Get ready for a long post. This is all the buns I've ever had. They all have middle and last names, too, but I didn't explain those
It's kind of interesting, all but 2 of my bunnies have people names. I like them all (obviously), but none of them are actually names I would give to children for whatever reason.
Cinnabun: My brother came up with this name when our parents said we could get a bunny (we were 10 and 13), it's a play on Cinnabon cinnamon rolls. At the time, my parents were considering opening a Cinnabon franchise and, uh, we love cinnamon rolls
I've since heard of lots of other bunnies named Cinnabun, but I still think we did a pretty good job thinking of his name considering we were just kids!
Rory, short for Rhiordan: I saw this name on a sign (it was actually for some local politician) and thought Rhiordan would make the PERFECT bunny name, with Rory as the nickname. I came up with this name a good 6 years before I got my boy Rory 5 years ago (when I was 22). There was no question what his name would be when I met him, I waited for him for soooo long
Rhiordan is Irish and means "little poet king." At the animal shelter, Rory's name was Belvedere.
Tallulah: Is Irish and means "Princess." I thought it would go great with Rory's Irish name! It was the perfect name for my little princess.
Skyler: Oh, this boy took forever to name. We knew we'd be getting him from a fellow forum member 2 months before he came home and I still hadn't thought of a name when he came home. Finally settled on Mylo but changed his name to Skyler after a month. He flew home to us on an airplane (actually several- Philadelphia to Dallas to Seattle to Anchorage, then a 6 hour car ride from Anchorage to Fairbanks!) and I liked that the name has "sky" in it
Phoebe Mae: Phoebs took about a week to name. Phoebe is a feminine form of a male name associated with the moon. I've always thought it looked like there was a bunny in the moon. Mae is after Tallulah Maesie, who I called Mae Mae much of the time.
Ned: Took a while to name. He was Paxton for a few days before I thought of Ned. He's indirectly named after the character Ned from the show "Pushing Daisies." I thought of it when we were watching the show! The name Ned fits him to a T. It's cute but kind of dorky and goofy, just like him
Paxton was way too majestic for my silly boy. Ned's name was Giovanni at the animal shelter and Vinny with the people who adopted him and kept him for a week before deciding they didn't want him.
Maximus: Very easy bunny to name, I didn't really consider any other name. He has a lot of white on him and he just reminded me of the adorable/hysterical horse Maximus in the movie "Tangled." Also, he was a super teeny tiny 6 week old baby when he was adopted and I thought it was funny to give him such a big name
Mabel: Mabel is the sister of Maximus and took about 2 weeks to name. I test drove Matilda, but came back to Mabel, which was the first name I considered. I wanted her name to start with M so she'd match Maximus. Like Phoebe Mae, Mabel is named after Tallulah. She's also named after my mother-in-law's best friend, a nice old lady named Mabel Hopp
Mabel's primary nickname is Macie, which I call her about half the time. Mabel's middle name is Celestia and Macie is kind of a combo of those two. She's also named after Macey, a very sweet Holland Lop whose owner used to post on the forum. Girl has a lot of namesakes
Nomi: My husband named her after a Jedi master from Star Wars. Her name before we adopted her was Oreo.
Podge, short for Padraig: Pretty easy bun to name! I came across Padraig (PAW-drig) with the nickname Podge a couple months ago on St. Patrick's Day. When we met our little man, I immediately thought of this name for him. He incidentally was born right around St. Patrick's Day
I kinda sorta considered name him Brogan, but Padraig was the definite winner. Was named Orson by the animal shelter.
As you can see, I put way more thought than necessary into bunny names! I actually have an MS Word document full of names I like for bunnies...
