# So, What's the Name of Your Dog(s)? And, Where Did it Come From? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468 "2007-04-10T13:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/1 "2007-04-10T13:35:29Z")
Out of curiosity… What kind of dog(s) do you have? What did you name them? And, why did you choose that particular name? I did a search, and oddly, didn’t find a poll of dog names! I know many of you, like myself, are proud of your pets. And, I was just wondering… Whats up with your pooch!? My dog is a 3/4 Rottie and 1/4 Black Lab named **Prime Minister Boomer von Shitferbreath**. You can call him Boomer. He pretty much looks like an all black Rottweiler, and he earned his name from his hearty attempts at barking like a big dog as a puppy. He’s now 3 and a half years old and is 115 lbs of thunder. Ahhh… the #1 Troop! ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/2 "2007-04-10T13:54:51Z")
I’ve got a (mostly) rhodesian ridgeback named Tango. She was named by an ex GF who misspoke Spanish. Apparently she was supposed to be Tengo–as in “Yo tengo un perro.” But the ex had a bit of a southern accent, so no one understood. Now she goes by Tango, Dug, ,T, occasionally Slobbydog Milosovic, and a new one, P.J., since she’s getting old, taking painkillers for arthritis and has become a Puppy Junky. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/3 "2007-04-10T14:04:19Z")
Original dearly-departed pug was named Chang Lee. Sounded chinese and, well, pugs supposedly came from there. I wanted to name the second pug Su Ling but was outvoted by the rest of the clan so she is Jade instead because, well, Jade is conceived as a popular chinese gemstone. The chihuahua is named Isa which was selected from a list of spanish feminine names. There are also nicknames too numerous to count. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/4 "2007-04-10T14:25:12Z")
My golden retriever is named Dolly. On the long trip to go get her when she was a puppy, my mom and I milled over a lot of names. We couldn’t think of a good one. The people we bought her from said they’d named her Dolly after Dolly Parton, because she “sings” when she yawns (she still does). My folks had just come back from visiting Tennessee, including Dollywood, so we thought that was a pretty good name. She has grown into her name really well, too. She is very blonde, has a skinny waist, and a very large chest for a girl (she actually gains her weight up front, not in her belly). I gave her a middle name of Louise, just because it sounds cool when you give her that “I am angry enough to call you by your full name” voice, and even though that’s not Dolly Parton’s middle name, it sounds like it could be! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/5 "2007-04-10T14:30:09Z")
I’ve got a mutt, we think he’s half lab/ half springer spaniel. His name is **Cash** , after Johnny Cash, because he is The Dog in Black. He is all black except for a white patch on his chest. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/6 "2007-04-10T14:34:27Z")
Our dog is an Australian Silky Terrier cross something else. The pet shop said Chihuahua but we think he is more likely a Maltese. We called him Milford after [Milford Sound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Sound) in New Zealand. We wanted to name him after somewhere in NZ and we thought [Doubtful](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubtful_Sound) sounded a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/7 "2007-04-10T15:02:22Z")
A golden named Daisy, bymy wife, after the Bumsteads’ dog. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/8 "2007-04-10T15:03:56Z")
I have two dogs, that given space, I will go on forever about. Since you are just asking names, you are fortunate. I name my animals after birds. My Smooth Border Collie, Gavia, is named after the Loon. (Black and White, Minnesota bird, kind of crazy…) My Pyrennean Shepherd is called Corbi. Her registered name is La Brise Corbeau Doree, which means La Brise’s Golden Raven. I love the Corvids, and wanted to name her after the brightest bird out there. She is, and she flies. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/9 "2007-04-10T15:08:17Z")
Ladybug was named by her previous owners. She is a lab mix, and is about 11 years old. She also goes by Bug, Boo and Boogie. Jasmine was named for the jasmine vine that was in bloom when I got her. She is a blackmouth curr mix and is 5. She goes by Jazz and Doofus. [My](http://picasaweb.google.com/r.g.russ/TheTroubleagainMenagerie/photo#5033030434586020866) [girls](http://picasaweb.google.com/r.g.russ/TheTroubleagainMenagerie/photo#5033030434586020898), [Ladybug](http://picasaweb.google.com/r.g.russ/TheTroubleagainMenagerie/photo#5033030434586020882) [and](http://picasaweb.google.com/r.g.russ/TheTroubleagainMenagerie/photo#5033030945687129186)[Jasmine](http://picasaweb.google.com/r.g.russ/TheTroubleagainMenagerie/photo#5033030945687129154). ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/10 "2007-04-10T15:13:36Z")
Clilfford, my Italian Greyhound, came with his name from the rescue place. They had an animated dogs naming convention (others were Scooby and Snoopy). There is a tad of irony there, in that my Clifford is knee-high and weighs about 13 pounds, but the TV Clifford is as big as a house. He is mostly black with white “spats” and chest so he looks red carpet ready at any time so my mom started calling him “The Cary Grant of Dogs”. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/11 "2007-04-10T15:14:05Z")
Dino is either a samoyed or an eskie…I adopted him from an animal hospital and even the vet wasn’t sure what he is. Anyway, I brought him home and tried to figure out what to call him. For two weeks, he ran around named “puppy”. I kept looking at him hoping a name would come to me. So some movie or other came on TV and it was produced by Dino De Laurentiis. The name “Dino” jumped out at me. He really just looks like a “Dino”. Wish I had a picture to post. OP, I like your username. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/12 "2007-04-10T15:19:05Z")
I have a Westie named Haplo, because he’s 14 and when I got him I was a teenager and still read Weis and Hickman books. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/13 "2007-04-10T15:23:30Z")
My female Jack Russell is named Scout, for the character in To Kill A Mockingbird. [She](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=88bare2.jpg&.src=ph) is the one lying on my wife’s knee. The male, Buddy, is sitting upright. He belongs to my oldest son. I don’t know where the name came from. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/14 "2007-04-10T15:27:14Z")
I had a cocker spaniel named Lady. She was named after Lady Jane Grey, England’s nine-days’ queen, because I was reading a biography when I got her, but everyone thought she was named after “Lady and the Tramp.” When she was 14 I decided to get a puppy. I got a little cocker boy and named him Linus, because it started with “L” to go with Lady and I thought it was a cool name. Two weeks later, Lady died. I didn’t want to raise an “only” puppy and I was concerned about my ability to give the little guy the attention and love he deserved, because I was really broken-hearted about Lady. So my parents gave me a second puppy for my birthday, a little girl, with the proviso that I name her “Lucy” to go with Linus. So now I have two 2 year old blond cockers, Linus and Lucy. Lucy goes by Lulu and Linus seems to go by Dammit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/15 "2007-04-10T15:28:16Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] My female Jack Russell is named Scout, for the character in To Kill A Mockingbird. [/QUOTE] I named my first foster-kitties Scout and Jem… Good name! ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/16 "2007-04-10T15:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] My golden retriever is named Dolly. … they’d named her Dolly after Dolly Parton, because she “sings” when she yawns (she still does). [/QUOTE] I can relate… When Boomer yawns he emits a low frequency “Yaaaaa” followed by the sound of his mouth closing _CLOMP!_ [QUOTE=AHoosierMama] …calling him “The Cary Grant of Dogs”. [/QUOTE] The Boom gets all excited when he hears the word handsome… It’s rediculous. He automatically assumes it’s all about him. RucciFace, TY! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/17 "2007-04-10T15:34:29Z")
[QUOTE=DustyButt] Out of curiosity… What kind of dog(s) do you have? What did you name them? And, why did you choose that particular name? [/QUOTE] Shetland Sheepdog (sheltie) Daisy- because I had thought about naming my daughter that but felt it was too old-fashioned. Plus, the puppy looked like a Daisy! Scout is her middle name- from _To Kill A Mockingbird_- again, I couldn’t name my daughter scout, so the dog got it! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/18 "2007-04-10T15:41:53Z")
My dog is Maggie May. She was left at our clinic in the month of May, so Maggie May just came up as a name. I did name her but I never intended to keep her and she was a clinic dog for a while before she came home with me. I don’t really like the name actually but she grew into it. Sometimes she is called Maggot, Maggadocious, Magnadoodle and just Mag or Mags, which all seem to fit better than Maggie May which is now only used when she’s in trouble. She’s sort of an odd looking pitt mix, maybe with cattle dog. I think pitts are much maligned but we won’t get into that here. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/19 "2007-04-10T16:11:49Z")
My 11 year old sheltie is named Cherokee Blaze. He was the first purebred dog I ever had. His momma’s name was Apache Blaze, so we named him Cherokee Blaze. He used to be very fast, too! He goes by Blaze. He’s also called fat-belly boy, Blaze Puppy, Angel Pie, and Barky McBarksalot. He’s my sweetie! My stray black Lab, about 3 years old, is called Lucy. I found her about a year ago. We went through a bunch of names before my husband and I could agree on one. She goes by Lucybelle, Lucy Goosey, and Shadow (she follows me _everywhere_!) I love her a lot, too. She likes to sit on my lap! :eek: She weighs 50 pounds! We snuggle in the recliner together. I want another dog, but my family says “NO!!!” very loudly. I swear I could be the crazy hoarding dog lady… ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468/20 "2007-04-10T16:22:12Z")
Pembroke Welsh Corgi named “Tegan”. We wanted a female Welsh name, and Tegan (a Welsh female name) was also the name of one of my favorite Dr. Who travelling companions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-name-of-your-dog-s-and-where-did-it-come-from/399468.md?page=2)