15 Absurd Pet Names That It's Hard To Believe Are Real

Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor

Jun 21, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

Unique pet names are such a joy. There's nothing worse than meeting an animal who has the most basic uncreative name you could think of. As a child, I went to the neighbor kids' house, thrilled to find out they had guinea pigs. However, my glee subsided when I found out the horrid truth. They named their white guinea pig Snowball, their brown guinea pig Hershey, and their black and white guinea pig Oreo. That is an abomination. How could you be so uncreative to name a pet the most obvious thing in the world? The thought of those devastatingly uncreative names haunts me to this day.

Fortunately, not all pets are named Max, Rex, and Princess. Many pets up for adoption have buck wild names, especially on the Petfinder app. Petfinder helps pets match with their forever homes. With so many eligible adoptees, it's no wonder these creative names emerged.