(The time is now 4:50pm for reference, my starter is a few months old and very active)

by Accidental_Croissant

49 Comments

  1. Great Starter! Mine is named Poppy bc of the bubbles lol

    There are so many great pun names out there!

  2. Mine is named Odysseus because it showed its first signs of life on the same day the Odysseus moon lander landed on the moon 🙂

  3. My partner suggested one for mine the other day that has stuck…. Fermentina. And now he is caring for her son, Quentin Fermentino.

  4. I googled it lol Breddie Mercury for the win!

  5. shkamc16

    Mine is Fernandough. It makes me laugh every time

  6. Comfortable_Day8135

    Mine is ZsaZsa because I divided years ago and gave away sisters, Ava & Magda

  7. wandering_nerd65

    Mine is named Danzig…because MOTHER!!!!!

  8. ricaticatraveler

    I found a list of punny starter names and fell in love with Doughlene, so that’s what she’s named. She now has offspring called Ryelene and 7grainlene
    One of my friends called the starter I gave them Doighsef Martinez after our fave mls player at the time, though they considered Bread Guzan (were big Atlanta United supporters). Latest offspring was named I’m-Doigh-tep by some history nerd friends.

    https://www.pantrymama.com/best-sourdough-starter-names-the-ultimate-guide-to-naming-your-starter/

  9. Before I knew about naming, my first attempt didn’t get one.

    Now we’ve had a few:

    Rerun (our 2nd)

    Trinity (3rd)

    Fibonacci (Fib for short – mostly tongue in cheek (iyktyk)).

    Cinco …

    and now we’re on our 6th – Roku – so far she seems the strongest, sooo 6th times a charm?

  10. DoctorStrangrr

    mine is Bread Midler! mainly because i’m just a huge bette midler fan and it was the first thing i thought of 🤣

  11. I thought it would be funny to name my first starter Boris a few years ago, and now I’m on Boris III. I will continue this trend until I die.

  12. CafeRoaster

    Mine earned it. We accidentally half baked it, but it was so much more active and reliable after that. We named it Yeastus, the One Who Hath Risen.

  13. Observerette

    My husband named mine Starter Hank. I think it’s hilarious.

  14. AlbanElfed

    Ikneadough Montoya – Princess Bride reference. My family are movie geeks – lol

  15. LadyJade8

    I was watching mean girls with my wife, and we named ours Lindsey Doughan. My previous was lil’ yeasty

  16. Status-Biscotti

    Mine just popped into my head when I thought I should name it. Henry.

  17. illsburydopeboy

    I love a good pun, so mine is Levain James

  18. Dan123124107

    Bruno Fermentes.. (after Bruno Fernandes)

  19. ArchaeoFox

    Something Hannibal Lecter about naming something your planning to eat.

  20. littlemyths

    Trent Breadnor after Trent Reznor, lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, whom I would love to spend some time with and get my hands on….

  21. EggplantAstronaut

    I went by it’s personally. Mine is named MacGyver because so matter how much I neglected it, it refused to die.

  22. averageedition50

    You wait until it’s alive enough to tell you its name

  23. I like soccer and I have two starters. Messi Madre and Ronaldough. Messi is better fyi.

  24. nsweeney11

    I don’t. I think people who can think up fun makes for their starter and plants and car are so creative. My brain is just hardwired not to for some reason.

  25. Murphytko

    Mine’s named Alistair. When I first made him, he just seemed like an Alistair.

  26. oatsandwich

    Luna lovegood. I was searching for one, and this one just randomly popped up in my head.

  27. Melpie24

    You guys are much more creative than me! I have four: Beast and Kindred are named for their parent starters; Arthur came from King Arthur Baking; and Guinevere is my fave because I grew her myself and didn’t use a parent starter.

  28. NoKey1410

    Well I had a pet dragon that I dressed in a beret in a video game years ago he was French because of his beret so I named him Jean Claude. Jean Claude was very special to me to honor Jean Claude I named my starter Jean Claude.

  29. iwannabeyourslave-

    I choose mines name because of Songs, mine is Bernadette for a song i really like.

    Example:
    Eleanor Rigby
    Ronette
    Mary
    Stacy
    Jessie
    Rosemary

  30. Susiewoosiexyz

    I let my 5 year old suggest a name. She chose “Risey” and it stuck. 

  31. youngfierywoman

    My three are the Yeastie Boys:
    Sourkraut (Krautie) is my whole wheat
    Kimchi (Kim) is my white
    Kombucha (Booch) is my dark rye

    All named after other fermented foods/drinks!

  32. Bloominghell7

    I made one with wild plum yeast from my plum tree. I named her plumbalina.

  33. My starter WAS named Patrick. I started it on the day the Baltimore Ravens drafted Patrick Queen. But now he’s signed with the steelers, and I’m not having any steelers bread in my house… so its name is Poe now.

  34. MaterialMoment8891

    I have kneady bitch and Bubble Boy, cause I love the movie

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