# Names for my new pup **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668 "2008-11-20T16:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/1 "2008-11-20T16:53:05Z")
So we are picking up a pup tomorrow, and I thought I’d let you all weigh in on names. He is a golden retriever, to go with our 11 month old golden bitch Clover. He is very blond, with very dark pigment on his nose, pads, lips, eyes. My fave is Spike - which I believe has support elsewhere in our family’s corner of the Whedon-verse. Probably running 2d is Chief. A recent nomination was Buddy - which I dislike. I also like Beast and Q, which do not appear to have much support. I’d post a pic, but can’t from work. Will post a bunch after I get home with the beast. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/2 "2008-11-20T16:54:17Z")
I’d have to go with “Crimson”, but that’s just me. A child of the 60s and a big fan of the wah-wah pedal. _(“Q” is one of my many nicknames bestowed upon me by Mr. K)_ ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/3 "2008-11-20T16:58:17Z")
He’s very Blond? How about Kenny or Ken. I like people names for some reason. A good buddy of mine has a dog named Bill - and it’s the neatest thing watching him call the pooch over to him. I also knew a dog named Nick and one named Sara. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/4 "2008-11-20T17:05:17Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I’d have to go with “Crimson”, but that’s just me. A child of the 60s and a big fan of the wah-wah pedal. Yeah - I was suggesting we go with a red pup for just this reason! I think Q is cool, cause you can kinda expand it to cutey-pie. (I’d better stop before I let on around here what a sentimental sap I really am!) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/5 "2008-11-20T17:08:20Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Yeah - I was suggesting we go with a red pup for just this reason! > > I think Q is cool, cause you can kinda expand it to cutey-pie. **(I’d better stop before I let on around here what a sentimental sap I really am!**) Too late! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/6 "2008-11-20T17:30:09Z")
Name him Hubble. Today is astronomer Edwin Hubble’s 119th birthday. Name him Joe. Joe Walsh is 61 today! (and Joe Biden is 66.) Name him Peregrine, for the first baby born on the Mayflower, 388 years ago today. (You can call him Perry.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/7 "2008-11-20T17:32:57Z")
Crimson & Clover for rover and rover. What’s not to like. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/8 "2008-11-20T17:34:26Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Name him Hubble. Today is astronomer Edwin Hubble’s 119th birthday. > Name him Joe. Joe Walsh is 61 today! (and Joe Biden is 66.) > Name him Peregrine, for the first baby born on the Mayflower, 388 years ago today. (You can call him Perry.) That’s a cool approach. I’ll have to check exactly when he was born. No love for Spike, tho, huh? Figured my wife could call him Blondie-bear… ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/9 "2008-11-20T18:52:37Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I’d have to go with “Crimson”, but that’s just me. A child of the 60s and a big fan of the wah-wah pedal.)\* Totally. 😉 But Crimson’s not a very masculine name, though, is it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/10 "2008-11-20T19:00:58Z")
OK, then name him Bama for the Crimson Tide. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/11 "2008-11-20T19:04:35Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > OK, then name him Bama for the Crimson Tide. Or Bear! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/12 "2008-11-20T19:20:35Z")
> [@TroubleAgain](#): > > Totally. 😉 But Crimson’s not a very masculine name, though, is it. I think it’s neutral. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/13 "2008-11-20T19:29:00Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Or Bear! No offense to all the Bears I’ve loved, but it’s been done to death. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/14 "2008-11-20T19:40:33Z")
Pfft. Pansy names. I think your Golden would respond better to something more ego-boosting, like [**THE HOG GUTTER**](http://www.pbase.com/lyn2spin/image/106096151)! You could call him ‘piggy’ for short :D. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/15 "2008-11-20T19:50:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > You could call him ‘piggy’ for short :D. One of our friends has a little dog named “Fatty.” The first few times I heard it I thought I had misheard, but she said I had not. Cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/16 "2008-11-20T20:35:15Z")
I had a friend who named his dogs Pork and Beans. It actually worked out rather well. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/17 "2008-11-20T20:43:47Z")
Well, you’ve got a Clover, call him Shamrock. Then he can be Rocky. That’s plenty masculine. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/18 "2008-11-20T20:48:56Z")
You could always go with the ever popular, Deogee. Seems to be all the rage on the intarwebs. ---
**Author:** ![bonitahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/19 "2008-11-20T20:51:25Z")
How bout Pita? (pain in the a\*\*) ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668/20 "2008-11-20T21:27:54Z")
Crimson. Has to be! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-my-new-pup/473668.md?page=2)