I’m getting a Basset Hound. Aside from the JRT I had as a teenager, I’ve always had Basset Hounds. For whatever reason I believe a Basset Hound should have an “old person” name, like Walter, Betsy, Gertrude, Ira, Mortimer, Irene, or Wilfred. Previous BH’s of mine have been Humphries, Kent, and Iris.
Got any good old people names?
Lydia
Lydie
Claude
Hugo
Thelma
Wilbur
I had a pair of great uncles named Irvin & Alvin, a great aunt Maude and a pair of grandmothers named Ruby & Muriel.
And then there’s Florence, Edith, Mildred, Horace, Incontinentia, and Clyde.
I love the names Agnes and Gladys! Lucky for the baby we’re expecting in August we’ve decided our next dog will be named Agnes.
My grandparents on my Mum’s side were Leonard and Elsie. And one of my Dad’s middle names was Lloyd.
I love Mildred/Millie.
Silas
Mervin
Fess
Orrie
Chester
Maybelle
Clara
Sophie
Felix
Wilbur
Loren
Vernon
Violet
Lagatha
Mabel
Attie
Hattie
Henrietta
Leeman
Obediah
Horatio
Beauregard
Eudene
Ferrel
Ethel
Eunice
My folks had a basset hound named Henry. We would often call him “Hank” also.
Here are some that were old when I was young:
Oliver
Virgil
Isaac
Arthur
Jasper
George
Fletcher
Gerald
Gladys
Bernice
Beatrice
Gussie
Willadene
Priscilla
Isetta
Flossie
Walter is a good old-person name. Mr. Neville’s grandfather is named Walter.
There’s always Bertha, if you get a female.
It’s not really an old-person name, but a female basset hound could be named Rosebud, after the basselope.
From my family:
Mildred
Edmund
Ellsie
Eugene
Barbara
Other:
Elias
Jameson
Bernard
Adeline/Adalia
Irene
Oh I could go on and on, but now I’ve found some names to NOT name my next kid.
Ralph.
Josephine.
Francis.
Frances.
My grandpa’s side of the family had some good old people names–Alvin, Delbert, Laverne, Mildred.
Mylo
My favourites are Walter and Verna, with Wilf and Irene a close second.
My grandparents, Swiss dairy farmers and cheesemakers, were named Emma Bertha and Julius Elmer.
Lucille is a great name for a Basset Hound. Also Clem and Wendell.
Try fiddling with this.
According to it, the popularity for Myrtle peaked in the 1890’s. Also Myron, Myrtice, and Myrna.
Edna
Shirley
Leone
Clifford