Naming Our Pets

I have been getting more and more questions about Teemo's name lately, so I thought I would address our animals and the nerdy fashion in which we name them.

Both of our pups are adopted and named after video game characters. Raynor, our princess pup, is named after Jim Raynor from the Starcraft series. She's a strong girl and she can get a bit grumpy - she actually fits her name quite well. She also gets called 'angel, baby, princess, baby Raynor, Rayn-baby, Raynor Baynor' and about 8 million more cutesy pet names.

Teemo is named after a character in League of Legends. When we used to play, I would only play as Teemo. When I first saw a picture of him, his name was actually Thomas, which he didn't know, and he looked exactly like Teemo to me. He also is known as 'Weemo, Teems, Weems, Bubsy, buddy boy, little man' and more.

Our guinea pigs have not always followed our 'video game' naming strategy. 2 of our pigs were adopted from a guinea pig rescue, one was found on Craiglist and needed a home, and the last was bought at PetSmart because he had been there awhile and no one picked him. Our first pet and guinea pig, Poko, was just named like that. Our second guinea pig was named Artie, which became lengthened to Artemis when he was being bad, which was pretty much all of the time. Our two guinea pigs who are still alive are Pichu and Sir Tom. Pichu is named after the pre-evolution state of Pikachu in Pokemon. (Ha! That just sounds nerdy). Sir Tom, well, we thought he looked like he had a monocle, so his name became Sir Tomas Pigglesworth the 3rd for really no reason. I cannot explain to you in anyway why this is what we named him, but he's never just 'Tom' always 'Sir Tom'.

I love naming my animals. I have always joked (but I'm really not joking at all) that I will have two Boston terriers named 'Tea' and 'Party' so they will be a Boston Tea Party. I also wanted a male Bichon Frise named Robespierre after the famous French revolutionary when I was in high school. Especially with shelter dogs, they are often given a number or temporary name, and when you take them into your life, I view it as a great way to create a bond between you and your pet and signify their new life. Raynor was named Tevis and Gabby before we got her!