Naming things after favorite book characters

[elvet]

Just curious. Have you ever named a pet, child, business, etc. after a fantasy or sci-fi character?
My youngest cat is named Arthur in homage to the king himself.

[Nikitta]

I used to have a cat named The Lord after the cat by the same name in the Hitchhiker's "trilogy".

[Paige Turner]

If I meet one more cat named "Tigger,"—unless it was named by a child—I'm going to jump out the window.

[Rosemary]

I have a toy crocodile called Paran...does that count?

[Marky Lazer]

I named my cat Tigger!

[the_faery_queen]

megaera after a greek fury. lestat after lestat and merlin after the magician. so yeah (tho the last two are parents cats, i picked the names)
and when i was younger i wanted to use lanfear as my net username. now im glad i didn't

[Paige Turner]

Originally Posted by Marky Lazer

I named my cat Tigger!

That's okay. I'm sure that in Holland, only 44% of cats are named Tigger.

[Thadlerian]

My first rabbit was named Hazel-rah. You know the source.

[geordie bob]

I named my english bull terrier nobby-a character from the pratchet books

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by Thadlerian

My first rabbit was named Hazel-rah. You know the source.

I'm glad someone does.

I had a car named Hepseba. I think that's it.

[Marky Lazer]

Originally Posted by Paige Turner

That's okay. I'm sure that in Holland, only 44% of cats are named Tigger.

Correct. And 44% of our Tigers is called Catter.

[jackokent]

When I was a kid I had two gerbils called Merry and Pippin.

I also know someone who rather grandly named their terrace bungalow, Minus Tirith. They even had a house name plaque made up.

[the pagemaster]

I named one of my fish Neo, don't really know why. But maybe at the time I was still in my Matrix phase.

[The Ace]

Originally Posted by Paige Turner

If I meet one more cat named "Tigger,"—unless it was named by a child—I'm going to jump out the window.

Sorry, Paige, but it wasn't my fault, she lived with a couple of neds who abandoned her when they were evicted. I came home one day and found her on the landing with her dish and litter tray. I didn't want to go through the hassle of renaming her because;

a) I was only going to look after her until she could be re-homed

b) She spent the first 2 days hiding under a chair, making only brief forays to dish and tray.

She's a lot happier now, but I never did get around to giving her a less-cliched name.

Feel free to jump, but I think these are mitigating circumstances .

[Paige Turner]

AAAAAAAAAAScrunch!


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