# Help Name Our New Dog! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383 "2004-09-21T22:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/21 "2004-09-23T05:16:48Z")
Name your dog “I burning” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/22 "2004-09-23T05:52:03Z")
How about Radagast? He is partly brown, so it fits. OK, I am a dork about Tolkien names. Radagast is a wizard, at least. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/23 "2004-09-23T08:24:31Z")
Kuri. That is the Maori word for dog. It would be unusual over there but it’s still a cute sounding name. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/24 "2004-09-23T08:29:14Z")
**Rua**. Also, strangely enough, derived from Maori. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/25 "2004-09-23T08:30:25Z")
Oooops this was going to be my first suggestion. Maori for fairy folk is patu paiarehe. Patu is cute and unusual too. ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/26 "2004-09-23T08:32:44Z")
I wanted to call my dog Gomez, but decided on Buckley because it suited him better (both names are music related). As soon as I saw the chihuaha link Hal, Gomez once again sprang to mind. Very fitting if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/27 "2004-09-23T15:17:34Z")
Since he’s got a maske, how about Zorro? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/28 "2004-09-23T15:27:07Z")
Dang! The first two names that came to mind when I saw the pic were Phantom and Zorro. However, if he’s used to his name, i.e. answers to it you might wanna consider sticking with it **Hal**. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/29 "2004-09-23T16:08:52Z")
He looks like a **Patch** to me. He’s a real cutey. Oh, and don’t worry about renaming. Dogs don’t care what you call em, as long as it’s not late for dinner. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/30 "2004-09-23T16:37:17Z")
He looks like a Waldo to me. You could always call him Straight Dope Message Board The Amazing Bosco? His Majesty the Royal Germachon ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/31 "2004-09-23T16:54:34Z")
According to the website he “heals on command” which will be very useful!They aren’t calling him Billy, they’re calling him Kidd, which is cool and reminds me of Captain Kidd, the pirate. Plus, he has a patch over one eye. Strap on a parrot any you have\*\* Cap’n Kidd, the pirate dog\*\*! StG ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/32 "2004-09-23T17:34:15Z")
All together now, …AWWWWW! He’s soooo cute! 🙂 re. names: **Punch** was a mythical figure key to pagan pageantry… he was a mischievous, masked, and harlequined fellow, fostering a spirit of frivolity and playfulness. **Panza** , as in “Sancho Panza,” Don Quixote’s faithful sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/33 "2004-09-23T20:43:55Z")
Shithead. Not that I think you’re a jerk or anything, you just seem to have enough of an off-beat sense of humor to name your dog Shithead. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/34 "2004-09-23T20:51:41Z")
Bruce. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/35 "2004-09-23T21:19:28Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Shithead. > > Not that I think you’re a jerk or anything, you just seem to have enough of an off-beat sense of humor to name your dog Shithead. Hmmm…perhaps “Lifesaver” instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/36 "2004-09-23T21:54:56Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Shithead. No, no…it’s pronounced shi-THEED. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/37 "2004-09-23T21:55:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Cosmo… Sorry, didn’t mean to interrupt your thread. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/38 "2004-09-23T23:00:05Z")
“Kitty” So when people come over, and with all the cats in the room, and you call out, “here kitty, kitty…”, out pops a dog from around the corner that jumps in your lap. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/39 "2004-09-23T23:37:32Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I dunno, though…I’m just worried about his name winding up being shortened to “Phanny”. 🙂 And this worries you…_why_, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383/40 "2004-09-24T03:47:47Z")
Quote = _Cosmo_ > [@Steelerphan](#): > > Sorry, didn’t mean to interrupt your thread. _This_ is your new name **BillyTheKidd** … **Cosmo** … what a great name…imparts a touch of magic, great intelligence and it still has a nice common touch! BTW, cute, cute doggie…looks to me like he has a little Border Collie somewhere in his family tree 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-our-new-dog/265383.md?page=3)