Duo Pet Names

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Duo Pet Names

  1. Wishy and WashyIn or out? They cannot decide.
  2. Sebastian and ViolaThe twins of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
  3. Pyramus and ThisbeA pair from Babylon, best known from Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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How it works

Duo pet names come as whole pairs, such as Salt and Pepper or Castor and Pollux, for two cats, two dogs or a cat and a dog. Each pair has a line on what ties the two names together.

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Pick what ties the pair

You can narrow the draw by what ties the pair: food pairs, sky, weather and seasons, opposites and sets, myth, history and old books, or rhymes and echoes. You can also narrow it to pairs for two cats, two dogs, or a cat and a dog.

Matching names for pets that are nothing alike

Opposites suit a big pet and a small one, or a cat and a dog: Night and Day, Chalk and Cheese, Oil and Vinegar. For two from one litter, try an echo pair such as Zig and Zag or Pitter and Patter, the sound of eight small feet.

Questions and answers

What are good duo names for two cats?

Purr and Mew are the two things a kitten says. Prim and Proper suits two who sit with their paws together, and Hoity and Toity two who look down from the top shelf.

What are good duo names for two dogs?

Fetch and Carry is the job description. Geri and Freki are the two wolves said to go with the god Odin in Norse mythology, and Wag and Woof are the two ends of a dog.

What are duo names from myth?

Castor and Pollux are the twin half-brothers of Greek and Roman myth. Romulus and Remus are the twins in the story of the founding of Rome, and Huginn and Muninn are the pair of ravens that serve the god Odin.

Why are the famous cartoon duos not here?

A pair from a cartoon, a film, a show, a game or a brand belongs to the company that made it, so none is listed. These pairs come from sayings, food, the sky, myth, history and books older than 1931.

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Food pairs 32

  • Apples and Oranges For two you are told not to compare.
  • Bacon and Eggs For two who are up before you are.
  • Bagel and Lox A round one and a pink-nosed one.
  • Bangers and Mash A British dish of sausages and mashed potato.
  • Biscuit and Gravy A Southern breakfast. One is round and golden, the other gets everywhere.
  • Bread and Butter Plain, good and always together.
  • Bubble and Squeak An English dish of cooked potatoes and cabbage, mixed and fried.
  • Burger and Fries One round, one long and thin.
  • Cheese and Crackers One soft, one a little crackers.
  • Chips and Salsa One crunchy, one spicy.
  • Cinnamon and Sugar A brown one and a white one, best together.
  • Coffee and Cream A dark brown pet and a pale one.
  • Cookies and Cream Black and white, mixed together.
  • Fish and Chips The British takeaway. Good for two who share a bowl.
  • Honey and Bee A golden one and a busy one.
  • Ketchup and Mustard A red one and a yellow one.
  • Latte and Mocha A pale brown pet and a dark brown one.
  • Lemon and Lime Two of nearly the same thing, one a bit sharper.
  • Mac and Cheese They are not much apart.
  • Milk and Cookies A white pet and a spotted one.
  • Milk and Honey A white pet and a golden one.
  • Mochi and Matcha A white one and a greenish one. Or just two round ones.
  • Oil and Vinegar They do not mix, and they go on the same salad anyway.
  • Pancake and Syrup One flat, one sticky.
  • Peaches and Cream An orange one and a white one.
  • Peas and Carrots Small, different colors, always on the same plate.
  • Salt and Pepper The two shakers on every table. For one pale pet and one dark one.
  • Sugar and Spice One sweet, one with opinions.
  • Sweet and Sour You will know which is which within a day.
  • Taco and Burrito One open and messy, one wrapped up tight in a blanket.
  • Tea and Crumpet For two with very good manners at four in the afternoon.
  • Toast and Jam A brown one and a sweet one.

Sky, weather and seasons 14

  • Cloud and Mist Two soft gray ones.
  • East and West For two who pull the leash in two directions.
  • Frost and Thaw One cool with strangers, one who melts.
  • Night and Day A black one and a white one, or two who are nothing alike.
  • North and South For two who sleep at opposite ends of the bed.
  • Phobos and Deimos The two moons of Mars.
  • Rain and Shine Come one or the other.
  • Summer and Winter A sun-seeker and one who lies on the cold tiles.
  • Sun and Moon One for the day shift and one for the night shift.
  • Sunny and Cloudy The forecast, by mood.
  • Sunrise and Sunset An early one and a late one.
  • Thunder and Lightning One loud, one fast.
  • Wind and Rain They come in together, wet.
  • Zenith and Nadir The point straight overhead and the point straight below.

Opposites and sets 28

  • Bark and Howl A two-part choir.
  • Bat and Ball For two who live for the yard.
  • Black and White The plain truth about their coats.
  • Chalk and Cheese A saying for two things that are very different.
  • Fair and Square A pale one and a blocky one.
  • Fetch and Carry The job description.
  • Flip and Flop For two who roll over at the same time.
  • Fork and Spoon A sharp one and a round one.
  • Hammer and Nail One has ideas, the other gets hit with them.
  • Hide and Seek One is under the bed. The other is looking.
  • Hit and Miss Their record with the litter box or the stairs.
  • Hot and Cold One on the radiator, one on the tiles.
  • Hustle and Bustle For two who are always busy with something.
  • Lock and Key One fits the other.
  • Lost and Found For two who turned up one after the other.
  • Ping and Pong Back and forth across the room.
  • Pitter and Patter The sound of eight small feet.
  • Prim and Proper For two who sit with their paws together.
  • Purr and Mew The two things a kitten says.
  • Short and Sweet A low one and a kind one.
  • Slow and Steady For two who get there in the end.
  • Stop and Go A walk with these two.
  • Tick and Tock The two sounds of a clock.
  • Up and Down One on the shelf, one under the couch.
  • Wag and Woof The two ends of a dog.
  • Whisker and Paw A cat, from front to floor.
  • Yin and Yang From ancient Chinese philosophy: two forces that are opposite but complementary.
  • Zig and Zag For two who never run in a straight line.

Myth, history and old books 38

  • Achilles and Patroclus Two heroes of the stories of the Trojan War, close companions in Homer's Iliad.
  • Antony and Cleopatra The pair of a tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed around 1607.
  • Baucis and Philemon An old married couple in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
  • Beatrice and Benedick The pair whose wit and banter give Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing much of its humor.
  • Castor and Pollux The twin half-brothers of Greek and Roman myth, together called the Dioscuri.
  • Damon and Pythias Two friends of a Greek legend about the ideal of friendship.
  • Geri and Freki The two wolves that go with the god Odin in Norse mythology.
  • Gilbert and Sullivan The Victorian pair who wrote fourteen comic operas together.
  • Gilgamesh and Enkidu The king of Uruk and his friend in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
  • Hansel and Gretel The brother and sister of a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.
  • Harlequin and Columbine Two stock characters of the commedia dell'arte.
  • Helios and Selene The Sun and the Moon of Greek myth, brother and sister.
  • Hengist and Horsa Two brothers of legend said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes into Britain.
  • Hero and Leander The pair of a Greek myth set on the Hellespont.
  • Holmes and Watson The detective and the doctor of the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
  • Huginn and Muninn The two ravens of the god Odin in Norse mythology.
  • Jack and Jill The pair of a traditional English nursery rhyme.
  • Jekyll and Hyde From Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Lancelot and Guinevere The knight and the queen of the legends of King Arthur.
  • Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led the expedition that set out in 1804 to cross the American West.
  • Mason and Dixon Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, who surveyed the Mason-Dixon line in the 1760s.
  • Oberon and Titania The king and queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • Orpheus and Eurydice The pair of a Greek legend about the love of Orpheus of Thrace for Eurydice.
  • Owl and Pussycat The pair of a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1870.
  • Punch and Judy Mr Punch and his wife Judy, of the traditional English puppet show.
  • Pyramus and Thisbe A pair from Babylon, best known from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
  • Quixote and Sancho The knight and his squire in Don Quixote, the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes.
  • Romulus and Remus The twin brothers of Roman myth whose story tells of the founding of Rome.
  • Scylla and Charybdis Two dangers of Greek myth. To be between them is to choose the lesser of two evils.
  • Sebastian and Viola The twins of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
  • Skoll and Hati Two wolves of Norse mythology. One chases the Sun and the other the Moon.
  • Snow-White and Rose-Red The pair of a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.
  • Tigris and Euphrates The two main rivers of a great river system in West Asia.
  • Tortoise and Hare The racers of one of Aesop's Fables.
  • Tristan and Isolde The knight and the princess of a medieval legend told since the 12th century.
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee A pair from an English nursery rhyme and from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
  • Walrus and Carpenter The pair in a poem by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass.
  • Wilbur and Orville The Wright brothers, American aviation pioneers.

Rhymes and echoes 33

  • Clip and Clop The sound of hooves. Good for two large pets on a wood floor.
  • Daisy and Maisie Two old-fashioned names that rhyme.
  • Ding and Dong For two who answer the doorbell.
  • Dot and Spot A small mark and a slightly bigger one.
  • Drip and Drop Small, wet and one after the other.
  • Finn and Quinn Easy to call both at once.
  • Hattie and Mattie For two with the manners of great-aunts.
  • Higgledy and Piggledy In a jumble, which is how they sleep.
  • Hocus and Pocus The magic words, split between two.
  • Hoity and Toity For two who look down from the top shelf.
  • Hubble and Bubble Trouble on the boil.
  • Jingle and Jangle The sound of two collars.
  • Lola and Nola A pair that sounds like a song.
  • Milly and Tilly Two names with one sound between them.
  • Ned and Ted Short names for short legs.
  • Okey and Dokey For two who agree with everything.
  • Pip and Kip For two small quick ones.
  • Razzle and Dazzle For two who know they are being watched.
  • Riff and Raff A scruffy pair.
  • Roly and Poly For two round ones.
  • See and Saw When one is up, the other is down.
  • Snip and Snap Quick as that.
  • Splish and Splash For two who love the water bowl.
  • Super and Duper Good, and then some.
  • Teddy and Freddy For two round friendly ones.
  • Tip and Toe How two cats cross a room at night.
  • Tip and Top In very good shape.
  • Topsy and Turvy Upside down, as usual.
  • Walkie and Talkie One wants out. The other tells you about it.
  • Wibble and Wobble For two who are still learning to walk.
  • Wiggle and Waggle The back halves of two happy dogs.
  • Willy and Nilly Every which way.
  • Wishy and Washy In or out? They cannot decide.