What is the best or most original name you have known for a family pet or other animal?

[WildRosie]

I used to know a yellow Labrador called Briggs. Admittedly, that was the name on the tag on his collar so was most likely the name of his family. But it seemed to suit him ( as far as I was concerned) so he was always Briggs to me, whatever his actual name may have been. If I ever have a male yellow Labrador, he will be called Briggs.

We used to have a pet bird that we initially called something similar to Archibald, but then discovered it was a female, so she became Archibaldine.

An old friend had two fish called Fart and Gonad.

Mum named our cat 'Tipsey' after her friend. I didn't know what it meant back then.

My cat was Alfredo.

Friends of ours had a female Samoyed called Alan. It wasn't her 'official' name but their daughter had come up with it as a nickname and it had stuck, so she was Alan for years.

Another friend shared a house with a guy who had a black cat called Ethnic Minority.

@Mooey89

Our Cat is called ‘Cat’ and our puppy is called Colin! Pick for attention

Did you used to watch Spaced? Colin was Daisy's dog's name.

(Ps this is my second attempt at posting. The first time I accidently pressed 'report' instead of 'quote. MNHQ please note my report of this totally inoffensive post was in error.)

My neighbours cat is called Pauline. They also had a ginger Tom cat called Keith (RIP)

My friends cat is genghis ...

Whippet called nimrod.
2 cats called pants and socks.
A black lab called badger.

My neighbour has a cat called Trevor!

I know of a sausage dog called Barbara! Aka babs!

From walking my dog I know sister Jack Russells called Lager and Lime.

And when I was little my grandad had a rabbit called Attila the Bun because he was a nasty little git. (The rabbit, not my grandfather.)

My school hamster was called Turbo because of the speed he went round in his wheel.

A chihuahua called Hercules

My son has been desperate for a kitten for years. He plans to name it 'Russell'.

(We have 3 cats alreayd and they hate each other so we are holding off for a bit).

We have a dog called Mathilde. The french spelling is critical to her name as I was going through a phase (prolonged, ongoing) of wishing I were French.

My dog is called Shelbus dumbledore

I know of a Tyrion and he’s a Great Dane he also has a sister Called Cersei

@CassiopeaAndromeda my first cat was called Schrodinger. Since then, all of our cats have had scientist names. Currently we have Fermi, Tesla and Ada (Lovelace), previously there was Mendeleev, Heisenberg and Boltzmann.

My 2 year old son named one of our chickens 'Sandwich'. She was a fabulous chicken.

buckaroo banzai the great adventurer. Neighbours cat

I used to have a donkey called O.T.

Donkey O.T

We had fish when we were kids - Michael Jackson and She-Ra.

A cat called Brian L Figgis, commonly known as Figgy.

His name was chosen by using a phonebook and a pin.

A friend has a dog called Beowoof!