What’s in a name?
Coming up with a name for your next show calf can be hard. It’s a serious commitment, especially when we are talking about naming show heifers. Growing up, I loved the process of naming my show heifers and always enlisted the help of my siblings. Today on our family ranch, I’m still the first person to give a nickname to any animal that comes through for any sort of special treatment.
To help make the process a little easier for you, here’s a list of show heifer names I can remember my siblings and I coming up with as kids:
Alice
Angel
Annie
Belle
Beyoncé
Blackie (real original)
Cassie
Cutie Pie
Daisy
Grace
Honey
Iris
Katy
Lady
Lassie
Lily (can’t go wrong with a flower)
Lucky
Madison
Mary
Minnie
Peaches (with a calf named Cream of course)
Reba
Scarlet
Shiloh
Stripe
Summer
Sweetie
Sydney (named half of them after my cousins…)
After selecting the perfect name for your show heifer, comes the simpler task of naming a steer. Market animals are easier because you can have a little more creativity and it often doesn’t really matter what you call them. You aren’t making the same commitment as when naming a show heifer. However, remember you may have to use this name in a buyer letter, so choose wisely.
Ace
Beef
Bentley
Blackie (a go to for anything black)
Blue
Butcher
Cash
Chuck
College Fund (when you realize what a savings account is)
Cowboy
Dollar
Duke
Ferdinand
Flash
Fuzzy
George
Gus
Hamburger
Jake
Jerry
Joe
Johnny
King
Luke
Midnight (branching away from “Blackie” here folks)
Monster
Norman
Pay Day (P.D. or P. Diddy for short)
Pete
Red (pretty self explanatory)
Rufus
Sam
Sir Loin (two words, real formal with the “sir”)
Splash (anything with random splashes of white or color)
Stanley
Stetson
Steve
Swagger
T-Bone
Tyrone
Wayne (if your steer is also someone’s grandpa)
Still can’t find a name you like? Choose a theme to go with like naming your animals after celebrities, types of fruit, superheroes (I would love to see a stall card with the name Captain America on it), or your favorite cities.
We hope this list helped spark your creativity! Tell us, what did you name your first show animal? Help us add to this list!
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Ranch House Designs staff member, Tierra Kessler.
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