# Name my dog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838 "2000-05-07T17:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/1 "2000-05-07T17:30:51Z")
I’m getting a puppy!!! Well, for $400, a PUPPY. He is a Yorkshire terrier, a Yorkie. I’d link a site for a photo, but still haven’t figured out how. (little help here?) Anyhow, he will be about 5 pounds fully grown, have a fiesty terrier temperment and be the love of my life. I’ve waited 25 years for this dog. SOOOOO, anybody have any ideas for a name? I don’t get him for 3 weeks, so we have some time. I’ve always had trouble naming things I haven’t met yet, including my kids. Had to see them first! Any suggestions gratefully considered. This group should be able to find the perfect moniker…Uncle Wally…you listening??? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/2 "2000-05-07T17:34:16Z")
I have a friend who named his dog, “Chase”, I’ve always liked it/ ---
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/3 "2000-05-07T17:34:18Z")
How about HoverDog™? Including the little trademark notice. I bet no one’s ever trademarked a dog’s name. Except for the bastards at Disney. You don’t work for Disney, do you? OH, GOD, DO YOU?!?! ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/4 "2000-05-07T17:37:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I have a friend who named his dog, “Chase”, I’ve always liked it/ > \*\* Yikes. I have a cousin who named her **kid** , Chase. ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/5 "2000-05-07T17:39:44Z")
Benny. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/6 "2000-05-07T17:46:08Z")
How about “Cadet”. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/7 "2000-05-07T17:49:13Z")
Rest easy Breck…your trademarks safe with me. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/8 "2000-05-07T17:50:41Z")
I like people name for dogs…mike etc ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/9 "2000-05-07T18:41:38Z")
Mr. Sneeferflu? Senor Jalapeno? Dr. Ruffles? Miss Mamacita? IKEA? Kenny? ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/10 "2000-05-07T20:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Mr. Sneeferflu? > > Senor Jalapeno? > > Dr. Ruffles? > > Miss Mamacita? > > IKEA? > > Kenny? > \*\* It’s not a chihuahua (sp?)…They’re ENGLISH!! LOL!! And doesn’t Kenny die every week? Keep those cards and letters coming! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/11 "2000-05-07T20:53:31Z")
Noodles? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/12 "2000-05-07T21:06:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Noodles? > \*\* ## As in the DeNiro character in Once Upon a Time in America? How about “Buck”? Totally inappropriate for a small dog, so it might work. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/13 "2000-05-07T21:08:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*… > He is a Yorkshire terrier, a Yorkie… he will be about 5 pounds fully grown, have a fiesty terrier temperment… > \*\* I’d call him… **Cujo** ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/14 "2000-05-07T21:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I’d call him… > **Cujo** > \*\* NOW we’re cookin’! I can see that! Anyone in the UK or British have any “common in the UK, but not in the US” names? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Happy\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Dave)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/15 "2000-05-07T21:35:16Z")
isn’t there an unspoken rule that all yorkies must be named cricket. dave ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/16 "2000-05-07T21:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*\* Noodles? As in the DeNiro character in Once Upon a Time in America? > > \*\* Got it in one AuntiePam .I love that film. How about a “gaelic” name . Oisin ( pronounced ushinne ) ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/17 "2000-05-07T22:15:04Z")
Well, Robin Hood is a Yorkshire story. A little bitty dog named “Robin Hood” might be cool. But I have an acquaintance with a teacup poodle (translation: curly-haired rat) named Genghis Khan. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![AmyJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@AmyJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmyJohn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/18 "2000-05-07T22:21:21Z")
Anything cute, little, and cuddly should be named George. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/19 "2000-05-08T00:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > isn’t there an unspoken rule that all yorkies must be named cricket. > dave > \*\* You must be right, the first one I ever saw, the one that started all this, WAS named Cricket!! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838/20 "2000-05-08T01:07:48Z")
Feisty, indomitable and English…how about Winston? And there’s an built-in segue for those inevitable “whoops” moments on carpets: Winnie The Pooh (or Poop). Sincere congrats and celebation on your dog. Mine is a mutt and the light of my life. Honestly, we’re a pack of two, and no one could wish for a better, funnier, stubborn, loving companion. Veb [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-dog/18838.md?page=2)