i think its just me but does anyone name their tortoises by the type of tortoise they are. FOr example all my russians have russian names like : boris,meka,ivan,sasha,etc....redfoots have brasilian names...ex. rio.....sulcata = sahara,africa and so on....any else do the same?

not i, my tortoise names are all over the map! but it makes sense that people'd do that!

This post was last modified: 05-22-2008 06:31 PM by cvalda.

Some of mine are like that. Then some are based on something about the group name like the Bells Hingebacks are all bell type names (such as Ding, Dong, and Chime). Then still others have names special just to them based on looks, personalities, where they came from, whom they came from, ect..,

I don't name my tortoises, but I have kept a few of the rescues that came my way. I usually name the rescues because of the city of origin. For example, one of my leopards was brought to me from Cinncinnati, Ohio by a school teacher who found her at her classroom doorstep one Monday morning in a box. She kept the tortoise in the classroom for the remainder of the year, then she and her boy friend DROVE all the way from Ohio to Clovis, Calif. to bring me the tortoise. Her name is Cinncinnati!

Yvonne

My redfoots begin with "R", Sulcatas with "S", Leopards with "L,etc.
My 5 year old granddaughter picked most of the names from a list I made from human baby names books.
Patsy

I named my Hermann tortoise Hermy .

haha thats cool everyone.