How did you name your dog?

I actually chose Bijou's name before we got Bijou! We were so excited to begin the process of adopting from a rescue or shelter and first sought an adorable beagle named Sully, but he found a home before we could meet him. We then pursued one of three black lab/coonhound mix siblings named Maggie, Ellie and Pearl, but realized that those sweet, teeny pups would grow to be much more than we could easily manage (they estimated the pups would grow to be 80 lbs of black lab/coonhound). By that time, we were feeling so emotionally involved with adopting that we couldn't wait to find "the right one" -- the next day, we found our little collie girl on Petfinder located 2-1/2 hours away at a rescue organization in a city I'd never even heard of! She was the only tri in a litter of sables and the last pup to be adopted from the litter. I had had her name in my head for weeks (I had wanted a feminine name and something that gave a nod to our French heritage), and so when I finally saw her little picture on Petfinder and then went to meet her and adopt her, I just knew that she was our Bijou. She'd never, ever been named, and she was already about 14 weeks when we met her! That seemed a little sad to me, but she'd been waiting for us to find her, I think. I'm so grateful we discovered our pretty little gem.

Gracie was so wobbly on her little puppy legs that she earned her name.

Beanie's name was picked out from a list of names we thought suited him.

Houston's name was the only large texas city name that i liked. his breeder wanted texas names because the sire's name was Texas.

Ginger's name was actually going to be Daisy. After we left the shelter, and on the four hour drive home I was thinking well maybe Crystal, so I kept switching between Daisy and Crystal. Before going home I stopped at PetsMart to pick up a crate. So, I put my puppy in the cart and we were walking around PetsMart, and of course people were coming up asking the puppy's name and I was telling them it was probably going to be Daisy or Crystal. Well, one of the times I was telling people that, Ginger looked up at me, and at that exact moment the name Ginger popped into my head. It was almost like she looked up and said it. So, as my nephew's wife says, if she picked the name Ginger there really isn't any need to think about it anymore. :)

Timber-- He has alot of wolf in him, and reminded me of a timber wolf. Also he has a T marking on his nose and I call that a "T" for Timber.:rolleyes: :)

Angel-- I named her after the tan dog on the move "lady & the tramp 2".

Patch-- He was already named from the musher I got him from.

Grizzly--(Timber's & Angel's pup) When he was born he was really dark, and he look like a little grizzly bear, so that is what I named him.

Arctic--(Timber's & Angel's pup) He is all white so I thought Arctic would fit him well. Also his dad (Timber) is my "timber wolf", and Arctic is my "arctic wolf". ;) :p

Cowboy Rex-- I was just going to call him Rex, but Aussies always make me think of western/horse kind of dogs:) . So I thought of Cowboy and added Rex with it.

Meeko-- He is named from the raccoon on the movie "Pocahontas".

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Originally posted by KBlaix
When we got Bitsy she was so small that Bitsy just fit. Of corse she's still small- 6lbs.

Charlie came with the name "shorty", we hated that name and had to change it. We wanted to pick something that sounded kind of simular and we liked the name Charlie. It fits him so well.

Buster came with his name and altho I wouldn't have picked that name, it really fits him to a tee. He is a buster.

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My first post in this thread was just a few days before I got Nacey. Nacey came with her name and we liked the name because it's so different. It fits her too. My friend wanted me to change her name to Lacey, but Lacey doesn't fit her at all.

We found Nova on Thanksgiving day, which of corse is in November. We gave her a name in remembrance of the day we found her. We never expected to keep her. We posted signs and when her owner finally called us a month later they didn't want her. We then decided to foster her until we found her a good home. We ended up falling in love with her and keeping her and had we given it more thought in the begining we probably would have chosen a different name. Nova really does fit her though.

I recall that my mother named Sadie.

alex the wonder dog is a bit complicated...alex means protector, when i hung the beware of dog on my newly bought fence, a close friend laughed, since she knows alex would give up everything in my house to a burgler for a dog cookie. the wonder dog part is from my sure belief that his first vet was on the way to killing alex by mismanaging his epilepsy. the "wonder and glory" of it is that he's survived that bad vet, and my stupidity to be a well loved 9 year old . with a great vet.
angel duke was named bert when i picked him up (his companion was ernie...yeah i know:rolleyes: ). duke had a lot of shoulder action, kind of a rolling gait like john wayne, a favorite actor,when he walked, hence the name duke