Our family has the most wonderful English Bulldog. DH and I had all kinds of UGA-related names (Arch, Henry, Grady, Sanford/Sandy, etc) when we were on the phone about to go look at him. All 3 kids asked what an English Bulldog was (oldest was 8!) so I showed them a particularly special 'portrait' of Uga VI. At that point, he became
Uga the Wonderdog, and it stuck. He can't be bred (innocent heart murmer), so I didn't have to worry about registering his name. He's the BEST! Don't see us ever having anything other than this kind of Dawg
Family pet names we've had are Missy, Shelby, Princess, Frisky, Prince, Bitsy, Muffin, Ella (long story).
I don't like dogs having names of friends or their children...it's just weird to be out in the neighborhood and the gal across the street is calling her daughter at the same time someone is calling his dog from down the street--both with the same name!