What's the funniest name you've heard of for a family pet?

[CityCommuter]

A friend told me today that they've finally named their new Shih tzu puppy who they got a week ago. He's gorgeous and fluffy and they've chosen the name Monkey! I know it's none of my business but I really don't think that name suits him and it sounds a little bit silly... but it's kinda cute at the sane time I guess!

We have a cat named Megatron, which was funny when he was a little fluffy kitten but does make me cringe a bit when I have to call him in or take him to the vets. I always feel I have to explain that his name is a joke and we're not actually massive Transformers fans! He mostly gets calls Smegatron / Smegs / Smeggy now.

I knew of a cat called Anthea Turner, which I liked. I wanted to call our next cat Craig David but chickened out at the last minute.

@TinySongstress your kitten is sooooo cute! I think the name Mouse suits him actually... is he a British Blue?

Oh and we had a cat called Elvis. At his vet appointments the vet used to call "Is Elvis in the building" 😂 always raised a smile from me!

Growing up my friend had a tortoise called John.

We have a cat called Yoyo. My ds named him almost 20 years ago now, no idea where he got the name from.

Dog called Norman.

Many years ago my dgm found a ddog. Determined she wasn't keeping him she called him Nameless.
For 15 years!!

That reminds me of a dog that turned up in my dgm porch, he was there for several weeks and she shooed him away every morning. She was a very practical no nonsense widowed miners wife who was not known for being particularly soft hearted. After weeks of shooing him away she came down one morning and just opened the door and said "well if your not going to bugger off you may as well come in" that dog only ever known as 'dog' lived the life of Riley from that moment on.

My DH and I have a running joke where we randomly say Boutros Boutros Ghali for reasons I can't quite remember, I'm lobbying hard to name our next cat that.

We currently have a guinea pig called Daphne & we used to have a cat called Martha Jones - DD was a big Dr Who fan & I vetoed calling the poor thing Donna.

My cousin has a lab called Brian weirdly it suits him.

In our small town there are 2 cats called Milkshake.

@FelicityBeedle

Friend had the guinea pigs called bubble and squeak. Squeak died leaving bubble who was always assumed t be a fish

I had hamsters as a kid called Bubble and Squeak 🐭

A very fat white cat with a minute squeak of a voice, called Heineken. No idea why. He used to scrounge titbits in the kitchen I worked in in Greece.

There are two lurchers in our local.dog community called Ronnie and Reggie.

I had a mouse called Leroy

We have a dsnake called Elvis..

@TinySongstress your kitty is beautiful 😻

We had geese called, Vicky, Victor and Victoria. Named after Victor Meldrew as they moaned a lot.

I knew someone who had a dog called Hash. He was black and dopey.

Knew someone with a boxer called Delboy and a whippet called Rodney. Perfect for them.

A Bedlington called Norman and a cat called Fish.

We were at a campsite in France where the owner's dog was called Sheila.

I used to have cats called custard and crumble.

We had a cat named Buffy the vermin slayer. And we now have Carwash the Cat and Mandrake. Mandrake because he screamed so loudly.

Where I grew up we recognised dogs by their family name..,like ‘Shep McKenzie’ Rossi McCormack..etc

Worked in a gift shop as a Saturday girl in the 1990s. Owner got a miniature dachshund and wanted to call her Fanny. We all said bad idea but nobody wanted to say why. When she suggested Babe we were all very enthusiastic. Still a terrible name but still.

I know a very cute pygmy goat called Benny.

My uncle called his dog Deefer.

I had a Giant African land snail called Michelle - she lives with my friends now as I couldn't bring her out of the UK when I left.

A gerbil called guinea pig