Called my first piggy Lily, just liked the name, and because she was a very gentle sweet piggy, like Lily in Harry Potter.
Then we got Marvin, wanted to call him James, to go with Lily, boyfriend said no. Then Marvolo (as in Voldemort) but my boyfriend rejected that aswell. I insisted, saying we could call him Marvin for short, and he thought about it, said there was someone called Marvin in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and he apparently likes that, so marvin it was.
Then Milka - she is a chocolate himi, and there is a gorgeous german chocolate brand called Milka.
Then Pebbles - um, not sure, my boyfriend named her.. I think we wanted to call her Nibbles and then he sort of said pebbles... really, got no clue. But it suited her - she had huuuuuuge black eyes, not unlike dark pebbles.
then Mabel come along - she is a tiny little thing, and I am caring for an elderly lady called Mabel who is like, 5 stone, so I picked that.
also at this point we only had piggies starting with M, so I thought Id stick to that.