What's the significance of your tortoise(s)'s name(s)?

[Dagashi]

Initially as we wanted a Star Tort, I pre-named him Galaticus (not sure whether it was a male or female tort). Because it was Stars.. and I wanted it to be associated with the SKies.. stars. galaxy.. etc.

Then somehow we ended up with two. So to match Galaticus.. I named the other one Spartacus.. Have no idea yet what's their sex but I guess it won't make much of a difference to them.. they don't seem to be bothered much by us calling them.. we suspect that they're a bit deaf.. hehehehe

 

[jkingler]

Just got a Russian last night and he is now named Sanya, after the awesome Dresden Files character whose name he shares.

http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Sanya

They are both cool dudes, and Black Russians, too.

 

[lisa127]

My Gulf Coast box turtles name is Chomper. My daughter named him after a character in Land Before Time. I have a new three toed box turtle baby coming in the next few weeks and we are tossing around names now. Someday I will have a tortoise......

 

[Cadance]

Our kids named ours. Thunder and Diego. I thought they where cute and the kids really liked them so that is their names

 

[Kasper2reds]

My redfoot "duke" was my first tortoise. When i took him home from the pet store I quickly setup his enclose. My roomate at the time was just as excited as i was to see him in his new home. He asked if he could take him out of the box and hold him while i finished setting up his cage.. Before we knew it, he had pooped a whole lotta good stuff on my roommates hand and the name stuck. DUKE.

His cage mate Dutch got his name when I received him in the mail. He arrived and I was enjoying one of my favorite cigarillos, Dutch masters. Instantly I made the connection of duke and Dutchess, and the name Dutch stuck with him

My duke and Dutch together

 

[TortoiseAddict]

my red eared slider Timmy died and he was a big part of me and my friends lives so we were going to decide to call the tortoise Jimmy because it sounds like Timmy but it turned out she was a girl so we called her Jenny

 

[HarveytheTortoise]

Did it just sound cool? Did your toirtoise just look like a Shelly or Sheldon?

Or is there some deeper inspiration and meaning behind the names you've all chosen to give to your tortoises?

Tell me yours and I'll tell you mine.

Harvey my Sulcata, which appears to be female now, is named after a civil rights leader.
Amani my side necked turtle is from a Swahili speaking part of Africa, and Amani is the Swahili word for Peace.
George my Greek tortoise was named at his rescue
Penny my three-toed boxie was named by her previous owner and is has a beautiful copper colored shell.
Karma is my bearded dragon and she is good Karma.
Ghandi is my cat.

 

[SebastianTheGirl]

I once had a sulcata named Sheldon, which coming here I have discovered is pretty common. I named it simply because it had a shell, but I never really figured out the gender.

 

[yarok]

I wanted an African name for my sulcata and after hearing my fiance suggest Zimbabwe aka Zim 500 times i just looked at a map of Africa and finally found a town with a name both of us could agree on... Zinder! plus it just sounds cool haha!

Ah a reptile enthusiast. I love reptile enthusiasts.

 

[mira_kaylee]

My Russian's name is Ayden. "Ayden" is just a name that I really like, but i spelled it with a "y" instead of an "i" to give him a little bit of originality. Since I planned on having him for quite awhile obviously I wanted his name to be something cute that I wouldn't ever get tired of, hence why I didn't name him anything long or after anything that pertains to a particular interest that I might not be as interested in later in life.