# Help me re-name my horse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654 "2019-10-11T21:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/21 "2019-10-13T03:20:08Z")
I read this title three times - more confused each time - before I realized it didn’t say “Help me re-mane my horse”… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/22 "2019-10-13T04:19:50Z")
Noname. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/23 "2019-10-13T04:38:56Z")
Also, picture… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/24 "2019-10-13T04:42:00Z")
> [@SuperAbe](#): > > I read this title three times - more confused each time - before I realized it didn’t say “Help me **re-mane** my horse”… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/25 "2019-10-13T22:31:02Z")
> [@SuperAbe](#): > > I read this title three times - more confused each time - before I realized it didn’t say “Help me re-mane my horse”… > [@Mallard](#): > > 😃 Vidal Sassoon… ETA: Bud seriously, Beetlebaum is as good as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/26 "2019-10-13T22:52:43Z")
Lexington sounds a bit like Letshangon. Do horses get mad when you mispronounce their names? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/27 "2019-10-14T05:20:10Z")
Horsey McHorseface ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/28 "2019-10-14T05:43:08Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Horsey McHorseface This made me laugh like a hyena! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/29 "2019-10-14T05:52:33Z")
When you need a name, look to Professor Tolkien. Ergo, _Shadowfax_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/30 "2019-10-14T07:39:05Z")
Freyasdottir-Freya was(among other things) the goddess of wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/31 "2019-10-15T01:41:25Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > She is a bay, btw. There’s a city called **Bay** Minette in Alabama, and while “Minette” means “faithful defender”, it is of feminine gender and sounds like the kind of name a horse-crazy girl would think sounds cute. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/32 "2019-10-15T09:31:48Z")
Tailtiu > [@](#): > > [Tailtiu is part of one of the Celtic primary triads.](https://feminismandreligion.com/2016/10/26/tailtiu-celtic-earth-goddess-of-endurance-by-judith-shaw/) This triad of Anu, Danu, and Tailtiu is one of sovereignty reminding us of the cyclical nature of reality and the mysteries of the deep heart which transforms the ordinary into bright gold. They represent three different aspects of cycle of birth, death and rebirth. Anu is the source, Danu is the movement and **Tailtiu is the endurance inherent in this cycle**. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/33 "2019-10-15T14:11:54Z")
The point about keeping her original name is a good one. OTT Standardbreds could use the PR. Thanks everyone! You are the best. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/34 "2019-10-15T14:52:22Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > When you need a name, look to Professor Tolkien. Ergo, _Shadowfax_. You clearly don’t know how ubiquitous Tolkien-named animals are. I’ve met guinea pigs named Galadriel and Gandalf before. Seriously trite unless you delve deep into the notes to the Silmarillion and find something truly obscure. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/35 "2019-10-15T17:11:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Noname. Only if ridden in the desert 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/36 "2019-10-15T17:17:13Z")
how about Hoof Hearted? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/37 "2019-10-15T17:34:16Z")
Leona Trot-sky. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/38 "2019-10-15T19:37:43Z")
“Balder (also Baldr or Baldur) is one of the Aesir in Norse mythology, Balder is **so bright that light shines from him**.” ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/39 "2019-10-15T19:45:06Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > “Balder (also Baldr or Baldur) is one of the Aesir in Norse mythology, Balder is **so bright that light shines from him**.” Good name but she’s a mare. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654/40 "2019-10-15T21:34:56Z")
Gudrun-\> Wife of Sigurd-\> also a passable pun. " No,no it’s pronounced Good Run!" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-re-name-my-horse/841654.md?page=3)