other words, you spell cat and that's her name
My friends family had a cat and then a stray started coming around and staying in the house. They called him, the other cat and eventually it just became Other Cat. He would even come to you outside if you called to him. He also only used the sidewalks, he would never cut across the grass to come to you.
We had a stray tomcat adopt us when I was in high school. (Really I fed him after my mom told me not to, so he hung around, LOL) He was a sweet cat but never wanted to come inside the house. She we put up a doghouse right outside the back door on our porch and he lived there happily. I named him Freeloader, but we all called him Load for short. 😁 He stayed with us for the rest of his life. We of course had him neutered and did all his necessary vet work. Even after years with us though he still refused to come in the house. He just preferred being outside.
I had a regular visitor who I called Freebie for the same reason...
Load More Replies...A friend and her husband would have funny names, like Oh No for a cat, Your Dog for a found stray. They had a whole series of such names, since they lived on a farm where a lot of cats were dropped off. Oh Sh!t was one of their cats too.
We just received our 5th cat a couple of weeks ago. Did we want 5 cats? No. But he was dropped off in our neighborhood by a jerk who didn't want him. I heard my husband outside knocking on the kitchen window and go to see what he wants. He's holding up a gray tabby. I said, "That's not ours!" Well, he is now. Jack joins Olive, Poppy, Hattie, Lola (all spayed females) and dogs, Parker and Madeline. He's been a joy to have and fits right into our crowded house.
Belarus and we stuck with it because: (1) it’s the right thing to do; (2) it’s fun to say; and (3) more attention should be be paid to the last dictatorship in Europe that also had a recent successful coup. 🤣
OP is correct about more attention needing to be paid to Lukashenko's dictatorship but I'm not understanding the reference to a "recent successful coup." I see the laugh emoji which is even more confusing? Lukashenko claims there have been coup attempts but there really hasn't. It's a very bad situation for many there; the husband of a woman who is like our daughter can't get work because he was part of an office wide walkout when Lukashenko started his crackdown on the independent media, another friend's daughter is a refugee in Poland because she protested against Lukashenko and has been identified through facial recognition software. She will be arrested if she goes back. It's really bad and no one seems to know or care.
His name was Mr. Nibbles lol which I later found out is because he likes to rip paper, cardboard, anything he can really.. & spit it out. He leaves little piles of mess everywhere. Thank god he doesn’t ingest it. Even his adoption paperwork has nibbles off the corner 😂
He sometimes goes by Mr Nibbles now.. but his official name is Former President WOODROW WILSON 🗣️
(& he loves my pregnant belly).
My Orange is also a nibbler of the finest paper products, he prefers egg cartons, flattened paper bags and empty Amazon boxes. He just stands on the item to hold it down and "sharpens" his teeth by shredding the edges off each item, he gets especially excited when I compliment hims being a fierce boi 🤣
Friend had a pet pig named piggie smalls. Smalls [passed] and was replaced by Spamela.
It was for a cat with no eyes and his name was Nojos.
"Ojos" is Spanish for "eyes". Pronounced "oh-hos". So this would be "no ojos" - Nojos XD
extremely clever. NOW I am naming my newly acquired bunny named Bunny, Unojo (pronounced oooo NO ho), a spanish mashup of uno, meaning one + no, meaning no + ojo
My great grandpa had two dogs that were called "cual" y "por qué" (which and why). It was very amusing when people asked their names, the convos were very long until people realized they were literally called which and why 🤣
This is Tater Tot. I was originally going to name her something cool, like Nebula or Nyx or something mythology related. But the person I adopted her from named her Tater Tot, and I thought it was stupid because ‘my name ideas are so much cooler….”
But, I’m a people pleaser and I didn’t dare change her name. And it’s grown on me. We also call her miss Taternator, like the terminator.
We adopted a husky / lab puppy who is very fast and not especially bright. We named him Leroy Jenkins.
“Spoon” fits his personality. You can’t stay mad when you yell “SPOON!! KNOCK IT OFF” across the house.
‘Not in the face. Not in the face!’ (Love me a Tick reference)
Load More Replies..."But why a spoon, brother?" "Because it's dull, you twit! It'll hurt more!"
At the shelter I work at, we tend to give them silly names because they’re meant to be placeholders for their new families to change. One of the fellas I took home was named Soot at first from being found in a dumpster and covered in filth. My shining moment was naming a newly tripoded cat Legolas.
My friend has a female cat called Gary. It will never fail to amuse me.
Anybody else recall a connection here to the old sitcom Married with Children?
My friend had a cat she named Isabella, turned out that Isabella was a fella
My mother had a female cat named Freddy. Thought it was a male until it had kittens.
One of our dogs is named Bob Barker lol.
Yes, OP says all of their dogs are fixed lol
Load More Replies...I wanted to name my dog Reinforcements. That way I could say things like "here comes Reinforcements" and nearby folks would be expecting a bunch of people to show up in gear or something but instead a little dog would come. I thought it would be funny but the wife didn't agree.
I once told a friend I considered naming a dog Spot, just so I could say Out, D****d Spot! (McBeth reference)
Adopted the dog of my heart who came from the shelter with the name Gracious. ( changed it to Gracie.) Really wanted to keep it and get another dog and name it Goodness so I could yell out the back door “ Goddess Gracious!” My husband was not amused by the idea. 😅
Load More Replies...My dad wanted to get a dog and name it Stains so he could call it by yelling "come, Stains"
Dave Growl.
Plastic Bag. He was found in a plastic bag at 3mo so I adopted him from the rescue I worked for.
Renamed him Plastic Kroger Bag.
My babies name was and is Catalie Portman. We call her Catty or Chatty Catty because she loves to talk.
My friend in high school named his tiny tetra fish “Combine Harvester”.
Me too. My late Dad was a farmer so this is great. Lol
Load More Replies...My son wanted a corgi for his birthday and insisted on naming her Banana.
I have noticed that Corgis usually come in pairs. I asked an owner about that and he said they entertain each other for hours. You could have a second one named split?
I had a dachshund mix named Banana! Her mom was named Peaches. We have no idea how they got those particular names.
People got a kick out of my wife's cat Jeff.
My cat is called Joey, which I don't think is as funny as Jeff, but I had a coworker named Joey, and he would come over and smoke a joint after work from time to time. It was *months* before he realized I was talking to my cat and not being really weird when he came over.
The woman at the vet thinks my dog Husker Doo is funny. Every time I call to order Husker Doos pills she laughs and says "Husker Dooooooooo."
No one has ever named their pet “Peeve”???
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I know two different people with cats named Peeve.
My friend was waiting with her dog at the vet, and someone else brought their dog in. As they checked in she happened to overhear that the dog's name was Pizza Party.
I had a diabetic hamster named Brimley, after Walter Brimley, the iconic old guy in the commercials known for how he said diabetes… diabeetus!
A ball python with the nickname Lucy. Her full name was Lucifer, Devourer of Souls.
A milk snake named Milk Shake.
My current orange female cat, a rarity, is named Junebug. Her foster siblings were Cricket and Grasshopper.
"Vespa". The very young daughter of her original owners misheard the name "Vesper" from James Bond: Casino Royale. After I adopted her, the youngest kid (4) of the family I lived with wanted to call her Frog. So. Everyone meet: The Frog Princess Buttercup.
Meow. Such a shy little beautiful, blue eyed Siamese girl. Kept the name. Now I know why. She introduces herself every time she walks into the room, after litter box, when it’s past 3pm and she hasn’t been fed or 3am (weekends too) when she hasn’t been fed. My (big) little purr pillow.
Meezers are known to be very "talkative"! It's a breed trait XD
My cat's mom is a Siamese and I think she definitely inherited their talkative trait.
Mr. Chips and Captain Guacamole, my pet rats. We also had a ball python named E. Howard Farnsworth. I also know a cat named Arnold Pawmer.
I got lucky and adopted a pure bred Norwegian Forest cat. He was left in a box on the stairs at my vets office. They named him Boxcar Bobby. So I adopted him and called him Bob.
I think a breeder dumped him because right at the end of his tail, it had a kink...the tip was at a 90° angle. Never bothered him and we had him for about 14 years.
My tripod kitty who was missing a back leg also had a 90 degree kink at the end of his tal. He used his tail (which became quite muscular as a result) as a counter balance. He’d come rub up against your ankles and sort of lean into you with that tail wrapped around your leg. We called it his tail hook!😻
I think a better name would have been Kink because he had a kink in his tail.
Alas, not a purebred Norwegian Forest Cat if he was found abandoned in a box at the vet's office. Unless a cat has papers/a pedigree, they're not a purebred. Even if you think your cat has all the attributes/aspects of a certain breed, they're not that breed unless they have a pedigree. There's also no such thing as a "half Bengal" either - they're just a Domestic Shorthair/moggy, even if one parent WAS a purebred pedigreed Bengal cat. Cat breeds don't work the same way dog breeds do.
I met a dog that was so chonky I swear she was square. Her name was Buttercup but they called her Butter, she literally looked like a stick of butter.
There was a bulldog that used to visit my office named Foreman. I know it’s not as obviously funny but it was funny in context since he was such a big boy.
I misread "bullfrog" and thought, "Not Jeremiah?" Then I realized it was "bulldog". I think "Jeremiah the Bulldog" would be great!
And now I'm sad that we aren't talking about a pet bullfrog visiting the office
Load More Replies... My girl actually had two names! She was so frightened/grumpy/antisocial when she first got to the shelter that they named her Frumpkin. Once she was out of the kennel area and being kept in an office where she could let her guard down, they renamed her Daisy.
Neither fit her, but if I had to pick between the two, Frumpkin is closer lol.
My cat Preacher was named Miller by the shelter we adopted him from XD (I named him Preacher after my favorite comic book series, but it also fits otherwise because he's a tuxedo.) When he is especially naughty, I call him by his "birth name", Miller XD
About a month after my little girl Cali passed I was down at the shelter looking at an orange and white cat they called Whiskey. WhenI say little girl, at her heaviest Cali weighed 5.5 lbs. I was in the little room getting to know the new cat and playing with him. I finally got him close enough to pick up. When I did, I was like "Oh my god, you're a Moose. And it stuck. 🐱
Load More Replies...I named my dog “doug”.
This was Beyoncé lol her name is now PB short for peanut butter. And yes, she actually likes peanut butter but we didn’t find that out until 4 years later lol.
There's the joke about calling your dog "shark", taking him for a walk along the beach and calling him back by his name...
Someone on reddit named their cat ‘Gas Station Breakfast Pizza’ I thought it was hilarious lol.
A dog named Taxi.
My black and white cat who is currently named Figero’s name was FATTY. And he was severely underweight too omg.
My brother was in the process of getting a Yorkshire terrier from a breeder. He thought it was going to be a female and he wanted the name “Abby”. Turns out he ended up with a male. He was in a quandry. I reassured him: “the pooch does not understand gendered names”. So this wonderful dog was registered as “Fountains Abbey”. Great beauty spot in Yorkshire. Now this loving cheerful companion is referred to as Angel Pooch: he went to heaven at age 16.5 after a happy life. We miss him
My cats are named after my favourite scientists. She is called Ada (Ada Lovelace) and her brother is called Niko (Nikola Tesla). Ada is a black witch and Niko is a white demon with black spots.
I have a 14 year old female tabby my granddaughter named Princess Squishy Nugget, I just call her Squishy. And when I was younger my sister had a male gerbil we named Jose Cojones. It was hilarious to hear my mom talking to him, she doesn't speak a lick of Spanish and doesn't know what cojones means.
My two female cats are named after dances... with surname Sashimi. Lindy (Hop) and Samba Sashimi.
My favorites will always be the tortoises named Jennifer Slowpez and Voldetort, aswell as Repeckah the hen
My brother was in the process of getting a Yorkshire terrier from a breeder. He thought it was going to be a female and he wanted the name “Abby”. Turns out he ended up with a male. He was in a quandry. I reassured him: “the pooch does not understand gendered names”. So this wonderful dog was registered as “Fountains Abbey”. Great beauty spot in Yorkshire. Now this loving cheerful companion is referred to as Angel Pooch: he went to heaven at age 16.5 after a happy life. We miss him
My cats are named after my favourite scientists. She is called Ada (Ada Lovelace) and her brother is called Niko (Nikola Tesla). Ada is a black witch and Niko is a white demon with black spots.
I have a 14 year old female tabby my granddaughter named Princess Squishy Nugget, I just call her Squishy. And when I was younger my sister had a male gerbil we named Jose Cojones. It was hilarious to hear my mom talking to him, she doesn't speak a lick of Spanish and doesn't know what cojones means.
My two female cats are named after dances... with surname Sashimi. Lindy (Hop) and Samba Sashimi.
My favorites will always be the tortoises named Jennifer Slowpez and Voldetort, aswell as Repeckah the hen
