How do you name your animals?

[Charis]

Ours are predominately named in themes, book series, tv shows, etc. Others just randomly came and fit, so stuck to them. Usually try to do pair names for the male/female pairs we get but that doesn't always happen.

Tricolor Hognose, L. pulcher
Niska and Saffron - Firefly tv show

Western Hognose
Kittaning and Atticus - W. S. book series

Green Tree python
Iroh - Avatar the Last Airbender tv show

Albino Checkered garter snake
Viserion - Game of Thrones dragon

Honduran Milksnake
Smaug - Lord of the Rings dragon

Trans Pecos Ratsnakes
Orlando and Echo - Louis L'Amour Sackett books

Amazon Tree boas
Zuko and Mai - ATLA

Cape African House snake
Ukiah and Indigo - W. S. book series

Brazilian Rainbow boas
Wash, Zoe and Kaylee - Firefly

Mandarin Ratsnakes
Malcolm and Inara - Firefly

Thai Bamboo Ratsnake, O. p. coxi
Serenity and River - Firefly
Atari - Random name

Broad Banded Mountain Ratsnake, O. p. laticinctus
Jayne and Vera - Firefly

Yunnan Mountain Ratsnake, O. p. pulchra
Sokka and Suki - ATLA

Chinese Bamboo Ratsnake, O. p. vaillanti
Zarantha and Rathan - David Weber War God book series

Green Bush Ratsnake, E. prasina
Roku, Toph and Azula - ATLA

Ghost San Felipe Rosy boa
Monty and Bridget - Firefly

Mexican Rosy boa
Sebastian - Random book
Emma - Just came to me and seemed to fit.

Corn Snakes - Various morphs
Vash - Combination of 2 random books, one a minor dragon, the other a spy.
Stormy - Came to me and fit her.
Max - W. S. book series.
Fiona - Burn Notice tv series
Rhiannon - Named by previous owner
Persephone - Firefly
Badger - Firefly
Hadrian - Riyria Revelations book series
Arista - Riyria Revelations book series
Viper and Vixen - Breeder sent me a video of them, where they were not cooperative. Names popped into my head and just fit them!

Crested geckos
Phoenix, Sierra and Cairo - Semi random, place name theme.

Gargoyle geckos
Glitch, Gauge, Gadget, and Gizmo - Gizmo was first, took forever to name, finally just popped into my head. It suggested all the others though.

Three Toed/Eastern Box turtles
Dag and Pel - Mix of two book series by same author. Vorkosigan Saga and Sharing Knife
Nysa and Scarlett - Riyria Chronicles book series

DSH cats
Ivan and Gregor - Vorkosigan Saga
Katara - ATLA

Chihuahuas
Isabella - my father named her.
Ty Lee - ATLA

[mysticmoon]

I have four snakes, two of which have generic names.
Max is my Sinaloan Milk Snake, which was his name before I got him and it suited him so I kept it.
Bob is my littlest Rosy Boa (actually my boyfriends, but I care for him) he was named by my boyfriend who also isn't so good at naming things, lol!
My other two snakes are Rosy Boas: Pyro and Athena, Pyro is my first snake ever. I wanted his name to be cool and he had tints of red and orange so I named him after "fire", pyro is from Greek Origin, as is Athena who is the goddess of wisdom