Dog Names

[TexasWSP]

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

[Fawn Liebowitz]

One of my favorite Southern names is Harper (Harper Lee - "To Kill A Mockingbird"). I see a couple of people have mentioned characters from the book, too.

I also love "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - Maggie and Brick would make a good canine couple.

Beau would be a good boy name to go with Bella, too. I just realized you already had the female dog and were just looking for a boy's name.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

One of my favorite Southern names is Harper (Harper Lee - "To Kill A Mockingbird"). I see a couple of people have mentioned characters from the book, too.

Or...Nelle (as in Nelle Harper Lee)

or...Nell (as in Nell Carter)

or...Nell (as in the character from the movie of the same name depicting a girl raised in the backwoods of North Carolina!)

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

I just realized you already had the female dog and were just looking for a boy's name.

Other way around, I think -- she's looking for a girl's name.

[TSteven]

Doo Drop or Fanny.

Originally Posted by Fawn Liebowitz

I also love "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" - Maggie and Brick would make a good canine couple.

I would think Maggie might be more appropriate for a kitten - as in "Maggie the Cat".

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi

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.

If you get a female I think the name "Precious" is cute. If you get a male I think "Ramsey" is a cute name.

[AOII Angel]

Since I was raised in Louisiana, southern always means Louisiana to me! You could name her Lagniappe and nickname her Laney. It means "a little something extra." Like MysticCat said, magnolia would be a good name. My dog's name is Willow (he's a red headed dachschund so we named him after the character from the movie Willow...Willow Ufgood.) Willow is sorta southern. Jolie is also a southern name...French for pretty. Any double name will sound southern, also...ie. Anna Kay, Billy Lee, Sally Ann. You get the idea.

[MTSUGURL]

I want a boxer named Harvey. (for the James Stewart movie about the guy with the 6ft tall invisible rabbit as a friend.)

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by MTSUGURL

I want a boxer named Harvey. (for the James Stewart movie about the guy with the 6ft tall invisible rabbit as a friend.)

When I was growing up, my dog's name was Harvey. It was actually Harvey Wallbanger. When he was a puppy, his eyelashes were red and my dad said he looked like he had been out on a binge. His name came from the first drink my dad could think of.

Harvey wasn't a boxer, but was a 90 pound mix-breed fox hound, and he was a great dog. Made friends with the mailman, protected the house against an attack from the Goodyear Blimp. All the qualities of a good dog.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by barbino

But this dog is a boy, right? The flower names are definitely too girly.

She asked for girl names:

Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi

I'm thinking if I get a boy I'm gonna go with Jackson, but any suggestions for a girl?

[a.e.B.O.T.]

I don't think you can name him/her until you see them... then a name will come to you.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

I don't think you can name him/her until you see them... then a name will come to you.

this is soooo true! I remember when I got my current dog (a chihuahua) I was set on the name Ringo. When I got him however, he didn't strike me as a Ringo. Martini fit much better, and i'm happy with the choice!!

[Fawn Liebowitz]

Tres (a 3-legged dog)

I like that! My cousin named his 3-legged dog Tripod.

[CBU Jeff]

I don't know about girl dog names, but my two dogs are Cleveland (chow mix) and Jackson(black lab, English shepard mix) (both rescue dogs found on the streets in which they are named)

[DeltAlum]

Nothing to do with the South, but the Norwegian Elkhound we had for years was named Tonka.