I’m watching the puppy bowl and 2/3rds of the pups are named after celebrities or food.
Keep in mind, that is in no way representative of actual pet names. Very likely not even those specific pets actual names…
The names were likely chosen by marketing folks.
I didn’t know it was a trend, we have a Pickles and a Tofu, both cats. Here is one of our not food named animals, Bella.
I had a pig named Porkchop.
She had great taste.
nobody else in this thread are giving pet photos >:(
This little shit sleeps so comfy meanwhile everyone in my toxic household is yelling and throwing insults at each other all the time.
Such a cute little shit, I wanna become a cat.
Just wanna end my life and reincarnate as a cat.
OUR KITTIES COULD BE SISTERS! :-)
I never had a food-named pet until recently. My latest cat is named Triscuit.
It’s better than naming them people names. The dogs on my block are Kevin, Tony, Doug and Jeff.
Nah, real names are the best names for pets. Makes them more part of the family.
Hard disagree. I just can’t imagine meeting a person with the same name as my dog. Would I tell the person?
“Mike? Oh, that’s my dog’s name!” just seems kinda rude.
I’ve had dogs named Scott and Amy and, anecdotally, no one ever took offense to their names. Hardly seems rude at all?
Not at all rude, imho, maybe the culture is different where you are from?
I value animals very highly, so why should they get named after food, that seems rude.
Bruce was the best boy I ever had.
To be fair, food is their #1 priority for most of their life. Also, Potato is a great name for a dog (especially a rotund one).
I’m getting a puppy this week. The proposed name is cookie. What to do?
Maybe cookie in a different language? My late doggo was named Ringo, which is apple in Japanese, but dad named him like that, because he was spinning around - riņķot, to spin, riņķoja, spun around - just altered to a usable name.
Haha, cookie is already American English and we’re Australian and Irish. Maybe that’s enough. Or we should go the other way and call her biscuit or tim tam.
My grandmother had a dog called toffee as a child, so I like that. My parents in law had 2 jack Russel’s called rom and Jerry. So a cartoon character is an option too.
Hide in plain sight. Cookie becomes Stroopwafel.
Name them cookie! Unless you don’t want to.
Haha, I don’t. But my kids kind of do. I doubt they are being influenced by any trends as they wouldn’t be familiar. Luckily cookie is the second choice. First choice was buttcrack, which has been nixed.
Buttcrack is a fantastic name.
One of my cats is Sphincter.
SatansMaggotyCumFart, that’s a nice thing to say. However, I think we have differing views on nice names to choose.
I just don’t think I want to call out “here buttcrack, here girl. That’s right, do a poo buttcrack” at the dog park. Maybe it’s different with cats as you don’t tend to speak to them in the same way due to their underlying contempt.
Perhaps Daug (pronounced dog)
My chicken, Sesame, would like a word with you.
If I had chickens, one would need to be named Butter and another would be Masala.
People do this with guinea pigs because it’s cute, but I find it offensive.
I’m kidding really, but it strikes me as rude to name a pet which just about everything eats after food.
Our pigs are Daisy
and Rose
In the shelter, they were called Butterscotch and Candy Corn.
oh my god, she’s so fluffy I’m gonna die
Idk. I personally started doing it back in middle school around the 2000s as a joke, but I kept the tread going as a way to remember my pets that have passed.
Mine was named “Georgia”
I renamed her to “Sunshine” officially in the microchip registry
But everyone in my house just call her 貓貓 (maau maau)
Georgia 貓貓 Sunshine
A long but pretty name
It’s been around for quite a while. Just a generic cutesy thing, I guess.
I couldn’t tell you how many "Waffles"es I’ve met or known of. Pancake is another popular one. I’ve known a Cornbread, a Brisket, a Tater, a Porkchop, two Tacos (both fat orange cats)…
A more recent trend seems to be naming pets after Japanese foods. Mochi, Miso, Udon, Soba… Or maybe it’s more of an East Asian food thing because I’ve also known a Wonton, Sesame, Bamboo, Noodle(s). Gohan (Japanese again and may or may not be a food reference).
I think it’s an easy naming scheme when you have a litter of puppies to try and adopt out.
Sorry… The puppy bowl?
it’s a play on the super bowl (American football championship). it airs every year right before the super bowl. animal shelters send a bunch of puppies to play on a mat with toys. the hosts act act like it’s a sports game, and the shelters get some free advertisement.
