Names are always so interesting!
Tamber
is actually timbre or tone color in music. Too many people couldn't pronounce timbre correctly, so I changed it to the phonetic spelling. I was so impressed by all of the sounds he could make and all of the words he could say in different tonal registers that the name Tamber fits him very well. (Yes, I am a music person, obviously.) His nickname is Pretty Pretty Bird, said very fast. He loves the sound of that and will repeat it over and over and over!
Teyla
was inspired by a character from Stargate Atlantis named Teala (same phonetic pronunciation). The character always seemed to have an attitude one way or the other. I thought that fit her well. Meanwhile, her nickname is Choo Choo, which came from her chirps that she will mimic when I say them. This happens so often that now when I walk up to Teyla's cage, Tamber starts saying, "Choo choo choo."