Naming a new pet can be a challenge. We at Pets in the Classroom are here to help! We asked teachers for the names of their classroom pets and received a great response! Here are some ideas for you to choose from:
Banzai – Lion King
Bindi – after Bindi Irwin
Blackbeard
Boba – students thought the dots on his skin looked like the boba drink
BobZilla
Boomer
Boris
Brownie
Burrito
Bunga – Lion King
Buzz – Disney-themed
Canyon – from Arizona and learned about the Grand Canyon
Carlos
Chalkdust
Charlotte – Charlotte’s Web
Chubb – after one of the great Georgia running backs
Clementine
Coco
Cosmo
Crick – after the scientists that discovered DNA
Croakie – the name of a recurring frog character in our math textbook
Crouton
Curry
Da Vinci
Dart – short for D’Artagnan
Darwin – Science
Destiny
Digit – Math
Dolly – because she’s such a doll
Dwight Schrute – The Office
Echetus – after “Echetus: the Mainland King Who Wrecks All Men Alive”
Ellie
Elliott – named after the dragon in Pete’s Dragon. Elliott’s job is to help children just like Elliott in the movie.
Elvis – After Elvis Costello, the person who does the voice of Pete The Cat
Elvis – classroom theme is Pete The Cat and Elvis Costello does the voice for Pete on the Amazon show
Fin-Fin
Forky – Disney-themed
Frodo – Lord of the Rings
Gamora
Gandalf – Lord of the Rings
George – after St. George
Ghost – an albino leopard gecko
Gizmo
Gizmo – after the book “Wedgie and Gizmo”
Godzilla
Greg
Gummy – after the little alligator character in the My Little Pony animated series
Gus Gus – like the mouse in Cinderella
Harry Flopper
Honey
Hoppy
Inky
Jenny
Julio – he only speaks Spanish, and teacher was born in July
Junie G.
King Dragon
Kix – like the cereal
Kovu – Lion King
Lemon
Lennie – from Of Mice and Men
Leopoldo
Lilly
Lupe
Luella
Luna Loveguppy
Mac and Cheese
Michel – after one of the great Georgia running backs
Miss Piggy
Monkey
Mr. Beans
Mushu – Mulan
Nessie – read a story about the Loch Ness monster in curriculum
Nugget – because the hamster is a small round nugget
Odysseus – after “Odysseus: Raider of Cities
Olive
Oreo
Pancake
Paprika (Ika) – because of her color
Peanut – dwarf hamster
Pickle – Lion King
Poke
Poppy – because she “pops” like crazy when she is excited
Potter
Princess Magnolia – named after the heroin in the Princess in Black series
Professor McGonnqill
Rafiki – Lion King
Randall
Reggie
Remi
Remy
Rex – because the students thought he looked like something from the Jurassic era
Rosalind – after the scientists that discovered DNA
S’more
Sam
Sandy from Spongebob
Sarabi – Lion King
Scar (from Lion King)
School Bus
Scribbles
Shadow
Sheldon
Sky Boo Boo
S’more
Smores
Spike
Spike – because she is spikey
Squirtle – Lion King
Stormy
Sydney
Tator Tot – because he looks like a little potato
Taquito
Tinyfeet
Vinnie
Watson – after the scientists that discovered DNA
Weasley
Wedgie – after the book “Wedgie and Gizmo”
Winnie the Pig – after Winnie the Pooh
Woody – Disney-themed
Yeet
Yoda – Star Wars
Zazu – Lion King
Zeus
