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Help me name our new pet tortoise

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Sunflower1650 · 29/11/2025 19:16

A 5 month old Hermann’s tortoise has arrived in our family today. We won’t know if it’s male or female for a few years. Struggling to name him/her.
Suggestions by the kids so far has been Voldetort, Myrtle, Tortellini and Steve (my eldest is a HP and Minecraft fan). Any suggestions please?! Photo attached in case this helps 🐢 🥰

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MyThreeWords · 29/11/2025 22:30

Bolt (since he will be so speedy)

bigbluefish · 29/11/2025 22:29

Schumacher

FrangipaniBlue · 29/11/2025 22:28

as a fellow tortoise owner I can confirm……. they are not slow!

I LOVE Tortellini/Tortelloni!

ours is called Tin Tin 🤣

are you 100% sure it’s a Hermans? I only ask because the colour and markings look a lot like mine……. who is a Horsfield

EDIT - ignore that I’ve just googled a Herman’s and it’s not the kind I was thinking of 🤣🤣

MyThreeWords · 29/11/2025 22:27

Specs (as in tortoiseshell spectacles)

Moggies3 · 29/11/2025 22:27

Gonzales
Trigger
Farrah (Mo)

Doggielovelouie · 29/11/2025 22:27

Prudence or Gerti

Septimus

I like Tortellini

Blorengia · 29/11/2025 22:23

Esio Trot (as in the book)

Purplecatshopaholic · 29/11/2025 22:18

Aww, he/she is so cute, had a tortoise as a kid, would love another one. Some great names here, do let us know what you decide op.

Calliopespa · 29/11/2025 22:14

Myoldbear · 29/11/2025 19:44

I have a relation with a tortoise called Sonic.

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I ma getting tired. I read that as "I had relations with a tortoise called Sonic."😬

Great name though ...

Calliopespa · 29/11/2025 22:13

BreadstickBurglar · 29/11/2025 20:01

I think she looks like a Fenella.

😂

Calliopespa · 29/11/2025 22:12

BertSymptom · 29/11/2025 19:23

No suggestions but I think Tortellini is great. It’s got a cool Italian vibe, Tort is an excellent nickname for a tortoise and it’s unisex so you can cover all bases until you know for sure what you’ve got.

And he’ll definitely be the only one in his class if you were going for unique 😂

I like Tortellini, bit if singular it should really be Tortelloni.

I'm not so fond of Tort as a nn as in law a tort is a civil wrongdoing, and etymologically tort forms the basis of a lot of words like torture, tortuous; it comes form the Latin for twisted or wrong.

Calliopespa · 29/11/2025 22:07

HalfWayAroundTheLoop · 29/11/2025 19:17

Morris 🐢

Oh but with the spelling Maurice!

I love all your dc suggestions except Steve.

What about Reginald?

lifeonmars100 · 29/11/2025 21:41

Shellac

GingerPaste · 29/11/2025 21:38

PInkyStarfish · 29/11/2025 20:03

Cilla.

Yeah, Cilla’s good!

Pranksters · 29/11/2025 21:30

Gary. There are not enough Gary’s.

LilyBunch25 · 29/11/2025 21:23

Brian 🐢

Freebus · 29/11/2025 21:08

Gonzales
Fester
Moxie
Esio (Trot)

TheToteBagLady · 29/11/2025 21:07

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IHeartFridays · 29/11/2025 21:05

Darwin!

Thebeehiveflys · 29/11/2025 21:01

Michelle

HarrietofFire · 29/11/2025 21:00

Torty

Theredjellybean · 29/11/2025 20:59

Oscar pistortoise

shellyleppard · 29/11/2025 20:57

Speedy Gonzalez!!! ❤️

Fluffywabbits · 29/11/2025 20:56

Jeff

mumofoneAloneandwell · 29/11/2025 20:56

Billy/Billie Eilish

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