What did you name your tarantulas?

[IdSav]

My G. Pulchra is named Boba because it looks like a little tapioca pearl

 

[Kate24]

T. stirmi: Priscilla
C. huahini: Ziplock (there's a long story behind this)
P. regalis: Sterling
C. versicolor: Nebula
G. pulchripes: Graham
L. klugi: Verdugo
B. auratum: Xochitl
S. calceatum: Jumanji
N. coloratovillosus: Lucille
P. cambridgei: Crawlspace
C. cyanopubescens: Lazuli
T. albopilosus: Grizzly
P. murinus: Moto (means fire in Swahili)
P. auratus: Carmen
A. seemani: Dampé (Legend of Zelda character)
T. violaceus: Ichabod

I have a Carmen too!

 

[MontePython]

I don't have very many yet, but at the moment, I have:

L. parahybana (female juvie) - Medea
P. sazimai (female juvie) - Safira
H. pulchripes (unsexed sling) - Percival
T. vagans (unsexed sling) - Tlāloc

I've got a T. gigas sling arriving this week, but I want to get a feel for them before picking a name.

 

[Kichimark]

Only one of my T's has a name and that is my large 6" AF B. hamorii. Her name is Eva and was given to her a few years back by a former student who I gave the honor to name her. Since the lockdown I have acquired more T's (want to collect all the Brachypelmas) and will have my son name them.

I just had an idea (...goes to get his son).

Ok, it looks like my female B. emilia is now known as Daisy. He tends to name lots of things that so there is no meaning but that is her name now. The others (B. albiceps, B. smithi) are still slings so I will hold off on that. I will let the wife name the B. boehmei later.

 

[ErikElvis]

Haven’t even thought about naming them. Quit naming things other than dogs and cats long ago. My 3rd ferret was just called ferret.

 

[Craig73]

Haven’t even thought about naming them. Quit naming things other than dogs and cats long ago. My 3rd ferret was just called ferret.

Have some fun with it. I named two male parrots Barney & Clyde. I find humor in odd things. Some names are serious, others are play on words or characters.

 

[Lonewolf0923]

My first T
Pinktoe - Macabre

 

[MontePython]

My first T
Pinktoe - Macabre

Ohhh that's a really lovely name!

 

[Kitara]

T. albopilosus - Mocha
C. cyaneopubescens - Thunder (because he's OKC Thunder colors)
G. pulchra - Voodoo (except that he's brown, not black so may need a name change)
B. smithi - Tigger
C. versiolor - Chami (short for chameleon since she changes colors each molt)
X. immanis - Manny
C. elegans - Ellie
A. geniculata - Steve (because my daughter plays too much Minecraft)
G. pulchra - Colby
G. pulchra - Josh (because Colby and Josh wanted Ts named after them)
M. robustum - Hastur (because I let my husband name one and we already have a cat named Cthulhu)

G. actaeon - the only one without a name... TBD

 

[Lonewolf0923]

Ohhh that's a really lovely name!

Thank you Monte!

 

[rookiesanewb]

Bonbon! (Shes my only T, a t form curly hair!)

 

[KNV]

Named my G. Porteri “Silver,” because I figured rocks, minerals, and metals are pretty plentiful and I’ll have lots of names to choose from.

 

[liquidfluidity]

I haven't yet decided on most but as soon as I saw my C. lividus , I knew it was a Franco

my luck, it'll end up being a "Francine"

My N. chromatus needs a masculine name but is most likely a female...... need a "butch" female name. Maybe ILsa or a female name from their local. Maybe a strong feminine Portuguese name

I did have a T. stirmi that I called "Legs" but she was presumably wild caught and had a fatal molt..

 

[gabrielgartner]

Only a handful of mine have names

T. Stirmi = Karen (RIP)
H. Colombia large = pumpkin spice latte
B. boehmei = Nacho the 3rd
P. irminia = Huitzilopochtli
2 X H. pulchripes = Thing 1 and Thing 2
2 x Phidippus regius = Garthok and Beef Supreme

 

[Behavior Dog]

Posting on this thread at this point might be like performing CPR on an embalmed corpse, but...I only name my Ts when the sex is known or a trait, characteristic, or something else of note insists upon naming them.

G. pulchra (sling) - Beast (so named for the feeding response)
L. parahybana (sling) - Moxie (I inadvertently dropped a way-too-large prey item in with it, but it attacked regardless)
H. maculata (juvenile) - Scary (acquired just before Halloween)
H. maculata (juvenile) - Spooky (acquired just before Halloween)
The unsettling thing about these two is that they seem to do the same things, and at the same times (and yes, they're in different enclosures). They built their dens in identical locations, and their movements seem almost choreographed.
P. murinus (sub-adult) - Lilith (female)
P. metallica (adult) - Lenore (female)
B. klaasi (adult) - Classy (female)
N. tripepii (adult) - Esmerelda (female)

 

[justanotherTkeeper]

A. geniculata (male) - Pig
T. sabulosus (male) - Georgio
A. chalcodes (female) - Villainy
A. seemanni (female) - Skella
P. irminia (female) - Mag
L. parahybana (male) - Jones (named by my 5 year old)

And several unnamed slings, I'm like @Behavior Dog and I don't name my T's until I know their gender (except for Pig, named for the bottomless pit it was since forever)

 

[scooter1685]

Pseudhapalopus sp. Colombia - Oghren
Theraphosa apophysis - George

 

[Frogdaddy]

I've named a few from my recent order in October, still working on names for the rest of them. Here's what I have so far.
G. rosea - Rosie
G. pulchra - Inmate #76932
C. versicolor - Grover
H. pulchripes - Nelson (Mandela)
P. murinus - Huvi, Angolan God Of Hunting
P. murinus - Shaka Zulu
T. albopilosus - Chewbacca
T. vagans - El Chapo
N. tripepii - Gisele, as in Bündchen. Both are Giant Brazilian Blondes

 

[Craig73]

G. pulchra - Inmate #76932

411 on this please. Inquiring minds need to know.

 

[Frogdaddy]

411 on this please. Inquiring minds need to know.

I housed it in a 16oz deli cup I had lying around. It had #76932 written on the lid. So why not Inmate #76932?