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Help me name my new addition!

33 replies

CeriBerry · 02/03/2017 00:06

So it was my birthday today and I got the best present ever- a tortoise! But she needs a name! She's a lovely little thing. Anyone got any suggestions? She's obviously arrived on St David's Day and we are Welsh but she's not a Davina! I love literature so literary names could work too! Sorry she's not an actual baby but thought I could trust you lot to come up with some suggestions!

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justdontevenfuckingstart · 02/03/2017 00:08

Michelle.

Buntysoven · 02/03/2017 00:26

I have 2.. Olive and Esmeralda. They are fab creatures. As it was St David's day how about Blodwyn?!

RuthB4 · 02/03/2017 00:52

Meleri was St David's grandmother apparently. That's a pretty name. Or Non was his mother.

Or how about Owena, Sian, or Rhonwen?

SuperBeagle · 02/03/2017 07:05

Duffy!

I hear "Welsh", I see Duffy. Grin

pho3be · 02/03/2017 07:08

Gwyneth

Elbi · 02/03/2017 07:57

Daffodil !

RedAmaryllis · 02/03/2017 08:16

Daffy (daffodils)

bruffin · 02/03/2017 08:18

Dh had a Jo for over 40 years and she was a lot older than that.

bruffin · 02/03/2017 08:19

Myfanwy

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/03/2017 10:24

Shelby
I do like the suggestion of Blodwyn ! 😄

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/03/2017 10:31

Awwwww. Is it a baby one. Can we see a picture.
I like the suggestion of Shelby or Michelle.

ToastVacuum · 02/03/2017 12:50

Tortoise McTortoiseFace? Wink

Hattie
Daphne
Stella
Ethel
Tess
Zelda
Tortellini
Speedy
Cassie
Alice

FreeNiki · 02/03/2017 15:27

Jonquil.

It is a species of Daffodil to give a nod to St David's.

Wont be many others either.

FreeNiki · 02/03/2017 15:28

Most tortoise will probably have corny names!

EggsEleven · 02/03/2017 16:19

I like Shelly (get it? Wink )

GlitteryFluff · 02/03/2017 16:23
Frogqueen13 · 02/03/2017 16:44

Voldetort
Bonnie
Clyde
Ermintrude
Hermit
Keith
Thor

KanyeWesticle · 02/03/2017 16:55

Love Blodwen!

Mabli, Branwen, Dilys, Menna, Myfawny (Myfi), Trysor

Loopytiles · 02/03/2017 16:59
Grin
ToastVacuum · 03/03/2017 16:57

Voldetort Grin

Or Torticia?

HeadlessGummyBears · 03/03/2017 17:13

Quite like Shelly! How about Sheldon or Shelby?

Some more random suggestions:

Alfie (the little tortoise from Esio Trot)
Master Oogway (from Kung Fu Panda)
Speedy
Tortellini
Turbo

Roseandbee · 03/03/2017 19:50

Delilah

palomapaloma · 03/03/2017 20:29

I had a tortoise as a child called Henrietta Smile

EssentialHummus · 03/03/2017 20:31

I vote for Bronwyn - does he/she have a white underside?

NinonDeLanclos · 03/03/2017 20:33

If you like your Welsh mythology Ceridwen or Yseult or Guinevere.

Or Caitlin after Dylan Thomas' wife.

For some reason I like the idea of a tortoise called Barbara.

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