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Betta Fish Names

Rather than the usual serious Betta talk, I thought I would try something a little more interactive. I know folks are always looking for fun, funny and unique names for their Bettas. Actually, the whole concept of naming fish seems to be fairly unique to Bettas and a small handful of other fish. Maybe it’s because they have varying characteristics that make each individual identifiable where as with Zebra Danios or Cory cats it’s nearly impossible to figure out who’s who anyway. (I know there is a word for that, but it’s just not coming to me.) Hence names like Redfish, Spot, The Green Monster, or Sushi (the most popular by far). Maybe it’s their attitude that leads to our desire to name them. They certainly aren’t short on personality.

Please, tell us the names you have used for your Bettas or just give us a quick list of fishy names you’ve heard or liked. Post in the comments section of this article. Oh, and if there is a story behind the name… do tell.

Here’s a list of names I have used but they’re no match for the creativity I have heard from others.

Dog (My first Betta)
Berry
Blaze (My first Crowntail)
Bone (My favorite of all time)
Ziggy (Most beautiful)
Ghost
Frost
Doz
Murphy The Drunken Irish Betta (There is a story with this one)
Flash (Oldest lived)

… oh well, that’s all the names that I can recall off the top of my head, maybe I’ll add more later. Let’s hear yours.

Photo by Hannah Warmbier


Categories: Betta splendens
Maddy: Christie F is a Betta splendens hobbyist that enjoys spending time caring for her fish and helping new betta keepers learn the ropes.

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  • Hi Christie! Love you Blog/Site!
    Here are the names of my Beautiful Bettas:
    Clifford (the Big Red Fish)
    Freddie
    Marbles
    Merlin

    • hey im 14 and got 2 betta fish for a science expirement i havent named them yet but one is bright red and the other is bright blue there both boys and not in the same tank i was scared at first because i was new to beta fish. i have four gold fish named cookies, and cream there brothers, then i have silver which turned to the color orange, and little nemo. i also have i alge fish named buggzy. and my other pets are 4 dogs and 2 cats. ohhhhhh how i love my family

        • Love the names I have 2 female Betta fish Ruby who is red and pink also Sapphire who is blue and they are friends because they never fight each other.

    • I have a “rescue Betta”. He was unfortunately put in a vase and used as decorum at a conference my mother attended. The event runners mentioned in her proximity that they were going to “flush any of the leftovers”. Long story short, she showed up at my door with a fish at midnight. She initially thought there was something wrong with him because he ” looked funny”…my CROWN TAIL’S name has been Shredder ever since. :)

      • I would name your betta King! The only reason I say that is because I think that would be a cute name for a betta!

          • I have 1 crowm tail betta. i don’t know what to name can you help name it because you have 2 crown tail.

          • I just got one crown tale Betta fish and it’s name might be liberty whats yours fish name? If you want to find a name for your fish than just go to Kennedy dance.com and you will find lots of Betta fish or fish names. see you at my website.

        • My daughter named hers King (sort of) it is now “Snotches”. Playing words games with my daughter it went from “King”, “Just King”, “Not Jus King”, “Snotches King”, to “Snothches”.

        • :{D i also need help finding a boy beta fish name and this blog is AWESOME! :{D

    • Here is my Betta name story. . . My boyfriend and I watched the movie sinister, and the very next day, I was given my very first Betta as a gift for volunteering for WSRE TV (PBS). He is a Red Crown-tail. Being my first, and not knowing much about them, I thought I would be able to put other fish in with him, just not another Betta. WRONG!!! I put 2 neon Guppy’s in with him on the first day. Within minutes, he had killed both of them, so we named him BUGHUUL, because he killed everything in site, and ate the children (just like in the movie Sinister) Creepy I know, but that’s my BUGHUUL’s story. We call him The Bogey Man sometimes too. :)

  • What a fun site!
    I only have one betta. Couldn’t think of a name for him for the longest time. But then after I put down a sinking wafer for the oto catfish, I later realized he must have eaten most of it. His belly was huge, and I thought he might die, but two days later he was back to normal. Since then his name has been Piggy! :)
    P.S. I don’t use wafers anymore!

      • ther what you feed catfish and i love the name piggy too its so cute im going to name myne that

        • Mine is the same colors but I named it Jabbawakki the I changed it cuz it was wayyyy to long so now it’s blue berry:)

        • I had already named my betta in the store from where I got it. I named him shadow because I love wolfs and it was always a wolf name to me. Plus later on I found out I did good by naming him a wolf name. Here’s why. The same day mom shuffled through all the fish and she found a little fish in the back she loved his color so she said were getting the divider. I was glad 2 fish to meant twice the happiness but hers was not taken good care of because his water had poop all in it and he kind of looked sickly I told mom that he look sick but she was attached. So i called him prince poopy i mostly called him prince.They were fine with the divider. But then we found out the tank and divider had a defect that when the water sloshed or moved at all the divider would move up. Shadow found that out so one day mom moved the tank the divider moved I didn’t see that it had moved so I didn’t fix it neither did she. So she went to look at her fish something wasn’t right there was blood in the water shadow had killed prince. Now his nick name is piraña.

    • that reminds me! my sisters once owned a betta, whose name was Shark, and a little blue fish named I think Marie. they had been poking at each other, then we went out for like three minutes, back in again, and Marie was gone. after that, my sister took Shark into her room and named the fish Jaws.

        • my fish died 3 days ago, i was sad . his name was lucky.
          the sad thing is i never said good bye.it breaks my heart that fish just sit in a small tank and wait to die.i wish my fish only knew how much i loved him. every day i came home from school ,the first thing that came to mind was my fish lucky.people think that oh my fish died oh well, but what they don’t know is that your fish is apart of you. but people don’t see that, they just see a little fish in a bowl waiting to be feed. i remember the first time i saw him, i picked him up and took him home. i knew that i made a good choose.lucky always made me smile.it was true he was apart of me.
          sorry i took up your time

          • i know how you feel i am sorry. i had a fish i loved named leo (leonardo) who i loved so much who died. i will never forget him.

          • I felt that way when my betta Hermes died. there is just something about bettas that i love. Currently I have a betta named Indago, and i think there might just be a way you can tell them how much you love them.

    • my betta fish was named bruce. Its actually really funny how I got that because when I named him I was thinking of bruce jenner from the kardashians. he was also sorta lazy kinda like bruce I swear if u put a couch in his tank he would sit there all day. he aldo did like taking naps. :)

  • Our betta fish’s name is Yen Chi. He is really a a great little fish with personality plus!! I am very worried about him as he has developed white patches around his mouth. I hsve treated him with Betta Fix several times, he seems to do better and then the patches return Is this mouth rot? He swims around all day and seems to be having a good time so far.

  • I’ve had a couple bettas, but i dont remember the names of any of my past ones except for one i had when I was about 9, and his name was Fishy. Clever, I know.
    Anyway, I currently have a betta named Steve :) I don’t really know where that came from, but I just looked at him and he looked like a Steve.

  • Steve is a great Betta name. I have a cat named Dave and people give me “the look” about it all the time… I’m just like, “hey, that’s his name.” ;)

    • We named our cat Maureen and everyone is just like “but thats a human name”

  • Hi there! Our betta’s name is Ruby, he’s red. I have knick-named him Roob-a-Doob. I’m glad we found your website, it’s been a godsend. I sent you an email with some questions for you about filtration. We will definately be reading here more frequently! Great site.

    • my first crowntail betta , body is blue and fins are purple . his name is EURO CASCADE . euro – currency . cascade – pertaining to waterfall . i dropped him in my purple tank . feel free to comment and post for breeding wanted.

  • Tracy, I can’t check my Nippyfish emails from work but I will take a look at your filtration email tonight when I get home and will get back to you. :)
    Everyone,
    Wow, the names you have thought of are wonderful. I really have to hand it too you’all.
    Yen Chi is beautiful… I wonder what it means.

  • I couldn’t decide between two bettas, so I ended up geting both and a divided tank. One was very dark blue, and the other was red with some blue shading. I couldn’t seem to think of any good names until I told a friend that I was considering Redfish and Bluefish, which they really liked. So now they are the Dr. Seuss fish.

    • my first I named Kuroshio I have not yet named my most recent beta purchased earlier today

  • My friend and I keep our bettas at work. Mine is Mobius Blue and my friend’s betta is Alpha Betty. Thanks for all the great information about bettas — Mobi and Alpha Betty are happier fish for it!

  • I recently acquired my Betta about 2 weeks ago and his coloring is that sold me on him. I named him Gianni because he reminded of the bright colors of a Versace dress,haha. This is the first fish I’ve ever owned and I can’t believe how attached I am to the lil guy!!

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