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That's one thing I'm pretty unimaginative about... I don't have very clearly defined "lines" anyway, but the only one I've actually named is my Dreamcatcher appaloosas.

I renamed three of my tattoos

Baya Satin is now σατέν translating to Satin
Baya nexus is now Starry Παιδί translating to Starry Child
Baya KP is now Συννεφιά translating to Cloudy Sky

All the translations are in greek

I have trouble thinking of names. Its rare that I think of one that I really like but my favorites usually have the better names in my opinion. I usually just go random. I'll go off of the parents names. Some are harder than others. I do quick google searches to see things that relate to something in the sires name. Foundations of course are the hardest because youve gotta think of those yourself lol. A lot of the time when I'm going through and naming foals or creates and don't feel like thinking a whole bunch I just see random things on the tv or hear something in a song or something and thats what they end up being named lol. Try to get some inspiration by listening to music. Or maybe pick a favorite movie or show of yours and create a theme based off of that. I do like Phenomenally Authentic though.

I will say I like 2 word names, especially for stallions. That way you have more to play with. Phenomenally Authentic is awesome, but I agree, a bit unwieldy. Storm Cat is much easier to work with...

It's 6:43am here right now and I was doing a thesaurus search for words and sure enough it hit me. I like it so much it will probably be the name to the stallion who is lucky enough to be used for my 2nd Gen. "Riddle Me This" because I'm kind of keeping the genes involved under wraps, not that a few of you couldn't make an educated guess once you see them, and one of the genes I want to add you can't test for to begin with so this line wont be easy :) Thank you everyone. The ideas were awesome and paid off.

I didn't even realize there were horses with this name already lol. I see one is a boy you bred Abbey lol

You could name it "Two for One" after the old myth that if you pull a gray hair two will grow back in its place :)

Almost all of my foundations are rank specials so I tried to name them something that related to the rank special title. For example my Silver Pocket Watch Stud: Cogsworth http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=333296 Any other foundations I just name randomly based on a whim.

Lined babies I use google a lot to help me come up with something that is related to both parents. (Sometimes I fail and go with something related to one parent's name but I try really hard to incorporate both). For example:

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=323820
This boy's Dam has Cheers in her name, which reminded me of the old TV show with the bar called Cheers. His sire's name I googled to find out it's a potion from the Harry Potter world. So I googled the name of all of the taverns/pubs/bars that show up in Harry Potter and the Three Broomsticks was the name I liked best. He almost got named the Leaky Cauldron but Three Broomsticks sounded a little more regal. :)

http://hj2.huntandjump.com/horse.php?horseid=289927
This gal her sire is named The Outlaw and her dam The Siren. Sirens are a sea monster/creature that lured pirates and sailors to their deaths and pirates are the outlaws of the sea so she got Pirate in her name.

Some of them are probably a stretch as to how I came up with the name that matches both, but it works for me. It's a fun process to name I think.