name that pig
Yup. I decided to do it after all. Now several weeks into the piglife: I feel comfortable naming my bacon. This little girl needs a name and I'm asking you to make some suggestions. My favorite will become the little yorkie's new handle, and I'll mail you a signed copy of Chick Days as a thank you. To be fair, just one post per reader please.Suggest away!
posted by Jenna at 3:54 PM
240 Comments:
Lardonna
Bernadette
Guinevere - meaning white lady
Hazel
Twilla Mae Pigge
Peaches
Clover... don't know why, just like the name...
Antoinette (since she apparently LOVES cake) : )
its a girl??? darn...cuzz Kevin (Bacon) would be a good one! LOL
Ok....soo...I guess it should be Piggy Sue. Maybe not so original but it speaks well.
Curious. Pigs are curious beings.
Jambon (pronounced jhambone) - French for "ham."
Willamena
Pork Chop!
Fern
How about Tammy Swinette? :)
Supper--so you don't get so attached.
Burrow, cuz of her penchant for hay hiding :)
Petunia
Penelope!
Frances Bacon ;) (I know, it's really Francis Bacon and he was a man)
Charlotte. I know that was the spider's name but I can't remember the pig from Charlotte's Web!
Porcas...rhymes with Dorcas, and at least you won't forget what she really is!
Big Bertha
How about "Cleopatra".
Polly. I love that name!
Conchita.
She was a character in the 1992 Spanish movie "Jamon, Jamon" that ended with a fight between two men, using legs of ham as weapons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamon_Jamon
sandy
i'm rereading a sand county almanac
Miss Claire
Ramona
Keep it simple...Miss Piggy :)
Though I will admit that I think Tammy Swinette is brilliant :)
I vote for Pancetta. She will be food after all.
Miss Piggy :)
Miss Porketta
The Duchess of Pork.
Peek-a-boo.
Peek-a-boo pig!
How about calling her Yum Yum. Sort of a sweet little love handle, but still highlights the ultimate reason for her place on the farm.
My 2 piggies are Proscuitto and Capicola. You can use them if you'd like!
Olivia, of course. My favourite literary pig.
Penelope!
Puddles. :)
Liza Jane from the old Bill Monroe song, Pig in a Pen
Rose
Large Marge, from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, of course.
Pinky!
Francis, as in Francis Bacon. ;)
Pig.
From the movie Babe.
As in, "That'll do, Pig."
When I was little my aunt had a pig my cousins called Polly Piggy Poo. When I told my kids about her they thought it might be a fitting name for your little girl! :)
How about Zelda?
Violet
Francine
I think she looks like her name shoud be Lucy! And, it's an easy name to say. And when she is bad and spills her water you can say LUCILLE!
Josefa. No idea why, but I like old-fashioned names and it seems to suit a big girl. The Spanish do enjoy their pork. Also, not that it's remotely relevant, but it kinda rhymes with "heifer."
Pork Skywalker
Dutchess. Of York. Or pork; you decide.
I'm throwing "Minnie" in the hat. She looks like a Minnie and it might discourage negative body image feelings for her. :)
I was going to suggest "Blanket" as in pigs-in-a-blanket, but it brought to mind Michael Jackson's kid's name and that's just too weird.
So Pokey. As in pig-in-a-poke.
Clementine.
"In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating in a mine, lived a miner 49er and his daughter Clementine...oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin' Clementine, you are lost and gone forever, oh my darlin' Clementine."
:)
Delicious Diva
Roast. Because in all good working farms pigs are meant to be served up with crackling and vegetables.
Panini!!! Or Honey... Or Smokey...
Ovinia Twinkletoes Stinkerton
Din-Din!
Ham...or Bacon...
My niece namesd her two these names. They were delicious!
Nina, SE Mass.
Lulu. Although I really like the Duchess of Pork someone suggested...
PiggiePie
Bianca, which means white or fair.
"A secret"
As in "whats your pigs name?" its "A secret" "No tell me what its name is" LOL
Priscilla
Smelly....
Clementine!
Clementine!
I know she's a sow, but I'm voting "Arnold Ziffel" from Green Acres :)
My 7yr old said to name her Bacon but I like Corkie! :)
Duckie
From the movie "Pretty in Pink", which she is!
Tina
Hamlet
I'm surprised Piglet hasn't been mentioned. We had pigs named Byron and Buford (feel free to use them...but they were males)
What about "NOM!"
Miss Wiggins
Barbie (as in barbie-Q, or BBQ)
or
Harriet (as in Tubman, or tubby, fat)
Barbie-Q
HenWen, from a book series, don't ask me the titles, but HenWen was a pig and a seer, who would point to symbols on sticks to portend the future.
Dolores!
Sue E (sooee) ; )
She looks like a Libby to me.
How about Chloe? We have been enjoying watching your pig adventure...in anticipation of our own! We are getting our first 3 pigs this next weekend and we are SO excited! I have been encouraged by the fact that it has been such a simple thing for you and Cold Antler Farm! She has melted in with the rest quite nicely it seems! Congrats!
Dowessa.
I've picked out these names for our future porker:
Applesauce, Fennel,Sopressata, Costine,Mortadella, and Picnic
They may fit your pig.
My vote is for "Sizzle"! A Spunky name and not too cutsie!
I loved your 'Narnia, New York' post, so I think her name has to be Lucy (or another Narnain character you like).
Agnes
Yorkie Doodle!
Spamela Anderson
Lola
Lucy
I think she looks like a Sonya. I haven't read the responses (all 92 of them!)so I'm not sure if it has been suggested yet :)
Bacon Baby!
Piper the Pig
Scarlet O'Hama
Well, Oscar (as in Meyer) is out!
How about "Star"? Because someday she will be the star of your b-fast/lunch/dinner.
Good luck.
~Beth
Try to stay away from real girl's names...so far two sisters and a niece have been named...uck!
Charlotte
How about Samwise Gamgee
Grace and Peace,
John
I'm with Kristen, Miss Piggy is my vote; I had a Miss Piggy last winter. Loved her then, love her now.
the gals we raised this summer were named Freedom and Bethany, though I warn against naming a pig freedom as she turned out to be quite an escape artist.... but her purpose was to help attain freedom and it has worked! ( Long story abd it was financial freedom...) so my name suggestion is for you to come up with one with a relation to what her purpose is, that way when it's time for her to you're ready(er) as it was being drilled into your head when referring to her by name.
"Maybel Lean" (My daughter is getting into makeup and I just couldn't help myself.)
Kielbasa sounds cute... But I'd go with Spamela Anderson, like someone else suggested. It makes me laugh. :)
sweet pea
Annabelle
From the children's movie Annabelle's Wish. The pigs name was Slim (male) but the main animal character (a calf) was named Annabelle and was so cute and very sweet!
Bess. Just because.
Bess. Just because it fits.
You could be all fancy and stuff and call her...Cochon.
A BBC presenter called his pigs Smoky and Streaky, which might work as well.
Of course, as I often remind the city folk here in LA, you don't really name animals on the farm...at least the ones you plan on eating.
Little Snort
Waffles
Piggy Woo-doo? My grandma told me she had a cat named Kitty Woo-doo when she was little, and now I always want to add woo-doo to my critter's names. :)
Chuck Klosterman II
All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Wise and Wonderful.
I would name her Herriot in honor of James Herriot.
the pig in charlotte's web was Wilbur; HenWen is from Lloyd Alexander's the Chronicles of Prydain. I suggest Scrapple for a name.
Portia!
Bacon
Hmm...I vote for Lilly...a beautiful name for a beautiful piggy!!! I've never raised animals for meat...but I think the animals somehow know and understand that you love/care for them ...and that there's a cycle to life etc..but I like "Lilly " That's a good name. Hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
Hmm...I vote for Lilly...a beautiful name for a beautiful piggy!!! I've never raised animals for meat...but I think the animals somehow know and understand that you love/care for them ...and that there's a cycle to life etc..but I like "Lilly " That's a good name. Hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
Pattie.
Five years ago when we got our first butcher pigs, a pair of Yorkie-ish pink gilts, we officially called them Pattie and Link to keep their destiny in the fore. My husband called them Betty and Joan, after his ex and her mother, to his endless glee and the roar of laughter from his longtime best friends!
How about Squiggy?
Although I was always taught to not name something you're going to eat.
Our pigs this year were not named and they sure are good :)
Lady Pigglywinks
Henrietta. or rather Hamrietta instead? ;)
Sadie!
truffles :)
"Oinkletta".....sounds kind of old fashioned and pig-like. Very feminine....for a pig.
Belle
Moo, which is the Thai word for pork!
I like Varken. Varken is the Dutch translation of pig. Varken is very different.
-Autumn
I had inlaws who kept a mama pig and one piglet out of every litter. The mama pig was called Mama, the remaining piglet was called "Breakfast".
SUZIE-Q
Justine Timberbacon
Molly
Sammy
Muc --- Irish for pig.
"Hamlet"
Cracklin' Rosie!
(at the very least you'll be singing Neil Diamond songs every time you do your chores ...)
Cleopigtra!
Roastella :)
I like "Hamiam" (ham I am)!
My future pig name is Lard Byron. It could still work for a gilt I think ;)
Piggly.
Bacon VonBits
Pork Pie
Well, since the names that I originally thought of have been suggested, how about "Yummy".
"Sooner or Later", since she'll be on yer plate- sooner or later.
My daughter Sarah thinks Bella, but my suggestion is Gammon.
Clementine
Babe
Daisy
Tilly is a sweet name, I think!
Marietta :)
Vera, short and sweet.
Hamlet
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York (as in New, and it rhymes with Pork.) :)
"Sunday evening, my Rebecca lost a book she never read..."
I also thought of Sam Beam, but she's a girl after all, not nearly enough beard hair to go with that choice, is there?
Audrey :) Such a beautiful lil pig
Sophie.
Definatly looks like a Sophie to me!!
Sophie? Or Sophie Tucker?
Piggy-Sue... I love old music and she lives in the country so she should have a hyphenated name.
Truffles
Eloise of Cold Anter
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Claire after my white miniature bull terrier which are also known as pig dogs.
Porcini...its like truffles but less stinky
Baby - as in 'babyback ribs' or 'Nobody puts Baby in a corner...'
I vote for "The Baconator" or I think you can combine two to be "Tammy Swinette, Duchess of Pork."
Georgia
Daphne Queen of Pork
Flora Dora!
My dad always said it isn't a good thing to name something you are going to eat. Lol. But I will give it a try.
Sparkles
Squee! :)
How about just "the pig"?
I have always told my children and the husband for that matter, never to name your food. It makes all that much harder in the end when it is time to put them in the freezer. I have also told them if you insist on giving it a name, name it FOOD.
Since you are naming a pig, his name should be Pork Chop, Ham, Ribs.....
you get the idea
Cheryl
goodnufranch.blogspot.com
Buttercup
Hamlet
Jimma Deana (female version of Jimmy Dean)
Back when I was a kid, relatives of mine named their pig Daisy. Then came butchering day; the boys found it fun to tease their sister by saying "Please pass the Daisy" at the dinner table.
-Brenda
I went through to see if anyone else has chosen the name I was going to suggest...there was one by Sarah, but mine was a little different as my suggestion is "Miss Daisy" and hers is just Daisy.
Bon Appetite. Seems like you enjoy feeding her and she will be making good meals for you.
Macon....(bacon) LOL
I like Glory Bee or Olivia or Clover Meadow. This is fun. I love so many of the suggestions! Mimi
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Blanche Marie Elizabeth Devereaux
Hamlet
WAFFLES.
Jenna - My vote is Lou Ellen.
It call be hollered...Looouuu Eeeeellllen. Or spoken softly, Lou Ellen. Either way, it's a beautiful female pig name!!
Gylfie
It's a name from a recent movie and my 8 year old daughter and I thought it just fit your beautiful little pig.
Gloria
Sofia Serrano
Penelope's character in Vanilla Sky & Serrano ham.
I would like to suggest Lulu. Every time I see her face I just think "Lulu." Something about her makes me think of that name?!? She is so cute - wish I could give her a hug. Hope naming her won't make the "bacon time" that much harder?
Baby (as in baby back ribs)
Sassy - after a Yorksire sow now gone to the bacon farm in the sky.
Pepper
I would name her Peanut!
How 'bout: Smoke D. Ham?
Velma... just because that name makes me laugh
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