Tortoise Names- what did everyone name their tort?
 

I am hoping to get a baby spur thigh tortoise, and have begun trying to think of names! I want a name where I wont have to change it when I figure out which sex it is! So I was thinking something that is not usually a name, like named after a food or brand or something, or maybe a unisex name like George (My boyf's fave!)

Can anyone suggest any good names or give examples of the names of your tortoises? I think it would be beneficial to anyone who's about to get or just got a new tort! And very interesting to learn what all the torts around here are called!! lol Pic's welcome too!

Thank you!

~Tink~

Hi Tink

I always name my pets if I get more then one of the same breed in a theme..

My torts are called Don't Know and Don't Care (we gave Don't Know his/her name because every time my husband said what are you going to call it I kept saying 'Don't Know' and so he/she was named, Don't Care Follows with the theme)
My cats are called Liquor and Spirit (Alcohol and they are the same breed as the bacardi cat adverts)
and my new additions my hamsters Jonny and Redrum (from the shinning)

I have done this themed naming since I was a child (I'm now 25) still haven't grown up lol

Becks x

Love it! Don't know and Don't care are amazing names!! And the rest are really cute!

~Tink~

i have 6 red
slippy he like to bite slippers, scutes she has extra scutes, geezer cuz hes the man :lol:
chester where he was born , tivi where i picked um up from ,and devon where they went b4 reaching me..
then there is my to horsfields
dmitri meaning lover of the earth in russian and luba meaning love in russian names and after all there russian torts :D
i luv nameing animals :D

Mine are :

Jez - named because when myself and Steve (Converted) met in 1996 we both had a common friend... Jeremy who used to make us both laugh so much so it seemed a nice thing to name my first tort after him.

Ringo - because our favorite band is The Beatles... hence Ringo Starr

Penny - my favorite song is Penny Lane

originaly we were gettg 3 reds my daghter who is a great country ad western fa amed them

blue as in blue grass music
cash as in ohny caskh
dolly as in dolly parton

so when we got the 4th i got to name him

i chose alex

torts are then a b c d
alex can be male and female and its my hubbies dads name

I've got 3 Hermann's, all too young to be sexed and I've given them all unisex names:

-Hokewingla (Hokie), a tortoise spirit living on the moon in the Dakota mythology;
-Akupara, a tortoise who carries the world on his back and upholds the earth and the sea in Hindu mythology; and
-Bixi, the first son of the Dragon in Chinese mythology, which looks like a giant tortoise and is good at carrying weight.

I've always had the feeling that as such an old order, chelonians know more about the world and are wise and spiritual creatures. That may sound stupid I know, but that's why I chose names from world mythologies.

Desdemona :twisted:

I have two hermanns named Fred and Barney by my 3yr old son - the next two I'm getting will be about 6 months old and will be named Bill & Ted..........

until there all big enough to be sexed that is

These are mine

Alice, Harry, Barney, Lola, Totty, Boris, Alfie, Cornflake & Padington

Rgds
Darren

Re: Tortoise Names- what did everyone name their tort?
 

Mine are<g> (some named before they came to me, some I named)

Tank
Timmy
Pebble
Bluebell
Clover
Jasmine
Bill
Danny
Toby
Alfie
George
Poppy
Sadie
Pumpkin
Muffin
Lizzie
Soda
Pepsi
Piglet
Tigger
Mango
Chutney