Where does everybody come up with these names you have? We still have not figured out a good name for our three Sulcatas. Right now we have, Big Girl, Big Guy, and Lil Gal. We didn't like their original names before we adopted them.

Any Suggestions? Here is a picture of them. Large Female is 8, Medium Male is 6, and Little one is 4.

How about Pee-Wee, Hulk, and Lolita! ROFL!

I am a lover of names and always have names on my mind! Sometimes I spend days and days coming up with a name for a new tortoise (or pet) and other times it's like they just whisper it in my ear!

I do think you should name one of those Morla - that is the wise huge tortoise in The Neverending Story! Another could be Akupara, as in Hinduism that is the tortoise that carries the world on his back. And the third one can be... ooh I know! KELLY!

I name my torts after flowers, plants, or fruit. Such as Peaches, Strawberry, Nasty (Nasturam), and Taro.

We have considered Fred, Wilma and Dino, but the names never really stuck.

You should probably just name them after the first three people that respond to this!

How come I knew even before I read this thread that one of the names should have been Kelly!!!! LOL I usually have names that just jump out at me or I like to find names in things I enjoy. I am a Stevie Nicks fan, so 2 of my leopards are Dove and Bella. But my new Russian just looked like a Betty to me!?! Do you have any hobbies or something you really love? Pull something from there. Good Luck! You do always have the option of Kelly, Kelly Jr. and Kelly III. LOL

You should probably just name them after the first three people that respond to this!

Your soooo sneaky Kelly! HAHAHAHA


I do google searches for unusual names, russian names, etc etc.....Most of my torts have a name beginning with the first letter in the common name of the species, so all Redfoots have R names, etc etc. There are a few exceptions such as my new Hermanns boy came with a name that I will be keeping for him, Eli, but my other Hermanns male is Hawthorne. My larger Leopard male is Trace, after Tracy whom I got him from. The smaller Leopard male is Lanny.

Redfoots are Rayna, Remy, River and Rudy. lol I think it helps me remember their names. ;D

This post was last modified: 02-27-2008 10:22 AM by JustAnja.

Oh and I think Im going to call my new Turkish Ibera Greek boy Wick, after Chris Leone's band. (Wicker Hollow) I need to get some pics of him, he just came in yesterday.

How about names of angels? Like Gabriel? Or names of Gods, like Hercules?

My daughter named my, oops I mean her tortoise. She got it from a cartoon.

My kindergarten class named my red-eared slider, which of course explains Franklin. I named my sulcata Tonka because I know someday he will be like a Tonka truck in my back yard. Although right now - he is a might bit small for such a rough and tuff name.