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Hi Guys!
I am starting a blog on pets. I am thinking of first publishing content about guinea pigs.
Writing on the topic of cute guinea pig names, I am experiencing a bit of difficulty. I was wondering if you guys can help me out here. I have checked out other threads on the forum and came across many guinea pig names but I guess there were not enough to make a stand-alone blog post. So, here I am; seeking your help.
I am thinking names based on flowers, and stars in different languages would be cute. What do you say?
if you are suggesting a name from a language other than English, please, write its meaning as well.
 
Hi
Firstly, please be aware that you'll need the permission of forum members for sharing their piggy names on your blog. They will do so if they post names on this thread.

But the same also goes for any information you publish from our forum resources; you will need to credit it to The Guinea Pig Forum in any post of your blog you make use of forum content in. You have to do the same for any other sources/resources you use to get information from in your blog.
Our content is copyrighted; without credit of your sources you can lay yourself open to a lawsuit for theft of intellectual property. The rules that protect intellectual property and copyright issues also apply to social media and other online content. Many, especially younger people, are not aware that legal regulations in this area also cover any online content.
However, this works also for your own protection because in turn the regulation applies to any of your own genuine content that you publish in your blog. ;)

Have you considered searching for a baby naming resource for names all around the world? There are a few sites that run quite a selection. Here are a couple places you may find helpful and you may find more when googling yourself:
International Baby Girl Names
Babycenter.com


Some of my own guinea pigs have/have had Welsh native wildflower names. I hereby give you permission to use them in your blog if you wish to:
Fflur: Flowers (pronounced Fleer), her original name was Flower
Ffion: Foxglove (pronounced Fee-on) (Note: Fiona is of Irish/Scottish origin and means 'fair' or 'pale')
Papi or Pabi: Poppy (pronounced Paapy/Paaby)
Rhosyn: Rose (was Rosa)
Briallen: Primrose (pronounced Bree-AKH-len)
Beryn: Candytuft (pronounced Berrin)
Miaren: Bramble (pronounced Mee-AH-ren)
Breila: Briar/Wild Rose (pronounced Bray-la)
Brathlys: Scarlet Pimpernel (was a bright orange when adopted)
Tegeirian: Orchid (pronounced Teg-GAY-ree-an)
 
There are a number of themes that people choose such as food, characters from th, film, literature or history.
My piggies all have / had Biblical names, so no copyright issues there.
The names are in my signature and you are welcome to use them.
Some years ago I kept hamsters and they were named after my favourite tv detectives
 
Wiebke said:
Hi
Firstly, please be aware that you'll need the permission of forum members for sharing their piggy names on your blog. They will do so if they post names on this thread.

But the same also goes for any information you publish from our forum resources; you will need to credit it to The Guinea Pig Forum in any post of your blog you make use of forum content in. You have to do the same for any other sources/resources you use to get information from in your blog.
Our content is copyrighted; without credit of your sources you can lay yourself open to a lawsuit for theft of intellectual property. The rules that protect intellectual property and copyright issues also apply to social media and other online content. Many, especially younger people, are not aware that legal regulations in this area also cover any online content.
However, this works also for your own protection because in turn the regulation applies to any of your own genuine content that you publish in your blog. ;)

Have you considered searching for a baby naming resource for names all around the world? There are a few sites that run quite a selection. Here are a couple places you may find helpful and you may find more when googling yourself:
International Baby Girl Names
Babycenter.com


Some of my own guinea pigs have/have had Welsh native wildflower names. I hereby give you permission to use them in your blog if you wish to:
Fflur: Flowers (pronounced Fleer)
Ffion: Foxglove (pronounced Fee-on) (Note: Fiona is of Irish/Scottish origin and means 'fair' or 'pale')
Papi or Pabi: Poppy (pronounced Paapy/Paaby)
Rhosyn: Rose
Briallen: Primrose (pronounced Bree-AKH-len)
Beryn: Candytuft (pronounced Berrin)
Miaren: Bramble (pronounced Mee-AH-ren)
Breila: Briar/Wild Rose (pronounced Bray-la)
Brathlys: Scarlet Pimpernel
Tegeirian: Orchid (pronounced Teg-GAY-ree-an)
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This is crazy helpful. Though I have an idea about copyright things, I'm not well versed. So to be on the safe side, I am going to link to every resource that I take help from while writing the blog posts.
Babycenter is a great resource. Thanks for that and for sharing your own guinea's names. I like Ffion and Breila the most.
 
Thanks!
giving a list of names based on various themes would be great.
It took me two minutes to find out the signature, as I am new to the forum. I like Phoebe (my favorite from FRIEnds), Meerab, and Titus.
Detective names would make a good fit for curious piglets.
 
Merab's Slave said:
There are a number of themes that people choose such as food, characters from th, film, literature or history.
My piggies all have / had Biblical names, so no copyright issues there.
The names are in my signature and you are welcome to use them.
Some years ago I kept hamsters and they were named after my favourite tv detectives
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Thanks!
giving a list of names based on various themes would be great.
It took me two minutes to find out the signature, as I am new to the forum. I like Phoebe (my favorite from FRIEnds), Meerab, and Titus.
Detective names would make a good fit for curious piglets.
 
waqark371 said:
This is crazy helpful. Though I have an idea about copyright things, I'm not well versed. So to be on the safe side, I am going to link to every resource that I take help from while writing the blog posts.
Babycenter is a great resource. Thanks for that and for sharing your own guinea's names. I like Ffion and Breila the most.
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It is always best to credit your sources when you are sharing information or pictures because that way you are not laying yourself open to any problems. I am doing the same in any guides I am writing on here and also have to credit any external content/pictures I use in my articles for Guinea Pig Magazine.
 
Wiebke said:
It is always best to credit your sources; I am doing the same in any guides I am writing on here and also have to credit any external content/pictures I use in my articles for Guinea Pig Magazine.
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crediting sources also make our content more credible and keep copyright troubles away. I'll check out your guides. I've plenty to learn.
 
waqark371 said:
crediting sources also make our content more credible and keep copyright troubles away. I'll check out your guides. I've plenty to learn.
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We have got one of the most extensive information collections on a wide range of topics on this forum. You are welcome to make use of it as long as you credit any information appropriately.
Here is the access link: Comprehensive Owners' Practical and Supportive Information Collection

I have written an article series about naming guinea pigs for Guinea Pig Magazine in 2016/17 which I have been allowed to share on here but you will hopefully understand that I wanted to make sure that you have a proper graps of the legalities before I would give you access to further information on here. We do get occasionally bloggers who think they can just pick things for free.
Here is the link to naming considerations (there is much more going into a name than you'd think): Guinea Pig Names: considerations, solutions, inspiration and resources

You can find the full list of my Tribe piggies via the photo gallery link in my own signature, each piggy with their picture and story.
 
Wiebke said:
We have got one of the most extensive information collections on a wide range of topics on this forum. You are welcome to make use of it as long as you credit any information appropriately.
Here is the access link: Comprehensive Owners' Practical and Supportive Information Collection

I have written an article series about naming guinea pigs for Guinea Pig Magazine in 2016/17 which I have been allowed to share on here but you will hopefully understand that I wanted to make sure that you have a proper graps of the legalities before I would give you access to further information on here. We do get occasionally bloggers who think they can just pick things for free.
Here is the link to naming considerations (there is much more going into a name than you'd think): Guinea Pig Names: considerations, solutions, inspiration and resources

You can find the full list of my Tribe piggies via the photo gallery link in my own signature, each piggy with their picture and story.
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You are so helpful.
I've bookmarked this reply and will definitely be getting back to it for help.
i saw your profile on the GUinea PIg Magazine. :love:
I am not a professional blogger. I am not wellversed wit legalities, but I guess as long as you are giving proper credits, it's good to take help from any online resource, unless it clearly states that you cannot use this on you blog. Like there are many image resources that just dont allow you to use their pictures not even with credits. and there are others who needs proper credits and sourcing. and yet there are some other like pixabay, who says, you are free to use images without even giving credits but will really appreciate if you gave credits. I like giving credits. I know this much.
and I have not yet officialluy started my pet (guinea pig) blog. I'm learning stuff and getting the website ready and will only start posting when i have a few good posts.

Learning about guinea pigs, i cam across this froum several times and then one day i joined to interact with the guinea pigs lovers, to learn the slang, and familiarize meyself with the guinea world.
 
waqark371 said:
You are so helpful.
I've bookmarked this reply and will definitely be getting back to it for help.
i saw your profile on the GUinea PIg Magazine. :love:
I am not a professional blogger. I am not wellversed wit legalities, but I guess as long as you are giving proper credits, it's good to take help from any online resource, unless it clearly states that you cannot use this on you blog. Like there are many image resources that just dont allow you to use their pictures not even with credits. and there are others who needs proper credits and sourcing. and yet there are some other like pixabay, who says, you are free to use images without even giving credits but will really appreciate if you gave credits. I like giving credits. I know this much.
and I have not yet officialluy started my pet (guinea pig) blog. I'm learning stuff and getting the website ready and will only start posting when i have a few good posts.

Learning about guinea pigs, i cam across this froum several times and then one day i joined to interact with the guinea pigs lovers, to learn the slang, and familiarize meyself with the guinea world.
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As a forum, we are open to having our information shared for the welfare of guinea pigs anywhere in the world but we want the credit for all the hard work that has gone into our information guides. ;)

PS: I am currently writing an article series for Guinea Pig Magazine about social identity, the somewhat complex social structure and the resulting interaction.
So far, nobody has ever looked in depth at how much guinea pig species wiring is actually at the very core of what we experience in daily life as pet owners and why guinea pigs have all these dos and donts that make sense when you look at them from a different angle and put the familiar as well as some controversial points/conflicting advice into a social perspective... I am the first to try and put regular pet behaviours into a species context. Research is naturally concentrating mainly on the differences between wild and domestic guinea pigs but there is very little that looks actually how much of the wild is still present in our pets!

My latest series starts with issue #63 and is called The Herd, the Group and I; the articles are about #63: Identity and the complex guinea pig social interaction and different levels of interaction; #64: Herd Behaviours in pet guinea pigs; #65: Social group interaction; #66: Family wiring and its limits plus changes that have come with domestication; #67: territorial behaviours between groups - an aspect that most owners are not aware of and persistently misinterpret.
Issue #68 is about to come out any day now and is about the central need of re-establishing the group hierarchy after any change in personnel and territory with practical tips - the so called 'dominance phase' which trips up new owners, bonders and cage extensions/changes pretty regularly. The two summer issues will close the series with a closer look at boars and their much more complex and varied role in guinea pig society (issues 69-70).

The magazine appears every two months and is available world-wide as a download for electronic devices. We always run a medical article (written by vets or nurses with guinea pig interest) and a rescue story from around the world. We also had a series on animal welfare as applied to guinea pigs (the Five Freedoms - which are basically the equivalent of human rights applied to animals in human ownership; each right looked at in detail in one instalment) plus a series looking in detail at guinea pig senses (again, each sense in an instalment) etc.
If you want to get seriously into blogging about guinea pigs on a good information level, then the magazine is another useful source for material.
Website: Home

Here the RSPCA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) poster about the five freedoms (which is designed for sharing by the way):
https://education.rspca.org.uk/documents/1494931/0/FS+The+five+freedoms.pdf/

However, nothing can ever replace practical ownership...

PS2: As you live in Pakistan, I would recommend to look closely at our very practical hot weather guide. Guinea pigs are not wired for extreme heat and do need help. They can adapt only so much.
 
Wiebke said:
As a forum, we are open to having our information shared for the welfare of guinea pigs anywhere in the world but we want the credit for all the hard work that has gone into our information guides. ;)

PS: I am currently writing an article series for Guinea Pig Magazine about social identity, the somewhat complex social structure and the resulting interaction.
So far, nobody has ever looked in depth at how much guinea pig species wiring is actually at the very core of what we experience in daily life as pet owners and why guinea pigs have all these dos and donts that make sense when you look at them from a different angle and put the familiar as well as some controversial points/conflicting advice into a social perspective... I am the first to try and put regular pet behaviours into a species context. Research is naturally concentrating mainly on the differences between wild and domestic guinea pigs but there is very little that looks actually how much of the wild is still present in our pets!

My latest series starts with issue #63 and is called The Herd, the Group and I; the articles are about #63: Identity and the complex guinea pig social interaction and different levels of interaction; #64: Herd Behaviours in pet guinea pigs; #65: Social group interaction; #66: Family wiring and its limits plus changes that have come with domestication; #67: territorial behaviours between groups - an aspect that most owners are not aware of and persistently misinterpret.
Issue #68 is about to come out any day now and is about the central need of re-establishing the group hierarchy after any change in personnel and territory with practical tips - the so called 'dominance phase' which trips up new owners, bonders and cage extensions/changes pretty regularly. The two summer issues will close the series with a closer look at boars and their much more complex and varied role in guinea pig society (issues 69-70).

The magazine appears every two months and is available world-wide as a download for electronic devices. We always run a medical article (written by vets or nurses with guinea pig interest) and a rescue story from around the world. We also had a series on animal welfare as applied to guinea pigs (the Five Freedoms - which are basically the equivalent of human rights applied to animals in human ownership; each right looked at in detail in one instalment) plus a series looking in detail at guinea pig senses (again, each sense in an instalment) etc.
If you want to get seriously into blogging about guinea pigs on a good information level, then the magazine is another useful source for material.
Website: Home

Here the RSPCA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) poster about the five freedoms (which is designed for sharing by the way):
https://education.rspca.org.uk/documents/1494931/0/FS+The+five+freedoms.pdf/

However, nothing can ever replace practical ownership...

PS2: As you live in Pakistan, I would recommend to look closely at our very practical hot weather guide. Guinea pigs are not wired for extreme heat and do need help. They can adapt only so much.
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Credit I must!
your series The Herd, the Group and I is beyond my cmprehension. I'll start from your series on names and let's see how far I can go.
RSPCA is a good resource. I already knew about it and from now on, I'll follow the magazine as well.
I have read about the five freedoms in an animal behavior and welfare course.
Neither too hot, nor too cold. I guess, Guineas are a bit sensitive when it comes to temperature. I read this article about housing Guinea pigs when I developed interest in guinea pigs.

You are very helpful!
 
waqark371 said:
Credit I must!
your series The Herd, the Group and I is beyond my cmprehension. I'll start from your series on names and let's see how far I can go.
RSPCA is a good resource. I already knew about it and from now on, I'll follow the magazine as well.
I have read about the five freedoms in an animal behavior and welfare course.
Neither too hot, nor too cold. I guess, Guineas are a bit sensitive when it comes to temperature. I read this article about housing Guinea pigs when I developed interest in guinea pigs.

You are very helpful!
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It sounds more complicated than I have written it.

Welfare recommendations by UK and US charities are pretty similar and a good source for the basics.
The forum is a good resource for practical how-to ownership advice and information.

The magazine can help you with some medical and biological aspects as the articles look at things in more detail. In 11 years we have covered quite bit of ground although the earlier advice and care tips from a decade ago are somewhat outdated now.

You can find many of my older articles I have written for the magazine on behaviour, human interaction and owner issues in the widest sense (including the naming one) on here for free but I need to always wait a while in order to not undercut sales - my magazine salary pays after all for my guinea pig habit! Thankfully, behaviour doesn't become outdated...

All the best with your research.
 
Wiebke said:
It sounds more complicated than I have written it.

Welfare recommendations by UK and US charities are pretty similar and a good source for the basics.
The forum is a good resource for practical how-to ownership advice and information.

The magazine can help you with some medical and biological aspects as the articles look at things in more detail. In 11 years we have covered quite bit of ground although the earlier advice and care tips from a decade ago are somewhat outdated now.

You can find many of my older articles I have written for the magazine on behaviour, human interaction and owner issues in the widest sense (including the naming one) on here for free but I need to always wait a while in order to not undercut sales - my magazine salary pays after all for my guinea pig habit! Thankfully, behaviour doesn't become outdated...

All the best with your research.
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Haven't really checked out the magazine but I guesss, forum is the best resource, as you said, for the practical how-to advice.
It sounds like magazine is for the experts or who have bit of an experience with guinea pigs. I'll sverve through the charities and forum for teh basic info. and perhaps later down the road, i'll look into in-depth discussions in the magazine.

Thanks!
You're very helpful more than any guineapigencyclopedia. :clap:
 
waqark371 said:
Haven't really checked out the magazine but I guesss, forum is the best resource, as you said, for the practical how-to advice.
It sounds like magazine is for the experts or who have bit of an experience with guinea pigs. I'll sverve through the charities and forum for teh basic info. and perhaps later down the road, i'll look into in-depth discussions in the magazine.

Thanks!
You're very helpful more than any guineapigencyclopedia. :clap:
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The magazine is for anybody but you want to start with owner basics first.
 
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