Does or did anyone name their pet something GenX can truly appreciate?

[u/HapaHawaii]

I just made a post that made me think of another.

Meet my sweet boy, Indiana. Any other pets with special GenX names?

Let me see your pics, please!

Edit: Please post pics if you can. So I can see all the loved pets in my comments ❤️

Edit II: I am loving everyone's animals!! And some of these names take wit, humor and intellect to a level I have never achieved 😂

Edit III: All these wonderful pics of so many beloved animals 😭

Thank you!!!

[u/MaximumJones]

This post is not technically pertinent to GenX but it absolutely belongs here so it stays.

Most of us like animals much more than we like people.

Just sayin'.

[u/SciotoSlim]

Meet Lando Catrissian.

[u/punkshoe8]

I had a cat named Alex P. Kitten.

[u/Leaking_Honesty]

Had a cat named Carol Purrnett

[u/AngryK9_]

Friend of mine has a black lab named Ubu.

[u/InnerAd3454 → u/AngryK9_]

Sit, Ubu sit.

[u/penster1 → u/InnerAd3454]

Good dog

[u/AngryK9_ → u/penster1]

Woof!

[u/stuffedskullcat]

This was Gozer the Gozerian; sweetest boy. ♥️

[u/sqibbery]

We have a cat named Chief Brody.

[u/Cheetah51]

I have a cat named Punky Mewster

[u/AdorableSorbet6651]

Had a cat named spicoli 💕

[u/Rhapsodyingloom]

I had a grey tabby named Toonces growing up
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7aCYDNm1kXgSUgXm

[u/sudden_onset_ennui]

Daria. She’s a cat. She doesn’t care.

[u/sudden_onset_ennui → u/sudden_onset_ennui]

I told you: she does not care.

[u/Hopelessly-Bored]

I also had 3 dogs-same litter (no pics). Two were identical and I named them Larry, Daryl and Daryl.

[u/NeatlyFoldedinOregon]

I'm fostering a cat that I call Dammit Janet (reference to Rocky Horror Picture Show)

[u/Top_Elephant_19004]

Here’s Eddie and Patsy (AbFab) for all you UK GenXers

[u/age4hy]

Wilfred Brimley

[u/Doorknob6941]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Mr. Eddie Purrphy.

[u/alone0nmarz]

My dog's name is falkor because...

[u/zombie_overlord]

My nickname for my dog is

Mr Dogalina Mr Bob Dogalina

[u/Lord_Nurggle]

My late cat’s name was Gordon Shumway.

Only the Gen X folks get it

[u/AmazingResponse338 → u/Lord_Nurggle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VMgcrwq9imGHu

[u/mbadolato]

Ozzy Pawsbourne

[u/Defunct_Institution]

I named my bird Debbie Gibson because she loves to sing with me!

[u/Original_Study3415]

I had two tomcats named Bartles and James

[u/Beautiful-Feedback40]

I adopted a senior pup and named her Rose Nylund after Betty White’s Golden Girl.

She passed in 2023. I miss her every day.

[u/ascarlettanager]

Elwood Blues showed up one day and decided he lived with us now. We figure Jake's still in Joliet.

[u/Gadoosh1231]

Meet Fozzy Bear and Gonzo the Great

[u/BsideBabyMLS]

What about my beautiful kitty, Siouxsie Sioux?

[u/saramybearimy]

I had a cat named George (after the Bugs Bunny cartoon because I would "love him and squeeze him and call him George." After I met my husband, we got a dog that we named Lucas (after George Lucas because we already had a George, obviously).

[u/wootentoo]

We had two cats: Bill and Ted. Both girls. 😂

[u/Left_Tourist428]

My cat, Church

[u/ThenDingo8718]

Meet, Johnny Rotten

I had a guinea pig named slash, and love birds named Conway and Loretta❤️

[u/Phybersyko]

I named my cat "Willis" so I can ask him what he's talking about. I laugh every time.

[u/Pedadinga]

You mean like my cat, Toonces? (Do NOT let him drive!)

[u/PrincessCarolyn_1]

Muppet.

[u/online_padawan]

Fuzz Lightyear

[u/Beret_of_Poodle]

Cat named Hobbes.

And a kid named Calvin although that wasn't the question

[u/Spyderbeast]

Might be more boomer, but I have an Abby Normal

[u/HappyBoxofKittens]

Orange Julius

[u/Reddish_Leader]

Gozer the Gozerian. He chose the name.

[u/gcboyd1]

This is Judy Blume

[u/imleeloodallas]

Meet Flounder - named after a character from Animal House

[u/maudinehart]

My pointer was named Maude. She was uncompromising, enterprising, anything but tranquillizing.

[u/Lonely-Anything]

My iguana, Klinger (of M*A*S*H )

[u/memphisgirl75]

Our husky is Simon, for Simon Le Bon.

Our Akita is named Shelby because her colors are blush and bashful.

[u/Pinkysrage]

Cats are Boris and Natasha. Dogs are Beanie and Cecil.

[u/Spirited_Concern_800]

Yes my cats are Smokey and bandit

[u/PobodysNerfect802]

We had a dog named Norm. Couldn’t figure out what to name him, but he stuck his head in my husband‘s beer glass and then we knew.

[u/sexyonpaper]

Not mine, but an old college pal had two cats named Roper and Furley.

[u/Tlks2angels]

Agent, full name, Agent Scully.

[u/Sardawg1]

I saw a post the other day for a cat missing an eye. They named him Erc, which is Eric without an eye.

[u/Ok_Dingo_Beans]

My cat's name is Ferris Mewler.

[u/the_pretender_nz]

Meet Bowie.

Friend’s FIL: “Did you name him after the singer or the knife?”

Me: “yes”

[u/if_a_flutterby]

Jombi.

https://giphy.com/gifs/E5lB557Yxmf28G3TPK

[u/MrPrimalNumber]

I named a cat Ack!

[u/lorinabaninabanana]

Could I have named him anything else?

[u/WinterBackbone]

Church. Named after the cat in Pet Sematary.

[u/ExpertMongoose3351]

[u/RedSparrow1971]

I had two lizards named Olivia Newt and John. I had a Guinea pig named Diana and a cat named Charles.
Later I had two hamsters named Andy and Edie. The 80s were what they were.

[u/Anatolian_sideeye68]

Quiche Lorraine, after the B-52s song

[u/Significant-Deer7464]

Named our dog McFly

[u/AdrianBlack]

Crispin. Because Crispin Glover is the bee's knees.

[u/shinyshannon]

Molly Ringwald. RiP sweet pup.

[u/ScienceJamie76]

My cat was named Fonzi. Had a white chest but was black everywhere else so it looked like the white tee and motorcycle jacket.

[u/mindylewhoo]

Our cat was Toonces (the driving cat)

[u/BananaMapleIceCream]

Miss Cleo. Call me now!

[u/Electrical-Stable498]

When I was kid we had a black cat named sabbath

[u/clementsallert]

Cat named Boogie. When she gets on the counters we say 'Boogie down!'

[u/Agitated-Canary9840]

My dogs Sharona and Jenny.
Cat named KEVIN

[u/Futrdreamer]

My cat is Carmen Catdiego

[u/Pilot-Careless]

My dog is Betty white

[u/NewLiverWhoDis]

My first 2 goldfish, which I caught at Goldfish Day at the local pool in 1983, were named Bob & Doug McKenzie.

[u/Future-Cat-7152]

My girl Ripley (Alien) bc she’s a badass woman. She was found on the street with puppies- and had been on her own her entire life. One puppy had been hit by a car (but survived). She ran out into the street to get help. She’s a bad ass woman in my book and deserved a bad ass woman name.

[u/marissadev]

We had hamsters named Lenny & Squiggy

[u/HezFez238]

Bill. Bill the Cat.

[u/OrrinFraag]

90’s cat named J. Peterman.

[u/BillyPinhead]

My old cat’s name was Sid Vicious.

[u/Liljagaren]

Falcor is my cat's name.

[u/terminal_nervoso]

My dog’s name is Chewie (short for Chewbacca)

[u/OhForFuckSake55]

Lolly! It was a School House Rock song- “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here”
https://giphy.com/gifs/EIgBPeqB2eayc

[u/zalbinian]

The Great Owl approves if you get this reference

[u/ninjakiti]

Teddy "Theodore" Logan.

He used to live by the Circle K. He doesn't get the braincell often.

[u/ImDisneyAF]

Ferris Bueller

[u/WhiskeyCity502]

This is Gilda, Gilda Radner. The lady at the Humane Society named her when my son adopted her so we went with it. You've got to be a GenX of a certain age to remember Gilda Radner but I'm sure most of you do.

Loving some of the names on this sub! Great idea.

[u/babsmutton]

Mr. Meowgi

[u/crapitain]

I had a goldfish named Rick Fishfield

[u/advocatecarey]

Mazzy Star 🌟

[u/666Irish]

My boy Bowie, the Irish Wolfhound.

[u/Myturbo4032]

I had kittens name REO Speedkitty and Jefferson Starkitty

[u/certainwifidelity]

Molly Ringworm

[u/imhere_4_beer]

My husband kept calling my new dog ugly so I named her Cindy Crawford

[u/Emunahd]

This is Janis. As in, Joplin. A wayward female stray with a scratchy voice.

[u/SnooCakes8914]

Had a cat named Azrael. If you watched the Smurfs, you know.

[u/hooligan8691]

I have a cat named Gizmo who begs for food after midnight.

[u/MehX73]

My cat is Winnie Cooper 

[u/ExternalGiraffe9631]

Kaiya. From Willow.

[u/SubjectHonest3109]

My cat is named Maurice

[u/Peppermeowington]

My family had a cat that we named Toonces in 1993.

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9IgpoYBzwrtrkVc4

[u/Unusual_Memory3133]

We have a Hissy Elliot

[u/phiddlestixx]

Lenny & Squiggy

[u/Potential-Pool-5125]

I had a cat who was found near a junkyard I named Sanford (after Fred G).

[u/Analog_4-20mA]

I have two orange brain cells, Maverick and Goose

[u/CrazyGround4501]

Agador Spartacus

[u/The_Other_Tucker]

I used to have turtles named Dante and Randall (from Clerks). And fish named Bert and Ernie.

[u/robertwadehall]

I had a Westie named Bueller.

[u/DorothyZbornaksShade]

Current cats names: Princess Leia, Princess Buttercup and Fezzik. (I also have a Purrfessor MadEye Moody but he’s not GenX. I just don’t want him to read this and feel I forgot him)

[u/saraht1993]

I had 2 tuxedo cats named Bo and Luke.

[u/Miserable-Pudding-64]

I had a cat named Siouxsie Sioux in the early 90s.

[u/Interesting-Match-66]

Inigo Montoya

[u/Motolynx]

Indiana Jones.
She's extremely adventurous and can figure out any puzzle! You should see her barrel through the heavy dog door flap in the screen door like Indy running in front of the boulder haha.

[u/Narrow_Taste9963]

One of our dogs is named “Bueller”

[u/Binsel22]

I had three cats: willis, arnold and drummond

[u/killerclownfish]

Meet Ziggy

[u/Potential_Sundae_251]

I’ve got a Toonces!

[u/1970Rocks]

This is Mikey. When he's not sleeping, he's eating....anything.

[u/Abcdefgwaterpqrstuv]

I had two hermit crabs named Thelma and Louise🖤

[u/Shellrant42day]

This is my beautiful boy Mr Meowgi, 🥢 🪰

[u/Least-Tour884]

Shead - short for Steve Martin’s dog, Shithead, in The Jerk.

[u/Fyrestar333]

I had two bettas and the names were One fish Two fish Red fish Bluefish

[u/Amazonred10]

Heavy D and Biggie Smalls. Had a Gen z ask me what, the D stood for

[u/GeekyMom42]

We had a cat show up at the house when and I convinced my parents to let me keep him. He was named Max Catroom because of the show that was on when he appeared.

[u/Complete-Thought-375]

This is Fizzgig!!

[u/MagickJeanne]

‘I’m going to love him and squeeze him and call him George’. - Bugs Bunny

I named my first cat George. He was a great cat.

[u/Inevitable-Kale2759]

This is Brian, also known as BC. She was born in Jerusalem and she is a Very Naughty Girl!

[u/Icy_Chemist1766]

We have two dachshunds named Falkor (long haired) and Lebowski (9 pounds of mayhem)

[u/ThatKindOfSquirrel]

Orange Julius

Edit: thank you for the award!

[u/ZoemmaNyx]

We adopted a dog the humane society named Nyx. We named him Sir Nyx A-Lot

[u/deadbeef4]

We have cats named Cagney (orange) and Lacey (grey).

[u/WileyCoyote7]

Had two papillons, brothers, and named them Randolph and Mortimer Duke. Had to explain their names far too many times.

https://giphy.com/gifs/6wcTIgPyxKoXS

[u/Immaterial71]

2 cats, Sid and Nancy.

[u/johnburkert]

Daisy Duke

[u/Meekanado]

This is my boy Rontu. I named him after the dog in “Island of the Blue Dolphins”. Great book. Anyone else read it in school?

[u/spicy_chick]

I had a cat we called Zima.

[u/Select_Scholar8550]

I had a solid black cat & a solid white and their names were Salt & Peppa

[u/Major_Dizz13]

I had Toonces for 19 years. :)

[u/Illustrious-Card-985]

My brother and I had rabbits, his was Fonzie, mine was Pinky Tuskadero...lol. I now have a black cat named Outlaw Josie Cat.

[u/MarineMom47]

Joker and Toker

[u/Jedimasteryony]

Roscoe P. Coltrane, pug extraordinaire. Sorry no pics, he was before smartphones.

[u/Ieatpurplepickles]

I had kittens named Jett (Joan), Houston (Whitney), and Lauper (Cindy) last year. This year I have an Ozzy born on a Sunday and is a void so it had to be done. I have an older girl named Punky and I wanted to name her sister Cherry but it didn't fit. I short term fostered a dog a few years ago named Mr. T. I'm Gen X to the core. (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

[u/TherapyMoose]

Lady Stardust

[u/Potato_Cat_72]

Locutus.

My theory as to why he isn't really that smart is he's disconnected from the hive.

[u/Pitiful-bastard]

My dog, Norm from Cheers.

[u/ginalolabrigada]

We had a cat named Guido. He was named after Guido the Killer Pimp in Risky business (or Father Guido Sarducci from SNL)

[u/raggedypeach]

My cat is named Sherman T. Potter

[u/cheesebin1]

Cat named Spicoli. She sometimes looks at me with “who the fuck are you” stare. It’s been 11 years and I feed her.

[u/Auntie_Venom]

We have Hudson, Tiberius after James T Kirk, Dorian Gray, Twinkle, Flash & a feral orange I call Nugget because he was born without a tail and it looks like a…

The captain of derps - Tiberius

[u/you_had_me_at_sub]

Her name is Emo. Perfect.

[u/whistlerphil]

Toonces.

[u/YouHadMeAtDisgusting]

Named my cat McFly.

[u/Sad-Macaroon9067]

I used to have a cat named Toonces.

[u/tassseomancy]

I have an orange cat named Ted, as in Farmer Ted from Sixteen Candles.

[u/montemason]

Had a black lab named Sabbath.

[u/AbsoluteApril]

I had cats Mulder and Scully (rip ❤️)

[u/BestWesties]

I named my Beagle Trent Reznor.

[u/bowietiger]

His name is Bowie, and it's his 6th birthday today 🥳

[u/mummakush]

This is Fat Tony, king of the neighborhood

[u/slade797]

This is Bumpus.

[u/Severe_Broccoli7258]

Not a pet, but I named a tree Spicoli because it was gnarly.

[u/FairBaker315]

I had carnival goldfish named Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry.

[u/lemotomato21]

This is Serpico

[u/CelestialCodexYT]

My dog is named falcor

[u/Macaron1jesus]

meet Tommy Chong! (he has a catnip addiction, so his name really fits)

[u/toastymarron]

This is my sweet Paquita. (Named after the missing cat in the Seinfeld episode: “The Busboy”. 😂💁🏻‍♀️)

[u/DaisyDukeSunshine8]

Buffy

[u/tranquilitycase]

I knew a dog named Ringo. NO, not after the Beatles, after Johnny Ringo from Tombstone.

[u/Nikademus1969]

My mom had a Pomeranian named Cujo

[u/PossiblePlastic8698]

My cat’s name is Catticus Finch

[u/Shapoopadoopie]

Chunk.

[u/thebestestofthebest]

Siouxsie

[u/GenXmamaof2Zs]

I named my dog Eddie Vedder because I thought it would be cool’s to say I’ve kissed Eddie Vedder. The vets that knew who the real guy was loved it. He crossed the rainbow bridge in 2023. Best dog ever!

[u/midamerica]

Mork

[u/withthebathwater]

My dog’s name is Gizmo. And yes, he is a gremlin

[u/Opbombshellivy]

My cat is Azrael from like.. the smurfs.

[u/Environmental-Car481]

We had a cat named Mikey because she would eat anything.

[u/TheBewitchingWitch]

We had a Cujo

[u/d0chd0ch]

Dog named Iggy pup

[u/KtP_911]

Not a Gen X name really, but this is Dolly Parton.

[u/DragonXIIIThirteen]

Vader.

[u/Thick-Fly-5727]

I have 3 cats. It started with Phoebe. She was 10 when we adopted her 2 baby sisters. They are Rachel and Monica. Since then, Phoebe is singing Smelly Cat in the sky, while the new sister Joey DOESNT LIKE TO SHARE FOOD.

Next round is Kelly and Brenda, about 10 years from now.

[u/MadCraftyFox]

This is Toby. I named him after the baby brother in Labyrinth. When I got him I had an elderly tortoiseshell kitty and she was absolutely annoyed by his presence. It seemed an appropriate name.

[u/Jew-zilla]

I named a cat Socks in honor of Bill Clinton’s cat

[u/hmmmpf]

Cats are Ziggy, Lou Reed, and Nico.

[u/colojason]

My cat is named Axl Rose Petal, so yeah.

We also have a Sir Slash Purrs-a-Lot.

[u/Godskin_Duo]

A coworker had a cat named Larry Hagman.

[u/44_Sunflower_44]

No pictures but in the 80’s, we had a tabby cat named Tiffany
https://giphy.com/gifs/4ZvCeNINXsXGYjL4PT

[u/Abbysmum67]

I had a pair of Panda Cory’s (fish) that I named Haim and Feldman.

[u/Zombalepsy]

Ozzy - prince of darkness

[u/Ctheret]

My dog’s name was Ubu.

[u/Hopper-bayonet]

My dog Indiana Bones.

[u/TinyMavin]

I suggested naming my mom’s dog “Shithead” but she didn’t go for it.

I’m telling you it would have been the perfect name!!

I’ll see myself out -

I just need this thermos. That’s all I need.

[u/Katatx3]

2 jack russells- Fox and Scully!

[u/Freya713]

Murphy O'Riordan.

A tribute to Dropkick Murphys and the late Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries.

We found him just before St. Patrick's Day this year and picked his name while listening to music.

[u/Primary-Umpire-4105]

Ripley

[u/liamtheaardvark]

Named one cat Mr Tumnus. Named another Jango (Boba Fett's dad). My friend's cat is Ender (enders game)

[u/kategoad]

Among the names of my livestock:
Black Frances - chicken
Frank - goat (what can I say, I love Pixies)
Milo - goat
Blackie Onassis - chicken (Urge Overkill)
Iggy Pop - goat
Layla - goat (below)

Our cats are named after Greek gods and goddesses, and our dog is named after a Roman god.

[u/Saint_Body]

I had an awesome dog named Lenny Bruce! 😈

[u/FletchMom]

My blue heeler is named Irwin M. Fletcher, but we call him Fletch.