For sure, you must have already prepared what would become the home of your new pet dog, cat, hamster or any other kind of animal for that matter before purchasing or adopting one from the pet shelter. You think you have all the essential supplies and accessories ready so your new pet will feel most welcome and comfortable in your new home, except that you can't think of a good name for your pet. Following are some good pet names that you can use.

you may want to name him Blackie or Midnight. Shadow, Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, Char, and Inky, are also appropriate names for black-colored puppies. If you are considering of getting a white-colored pet, you can name him or her Snowy, Snowball, Ice, Sugar, Winter, Snowflake, Frosty, or Ivory. The names Brownie, Coffee, Clay, Eartha, Java, Sienna, Bear and Cub all sound great on brown-colored pets, but if your pet is multi-colored, you may want to name him Freckles, Confetti, Patches, Autumn, Calico or Callie for short.

It's also a good idea to name your pet based on his or her personality. For example, you have a pet that likes to jump. A good name for jumpers would be one of the following: Cricket, Kanga, Roo, Hopper or Grasshopper. Good pet names for aggressive animals.

You may also want to consider naming your pet dog after animal names used in popular TV shows, series, and movies, such as Benji and Lassie, for instance. You can also name your dog Astro after the Jetson's family dog, Tramp (the lead male dog in the Disney movie Lady and The Tramp) or Lady (the lead female dog in the same Disney movie). Snoopy, the famous beagle in the Peanuts comics and movie is also a nice name for your pet dog, so are Pluto and Goofy, two of the most famous Walt Disney dogs, Dynomutt (a cartoon superhero dog) and Bruno (the dog in Cinderella, a Disney movie).

Following are some suggested names if you are getting a cat, instead: Felix, Garfield, Simba (the lion in the The Lion King Disney movie), Mufasa (Simba's father in the Lion King movie), Sarabi (Simba's mom), or Scar (the evil lion also from The Lion King movie). Tom is also a great name for a cat as this ultimately reminds you of the cat in the Tom and Jerry cartoons. You can also use the name Sylvester of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons or Tigger, a character from the popular Disney book and movie Winnie the Pooh.

For a pet rodent, hamster or mouse, the following names used in movies are suggested: Fievel which is the name of the lead mouse in the American Tail movie, Bernard (the name of the mouse in another Disney movie The American Tail), Mickey (the Disney male star mouse), Minnie (the female counterpart of Mickey), Jerry (the mouse that makes Tom's life in the Tom and Jerry cartoons seem like hell), Mighty Mouse (the superhero mouse both in comics and in film), Remy (the lead mouse in the Disney movie, Ratatouille), Emile (Remy's brother in Ratatouille), Django (Remy's father in Ratatouille), Roddy (the lead mouse in the Flushed Away movie), Sid (the sewer rat also from the movie Flushed Away), and Rita (the scavenger rat from the Flushed Away).

Of course, you have all the liberty in the world to create a name which best suits your pet. However, if you find it overwhelming, as it often can be, you can also refer to these good pet names for inspiration.