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43. We
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:51 AM
7 hrs ago

Have had several cats over the last 40 plus years. Out of those cats we only adopted one male and we named him Zephyr and his sister from same litter we named Zoie.

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Best pet names [View all] Morbius 21 hrs ago OP
Colby. greatauntoftriplets 21 hrs ago #1
I've always loved cute human names for dogs, but most of mine came with a name they hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #2
Yeah. Morbius 20 hrs ago #6
Most of my cats have had human names - Ocelot II 21 hrs ago #3
Mine too Freddie 19 hrs ago #13
I got a 2 year old male cat who had just been fixed. applegrove 21 hrs ago #4
I've got a cat named Jack the Nipper. cloudbase 21 hrs ago #5
Phlough. nt eppur_se_muova 20 hrs ago #7
I had a Himalayan cat named Yeti and he more than lived up to the name, lol. catbyte 20 hrs ago #8
My daughter got a kitten while a college student The Blue Flower 20 hrs ago #9
We almost named our crazy boy Clawed Marthe48 8 hrs ago #39
I met a woman with an Irish Setter named Harper. hotdamn00 20 hrs ago #10
My friend named her Cockapoo "Company"... ultralite001 20 hrs ago #11
Because I have an unnatural love of furniture. . . Collimator 20 hrs ago #12
Love godchecker.com LearnedHand 17 hrs ago #21
I've got a Gladys, Maisie, Henry, Bell, Sandy, Jin-Jin, Clyde, Bud, Skeeter, Homer, Hazel and Sophie. Solly Mack 19 hrs ago #14
The next time my husband grumbles about having 4, I'll tell him about you. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #17
Zea-cotio. Two of my cats prefer the other kind, so we keep those too. The cats keep me busy but that's Solly Mack 19 hrs ago #19
Choxie, kozar 19 hrs ago #15
I once had a white rabbit. I had trouble choosing a name until one day... 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #16
I once had a black cat I named Baxter Black LearnedHand 17 hrs ago #22
His stories were always entertaining. 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #25
Neighbors have New York City area names for their dogs LogDog75 19 hrs ago #18
I've had many dogs and cats over the years. My husband usually names them. arkielib 19 hrs ago #20
Zeppo (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex 17 hrs ago #23
When I was a kid we had a dog named "Poppy" nuxvomica 16 hrs ago #24
Diogi CanonRay 10 hrs ago #26
My labrador FirefighterJo 10 hrs ago #27
Every dog wags its tail when asked, Are you Hungry? taxi 10 hrs ago #28
DeeohGee DemMedic 10 hrs ago #29
One of our current cats is a female tuxie. Her shelter name was Penny, which was the name... 3catwoman3 10 hrs ago #30
I had a Yellow Lab named Dusty. Emile 9 hrs ago #31
I now have two cats, one mostly white and his brother, mostly yellow. markodochartaigh 9 hrs ago #32
Zoe.....because my favorite British actress...... Butterflylady 9 hrs ago #33
I have had lots of cats over the years. mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #34
My last foster was a black cat named Midnight Jilly_in_VA 9 hrs ago #35
Here's a list of some of our pet names for the past 22 years lark 9 hrs ago #36
Tigger, Robin and Hunny were the critters of my childhood Nittersing 9 hrs ago #37
My daughter had a Betta fish Endlessmike56 9 hrs ago #38
We had a litter of kittens one year Marthe48 8 hrs ago #40
We had a black lab named Bentley. MuseRider 8 hrs ago #41
Rudy, because he has a red nose like Rudolph. Emile 8 hrs ago #42
We Rebl2 7 hrs ago #43
I have a Russian Spaniel Give Peace A Chance 3 hrs ago #44
Pets when I was a kid, Ginger the dog, cats Dusty, Jenny and Mr Spot TommieMommy 2 hrs ago #45
Had a couple of Great Dane/Lab sisters North Shore Chicago 2 hrs ago #46
We've had a series of cats with To Kill a Mockingbird names Danmel 2 hrs ago #47
Bear. debm55 2 hrs ago #48
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