Name That Pet: Aaranay’s Wind Serpent
Final Name: Beanpole
Today we have a letter from Aaranay of Uldaman:
Dear Mania & Fellow Mania’s Arcania Readers:
I really enjoy reading the ‘Name That Pet’ segment because I am so terrible at coming up with names for my pets. I usually have to rely on my friends to suggest names for me, which I think they are probably getting tired of doing (I am picky, so it’s rare I hear a pet name that I like within the first try or two). A bit about me …
I am a 70 Night Elf BM Hunter who up until recently swore by my faithful cat, Firecracker. With an open mind I sent him to stay in the Stormwind Kitty Hilton while I went and found myself a Wind Serpent. My first one was redish-orange and after getting him halfway through level 67 I decided he just didn’t seem like a good fit. I released him and went back to find a nice aquamarine serpent. With him at full loyalty and being a hair away from level 70 as well, I still have not found a name for him.
I can be a goofball sometimes, so silly names are perfectly fine (I have an Owl named Dr Who). I don’t really get into role playing, but I would consider a RP type name for him if it felt right.
Than you for the help, Wind Serpent and I are really looking forward to the suggestions :)Anxiously Awaiting Suggestions,
Aaranay & Wind Serpent
Let’s see what we can do!
41 Comments
Since he’s a wind serpent, how about something like… OnceBitten? Or TwiceShy?
ElectricLime
Neon
Dynamite
Sparks
All I can think of at the moment, hehe…
Aaranay….hmm.
Could always do the backwards ‘Yanaraa’, which doesn’t sound too bad at all.
Voldemort
Nagini
Parsel(mouth)
The Ouroboros, also spelled Ourorboros, Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus (pronounced /ˌjʊəroʊˈbɒrəs/ or /ʊˈrɒbɔrɔs/), is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle.
Serpentes
Asclepius (from rod of asclepius, first aid symbol)
Tnepres Dniw (wind serpent backwards)
Stenperdwin (anagram of wind serpent)
Taser (for lightning breath)
1.21Jigowatt (or whatever variation you can think of)
I have seen several serpents like that, and the name I have liked most was “Artemis” goddess of the hunt. Of course, if your pet is a guy, then that wont work..
“Gizmo”
“GreenWings”
“GreenThunder”
“Aqua”
“Uraeus” (Serpent in the headdress of Egyptian kings)
Thats all, good luck naming!
Hmm…I’m thinking “Slane”. Or “Yarrow”. Or “Asphodel”.
I like Artemis (goddess of the hunt, but it’s a name for females and males), or Akatosh (Dragon God of Time in The Elder Scrolls).
Talos works too(Another Elder Scrolls God, he’s like the equivalent of Zeus).
That’s just me.
Ok, since you have an owl named Dr. Who, how about naming your Wind Serpent The Master after Dr Who’s arch-nemisis.
My two favorite pets are named Anko, a Serpent and Hinata, a Dragonhawk.
Smaragd–It’s an old name for emerald.
I named my wind serpent Zephyr, but I also like the names
Zeus
Jupiter
Sparky
Airy
i just wanted to say, i caught that reference seidouyumi lol, and id name the serpent Greenbean lol, its long, its green, and its most peoples worst nightmare LOL
how ’bout PewPew
A silly names:
LimeOfDeath, KillerBrocolli, PoisonIvy
If spaces were allowed, I’d call it Mr. Slithers. As they’re not, how about Bananas? Or Rondo? Or Fangsworth?
I think I’ll tame a ravager and call it Fangsworth.
Cobroso-
:) Another Dr. Who person. I grew up with the series. My favorite pets are all named for characters in various anime series except for my Carrion Bird. He’s named Igor in part as homage to Terry Pratchett’s Diskworld.
BTW, Emerald and variations there on are always good. Fang is another one. Hebi is Japanese for Snake. Kiba is Japanese for Fang.
On the silly side, you could name him Politician.
My brother in law has a snake named Mr. Burns. My sister has the matching snake and named her Ms Bouvias.
hi i was thinking kiba, (fang) warserphant,spikebean,or maybe aquabean,
What about “SLJackson”? As in “Snakes on a Plane”…as in flying snakes = wind serpent?
Dont Tase Me
lol
well for aomw reason i like the name “sparrow”
How about Hakkar, the name of the Wind serpent god?
Hmm, can’t believe I’ve not seen any named connection to the Aztec Quetzalcoatl, since the wind serpents practically scream that their creation was inspired by that feathered serpent.
Consider reducing a word by a few characters, leaving the imagination of the other players to fill it in. For example, my panther, Rudyar, named for Rudyard Kipling. Perhaps that could also work for a mouthful like Quetzalcoatl, something like say, Quetzal for short.
And since I mentioned Kipling, his two deadly cobras from “Riki Tiki Tavi” come to mind: Nag and Nagina. I believe I heard that “Nag” is actually the word for snake or cobra in India.
And if you want the humorous names “DeathBreath” sums it up nicely.
arcticos – random thought
first of all Id like to say those are all prety decent choices however due to recent events of blizzard removing my pet name and providing me a violation of policy email, Ive come to find out that pet names can only be composed of one word names ….. how lame my pet Name was SheGaveMe wich due to someones complaints was considered to be a horible name. feel free to name your pet this. I know I liked the name
@kalabus – If Blizzard ever pulls that #$%@ on SgtPork, they can kiss my dorf butt bye bye /PO’d!
As for the windserpent,
“Ixnay” to go with Aaranay, or
“Mopiac”, My Other Pet Is A Cat =)
Im not kidding I got the email to prove it. happened on shadow council server last night, some seventy priest named tolasen did the complaint. get she has nothing better to do than govern the way others play wow. as for the serpent quetzaqoatl Im not sure I spelled it right, feathered serpent god for the aztec empire. very befiting of this game
kalabus: Shadow Council is an RP server, isn’t it? And just because I am curious, what kind of pet is it? And how did you find out who filed the complaint? (Blizzard doesn’t normally tell you that information, as I understand it.)
Shadow Council is an RP server. On RP servers the rules of naming are a lot tighter than they are on other servers. So, Kalibus, unfortunately, the name you chose violated their rules regarding names creating sentences, and on an RP server, they will enforce that.
Bobo- Sgtpork is just fine. So long as his name isn’t a sentence, they cannot force it to be changed, and it isn’t offensive by a long shot.
Seidou, naming policy also does not permit names with titles, such as “Queen” or “Captain” or… Sgt. Learn2read TOS, I guess.
It’s not a particularly funny name [Captain Pork would've been funnier], and it could indeed be reported and changed.
Oddly, I tend to play an RPG as an RPG, so my names tend towards that proclivity.
The person who filed the complaint told me before hand, all she said was thats the worst pet name ever and the next day pet was done for.
I want to thank everybody for the help. There are a lot of great suggestions in here and I am up between several already :)
Aaranay – I also had to hop in just to cheer over the naming of your owl after Dr Who – longtime Who fan here!
And to second Rodoan’s and Kalabus’ suggestion of Quetzalcoatl – I haven’t seen that around yet, at least not on my server anyway. And I always stop to look at the windserpents, just to marvel at how large they are in comparison to other pets – at least they always seem larger. I haven’t seen anyone with one of the lower windserpents that have been leveled up to 70 – anyone know if they’re as large as the Outlands ones? This is the kind of thing that makes me want to level up a pet – just out of curiousity to see what it would look like at 70. Wish there was a way to tell the size increase. (Is there?) Oh and that color is one of my favorite shades too – great jade green.
Emerald?
Or for something more silly Absinthe?
Nyx-
You are correct, and I stand corrected on this. In terms of pet names on a normal server, it may be one of those discresionary issues where the GM’s may decide that it isn’t offensive and it is alright because this isn’t a character. There have been a few cases where someone has been reported and the decision was that something that they said was not offensive or that their name or pet’s name was alowable. It would be nice, however, if they did make it a bit clearer when it comes to pets.
Skydancer, Blitz, Jadewind
I tried Hakkar, but it was “reserved”, probably due to a named in zul’gurub having that name :(
Emerald Dream.
Whistler.
Aspect of the.
Azure wind.
Azul viento (spanish for azure wind)
Moonshine
Here’s my suggestions…
1.) Insidius (Just sounds cool)
2.) Pocketrocket
3.) Thulsadoom
4.) Wings2go (or Wingstogo if numbers are disallowed)
5.) Hotwings
My $0.02….
I like pet names that reflect the pet skill… my boar is named ‘TipperGore’.
Anyways…. Lightning Breath being the reason to have a Wind Serpent:
1) FocusDump
2) ZipZap
3) AceyDeecey (AC/DC)
4) Sputters
5) Listerine (somehow fits with lightning breath to me!)
Cheers!
Keylimedie
Meangreen
Greenmachine
Politician….it’s a snake, after all.
Margharita (spelling?)
Brettfavre….GREEN Bay Packers
Guacomole
Greenthnred….you’re BM
xmasterror….see above
cabbagepatch
limey
jaggiebomb
Just wanted to thank everybody for their suggestions. I went with Beanpole, as a slight variation of Greenbean that was suggested. Thank you all again! :)
-Aaranay & Beanpole
How about…hmmmm…… Kaa or Shir´Kaan or or even better Baghera…
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