It is time for the Third Annual Wild In The Pryors, “Name Game”! This is the post where any of you can suggest names for the 2015 foals born in the Pryors. Of course, like on all the previous years, I can not guarantee that they will be used, but it will be fun to list them, and I do know that every time I discovered a foal, I came to this post to look at all of the suggestions.
In 2000, the BLM started using a letter for each year of foals, starting with A. This year is the P year. So please feel free to list your ideas in the comment section of this post. To read more about this system and why we use names, please refer to my Name Game post that I did last in 2013. Click on Name Game to go there.
I am looking forward to reading all of your suggestions! If someone else has already posted your name idea, please list it again anyway. It will be fun to see what the most popular name suggestions are!
Sandy
Hello Sandy,
I think I haven’t see the letter for this year.
Would you be kind tell me the good letter “P” ? this year ?
And if it’s possible : where can I get it all the name’s I found for the new babies ?
thanks (and sory for my poor english)
Hi! Yes, it is the letter “P” this year. There are many places to go to find names with meanings on the internet. I believe you could start with just goggling: ” Names that start with P. Hope that helps and thank you for reading my post!
Hello Sandy
Thanks.
This is my list names:
-Papyrus
-Playtime
-Papeete
-Pensyvannia
-Porto
-Pagode
-Pandora
-Powder River
-PARIS
-Pochaontas
-Passionata
-Pat Garrett
-Pacific Blue
-Paparazzi
-Penthouse
-Philadelphia
-Princess
-Patrick
… if I find other Icome here another time
Thank you! I like those! 🙂
Pochaontas would be so sweet for a filly!
I could be way off on some of the meanings! So let me know if I am 🙂
FIRESTORM
Parhelion (SUNDOG – an optical phenomenon appearing in the sky)
KITALPHA
Pegasus
Poseidon
HALCYON
Peace
ANY OF BLUE MOON
Parallax — The apparent motion of an observed object against the background caused by the movement of the observer. An example of this is the motion of the stars as seen from observatories on Earth.
Poseidon
Penumbra – the name given to the shadow cast by a celestial object that only blocks a portion of the light.
Perigee — The closest point to the Earth in the Moon’s orbit.
Perigean Tide — The tide that occurs when the moon is at its closest point to the earth during its orbit. These tides are higher than normal.
Perihelion — The closest point to the Sun in a planetary body’s orbit.
Perilune — The closest point to the Moon in an object’s orbit around it.
Capuccino & Gabrielle
Peaberry – A coffee bean that is round rather than flat, coming from a coffee cherry that contains only one seed instead of the usual flat sided pair.
CUSTOR & FIASCO
Patton – Army General
FOOLS GOLD
Pearl
Pyrite
Petalite
JUNIPER
Poppy
Primrose
INNOCENTES
Pink Flloyd
Presely
HERITAGE:
Parliament
Patrician
GAELIC PRINCESS
Phelan – Gaelic for “Little Wolf”
HAILSTORM
Polar
I think one should be named Picasso ☺
I still have a lot more thinking to do! And I’m really slow at work today 🙂
I really like Patton and Presley 🙂
Thanks! I love the name Patton too :)! It means so much to me, because my grandfather was Patton’s first aid in the war. Thanks!
Oh that’s really neat! I knew a Clydesdale called Patton at a Horse Guard I volunteered at 🙂
Love this Jamie! Thank you so much!
Phantom
Poppy
Pip
Poseidon
Pegasus
Pippen
Paige
Phoenix
Pax
Pablo
Paris
Paco
Packer
Puck
Patton
Phoebe
Piper
Portia
Petra
Paloma
Pippa
Now, if only I had enough time to possibly match these with bands/stallions/mares…
Thank you! These are all great!
I really like Paige and Piper 🙂
Icara or Hera: Perseus (colt) or Persephone (filly) -both are prominent characters in Greek mythology
Fools Gold: Penny-goes with Fools Gold and Nickle really well, plus I just think it’s a really cute name for a filly 🙂
Heritage: Pride, Poetry (kind of a stretch but poetry is very much a part of cultural heritage)
Helenium or Jacinta: Primrose-connects back to their dam, Rosebud
Helenium/Jacinta/Fresia/Jasmine: Poppy (super cute I think 🙂 ) , Pansy, Painted Daisy, and of course Primrose works for all these mares too
Juniper: Parsley
Fiasco: Phantom
Icara/Jewel/Halo: Phantom (to link with their dam, Waif)
Feldspar or Jewel: Pearl
Halcyon: Peace Lily
Gaelic Princess: Paddy, Padraig, Patrick (and yes, those are all variations on the same name haha)
On the stallion side,
Duke: Paisley (to go with the Western theme)
Galaxy: Pluto
I think I have more too, just need to find my other list 🙂 can’t wait to see everyone’s name suggestions!!
I think if they named a foal Parsley I would smile every time they said their name. So cute! And Phantom would be really n eat!
Thank you Abbie! These are all really great!
Galena: Perlite (type of volcanic rock)
Firestorm: Pyralis (form Greek, meaning “on fire”) Or Ponyta (a pokemon with flaming mane and tale, this one is a bit silly 🙂
Feldspar:
Hera: Penelope,Poseidon
Helenium: Paeonia (type of flower)
Fool’s Gold: Prophet
Halcyon: Pliocene (epoch, such as Miocene)
Other names: Pirin (mountain), Perla (Pearl), Polarity, Primadonna.
Perlite is pretty for a Galena filly! 🙂
Thank you Maria!
Perdita could also work for a Graciana filly. Or a Jasmine filly if you go with a Disney connection!
A couple more!
Helenium
Paprika
Paisley
Jewel
Pendant
Hera
Peacock (considered sacred to Hera)
Heritage
Pilgrim
Halo
Pixie
Galadrial
Pixie
Piccolo
Kohl
Pirate
Hataalii
Pinnacle
Peak
Fiasco
Playboy
Pachino
Pistol
Love Pixie! That was one on my other list-thanks for the reminder 🙂 I thought it would work well for Galadriel as well since she is a character in Lord of the Rings if I’m not mistaken?
Yup!!!
Thank you so much Jamie! These are really great!
Persnickitty, Penelope, Persimmon (I know it’s a fruit, but I like the way it sounds), Partridge, Phoenix, Penny, Piper, Pepper. I don’t know the horses well enough to match them, but those were a few ideas that came to mind. Looking forward to seeing the new little ones this year.
Thank you for your suggestions!
I like Patagonia (Native American meaning big paw) for any of Duke’s descendants, as Duke’s sire is Bigfoot , I believe? I like Pandora for Isadora. Love Penny suggestion for Fools Gold!
I really like Patagonia Liz. Thank you!
I love Patagonia/Bigfoot connection. And Pandora is an awesome name too 🙂
Paso, as in Paso Fino, to celebrate the Proyr’s Spanish roots.
Thank you Amanda!
Native Indian names;
Pallaton – Warrior – boy
Pelipa – Lover of horses – girl
Paco – Eagle – boy
Pitalesharo – Chief of men – boy
Pazi – Yellow Bird – girl
Petah – Golden Eagle – girl
I hope these help.
Charlene
Thank you Charlene! I like these and thank you for including the meaning of each one!
This sounds like so much fun! But P is so hard! Hmmm….
Peppermint
Princess
Prancer (haha)
Prinni (I call my dog this, kind of a mix between princess and pretty)
Pearl
Pepper
Prince
Paint
Phantom
Primrose
Pierra
Pacifica
Palm
Pacifica works great for a Galadriel foal to go along with Oceana and Atlantis 🙂
I think Prancer is quite cute too but I couldn’t think of any connections.
A few more suggestions I came up with….
Halcyon: Pax or Paix (Latin and French for “peace,” respectively)
Gabrielle: Paxton (has the Australian connection to Brumby)
Peyton is a city in Colorado so could work possibly?
Pandora could also work for Icara and Hera.
It posted before I was finished….. xP
Duke: Paige (to go with the royal connection)
And I thought Patronus was fun (It’s a Harry Potter reference 🙂 )
Galaxy foals
Pyxis (constellation)
Polaris
Paiute
Paloma (Dove’s foal?)
Pablo
Paco
Pascal
Parker
Panache
Patience (for the foal of the is she/isn’t she mare that finally foals : )
Pierce
Pancho
Paquito/Paquita
Parvati (hindu for daughter of the mountain)
Pia
Pilar
There are so many neat names this year!
Thank you so much Suzanne!
So as it turns out I’m mildly addicted to thinking up foal names….sorry for another post haha x)
Heritage: Promise (as in a promise to maintain the here’s heritage? A bit of a stretch again haha)
Galadriel: Pixie (Mythical creature reference)
Juniper: Pepper, Pine, Paprika
Icara/Hera: Papyrus (for the Greek reference)
Firestorm: Paytah (“fire”) (Sioux)
Hailstorm: Patamon (“tempest”), Pamuya (“water moon”) (Hopi), Pavati (“clear water”) (Hopi)
Jasmine: Pocohontas ( couldn’t resist with the Disney connection again, haha 🙂 )
Other names I really like but haven’t found a connection for yet:
Piper
Petah (“golden eagle”) (Black Foot)
Pakuna (“deer jumping down”) (Miwok)
Poloma (“bow”) (Choctaw) -would go well for a relative of Broken Bow’s
Please: Puerto! It’s the name of my own Spanish horse. I Ibought it after my previous horse is fallen into a well and died.
He got his name in Spain already before I bought him. As I saw him I got goose-pimples because of his appearance and his name. He was really a place of refuge (= puerto) for me!
So with this name also the Spanish roots of the Pryor horses would be celebrated!
My horse resembles Jackson very much!
Give my love to the Pryor horses
Susanne
I will try and update tomorrow with some better names that are more relevant to the individual mates, but for now I’ll just put what comes to mind.
Pascal
Paloma
Piper
Pippin
Phoenix
Palace
I will try and update tomorrow with some better names that are more relevant to the individual mates, but for now I’ll just put what comes to mind.
Pascal
Paloma
Piper
Pippin
Phoenix
Palace
Pacífica
Paige
Paisley
Paxton
Parsley
Pandora
Panther
Pokey
I think there’s already a horse named Phoenix on the range so I’ll avoid that one. I guess you could go with Phoenix II to avoid confusion but I’d rather the horses be given unique names. 🙂
Some names I liked already suggested:
Phantom
Piper
Pandora
Persephone
Pacifica
Paloma
Panache
Poseidon
Penelope
Pearl
Pluto
Pegasus
Princess/Prince (but I feel like there’s already a Prince too on the range?)
Prancer
Parker
Pride
Pink Floyd–this one actually occurred to me! Haha would be fun
Patronus–I like the Harry Potter reference!
Polaris
Some names I like not yet suggested:
Picasso–or if you want to make it a double P the full artist’s name Pablo Picasso!
Piedra–means rock/stone in Spanish
Pyrite–people seem fond of minerals with these horses (mineral name for fool’s gold)
Petaluma–a town in CA but I think the name sounds pretty
Paradise
Prudence
Pierre–French name also means stone
Pryor–for the Pryors?
Polly/Pauline
Pansy–I don’t really like this name but it’s my sorority’s flower
Pi, Phi, Psi–Greek letters
Pinata (with the ~ over the n)–sounds like a party!
Poland
President
Power
Phoebe
Priscilla–but there might be one already on the range?
Persia
Pax/Paz (means Peace)
Peony
Philomena
Pueblo–means village or town in Spanish
Pyrenees–after the mountain range in France 🙂
Percival
Preston/Prescott
Panama
Puerto Rico
Portugal
Philippines
Peru
Pakistan
Paraguay
Pamplona
Pharaoh (OK THIS IS A GOOD ONE you HAVE to use this one and I actually did not look this up online, it just occurred to me. Out of all my suggestions this is the one I like the best!)
Placer (pronounced Plah-sair, means pleasure in Spanish)
Pont-l’Eveque–a kind of cheese in France
Port-au-Prince-capital of Haiti
Pledge
Promise
Petra
Prodigy
I just realized I never posted the name ideas I came up with for this post! Can’t wait for foaling season to start in the Pryors! By the looks of a recent photo of Icara I think she may be first.
Greek Mythology names:
Pallas- maiden
Pandora- “all gifts”; Pandora’s box
Pegasus
Persephone- “to destroy”; Queen of the underworld; wife of Hades
Perseus- titan of destruction, “to destroy”
Phoibe- titan asssociatied with the moon, grandmother of the moon goddess Artemis; (male version of name: Phoibos)
Poseidon- god of the sea; also god of horses and earthquakes; spent most of his time living in Atlantis
Priam- King of Troy during Trojan War, the father of Hector and Paris; From the Greek name Priamos, means “redeemed”
Parthenia- “maiden”
Parthenope- “maiden’s voice”
Pyrrhus, “flame colored, red; fire”
Pallas- titan of warcraft
Prometheus- titan of forethought and crafty counsel
Flower names:
Padma- Indian/Hinduism- “lotus”
Pansy
Peony
Petunia
Poppy
Posey/Posie
Primrose/ Prim- Latin prima rose “first rose”; also from Hunger Games
Minerals, gems, stones, etc
Pearl
Penny
Perla- Spanish/ Italian- “pearl”
Precious
Platinum
Palladium
Perlite- volcanic glass
The rest are in no particular order
Pace- “peace”
Pacifica- Spanish (from Latin Pacificus)- “peacemaker”
Paige
Paisley
Paloma- Spanish- “dove”
Pari- Persian- “fairy”; Parisa- “like a fairy”
Parvati- Indian- “daughter of the mountains”
Patience
Pax- Latin- “peace”
Penelope
Pepita/o- Spanish
Perdita- Latin
Perez
Perlita
Perun- Slavic Myth- “thunder”
Peeta- from the Hunger Games
Peyton
Pheobe- “bright, pure”
Piera- Italian
Piper
Plato- Ancient Greek
Pluto
Pocahontas- Native American- “she is playful”
Pompeii
Pata Blanca- Spanish- “white paw”
Porter- “doorkeeper”
Portia
Pratima- Indian- “image, likeness, reflection”
Primo/Prima- Italian/Spanish- “first”
Princess
Priscila
Priti- Indian- “pleasure, joy, love”
Priya- Indian “beloved”
Purnima/Purnama- Indian/Indonesian- “full moon”
Pyre/ Pire- Greek/other- “fire, burning, flame”
Pyro- “fire”
Pyrena- fire related
Pele- Hawaiian myth- goddess of dance, fire, lightening, violence; means “lava”; fine golden strands of volcanic glass for her hair, droplets of lava for her tears
Patil- Armenian- “snowflake”
Paquita- Spanish- “free”
Patricia- Spanish- “noble”
Patricio- Spanish- “regal”
Pirro- Spanish/Greek- “red haired”
Placida/o- Latin/Spanish- “tranquil”
Primavera- Spanish/Latin- “springtime”
Pallaton- Native American- “warrior”
Pamuy- Native American- “water moon”
Phantom
Patron
The greek mythology names could go well for Hera or Galadrial. Or just of Greek origin for Galadrial. “Pacifica” would work great with another Galadrial filly to go with “Oceana.” But I do hope that Galadrial is not pregnant for a 2015 foal since she had Oceana so late in 2014. Any of the fire related names would work well for Firestorm. The moon related names would work well for a Half Moon foal or a Blue Moon (Flint) foal. The destructive, wrathful, etc names would work well for a Fiasco foal. The flower related names would go well for the mares with a flower connection: Helenium, Jacinta (dam is Rosebud), Freisa, Jasmine (not sure if she was named after the flower), or Juniper. “Primrose” would be especially good for a Helenium or Jacinta filly. The mineral, stone, gem, etc names would go well for Fools Gold, Feldspar, Jewel, or Galena. I would love to see “Penny” used for a Fools Gold filly! Spanish names to go with Spanish named parents. I think the name “Pata Blanca” would go well for a foal that has a relation to Two Boots. I used to ride an ex-olympic jumper named Pata Blanca and he was all black with one white foot (which is how he got his name ), so this name is a special one to me. It could also potentially work for any foal that has just one white foot. “Patron” could work for a Gracianna foal since her mother is named Bacardi. “Patagonia” was suggested for a Bigfoot descendent since it means “big paw” and I really like that!
Thank you Sarah!!
I hope it isn’ t to late to say sind names for the foals
Paco
Party Rock
Peanut
Pam
Panja
Phara
Panther
Prada
Pal
Peep
Thank you Karin! It is not too late, there will be foals born all summer! Great Names!!