Ohhhh!!! I love coming up with names and hearing other's name stories!
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Tenchi got his name from an Japanese Anime-Tenchi Muyo. Tenchi means Heaven & Earth in Japanese. Before I got him I had a huge list of German words and names to pick from. However when he got to my house with his sisters, I noticed he had a big "T" on his bottom. Well, just had to have a name that started with a "T" since he was already monogrammed , and none of the German names did... So I named him Tenchi and then his sisters-Washu & Ryoko after other characters in the show who's personalities perfectly fit the girls.
) Marc was kind enough to keep their names after I was done fostering them.
Faust was named after Goethe's Faust. Jay picked it out but I had to approve it. lol
Mojo was NOT named for the PowerPuff girls OR Austin Powers...
After all, he'll be 9 this year. He was named after a voodoo goodluck charm that everyone in our Vampire Tour was given by the Chicken Man in New Orleans(flashback to my goth years...). Supposedly you get a wish if you throw it in water. I figure its a perfect name for a dog, everytime he gets a bath, I get a wish!
Zeo has a name that was made up. She's a blue merle bi and as a puppy had a very distinct black mask and eyeliner. So I combined the names Zorro and Cleopatra and got Zeo. lol
Kida came to us with the name Princess. No offence, but anyone who knows me understands that just doesn't fit. Tori wanted to keep her name Princess so we compromised. I named her AFTER the princess Kida in the disney movie Atlantis. I figured the princess had white hair and blue eyes, and so did she . ;o)
Gyrl was a deaf stray that wandered into our house last November. Spencer kept calling her Ol'dog since she's like 12+ years. Finally we just dubbed her Ol'Gyrl but lately its been shortened to plain Gyrl.
Torch is Spencer's tortishell guinea pig with a orange flame on his nose. I wanted to call him Flame, but the kids didn't like it so we settled on Torch. ;o)
Rainbow bridge babies-
Tika was named after a strong, selfconfident and powerful woman character in the Dragonlance series. As a puppy, Tika was abused and neglected and had a pretty rough beginning. So she really needed a strong name to help her overcome it.
Zephyr was named after the god of the west wind because he relied on his sense of smell since he was deaf and blind. I just about had a breakdown when right after he left us, the Red Hot Chili Peppers put out "the Zephyr Song". Tori and I still cry everytime it comes on, the lyrics are just so fitting!
Mekare and
Maharet were black cat twins, 1/2 siamese. They were named after the vampire twins in the Anne Rice series. Mekare has passed away, but my Mom still has Retti, except she renamed her "Beebies"!
Can you believe it?
Deiti was a calico(mostly torti) kitten that my MIL's coworker found in her driveway in the middle of a blizzard. She was all of 3 days old, if that. I ended up raising her and we discovered that she had attitude early on. She thought she was a goddess, so Deiti it was! lol She is with my Mom also and was redubbed "Deedi" on her arrival.
There's my list, sorry for rambling.
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