Palomino is a unique breed with gold or yellow color and light cream mane. Coat color is obtained by cream and chestnut gene. Palomino is one of the beautiful horse breeds. According to research, 50% of palomino horses are quarter horses.
Naming palomino horses is very easy depending on gender and breed. If you have a new palomino horse, these ideas can help to pick the best name for him or her.
Famous Palomino horse names
Trigger
The trigger was a very famous horse in western movies that appeared with his rider. The movie director claims a slight change in palomino lineage. The trigger was a stallion and never bred to produce any horse. Director named Triggerson or Trigger jr to another horse.
Golden Cloud
Trigger horse named golden cloud in movies.Golden cloud named because of attractive golden palomino color. A golden cloud appeared in Olivia de Havilland, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and other movies.
Mister Ed
Mister Ed is a famous sitcom produced in 1961. The title of the sitcom ‘’mister ed’’ represents to talking horse who originally appeared in Walter R brooks. This show played by a gelding bamboo harvester and filmed by Allan lane. Mister ed was talking palomino horse.
Argo
Argo is a famous palomino that appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess. Argo was well trained and responded to Xena’s every whistle. If you have a new mare, Argo is the perfect name with the history behind it.
Palomino Names for Geldings
There is no coat color difference between male and female palomino horses. The difference is based on breed. Here are some unique ideas for palomino stallions.
- Treasure
- Pacman
- Trigger
- Gold boy
- Buttercup
- Caramel
- Sunny Delight
- Nugget
- Cinamon
- Crimson
- Ginger
- Goldie
- Blanca
- Oriana
- Yellow
- Marigold
- Beach
- Pumpkin
- Rusty
- Rose
- Marley
- Gizmo
- Oscar
- Rogue
- Chase
- Summer
- Woody
- Barley
- Castello
- Dixton
- Castello
- Aspen
- Nacho
- Rigby
- Sherlock
- Watson
- Milan
- Jude
- Zone
- Summer
Palomino horse names for mares
Mare or female horses need cute ideas. As palomino horses are golden so golden or cream color names are a great combination.
- Gracy
- Lucie
- BORON
- Abby
- Fluke
- Bud
- Buddy
- Jubilee
- Rusty
- Toffee
- Sunny
- Candy
- Cinderella
- Jean Harlow
- Princess diana
- Lana Turner
- Mae west
- Kay moss
- Goldie hawn
- Beyonce
- Glitter
- Aurora
- Goldenrod
- Strawberry
- Zehavi
- Sunburst
- Smiley
- Peaches
- Malibu
- Sundance
Palomino names from nature
- Amber – A golden and orange substance, best for palomino mares
- Cinnamon – Another palomino resembling the color
- Copper – Best a name for palomino male horse
- Graham – Like Golden crackers
- Rusty – From rust and best for brown, palomino, or red horses
- Yellow – A simple name from gene combination of palomino
- Ruby – Ruby is a reddish-golden stone
- Marigold – Maybe you are aware of golden, yellow, or orange marigold
- Zlatan – Golden in the Bosnian language
- Dorado – Golden in Spanish language
- Fairfax – A Scottish name stands for light hairs
- Daffodils – Extracted from the famous poem and beautiful golden flowers
- Oriana – It stands for sunshine in other language and best name for a mare
- Julius Caesar – Refer to the roman politician
- Xanthe – Looking for a unique mare name? Xanthe stands for blond hair in the greek language and best for your female horse.
- Argus – Shining from the Greek language
- Barbie – For blond hair mare
Palomino horse names from movie stars
Naming palomino by movie star names is also a unique idea. Here are some naming ideas by the name of movie stars.
- Cate Blanchett
- Cameron Diaz
- Carrie underworld
- Dolly Parton
- Britney spears
- Dakota Fanning
- Doris day
- Grace kelly
- Kate moss
- Lana Turner
- Marilyn Monroe
- Rita Hayworth
- Princess Diana
- Faeth hill
- Cole Sprouse
- Justin hartley
- Chad Faust
- Aaron Carter
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Matt Damon
Palomino Horse Names based on breed
Here are some horse names based on breed.
Quarter Palomino horse names
- Barbie Butter Buck
- Carolina chick
- coconut badger
- Chick of dreams
- Vanilla sky
- Lannister gold
- Crackerjack
- Blizzard
Thoroughbred palomino horse
- Comet – For speed and brightness
- Teddy – For a big chestnut horse
- Stormy – Looks racehorse
- Starlight – Combination of star and white color
- Chase the Blue
- Shower in stars
Naming tips for palomino horse
Palomino horses have two color gene combinations in their coat. A true palomino horse should have these two colors in his coat. Some horses are often confused with palomino horses like Haflinger who miss the cream dilution gene but look like palomino horses.
Palomino comes in different shades like pale gold, cream, or dark gold. Their manes are creamy white in color.
Naming your palomino horse is easy as different shades in colors bring new ideas. Chestnut names are also perfect for your horse. Other shades like looking at red or white horse names can be good choices.
Based on breed
About 50% of the total are quarter horses. standardbred, thoroughbred, American saddle horses, and Tennessee walking horses are common breeds with palomino color.
You can choose these breed names for your horse. Tennessee walking horse names are a creative idea for palomino.
Conclusion
Palomino is a very beautiful color that appears in some common horse breeds. Naming your palomino breed is easy if you know his behavior, body appearance, and gender. Gender and breed should be first priority.
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