Ex Pets: Raptor = Barney Scorpid = (had very short, think I called him Sting or something similar) Owl = (again, short time, I think I called it Tootsiepop)
Bear - Baloo (after Jungle Book's bear) Panther - Bagheera (after Jungle Book's panther) Wind Serpent Buddlight (bud for buddy, light for LB) Scorpid - Skorpion (after the SMG) Bat - Chiroptera (scientific genus name for bats) Pink Tallstrider - Roseus (the species name for giant flamingo) Dog - Ami (after my RL Dog) Cat (non-panther) - Neko (after my RL cat, and Japanese for cat) Ravager - Xenomorph (the scientific name for the creature on Alien) Crocolisk - Irwin (self-explanatory, out of respect after his death)
I hate having to come up with names. Takes me quite a bit of time to come up with Toon names. So I generally cheat and use name generators to randomly assign my beasts their monikers.
Except in the case of those I'm taming solely to learn an ability for. I never used to change their names at all, but I got "yelled at" by a number of guildies for this practice. So now I give them names that fit their purpose. TempTank, Meatshield, Skinsaver.
The only pet I have, or have ever had, that I bothered to name thoughtfully is my pvpet, an Elder STV Tiger named Wetspot. Win or lose, there's a wetspot on the ground when you've finished tangling with him. (oh happy beast mastery. What can't you do?)
Well, I currently have two pets in the stable and one open slot... I'll go through pets past and present.
Ironclaw--raptor from durotar, first pet... ditched him at about 15. StoneGmork--black worg (after Gmork from Neverending story... and also stone for the blackrock worg, because he's the same skin). Still got this one around, but he's a few levels behind. MeowMixx--My 63 kitty... I tried to name him Mr. Scratchy, but I wasn't able to for some reason. The name's stuck, though, and I like it!
My Ghost Sabers name is Redeemer (Apart of my saying, "Im gonna Redeem your soul so I can KILL you again!" as Redeemer was my online tag before Hitash Levat)
My Diseased Black Bear I named Revenant. (Meaning Returned to life to fulfill a specific goal)
My temperary pets (random at best is any mob I need to tame a different rare pet) FishFood, WormBait, EatMeFirst, NotA(type of mob), porkchops (pig only) Chicken(Birds), KillMeNow, or Ni.
with the dwarf hunter i got 3 pets 1 of which i have had since level 24 his name is Nuke and hes a big wolf/worg. the other two are Tag my white tiger and Crombie my white bear.
With the orc hunter i only got one pet right now and her name is Dishu the leopard from the barrens still have her and i get plenty of compliment's from people who see me with her :)
Loki black wolf Tuoni carrion bird, and prettiest pet in the whole game
and i have had more carrion birds named Dæmon (black), Ræper (orange), Ævil (red) and hellræver (2headed red) as well as a King B i used for lvl 49 pvp called BIGRED
soon to tame:boar and i'll be naming him after a singer of a metalband, dont know wich one yet =P
My Humar the Pridelord is named Humar. The story behind that involves a retarded friend, a moment of weakness, around 20 levels past the 23 level range, and alot of yelling. But nowadays I mostly just say that "Who am I to force a new name onto the Pridelord? He is Humar, and I am just glad he chose to join me. Taking away his name, would be disrespectful to say the least."