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So, I’m given to understand that the good people of this forum like helping prospective bunny parents pick out the perfect name for their fuzzy little bundles of joy…
M and I are officially getting a french lop and we’re struggling to come up with a name that fits. We’re currently considering Harry and Thomas (both names of characters in a series we love) but the jury’s still out. I think he kind of needs a… “sensible” name, if that makes sense? Otherwise I’d be perfectly able to dig out some obscure bizzarro name from some mostly forgotten mythology, but any “unusual” names I might have considered don’t seem to fit. I don’t have a picture of him just yet, but I’ll be happy to post some when we bring him home
Until then… physically he’s a broken grey and white – not sure of the specific name whether it would be grey, blue, steel or whatever. He’s got a very calm, placid temperament (especially considering he’s still quite young at 24 weeks) he’s a friendly little chap and given that rabbits don’t tend to be big on being picked up and snuggled he seems to be quite a cuddlebug which is adorable. Obviously there’s only so much of his personality we could infer from the time we spent with him, but from what we’ve seen and what we were told, he seems like quite a sensible, if not entirely serious-all-the-time sort of boy, so kind of the opposite of the little madcap we have already.Unusally for me, I think I’m looking for a sensible, maybe even “old fashioned” sort of name and I’m rather drawing a blank here. I think M is secretly relieved that Wisakedjak is officially off the table since he insists it’s unpronouncable
Any suggestions anyone?;”>
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George. Name him George, and hug him, and pet him, and squeeze him.
Sorry, the broken blue and white made me think of Bugs Bunny cartoons and being cuddly he sounds like a George.
There’s also Gossamer (Goss or Sam for short)… just because he is such a trusting adorable thing that loves to be groomed, but can be destructive, too.
(I’ve got Looney Toons on the brain tonight.)
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I’m sorry LEL, I guess I just couldn’t resist such an obvious opportunity at mischief
I think M would approve of Albert, he keeps coming up behind me and mimicking Death from the tv adaptation of Hogfather
I was also thinking the Teddy or Theo might work. Cottontail, I think if we called him Sir Radish Finnegan he’d just end up being called The Radish Spirit. We watch too much Studio Ghibli in our house. Having said that… He’s (going to be) pretty huge, he’s grey and white… anyone else connecting that with Studio Ghibli and getting Totoro? x_x
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I think we’ve more or less settled on Theo, unless we get him home and it doesn’t seem to suit him after all – it’s one of the few names we’ve been able to agree on that we both like and we think suits him.
MoxieMeadows – M keeps telling me I should name him Bob, after a character from the Dresden files. I agree with him that Bob (the character) is awesome, but I just don’t like the name >_> Also, Puck was originally named Bob, so that would probably get confusing
Incidentally, our french lop is going to be huge O_O You should have seen his dad, I’m pretty sure he’s part bear.
They also had a beautiful harli french lop I was tempted to sneak out under my jumper >_> I think they might have noticed though 
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Posted By JackRabbit on 1/08/2015 8:35 PM
Hazel — My hubby and son joked about changing Moshi’s name to Wilfred before he was neutered. I poo-pooed that, but when someone suggested Bear for Marlee, that was an easy NOOO!LOL!!! That would be hilarious! And SO wrong!
Poor Marlee, I hope she has never seen the show… If she ever did, I wouldn’t want to be in your son’s and hubby’s shoes! Kyrkogrimr: Theo is a great name! When do you get to take him home?
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OH!!! I know it! Thanks Roberta! I only watched it once….. I haven’t seen it on TV since – and that was years ago. No wonder I didn’t remember it. If it’s still playing here on TV, I wonder what channel??? But yer, thanks for the heads up Roberta, I honestly didn’t make the connection.
And yer Moxie…. Steve the bunny! SO cool! Ha ha ha ha ha…….
Edit to ADD – The name of the show (Wilfred) still doesn’t mean anything to me…. but Roberta’s description – I knew the show straight away!
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We went with Theo
We both liked it and it suits him. He’s turning out to be a major cuddlebug; moreso than I’d even thought lol With me a least, he’s less interested in cuddling M, so he really is Puck’s polar opposite lol Puck can’t get enough of M! I’ve had lots of grooming from Theo, both of skin and clothes, which has been novel lol
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