Names, names, names
Here’s some more comments on our blog discussion about naming…
“We had a couple weird ones. The best we had was Wack-E-View Brett Favrae. Favre was spelled incorrectly, but it was keeping with the family series of all the animals name with Rae in the name. One of the best names that I have enjoyed from a few years back was Dodgeviews Kite.”
Jenny Wackershauser of Wack-E-View Farms
“Some of the most common names I’ve seen include Star, Blacky, Whitey, Dolly, Blaze and Glory. The more uncommon ones I’ve heard are Serendipity, Aphrodite, Rotundra, Anastasia Beaverhousen (Will & Grace reference), MooLee, Sarcasm and Blasphemy. I’ve also seen some more masculine names - Pete, Sam, Charley, Fonzy, Duke and Toddy.”
Jeffy Higby of Virginia (Formerly of Kansas)
“We go through a basic system of naming calves on our farm. The calf’s name will start with the first letter of the mother’s name - a very common method. I have a “wine” family now with all the names starting with ‘c’…Chardonnay, Champaign, etc. We had some friends who made their own page in the naming book. Eileen was most noticeable for her twin heifer names - Frick & Frack, Solomi & Salami, etc. Some other friends use car names - FrohnRivers Garder Dodge, Chevelle & Corvette. But one of the more clever ones I’ve seen came from some folks north of us - VanDyk-S Outside Missing.”
Ann Marie Magnochi of Washington
“Here at Penn-Gate we only get frustrated when we look at an ad or website and there is a photo of a beautiful cow and her name underneath it and it doesnt contain the sire’s name! And it can even be hard to find it in the rest of the ad. This doesn’t help the cow, the ad or the breeder and his breeding program. If you have too many letters for registry, shorten the name or use an abbreviation - but dont cut out the sire name!”
Penn-Gate Farm of Pennsylvania