Help me name my baby rats!

June 28, 2015 12:28 PM

Everyone likes a name-my-cute-animals question on a Sunday afternoon, right? I have a couple baby boy rats. They need names. Link to pics under the fold.

Both boys, about 6 weeks old. One is a light grey agouti (reddish-gold flecks) and the other a darker blue-grey. The agouti guy is playful and mischievous; the darker grey is a bit shy, but sweet and cuddly.

Here are the pics.
First 3 pics are the light grey agouti, last 4 pics are the dark grey.
Apologies for the blurriness in some pics -- rats move quickly!

Thanks!

posted by phoenix_rising to Pets & Animals (36 answers total)

Castor and Pollux
Romulus and Remus
Wilbur and Orville
Watson and Crick
Elwood and Jake
Franklin and Teddy
Lenny and Squiggy
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Cheese and Crackers
posted by phunniemee at 12:38 PM on June 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Sacco and Vanzetti
Leopold and Loeb
Gilbert and George
posted by theodolite at 12:40 PM on June 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Phobos and Deimos
Darryl and My Other Brother Darryl
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 12:45 PM on June 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Ernie and Bert
Statler and Waldorf
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 12:53 PM on June 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Remy and Linguini
Rizzo and The Rat
posted by Suffocating Kitty at 12:57 PM on June 28, 2015

Fred and George.
posted by netsirk at 12:59 PM on June 28, 2015

Noser and Paul
Kokopeli and Shadow
posted by irisclara at 12:59 PM on June 28, 2015

Frick and Frack
Rock and Roll
Mutt and Jeff
posted by virago at 1:01 PM on June 28, 2015

Pinky and The Brain. (I know they're rats and not mice but that's my favorite name for all paired animals forever)
posted by bedhead at 1:06 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Too obvious maybe, but Ben and Willard?
posted by easily confused at 1:13 PM on June 28, 2015

Harold and Arthur.
posted by sciencegeek at 1:20 PM on June 28, 2015

Hans und Franz
Thistle and Shamrock
posted by drlith at 1:22 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Bader and Ginsberg
posted by pearlybob at 1:24 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Horatio and Nelson
posted by delphic at 1:26 PM on June 28, 2015

Herman and Sherman!
posted by Hermione Granger at 1:37 PM on June 28, 2015

Simon and Garfunkle
posted by Ms Vegetable at 1:57 PM on June 28, 2015

Mario and Luigi
posted by carmicha at 2:02 PM on June 28, 2015

Iddy and Rex
As an undergrad psych student, I named my lab rat (a beautiful hooded rat) Oedipus Rat and called him Iddy for short.
posted by angiep at 2:05 PM on June 28, 2015

Laurel and Hardy
Holmes and Watson
Sherlock and Mycroft
Wooster and Jeeves
posted by rjs at 2:11 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Ratso and Rizzo (or Enrico and Salvatore)
posted by merejane at 2:30 PM on June 28, 2015

I second Castor and Pollux. Failing that, your favorite bromance pair. Some ideas:

Starsky and Hutch
Tango and Cash
Newman and Redford
Brad and George
Damon and Affleck (or Will and Chuckie)
David and Jonathan
Lewis and Clark
Piccolo and Sayers
Ungar and Madison
Wayne and Garth
Woody and Buzz
Andy and Red
Kirk and Spock
Joey and Chandler
posted by bearwife at 2:33 PM on June 28, 2015

Penn and Teller
posted by Sophont at 2:39 PM on June 28, 2015

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
posted by Promethea at 3:08 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Scabbers and Pettigrew
posted by Mchelly at 3:43 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

These names aren't a matched set, I just think the light gray little guy is a Pookie and the other is Filbert.
posted by prewar lemonade at 4:30 PM on June 28, 2015

Muenster and Brie
posted by cacao at 4:30 PM on June 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

We live on a lake. We named our two dogs after outboard motors: Evinrude and Mercury.

(Our boat is named Fideau.)
posted by Short Attention Sp at 4:59 PM on June 28, 2015

Eee, so cute! n.n

Er, right, suggestions. Justin and Jenner?
posted by Aleyn at 6:41 PM on June 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

Merp and Decap
posted by Fortnight Bender at 10:35 PM on June 28, 2015

Rommel & Monty.
Wellington & Napoleon.
Gilbert & Sullivan.
Asterix & Obelix.
Calvin & Hobbes.
Wallace & Gromit.
Boosey & Hawkes (one of my school music teachers named her pair of cats that).
posted by Morfil Ffyrnig at 6:03 AM on June 29, 2015

Buboe and Sepsis
posted by sourcequench at 8:02 AM on June 29, 2015

Huginn and Munnin ("Thought" and "Memory", the twin ravens of Odin)
posted by Poppa Bear at 8:15 AM on June 29, 2015

Strange and Norrell
posted by zeptoweasel at 10:16 AM on June 29, 2015

Itchy and Scratchy? Yogi and Booboo?
posted by rpfields at 11:47 AM on June 29, 2015

I had two fat little goldfish in college, named Monty and Bumper. I still think they are perfect names for something small and adorable and your rats are definitely in the "small and adorable" category.
posted by WalkerWestridge at 9:31 PM on June 29, 2015

I don't recommend Fred and George. My first pair were named that, and George turned out to be an idiot because of it, bless her heart.
posted by radwolf76 at 8:01 AM on July 3, 2015