How do you pronounce your dog's name?

[Kfamr]

Just within a few days of having Kiara, SO many people have pronounced her name wrong.

No one's ever had troubles with Simba, but with Nala it's always something different.

So.. How do you pronounce your dog's name?




Simba = Sim-BUH
Nala = Nah-LUH
Kiara = Key-Are-UH

[ParNone]

I try to keep my dog's names simple so that they're easy for me to pronounce :) So I haven't had any issues with Maddie, Murph or Oz. Everybody gets those right. But I have noticed with Gully, most people say Scully. Guess more people know of X-files vs Gulliver's Travels and they can't wrap their mind around it actually being Gully. So I've started introducing him as "Gully as in Gulliver".

Par...

[4 Dog Mother]

Jack - j-ack
Snoopy - snoo-pee
Taggert - tag-gert
Oreo - o-re-o
Dazzi - day-ze - or like daisy

Sorry had to be smart aleck about the first 4. I didn't name Dazzi, the man who game me her did and his only stipulation was I keep her name and the way he spelled it and since he gave her, her kennel, her beds, her food, her toys, her leashes, her tie-outs, her brushes I did as he wished. If people just see the spelling they call her da (like in dad) zee.

[stacwase]

MM - AA - XX. Rhymes with stacks, Jacks, and Fax. Heheheheheheheheheheheh I'm so funny I just crack myself up.

[MariaM]

Major - may-jer

No one's had troubles yet!

[Tweety_Pie]

Honey - Hun-nee
Taffy - Taff-e

[LuckiLab03]

Riley = Ry-lee

[sirrahved]

Muffin- MUF-in, MUF-y, WOO-fy, SNOT-nose, FLUF-y....

I guess Muffin can be pronounced lots of different ways.

[ramanth]

Kia = Key-uh

Some have pronounced her name, 'K-eye-uh', but it's rare.

My friend Emily has a dog named Heywood and while taking him for a walk, the neighbor was calling him, "Heyward". *laughs*

[Samantha Puppy]

Samantha = Suh-man-thuh

[Aspen and Misty]

Nova- No vah
Connor - Con er
Breeze - (Like the wind or the car, O sorry) Bree z

Ash

[cloverfdx]

Clover: Clo-va, Four leaf Clover. Pun-kin ;)
Penny: Pen-ee
Theodore: The'-o- door
Elvis: Al-Vis

Yumi (Cat): Yu-me

[jazzcat]

Disney - just like DisneyWorld.:D

[binka_nugget]

:D I'm a sucker for unique names. With the unique names come lots of mispronunciation.

Kai: Eye with a K.. K-eye.

Kaedyn: Kay-din

Most people get Kai's name right. But once, someone thought I said "Daisy". :confused: How the heck do you get Daisy from Kai? LOL

Kaedyn has been called many things other than his actual name. One lady thought he was "Katie".

[molucass]

Felony-- Fell-uh-knee

Annie-- Ann-eee

Bailee-- Bay-lee

Molly-- Mol-eee

:p

[swimma253]

Meeka- Me-kuh

Rodney- Rod-nee

[tikeyas_mom]

Tikeya=(Te-kia)
Baby=(Bay-Bee)
Oscar=(Oss=cur)

[Dogz]

Otis- Oh-tis

Chubby- Chub-ee

Digger- Dig-er

Prince- Prince :p

[aly]

I don't think there's ever trouble or confusion with pronouncing Lolly and Reece correctly.

[heinz57_79]

Arthur = Arr-thurr

Anna = An-nuh

Charlie = Jar-lee

Chloe = (no one seems to be able to SPELL Chloe!) Klo-eee

Anyone have a dog named Bob? LoL :D

[DogLover9501]

Mine are all pretty easy :p

My nan NEVER says Jasper right, she has called him JASMINE, Jazz-pah...etc, ugh everything, sometimes she just calls him "the boxer" LOL! I even spelled it for her one time, and she still says it wrong.

[Toller 42]

tia: tee-uh
jesse: jess-ee
echo: ecko
tango: Tang-go

[joanofark]

Kally: Ka-lee
Duke: D-uke:p


and dont forget my baby who went to the rainbow bridge:(
Necko: Ne-co
RIP

[countrycowgirl]

Little Bit-Little Bit
Roxey-Rox-e
Chewie- chew-y

:D

[chocolatepuppy]

Lacey: lay-c
Mandy:man-d
binka_nugget I really had your dog's names screwed up!
Kay I think I finally have Kiara's right!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Sadie: Sade-ee Pretty easy.

[wolflady]

LOL LOL It's just like people mispronouncing my own name when it comes to my pets. Although, I usually have a tendency of choosing a little more off-the-wall names for both my cats and dog.

Priya = Pree-yah
Marius = Mar-ee-us
Sergei = ser-ghee
Scooter = well, nobody usually has any problems with that one! LOL :p

[lv4dogs]

Nanook (I think it's self explanitory)
Raustyk = rustic

[primabella]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
:D I'm a sucker for unique names. With the unique names come lots of mispronunciation.

Kai: Eye with a K.. K-eye.

Kaedyn: Kay-din

Most people get Kai's name right. But once, someone thought I said "Daisy". :confused: How the heck do you get Daisy from Kai? LOL

Kaedyn has been called many things other than his actual name. One lady thought he was "Katie".

LOL for awhile I had been pronouncing Kaedyn's name as Kai-din :o But it finally occured to me the "Kae" thing. Ha. :p

Mickey: Mick - ee
Pretty simple. :) No problems yet.

[ChrisH]

Originally posted by heinz57_79
... Anyone have a dog named Bob? LoL :D
*hand up* Yes! Me! :D :D

[heinz57_79]

Originally posted by ChrisH
*hand up* Yes! Me! :D :D

LoL Now there's a name I've always had problems with. hehehhe :D

[binka_nugget]

Originally posted by primabella
LOL for awhile I had been pronouncing Kaedyn's name as Kai-din :o But it finally occured to me the "Kae" thing. Ha. :p

LOL. I call them Kai-dyn when I refer to the two of them..hahaha.

[K9soul]

I don't think anyone could mess up Tommy unless perhaps they spoke a different language with different pronunciations. Tom-mee.

Tasha is pretty easy too, Tah-shuh, although I have had some people try to call her Sasha after I introduce her as Tasha. I guess Sasha is a more common name :)

[prechrswife]

MM - AA - XX. Rhymes with stacks, Jacks, and Fax. Heheheheheheheheheheheh I'm so funny I just crack myself up.

Aw, stacwase, you beat me to the punch!

Max and Oscar are pretty easy.

The one that gets us is one of our cat names--Saphirah is pronounced "sah-fear-ah."

[slleipnir]

Josie - jo-cee (not jo-zee. jo-zee is VERY wrong)
Zeke - Zeek..like seek..only zeke. NO clue how to explain that lol..

[cocker_luva]

Jesse: Je-SEE

Boone: BOO-n

[Twisterdog]

Well, most of my dogs' names are self-explanatory:

Lacie, Queenie, Lucky, Jack, Georgie, Twister, Pepper, Vanilla and Wishbone.


The ones that might be slightly confusing:

Keito - KEY-toe

Basil - BAY-zil

[MariaM]

binka_nugget: I always thought Kai was Kay and Kaedyn was Kaydin. I was like...hmmm wonder if they ever get mixed up??

[Cincy'sMom]

The only one of opurs I think may cause problems is Cincy
(Sin-See) and that is more likely if you aren't familiar with Cincinnati, Ohio, the "Queen City" our little girl was named after :)

Sadie (Say-dee) and Spot should be pretty easy :)

[fuzzbuttbuddy]

hey i knew that was kiaras name..lol...

d-von-t-a

Devante armoni von toms (full name)

[Amber]

Katie- Kay-tee

Elvis- El-vis

[slleipnir]

Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
The only one of opurs I think may cause problems is Cincy
(Sin-See) and that is more likely if you aren't familiar with Cincinnati, Ohio, the "Queen City" our little girl was named after :)

Sadie (Say-dee) and Spot should be pretty easy :)

For the longest time I always thought her name was Cindy LOL. Then one day I noticed it was Cincy..:o -is slow-

[Linda York]

I have three:

Oskar - Os-kar aka Oskar Meyer Wiener Wonder Dog
Macs - Max aka Mac Sausage Mac Muffin
Mr. T - Mister Tee aka Terribly Terrific "T" Dawg

My trio are little imps.

[cali]

Happy- happy lol
perky-Purr-key
Ripley-Rip-ley
Blair-bl-air
Misty-Mist-ee

people always pronounce my rabbits name wrong though

Kari does NOT = carry
Kari DOES = Car-ee

[Aspen and Misty]

Originally posted by primabella


Mickey: Mick - ee
Pretty simple. :) No problems yet.

I don't know if I ever told you this. But when you first posted about nameing him I always thought (probly for the first 2 or 4 months you had him) you named him Mike ee Like Mikey. Then I finally found out it was Mickey, like mickey Mouse. I was SHOCKED!!! But, when I read your post and such I still call him Mikey, I never call him Mickey. It's soooo weird to even think that his name is Mickey because to me for so long he has been Mikey. ::weird:: I can't imagine ANYONE calling him Mickey, only Mikey. :rolleyes:

<~~~Is weird, she knows!

Ash

[jenfer]

Gigi: g g (as in the letter "G")
:D

[Shelteez2]

Originally posted by Twisterdog


Basil - BAY-zil

Uh-oh! I've always read his name as Bah-zil...... LOL Now he will hate me......



My dogs are easy too.

Emily (although sometimes I drop the "I" and call her Em-Lee)

Clipse... As in Eclipse without the "E"... unless of course he's getting in trouble... then I use the "E" LOL

[Canis Amicus]

Rex ( Reh-ks).

Many people mistake for Roxy or Rox.

Enclosed a photo of him riding the bus on the way to dog school.

Rosana
and
Rex



edit: OMG I clicked the wrong photo, sorry!

[Ilovemydoggy]

Hehe..Patches - Patch-es..:p

[pitc9]

Buddy - Bud-E
Sierra - See-air-a

I ALWAYS have people calling her Sarah!!
Even some of my own family calls her Sarah!!

[wolf_Q]

Nebo Nee-bo Nee as in knee and bo as in go ... if that makes sense

Reggie Redge-ee ok so I couldnt quite figure out how to do that

Sydney Sid-nee

[Twisterdog]

Originally posted by Shelteez2
Uh-oh! I've always read his name as Bah-zil...... LOL Now he will hate me......

Nah, he doesn't care. He rarely pays attention anyway. :p

[Crikit]

Let's see Smudge is uh Smud-ge? it's hard to figure that one out it rhymes with pudge, and fudge though.

Winter is Win-ter like the season

and Tama is Ta as in what you say to a little kid to let go you know Ta and then it's Ma as in yo ma! so TA-Ma

[KYS]

I did not have a problem pronouncing Kiara,
because my sister's X boyfriend's daughter had that name. ;)


Rocky- Rock-key (no need to expain that one.) lol
Sheba- Shee-bah

[My Peanuts]

My guys have easy names.
Sylvia- Sil-V-ah
Harley- Har-Lee

[DJFyrewolf36]

Lets see...

Twilight: Twi-LITE or Twit, Twizzel, Twix...lol

[Sudilar]

Killian=kill'-ee-in
Shiloh=shy-low

[primabella]

Originally posted by Aspen and Misty
I don't know if I ever told you this. But when you first posted about nameing him I always thought (probly for the first 2 or 4 months you had him) you named him Mike ee Like Mikey. Then I finally found out it was Mickey, like mickey Mouse. I was SHOCKED!!! But, when I read your post and such I still call him Mikey, I never call him Mickey. It's soooo weird to even think that his name is Mickey because to me for so long he has been Mikey. ::weird:: I can't imagine ANYONE calling him Mickey, only Mikey. :rolleyes:

<~~~Is weird, she knows!

Ash

LOL Ash, I remember you sending me a PM telling me about this! I was even going to mention it in my reply but since it happened so long ago, I thought I might have maybe imagined it or gotten the person wrong.. :o Hahaha