This is my dog, Darell – and my other dog, Darell?.
Well – it’s a thought…
SouthernStyle
Short for Rebound.
Sounds like a dogs name.
No explanation necessary.
Have fun with your new dog. I miss mine very much (Kita the retriever, Ursula the cattle dog/spitz, and the golden Kulta - see the bottom of the webpage). I’m very jealous of you.
I vote for Edison because before long, you’ll be calling him Eddy anyhoo.
Cecil, I vote for Cecil.
Michi and SouthernStyle beat me to it, but when you were thinking of Einstein for a Golden Retriever, were you going for irony? A more fitting name might be Marilyn Vos Savant.
yojimbo, Eve, Noodles is my nickname! Or at least I started a campaign a couple of years ago to have everyone call me Noodles. So far all my friends have laughed at me and refused to use it.
Of your choices, Mullinator, I vote for Rebound. Seems like a nice name for a dog.
Name the dog “Askum”… Trust me, it will make every person you meet look like a complete idiot, which can be quite funny.
“What’s your dog’s name?”
“Askum”
“Hey there little doggy, what’s your name”
Good for years of fun.
Deefer.
Deefer Dog.
(say it out loud…)
Personally, I think a great thing to name your dog would be “Fido”. Think about it. Despite it being a stereotypical canine name, nobody actually has a dog named Fido. You’ll be able to mess with all your friends’ heads! “Fido? You named your dog Fido? How unoriginal! How uncreative!” “Well, have you ever known any dogs named Fido?” “Uhhhhh…”
Mully, of your choices, I like Rebound best.
I’ll have to disagree with Southern Style in his assessment of retrievers. Irish setters are notoriously goofy. Most Golden Retrievers I’ve met are pretty sharp. And don’t confuse them with Golden Labs, who are the best dogs I’ve ever met. Very smart pups! And great with kids.
The favorite Golden Lab of my childhood was named Shiloh. He was a true buddy, and brilliant with the fetching thing. So I’d like to give that name as a suggestion. In Hotlanty, ya even got a “Battle of” connection.
I second Perderabo’s suggestion.
My sister’s golden is named Kitty and it fits her well.
Of course, after she tangled with that skunk she’s more well-known as Stinky 
what about wally?
I second Kilgore’s suggestion.
Okay, since you are getting a golden retriever, how about naming him something that plays on the color of his coat?
Like Apollo/Phoebus: both connotate an image of the sun god.
you could also name him Bear.
I would name him Wally, in honor of Wally…
Hi elelle,
Didn’t mean to leave a negative comment about labs. They are, without a doubt, the best of all dogs when it comes to compatability with humans. They don’t threaten, intimidate, bite, or in any other way hurt people unless they were taught to be aggressive or abused.
I love labs. Haven’t had one in years but still think of her fondly…
SouthernStyle
Oh no! Noodles was the name of my friend’s dog, who was hit by a car two weeks ago! She didn’t survive :(.
I had a Wally moment because of that. My first visit to her house after the dog’s demise, she asked if I wanted dinner, and I said I’d already eaten. “What did you have?”
“Noodles and red sauce.”
[Rilchiam feels around for a trapdoor; finding none, she goes into the pantry and stands there with the door closed.]
gives up on Achilles then
My last cat was named Omen, but that was because of the timing. Make it relevant to your life.
I’m with Unclebeer, gotta name it Cecil. 
I second what aenea said about making it a name that has a very distinctive sound so the dog will recognize it. We named our black lab “Hasek” (hah-shek) (after our favorite hockey goalie–not very original) and the sound is rather sharp and she recognizes it.
Mully -
I suggest you call the dog “Crazy”
Think of how much fun it would be to call him in the backyard at night at the top of your lungs…
“CRAAAAAAAAzzzzzzzzzzzyyyy!!”…
“CRAAAAAAAAzzzzzzzzzzzyyyy!!”…
The neighbors would love it…
ok ok - I vote for “Rebound”