Pets and animal companions

Pet aliens need names as strange as their anatomy, so these lean into odd vowels and sounds no Earth tongue would think to produce.

Frogs, toads, newts and axolotls suit names with a little squish and humor in them, and this list is happy to oblige.

Pet bats invite names with a little night in them, moody and velvety picks for fruit bats, vampire bats and rescue colony favorites.

Bear names spanning the gentle and the enormous, fitting a cuddly cub, a circus veteran or a druid's grumpy traveling companion.

Pet birds get cheerful, chatty names here, suited to parakeets, canaries and any feathered roommate with strong opinions.

Falcons, hawks and owls carry sharper names than songbirds, and these have the swift, keen edge a hunting bird deserves.

Cat names with a touch of the adventurer about them, suited to lap dragons, barn mousers and the occasional wizard's familiar.

Gentle, sturdy picks for cows and cattle companions, fitting farm sims, pasture pets and the herd's one troublemaker.

Scuttling, sideways little names that suit pet crabs and hermit crab companions, most of them as snappy as their owners.

Soft, woodland names for deer companions, the sort that suit a fawn raised by rangers or a stag glimpsed once in the mist.

Dog names spanning the loyal classics and the gloriously odd, good for hounds, herders and the mutt who runs the household.

Stately, warm names for elephants, drawing on many cultures for companions too large and dignified for anything silly.

Sweet, silly and shimmering names for the goldfish, betta or guppy circling your tank, from cute classics to pun-friendly picks.

Stable-door names for horses, ponies and trusty steeds, spanning gentle barn favorites and titles fit for a champion.

Endearing monikers for tarantulas, mantises, beetles and other many-legged companions that deserve more than a shudder.

Playful and regal picks for lions, tigers, leopards and other big cats, whether they prowl a sanctuary or a fantasy menagerie.

Playful names for dolphins, seals, otters and other ocean companions, splashy picks that fit both real pets and seaside storytelling.

Gentle, homey picks for pet mice and rats, the soft and slightly silly kind that suit a whiskered pocket companion.

Monkeys earn names with personality to spare, fitting cheeky capuchins, story sidekicks and the occasional escape artist.

Owls carry a name with quiet dignity, and these picks suit wise familiars, wildlife characters and the bird watching you from the rafters.

Parrots will repeat whatever you call them, so choose well: these names suit bright talkers, ship birds and feathered comedians.

Pigs deserve better than plain farm names, and these picks fit potbellied pets, barnyard characters and one very good mud enthusiast.

Soft, quirky names for pet rabbits, from tiny lop-eared troublemakers to dignified house buns who quietly own the sofa.

Cold-blooded companions deserve names with scale and swagger, whether yours is a gecko, a python or a grumpy old tortoise.

Small names with big personality for hamsters, gerbils, rats and mice, the pocket-sized friends who deserve better than Squeaky.

Gentle, woolly names suited to sheep and lambs, from prize-winning ewes to the flock troublemaker who eats your hedge.

Slow and steady companions deserve good names, and these suit turtles and tortoises from tiny sliders to the garden veteran who outlives us all.

Wolves and wolfdogs suit names wild at heart but loyal to the bone, and these work for any husky who firmly believes she is one too.