As a name enthusiast, I like to name everything. I’d like you to meet my orchid, freshly christened [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f] [name_f]Kimana[/name_f] Monarch [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] with the charmingly apt nickname [name_f]Posie[/name_f] Her name was inspired by her being a butterfly orchid* and her botanical classification, Phalaenopsis.
I’d love to know, what names have you given the non-humans in your lives - e.g. pets, plants, kettles and ornaments?
*whilst googling to check botanical spellings I came across pictures of butterfly orchids distinct to moth orchids and I now think this is a moth one! I didn’t know there was a difference. Oh well, she’s named now!!!
I used to have a plant named [name_u]Stacy[/name_u]. She just looked like a [name_u]Stacy[/name_u], no story behind her name. She was supposed to be a violet but I’m not good at taking care of plants so she looked more like a lettuce. She died several months ago. RIP [name_u]Stacy[/name_u] the Lettuce.
I have a mini cactus the only plant that can survive in my hands and I adore it a lot. His name is [name_u]Bobbie[/name_u] [name_m]Roads[/name_m] for no reason in particular. I just thought it suit him a lot.
Shockingly, I haven’t named many things around the house! I do have a friend who names all her plants after ABBA songs though, which I think is so fun! Over the years she’s had [name_m]Fernando[/name_m], Waterloo ‘[name_u]Louie[/name_u]’, Chiquitita, and a few others I can’t remember off the top of my head.
I name everything. [name_f]My[/name_f] computers are after letters in the greek alphabet usually (although I don’t think I’ve named my current one), my car is blueberry after Psych, and all of my stuffed animals, both bought and handmade, have names. I’m waiting on supplies to make bunnies and I’ve already decided I’m naming them Sprout and [name_f]Posy[/name_f].
My plants are named [name_m]Julius[/name_m], [name_m]Thiago[/name_m], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_m]Monty[/name_m], [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_u]Jem[/name_u], and [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] roommate and I also share plants named [name_u]Camille[/name_u], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_u]Louise[/name_u], [name_m]Ken[/name_m], [name_u]Harper[/name_u], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_u]Presley[/name_u], [name_u]Gus[/name_u], and [name_f]Maya[/name_f]
My cars have been named [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_u]Indie[/name_u], and currently [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
In my UC I mention my current two, a cactus named [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_u]Milo[/name_u] “[name_m]Seb[/name_m]” and a succulent named [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] “[name_f]Delia[/name_f]”.
Two previous succulents, moved outside are [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] “Beet” and [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Olive[/name_f].
I have an aloe vera plant named [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], and a succulent named [name_u]Jordan[/name_u]! I was also thinking of naming my car [name_f]Michelle[/name_f], but I’m not too sure on that one.
I have a cat named [name_f]Princess[/name_f]. I was three when I named her and of course this is the first thing to come to mind. I’ve named some fish. One of them I named [name_u]Salmon[/name_u] Wannabe(SW) because he was a grey gold fish. I also have a bearded dragon named [name_m]Doug[/name_m]. Kind of a funny story where I got the name from, but I got it from [name_m]Thor[/name_m] [name_m]Ragnarok[/name_m]. In the movie there’s this quote ‘Another day, another [name_m]Doug[/name_m].’ If you’ve seen the movie then you know what I’m talking about. Anyways I had a different lizard before this and yeah. ‘Another day, another [name_m]Doug[/name_m].’ Though he wasn’t named [name_m]Doug[/name_m].
When my best friend lived with me we took care of her bamboo plant and we named her [name_f]April[/name_f] [name_u]Grey[/name_u]. Recently she moved and as a little housewarming gift I got her a tiny little juniper plant and we named it [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] [name_u]Forest[/name_u]! I also have a cat named Binx and used to have a moon beta named [name_f]Pandora[/name_f]. I should say that the fish didn’t die from the cat or anything, we gave her to a friend to save her from the cat cause she started to notice the bowl and poke at the water
Her name was inspired by her being a butterfly orchid* and her botanical classification, Phalaenopsis.
the only plant that can survive in my hands and I adore it a lot. His name is [name_u]Bobbie[/name_u] [name_m]Roads[/name_m] for no reason in particular. I just thought it suit him a lot.
