# Name for new Poodle Puppy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852 "2009-02-14T19:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/21 "2009-02-14T23:44:10Z")
So, we just got the young man home and we are trying to introduce him to the rest of the pack. Presently, he is crying his heart out. Probably missing his littermates. [another picture.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/33866634@N02/3280100482/) [still one more picture.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/33866634@N02/3279280037/) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/22 "2009-02-14T23:49:48Z")
He looks just like the former British Prime Minister and George Bush’s poodle to me! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/23 "2009-02-14T23:58:33Z")
Hm… He looks like a Rogers to me. Going to grow up dignified. Hm. How about Rumpole? You can call him Rumples. He looks kind of wig-ish. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/24 "2009-02-15T00:06:07Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Hm… He looks like a Rogers to me. > Going to grow up dignified. Hmmm…perhaps he does. Maybe… Fred? Hm. How about Rumpole? You can call him Rumples. He looks kind of wig-ish. [/QUOTE] Horace! or perhaps Mortimer. ( I too am a fan) His big “sister” definately considers herself: “to be obeyed” :rolleyes:… the bitch… ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/25 "2009-02-15T00:21:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > He looks just like the former British Prime Minister and George Bush’s poodle to me! George Bush had a poodle? I did not know that. (thanks for not suggesting a resemblance to Steven Harper. Brian Mulrooney was something of a poodle fancier as I recall) and, I think he’s much more attractive than Margaret Thatcher. :smack: sorry… you meant Pitt the Elder. Yes, I’d have to agree. Quite the resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/26 "2009-02-15T02:29:53Z")
VERY cute puppy. Some Gaelic names you could consider: Ciaran meaning dark or black; Finn, which as a bit of joke apparently means fair, but hey you’d also be naming your dog after [Finn MacCool](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_MacCool); Ronan meaning little seal. Happy naming! ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/27 "2009-02-15T02:40:21Z")
I like Ronan… but to a Zappa fan, all poodles are Fido! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/28 "2009-02-15T02:53:07Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Thurber, after the humor writer, James Thurber (who also raised show quality poodles, IMS). James Thurber told a story in which he went to visit someone who had, I believe a basset hound. After a period of time he asked the dog’s name, and the owner shyly said “Thurber”. The dog and the author then looked at each other in a mildly embarrassed sort of way. He figured the dog did look a lot like the kind of dogs he drew. I’ll try to find the citation. Suggestions from Attacklass and me: Charlie (after Steinbeck’s) Toklas (after Alice B. Toklas, another poodle breeder) Bismark (they’re apparently German, rather than French originally, as discussed on another thread) DeGaulle Wooster (after the Wodehouse books) Poirot (after Hercule) Chardo ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/29 "2009-02-15T02:55:22Z")
We named our standard Winston. I would have liked to use Dexter, but it was already Winston for a month or so. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/30 "2009-02-15T03:42:09Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > We named our standard Winston. I would have liked to use Dexter, but it was already Winston for a month or so. Odd, we named our standard Wilson. My first reaction was “what’s wrong with Thelonius?” but my daughter says when you work with a standard, you have to have a name that’s easy to yell. So I’ll sugest Phelan (brave as a wolf) or Tynan (the dark one). ---
**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:** [February 15, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/31 "2009-02-15T05:15:02Z")
James I have a standard poodle named Maggie. StG ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/32 "2009-02-15T05:26:00Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My first reaction was “what’s wrong with Thelonius?” but my daughter says when you work with a standard, you have to have a name that’s easy to yell. I guess that puts a kibosh on my suggestion, which was [Cuchulainn.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BAchulainn) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/33 "2009-02-15T13:35:27Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > George Bush had a poodle? I did not know that. I thought he meant Tony Blair. Bush’s Barney was a Scottish Terrier. > [@kunilou](#): > > My first reaction was “what’s wrong with Thelonius?” but my daughter says when you work with a standard, you have to have a name that’s easy to yell. Exactly why I suggested a yelling name for Rumpole. Two syllables, carries well. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/34 "2009-02-15T13:38:33Z")
Yannik. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/35 "2009-02-15T13:40:52Z")
What about Bracken? That has a bit of an Irish feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/36 "2009-02-15T13:42:16Z")
Monk ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/37 "2009-02-15T16:22:21Z")
> [@IrreverentTone](#): > > Monk Monk was my first choice. The breeder was very happy with Thelonious and seemed to be onside with it. My SO vetoed it saying it sounded too… catholic…:rolleyes: She’s not a big jazz fan. Thanks to everyone!!! for their creative suggestions. In keeping with the Scots/Gaelic theme, we settled on [Duff](http://www.rhymingnames.com/firstname_5679_duff.htm). Could be MacDuff, Duffy, Duffus… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/38 "2009-02-15T22:53:23Z")
A bit of a Duffer, wot? Duffington J. Poodle, Esquire. Just remember, standard poodles are lap dogs. Ask them. They’ll tell you. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852/39 "2009-02-16T10:50:34Z")
> [@longPath](#): > > Monk was my first choice. The breeder was very happy with Thelonious and seemed to be onside with it. My SO vetoed it saying it sounded too… catholic…:rolleyes: She’s not a big jazz fan. > > Thanks to everyone!!! for their creative suggestions. In keeping with the Scots/Gaelic theme, we settled on [Duff](http://www.rhymingnames.com/firstname_5679_duff.htm). > > Could be MacDuff, Duffy, Duffus… We have a 9 mnth old Standard called Ebly (named after a French grain…kinda like calling a puppy couscous or polenta :D). We are totally in love with our very clever doofus. Ours had a cream mother and a chocolate father and looked black when we got her. Now she just looks dirty as she changes colour on a seemingly daily basis. Ebly is a total thief, socks, undies, gardening gloves, ANYTHING. But she never destroys anything, she just …relocates it. Ain’t they just the best dogs! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-new-poodle-puppy/485852.md?page=1)