Good Names for T’s?

[viper69]

Go buy a baby name book.

 

[Teal]

Well since you don't know the I. mira's sex, then there's no point in naming it yet until you know for sure.

Nonsense.

Signed,
"John" the female P. cam
& "Olivia" the MM E. olivecea (RIP)

I just do random things. People names, like Charlie. Food names, like Cheesecake (RIP). Some object, like a CPR mannequin, which lead to the name Resusci Anne. A random word that was used in what I was reading (Echo).

This is my approach to names, too. I have a T named after a huge tree in a state park I love (Boole), a T named after a stupid pun my partner made (Lava), a T named after a song (John), a T named after a misunderstanding (Coffeebac), a T named after the famous racing broom company (Nimbus)...

I do themes for sacs... so I have a bunch of slings named after islands from one sac, another sac named with numbers modified to begin with the letter "V," which is what the female who produced them's name starts with (Vour/Vive/Vix/etc.)

I like naming things.

I think the reference will be meaningful to those who are, unlike me, engaged in pop culture.

You don't have to be super engaged in pop culture to know about Darth Vader.

*has absolutely no idea what is going on*

But someone mentioned Deadwood, which is an awesome show! My Malinois is named Seth, after Bullock.

 

[Drea]

It’s hard for most to believe how little some are engaged. My initial reference was actually from the movie “Tombstone” (1993). Yep, I’m a pop-culture recluse. After the second Star Wars sequel you lose me.

I’ll be your huckleberry.

I am one of those that speaks my thoughts out loud when I am doing something spider related, aka talks to me spiders.

I come up with names as I go based on something goofy that they did or I was thinking about something else while watering and the name was perfect. If no name “hits” me, I call it exactly what it is.

M. robustum- m. Robustum.

T. Stirmi male - Davy- was thinking about king David from the Bible and how the first son that died as punishment.

C. Marshalli- Evil Little B- rehousing and she killed my paint brush and then wanted to attack me for about 3 weeks for just walking by.


Just for a quick example. Most of my T’s are named with story’s on how that name came to be.

 

[FrDoc]

I’ll be your huckleberry.

Given your avatar (of which I have been meaning to laud you), I was not surprised to read this.

 

[Drea]

Given your avatar (of which I have been meaning to laud you), I was not surprised to this.

Tikka T3 in a .308.

I am rehousing my S. Calceatum that didn’t have a name. It will now be called Tikka because it is fast like a bullet and it would probably feel like I got shot if it ever bit me.

@sloth this is how I come up with names. Random activities through out my day and suddenly, a name is apparent. I know you will come up with something good.

 

[Johjie]

After a while I just started calling mine by the expletives they make me use when they are misbehaving.

 

[Drea]

After a while I just started calling mine by the expletives they make me use when they are misbehaving.

Haha I have few who’s name can not be posted here for that same reason. Haha

 

[FrDoc]

Tikka T3 in a .308.

I am rehousing my S. Calceatum that didn’t have a name. It will now be called Tikka because it is fast like a bullet and it would probably feel like I got shot if it ever bit me.

@sloth this is how I come up with names. Random activities through out my day and suddenly, a name is apparent. I know you will come up with something good.

Ah, spiders and rifles! I greatly appreciate those here who can appreciate eclectic references such as, .308 is to .22/250 what Poecilotheria is to Stromatopelma.

 

[CommanderBacon]

I feel like naming things is very personal. I tend to name mine title + food item, which results in being gender neutral, unless I know they're female, and then I will sometimes name them after a female historical figure.

People usually get upset when I offer names anyway, so maybe you can think of a nice theme that you'd like to stick with or something that you love that will provide you with enough names, like Transformers

 

[asunshinefix]

I like old lady names. Some of my spiders are named Eugenia, Cordelia, Tallulah, Ruby, Opal... I figure if they turn out male they can just have a very pretty name.

 

[50centipede]

Trump

 

[Rhino1]

I hate naming stuff but my daughter's are all for it, they named my P.Hirsutus "fluffy" they have named my 4wd's, the wife's car, the chickens, the cows etc etc, it's like living in a cuckoo clock where every inanimate object has a name, I have no idea what they're talking about half the time.
In saying that I must admit that I am very partial to ppl names for things like T's, it's easier to get ppl to relate and like a tarantula named Kate or Stephanie or Kevin or James.
If you have two that look very similar you could always call them Pete and Repeat.
If you don't want peeps to like your Ts then there's meathead names like killer or Trump.
Good luck with it all, google pet names or baby names.

 

[Urzeitmensch]

I name them after ships. Playing World of Warships you got plenty to choose feom from the game alone, even more from history.
English, German, French, Japanese ... Take yout favorite Navy or Language.

My female B. Harmori is named Shima (short for Shimakaze). Other names would be Kii, Prinz Eugen, Furious or Dreadnought.

Just don't rely on US ships it's all States and Cities

 

[Oompoofishy]

I hate naming stuff but my daughter's are all for it, they named my P.Hirsutus "fluffy" they have named my 4wd's, the wife's car, the chickens, the cows etc etc, it's like living in a cuckoo clock where every inanimate object has a name, I have no idea what they're talking about half the time.
In saying that I must admit that I am very partial to ppl names for things like T's, it's easier to get ppl to relate and like a tarantula named Kate or Stephanie or Kevin or James.
If you have two that look very similar you could always call them Pete and Repeat.
If you don't want peeps to like your Ts then there's meathead names like killer or Trump.
Good luck with it all, google pet names or baby names.

Pete and Repeat, I'm dying of laughter

 

[Vanisher]

Well, if you have an tarantula thst moults often you can just name it Tarantula, but write it upside down!

 

[Mydknight]

My wife demanded that the only condition to me getting T's was that one of them be named Arigog. (She's a huuuge Potter fan.) The other T, I named Saenathra. (I'm a bit of a Tolkien buff).

We just assumed one is male and the other is female. We'll probably be sorely disappointed.

 

[KNV]

I've been naming my Ts after rocks, minerals, and gems, either native to the Ts' geographical area or a close description of what they look like. My A. Chalcodes is named Garnet, my Bumba Cabocla is named Rose Quartz, and my G. Porteri is named Silver. Not only does this make me research the native habitat of my Ts more, it also lets me look at rocks to see if the name fits.

 

[Vanessa]

I have themes based upon characteristics or genera. All my arboreals are named after trees/foliage (Aspen, Juniper, Willow), some genera are all place names (Berlin, Geneva, Jordan), sexed males and females are classical names (Josephine, Theodore, Audrey), some are named after historic Romans (Portia, Brutus, Marcus Aurelius).

 

[Rigor Mortis]

All of mine are John Entwistle references, but they also happen to be mundane soft names. I've said it before but it seems to calm the arachnophobe down when I tell them that my big hairy tarantula is named Kate, Katherine if you want to be formal. What are you gonna be more afraid of, the tarantula named Bone Crusher or the tarantula named Doris?

 

[Jurdon]

ask a friend to help name them! some of my best names are not my own. i named my new polymorpha Dirtbike, for some teason, but that’s subject to change.