Once I name an animal, it stays! Clark didn't have a name because he was starting to be trained to fight, just a nickname "little Man" so we decided to call him Clark. Layla was Lady. 1. It was TOO common, 2. my mom's old golden she had when she was my age was named Lady because her registered name was Lady something of Woodlawn. I really wanted Layla to be Dalyla ( I have no clue about spelling, but I would want to spell it different.) My mom didn't like it and I suggested Dilly which she hated and she suggested Lyla which I hated and then we found Layla and we loved it. Niņo they said was Nino but we think the previous owners thought they were asking gender and so said little boy but we'll never know!