# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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 12, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/41 "2002-07-12T04:35:31Z")
I like Peeper! But I always have to get approval from the other half. He’s more conservative than I. Today we’ve played around with non-eye related names: \*\* Elmo, Calvin and Homer. \*\* I’m pretty partial to Homer. We’re also toying with: \*\* Amos Dumpling Gomer Jethro Malcolm Maynard Rhett Rupert Otis Oliver \*\* I woke up this morning with the name \*\* Otis \*\* in my head. This is hard. A name that is cute on a puppy isn’t necessarily great on a grown dog, and a great name for a grown dog sometimes seems a little silly on a puppy. And of course…who is he? I still don’t know. Except he’s cute as hell! ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/42 "2002-07-12T05:00:59Z")
yeah, Cyclops. He has both eyes!!! ---
**Author:** ![renigademaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@renigademaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renigademaster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/43 "2002-07-12T05:29:54Z")
The name William just popped into my head. He seems like a William to me. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/44 "2002-07-12T10:12:40Z")
Moshe? [like Moshe Dayan] Bowie? [as David Bowie] I loved \*\* doig \*\* ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/45 "2002-07-12T11:34:26Z")
Snake Plissken Tuco Rooster Lefty Errol Flynn (tangents to the pirate theme) Dale Chihully Rochefort Actually he looks like an Alex to me. What a sweet face. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/46 "2002-07-12T12:01:10Z")
We have a one-eyed cat named **Clarence**. He was named that way at the sheklter, I suspect by a refugee from the 1960s who remember Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion. So we have Clarence the One-Eyed Cat. If you don’t like Clarence ('cause you’ve got a dog) and you prefer the 1950s, you could go with **Flying Purple People Eater**. Especially if, like the Grinch, you “tie a big Horn to the top of his head.” ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/47 "2002-07-12T12:03:33Z")
He looks like a Calvin. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/48 "2002-07-12T14:40:31Z")
I think Homer (the poet) WAS blind. . . ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/49 "2002-07-13T06:36:52Z")
Too too too cute. What a sweetie. Someone kicked that precious baby in the head? :mad: Well my suggestions don’t have anything to do with having one eye, I just like them. I’ve always thought Jake was a cute name for a male dog. I also like Duke even though it’s completely unoriginal. ---
**Author:** ![Necris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@Necris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necris)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/50 "2002-07-13T18:12:16Z")
Its not nice to give him a one eyed name…it would hurt his feelings and think about what the hot bytches wud think of it!..name him Necris to make him cool with the chickas!..okay okay…how about Terry? he looked like a Terry to me. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/51 "2002-07-14T02:34:11Z")
I don’t know, I think you oughta go with something like ‘Max’, ‘Spike’ or ‘Iggy’ On the other hand, I’ve never been very good at naming things. My last goldfish was called Ichabod. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205/52 "2002-07-14T03:02:42Z")
I like Max and Homer, but I think I need more pictures to really be able to reach any kind of a decision. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-jack-names-for-a-one-eyed-puppy/118205.md?page=2)