# New Puppy Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247 "2014-05-12T05:17:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/1 "2014-05-12T05:17:05Z")
We had to put down our very loved 12 year old chocolate lab in January. Then we lost a great friend a few weeks later, and then my Dad in April… so suffice it to say it hasn’t been the best year so far. We just found a new puppy (3.5 weeks) but she isn’t quite ready to leave her mom yet so we have to wait a few weeks, and we need a name. She is a very sweet black Lab with English traits. She needs a name. So far my son is leaning to Bailey, or Sadie. Her “sister” is Wrigley and I’m leaning toward Riley but my son doesn’t like that. The line of labs has Mae as a middle name and it was also the middle name of the lab we lost so we plan to keep that. We’ve tried everything we can think of and nothing seems to fit. Any ideas from this creative group would be greatly appreciated. I’ll try to figure out how to post pictures. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/2 "2014-05-12T11:55:09Z")
How about “maggie millie molly mae”? ---
**Author:** ![VeronicaVanity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/74df32/32.png) [@VeronicaVanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VeronicaVanity)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/3 "2014-05-12T23:18:44Z")
Treacle Mae? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/4 "2014-05-13T00:46:22Z")
“Wrigley” is a relative? How about Spearmint? Cubbie? Ivy? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/5 "2014-05-13T01:45:13Z")
Oh, i like Ivy! That’s a good one, notfrommensa! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/6 "2014-05-13T02:20:18Z")
Ernie ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/7 "2014-05-13T02:30:21Z")
Had a puppy we called Puppy until I had to give him a real name before he got fixed and made one up (Corndog) at the front counter. He got used to answering to many names over the years, like Shithead or the names of any of the other dogs. He had a scar on the back of his head and Wife told kids that was where aliens sucked his brain out. They didn’t leave much behind, but he was nice. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/8 "2014-05-13T03:30:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Bailey Sadie Wrigley Riley Does it have to end in the diminutive ee sound? Sorry, not a fan. Athena. Hündin. It’s not like you have to call the dog by it’s first and middle names. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/9 "2014-05-13T04:37:17Z")
Ivy is great. For some reason, Pepper popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/10 "2014-05-13T04:49:50Z")
Layla. Ruby. Roisin’ Dubh, which is Black Rose in Gaelic. (I lost my Roisin Bhan, aka Rosie the white lab, last July, and I miss her immensely). (Dubh is pronounced Doo. Bhan, Vahn. If you’ve an ethnic background, name the dog " black" in your language of origin;)) I knew a writer who named all his dogs Pearl. We are getting a pup at the end of June, born 4/9. He’s going to need silver or blue in some form as part of his name. It’s fun to choose:) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/11 "2014-05-13T07:39:14Z")
She’s black? Name her “Snowball”. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/12 "2014-05-13T13:03:48Z")
Marella ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/13 "2014-05-13T13:41:40Z")
Daisy? Playing off the Wrigley: Fenway, Comiskey, Shea Fannie Mae? (Bad Dog! No bailout!) Sallie Mae? EDIT: Oh, and Puppy Pictures! We wants them! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/14 "2014-05-13T14:52:55Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > We had to put down our very loved 12 year old chocolate lab in January. Then we lost a great friend a few weeks later, and then my Dad in April… so suffice it to say it hasn’t been the best year so far. > > We just found a new puppy (3.5 weeks) but she isn’t quite ready to leave her mom yet so we have to wait a few weeks, and we need a name. She is a very sweet black Lab with English traits. She needs a name. > > So far my son is leaning to Bailey, or Sadie. Her “sister” is Wrigley and I’m leaning toward Riley but my son doesn’t like that. The line of labs has Mae as a middle name and it was also the middle name of the lab we lost so we plan to keep that. We’ve tried everything we can think of and nothing seems to fit. Any ideas from this creative group would be greatly appreciated. > > I’ll try to figure out how to post pictures. “English traits”? She drinks tepid beer? She refuses to rinse her dishes? She hates the Irish? I don’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/15 "2014-05-13T16:56:10Z")
Olive would be a swell name for a black Lab with “English traits”, whatever those are (“eats bad food” is the first thing that comes to mind, but that’s characteristic of all Labs). ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/16 "2014-05-13T19:37:22Z")
Further into baseball stadiums, how about Camden? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/17 "2014-05-14T13:52:18Z")
Fudge. That’s what I said when I came in here and found no puppy pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/18 "2014-05-14T14:05:43Z")
Yeah, what exactly are “English traits”? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/19 "2014-05-14T14:16:20Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Yeah, what exactly are “English traits”? Sorry, I’ve been swamped and hadn’t really looked at this for a while. English Labs are a bit shorter, stockier, and have squarer heads than American Labs. I’ve got to run but I’ll check back later. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-name/688247/20 "2014-05-14T15:29:03Z")
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