What are the names for snails?

Who do you represent first of all when you hear the expression “pet”? Surely a dog, a cat, a hamster or a parrot comes to mind. However, the variety of animals that people sometimes give birth to at home is amazing: here you can find raccoons, monitor lizards, chinchillas, and tarantula spiders. Lovers of terrarium dwellers have long appreciated the large and very cute Achatina snail. What is the difference between a domestic pet and a wild relative? That's right - he has a name. How to choose the right nickname for the Achatina snail - read in our article.

Let's first imagine the Achatina snail. This is a gastropod mollusk that lives on land and has an elongated spiral shell, which can reach 25 cm in length. The snail's body grows up to 30 cm. The color of the mollusk combines all shades of brown.

Most likely, these are:

• slow;
• phlegmatic;
• good-natured;
• slippery;
• creeps;
• with horns;
• "In the house";
• shell, shell, shell;
• shellfish;
• slug.

Based on this associative range, we present you the following list of names for snails:

• Sloley, Spocky, Quiet (Tisha), Lenya (from the word "laziness", not the name Leonid), Crawler, Brake, Slinky (to slink - "to crawl"), Crowley (to crawl - "to crawl") - if we we want to mention the slowness of the pet in the nickname;
• Sonya (Sonya), Kalmi (from the English calm "calm"), Sweet, Milashka (Mila) - these names speak of the calm and kind character of Achatina;
• Snail (snail), Slime (slime), Creeper (creeper), Clamy (clam), Shell (shell) - similar nicknames emphasize that the pet belongs to gastropods;
• Lord, Lady, Knight, King, Quinnie - your Achatina has a personal "castle", so why not give her a title;
• Horney (horny - "horned"), Curly (curl - "curl"), Scrolls (to scroll - "decorate with curls") - names that describe the appearance;
• Burka, Burenka, Chocolate (Choco, Choco), Caramel, Brownie (brown), Whiskey, Toffee - all this speaks of the color of the pet.

Generally speaking, snails can be considered boys or girls only conditionally - they are hermaphrodites. Therefore, the owner himself has the right to "endow" his Achatina with one sex or another and give it an appropriate name. Most often, they propose to focus on such data: if the snail is dark, large, with a brightly colored shell, then this is a boy, and if delicate shades of brown prevail in its colors, and she herself is small, then this is a girl. Here are some funny nicknames for boy snails, we suggest you consider as an option:

• Slime;
• Sprinter;
• Ferrari;
• Schumacher;
• Racer;
• Borzik;
• Shustrik;
• Mister Slug;
• Rogatic;
• Losyash;
• Ulysses;
• Buzik;
• Bucephalus;
• Gelik;
• Skorokhod;
• Snotty;
• Shurshik.

How about naming your pet after your favorite actor, movie or book character:

• Arnold, Sylvester, Bruce, Nicholas, John, Stephen, Jason, Dolph, Jackie, Jean Claude - famous Hollywood actors, familiar to all of us from action films;
• Eddard, Jaime, Tywin, Tyrion, Jorah, Robb, Brandon, Loras, Stannis, Renly, Sandor, Gregor, Joffrey, Robert, Rhaegar, Aegon - the heroes of the acclaimed TV series Game of Thrones;
• Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, Boromir, Legolas, Sauron, Gimli, Bilbo, Samwise, Saruman - perhaps it is superfluous to mention that these are the heroes of the Lord of the Rings saga, beloved by many;
• Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Ironhide, Brawler, Barricade, Ratchet - from Transformers.

You still decided that your Achatina snail is not him, but she. Well, we present to your judgment the names for the females. Cool:

• Lightning;
• Sparkle;
• Pulka;
• Miss Sluzzy;
• Knop;
• Ulla, Ulka, Ulisha;
• Delicious;
• Flyer;
• Cheesecake;
• Bead.

If a boy snail can have a "heroic" name, so can a girl snail:

• Angelina, Jessica, Sarah, Julia, Sandra, Meryl, Susan, Jane, Barbara, Scarlett, Megan, Jennifer, Ann, Amanda, Cameron, Sharon - the names of famous Hollywood actresses;
• Daenerys, Catelyn, Sansa, Arya, Cersei, Margaery, Lisa, Myrcella, Lyanna, Elia, Obara, Osh, Ygritte - there are plenty of female names in Game of Thrones;
• Katniss, Primrose, Ruta, Effie, Mirta, Diadem, Fox, Portia, Cressida, Joanna, Alma, Annie - the heroine of a very famous saga, embodied in both literature and cinema - The Hunger Games;
• Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella, Jasmine, Aurora, Pocahontas, Mulan, Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, Moana, Elsa, Alice, Tinker Bell, Esmeralda, Giselle, Megara (Mag) - beautiful names of your favorite Disney princesses.

You probably know that Achatina snails are vegetarians. Or maybe you can try to name your pet after his favorite food? Consider these "vegetable" options:

• Salad, Lettuce, Leaf;
• Pilyuska;
• Vegetable (by the way, this jokingly refers to the passive lifestyle of the snail);
• Cucumber (cucumber - "cucumber"), Gherkin;
• Pumpkin / Pumpy (pumpkin - "pumpkin"), Pumpkin;
• Spinach;
• Carrot / Carrie (carrot - "carrot"), Morkusha, Mr. Morkovkin;
• Squash (squash - "zucchini"), Kabak, Zucchini;
• Corn / Roots (corn - "corn"), Cook, Cook, Kukurik;
• Tomatic, Tomato, Ketchup;
• Pea, Pea, Pod;
• Kapustkin, Capa.

Perhaps you and your snail are more into fruit? Well, we also have a "fruit offer":

• Apple (apple - "apple"), here fantasy can tell you a name in honor of the famous "apple" gadget - iPhone, iPad, iPod;
• Watermelon, Buzya, Striped;
• Pear, Grunya, Grunchik;
• Banana, Banana, Bandit, Bananus;
• Melon (melon - "melon"), Melanie, Milok, Milka, Melon;
• Apricot (apricot - "apricot"), Abrikoskin, Abri, Peach, Persia, Persimon, Pers, Abrissa, Dried apricots, Apricot;
• Mango;
• Avocado, Avoc;
• Pineapple (pineapple - "pineapple"), Piney, Pineapple;
• Plume (plum - "plum"), Cream-Lenivka, Prunes;
• Cherry (cherry - "cherry"), Countess Cherry, Chereshenka;
• Strawberry (strawberry - "strawberry"), Strobbie, Strawberry;
• Raspberry (raspberry - "raspberry"), Raspi, Berry, Malinka.

Let's remember our favorite funny snails from cartoons and try to choose among their nicknames the best name for our Achatina:

• Theo (Turbo), Whip, Burn, White Shadow, Steep Bend, Skid, Chet - a team of racing snails from the "Turbo" m / f;
• Gary (the name of the SpongeBob snail);
• Shelby (from the movie Maya the Bee);
• Roz (a strict snail from Monsters, Inc.).

Fans of anime, in particular the Pokemon animated series, can choose a cool nickname among the names of aquatic Pokemon, as well as those similar to a snail in temperament or character:

• Squirtle, Wartortl, Blastoise - Pokemon turtles;
• Caterpie, Vidl - creeping caterpillar Pokémon;
• Paras, Parasect - generally a mushroom Pokemon, but a bit like a hermit crab with a shell;
• Shellder, Cloister - Clam Pokemon;
• Tentakul, Tentakruel - Medusa Pokemon;
• Slopok, Slobro, Psidak - these nicknames refer to the sluggishness of the snail and its not too developed intellect.

All these nicknames are translated as "snail" from different foreign languages:

• Alhilzun - Arabic;
• Slimak - Belarusian;
• Okhlyuva - Bulgarian;
• Salinkari - Greek
• Caracol - Spanish;
• Lumaka - Italian
• Woniu - Chinese
• Schnecke - German
• Schneglen - Norwegian;
• Melkul - Romanian;
• Ulya, Ulitta, Ulit - directly from the Russian "snail";
• Ravlik - Ukrainian;
• Katatsumuri is Japanese.

By the way, what about Russian nicknames? Let's turn to our folklore and select something from the list:

• Ivanushka;
• Emelyushka;
• Gorynych;
• Miracle Yudo;
• Alesha Popovich;
• Nikitich;
• Ilya Muromets;
• Koschey;
• Goblin;
• Water;
• Brownie;
• Bayun;
• Sadko;
• Eruslan;
• Firebird;
• Patrikeevna;
• Vasilisa;
• Maryushka;
• Baba Yaga;
• Kikimora;
• Snow Maiden;
• Mermaid;
• Princess / Tsarevich;
• Princess / Prince;
• Boyarin / Boyarynya / Young lady.

When choosing a name for any pet, not just a snail, it is recommended to be guided by personal preferences and associations that arise when looking at a particular animal. In addition, the nickname should be easy to pronounce and be sonorous so that the pet can remember it and respond with ease. If you have chosen a complex version of the name, if possible, come up with an abbreviated form for it.

You can learn more about how to care for your snails below.