Naming an animal is incredibly hard. When we got our first dog in 1990, a pedigree golden retriever who would later turn out to be the most allergic animal in Britain, we had to name her something beginning with an F, as though she were a newly-minted Volkswagen instead of a fluffy little ball of carsickness.
I chose Flora. My younger brother chose Frank Bruno. Sadly for Flora, I won.
Last week I named my future cat Colonel Aurelio Buendia on the basis that I can call it Cab for short, and Ted Bundy when it behaves like an utter bastard. I am terrible at naming animals. Sometimes, simple is best. Like Steve. Or this lot.
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I just met a terrier called Philip. Philip is a MARVELLOUS name for a dog.0
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@katbrown82 I viewed a flat last night and the flat have a cat called Bertie. So exciting!0
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@katbrown82 I know! Also his former owner raised him on worthers originals and Ribena and he can’t mew properly. It’s love.0
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@katbrown82 we had a cat called Clive in the other day with a big pink heart name tag on his collar0
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@katbrown82 our builders dog is called Alan – I love it (name!)0
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@goodallsix @katbrown82 a friend of mine once encountered a tiny kitten called Alan.0
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@goodallsix @katbrown82 It’s also a long-term ambition of mine to name a pet “Carol”.0
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@katbrown82 My friend had an African bullfrog called John.0
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@katbrown82 met a kitten called Jeff once.0
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@JessyCritical My colleague has a cat called Jeff. A favourite game is creating new Jeffnames. Jeff by chocolate is a fave.0
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@katbrown82 a friends cat is called Ian. Magnificently anthropomorphic.0
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@katbrown82 Someone I know has a cat called Steve, and my other friends’ recently deceased dog was called Liam.0
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@katbrown82 Please allow me to introduce you to Rodney. http://pic.twitter.com/5mWmAhKu0
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@katbrown82 my friend has cats called Terry and Roy0
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@katbrown82 I have a signed statement from my boyfriend that we can have a mini schnauzer called Gordon0
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@katbrown82 My cat is called Omar. We call “Omar comin’” as he prowls the hood (aka suburbia)0
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@katbrown82 my friend Liza has two cats called Winnie and Gregory.0
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@katbrown82 My first cat – c1984 – was a russian blue called Boris. My father named him after Karloff. Ridiculous name.0
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@katbrown82 tried to convince my sister to name her dog Bruce, then at night dress him up as batman so that he can fight crime…0
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@katbrown82 when I was at uni we had a hamster called Colin who unfortunately died by falling out of a window0
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@katbrown82 my friend Charlotte has a cat called Alan and once dressed him up as a wasp.0
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@katbrown82 My cat was called Pete. My mum had vetoed Marvin so we went with Pete.0
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@katbrown82 A friend of mine has a spaniel called Dexter. Don’t think they’ve seen the TV show.0
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@katbrown82 Our two dogs are Chloe and Faye! Two Old English Sheepdog sisters named after two English sisters we knew as kids.0
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@FitzBowden @katbrown82 Our dog is called Omar, & we quite often say “Omar’s comin” too, to…sheep, rabbits, and the like, when out & about0
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@katbrown82 Our family Yorkie was named Leonard (by me). My brother disapproved, and on walkies would only refer to the poor dog as “John”.0
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@thenozzdogg @katbrown82 My family cat is called Dexter. However, what makes it remarkable is that Dexter is female.0
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@katbrown82 My cat is called Trevor. He has personality issues.0
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@CorrinneBurns @katbrown82 my family dog was named Humphrey by me at 7, this was better than the cat we inherited who had been named Satan.0
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@katbrown82 OK: 2 cats. Darcy, as he looks v dapper like Mr Darcy, & George, who was supposed to be his sister Georgiana but fooled 2 vets.0
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@katbrown82 my old football manager couldn’t afford a dog. He bought a cat and called it Fido.0
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@katbrown82 I once knew a big fat tabby cat who went by the name of Bognor Regis. I’m stealing her to put in a book one day.0
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@CorrinneBurns @katbrown82 I once worked with a guy who had two cats “Bathroom” and “Binoculars.” True story.0
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@katbrown82 I had a hamster called Veronica. And I know a cat called Dean. They wouldn’t have got on, sadly.0
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@katbrown82 hairdresser has kitten called One, as people kept asking him if he would get a pair of kittens and he said “No, One’s enough”0
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“@TweeterofWit: “@Mr_Fitzgerald: @katbrown82 a friends cat is called Ian. Magnificently anthropomorphic.”Next door’s dog was Neil…
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@katbrown82 my parents have two insane burmeses called Bertie and Lily. Aptly middle-class north London cat names.0
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@jenbradly @katbrown82 I think Carol would need to be a cat! My springer’s name is Otis as I wanted to call fourth child but husband said no0
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@katbrown82 A friend of ours has a Maine Coon called Sir Anthony Flopkins. Everyone calls him Tony for short.0
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@katbrown82 you’ve namechecked Colin the cat, I trust? http://twitpic.com/amkkpj0
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@katbrown82 I saw a man shouting after a dog called Atticus in Stoke Newington.0
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@katbrown82 our dogs are called Bernard and Mr Chips. Bernard is a girl.0
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@katbrown82 I have a hamster called Claude. He isn’t French.0
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@katbrown82 meet Dean http://lockerz.com/s/2373055830
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@katbrown82 and Dean’s best feature http://lockerz.com/s/2373056870
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@Brandux @katbrown82 Ha! What kind of woofer is he? Our other cat is called Moomintroll. I get funny looks when I call for her0
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@FitzBowden @katbrown82 Here he is, gazing at his favourite shop!
http://pic.twitter.com/abOkfnBa0
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@katbrown82 oh how i wish my childhood dog Edna was alive today to meet all these suitably named animal friends.0
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@katbrown82 (except clearly not in zombie form. that would just be wrong.)0
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@katbrown82 We still doing this? Meet Ralph, 8, chilling in his cool spot after a life-saving op last week
http://twitpic.com/aml5090
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@katbrown82 My sister had a goldfish called Sarah. At the time it was also her lifetime ambition to become a white rabbit called Sarah.0
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My pets names: 3 dogs, 2 cats Josie (Mama’s baby), Bridget, Tricia (Twitta), Nimrod – never ever answered to it, so goes by Kiddy – - a cat, can’t you guess. And my other cat, Howard (Abba).
Howard the cat is wonderful.
Wowzers. And there’s me with a horse called Nigel. I am almost ashamed at the mundanity (is that a word??)
I rode a horse called Tim on Sunday. Fine name work on all fronts!
Tim? TIM?? That rocks. I have known equine Steves and Brians but have never met a Tim. Although we have a boy-horse on our yard called Shirley. He is confused.
This is Tim.
I cannot quite believe there is a Shirley. Ditto Steves and Brians.