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by AD Staff June 14, 2009 1 min read
We'd like help in naming our newest addition to our alpaca ranch. Here are some characteristics about this little boy who was born a couple of weeks ago. He is dark brown with soft, silky fiber that we'll eventually shear and sell as yarn on our website. He's really fast running around the pasture, likes to pronk, is very curious, is very proud in his stance like his father (Snowmass Conquistador). He is very independent but still likes to stay by his mom (Daphne) in the evenings. There's more pictures on our ranch website photo gallery So here's the deal, suggest a name in the comments section of this blog along with reason.
The winner will get a $25 gift card from Alpaca Direct.
So..put on your creative hat, think about his characteristics and have fun suggesting a great name for this little boy alpaca!
October 05, 2016
2 suggestions:
Noche del Norte, because of his father’s name.
or:
Humphrey Bogart, because he was cool and starred in so many film “noirs”. :)
October 05, 2016
If he were my baby alpaca, I would name him Chocolate Chip, and call him “Chip” as a nickname, because he is a “chip” off the old block, meaning a lot like his father. He certainly is beautiful!
October 05, 2016
I say Antonio. He’s dark-haired, silky, and proud – and his daddy obviously had some Spanish ties with a name like “Conquistador.” :)
October 05, 2016
Here comes corny.. :D
Mighty Bruce. Just Bruce for short. (But not Bruce Almighty :) )
He is inky, so I think dark, and then dark knight, and so Batman and then Bruce Wayne. Didn’t much care for the Wayne part, so I settled on Bruce.
In honor of his sire, whose name translates into Conqueror, I chose ‘Mighty’. Hence, Mighty Bruce. It also sounded cheeky enough for a young ‘un, and eventually he’ll grow into it :)
October 05, 2016
Don Juan Rodriguez de Lompoc
October 05, 2016
I’m thinking of Cole Porter. Cole sounds like coal. And Cole Porter wrote wonderful lyrical songs while wearing alpaca suits and coats with great finesse.
October 05, 2016
Quetzal— after a curious, colorful, proud South American bird. The bird is a rainbow of colors, but your guy is just one, lovely one. If you wanted to point that out, maybe midnight quetzal?
October 05, 2016
Winston came to mind as soon as I saw the picture. He looks so sure of himself.
October 05, 2016
Armstrong.
with the power of the great trumpteer.
October 05, 2016
He is Horace. I know he does not look like it just now, but when he is grown, he will totally be a Horace.
October 05, 2016
I would name him “Conan Noir” Conan for Conan O’Brien (or the barbarian if you like) and Noir, obviously for his beautiful color.
October 05, 2016
I like the name Thunder’s Herald. He seems proud, bold, and agile to me, like the dark warning clouds before a thunderstorm.
October 05, 2016
I would vote Aquilus, the Latin for black or dark-colored. I also think it matches his proud stance.
October 05, 2016
I thought of music when I read your comments can’t you just see him dancing across the pasture? I have to go with Mozart.
Lotsofhermies(ravelry)
October 05, 2016
So many terrific names! He’s absolutely gorgeous! What about Midnight Kohl? Or the obvious – Prince Charming. because he is the son of a Conquistador & a lovely goddess, and he has already charmed the pants off of everyone!
October 05, 2016
Oh, he’s beautiful! So very sweet and soft…
Ebony Lightning, perhaps?
October 05, 2016
Stilts or Tippy toes because his legs are so looong!
(But I guess all baby alpacas look like that)
October 05, 2016
Conquistidor Preto
which is Portuguese for Black Conquistidor
October 05, 2016
Kohlmass or Midnight Mass or Abraham or Eli … I could go on and on !!
He’s a stunning lad and I’m sure he’ll give a beautiful yield of exquisite yarn.
October 05, 2016
How about Claude, as in Claude Monet, which is the name of my beautiful back kitty who is currently sitting in my lap as I try to type this.
October 05, 2016
I looked at him and thought “Nebuchadnezzar” Nebbie for short.
October 05, 2016
pickles , just because it’s an odd fun name for an animal I had a cat named pickled dog brains we called him pickle , and he was the boss
October 05, 2016
Don Juan! He certainly swept me off my feet!
October 05, 2016
Sootie!
Just because …
October 05, 2016
I don’t know why but I like Francoise :)
October 05, 2016
Hi I was looking at the picture and the name Inky Al popped into my mind but it sounds like a gangster so then I thought that Raven might be a good name He is as cute as can be.
October 05, 2016
He just said Harald to me (norse style, not Harold) Or Herold- the messager, fleet of foot, for-runner, etc.
October 05, 2016
I looked at him and thought, he has that same oh so serious look of my Beagle Atticus Finch. So I am saying Atticus Finch should be his name. We named our beagle that because he looks so serious, but is really just a ball of love. And I can see that in your baby here, he looks serious, but loves to run around and have fun.
Holly
dreamerprincess79 on ravelry
October 05, 2016
Somebody already proposed a variant of licorice – the spanish name for that is Regaliz (wish is regal-ish, LOL)
another that comes to mind is Machin – in honor of the cuban composer Antonio Machin, who has a famous song about how painters always forget little black angels in their paintings.
I know there is a reason why my pets are always named by somebody else, LOL
October 05, 2016
My suggestion is Poe (like, Edgar Allen).
October 05, 2016
Steve. (This is funnier if you like Scrubs, but still funny even if you don’t.)
October 05, 2016
I don’t know why, but Huckleberry Finn comes to my mind watching this beautifull blackie….
Darja on Ravelry
October 05, 2016
He’s so cute.Well, How about Greece Lightening. Since he likes to run, and his mother has a Greek name.
October 05, 2016
How about Midnight Runner!
October 05, 2016
Cuzco, because alpacas live in Peru, and I think it sounds masculine, yet sweet…
October 05, 2016
Looking to the future I think of him as Velvet Thread Csec
October 05, 2016
Ciaran- Gaelic/Irish name meaning dark or black.
He’s a love…
October 05, 2016
The photo makes me think of those pictures purportedly taken of the Abominable Snowman — not really real. So I like YETI.
October 05, 2016
I would call him Coal for obvious reasons :)
October 05, 2016
I like “Crown Prince” because he just seems to be standing there very regally.
October 05, 2016
When I saw him the name WIDGET came to mind. That is my choice. :-)
October 05, 2016
What about Shadow? I had lovely black dog that followed me everywhere. His name was Shadow.
October 05, 2016
Forgot to post reason for Midnight Runner
Midnight to match his color and Runner since you said he likes to run!
October 05, 2016
I think you should name him Black Velvet/Black Beauty. Because of the way you described him being soo soft and always liking to run, that’s why I came up with Black Beauty like the horse Or BB for short cause you said he’s really fast:) He is adorable I really want to own some alpacas someday : )
October 05, 2016
“Stormy” is my suggestion. This brings to mind, dark black clouds full of rain, giving nourishment to parched land and thus the cycle continues.
October 05, 2016
When I saw the picture I thought “MIDNIGHT” because he is so dark.
Knittingdancer on Ravelry
October 05, 2016
I’m gonna say Thor. His dark coat reminds me of thunder clouds.
October 05, 2016
I like Brooklyn.
October 05, 2016
How about a name with “Dark” in it such as “Dark Knight” (or “Dark Night”) or “Collin out of the Dark”
He’s a cutie! If he had a bad temperament, though, you could call him “Prince of Darkness” LOL!
How about “Lurkey” ?
October 05, 2016
Raoul
Anthracite
Jester
Mischif
October 05, 2016
Daphne’s Coal seems perfect to me! He is amazing!
October 05, 2016
How about Conquistador’s Trouble..sounds like trouble to me
October 05, 2016
How about Eric, he sounds a lot like my son, like to pose for the camera, all guy except when it comes to mommy time.
skaro964@comcast.net
October 05, 2016
The names I came up with are
Black Lotus
Pewter
Hombre de la Noche
Spirit
October 05, 2016
Espresso
October 05, 2016
How about Whisper
October 05, 2016
Paco Noche.
Please give him a big hug for me – what an adorable baby!
October 05, 2016
Midnight.
or Asher, which means blessed or happy.
October 05, 2016
How about Conn. Nice strong name for a beautiful boy.
October 05, 2016
He looks like a Dante to me.
October 05, 2016
I was thinking of Midnight or shadow walker!
October 05, 2016
When I look at him I hear the name, Earthsearcher.
October 05, 2016
Ink or Tinta ( en espanol) my fav, but the other came to mind below.
Midnight Sun or Sol de Medianoche ( spanish)
October 05, 2016
I like Spaniard. Or Traveler.
October 05, 2016
Oh, I like MediaNoche (Spanish for midnight), or Vainita (Peruvian term for Stringbean!) Noche Criolla?
October 05, 2016
I’ve come back to this pic everyday for a week and the same name and image keeps popping in my mind….
It reminds me of a drawing of a comic book superhero I saw years ago. I think it’s the shadows around the face and eyes.
I see him as Hornet, as in the Green Hornet..
October 05, 2016
I’m bad at names, but how about Espresso Bean for his dark colour and high energy?
October 05, 2016
Thaddius!
October 05, 2016
hmmm… Ebony? Onyx? Blake? (from Blaek, meaning black), Sin? hmmm… lots to go from on the Black wool… love him… he is gorgueous, and I’d love to spin up his wool some one of these days. :)
October 05, 2016
Fancy Pants.
Just looks like he’s wearing old fashioned pants tucked into high boots. Or maybe I’ve been reading too much Jane Austen lately.
:0)
mmclark on Ravelry.
October 05, 2016
I like Charcoal Blazer for his color and love of running.
All of our pet’s names have had something to do with their breed, color, or chatacter. Shepard/husky mix named Pal, Dana a shep/great dane mix. Dez a shep/dingo mix came pre-named as a rescue, and is nick named Dizzy Dingo. Our cat Milly came from a feed mill. Sarge (sargeant stripes)was her orange tiger kitten, and greyness was her grey tri-color. Tawney is a grey tiger with white and tawney patches, and Mocha, a chocolate point siamese. Our turkey’s name was Gobble (what else?).
October 05, 2016
Peat: because it’s dark in color, can turn into coal, and sounds like a regular name (Pete) but isn’t.
October 05, 2016
He is a cutie …I think his name should be “Hershey”…like the candy bar…he is sweet enough…lol…
October 05, 2016
Hm, how about a mix of his parents names? Like, Daphador? I also like these names.
Cadbury : Because he looks so sweet _
Asher : Hebrew meaning Blessed, happy.
October 05, 2016
My suggestions is Dark Star
October 05, 2016
How about Bear? His coat looks like a black bear (and I love giving name of other animals to the wrong species :).
Or Black Conquistador after his father?
Or Sombrio which I believe means dark in Portuguese.
Also thought of “Nevermore” (Poe’s Raven), but not sure I like that one.
October 05, 2016
Skylar
I don’t know what, but something about the color of black makes me think of a beautiful night sky.
October 05, 2016
Black Diamond!
October 05, 2016
Midnight Sun.
He is as dark as the night but,he is as bright as the sun.
He is really beautiful and,I wish him well.
October 05, 2016
Squishy
October 05, 2016
I think Sorcerer would be a good name. They’re know for being dark & he is magical.
October 05, 2016
Moonshadow
October 05, 2016
What about:
Black sun
Since his father is called Snowmass Conquistador, the son should be Ash Explorador.
October 05, 2016
How about – Rockey – my son had a ferret named Rockey for 8yrs. He liked to ‘dook’ & dance around & was VERY curious, like this little boy. Rockey was sssssooooo sweet. My son still misses him.
Instead of Humphrey Bogart just name him BOGEY. short & sweet, & still dark like the original Bogey.
Rockey or Bogey are my choices.
I’m sorry to hear about your baby alpaca loss, please make sure that the mom is comfortable; her milk will come in & she may become engorged…& then she’ll not feel well (milk & no baby).
October 05, 2016
How about Obsidian, after the black gemstone? You could nickname him Obie. He is so adorable!
October 05, 2016
Clarence?
Vasco?
Bubba?
spring13 on ravelry
October 05, 2016
Truffles
Schwartzy
October 05, 2016
What about Firenze? :)
October 05, 2016
Othello
October 05, 2016
Phoenix (after the bird which flew out of the ashes).
October 05, 2016
Ooooh, scratch Legs Bentley! I got one I like better: Valentine!
October 05, 2016
Legs Bentley…just because he seems to have a lot of leg going on. He’s gorgeous!
October 05, 2016
i suggest Black Bliss, because his fiber will be pure bliss to knit, or Corbie (Scots for raven or crow) because of his color.
October 05, 2016
Since he likes to dash about- How ‘bout naming him after the world’s fastest human who also happens to be of dark skin.
His name is Usain Bolt, from the Jamaican Olympic Team. A co-incidence that his last name is Bolt!
Your Alpaca is ssssooooooo adorable!!
Thanks,
Lynn
October 05, 2016
How about " Jet " as in Jet black? a name like Jet sounds strong and masculine :)
October 05, 2016
Al – just makes sense to me.
Al the Alpaca
October 05, 2016
velvet prancer, double mocha, truffle delight, chocolate knight
October 05, 2016
I’m really not sure why but I look at him and the name “Dilly” sprung to mind. Whatever you choose, he certainly is a cutie pie!
October 05, 2016
Hi the first name that came to mind was Black Star. He looks light the black night sky, but I bet he will be the Star of your lives.
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October 05, 2016
He looks like a Black Beard to me.