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Where do you pull the names for your betta(s) from?

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#1 ·
Any one specific spot? A favorite book? Movie? Or maybe you just wait until the fish's personality sort of gives it to you?
 
#3 ·
Well, my whole life I've been a nut over making sure everything has a name! I have 7 Bettas in total right now.
Pharaoh was named for his large long veil tail appearance and he really fits his name! He's definitely a leader.
Nazgul was named by my boyfriend after LOTR. He is a marbled blue and white betta half moon with the longest flowing white fins.
Mauve was my first betta in my new house. He is dark purple with a lighter mauve color surrounding the dark purple. He's a dragonscale crowntail. His full name was Tom Mauvolo Riddle :p
Lilico is my one-eyed dragonscale adoption betta. Beautiful lavender in color and small and feisty!
Crimsyn aptly named for his bright fire red appearance. He has a handicap where he can't stay swimming for very long. He lays on his betta bed all day and chills.
Mulligan is my show betta as I like to call him. A silvery blue body with a fantastic yellow on his half moon tail. The tail is surrounded by a deep ebony color, making his tail resemble a pencil shaving. Named a pirate name.
Last but not least is Looksee. my genderless baby betta. Named from a song, he/she is becoming red and blue!
 
#4 ·
I'll do just the betta names:
Mushu - My fiance named him after the dragon in Mulan
Skerries - Series of small islands
Archipelago - other series of small island
Hu - Thai for "ears"
Lillith - Consort of Diablo
Diablo - Red and Black fish, reminded me of the video game
Don Quixote - scraggly and skinny, and the name was reaffirmed after he took to flaring at Mikel lol
Dory - She seemed to "forget" who she'd just flared and postured at, and she's blue.
Takhisis - she reminds me of a dragon, and that was the only dragon name I could think of.

Oddball and Sedna, who are still with Aemaki: Oddball was the "odd fish out" with a split ventral, until Aemaki found another girl with split ventrals, Sedna is the eskimo goddess of sea cretures essentially.
 
#5 ·
here are the reasons I named mine for

Mardi: because I got him on Mardi gras, and some of my friends suggested the name marty so I decided it would be a cute name for him. (his middle name is moe because that's what my dad wanted to name him)

Mason: I've just always liked the name Mason and it sounded good with Mardi (they were gonna go into a divided tank). His middle name is midnight because his blue reminded me of midnight.

I think all my bettas might have M names just because I like them!!
 
#6 ·
Mr. Violet: His predecessor was named Violetspark (My very, very first betta who died just after a week I got him) and so my current betta name was in memory of him.
 
#8 ·
Very cool on where all your names are coming from. :) I'm not half as creative with names, so I've kind of decided for myself where all my betta names are going to come from (what can I say? I'm something of a theme namer I guess!).

Currently I have two bettas myself: Leroy and Wrynn. A few short days ago it would have been three, but poor Jenkins has since passed on. :cry:

...And by the way...all the names come from one of my personal game vices...World of Warcraft. :lol:
 
#10 ·
Not all our betta names fit our theme. Some we had before we decided to names them after mythological figures, others have been adopted & get to keep the name they come with. We (my daughter & I) decided to go with mythology because she has been interested in Greek mythology since the 3rd grade (freshman now) and has started studying other branches of mythology, also because we'd have a large selection of names and can still try and fit the name to personality or looks (example, Ra got his name because of his suntail trait, Hades is dark, Helios is a pretty yellow boy, & Prometheus is fiery orange)
 
#11 ·
Ranger - Named after Lone Ranger commercial that I saw right before leaving for PetSmart.

Marius - Suggested by a member here to match Eponine

Eponine - Named after character from Les Mis. She is feisty like Eponine so that's how she got her name.

Neptune - I like Roman and Greek mythology, so i went with one that made sense

Gerard - Named after Gerard Butler, I went from seeing Phantom of the Opera (my other favorite musical next to Les Mis.. although I prefer the stage version of both) to PetCo because the movie theater was close, saw him and took him home. This was in 2004 or 2005.

Bob - Named by a co-worker who said all fish need to be named Bob. This was 2004 as well.

Cow - I wanted oddest name I could think of. This was 2002-2003.

So, it looks like I mostly turn to popular culture and/or other people.
 
#12 ·
NeptunesMom said:
my other favorite musical next to Les Mis
A bit off topic but I can't help it... I got so excited when I saw the name Eponine pop up, and then Marius. I love Les Miserables, my favorite musical hands down.

So, those names? Win! <3
 
#17 ·
All over the place :lol:

I wanted something pedigree sounding for the first betta I've had in years... so I thought and thought...

and decided to go with some Japanese (Murasaki no Ryuu = purple dragon... saki just to not have to say it all every time, hahaha)

My husband named his next fish sushi because he's a jokster and thought "saki and sushi" sounded yummy :roll: Shisu just to play on "sushi" since he took his tank when he passed away.

Soren for one of my favorite movies, and his tank mates got named to match....

and Slash from guns'n'roses because my husband didn't like anything else.

So LITERALLY all over the place, lol :cool:
 
#20 ·
I generally have three places I pick from: Artist whom I like, Astrological things, and Marvel Mutants (yeah I'm a nerd)

The first three were not from the above list.
Gallifrey - a red CT named after the Doctors home planet from Doctor Who
Scorch - a red VT because....well I accidentally burned Gallifrey because I was very unknowing at that point.
Stony - red/white/blue double tail whom we considered calling Chop Suey (my dad accidentally turned the filter on not realizing Scorch's filter didn't have the basket thing on so it sucked him up....)

And then the rest are pretty much from my first list:
Rembrandt (Remmy) - artist
Mattise (Maddie) - artist
Aurora - astro.
Stardust - astro.
Phoenix - Marvel
Mystique - Marvel
Raven - Marvel

Others that don't fit:
Ditto (he looks almost exactly like Remmy but a double tail, hence Ditto)
Little Blue (because she's little and she's blue)
Cherry (thought she was sweet like cherry pie)
 
#23 ·
lilnaugrim said:
Gallifrey - a red CT named after the Doctors home planet from Doctor Who
-gasp!- Fellow Whovian! Lil, I do believe I'm liking you more and more. :)

NeptunesMom said:
It is Marius in my avatar photo.
And what a gorgeous rebel he is! Now I think you might just need a Cosette to see and immediatly fall in love with him. :lol:
 
#24 ·
I get my names from all over....I actually keep a list of "possible" betta names. However, I don't actually name ALL my fish, mostly just my favs. (I have over 80 now, after all...lol)
 
#27 ·
*faints* 80!?

How many of those are bettas? and how many are males? :shock:

Yeah... I can imagine once you get past a couple dozen names may become a little excessive :lol:
 
#26 ·
i like a variety of pop culture names for pets, with a preference for the strange. space ghost is obviously named after space ghost (coast to coast!), same with his surviving amano buddy, zorak. for months i've had it in my head that the next betta i get, i want him to look like a namor (the submariner, from marvel comics), since male bettas tend to be imperious little guys. :p if i ever got a female i'd name her moon unit (frank zappa's daughter's name), because i will literally name anything that's even vaguely female moon unit. if i had ten female bettas they'd all be named moon unit. i wish i was named moon unit.
 
#28 ·
Lucifer: From the saying "He's a handsome devil"

Wintergreen: He was green when I got him(is blue now)

Armand: I love "The vampire Chronicles" and he is red like Armand's hair

Ziggy Stardust: Don't ask, I have no idea.

Peacock: His beautiful color looks like a peacock.

Ciel: One of the main characters in Black Butler (manga-anime) who has blue eyes.

Sebastian: The butler of Ciel and he has red eyes

Alois: The antagonist in Black Butler season 2. He has blond hair and loves the color purple
 
#29 ·
I'm a bit (read that as major) book worm, so whenever I come across a word I like or a particularly cool character name I'll add it to my list. When ever I get a new betta I'll scroll through the list to find one that fits them. The end up have odd names, but I don't think they really mind. Currently I have Vertigo, Kai (from The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher), and Siege from my list. Also, I have Anonymous who got his name when I claimed him from my sister who couldn't even care enough to name the poor guy.
 
#31 ·
Can I say I love you? Haha, that's amazing btw. I completely missed the day! Which makes sense....I also kept forgetting a lot that day.....
 
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