New ferrets

[blue-roan.livejournal.com]

I work at a research lab with a colony of female ferrets. Each time we get a new batch of them, they get named according to a theme. We are going to be getting six more this next week and their theme is rivers. They will be Nile, Zambezi, Ganges, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates. I think this is a disappointing theme - or at least not utilized to its fullest. I would've liked to see Mississippi, Blue Danube, Thames, etc. Oh well.

For fun, here are the other names, both past and present. Themes of the past have included gems, celestial, flowers, spices and vegetables. (Yes, I think the vegetable names are stupid too.)

Opal, Coral, Athena, Andromeda, Persephone, Cassandra, Clio, Telesto, Sirius, Star, Zim, Saturn, Venus, Pluto, Jupiter, Bom, Electra, Lime, Sassafrass, Terra, Rosemary, Thyme, Sage, Dahlia, Bramble, Magnolia, Jasmine, Violet, Lily, Maverick, Juniper, Carrot, Onion, Cabbage, Iris, Orchid, Daisy, Cayenne, Daffodil, Callisto.

Comments

[skudge.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a cute idea! I like the spices theme. Don't really care much for the gems theme, but mostly because my favorite gems are labradorite, iolite, and sodalite, which don't really work well as names.

But from the ones you listed, the ones I like best as ferret names are Euphrates, Clio, Lime, Sassafras, Bramble, Maverick, Juniper, Onion, Cayenne, and Daffodil. Bramble is the best!

[blue-roan.livejournal.com]

I think Bramble is one of the best of the bunch as well. Although Lime isn't really the most awesome name, she's my favorite of them all :)