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From Lianne McLeod, DVM, for About.com

How did You Name Your Gerbil?

Sunday November 16, 2008
In our continuing series on pet names, let's talk about gerbil names. There are quite a few great gerbil names in the gerbil 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 gerbils? Or did you wait to see what your gerbils were like before settling on a name? Please share your gerbils' names by adding them to the comments section below. Feel free to note how you chose names too! I hope to compile all these names to update the master list of gerbil names, as well.

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November 17, 2008 at 12:05 pm
(1) Lori says:

We named our Gerbils…Freddy, Barney and Gillian.

November 25, 2008 at 3:53 pm
(2) Rea says:

We named our gerbil, Einstein because he looks smart and if we get another one, we can name him Albert.

December 20, 2008 at 11:30 am
(3) msboodle says:

Roscoe - it just fit!

January 6, 2009 at 6:22 pm
(4) Rob says:

We kept a breeding pair of gerbils named Frick and Frack for years. Among their named offspring we had an Elvis and a Dylan. We also had a pair named Stan and Wendy, who produced one named offspring, Bebe (Pronounced BAY-bay).

January 6, 2009 at 10:00 pm
(5) rachel says:

rly like the ppl off of south- park?

January 8, 2009 at 7:49 am
(6) Brow Magoo says:

I named my gerbil Emily as they is a girl I know who looks excatly like a gerbil it’s ammmmazzzzzzzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE GERBILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 13, 2009 at 11:30 am
(7) Caleb says:

We have named our Gerbils, Oscar who is black and Stuart who is white. We all live in Oman

January 25, 2009 at 4:01 pm
(8) Kate Maver says:

My gerbils names are Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain and King George.

January 29, 2009 at 8:55 pm
(9) Teresa says:

We just named the one we got today. She is soldi black and we named her Luna (Moon)

January 30, 2009 at 4:02 pm
(10) Lynne says:

I have 19 gerbils at the moment named Marshmallow, Candy, Floss, Crumble, Marble, Lunar, Rhubarb, Custard, Alvin, Twiglet, Biscuit, Domino, Diamond, Smudge, Cookie, Badger, Sugar, Spice, Solo. I have previously owned a Stuart, Flash, Zoro, Pepsi, Chisel, Sonic, Pumpkin. As you can tell i’m addicted to gerbils

February 18, 2009 at 12:03 am
(11) nancylee says:

we named our gerbils Crunch(male) and Munch (female)

February 25, 2009 at 1:31 pm
(12) gerbilMAD! says:

My gerbils are called crash & eddie from ice age, i love that film and then misty because she is black, plus they just fitted when i got them. !!

February 28, 2009 at 12:09 pm
(13) Julia says:

i am getting 2 gerbils. i am naming them Suger and Spice or Tic and Tac.

March 22, 2009 at 12:48 pm
(14) Steph says:

i had 4 gerbils and i named them Cocoa, Spirit, Snowball, and Stitch

March 29, 2009 at 11:43 am
(15) marina says:

i named my gerbil hami :) and my brother named his scabbers

April 3, 2009 at 6:19 pm
(16) GerbilLover says:

I had 3 gerbils named Sprinkles(black and white), Cupcake(honey color), and Marshmallow(light gray). The one I have now is named Butterscotch(honey color)!!!! :)

April 14, 2009 at 6:14 pm
(17) peace love gerbils and twilight says:

I got my gerbil 4 days ago, she is black and I named her Bella from Twilight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=D I LOVE TWILIGHT!!!(:

April 15, 2009 at 7:47 pm
(18) gerbilgirl101 says:

Uh my gerbil is like really fat!!!!!! and shes an albino gerbil named snow white mkay .p.s. if you have solution or expelaintion for her fatness please write back!!!!!!! :) peace out gerbilgirl101!!!!!

April 19, 2009 at 12:56 pm
(19) peace love and gerbils says:

hey its me again i also think apple is a cute name… I was going to name bella that… so are Jazz fattie…if its fat…pie lullaby cutie edward and bella lol,star and twilight :)

April 19, 2009 at 6:29 pm
(20) peace Twilight and Gerbils says:

We just got two gerbiles named Domino(black and white) and brownie(gray-brown)!!! I also think Edward and Bella are good names for a pair of gerbils.

April 23, 2009 at 6:37 pm
(21) peace love twilight and gerbils says:

you copied my username.>:(
I LOVE TWILIGHGT!!!!

April 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm
(22) Kassie says:

I named my gerbil Herby! (=

May 20, 2009 at 1:22 am
(23) Barrett says:

Our Gerbils are named Inigo Montoya, Odoriferous, and Doug.

May 28, 2009 at 4:51 am
(24) ellz says:

im hopefully getting a black or white gerbil tht i will probs call bullet. i used to own a gerbil called stompy, he was a rescue and his last owners were crap so nobody could pick him up. he also bit a chunk out of a male vets finger and the vet was scared of him. lol!!! GO STOMPY I LOVE YOU R.I.P.

June 4, 2009 at 4:51 pm
(25) sarah says:

mocha and latte:]i

June 6, 2009 at 10:09 pm
(26) Sophie says:

Pancake Stanley!

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