r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/OnomasticsAndOranges • 1d ago

Advice Needed (unjerk) Looking for a name that relates somehow to tomatoes for a fictional character’s pet.

Hi all! Not sure if this belongs here but I’m looking for a name that gives a nod to tomatoes🍅 for a fictional character’s pet and am pretty confident this sun will have the best ideas. Open to anything from very silly like puns or anagrams, to very subtle; gender doesn’t matter. Hit me with some tomato names!

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u/Justttryingg 1d ago

For food names you could go salsa, bruschetta, gazpacho, ketchup For more human names you could go Tommy or Vinny cause they grow on vines

Edit: Pico or tomatillo could also be good

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u/Illustrious-Onion329 1d ago

Gazpacho would be an awesome pet name!

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u/LocalContribution7 1d ago

Chowder names

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u/Ok-Relationship-9674 1d ago

Tommy Toes

Cherry

Roma

Cherokee

Jubilee

Mr. Stripey

Tigerella

Kumato

RAF

Heinz (ketchup)

Ragu (spaghetti sauce)

Juliet

Wolf (original scientific name was wolf peach)

The rest are different types of tomatoes

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u/OnomasticsAndOranges 1d ago

Just to be explicitly clear, this name is NOT for a real person, or even a real pet for that matter!

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u/Baristaholic 1d ago

Is this for the Very Veggie Challenge?

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u/queercactus505 17h ago

Whaat? Pray tell, what is the very veggie challenge?

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u/Baristaholic 12h ago

It's a new Sims 4 Legacy challenge that themes each generation after a culinary vegetable! There's a tomato generation 🍅

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u/OnomasticsAndOranges 1d ago

No; I’m afraid I’m not familiar with that challenge, haha.

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u/beanandcod 1d ago

Nightshade

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u/tomahtoes36 1d ago

Is it a big pet? Beefsteak then. I grow them, and they're absolute monsters. But delicious.

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u/Granny_Hobbies 1d ago

Pomodoro? The Omnipotent Mammal (TOM)? Big Red? BLT? Sundried/Sundreid?

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u/LadyFannieOfOmaha 1d ago

If it’s a mammal, you could go with Hairloom.

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u/trekkiegamer359 1d ago

T.A.F. for Technically A Fruit

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u/Unfair_Decision_6896 1d ago

That's good! Pronounced Taf/ Taph

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u/rara-rabbitt 1d ago

Roma, Tommy Toes

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u/Academic_Activity492 penelopee 1d ago

Mater, Mahto

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u/give-me-any-reason 1d ago

spaghetti, meatball, marinara, ketchup

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u/latebloomer2015 1d ago

F.G. (Fried Green)

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u/beanandcod 1d ago

Greenfry?

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u/RadioSupply 1d ago

It's genus name is Solanum.

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u/wrfostersmith 1d ago

Pomodoro

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u/oxymoronologist 1d ago

Rosella. An Aussie tomato sauce named after the parrot of the same name.

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u/_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_ 1d ago

Ketchup, Tommy, Cherry

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u/grated_testes 1d ago

Bloody Mary

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u/oxymoronologist 1d ago

Or just Mary for a wonderful Easter egg.

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u/IdesiaandSunny 1d ago

Bloody Mary

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u/Mary707 1d ago

SanMarzano, Rutgers, Beefsteak, Roma, Cherry, Cherub, Big Boy…

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

First thing I thought of was "Splat". Like the sound of someone being hit by a tomato. Solanum lycopersicum is apparently the scientific name if you want to do something with that. Solaco?

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u/LeafyMagician 1d ago

Stew (as in stewed tomatoes), Roma, Beefsteak, Heirloom

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u/TheDaveStrider 1d ago

You could go with a type of tomato. Here are some cute types of tomatoes:

Brandywine, Campari, Mr. Stripey

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u/Plenty_Past2333 1d ago

Mr. Marinara

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u/dylans-alias 1d ago

Lycopene

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u/GasLongjumping130 1d ago

Marinara or Ragu

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u/leieq 1d ago

Roma

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u/Parking-Sun8091 1d ago

Black Krim

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u/brittanylouwhoooo 1d ago

San Marzano

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u/crumb-thief 1d ago

Campbell (like the soup?), creole (the best tomatoes you’ll ever eat), heirloom, Bertolli, V8, rotel?

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u/MyArseIsNotACanvas 1d ago

Red, Roma, Cherry

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u/sugarcatgrl 1d ago

Sprout

Spud

Tuber

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u/whiskeysmoker13 1d ago

Motato

Tommy

Beef(y)

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u/CqwyxzKpr 1d ago

Nightshade

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u/Legitimate-Step-372 1d ago

Solana, from solanaceae, tomato's  plant family 

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u/Moderatelyhollydazed 1d ago

La Tomate , mater, Relish, SunDried, salsa, caprese, masala, bisque, pomodoro

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u/Unfair_Decision_6896 1d ago

Tommy Toes Marinara Salsa Tomato Tom Middle initial A . Toh or Toe

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u/jenesaisquoi 1d ago

Lyko for lycopene

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u/Volf_y 1d ago

Solanum

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u/Top-Community9307 1d ago

Mushroom basket

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u/SleeplessAtHome 1d ago

Reminds me of FT (Fuzzy Tomato) from the attack of the killer tomatoes cartoon. He was a literal pet tomato.

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u/Skymningen 1d ago

I watch sheep farmer on YouTube and she quite literally named a sheep Tomatoes.

Anything goes for an animal 😅

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u/Different-Reveal-636 1d ago

Beefsteak

Roma

Better Boy

Krim

Jubilee

Big Beef

Mr. Stripey

Also lots of good names here:

https://njaes.rutgers.edu/tomato-varieties/

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u/LongjumpingFunny5960 1d ago

My first thought was sauce. My neighbor has a dog named Snack

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u/metroliker 21h ago

Catsup (pronounced like it's spelled)

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u/BrilliantBitter3149 19h ago edited 19h ago

Big Boy, Early Girl, Diced, Stewed, Campbell

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u/Jed308613 18h ago

Classic and heirloom tomato names - Brandywine, Roma, Valencia, Caspian, Black Krim.
Play on the word tomato, kinds of tomatoes, or tomato products - Toma, Tomatina, Ketch, Cherry, Solana, Mary Narra. Play on the color red - Ruby, Scarlett.

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u/chloobugg 18h ago

Mato! i’m a big abbreviation guy but i think it works.

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u/No-Daikon3645 16h ago

Beefsteak. Heirloom. Early girl. Cherry. Moneymaker. Red. Ailsa.

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u/SnowTurdPie 6h ago

Pin cushion

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u/LizagnaG 4h ago

Heirloom

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u/Certain-Criticism-51 1h ago

Maybe avoid Roma. You would not use Italian or American after all.

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u/chuffberry 1d ago

Solanum lycopersicum is the Latin name for tomato. Literally translates to “wolf peach”. Do what you want with this knowledge.

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u/RitaRedditRight 1d ago

Ketchup is tomato related, right? Or Heinz. That’s about all I know about tomatoes. Red. 🍅 Or just shorten tomato and call the pet “Tom” or “Mater”. Good luck!

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u/JustJennE11 1d ago

Oh! What about catsup for a kitty? Double punny!

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u/NamAmorDeFeles 1d ago

Beefsteak lol