How Did You Name Your Rabbits?
Monday October 13, 2008
In our continuing series on pet names, let's talk about rabbit names. There are lots of great rabbit names in the rabbit names list I started before, but I'm always interested in how people chose their names. Did you have names picked out before you got your bunnies? Or did you wait to see what your bunnies were like before settling on a name? I had a rabbit called Specky, a name thought up by one of our kids -- though it was a puzzling choice because he was pretty much all black. Still, the name seemed to fit him somehow, and it stuck. How did you name your rabbits? Please share your rabbits' names by adding them to the comments section below. Feel free to note how you chose names too! Eventually, I hope to find time to compile all these names to update the master list of Rabbit Names, too.
And on the topic of names, About.com Guide to Christianity, Mary Fairchild, has a neat feature about Bible Pet Names. What I like is the way Mary talks about the origins and meanings of the names and ideas for the kind of pet they might fit, and you might find some naming inspiration here.
Photo © Lianne McLeod
Comments
I named my first rabbit Fizgig, from the movie “Dark Crystal” I just really liked the name.
I have named all my rabbits after lagomorph diseases. It started with Tula(Tularemia)because we actually thought I had contracted Tularemia from her, then Niki (E. Cuniculi), Fella (Francisella tularensis)Tula’s namesake, and Cheyle (Cheyletiella). And yes, I am a vet tech. Aren’t we the weird ones?
I just got a new bunny recently,and i n the car driving home I wondered what I was going to name her I finally settled on Curi(pronounced Curee) I thought of it because she was so CURIous.And I love her name,and her!
I have 2 almost identical black bunnies and I named them Aiden & Hayden, because thats the name of me and my best friend’s twin electric guitars,execpt his is red and mine is blue.
My son named our rabbits, and both were literary references. The first was Basil Stag Hare, after the very british bunny in Redwall. The second is Blackberry, after the rabbit in Watership Down who could figure out how “man” things worked, like boats. He also is an English Spot, white with black markings that look like berries! Works on two levels!
my kids came up with our rabbit names my daughter loved buffy so called her rabbit willow and my son liked the name dexter from the tv show so they became willow and dexter which has a nice ring to it
I had a rabbit named Wazzit, she was a shelter bunny and we weren’t sure of her sex. Later her name changed to Lizzy Bordon because she was psycho. My favorite and current bunny is Dillon, my roommate named him.
I got my bunny Bugger a little over a year ago. i chose her because she loved to be pet and didnt try to avoid my hand like the others in the cage at the pet store. well when i got her home she didnt want to be pet when she was out of the cage so i was running around the house saying “come here you litle bugger” and it just stuck:) i adopted her companion Spot from the humane society, and he already knew it so we have Bugger and Spot:)
Im naming my rabbit Massu (like mess ooh), Hee Chul (like He Ch Yule), or Jae Joong (like Jay jewng)
i named my rabbit Parsnip. I dont no why but it just suited her.
I named my black Lionhead Attila the Bun. When he is looking particularily regal, which is most of the time, he is Attila, King of the Buns.
My lionhead female is named Kenley, she responds well to ‘Ken’ for short or just “The Bun”!
Our rabbit is called Marvin Hagler after the boxer
I named my rabbit Tiger, because she has a little streak of ginger just behind her head, and black rings of fur around her body.
I named my other rabbit, Mika, after one of my best friends. Not the singer.
My flatmate and I have a tradition of going out for oreo sundaes once a week. So when we got bunnies, we chose a white one and a black one. Naturaly we named them ‘Oreo’ and ‘Sundae’
We named our Rabbits, Ozzie, Cujo, and Murphy, they are hockey players.
I am 6 years old and my dad got me a rabbit and I named her Hannah. I like Hannah Montana a whole bunch. I have alot of Hannah Montana stuff.
my rabbits name is Alexis because it seemed to suit her best.
We just got a new bunny and his name is Karmellow I love basketball hince the name and he is a brown like carmel and soft and fluffy like a marshmellow. So we came up with KARMELLOW
My new bunny’s name is Diggs. I recently adopted him from a friend and I just found out why he’s named Diggs!! he loves to dig at one of our rugs.
My rabbit was named by my brother as he gave it to me for my birthday. He named it Sanchez as in Dirty Sanchez as it eats it’s own poo! But as it is a girl I usually call it Chezzles. But if I want it to come to me I have to call Sanchez. We get some very stange looks when we take her our and people aske the name and why it is called this. But I love her and wouldn’t give her up for anything as she now sleeps with me and grunts with happiness every time I come home.
my kiddies came up with the name kloee…..
My roomate fell in love with a pair of wild rbbits we rescued from his work (he’s a groundskeeper and momma rabbit turn a really wrong turn in front of his mower one morning)but I explained after they got big enough they had to be let go…to ease his seperation we went to the pet shop and looked at the 10 week old babies they had.Everyone was kicked back and relaxing,,,except this one black and white heathen! Into everything and raising cain,of course that was the one we picked.After consideration,we decided on Mucluc (for the huge back feet),but what she hears most and responds to is Fatboy,lol.
My rabbits name is Tycoon. It was the name of a dog my uncle had years ago, I liked the way it sounded, and it fits him.
i just got a bunnie and he is soo cute. he is white in the front and has black and orange stripes on his nose and on his butt, and on his mid back is orangish brown and he is soo cute! He isnt named but i like Texas Ranger or King Tigger! lol my bro likes Rambo.
my daughter named her new rabbit Rosie-Rose, she cant wait we pick her up from a local shelter later on today. Her first pet and her frist 4H project.
how i named my first bunny i named her “lola” like the girl bunny from space jam because she was the same exact colors of her.. but i just recently got a new bunny and can’t think of what to name her
I am getting a new rabbit and i think that Zumba is a very intresting name and it would be very cool if you added this name my rabbit will be a alionhead this will be my first rabbit ever and i cant wait but i cant get it for a while because it was just born
LUV THE NAME ZUMBA
CANT WAIT
We are getting a bunny soon and we’re going to name it Pooter. We got that name from the House Bunny Movie.
My uncle bought my kids a bunny for easter and my 4 yr old named her Bitsy and when asked why he said because she’s tiny (she’s a dwarf rabbit).
Mater after the ‘Cars’ character
We just got a baby bunny since my youngest son is a rabbit fanatic. He collects stuffed rabbits and they are his babies. He named his rabbit Miffi after a song he learned in school. Miffi is a purebred white new zealand with pink eyes about 6 weeks old.
hi i have had 7 rabbits in the past. my first 2 was called perdy and pongo. i then went into a pet shop and fell in love with this grey rabbit called smokey. smokey had to be put down so i got a pure black rabbit and called her ellie. i then got candy he was called candy because of his colours. after all the rabbits had passed away i then got the two i got now. leo aka flopsy as he was a lop eared and pudsy whih is a dutch. i am getting another rabbit soon though as leo had recently passed away
i called my rabbit after my favourite boxer tyson. i luv tham both loads
My husband and I are HUGE Yankee fans. We always liked Tino Martinez from the Yankees. So, when we brought our floppy earred rabbit home for the first time, we named him TINO! He’s a wonderful pet, adorable, sweet and affectionate. We love him so much!!!!