Trina Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I spent many years living in Hong Kong and when I was learning cantonese I loved learning the names of animals because the direct translations can be so funny. Ying Mo is 'talking bird' not a funny one but I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I love your Grey's name Trina and it is so fitting now knowing what the translation is :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Thanks Dan...have a good weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra902 Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 other merlin was originally named simon in his previous home. i try to avoid names with the "s" sound in them because it sounds so hissy. i thought AGs seem to be able to see the past, present & future so big daddy and i thought merlin was the appropriate name for our little fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblhelix Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 We chose the name "Kipusa". Its Swahili for "pretty girl". We thought it would be fun to give her a name from one of the languages spoken in her homeland. We call her "Kip" for short, and "Ruby" is her nickname for the ruby red tail. She likes to say "Kip Kip Kip Kip Kip...Kipusa!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siobha9 Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Liath is the Irish word for grey (pronounced Leah) and Oisin (Usheen) is the name of the breeders son. It is also the name of the prince of Tir na nOg (land of youth). As a Grey is permanently 4 years old mentally, I thought it was apt! Siobhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Josey was chosen after the character in a movie with Clint Eastwood, "The Outlaw Josey Wales." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookiesMom Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 This is so fun, finding out how everyone named their greys. My grey named himself - sort of. I looked up African names and my husband joked about Kunta Kintae which I thought was too long. Then maybe Rafiki...and a few others I can't remember now but we were talking about the names in front of the bird and we threw out the name "cookie" and he went crazy excited. This happened numerous times over about half an hour when we got to the name cookie so we decided his name would be Cookie. He was just weaned so I don't think he had a connection with that word yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardsmommy Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 He will. They learn pretty quick even at a young age. I love the name "Skittles" for macaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acappella Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Dorian came to me with his name. I don't know if it's a common name for a grey, but as I love the story by Oscar Wilde and the idea behind it, I like the name. Good thing, as he loves saying his own name over and over (and over. . .) again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 We got Radar about 5 years ago, since he was an older fella we never even considered changing his name. Because of his age (around 30), he was most likely named after the M*A*S*H* character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 our congo is called onslow after a character in a british sit com,and my new baby timneh is called springsteen.i named him after the handsome singer bruce springsteen lol susie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 CookiesMom wrote: we threw out the name "cookie" and he went crazy excited. This happened numerous times over about half an hour when we got to the name cookie so we decided his name would be Cookie. Sounds like the way he got excited, he may very well have known what a cookie was. :silly: Bake some fresh cookies and see if he starts screaming (((COOKIE....COOKIE))) :woohoo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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