What's the best pet name you've come across? I've just met a King Edward.

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What's the best pet name you've come across?

I'm partial to pets with very beige, mid-century human names like Colin, Dave, Alan, Brenda, Sandra, Deidre.

A lady I worked with once rescued a really vicious parrot and renamed him Thomas-a-Peckitt.

I've just got back from a dog walk where we met a giant, perfectly rounded, sandy coloured staffy called King Edward to reflect the fact he's basically a potato.

I can't stop smiling. I had to share it with someone.

We had twiglet the stick insect and giggles the sheep

typo. The sheep was called biggles

Attila the hen

My friend’s son had a sausage dog called Brenda!

Can reveal my mum met Jarvis Cocker once, told him our pet was named after him and he said he was honoured 😄

Sir Bobbi Dogson

My family uses a lot of human names

Stick insects: Alfred, Kylie
Rabbit: Barbara
Cats: Doreen, Reginald, Gary, Clyde, Esme, Alistair, Shirley, Larry, Malcolm
Chickens: Francine, Delores

When I took Barbara to the vet I could hear the vet nurse having a laugh with the vet. When she saw me she said, "That's my grandmother's name!" I thought she just meant her grandmother was called Barbara, but no her surname was Bunnie so her grandmother's name was Barbara Bunnie.

My friend had a dog called F-reg as that was the car reg during the year they got him

Old friends had a cat called Godfrey.

Childhood pets (disclaimer: never used for passwords or security questions)...

Guinea Pigs - Pip and Squeak
Tortoise - Engelbert Humperdinck
Cats - Topsy and Bunty (not posh cats either, just moggies)

I've recently read a book where the two cats were Katniss and Prim (Hunger Games)

A friend got a pair of kittens, one had a limp, so they called them Footloose and Fancy Free.

My brother's chihuahua is called Warhammer.

A friend’s dog was called The Brigadier.

I have 2 miniature dachshunds called Bryan and Tullulah! Xx

I know a farmer who has a house sheep. (Long story - poorly as a lamb and bottle fed and nurtured ended up sleeping in the kitchen in the dog basket) any way she’s called Eileen .. and yes, when he’s calling her to get up and out for the day (follows him like a puppy) it’s ’come on Eileen’…

Name changed for this as I've told a few people. We had a very large black and white cat called Phil. Me and Phil were at the vets, the vet opened the door and called Phil. The man next to me stood up, she looked at him and said no not you him, whilst pointing at feline Phil. Human Phil looked a bit dejected and sat back down.

My best ever cat was called Trevor. We currently have Graham, Morris, Bob and Terry.

A Weimaraner called Simon. I see him every morning when I go on my walk.

Years ago a yorkie called Norman.

I sometimes wonder what these three-legged pets with names like Tripod were called BEFORE they lost the limb.

I know a dog called Colin. I think he's adorable but apparently he's a bit of a bruiser with other dogs. I also knew a cat called Brenda. My own animals tend to have 'animal' names.

I know a dachshund named Banger.

Love this thread! Neville Longbottom is my favourite so far 😃
Leslie Thomas (author The Virgin Soldiers) had successive basset hounds all called Furlong.
Years ago I knew a woman in our village who had two cats called Kitty and Kittykitty.

Jimmie and Charlie keep me on my toes!

Ginger cat called Prince Harry.

I have a rule that out cats should have names that would be suitable in a nursing home.

At the moment we have Frank, Eric and Elsie. My Dad's cat's are called Susie, Clarence and Dorothy.

In the past we have had Mabel, Lottie, Delilah.

My aunt had dachshunds named Heidi and Seeky …

I know someone with 3 Great Danes. They are called Rodney, Dave and Plonker.