# HALP! I have no idea what to name my new puppy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541 "2012-12-30T03:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/41 "2012-12-31T14:30:00Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I knew I’d get great suggestions! > > After observing her interacting with our other dog, I ended up naming her Moxie. She’s a tiny little thing and Sammy is about 5 times her size right now but she gives as good as she gets, pouncing after him with her little crocodile mouth. She’s got moxie in spades 🙂 > > ETA: on here AND on my Facebook, people overwhemingly recommended Lola. I nearly named her after my weight loss surgeon, but his name is the same as my next door neighbor’s so I figured every time I yelled the puppy’s name outside my neighbor might think I’m calling for her. I had a dog named Charlie and the new neighbor named Charlie was not amused. The dog didn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/42 "2012-12-31T19:01:41Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > …I figured every time I yelled the puppy’s name outside my neighbor might think I’m calling for her. Ha! Friends in Berlin had a beautiful Lab that they named “Otto”…all was fine until they moved into a rather expensive rental house in a nice area of Berlin and let the dog out in the back yard. As they were yelling, “Otto! Otto!” suddenly their new landlord looked out the door and asked what they wanted, somewhat irritated. Yep - his first name was Otto. This was doubly embarrassing as Germans rarely call each other by first name, so you can imagine how fun it was to yell for “Otto”, knowing it was pissing off their landlord every time they did so. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/43 "2013-01-02T18:57:37Z")
I know a shar-pei named Mocha. Beautiful dog, sweetest animal I’ve ever known, and VERY attached to her people. We’ve dog-sat for her a few times and while she’s perfectly happy to be with us, the minute that door bell rang it was like “you? beenniceokthxbyeZOOOM”. They do grow into their skin - just a few wrinkles around the face when they’re full-grown. Oh, and SQUEEEEPUPPYFACE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/44 "2013-01-02T21:46:12Z")
After seeing an old episode of _The Twilight Zone_\* with characters named Buck and Medea, I’ve wanted to have a couple of small spaniels with those names. Mrs. J. is not crazy about “Buck”, thinking that if we have to call the dog, people will think we are using bad language. Medea should be fine, though. \*it starred Martin Milner, which only made it creepier. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/45 "2013-01-04T00:33:22Z")
Moxie is an adorable name. I like to let my pets name themselves…so we have Trouble, Vivian, Tucker, Sally, Six, and Bobbin. And Hot Rod, but someone else named him. I hope my next dog is named Tony. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/46 "2013-01-04T02:23:24Z")
Winnie. (A small allusion to Winston Churchill, who she looks like, and to her wrinkles.) Hollie. (A reference to an essay called “Welcome to Holland” popular in the parents of children with disabilities community. The idea is that someone was planning to go to Italy but when they got off the plane they discovered they were in Holland instead. Not what they had been planning but they discovered Holland is a pretty great place. You were expecting a basset.) Xiao Di (Show -rhyming with Ow - Dee) Chinese for little one. Or Xiao Po - Little old woman. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halp-i-have-no-idea-what-to-name-my-new-puppy/645541/47 "2013-01-04T02:52:49Z")
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