Help Name Our Alpaca - Contest Ends June 30th!

We'd like help in naming our newest addition to our alpaca ranch. Here's some characteristics about this little boy who was born a couple of weeks ago. He is coal black with soft, silky fiber that we'll eventually shear and sell as yarn on our website. He's really fast running around the pasture, likes to pronk, is very curious, is very proud in his stance like his father (Snowmass Conquistador). He is very independant but still likes to stay by his mom (Daphne) in the evenings. There's more pictures on our ranch website photo gallery  So here's the deal,  suggest a name in the comments section of this blog along with reason.  The winner will get a $25 gift card from Alpaca Direct.  Winner (and name) to be announced on July 1st, 2009.   

Comments

[Jane George]

I like Duff of Conquistador. Duff is Gaelic for Black, it is the female usage, the male usage was Dwayne, an alpaca with such a regal bearing is not a Dwayne, no offense to all the Dwaynes out there.

[Dena White]

I go for the obvious.... "Harry". There is something absurdly funny about an overly obvious name.

[Susanna]

Ivan, why, I don't know, he looks like an Ivan.

[serenityslr]

well if I am not too late I would like to say ... BLANKIE... I hope that's not horrible of me but when I saw him the first thought that came to mind was how his coat reminded me of a nice warm blanket. He is so adorable congratulations on him.

[MARLENE JONES]

I think the name Pronk would be cute.

[Liz]

Roger, suggested by my son

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[Sandi W.]

Hi the first name that came to mind was Black Star. He looks light the black night sky, but I bet he will be the Star of your lives.

[Max]

If you want something mythological yet related to his South American origins, you could call him

Andeanubis

...Anubis being the black, dog-headed Egyptian god of the dead, with a nod to the Andes. It rolls off the tongue, too!

[Max]

Erebus, the greek god of the night and shadow, is very distinguished and would sound good on a ball band around his sleek, shadowy wool!

[Kathleen]

Night Sky

[LorrieJane on Ravelry]

'Montezuma' - call him 'Zuma' for short.

He was the fifth Aztec emperor. Sounds like this little guy struts around like he comes from royal blood!

[grandmasaysso]

Since he likes to dash about- How 'bout naming him after the world's fastest human who also happens to be of dark skin.
His name is Usain Bolt, from the Jamaican Olympic Team. A co-incidence that his last name is Bolt!
Your Alpaca is ssssooooooo adorable!!
Thanks,
Lynn

[Jolene]

How about " Jet " as in Jet black? a name like Jet sounds strong and masculine :)

[Kristine King]

Al - just makes sense to me.

Al the Alpaca

[angela crowe]

velvet prancer, double mocha, truffle delight, chocolate knight

[Brenna]

I'm really not sure why but I look at him and the name "Dilly" sprung to mind. Whatever you choose, he certainly is a cutie pie!

[Yvonne]

Othello

[Ingrid]

Phoenix (after the bird which flew out of the ashes).

[renee]

Ooooh, scratch Legs Bentley! I got one I like better: Valentine!

[renee]

Legs Bentley...just because he seems to have a lot of leg going on. He's gorgeous!

[Ellen McKinney]

i suggest Black Bliss, because his fiber will be pure bliss to knit, or Corbie (Scots for raven or crow) because of his color.

[Leila Elena Marcial, MSN, CNM]

How about - Rockey - my son had a ferret named Rockey for 8yrs. He liked to 'dook' & dance around & was VERY curious, like this little boy. Rockey was sssssooooo sweet. My son still misses him.

Instead of Humphrey Bogart just name him BOGEY. short & sweet, & still dark like the original Bogey.

Rockey or Bogey are my choices.

I'm sorry to hear about your baby alpaca loss, please make sure that the mom is comfortable; her milk will come in & she may become engorged...& then she'll not feel well (milk & no baby).

[Sherri]

How about Obsidian, after the black gemstone? You could nickname him Obie. He is so adorable!

[Aviva Rosenberg]

Clarence?
Vasco?
Bubba?

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[Jodie Lucas]

Truffles

Schwartzy

[Jocelyn]

What about Firenze? :)

[Christine]

Squishy

[vaj4bratz]

I think Sorcerer would be a good name. They're know for being dark & he is magical.

[Nancy N.]

Moonshadow

[Irene]

What about:
Black sun

Since his father is called Snowmass Conquistador, the son should be Ash Explorador.

[D. Merriman]

My suggestions is Dark Star

[Carmen]

How about Bear? His coat looks like a black bear (and I love giving name of other animals to the wrong species :).

Or Black Conquistador after his father?

Or Sombrio which I believe means dark in Portuguese.

Also thought of "Nevermore" (Poe's Raven), but not sure I like that one.

[Kelly]

Skylar

I don't know what, but something about the color of black makes me think of a beautiful night sky.

[Annette Riebe]

Black Diamond!

[Lorraine]

Midnight Sun.

He is as dark as the night but,he is as bright as the sun.
He is really beautiful and,I wish him well.

[Laura]

I like Charcoal Blazer for his color and love of running.

All of our pet's names have had something to do with their breed, color, or chatacter. Shepard/husky mix named Pal, Dana a shep/great dane mix. Dez a shep/dingo mix came pre-named as a rescue, and is nick named Dizzy Dingo. Our cat Milly came from a feed mill. Sarge (sargeant stripes)was her orange tiger kitten, and greyness was her grey tri-color. Tawney is a grey tiger with white and tawney patches, and Mocha, a chocolate point siamese. Our turkey's name was Gobble (what else?).

[Nise]

Peat: because it's dark in color, can turn into coal, and sounds like a regular name (Pete) but isn't.

[Mikey]

He is a cutie ...I think his name should be "Hershey"...like the candy bar...he is sweet enough...lol...

[Tabitha Kristen]

Hm, how about a mix of his parents names? Like, Daphador? I also like these names.

Cadbury : Because he looks so sweet ^_^
Asher : Hebrew meaning Blessed, happy.

[Lynn Higginbotham]

I've come back to this pic everyday for a week and the same name and image keeps popping in my mind....
It reminds me of a drawing of a comic book superhero I saw years ago. I think it's the shadows around the face and eyes.
I see him as Hornet, as in the Green Hornet..

[Andrea (noricum)]

I'm bad at names, but how about Espresso Bean for his dark colour and high energy?

[diastelo]

Thaddius!

[Theresa]

hmmm... Ebony? Onyx? Blake? (from Blaek, meaning black), Sin? hmmm... lots to go from on the Black wool... love him... he is gorgueous, and I'd love to spin up his wool some one of these days. :)

[Michele]

Fancy Pants.

Just looks like he's wearing old fashioned pants tucked into high boots. Or maybe I've been reading too much Jane Austen lately.

:0)

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[Kristin]

I was thinking of Midnight or shadow walker!

[Juanita McCants]

When I look at him I hear the name, Earthsearcher.

[Nancy Hannah]

Ink or Tinta ( en espanol) my fav, but the other came to mind below.

Midnight Sun or Sol de Medianoche ( spanish)

[Timiae]

I like Spaniard. Or Traveler.

[Kathleen]

Oh, I like MediaNoche (Spanish for midnight), or Vainita (Peruvian term for Stringbean!) Noche Criolla?

[Criquette]

Paco Noche.

Please give him a big hug for me - what an adorable baby!

[Lauren]

Midnight.

or Asher, which means blessed or happy.

[Bobi]

How about Conn. Nice strong name for a beautiful boy.

[Chase B.]

He looks like a Dante to me.

[Melanie Williams]

How about Conquistador's Trouble..sounds like trouble to me

[Sheri Karobonik]

How about Eric, he sounds a lot like my son, like to pose for the camera, all guy except when it comes to mommy time.

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[Penny Tallman]

The names I came up with are
Black Lotus
Pewter
Hombre de la Noche
Spirit

[Alex]

Espresso

[Beth]

How about Whisper

[Hollis]

I like Brooklyn.

[PBnJ (Holly)]

How about a name with "Dark" in it such as "Dark Knight" (or "Dark Night") or "Collin out of the Dark"
He's a cutie! If he had a bad temperament, though, you could call him "Prince of Darkness" LOL!
How about "Lurkey" ?

[HeidiKnits @ Ravelry]

Raoul
Anthracite
Jester
Mischif

[jude tarrant]

Daphne's Coal seems perfect to me! He is amazing!

[Caleb Richter]

I think you should name him Black Velvet/Black Beauty. Because of the way you described him being soo soft and always liking to run, that's why I came up with Black Beauty like the horse Or BB for short cause you said he's really fast:) He is adorable I really want to own some alpacas someday : )

[Peggy Baxter]

"Stormy" is my suggestion. This brings to mind, dark black clouds full of rain, giving nourishment to parched land and thus the cycle continues.

[Knittingdancer]

When I saw the picture I thought "MIDNIGHT" because he is so dark.

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[Angela Ancelet]

I'm gonna say Thor. His dark coat reminds me of thunder clouds.

[Paty]

I would call him Coal for obvious reasons :)

[Shelly Brown]

I like "Crown Prince" because he just seems to be standing there very regally.

[Elaine - elaine52 on Ravelry]

When I saw him the name WIDGET came to mind. That is my choice. :-)

[sandy]

What about Shadow? I had lovely black dog that followed me everywhere. His name was Shadow.

[JoAnn]

Forgot to post reason for Midnight Runner
Midnight to match his color and Runner since you said he likes to run!

[JoAnn]

How about Midnight Runner!

[Caitlyn Williams]

Cuzco, because alpacas live in Peru, and I think it sounds masculine, yet sweet...

[Susan Couper]

Looking to the future I think of him as Velvet Thread Csec

[knitredsox on Ravelry]

Ciaran- Gaelic/Irish name meaning dark or black.
He's a love...

[Leora]

The photo makes me think of those pictures purportedly taken of the Abominable Snowman -- not really real. So I like YETI.

[JoAnna]

My suggestion is Poe (like, Edgar Allen).

[Shayna]

Steve. (This is funnier if you like Scrubs, but still funny even if you don't.)

[Darja]

I don't know why, but Huckleberry Finn comes to my mind watching this beautifull blackie....
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[Thea]

He's so cute.Well, How about Greece Lightening. Since he likes to run, and his mother has a Greek name.

[Kate]

I don't know why but I like Francoise :)

[Judith Harmon]

Hi I was looking at the picture and the name Inky Al popped into my mind but it sounds like a gangster so then I thought that Raven might be a good name He is as cute as can be.

[Beth Hufford]

He just said Harald to me (norse style, not Harold) Or Herold- the messager, fleet of foot, for-runner, etc.

[Holly Hamling]

I looked at him and thought, he has that same oh so serious look of my Beagle Atticus Finch. So I am saying Atticus Finch should be his name. We named our beagle that because he looks so serious, but is really just a ball of love. And I can see that in your baby here, he looks serious, but loves to run around and have fun.

Holly
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[Carmen]

Somebody already proposed a variant of licorice - the spanish name for that is Regaliz (wish is regal-ish, LOL)
another that comes to mind is Machin - in honor of the cuban composer Antonio Machin, who has a famous song about how painters always forget little black angels in their paintings.
I know there is a reason why my pets are always named by somebody else, LOL

[Laura]

How about Claude, as in Claude Monet, which is the name of my beautiful back kitty who is currently sitting in my lap as I try to type this.

[Bety]

I looked at him and thought "Nebuchadnezzar" Nebbie for short.

[kateweb]

pickles , just because it's an odd fun name for an animal I had a cat named pickled dog brains we called him pickle , and he was the boss

[Danica]

Don Juan! He certainly swept me off my feet!

[Shivb]

Sootie!
Just because ...

[knitmomma]

Oh, he's beautiful! So very sweet and soft...

Ebony Lightning, perhaps?

[Robocass]

Stilts or Tippy toes because his legs are so looong!
(But I guess all baby alpacas look like that)

[PICAdrienne]

Conquistidor Preto

which is Portuguese for Black Conquistidor

[Georgina]

Kohlmass or Midnight Mass or Abraham or Eli ... I could go on and on !!

He's a stunning lad and I'm sure he'll give a beautiful yield of exquisite yarn.

[Melinda]

I would name him "Conan Noir" Conan for Conan O'Brien (or the barbarian if you like) and Noir, obviously for his beautiful color.

[Max Robinson]

I like the name Thunder's Herald. He seems proud, bold, and agile to me, like the dark warning clouds before a thunderstorm.

[Jenn]

I would vote Aquilus, the Latin for black or dark-colored. I also think it matches his proud stance.

[Heather Jackson]

I thought of music when I read your comments can't you just see him dancing across the pasture? I have to go with Mozart.

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[Joi]

So many terrific names! He's absolutely gorgeous! What about Midnight Kohl? Or the obvious - Prince Charming. because he is the son of a Conquistador & a lovely goddess, and he has already charmed the pants off of everyone!

[Annette]

Winston came to mind as soon as I saw the picture. He looks so sure of himself.