# Help me name this dog, Please! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507 "2002-04-03T00:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/1 "2002-04-03T00:17:14Z")
I am fostering-with-intent a perfectly darling little retriever/spaniel mix that the rescue folks named Prince Charles. You can see a picture of him [here](http://www.homestead.com/GRCGLA/) , he’s the third down the page. He’s very thin, light boned, and delicate. He’s exceedingly gentle and sweet and light on his feet. He needs a good name. “Prince Charles” is unworkable and stupid (although the royalty angle is understandable…he’s a very elegant dog) and “Charlie” is all wrong. I’m also trying to avoid names ending in “eee” sounds, to avoid confusion when I call my dog, Maggie. We need a name fast so we can start using it and get him accustomed to it. Help! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/2 "2002-04-03T01:08:24Z")
He’s a beautiful dog, but I’m not coming up with any good names that would fit him. I’ll work on it. How about “Lord Cecil”? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/3 "2002-04-03T01:15:01Z")
I brought up the picture and had my son look at it…he’s pretty good on pet names…and he said the dog’s name is Snow. Ask him (the dog, I mean) if that’s right. Tweak the cat loves her name… ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/4 "2002-04-03T01:31:09Z")
How about Chance? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/5 "2002-04-03T01:41:13Z")
Darwin ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/6 "2002-04-03T01:47:19Z")
No ‘eee’ sounds? Darn. That eliminates Spanky. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/7 "2002-04-03T01:50:10Z")
Foxglove. (looks a little fox-like to me, and “foxy” might cause a complex 😛 ) I think Charlie would be a fine name. How bout Vince? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/8 "2002-04-03T02:14:36Z")
Oooh! He looks just like a Cecil! Very dignified and smart. I definitely vote for Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/9 "2002-04-03T03:35:28Z")
I used to have a dog named, “Guess”. It was a fun name. What’s your dog’s name? Guess. I don’t know, Spot? Guess. Rover? Guess. Wolfie? Guess. and so forth. The dog answered to it, and it was fun to make people guess Guess. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/10 "2002-04-03T03:55:40Z")
What a beauty, we had a Golden named Friday for 11 years. We now have a Weimaraner named Chance. This one looks like a **Wiley** or **Prince**. Please let us know what you decide. 🙂 Honey. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/11 "2002-04-03T04:05:20Z")
Sort of like a dog named “Sex.” I like the name Butter, or Butters if you’re a South Park fan. It’s sort of the colour of yore purdy dog, and it has a nice distinctive dog attracting sound. It’s good to have a semi-hard sound for the second syllable. The monks of New Skete reccommend a two syllable name with a vowel sound at the end, like Charlie, Loki, Shiva, Muttley, Bitchie, Smoochy… You could also name your dog after a favourite outdoor spot of yours, like our dog Tahoe, and my cousin’s dog named Denali. Howzabout Boomer or Boodle (nod to Carl Hiaasen–tho’that dog was a black lab)? Or Pace (pronounced Paw-chay)? It means Peace in Latin. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/12 "2002-04-03T05:33:30Z")
**Pablo**. ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/13 "2002-04-03T07:09:28Z")
Rupert or Pablo maybe Chuck ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/14 "2002-04-03T07:37:38Z")
Go with Stephen Wright: “Stay” “C’mere, Stay! C’mere, Stay!” ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/15 "2002-04-03T11:54:04Z")
Gavin? Hal? Jefford? Diarmuid/Dermot? Hastings? Jones? Lawson? I think something English, Irish or Scots, and upper middle class would suit him, by his looks. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/16 "2002-04-03T12:19:05Z")
Graphenberg ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/17 "2002-04-03T12:22:26Z")
Jasper ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/18 "2002-04-03T13:57:45Z")
:eek: He looks **just** like a puppy I used to have, named Thunder. Oooh, I miss that dog. ☹☹☹ You typically can’t go wrong with mythological characters… I want my next pup to be named Odin. You could name him Cuchulain, and call him Cuckoo for short. 😃 Or Lugh, who’s a sun deity (Lugh roughly translates as “shining one”). Or Nuada. Please do let us know what you decide! -BK ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/19 "2002-04-03T14:48:52Z")
Schnoogums? ---
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507/20 "2002-04-03T15:13:23Z")
Chester (my favorite) Simon Berle or Milton? Good Luck! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-dog-please/101507.md?page=2)