How did you decide on your dog(s) name(s)?

[Suki Wingy]

Kay I was just as obsessed with TLK as you, in fact, I still visit this site:http://fanart.lionking.org/ occasionally, and have an account. My favorite characters are Sarabi and Sarafina.

Niño's (pronounced Neenyo) "name" was Nino. (pronounced Neeno) We suspect that at the shelter they were asking the previous owners (an eldery hispanic lady and her adult daughter) what his name was and they thought they were asking them what gender, so they replied "little boy". I liked the name but changed it to Niño. As for next dogs, I have a list several pages long of rregestered names for Dalmatians, with (L) or (B) and (D) or (B) after for liver or black and dog or bitch. I plan on breeding Dalmatians when I "grow up."
My first dog will be a liver male named (hopefully) JLS Mezzo Mixxx after the drink Mezzo Mix. His call name will be Mixer. As for Clark and Layla, Clark is a "super dog" and Layla was named Lady at first. My mom had a golden named Lady before, so I wanted to change it to Delylah, and she said it was too long, so I said I would call her Dilly for short, my mom didn't like it so she suggested Liela, which I absolutly hate as a name, but I loved Layla. My stepdad used to sing her the song.

[wolf_Q]

Nebo--named after a mountain in Utah. Not one of the names I originally had picked out for a husky, I just thought of it and it seemed to fit him.

Reggie--name suggested by my brother, it's just one we all decided on I guess.

Sydney--my sister named her that

Smokey (RB)--I was 2 when we got him...I think it's just what the kids wanted to name him, after his black coloring.

[cocker_luva]

jesse was named after my then best friend Jessica

[slleipnir]

Hmm...

Josie- I couldn't really think of anything. I had just read a book with a girl named Josie in it..so I guess I thought of it, and liked it.

Zeke- was watching tour of duty a lot at the time. I loved the character Zeke Anderson. I thought he was so cool, and I had not heard the name Zeke a lot. I thought it would be such a cute name

[slleipnir]

Originally posted by Suki Wingy
Kay I was just as obsessed with TLK as you, in fact, I still visit this site:http://fanart.lionking.org/ occasionally, and have an account. My favorite characters are Sarabi and Sarafina

I have an account too there..but I stopped with it cause they won't let you do duplications..if you do, you're a copier and a theif. I hated being treated like a thief for a couple drawings I did using a reference. (if doesn't even look as good so I duno why they did that) it was so annoying so I didn't bother. For me, using a reference gets me started on the style and how to do it on my own eventually

I use to have TLK movie memoried...every single word...I have A LOT of TLK stuffed animals and stuff too..-___-

[Fox-Gal]

Rocky and Brandy came to me with those names, I couldn't change them.

Mooch, got her name because that's what she does, Mooches food off ever body.

Tuffy, was named after a Bennie Baby. I let a child name him. So my husband calls him Booba, now. He hates Tuffy as a name. Don't know where Booba came from.

Odie, was because he's just like Odie on Garfield, lets cats pick on him.

[gemini9961]

Sadie I just came up with. I liked it and it was a girlie name. Maggie, well all of my dogs names now are gonna have to end in "ie" so when we got Maggie it was hard to pick a name because like Sadie I wanted a girlie name so hence came Maggie.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by k9krazee
[

Wow, I just thought of doing a thread like this the other day!

Spooky - I was thinking the same thing! My four furkids were all named by my daughter as follows:

Rabbit - Duncan (from the band Blue)
Budgie - Nemo (as in Finding....)
Brody - after Adam Brody from The OC and
Tobey - as in MacGuire (Spiderman was the film of the moment)

[pitc9]

Sierra's name was Kira (Keer-ah) when we adopted her, then my hubby named her Sierra after the truck.

Buddy was Barry when we adopted him, the name did NOT fit him, while I was trying to come up with a fitting name I just started calling him Buddy because I didn't have a name for him yet then the name just stuck.

[Suki Wingy]

Originally posted by slleipnir
I have an account too there..but I stopped with it cause they won't let you do duplications..if you do, you're a copier and a theif.

really? I do for most and they don't say anything to me. I use mostly photographs and try to be semi realistic.

[kimboe]

Camen was Spike when we adopted him, which i hated!
Plus, he didn't even answer back when i called him.
He only came when i yelled "Come on" so then i decided to call him "Ca Mon" but, he still came when i yelled for him.
then my boyfriend stated to get lazy to pronouce that so he started to call him Caman and then i wrote it as Camen.
So that's how Camen got his name transformed!
True Storey

[jesse_3]

Jesse got her name because my RB Jewel was the only J in our family, we had Soxs and Sammy, and Jewel. We also had Echo, but we couldn't come up with a good name that started with E! So, now we have Jesse!

Sammy got her name because my mom always wanted a pet named Sammy.

Autumn got her name because she's a tortie, with autumn colors. And Peek-a-Boo because she always finds unique places to hide!

oops, Autumn and Boo are kitties!

[Bigyummydog]

The first time we met, he was in the back of a pickup. As I was reaching for him, he growled at me. I thought it was the funniest thing. So, one day, I was watching this tiny lil' thing stomping around the yard and chasing bugs and getting into everything. I knew he needed a big strong name. MAXIMUS was a Roman General. That was the first and only name I thought of. This is what I was naming.....do you think it fit?



Look at those sweet grrrrr lips.

[JenBKR]

Originally posted by Bigyummydog
The first time we met, he was in the back of a pickup. As I was reaching for him, he growled at me. I thought it was the funniest thing. So, one day, I was watching this tiny lil' thing stomping around the yard and chasing bugs and getting into everything. I knew he needed a big strong name. MAXIMUS was a Roman General. That was the first and only name I thought of. This is what I was naming.....do you think it fit?



Look at those sweet grrrrr lips.

OMG sooo cute! His name definitely fits!

[Vette]

I named three of my pets by their coat colors or markings.
i named a 55 pound Aussie. Shepherd mix Muffin.. because she was blue merle,, and she had some round markings that reminded me of muffins... my parents liked the name too.. so thats what she was stuck with..LOL

as for my cat Cheetoo... in her younger years,, she more orangish in color,, and she had a kink on the end of her tail that reminded me of a Cheetos snak... i added the extra 'o' for uniquness..

and as for Kirby.. well he came named. but she told me that she named him that because when he was a puppy,, he used to do a lot of sniffing around..

and then theres Shady. another pet i named because of coloring. shes all black.. and reminded me of a shadow.. my dad was calling her Shadow for a while,, but i decided to rename her Shady to sound more girlish.

i have no idea how i came up with name Stella for my other cat.. think it just popped my head. LOL