Dog Names
 

So I am 99% sure I'm going to get a dog here within the next week or so after 8 months of consideration. I really give my dog a cute southern name since I'll be getting one down here, and my coworker just stole Duke and Dixie when she got 2 Boston terriers last weekend!

I'm thinking if I get a boy I'm gonna go with Jackson, but any suggestions for a girl? I don't want to do Belle because my dog at home is Bella and it's too close.

My brother and his family are getting a baby golden retriever in about a week or so. They're planning on the name "Barkley."

ETA--they had another golden years ago named "Bailey" so they're staying with the "B" names!

Obviously, the breed and/or how the puppy looks will play a huge role in his/her name. You can always name a female "Princess Something" or "Lady Something". Here's something that was posted on Dogster, but not linked:

Top Dog Names: Ranked in order

Male....................... Female

1 MAX......................MOLLY
2 BUDDY.................. BELLA
3 JAKE......................LUCY
4 BAILEY...................MAGGIE
5 ROCKY...................DAISY
6 CHARLIE.................SADIE
7 JACK......................CHLOE
8 TOBY.....................SOPHIE
9 CODY.....................BAILEY
10 BUSTER.................ZOE
11 DUKE....................LOLA
12 COOPER................ABBY
13 HARLEY................GINGER
14 RILEY...................ROXY
15 BEAR...................GRACIE
16 MURPHY...............COCO
17 LUCKY.................SASHA
18 TUCKER...............ANGEL
19 SAM....................LILY
20 OLIVER................PRINCESS
21 OSCAR................EMMA
22 WINSTON............ROSIE
23 TEDDY................LADY
24 SAMMY...............ANNIE
25 RUSTY................RUBY
26 SHADOW.............MISSY
27 GIZMO................KATIE
28 ZEUS..................MIA
29 BENTLEY.............MADISON
30 BAXTER..............ZOEY
31 JACKSON............CASEY
32 BANDIT...............LILLY
33 SAMSON.............PENNY
34 GUS...................BELLE
35 HUNTER.............SAMANTHA
36 RUDY.................BRANDY
37 MILO.................HOLLY
38 CASEY...............SANDY
39 SPARKY.............JASMINE
40 JOEY.................STELLA
41 BEAU.................LEXI
42 LOUIE................SHELBY
43 DAKOTA.............ROXIE
44 ROCCO..............PEPPER
45 BRUNO..............HEIDI
46 BOOMER............LULU
47 MAXIMUS..........MISTY
48 LUKE................HONEY
49 MICKEY............MADDIE
50 ROMEO.............SASSY
51 HENRY..............DIXIE
52 COSMO.............DAKOTA
53 LEO.................PRECIOUS
54 REX.................SYDNEY
55 SPIKE..............LUNA
56 DIESEL............COOKIE
57 CHESTER..........HANNAH
58 OTIS................SHADOW
59 TYSON.............SUGAR
60 COCO...............PHOEBE
61 JASPER.............NIKKI
62 PEPPER.............AMBER
63 SPENCER...........MAYA
64 SCOOTER..........CASSIE
65 SIMBA..............RILEY
66 DUNCAN............MOCHA
67 SIMON..............CHELSEA
68 PEANUT.............BABY
69 BRUTUS.............NALA
70 PRINCE..............PEBBLES
71 CHANCE.............ELLIE
72 GEORGE.............MANDY
73 SAMPSON..........JESSIE
74 BUBBA..............CLEO
75 MARLEY............TRIXIE
76 SCOUT.............SIERRA
77 MAXWELL..........LUCKY
78 RUFUS..............HARLEY
79 ELVIS...............COCOA
80 BARNEY............ISABELLA
81 TAZ.................MILLIE
82 SMOKEY...........CALLIE
83 CHICO..............MINNIE
84 BO...................PEANUT
85 KOBE................ABBEY
86 BOSCO.............SHEBA
87 BEN.................BONNIE
88 BLUE................GIGI
89 BRADY.............SCOUT
90 OREO...............LIBBY
91 CHASE.............LACEY
92 GUINNESS........TASHA
93 SNOOPY...........PIPER
94 CHAMP.............SOPHIA
95 DEXTER............MUFFIN
96 ROSCOE...........CALI
97 SEBASTIAN.......MORGAN
98 HARRY.............HALEY
99 MOOSE............LEXIE
100 RASCAL..........XENA

Have fun!

Lol, that's AWESOME I desperately want a Great Dane to name Max!!!

I don't have any help with names but I wanted to say yayyyyyy Bostons! And: I have a dog/know someone with a dog with the top 4 boy names and top 5 girl names. Dang! We have a Lucy. :p

ellie mae or daisy

minnie

pearl

Fifi, That ain't a name for this mutt.
So how about Champion?
Champion you're anything but.

We could call him Tiger, But there's no bite in him,
Tiger! Kittens would frighten him.
Rover! When you think it over,
Rover is the perfect name for this dumb look-in' dog.

Sandy, Sandy's his name if you please.
If you don't be-lieve me ask anyone of the fleas
Residing on Sandy,

True he ain't pedigreed, Sandy, there ain't no better breed.
And he really comes in handy,
'Specially when you're all alone in the night
and you're small and terribly frightened it's
Sandy, Sandy who'll always be there!

Honeychile, I'm a little bit disappointed in you. WVU alpha phi asked about a "cute Southern name." I though you'd be able to supply a few. (Shoot, how 'bout "honeychile"? ;))

My suggestions:

Bonnie (a black lab could be Bonnie Blue)
Scarlett (may be a bit trite, though)
Mellie
Scout (her "formal" name could be Jean Louise)
Eugenia
Eudora
Flannery
Sugar (or Shug)
Magnolia (call her Maggie for short, and get double points for the Tennessee Williams reference)
Tallulah
Beulah
Annabell
Liddie
Libba
Delta
Suellen
Sidie
Raney

If you want a Steel Magnolia's reference, Truvy, Clairee, Ouiser, M'Lynn or Annelle are all good choices.

If you really want to push the envelope, you could name her Varina. :D (BTW, it's pronounced Va-REE-na ;))

Can you tell I like names with a literary or historical connection?

I reckon I'll think of more later on.

Excellent list MysticCat! (I hate to follow that, but...)

Not necessarily Southern, but I've always thought it would be cute to name a dog after a vacuum clearner!

Kirby ?
Hoover ?

When I was 7 I named a dog Curtis Mathis (we had just gotten a new TV :o ). I also had a cat named JellyBean. :D *lol* So a vacuum cleaner name isn't weird to me... unless it's Electralux. *lmao*

But saying that, Electra is a cute name.

Moon Pie!
Acadiana (call her "Cady")
Praline
Beignet
Creole
Evangeline

I love these!

In the food vein:

Hushpuppy
Grits (a sometime acronym for Girls Raised In The South)
Gumbo
Ambrosia (wouldn't be Christmas without it)
Biscuit
Julep
Spoonbread
Benne
Puddin' (Banana or otherwise)

Miles and Greta for me. Chocolate Lab, German Short-Hair, respectively.

Not to be disappointed! I had seriously considered Magnolia, Sugar, Delta, Annabelle, Scarlett, and Varina, too. But once I saw my mother's name as a dog's name, I got a bit uppity! Jasmine, Shelby, Maybelle, and Velvet would be good, too. Not knowing the breed doesn't help, though.

Flowers?
 

Hydrangea, Azalea, Hyacinth, Myrtle (Crepe)