My first pet was a boar and I named him Churchkey because his tusks reminded me of those portable bottle/can openers that so come in handy
I then tamed a windserpent and named him Zoso because he looked like Jimy Page's symbol from Led Zepplin.
I tamed Bagthera and named him a variant of that spelling. Unoriginal, I know. I wasn't happy with the name, and learned I didn't really like cats as pets. No real reason, just didn't appeal to me.
Next was a bear I named Beyer. He saved me from several potential headaches.
My ape was McGilla and my current pet is a bonestripper vulture named Marduk, the two-headed god of Babylon.
I've never had any comments about their names, but I do get a lot of 2-heads are better than one jokes about Marduk.