Naming your pet fish can be fun, but it can also be a little tricky (especially if your tank is full of fish that look similar). Whether it's a betta, clownfish, or guppy, you're sure to find a unique, fun, cute, or common name for your scaled aquatic friend on this list. How about Neptune, Poseidon, Skip, or Sheldon? Or perhaps Captain Sparrow, Ahab, or Gordy? Of course, you can't go wrong with Fishery. Now all you need to do is be able to identify which one is in the group.
Pet Fish - Great Names and Interesting Facts
Popular names for pet fish
Here are some popular fish names to help you get started. Perhaps your perfect choice is on the list.
Fennos
Fishy Wheat
swimmers
potato chips
Caspian Sea
Ripley
Bob
bubble
Big Mouth
Swimzel
Swimming Shade
Big Mouth Billy
Squirtle
John Silver
Mr. Lei
Captain Morgan
Douyu Bai
Small fish fry
Tuna Piano
Harvey
Fictional fish name
Want to name your fish after a fictional fish from movies, literature, or television? There are plenty of options!
Blinky: The three-eyed fish from The Simpsons.
Cleo: Geppetto's goldfish in the Disney movie Pinocchio.
Larry: The shark in the movie "Shark Tale"
Bruce: The "friendly" shark in the movie Finding Nemo
Don Lino: A not-so-friendly shark in the movie "Shark Tale"
Dolly: A little blue fish played by Ellen DeGeneres in the films *Finding Nemo* and *The Hippocratic Crush*.
Nemo: The little clownfish in the movie Finding Nemo
Marlin: Nemo's Clownfish Dad
Mr. Lizard: A man turned fish, played by Don Notts in "The Incredible Lizard".
Mrs. Puff: SpongeBob's Unlucky Driving Teacher
Otto: A giant goldfish in Dr. Seuss's book, *Fish Out of Water*
Swimmy: The main character in the children's book of the same name.
Rainbow Fish: The fish in the children's book "Rainbow Fish" that abandons all its rainbow scales.
Flounder: A close friend of Ariel, the mermaid in the movie "The Little Mermaid".
Jaws: The terrifying shark in the movie "Jaws"
Wanda: The unlucky fish in the movie "A Fish Called Wanda"
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish or Blue Fish: From the Book of the Same Name by Dr. Seuss
Undertow: The shark from the movie *The Little Mermaid II*
Gale: The goldfish given as a gift in the television program "The West Wing".
Klaus Hessler: The goldfish from the TV show "American Dad"!
Magikarp: From the Pokémon video game
Technically it's not fishing, but it's fun enough.
While purists might think fish should only have fish names, some of these other marine creatures also have very nice-sounding names:
Leviathan: A gigantic mythical sea creature
Flipper: Everyone's favorite dolphin (strictly speaking, it's a mammal).
SpongeBob SquarePants: He's a sponge, but he lives on the seabed.
Squidward: SpongeBob's best nemesis
Sebastian: A crab in the movie "The Little Mermaid"
Ariel: The Little Mermaid
Poseidon: Ariel's father, the King
Willy: The famous whale (another mammal) in the movie "Free Willy"
Monstro: The whale from the 1940 Disney animated film *Pinocchio*.
Cetus: A sea monster in ancient Greek mythology
Patrick Star: SpongeBob's Best Starfish Friend
Funny and silly fish names
If you're looking for laughter, these fish names might be perfect for your pet.
Ashi
Albus
algae
Algae B eaters
A
Angel
Aquifenna
Atlantic
Atlantis
bait
Beach rescue team
beluga whale
Bermuda
Big boy
Big Fish
Buba
bubble
Bubbly
Buffett
Buster
Calypso
Captain Hawke
cat
caviar
Charlie
Cheetos
Mixed Soup
close friend
Sissi
collision
Embrace
daphne
Dexter
diver
Dolidolidolido
Dobby
Edison
Einstein
Elvira
Elvis
ember
Yili
Fabian
Fedor
Filet mignon
fin
Finley
Finnegan
Fenster
Fish bones
Fish face
Fish and chips
fishy
flash
flip
Floaters
scrap
frank
Frito
Giffert
General Finn
gadgets
Gilligan
ginger
Goldy
Godzilla
Great White Shark
hand grenade
Guido
Harry
climax
Flathead nail
Hulk
Hydra
Jacques Cousteau
Jessam
Jonah
Juliet
Kai
Kermit
Kraken
lake
left handed
Lenny
low tide
Louis
Lucky
mahi-mahi
Maki
pier
Marlin
Marian
McGiffer
Mr. Bubble
Mr. Niebuhr
Mrs. Pauline
Neptune
Loch Ness Monster
Nigiri Sushi
Orca
Pacific Ocean
Piwei
Pesh
Pez
Michael Phelps
Pisces
professor
rapids
river
Loki
Romeo
Roxy
salty
sand
sashimi
Scooby-Doo
seaweed
Shark Cyclone
silver
captain
Skipjack tuna
Slim
slippers
Snape
spike
splash
Sprish
Smelly
stream
Foam
surf
sushi
Swimming Saloth
Tabitha
tank
Tartar sauce
Tesla
Tetra
A type of mint candy
Triton
tornado
tsunami
Tuna roll
Walker
Wallace
Spotted-eye fish
waves
whale
Xie Na
Zeke
More information about fish names
While the names above apply to any fish, you'll want to learn more about the specific fish species that live in an aquarium. You'll not only want to choose a suitable name, but also more information on how to care for your fish. Each species needs a few different things to live a long, healthy life.
