What's In A Name?

[luvofallhorses]

my first dog's name was Lucy..I had a dog named Daisy. I have a Buster and a Rocky. and I had a basset hound named Buddy.

Jenny is Jenny because my mom wanted to name her after my grandma (my mom's mother..) They spelled it Genny and my grandma's name was Geneva. I spelled it J-e-n-n-y, because it looks better!

Rocky is Rocky because we got him in a town named Rocker.

Buster is Buster because all would come out of my mouth when we first had him I would say "Buster Button" or get out of there Buster..so it stuck

Ginger is Ginger is because of her color. My mom's mother (my grandmother) named her that. My mom inherited her from my grandma (her mother) when she passed away in 2003.

and for the cats..

Miagi was going to be Simba, but my mom said everyone's cats are named that or dogs. She said Mowgli and the next thing that came out of her mouth was Miagi.

Tiger was already named, I wanted to name him Tigger, but Tiger just stuck.

According to listings on Dogster these are the top ten female dog names.

Lucy
Molly
Daisy
Maggie
Bella
Chloe
Sadie
Bailey
Zoe
Lola

Here are the top 10 male dog names.
Max
Buddy
Jake
Bailey
Charlie
Rocky
Toby
Jack
Buster
Oscar

[BOBS DAD]

Spot, well you just don't get much more classic then that!!

That also is very funny!!!

And oh well... yes, seems that most black lab mixes are Sadie (that was my brother's dog mix too).

P.S.
Dog-Names.us list these as their top 50???
1. Rocky 2. Lily 3. Amber 4. Jasper 5. Cinnamon 6. Princess 7. Max 8. Duke 9. Cody 10. Case 11. Dickens 12. Zoe 13. Sierra 14. Felix 15. Ace 16. Oliver 17. Wilson 18. Andrea 19. Jonathan 20. Hermione 21. Seth 22. Hudson 23. Daisy 24. Bryan 25. Bonnie 26. Ginger 27. Molly 28. Monica 29. Prince 30. Buster 31. Carly 32. Storm 33. Duchess 34. Sebastian 35. Lucy 36. Mickey 37. Jasmine 38. Jack 39. Clare 40. Muffin 41. Sammy 42. Willie 43. Mackenzie 44. Kiki 45. Madison 46. Salem 47. Sydney 48. Ziggy 49. Fido 50. Bucky
http://www.dog-names.us/popular-dog-names/

I think Uabasson's (Or maybe I'm just bitter because I have a very common name!) list is closer, BUT... I doo see an awful lot of our (PTers) names on Dog-Names' list!!!

Geeesh, I gotta get back to work!!!

[Kfamr]

26/50 on that list are PT dog names.

[Husky_mom]

well i like also not so common names, not that i dont like them but that just me i want unique more weird non traditional names

my (current) two still are not listed on the 50 list YAY!! Ninja and China

my former ones were (lets see if i can remember all )

Azabache, Lulu, Reyna, Cindy, Phantom, Cherry, Burro, Rusty (not a brown dog LOL), Andromeda, Billy, Bimbo, Mosh, Chanz, Ranma, Ranmita, Bruce, Zazcuach, Gizmo.............*scratches head*........... Leo, Ronin, Sargent, Silver, Blue, Tonta (now know as China), Ninja

ok i know i missed some but i had a LOT of passers by so.....

[joanofark]

All my past pet's names were..... (Cat's Green, dogs blue)

Simba, Striker, Moe, Chewy, Summer, Daisy, Necko, Kally, and Max........

[k9krazee]

Interesting thread!!

Jack is the only one of my dog's names that are on the top 50 (well, except Micki ). I'm actually surprised that Shadow isn't on the top 50, I always thought it was pretty popular, maybe its only here, lol.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I personally don't care for the old original names, I'd never name any of my dogs one of those by choice (if they came with the name, I might keep it). I like names that aren't too common (like Max, Buddy, etc.) but aren't really rare either...sort of in between I guess. I personally also don't like human names for dogs (which is why I wanted to change Morgan's name)..

[Uabassoon]

For easter I went over to a realatives house. I wanted to laugh when one of the people there introduced me to their new baby boy named Payson. I couldn't help but think "that's a dog's name!". Then I realized Payson makes a nice name for a little boy as well.

[flamepony12]

But what could you expect if someone called out, "Mackenzie"???

It's never been a problem for me! I actually get a lot of people telling me they like her name. heheh.

[dogzr#1]

Molly was named that because my mom had a golden retriever when she as little named Molly. Prince because my neibor had two Chihuahuas name King and Queen, so a new chi would fit being named Prince. For Astra, my brother picked her name. We wanted her to have a 'different' name because it was 'different' to see a pure white, blue eyed dog.

Previous names have been:
Huey, Evee, Max, and Gizmo.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I personally like the name... it wasen't my chpice to name her Sadie, it was my mom's. At first, we were going to name her 'Shadow'.

[Misty_Pearl]

I love names and naming my furkids, I can be as creative as I like. All of my furkids get at least 2 names as in a first name and middle name; then of course they all have their respective nick names. Most of the old names I don't like. I love the name Molly however. I had a doll when I was little named Molly and before I settled on Pearl's name Molly was in the running!

Dogs:
Black Pearl (call name Pearl)
Misty Angel (call name Misty)
Tristan Blue Boy (call name Tristan)
Lil' Cobra Dance (call name Boomer)
Minnie Lou (call name Minnie)

Cats:
Brim Stone (call name Brimmy or Hellcat)
Penelope Pringle (call name Nellie)
Egyptian Velvet (call name E.V. or Eve)
Ghost Kerchief (call name Ghost)
Melinda Sue (call name Melinda)
Miss Kitty

Ferrets:
Mohawk Jo (call name Mojo)
Isabelle Raine (call name Isabelle/Izzy)
Ohanna Ruby (call name Ohanna)

Skunks:
Clancy BoRegard (call name Bo)
Izabo Paige (call name Izabo)

Raccoon:
Zorro (call name zorro; still working on a middle name suggestions are welcome )
I have a wonderful name picked out for a little girl also.

Rat:
Titan Ratford (call name Titan)

Turtle:
Lil LocNess (call name Nessa)

[IRescue452]

Ghost Kercheif? Do I sense a touch of neopets?

[Misty_Pearl]

Ghost Kercheif? Do I sense a touch of neopets?

ya... just a touch

[gemini9961]

I have a Sadie and a Maggie, both of which are in the top 10 lists. I never looked up names for dogs when we got Sadie. It took me just about a day to come up with her name and it just "fit" her. I didn't know Sadie was such a common name when I chose it. When we got Maggie, I wanted another "ie" name to go with Sadie and I wanted a name that "fit" her as well. I like my girls name it end with "ie" so henceforth Sadie and Maggie. Any future female dog I have will be named Zoie, just like Zoey or Zoe but with the "ie" ending. Yes, they are cutesy, girly names but I like the names and they "fit" my 2 very well. Grant came with his name and hubby did not like any of my other name suggestions so we kept Grant. I have yet to come across another dog named Grant so I'm guessing that's not a usual dog name.