Let's see...with our current pets, we have some of each. My husband had always wanted a dog named Max, so our first basset was named Max. We had also picked out Gus and Oscar as other good basset names, so they were both named before we got them. (Gus is our RB basset boy. ) Saphirah and Chloe were named after getting them, as was Samson, although I've always liked Samson as a name for a male cat.