Speaking of popular new pets, there’s the gorilla. And you can’t blame them for enjoying their new-found popularity — what pet doesn’t deserve a turn in the limelight?

Today we have three gorilla-owners looking for the perfect name for their new furry friend. First up is Adams, a pun-loving dwarven hunter. Adams writes:

I’d like some assistance in naming a Gorilla I happened accross. My hunter’s name is Adams. He has had a variety of pets.

Bear – Grizzly
Boar – Gristly
Raptor – Grisly
Cat – Ansel
Wolf – Sam
Devilsaur – Quincy
Worm – Abigail

I tend to like puns, but I also like names that look right as names. I chose all my pet names because they looked funny with “Adam’s Pet” underneath. I am looking for suggestions for my hominid friend. Thank you.

I have to say, I really like the cat named Ansel and the worm named Abigail. I’m not sure we can come up with something as good for this gorilla, but we’ll give it a try!

Next up is a Draenei hunter named Yáena. Yáena writes:

For 4 years I’ve spawned a countless amount of hunters, which leads to a countless amount of pets. All of them with more or less original names. This is the first time I’ve asked for help, heh. :)

Anyways. The hunter in subject is a lvl 30-and-something draenei called Yáena. After almost 20 levels of huntin’ around with a wind serpent, I’ve decided to give her a gorilla, with their new 1337-ish Thunderstomp and all. Her other pet is, as said before, a blue/black windserpent from WC. His name is Kaizar.

I don’t RP, so I have no idea what kind of draenei Yáena is, but I mainly play solo on her. For some reason, she’s never been to any instance. Always been busy questing and hoofing around, and always nobody in the LFM. (Besides that, I hate PuGs with all my heart.) That’s why the gorilla would fit perfectly.

There’s no fancy taming story either, also because I don’t RP, and the gorilla wasn’t rare or hard to find. Let’s just imagine it happened it a mighty epic way.

But while I can’t tell you any fun stuff about either the draenei or the taming, I can certainly tell you what kind of name I’m after.

First of all: No silly names. Silly names are all fun and joy, but I just can’t hunt around with a monkey called BananaOmNomNom or something like that. And no ‘white’ names (like Snowfall, for instance), since I plan getting a black monkey at lvl 37. A black ape called Snowfall is stupid. >.< No DonkeyKongs either, I wanna keep everything Mario out of this.

Now, what I do want is a name that sound somewhat draenei'ish, or something you could imagine a draenei calling her monkey. The longer, the better, too, since long names makes it look more fancy. And something that makes a plain ol' gorilla stand out :)

And he's male.

I love a hunter who knows her mind! Okay, we’ll do our best with this one and I’m sure we can come up with something that fits.

Last but not least we have Allarr, a night elf hunter with a red gorilla. Allarr writes:

My character’s name is Allarr, and I’ve been playing on him for more than three years now. I recently tamed a gorilla, as per BRK’s strong suggestion, to help me level once Wrath hits the street.

Allarr has gone though lots of pets, and the creation of two extra stable slots literally made me /dance! I play on a normal server, don’t RP, and mostly raid and do instances with my guild (the Angry Penguins!)

I would generally go for a funny name, but I love Warcraft lore, all forms of mythology and
fiction, as well. For an example of what I’m after, I have a wasp named Rumblebee and grinned for a good while when someone in my guild suggested it. So please, help me name my beautiful red gorilladin*!

*-(copyright BRKWWA)

We hear you loud and clear! Okay, my loyal legion of naming maniacs — what’ve we got for these gorillas?

(Post title inspired by “Gorilla (Gorilla)” from Ookla the Mok.)