Thanks everyone. As always I must point out I am not responsible, this is all down to my long suffering friend, Mo!!
Rabbit got his name as follows:
It was a dark and wet and generally horrid morning on September 25th 1979, and I was searching with a flashlight for my errant Mini, who could run under all the Arab fences if she put her mind to it!
I found her in a corner of the mares field, within a circle of enchanted Arabs, birthing her firstborn son!
I picked him up, when all was done, and carried him under my arm across the field with Kitty ducking under the fences in my wake and complaining loudly.
When we reached the yard my friends' Dad was there, seeing to her mare, and he just stood and looked with his mouth slightly open (he used to handle a team of Percherons!) Finally he said "Bloody 'ell, Jane, what are you breeding now, rabbits??"
And it stuck.
I'll try and get the story put up on the site....