# Not-Jack Names for a One-eyed puppy..? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205 "2002-07-10T06:59:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 10, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/21 "2002-07-10T16:50:39Z")
You could get him an eyepatch and call him “Patch”. or “Buccaneer” (You’d probably shorten to Buck) StG ---
**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:** [July 10, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/22 "2002-07-10T16:50:52Z")
You could get him an eyepatch and call him “Patch”. or “Buccaneer” (You’d probably shorten to Bucky) StG ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/23 "2002-07-10T17:40:13Z")
Mike Blake Apollo Casey Dylan Wylie Or you could do like Steven Wright says and name him Stay. Come Stay, come Stay, come Stay. Good luck with your new doggie. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/24 "2002-07-10T21:12:30Z")
LOL at **ejrn** ’s suggestion, and I have to agree: **King** is the only possible name! ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/25 "2002-07-10T22:02:17Z")
I used to have a girlfriend with two one-eyed cats. They were brothers. One had a left eye, and one had a right. When they stood next to each other, it was like one big, freaky, 8-legged cat. We called them Popeye and Stinkeye. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/26 "2002-07-11T00:23:46Z")
I’m surprised our 2 favorite alien invaders from The Simpson haven’t popped in with their names, so I’ll do it for them. **Kang** **Kodos** ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Bianca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@Miss\_Bianca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Bianca)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/27 "2002-07-11T00:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ejrn \* > \*\*In the land of the blind, the one-eyed dog is **King**.🙂 \*\* This is hysterical, as well as making use of one of my favorite and most frequently used expressions (especially appropriate in workplace contexts). I third this suggestion. If you just don’t like the name **King** or think you’d get tired of explaining it to people, then **Duncan** , **Davis** , and **Nelson** make excellent dignified-yet-secretly-amusing doggie names. ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/28 "2002-07-11T00:38:11Z")
Hathaway ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/29 "2002-07-11T00:50:11Z")
[Wotan](http://www.wagner-nsw.org.au/gallery/johnwegner.html) [Drosselmeyer](http://www.royalopera.org/Synopses/index.cfm?ccs=78&cs=79) (not the picture, that’s a rat) Okay, wrong species, but here’s an [Odin](http://www.geocities.com/cleospost/odin.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/30 "2002-07-11T05:47:08Z")
I’m kinda partial to \*\* Duncan, \*\* but the SO isn’t going for it so far. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/31 "2002-07-11T06:04:09Z")
I don’t have a name, but wanted to voice my support for “King.” Nice work, **ejrn**. ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/32 "2002-07-11T06:07:01Z")
There was a sweet one-eyed foster kitty at the ARK, and we called it Wink. It was a really cute name. Or Winken, of the Winken, Blinken and Nod… Or… Harley, Winston, Moses, Major Tom, Beau, or Lance. ---
**Author:** ![unixrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3ec8ea/32.png) [@unixrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unixrat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/33 "2002-07-11T14:17:50Z")
Puddles. Smudge. De-oh-gee. All good ones. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/34 "2002-07-11T15:31:36Z")
In the _Odyssey_ the cyclops’ name was Polyphemus. That can easily be shortened to Poly. And if you train him to attack evil computer types who invent viruses, you can always say, “Poly want a hacker?” ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/35 "2002-07-11T15:33:21Z")
What a little cutie! Uhm… hows about Monocle (or Mono), Bang, Degas or Teddy (after Teddy Roosevelt)? ---
**Author:** ![brainychick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@brainychick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainychick)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/36 "2002-07-11T19:43:30Z")
How about Peeper? Most creatures have two peepers, so using the singular for this dog would fit. Plus, the name has a cute, diminutive quality to it. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/37 "2002-07-11T19:55:55Z")
I suggest **Doig** (pronounced ‘Doyg’). That’s a dog with one i. And it kinda goes with Stoid. (Dogi works too.) ---
**Author:** ![QueenAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/d26b3c/32.png) [@QueenAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QueenAl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/38 "2002-07-11T21:47:33Z")
I now long for a one-eyed puppy of my own, just so that I can use one of these excellent names. (Well, I want a dog anyway, I’m just adding excuses to the pile). ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/39 "2002-07-11T23:54:59Z")
Bojangles In tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. Or: 1. Peeper 2. Blink 3. Max (short for IMAX) 4. Spy Or, just call him Eye. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/40 "2002-07-12T03:36:51Z")
I wanted to vote for King also. Also posted because yesterday was my dog’s birthday (she’s 6), and her name is…Maggie… (it’s also my aunt Margaret’s bday, which is how the dog got her name. And, naturally, the dog hates her) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205.md?page=3)