Oscar a large tan/ginger and white staffie crossed with something else perhaps a pointer or a boxer and two cats called Cleo and Magpie - black and black and white magpie patterned. I named Magpie but the others came with their names. Oscar is only about 3 was about 18 months when I adopted him but the cats are senior, Cleo was 11 and Magpie 9 when I adopted them about a year apart and they are now 13 and 11. My step daughter calls Oscar Pooch sometimes which he seems to also answer to quite happily!
I lost Joker last May aged 15 who was a black curly coated retriever crossed with something else, perhaps a setter. My Mum named him as his original name was Roker but Joker seemed to suit him better. I adopted him at about 9 months old so we were together a long time.
My previous dog before Joker was my first as an adult and was called Misty. He was a Tan and White Jack Russell/Whippet cross and was adopted at 8 so he came with his name. He had to be pts at age 13 as he had liver disease/failure. He hated other dogs and loved people!
My previous cats have been:
Zeus - Black and White Tuxedo (had from a kitten, I named him)
Harry - Brown splotched tabby (adopted when he was about 18 months old, was a stray so I named him)
Motley - Tortoiseshell and White
Shadow - Tortoiseshell
(They were sisters, adopted as an senior pair aged about 10. They were called Mary Beth and Imogene but I thought they were very odd names for cats so I renamed them. Motley looked like she was wearing a medieval fool's particolour hose and Shadow was very, very shy so she liked to lurk in dark places)
My dogs as a child were:
Rex - large Black and Cream Belgium Shepherd
Lucky - Black and Tan German Shepherd
Sheba - Sable Brown and Black German Shepherd
Zoe - Black and Tan German Shepherd Labrador cross with a trace of collie
Bono - Black and Brown Rottweiler/Retriever cross
Rex came from the RSPCA approx 45 years ago; Lucky and Sheba were from puppies in the '70s; Zoe and Bono were adopted in the '80s and came with their names.
My parents current dog is an adopted neurotic black Lurcher called Marley, he is about 3 and came with the name.
Their previous dogs (between Bono and Marley) were:
Jazz - a Black and White Border Collie, adopted
Cara - a Chocolate Labrador, adopted
Some of them have crossed over with each other, some of them have succeeded their predecessor. All of them have been complete individual characters though!
If I ever have two kittens I want to name them Thing 1 and Thing 2 as I am a huge Dr Seuss fan, I think they would end up being called 1 and 2 though which is a bit 'The Prisoner' 