S/O...How did you come up with your pet(s) name(s)?

Our first dog was named by the shelter and we just kept it.

Our current dog we knew we were adopting but he didn't have a name. We literally read through lists of pet name ideas (like a baby name book) until we came upon one that seemed to fit.

my daughter unoriginally named her fish Gilly. Unorigional but it works. She may have been inspired by one of the actresses on Victorious, but I can't confirm that.

I was determined our next cats would be called Trevor and Dave but when two ginger, spitting, hissing bundles of feral fur arrived in a carrier they just didn't look like Trevor and Dave so after much deliberation they became Archie and Alfie. Alfie sadly was run over outside the house when he was about six months old. Kittens had been born to a friends cat and, unknown to me, DH arranged for them to bring a kitten with them when they came to spend a week with us. Gerald had been named by our friend's children but I didn't like the name and was pretty sure he was a she. We had just had our Ruby wedding so I changed Gerald to Ruby. I was wrong about the sex although the vet said it was difficult to tell with him. So the cats are Archie Barchie or just Arch and Ruby Dooby Dooby or Roo/Little Roo.

Jasper is the sixth GSD we have had and I just liked the name. DH agreed to it as he is really his boy (but he's my baby). His kennel name is Jack Be Quick.

our shih tzu is named Riley because of no certain reason other than after about a week of figuring out a name we all liked Riley and it stuck.

Our outside, dropped off on us dog, is Rosie because when she first showed up she had rolled in something,most likely something dead and she STANK to high heavens.. needless to say she did NOT smell like roses, so she became Rosie.

Then I went to the vet to get flea meds for the 2 dogs and the vet tech lady at the desk,after talking and my refusing and saying no, plopped a tiny little kitten in my arms..sigh... she knew if I held it Id take it home with me.. so then we became sudden owners of a little bitty kitty that looks like a blue point siamese in coloring-but her litter mates were all solid gray.. Getting stuck on a "R" name wasnt really planned, we had Riley and Rosie by that point but they were both dogs, the cat could have had a different letter.. but. after a few days she became Ripley. so we have Riley, Rosie and Ripley..

The dropped off shiney black, green eyed cat that also was dumped on us(we live on a dairy farm, so it happens a lot) we broke the "R" trend and named her Toothless.. yep she has teeth, just like Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon...

and most recently, about 2 weeks ago I found 2 puppies in the ditch up the road. yep more drop offs. We have rehomed one of them already, and the other one that is still here is tentatively spoken for(with someone else in line), the 1st family in line is going out of country to a wedding in early June and has asked if we'd hang on to him til after that--then they'll fully decide.. but he so far has no name from us they like the name Mace,which I dont care for,but if they give him a home Mace it is if thats what they stick with.

We have sister cats named Parker and Posey, named after the actress, Parker Posey.

Turriff is the name of a town in the northeast of Scotland. My in-laws live in a town called Buckie, but even though I quite like that name, there is no way I could have called a dog that. This area of Scotland is known as the Bucky Belt, after a cheap, strong tonic wine called Buckfast that is very popular. If I went to the local park and shouted "Buckie!", I would be accosted by young... people, thinking I was selling it!

So we got out an atlas and went around all the towns near Buckie. We liked Macduff, and also Cullen, but Turriff sounded tough, rough and gruff!   Of course, he's turned out to be none of those things. His nickname is Tufty.

My SIL found my precious dog walking down a busy street. He could tell by her appearance that she had been neglected or on her own for quite a while.
r]He and my gc named her Sandy because she looked like Sandy the animal from Texas on SpongeBob. Even though they only had her for a day until I came to check her out ; i kept her name Sandy.

She is in my avatar.

Our first cat was K.C. Lee Christopher. DH friend found a litter of kittens abandoned in the desert. DH(then DBF) gave him to me for Valentine's Day. His name was mine & DH first initials, and our middle names (we were 17, what can I say).

Our first two dogs were Maxwell Edison and Sadie Renee', after Beatles songs. Renee' was just a name we liked with Sadie. Both were Chow/ Australian Shepherd mixes.

Next dog is Karrigan Leigh (Leigh after K.C. Lee). She was a 3 month old stray Akita mix, that showed up at our front door, and no one ever claimed. We were watching Sex and the City when she strolled in, so we named her after Carrie Bradshaw. DH liked it spelled with a K instead of a C. She's is still with us 12 years later.

Then there was our cat Mickey Winter. He was a black rescue cat with white front paws. DD was 3, and we had just got back from her first trip to Disneyland. She said he looked like Mickey Mouse. It snowed (in Vegas) the night he came home, so Mickey Winter it was.

This one huts my heart, because he went to The Rainbow Bridge just after midnight Mother's Day morning, and we miss him so much. Especially our Karrigan. Oliver Zeppelin was our rescue Husky/Irish Wolfhound mix, that thought he was a lap dog. His tongue was as long as my arm, and he didn't hesitate to use it. Oliver means affectionate. He was our gentle giant. DH is a huge Led Zeppelin fan, so he decided on his middle name. We usually called him Big Guy or Prince Ollie.

I'll spare you from all the past guinea pigs we have owned and fostered. Out current 3 are Disney Princesses. Our brown and black pig is Tianna Rose. Rose for the actress that provided the characters voice in the movie. Our two ginger pigs are Ariel Reece and Merida Harper. Reece and Harper are unused baby names I liked for DD. For non Disney fans, Tianna is the first black Disney princess, and Ariel and Merida are the two red headed Disney princesses.

Last, but not least, is our Queen, London Destiny. When Mickey died, I told my kids we couldn't get another cat, because of the guinea pigs. Our habitat looks similar to a large 1960's wooden playpen. It's metal, and the bars are closer together, but you get the idea. I didn't think I could trust a cat not to jump in. I stopped at a Petco, I had never been to, on my way home from Joanns one day. I needed hay for the pigs, since my regular delivery was delayed because of storms. There was an adoption fair going on, by a rescue I had never heard of. I was curious about them, since they rescued exotic animals as well as "normal pets". It only took me a second to find the guinea pigs. As I sat down to visit, I noticed the most scraggly rat nasty gray kitten I have even seen, sleeping in the middle of the guinea pigs. When I asked the volunteer about her, she said they sprung her from a one day kill shelter in CA, she was abused, and they didn't know if she would be adoptable. She said the kitten wasn't good with people (she was a biter), but great with guinea pigs and big dogs. I had found my kitten soul mate. DD was obsessed with all things British at the time, and came up with the name London. Destiny was what it was. She just turned 2, and is a big, fluffy, gorgeous kitty. I knew she was a diamond in the rough. She still frightens easily, but will throw herself down on your lap for love, and tries to stick her entire face in your mouth, for a kiss. She has never bitten anyone, other than play fighting biting. She has all her claws fully intact, and has only clawed one corner of my box springs. 99% of the time she uses her scratching tools. Breaks my heart to think she was almost unadoptable.

Our puppy is named Senna after the Brazilian Formula-1 driver Aryton Senna who died in an accident during a race. Even though our Senna is a girl, the name fits her. She is fast, fearless and has a big heart. When we adopted her, her name was Coral. Meh.

Our beloved shar-pei we lost, was Abby. When we adopted her, the humane society was calling her "Yuppy Puppy". That was NOT going to be her name. We didn't want a "pet" sounding name, and we all decided on Abby. It fit her perfectly too. I usually called her Abby Cadabby or Abbers. We miss her so much.

My kids attended a summer camp that had kind of a petting zoo.

the Mama bunny name was Waffles.  She had five babies that the kids got to name. The three orangey ones were cinamon, Carmel, maple, the white one whipping cream, the white and black one blackberry.

come the end of summer the camp decided to turn them lose.

we we adopted maple and whipping cream.  After that many kids so tame. 

All of my animals, except my very first dog when I was 4, have been named from books.
Currently we have Walter McFuzz- Walter is from Anne of Green Gables, McFuzz is from Dr. Seuss because he was born on Dr. Seuss Day.
Kit Snicket from the Series of unfortunate Events
Boo Peppermint, all white kitty named after Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird and Peppermint from my favorite childhood book about a white cat born at a candy store, the cat in the book was named Peppermint.
Jo Buttons from the Wizard of OZ series, I don't remember the specific book, but there are 13 Jo characters in the book, each one named for the crop they grow. Jo Buttons grows buttons. Our Jo Buttons is all grey with one single perfect white circle on her chest that looks like a button.
Pippin Meridoac Took, from LOTR. I figured my husbands taste in books should be represented since he lets me win all the naming animal debates! It fits her very well, she is little and loves to eat ( she is not fat or even chubby, but she purrs like crazy while eating, especially second breakfast!)

Stella got her name from the movie "Street Car Named Desire". My husband picked the name so if she ever got out he would be able to chase her down the street yelling

"STELLA!!!'

Our cat is Poe, after the author