Pet names!

[AbraCadaver]

Well, many of us has pet names for our little fuzzies - and I was wondering.. Where do you get your tarantula names from?

Apart from Dumpling, my T's have names from the Harry Potter books

Dumpling is named Dumpling merely because that's what the first spider I ever caught was named. The rest are as follows:

P.Ornata - Fenrir; after Fenrir Greyback, because of, well, it's grey back.
A.Huriana - Ginny; after Ginny Weasley, because she's sorta ginger, stubborn and gorgeous.
A. sp. Amazonas Purple - Lockhart; after Gilderoy Lockhart, because his favorite color is lilac, and the spideys purple.
Avicularia Species - Severus Snape - because I have no idea what kinda species it is, and Snape is sort of mysterious through the books, and we don't fin dout about the true Snape untill the very end

 

[Ryujia]

-G.rosea : Belle from Beauty and the Beast. If I was sure it was male, I'd have named it Beast, even if it was calm.
-B.albopilosum: Moe, since the common name, Curly Hair, made me think of the 3 Stooges, and I love the name Moe.
-Haplopelma sp: Loki; If I remember correctly, Loki was a mischievous trouble maker from ancient mythology. It's my first OW T, and was quite a handful and frightened me!
-A.chalcodes: Hazel because of the overall brown coloration.
-N.chromatus: Chalk, due to the fact the carapace looks like it's covered in chalky powder lol
-G.pulchra: Initially named Anita, I removed it because it wasn't sitting well with me. I wanna name one Pandora now, and may name the other Pele/Kali, after goddesses that refer to night, sleep, and time.
-B.smithi: Flicker; Red orange knees made me think of a candle light.
-B.vagans: Comet for the red abdomen.

I still have 5 more Ts that need names, and 3 more on the way next week that I have to name. Sad to say I like to pick names that mean something to me, not just random things thrown out there. I guess I "overname" my Ts, but it's more fun that way.

 

[gromgrom]

avic avic - boots, my girlfriend named her
LP - megatron, temporary
OBT - cuddles
suntiger - mitsubishi

 

[ArachnidSentinl]

G. pulchripes => Ixchel, after the Mesoamerican goddess.

P. murinus = > Lilitu, after the Mesopotamian demon.

I try to give all my critters fitting, quasi-esoteric mythological names

 

[Scoolman]

4 G pulchra: females are Shadow, and Eclipse; males are Phantom, and Midnight -- I think they are self explanatory.
I have three more G pulchra, as of yet unsexed, and thus are numbered 005, 006, 007 until I get genders or personalities that shine through.
I also have two GBB, same situation as above.
I usually try to find an adjective that fits the critter and then look it up in a translator to find the word in another language. For instance my cat is Tikus, Indonesian for mouse.

 

[BrettG]

Rufus,the rufilata,and Boris and Natasha,the Avic's......Not really into naming things.The wifes frogs have names after Simpsons characters.......

 

[Stopdroproll]

Named after the nicknames of MMA fighters I like depending on their personality and looks.

B. smithi: "The Spider" - Anderson Silva
C. cyaneopubescens: "Shogun" - Mauricio Rua
P. irminia: "Rush" - Georges St-Pierre
A. brocklehusti: "Bones" - Jon Jones
G. pulchripes: "Cigano" - Junior dos Santos
C. darlingi: "Minotauro" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

 

[Armoworrior]

I just have one t a grammostala rosea. I named her Fizz because she kind of jumped her legs around like she had soda bubbles on her legs. kind of funny looking for a T to do this but she does it when here legs get water on them from her dish

 

[kripp_keeper]

G. rosea- Artemis- Greek goddess
P.imperator- Anubis- Egyptian god
D. diadema- Freya- Norse goddess
Rhacodactylus ciliatus- Skitz- He is just crazy.

 

[Tattoocaz]

3x G rosea slings are Uno, Dos, and Tre
B vagans sling is Munch as he's always hungry
B albopilosum is Maya
A purpurea sling is Smurf
N chromutus sling hasn't got a name yet
and my breeding pair of G sp concepcion are Madonna and Chavo

Just got a A versi which will be Mavis if female and a B smithi which I'm thinking of Kane after the wrestler.

 

[TheTsupreme]

My T's are named after star wars characters.

 

[Shebarn]

A.avic named Hotlegs
G.rosea named Leggo
G.rosea named V-8
B.smithi named Boo
a tiny, tiny sling named Adam Ant
and some that don't have names yet.

 

[Falk]

I dont use names, only their scientific name.

 

[ZergFront]

I want to name a T I get Aragog after Hagrid's spider someday.
Already have a name picked out for my first baboon, "Claudandus" after the evil cat in Felidae.

On to the ones I actually have.

The 5 P.irminia - Precious (smallest of the siblings), Nike (the stripes), Pita (can't repeat full name), Speedy and Chevy.

1.0.0 P.cambridgei juvie male "Fang"

0.0.3 P.reduncus, 0.0.2 L.violaceopes & 0.0.2 P.regalis - still figuring out some names.

0.0.2 Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens "Antioco" (Stubborn, resistant) & "Rainbow."

0.0.1 Acanthoscurria brocklehursti - "Flicker"

 

[tiger cowboy]

Only one is named. The OBT came out of the vial in a threat pose, earning it the name "Happy"

 

[pwilson5]

Versicolor- Tequila, or "Teq" for short... because hes blue like the "blue agave" tequila
Parahybana- Dozer... he is constantly pushing the substrate around his container.. making piles of it... he even covered he ouside of his hide with a layer of it

 

[Dawson53]

i have C.fimbriatus named spaz, obts bebob and rocksteady,Ccrawshayi King Koopa, LP eeyor, H.maculata tweak, p.irminia Ursula, C.fasciatum tigger, and avic "isla margarita" camila.

 

[Sadistic Haplo]

A few of mine are named after gods and goddesses in Roman and Hindu mythology and some have been chosen by friends and family.

A.avic - Usha (pronounced You-sha)
P.regalis - Peter Regalis LOL
P.murinus - Russel
G.pulchripes - Gia
B.vagans - bob
P.irminia #1 - Venus
P.irminia #2 -Bellona (roman goddess of war)

 

[splangy]

G. pulchripes => Ixchel, after the Mesoamerican goddess.

P. murinus = > Lilitu, after the Mesopotamian demon.

I try to give all my critters fitting, quasi-esoteric mythological names

High Five!! i going with chibcha gods and goddesses. ancient mesoamerican people. The people that the el dorado legend came from. I also used to have a black widow named Lilith with the same origin as lilitu.

P. murinus -- Xue (god of the sun)
H. lividum -- Huitaca (wild, crazy drunk goddess)
G. rosea -- Pacha (earth goddess, pachamamma is mother earth)

I've already got like 6 more names all lined up for the next 6 Ts on my wish list.

 

[jbm150]

Named after the nicknames of MMA fighters I like depending on their personality and looks.

B. smithi: "The Spider" - Anderson Silva
C. cyaneopubescens: "Shogun" - Mauricio Rua
P. irminia: "Rush" - Georges St-Pierre
A. brocklehusti: "Bones" - Jon Jones
G. pulchripes: "Cigano" - Junior dos Santos
C. darlingi: "Minotauro" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Nice


Its tough for me to name things but here are my T names:

A. avicularia - Fuzzy (first T a loooong time ago)
G. rosea - Quincy (second T a looong time ago)

H. maculata - Pandora (don't know why I settled on it but miss the girl)

P. regalis - Aryana (female Indian name for royalty)
L. parahybana - LP
GBB - Gabriella (Gabby, get it)
A. chalcodes - Cody
A. sp. New River - River
G. pulchras - Motley (he's always a mess) and Velvet
P. sp. Aussie goliath - Lykos (looks like a big wolf spider to me - Greek for wolf)
P. crassipes - unnamed....
OBT - Nacho (he looks like he was rolling around in a bag of nacho Doritos :})
P. cambridgei - Denali (don't know why)
A. sp. Mozambique - Antsy (cuz he's flighty as hell)

Yeah, some of my names aren't very original and named after their...names