# Adorably Funny Names for Your Pet Turtle: Cuteness Overload

URL: https://buzzle.com/animals-pets/cute-funny-names-for-your-pet-turtle
Category: Animals & Pets
Published: 2014-07-28T00:16:00
Updated: 2026-08-19T03:32:43
Image: https://buzzle.com/_astro/cute-funny-names-for-your-pet-turtle.DQ2NNSMg_gtaeK.webp
How hard is it to name a pet turtle? Quite a lot, considering that it simply needs to be perfect. So if you’re looking for some creative inspiration, this Buzzle piece has some cute and funny names to choose from.

### Pro Tip # 1

Never, ever be in a rush to name your pet. Ideally, the name should be such that it goes with the pet’s personality, but even if you want it to be completely goofy, do take the time out to observe and understand your pet. Give them a name they undoubtedly deserve.

It doesn’t matter if you have a turtle, a tortoise, or even a tomcat, naming a pet is part pain and part pleasure. And then there’s the realization that no matter what you name them, they’re just not going to respond to it (dog parents can stay out of this discussion).  
  
So basically, this entire exercise centers around pleasing the human, and that’s you, of course. Therefore, instead of just listing out a row of names for you to pick from, we’re giving you concepts as well. You may think of your pet turtle as a rock star, a film star, or even a celestial star, we’ve got just the right name for you to choose or be inspired from.

## So you think your turtle is a...

### Television Character?

Spock

Barney Stinson

Tyrion Lannister

Richard Castle

Joey Tribbiani

Walter White

Daenerys Targaryen

Morticia Addams

Buffy Summers

Lisa Simpson

Kate Beckett

Sarah Connor

### Historical Character?

Alexander

Henry VIII

Julius Caesar

Christopher Columbus

Louis XIV

Constantine

Joan of Arc

Cleopatra

Sacagawea

Amelia Earhart

Pocahontas

Florence Nightingale

### Literary Figure?

William Shakespeare

Mark Twain

Ernest Hemingway

Edgar Allen Poe

Oscar Wilde

Maxim Gorky

Jane Austen

Sylvia Plath

Virginia Woolf

Emily Brontë

Jhumpa Lahiri

Louisa May Alcott

## Personality-wise, is your turtle...

### Too Fancy?

Caleb

Ignatius

Maximilian

Zachariah

Gideon

Nicodemus

Tallulah

Penelope

Seraphina

Gwendolyn

Anastasia

Genevieve

### Too Goofy?

Chubs

Zazzles

Tutles

Dribble

Tipsy

Ziggy

Margarita

Muffin

Oreo

Shelly

Tough nut

Hard hat

### Too Ironic?

Cheetah

Speedster

Speedy Gonzales

The Flash

Jetson

Zoom

Shell shocked

Mishell

Bolt

Glider

Concord

Storm

Hope you’re happy with the list, as it is sure to have inspired you to come up with your idea to name your pet turtle. If not, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello work just fine!