My first dwarf hamster (winter white, but he was grey colored) was named with a word (in my language) translating to 'mob-cap', the type of hat

Like why, do hamsters look like bonnet hats?
Also one of my rats was named Squirrel (squirrel the animal, translated in my language too, but she was neither grey or red, she was the beige 'siamese' type). My first rat was named with the play of a word for candy wrapper. There was a cartoon about an elephant, who was named with a word close to candy wrapper - so that seemed funny to name a rat (with ~Dumbo~ ears, like the Disney elephant) after another cartoon elephant
