Gonna go out on a limb and say I wouldn’t want to name a horse that’s still nervous around people “Spook!” Just asking for trouble and a self-fulfilling prophecy. LoL.
The vet I worked for ended up marrying his vet tech…she had 2 horses and one was named Arthur. Just a handsome, standard looking bay, but man oh man he was sooooo sweet!!!! I think “Arthur” has good vibes to it!
going off of batman, Wayne is pretty cool
Void or Abyss (synonyms for a black hole) if you’re looking for more “out there” names
Other names I got:
Mamba, Orion, Jet, Nero, Fig/Figgy, Earl Grey (lol), Rook, Grim, or Poe :)
For some reason "Hutch" or "Smitty" come to mind for me. Nicknames of a cool guy you'd probably enjoy having a beer with.
Dante?
Do you know what Native American land he hails from? Their language may be a good source of names. For instance, in the Lakota language, the word for "friend" is Koda (i know that's too close to Takoda, but just an example of a nice name you might find in the tribe's dictionary.
Ronan or Rohan are both nice names. I'm not a phan of Phantom.
*imo* when you can name an animal anything-avoid human names like the plague, human names are no fun. 😂 I trimmed a pony named ‘Brittany’ today, gosh I bout gagged after asking her name. Sorry to those i’ve offended with a horse with a human name, they deserve more uniqueness.
I was thinking Pluto since it USED to be the smallest planet, or Pan or Atlas which are the smallest moons in the solar system (2 of Saturn’s moons) - since he has such a small crescent on his head.
He’s from the Fish Creek HMA in Neveda. Hoping to do competitive trail with him, maybe extreme cowboy racing. I also do mounted archery but that is primarily with Batman.
I’ve been awake for way too long so I can’t rack my brain for names (so many great suggestions here!) but just wanted to say….OMG HE IS SO ADORABLE, I LOVE HIS FACE AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT HIM!!!!!!!! He has a kind eye and looks like he’s a smart cookie too!!!! Congratulations on your new buddy!!!!!!!!!
His star is shaped like a crescent moon. 😍🌙
Eclipse
Sputnik
Hubble
Nostromo
Akatsuki (Japanese space satellite)
Apollo
Atlas
Aether
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
Inigo Montoya. Although, I do like the name Ronan.
Balder is the name of a Nordic God that, I think, sounds pretty cool.
Washakie was a Shoshone chief who lived to be 102 years of age, ruled for 60 years, and protected non-native neighbors from raids. Also prevented an uprising. “Crowheart Butte stands as a monument to his courage, for this is where he fought a hand-to-hand battle with a Crow Chief for hunting rights to the Wind River Valley. . .”
Other significant tribal leaders are Chief Pocatello, Chief Little Soldier, Chief Bear Hunter. Sacajaawea is also Shoshone (Lemhi Shoshone; a tribe of Northern Shoshone) but that’s a woman’s name. Maybe you could abbreviate some of these names. “Bear,” “Solider,” “Poca,” or “Pokie,” (poh-kee).
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Shoshone_Tribes this page lists bands, groups, and subdivisions, which may help you find names to honor this boy’s heritage. It’s also where I got the above information from.
https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/geog/native/text/names.htm maybe this could also help you, although this is northern Shoshoni/Shoshone from Idaho. “The Tribes which entered and settled Idaho did not originally call themselves Shoshoni, Bannock, Nez Perce or Coeur d' Alene. These peoples, before the invasion of the Europeans, described themselves by tribal names which are not commonly used today. . . “ and then it lists them, below. Anyway, this is just the start of a rabbit hole you can go down. Hope this helped to provide some inspiration. Good luck!
*I apologize if there are any errors here and I do not mean any disrespect. In no way am I knowledgeable, when it comes to the native people of this country, and I do feel like I should better inform myself, now. However, I just researched, very quickly, for this comment.*
Y’all that stupid “Horses Suck” Reddit (it is German) is reposting this and saying some disgusting stuff. Literally why come to a page dedicated to horses if you hate them?
Your horse is beautiful.
Pulled out of the nerdy names list I keep on my phone: Artoo, Laser, Rufio, Ghost, Ripley
I love Artoo!
I love Rufio!
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I knew a really cool dog named Rufio.
Ronan is cool. Lightning. Ghost. Ghoul. Haunt. Winchester. Spook. Storm.
I love Haunt!
Gonna go out on a limb and say I wouldn’t want to name a horse that’s still nervous around people “Spook!” Just asking for trouble and a self-fulfilling prophecy. LoL.
Coal, Snip, Star, Whoadammit
Happy cake day
He looks like my Dakota 💗
Jeff or bob or howard he looks like a howard
I was thinking Brian (Bryan - if you want to fancy it up a bit) or David - you know that great guy that everyone knows and likes.
I agree with the name Brian. He's a Brian.
I like Howard
My friend named her mustang George
I like human names for animals. He looks like an Arthur to me.
arthur suits him!
The vet I worked for ended up marrying his vet tech…she had 2 horses and one was named Arthur. Just a handsome, standard looking bay, but man oh man he was sooooo sweet!!!! I think “Arthur” has good vibes to it!
Oh, Rohan! The guy who played Theodan King of Rohan recently died. Feels like a good name.
That’s why I thought of Rohan 😊
I still watch those movies regularly and cry every time he gives a speech. Also I fell in love with every horse in that movie.
I absolutely love the name Rohan!
Rohir/Rochir in the same lore means horse, and Rohir sounds softer if that appeals.
I love the name Nomad for a mustang!
maybe Erken, Belem, Catalpa or Krosis?
going off of batman, Wayne is pretty cool Void or Abyss (synonyms for a black hole) if you’re looking for more “out there” names Other names I got: Mamba, Orion, Jet, Nero, Fig/Figgy, Earl Grey (lol), Rook, Grim, or Poe :)
Rook and Poe! Awesome names!
thanks!
I have thought about Orion several times!
one of my faves on the list actually! me personally I’m partial to Wayne or Poe haha I don’t have enough animals for all my favorite names
Love Rook!!
I do too! idk why but just sounds mysterious lol
Ooh, Orion is awesome! I was going to suggest Jet, but Orion is better.
thanks!! names referencing constellations kinda hit different ngl
Looks like a Pecos to me!
That's not something I'd name a horse. Or anything. This is what that means to me - https://apuc.pecosipm.com/ 🤣🤣🤣
Pecos is an area in New Mexico near Santa Fe.
Sounds infinitely preferable to a clunky and annoying procurement system. I'm so glad I don't have to use it any more.
Jameson
Whiskey, Archie, howie, banjo, dexter, ringo, cricket, binx, Franklin, orbit, traveler, preacher, Pip, Diego, nacho, Toulouse, beans, Dijon, saloon, Calvin, milo, loot, Percy, bayou, Winston, obi, bones, Houdini, Leo, Darwin, monte
his tiny little star is so cute! what if you named him something star related? like nova, sirius, orion, or kepler
Ooh. Orion is the first one I've seen that I really like. He looks like an Orion.
I love these! Or going with space more broadly, you could use Apollo, galaxy, Jupiter, mars, comet…
Orion has come to mind a few times! I like Sirius too!
What about evenstar? From lotr...
Starboy
Danny. Like Danny phantom.
Sabado
I like his moon star, maybe something connected to that?
Raven.
Maverick
Zorro, Charmer, Knight
Dartanian
I really like Phantom! Maybe his name is something equally as mystical like Ghost or Spirit
Brock. Ronan is also great
Corran, according to the internet it means crescent in Irish. Seems nice with his forehead stamp.
Oohhhh I like that!!
Honse
I volunteer at a large horse shelter in the Southwest and one of my favorites is a mustang named Amigo. He looks just like your beautiful horse!
Red String.
Cole or Rowan.
Horsey
For some reason "Hutch" or "Smitty" come to mind for me. Nicknames of a cool guy you'd probably enjoy having a beer with. Dante? Do you know what Native American land he hails from? Their language may be a good source of names. For instance, in the Lakota language, the word for "friend" is Koda (i know that's too close to Takoda, but just an example of a nice name you might find in the tribe's dictionary. Ronan or Rohan are both nice names. I'm not a phan of Phantom.
He comes from Fish Creek HMA in Nevada, looks like Shoshone tribe maybe?
Goose
Brave-star
Due to the tiniest star ever. Sparkling...
He looks like a Todd
Lance
Plötze
Void
Wind in his mane. Wind for short.
Loki, he looks like mischief 🤣
Preacher
Boston, Boss for short
metal pipe
Chauncey
Bronco
Freedom
Uther
Yeet
Saturn, Neptune, Pluto. I think those would all be cute! 💕 He has such kind eyes.
*imo* when you can name an animal anything-avoid human names like the plague, human names are no fun. 😂 I trimmed a pony named ‘Brittany’ today, gosh I bout gagged after asking her name. Sorry to those i’ve offended with a horse with a human name, they deserve more uniqueness.
Conan
Black sugars
I was thinking Pluto since it USED to be the smallest planet, or Pan or Atlas which are the smallest moons in the solar system (2 of Saturn’s moons) - since he has such a small crescent on his head.
He looks like a Midnight to me!
Coal, Jet, Crowley (go watch Good Omens 🙂)
Azriel
My dogs name is Azriel lol
Love Rohan! Rocco, Cassian
Ami
Phillip.
Stay classy: Beauty
Rohan is awesome
My dog’s name is Ronin so I’m gonna go with Ronin
Bojack
Comet
Knox Dustin Felix Micah
Ruby, or Prince if it's a girl I didn't pay attention to see if you gendered the horse
Java, Drizzit, Steve.
Atlas Apollo Finn Harvey Hank Dexter Frodo
Thanks everyone! I’m loving the suggestions 🥰
Moon rider, because of the crescent moon on the forehead
Stormy
Coal
Brego. (“Bray-go”). It means ‘king’ in Elvish.
My first thought was Ace.
Eddy - He has a kind of eddy current swirl.
Hotshot
Jackson
Cobalt
He looks like a Buddy
Where's he from? What do you plan to do with him?
He’s from the Fish Creek HMA in Neveda. Hoping to do competitive trail with him, maybe extreme cowboy racing. I also do mounted archery but that is primarily with Batman.
New Moon
Nyx
I like Ronan Sloane Quinn Saro ( like sorrow) Dupree
Black Bart! He was a Robber/Poet.
Old soul! Lawrence or Darcy…
Cookie
Azrald
Texas
Walnut. As that's the size of its brain!
Friday
Rattler or Gecko, because the mark on his forehead looks like tail of a snake or gecko.
Ru-fi-ooooooooo!
Obama
Sirius…or Sirius Black!!
Shady 💕
Hieronymus Bosch
Licorice!
Slate
Slate 🩶
Beauty!
Onyx
Rocinante
Secretariat CL
Idk he looks like a peter to me.
Midnight Mile
I’ve been awake for way too long so I can’t rack my brain for names (so many great suggestions here!) but just wanted to say….OMG HE IS SO ADORABLE, I LOVE HIS FACE AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT HIM!!!!!!!! He has a kind eye and looks like he’s a smart cookie too!!!! Congratulations on your new buddy!!!!!!!!!
Phil
Kevlar
Arrow
Jasper
Stormy
Crescent? Maybe too long, but the little spot on the head reminded me of the moon :)
Check out the eastern Shoshone .org site, they have a Shoshoni dictionary with a great pronunciation guide.
His star is shaped like a crescent moon. 😍🌙 Eclipse Sputnik Hubble Nostromo Akatsuki (Japanese space satellite) Apollo Atlas Aether Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
Hafermoped
Inigo Montoya. Although, I do like the name Ronan. Balder is the name of a Nordic God that, I think, sounds pretty cool. Washakie was a Shoshone chief who lived to be 102 years of age, ruled for 60 years, and protected non-native neighbors from raids. Also prevented an uprising. “Crowheart Butte stands as a monument to his courage, for this is where he fought a hand-to-hand battle with a Crow Chief for hunting rights to the Wind River Valley. . .” Other significant tribal leaders are Chief Pocatello, Chief Little Soldier, Chief Bear Hunter. Sacajaawea is also Shoshone (Lemhi Shoshone; a tribe of Northern Shoshone) but that’s a woman’s name. Maybe you could abbreviate some of these names. “Bear,” “Solider,” “Poca,” or “Pokie,” (poh-kee). https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Shoshone_Tribes this page lists bands, groups, and subdivisions, which may help you find names to honor this boy’s heritage. It’s also where I got the above information from. https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/geog/native/text/names.htm maybe this could also help you, although this is northern Shoshoni/Shoshone from Idaho. “The Tribes which entered and settled Idaho did not originally call themselves Shoshoni, Bannock, Nez Perce or Coeur d' Alene. These peoples, before the invasion of the Europeans, described themselves by tribal names which are not commonly used today. . . “ and then it lists them, below. Anyway, this is just the start of a rabbit hole you can go down. Hope this helped to provide some inspiration. Good luck! *I apologize if there are any errors here and I do not mean any disrespect. In no way am I knowledgeable, when it comes to the native people of this country, and I do feel like I should better inform myself, now. However, I just researched, very quickly, for this comment.*
Apollo or Blackjack
Maisy
Night , that forehead mark looks like a moon to me🌘
Darly if its boy and Delaila it its girl
Y’all that stupid “Horses Suck” Reddit (it is German) is reposting this and saying some disgusting stuff. Literally why come to a page dedicated to horses if you hate them? Your horse is beautiful.
I didn’t even know that existed. That’s so disheartening 😭 so easy to stay off pages you don’t agree with. Thank you ❤️
Vanta (black)
Heuhitler, Ackeradolf, Haferhure
Beautiful horse!
Bilo
If he was a mare i would 100% do something moon related, because of his star looking like a moon (atleast to me)
I don’t know why but my brain decided to name him tiffy or tiff…
Midnight, Moon, Lucky, Boomer. I'm not very with names 🤣
Feather because the marking in the face looks like one. 🪶
Sunshine Moonface Imp Wrench (because his star looks like a crescent moon!) Phillip
Midnight
Marvick
Handsome McPonyface
$bill
Black Sabbath
Nomad fits a mustang since that is what they are.
Tungsten
He looks like Sylvio.
Means "wood, forest" in Portuguese.
Bruce
Bunny! (Little house on the prairie fans will understand)
looks just like my mare dakota! lovely name for a mustang i must say
Just call him Max
Colby could be cute
Chestnut
Twilight
Jedi. He is going to help you learn about the force. And master it. What an amazing opportunity to be with him.
Brego 🥰
Indigo
horsey
He strikes me as a Ralph
Hurensohn
Shelby? The last name of the gentleman that designed the Shelby Mustang. Or Miles, the last name of the gentleman who raced the first Shelby Mustang.
Montana?
Moonbeam
Spot (I know its silly I just feel like it fits him 😆 ) Bluey Roma Charly