Dog Names

MysticCat · #1 05-28-2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

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!

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.

(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.

NutBrnHair · #2 05-28-2008, 10:55 AM

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 ?

summer_gphib · #3 05-28-2008, 11:14 AM

When I was 7 I named a dog Curtis Mathis (we had just gotten a new TV

). I also had a cat named JellyBean.

*lol* So a vacuum cleaner name isn't weird to me... unless it's Electralux. *lmao*

But saying that, Electra is a cute name.

SWTXBelle · #4 05-28-2008, 11:15 AM

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

MysticCat · #5 05-28-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Moon Pie!
Praline
Beignet

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)

honeychile · #6 05-28-2008, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MysticCat

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.

(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.

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.

NutBrnHair · #7 05-28-2008, 12:21 PM

Hydrangea, Azalea, Hyacinth, Myrtle (Crepe)

MysticCat · #8 05-28-2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Jasmine, Shelby, Maybelle, and Velvet would be good, too. Not knowing the breed doesn't help, though.

I thought about Jasmine, but unfortunately now too many people will think of the Disney princess and not the flower.

And yes, knowing the breed would help.

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Hydrangea, Azalea, Hyacinth, Myrtle (Crepe)

And how could I have forgotten that in the original draft of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell's heroine wasn't named Scarlett -- she was named Pansy.

And as for flowers, perhaps WVU alpha phi would like Lily (of the Valley).

Continuing the literary and movie trend,

Clara or Eula ("The Long Hot Summer)
Zilphia, Adie, Jewel, Cora, Caddy, Dilsey (Faulkner)
Calpurnia or Maudie (but not Mayella) (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Blanche or Stella ("A Streetcar Named Desire")

honeychile · #9 05-28-2008, 01:23 PM

oooh - Calpurnia! Callie would be the perfect call name! But now I like Lily, too. (Is the dog white?)

barbino · #10 05-28-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

oooh - Calpurnia! Callie would be the perfect call name! But now I like Lily, too. (Is the dog white?)

I had an English Springer Spaniel named Lily (brown & white).
We also had a beagle named Daisy (registered name: Daisy Duke).
I like flower names for dogs:
Carnie (Carnation)
Dahly (Dahlia)
Holly (Hollyhock)
Ivy
Peony
Posy
Poppy
You get the idea. But this dog is a boy, right? The flower names are definitely too girly. How about taking a sport & words from it as inspiration?

epchick · #11 05-28-2008, 06:35 PM

I like the name Gracie for a female dog...and to me it can go with various breeds.

PrettyBoy · #12 05-28-2008, 07:27 PM

Hell, just name the joker Spike, male or female and call it a day.

ihearttrisigma · #13 05-28-2008, 09:12 PM

I just got a new puppy, a Pug, two months ago and due to his snorts, grunting and other odd sounds I decided to name him...

... piglet.

I mostly call him just pig - & everytime we go on walks he is such the star. I've never had a bad reaction to the name (yet).

In addition to the snorts, his tail is curly like a pig and he sure does eat like one!!

Anyway, for a girl..and you're in the south what about "Sweet Tea" or Sweet Pea"?

kchaptergphib · #14 05-29-2008, 05:43 AM

I just have to say, as someone who worked at a doggy daycare, and someone who now works at a vet clinic, please, PLEASE put some thought into your pets' names! I cannot tell you how many "Bailey"s and "Murphy"s there are out there! Show a little creativity, folks! And if I meet another terrier named "Jack"... I'll give it a nickname, I guess. Or "Stella" or "Bella" for girls= overdone! Think of something NEW!

But some good names I've come across at work:
Cat Benatar
Gunther (a German Shorthair Pointer)
Weiner (a female dachshund)
Tufts (a Chinese Crested)
Indiana (a dog, like where Indiana Jones got his nickname-from his own dog)
Tres (a 3-legged dog)

nancyagd86 · #15 05-29-2008, 06:30 AM

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!