Pet Naming Problems: Includes Banned Combos and Unique Name Alternatives, Plus Guide for Checking your Desired Name. Updated: 06/07/2009

[RedBear]

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Hooray, I can use Dunsworth now!

cool!!

Originally Posted by BASMAT

well, miss a day..............miss alot. hopefully there will be no news tomorrow that this was a one day glitch.........................................................

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.

that'll teach you to miss WI. oh and its still A-OK today.

Originally Posted by kellyschrvr

Now that you are able to use Vladimir, I have a placed a call to have our Bat changed..

I placed a call this AM, not JUST for the name change of course...

Good luck! They may or may not make the exception. i just hope that they don't put a big block on it, like they did replacing lost items.

Originally Posted by michls629

I noticed that too when my son wanted to name his Toucan Mango. We named our bubblegumasaurus after bubble gum brand names, mine is Bubble Yum, which works, but my son wanted to name his bazooka, which doesn't work, so we spelled it Basooka.

Bazooka is still banned. Bazook is okay. Azooka is okay. Guess they don't like Bazooka. that's a new one. thanks for the information. I'll add it and give you rep pts.

Mango is fine now.

Originally Posted by KaileysMommy

It will not let us name our bat Morticia. What is wrong with Morticia?

"Mort" is banned. If you spell it Maurticia, it will work.

Originally Posted by Hummingbirdfan

Thanks for posting this. Earlier in September we wanted to name our gold fish Goldie and webkinz did not let us. So we decided to name her Shimmers, after one of our real life fishies.

You're welcome! Shimmers is an awesome name!

Originally Posted by wistcottage

I tried day before yesterday to name my bat Rapscallion (meaning rascal)- and it was banned
I don't know which combination was the problem

It works today!

[coolgirl060197]

thats weird, i named my duck ducky and didn't have a problem. this was in mid februrary so they must have changed it

[viking6]

Rosalie didn't work

[Yoshi]

Yay, I'm so glad they changed the LA rule. I got the sheep today, and if they hadn't changed the rule, I wouldn't have been able to use the awesome name I found, Colambo.

[RedBear]

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Hooray, I can use Dunsworth now!

yes you can!!

Originally Posted by Gram2Four

RedBear, I want to thank you so much for all the time you have spent gathering this info for us to use. I am so glad it was put on the front page or I don't know when I would have found this topic.

you are quite welcome!

i did flag the thread last night bc of the unbanning of 13 combos and FIA decided to put it on the front page. the staff was aware of it bc JMS suggested it get stickied and smitchell stickies it. so, i'm not sure if FIA decided to put it up there bc of my flag or were considering it before. either way, FIA's the one to thank for that.

Originally Posted by 12Mitchp

Mitchell is banned and thats my name!!

sorry, your name contains a naughty word . if you want to use your name, you'd have to spell it differently. drop the last "L" and its fine. Mitchel. (not sure if you want to do that since it is your own name.)

Originally Posted by Rage74

Probably the last 4 letters in your name that are causing the problem, unfortunately.

I had a Leopard Lizard I was eager to name "Larry" - and of course it didn't fly.

I didn't feel like wading through a zillion pages of posts...but is there ANY report from Ganz about WHY some of these combinations are banned? "LA" is banned? What on EARTH is wrong with "LA"? "GO"? Ridiculous! *shakes head*

yes, there is a bad slang for "LA". i cannot share it on WI. sorry. i'm surprised that they unbanned it but THRILLED that they did. perhaps they did it bc the slang is so rarely known.

Larry works now!

Originally Posted by celinab123

I know! I HATE THIS! She would not let me name my bat bellatrix so i had to name her bellnatrickz I HATE MS BIRDY

you can forgive Ms. Birdy, can't you? She now allows Bellatrix!

Originally Posted by sixskinz

Yesterday, October 1st, I tried naming a new Webkinz "Sprout" but I was unable to.....bummer. I don't know why.

"PROUT" is banned. Thanks for the new banned combo. I gave you rep pts for the information.

p.s. i changed your font color bc the bright red is reserved for ADMINS only.

Originally Posted by iluvwarriors

they won't let me name my love puppy Brightheart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you'll be thrilled to know that Brightheart just worked for me! Is that how you wanted it spelled?

Originally Posted by 1MamaWebkin

Hey Congrats RedBear for getting on the front page. Thanks for all of your hard work in organizing this & keeping it updated.

thank you and you're welcome!

Originally Posted by lolbno

Gan got way to carried away with the names.some names have to in it and to is not a bad word.i think im going to email ganz about this.i hope it works.

"TO" is now allowed.

Originally Posted by CanWeb

Thanks for all that work helping us name our pets.

you're welcome!

Originally Posted by angelgirl32403

Thank you so much for this helpful thread! I hope it gets worked out. I really want to name my chipmunk Theodore!

you're welcome! Theodore works now.

[Yoshi]

Originally Posted by RedBear

Bazooka is still banned. Bazook is okay. Azooka is okay. Guess they don't like Bazooka. that's a new one. thanks for the information. I'll add it and give you rep pts.

I think that may be the first banning that makes sense.

Originally Posted by Yoshi

I think that may be the first banning that makes sense.

I think so too. xD

This is a very helpful thread. I havent ever had a name problem but someday ill porb come across it.

[RedBear]

Originally Posted by Labrador96

I've tried out the names Delilah and Bella, they've both worked finely.


Maybe the glitch was partially fixed because it let me using "GO" in some words and "MON" in some also.

anything that contains "MON" will be banned. perhaps you spelled it differently in error. what names are you trying that are working?

"GO" works now. if a name is banned that contains "GO", its not because of "GO", it's something else. what names are you trying?

Originally Posted by dachshound987

WHAT WAS GANZ THINKING!!!!??????

as a pet would say at Dr. Quack's, "I don know".

Originally Posted by lizzyxwebkinz

my googles was named Ducky but i got him around this time last year though and if part of a name like mag-magn i just got my pink and white cat today and her names Magneta ,the glicth must be fixed it probaly wasent working beacuse they where realesing the Halloween stuff again

unfortunately, ducky will not work today, since "DUC" is banned.

Magenta, Magneta and Mag-Magn work.

Originally Posted by disneyprincess3

i tried to name my cheeky monkey Matthew and it wouldnt let me

Matthew works now! Were you spelling it differently or did you try it between September 5-September 30?

Originally Posted by Sinaminika

I noticed when I adopted the bat it wouldn't let me name it Stella Luna .

My daughters name is Lola and she named her bulldog Lola (ozzy's dog) on her account.
When I went to adopt and name one of my pets Lola is said I wasn't allowed.

Stella, Stella Luna and Lola all work today. If it's not too late, you can adopt it now.

Originally Posted by princessgames

Why doesnent ms birdy change to like, The new room naming? You have a list!

PLEASE NONNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i don't want to be stuck with a drop down list. no no no. Beanie Babies started out not letting you name the pets. Not so good. Build A Bearville had a drop down list for naming yourself and let me tell you, it stinks. (You do not get to name the pets, just yourself.)

Originally Posted by SnowCrystal

Please no! It is so restrictive. Not enough choices.

If they did it right, then it might be okay. But, I can imagine that they would have a list of only about 200 names that you could choose from and then you couldn't be creative with your names.

there is no way that WW would do it right. all we need is the rooms as an example. there's no way that they would put over 5,000 names as an option. it would be more like 100. i really do not want a drop down name list. if they do that, i'm done with buying webkinz. i *might* buy one per year to keep the account active but we have plenty of unadopted pets to get us by for years.

Originally Posted by funnyhoney

I tryed to name my pet Snow Flake and it was not working. I also tryed SnowFlake and it still did not work. Please help! Why won't it work?

Snowflake works now.

Originally Posted by Becky316

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got the Bubblegumasaurus and I wanted to name her Bazooka....but they wouldn't allow it..So I named her Bazoka...I guess you cant name with 2 O's...just thought I'd share

Someone else just tried to name her Bubblegumasaurus that and failed. I think its gonna be beary popular! Thanks for the alternate spelling. I gave you rep pts for the different spelling. Thanks!

Originally Posted by buffy0214

Hooray! Theodore and Chocolate went through.

yes they do!!

[vanvan20]

Thanks for the tips and the guide