Has your pet got a 'human' name?

[ghosty]

Just wondering really ...
I, personally, can't stand it when people call their pets names like Mary or Amelia ...
The other day we were at the park and a woman was calling "Samantha, SAMANTHAAAAAA!" in a rather panicky sort of way. So I was about to go and offer my services to help her look for her toddler when a bloody great Rotweiler came bounding out of the bushes ...
On another thread a lady wants to call her baby girl a name she already gave her dog so now she can't ....
We have always had non human names for pets - our cat is called Woody ... after Woody from Toy Story ... my parents had a great dane called Pluto and a ginger cat called Robinson's Golden Shred (Goldie to his friends).
So ... a reverse thread - instead of bizarre names for children (like Spike or Elmo, which are pets' names IMO) thread ....
What is your pet called and why?

When we first got married we had a golden labrador called Elizabeth (Bessie for short). In my single days I had a horse (15:2 grey welsh cob cross) called Richard, which actually suited him very well.

My sister had a lurcher called Brian - made me laugh every time!!

...and I love the idea of Samantha the Rottie ...fabulous!!

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I did know someone once who had a cat called Mandu

Just say it Cat -man oh yeah!

Haven't you heard of the Campaign for Real Names for Pets? Our dog is called Bertie, an honest and respectable name for a noble hound. One of the ponies is called Ruby, she's fast and red and it suits her. The other pony is called Bussle - I haven't a clue what that's all about - it's the name he came with so we're stuck with it. Personally I think he should be called fat, lazy bastard but that wouldn't be inkeeping with the Campaign for Real Names...

We don't have any pets so I give any new soft toy the dc aquire human names. The latest members of our family are Neville and Ian, a rainbow striped cuddly Kangaroo and Koala repsectively.

Mine are called boy and girl in Catalan, the dog was almost called Alistair but we drop it after realising somebody in DH's office had the same name. Still regret it though... ddog really looks like an Alistair!

BTW I have a friend who had a Dobermann called Ursula.

One of my neighbours had a doberman called Nigel.

Mine are called Maximus, Apollo and Ash. Maximus was named after a friend by our children and the others came with their names.

a girl I used to do Italian evening classes with had a cat called Leonard.

dh used to have a cat called Caroline.

How did you like the Italian classes?

My dog is called Roger - because my dh has a very juvenile sense of humour

have one cat called Ed (dunno why) and one cat called turkish (after jason stathams character in the film snatch)

Our cat is called Jenny - after the book by Paul Gallico