# Help me name my new puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028 "2002-11-27T03:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/41 "2002-11-28T01:47:31Z")
Dubh (Gaelic for black I think) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/42 "2002-11-28T01:49:59Z")
Sam. I feel very strongly that black Labs should be named Sam. My parents didn’t go for it when they got a (mostly) black Lab, though. ☹ Other suggestions: Fenris Ragnar Loki Damien Hades Midnight Jet Pepper ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/43 "2002-11-28T02:20:22Z")
My sister had a black lab cross with a patch of white on his ears - called him Guinness. I’m currently saving for an Irish Wolfhound pup, which I believe my geek roots are going to oblige me to name either Bran or Sceolaun. This is, of course, subject to change, but they’re still kinda cool names. Plenty of great pet names from mythology, though - a friend named his dogs Geri and Freki after Odin’s wolves. He also had a budgie named Huginn. We worried about him. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/44 "2002-11-28T03:24:40Z")
**BigNik** Bran? From a book I read (set in 12th century Wales & England) Bran meant dark colored in Welsh. It was the nickname of Simon DeMonfort’s black-haired son- his welsh nanny called him that, and no one called him Simon jr from then on. 🙂 Anyway I like Chase as a name for a puppy. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/45 "2002-11-28T03:32:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\ ***BigNik** Bran? From a book I read (set in 12th century Wales & England) Bran meant dark colored in Welsh. It was the nickname of Simon DeMonfort’s black-haired son- his welsh nanny called him that, and no one called him Simon jr from then on. \*\* Bran and Sceolaun were the name of Fionn MacCumhail’s (Finn MacCool’s) hounds. Without getting too far into the myth, I have been told by someone who has a reputation for knowing this sort of thing (and that’s as much of a cite as you’re getting) that family myth says that the Brannaghs are descended from that dog. I will, however, refer you to [Goats’ take on the subject](http://www.goats.com/archive/980708.html). ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/46 "2002-11-28T03:43:54Z")
I like Stinky or Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/47 "2002-11-28T03:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > **How about the word for _dog_ in other languages?** I’d also point out that a survey from late last century revealed that Australia’s most popular dog’s name was, in fact, “Dog”. Then again, a survey quoted in a year-2000 _Good Weekend_ magazine also stated that the country’s most popular funereal dirge was Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/48 "2002-11-28T04:20:18Z")
Okay, I waited until now, and he made his name known to me. I hope you are not disappointed, his name is Ripley. He is so cute. Pooped outside twice today 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/49 "2002-11-28T05:13:37Z")
Ripley is cute! 🙂 I was going to suggest Otis. I really liked the Cosmo suggestion too. Also, 2-syllable names are the most recognizable to dogs, so they learn to recognize their names more quickly. Ripley’s perfect in that regard. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/50 "2002-11-28T05:41:21Z")
Mickey, Baxter, Harry, Joey, Kohl, Ebony…Hey Dog! Come Here ---
**Author:** ![Latino\_Yoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Latino\_Yoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latino_Yoshi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/51 "2002-11-28T08:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Poysyn \* > \*\*Well I must be crazy. Our first night of kennel training he cried for twenty minutes then settled down. Forty minutes later he worked up again, for an hour. > > I took him out and he peed. > > He cried for another forty-five muntes, then went to sleep. He lasted until six this morning. > > As son as he got outside he peed and pooped. > > I was so proud. > > And sleep-deprived. > > Hopefully he’s better tonight. \*\* Ahhh, the days of potty training. When my family moved in to our current house, we also got a dachshund which we named Wiggles. Wiggles absolutely loved the carpets around the house and had made a number of stains in the first few months it took to get her fully potty trained. Fortunately, Wiggles was much better by the time we had finished remodeling our house, which included getting new carpets. Suggestion, stock up on club-soda for those in-house accidents. I also like the name Buttons. ---
**Author:** ![arjee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@arjee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arjee)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/52 "2002-11-28T20:40:25Z")
A buddy of mine named his dog Dioji. It’s pronounced “dee OH jee.” Just like the way you pronounce the letters D-O-G… (get it? Hee hee…) ---
**Author:** ![somethingblue2u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@somethingblue2u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somethingblue2u)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028/53 "2002-11-29T01:28:32Z")
I like Billy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-puppy/139028.md?page=2)