Trouble

Trouble is an English word name evoking mischief, difficulty, and delightful chaos. As a pet name it is almost always used affectionately, acknowledging that the animal in question is reliably the source of all household disorder — and is entirely worth it.

Trouble is one of the most perfectly self-aware pet names in existence. Giving a pet this name is essentially an admission that you knew exactly what you were signing up for and chose to love them anyway. Cats seem particularly suited to it — the ones who knock glasses off tables with deliberate eye contact, who shred things they should not, who appear at 3am demanding breakfast. Trouble is also the name of Leona Helmsley's famous Maltese, who inherited million in her owner's will, cementing the name's status as perfectly suited to pampered pets with outsized influence.