Hope this hasen't been done before......

[misterduke]

When we got Duke, my husband and I wanted a name that suited him for sure. He was the biggest in the litter, the only one that was of his colour and quite timid at first. When we got him we looked him over real good for specific feature or anything that triggered something. His paws. They were huge. So my husband just said: "Hey put up your dukesdukes " So, that where DUKE came from.

[Lexi_Lover]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
I'm planning on getting a female border within the next year or two so that one will be named Keiko. We had already decided on the name Keiko before we got Kai.

My friends have an aussie named Kaeko too! Spelled differently though!

[Daisy and Delilah]

We were waiting for Daisy to be old enough to bring home so I started searching for names on the internet. Since she is a white chihuahua with very light cream colored spots, I wanted something to fit her color if I could think of a good one. I considered Vanilla(Nilla for short), Sugar, Cream, and a million others. Finally, I thought some daisies are white and she is as precious as a little Daisy so that's what I stayed with. She is so delicate and petite that her name just fits her perfectly. Delilah already had her name when we adopted her. She had a twin brother and her original family named them Samson and Delilah. Unfortunately, Samson was killed by a car and is no longer with us. What a shame, I would love to have been able to adopt both of them!! Her original human Dad had to go to a nursing home so he couldn't keep her so we were lucky enough to get her. He called her Delilah Peanuts for some unknown reason. I dropped the "Peanuts" part of her name right after we brought her home. It wasn't long until I offered her a peanut one day and then I discovered where that name came from. She loves peanuts!! Once again, she is Delilah Peanuts!
Terry(Daisy and Delilah's Mom)

[Suki Wingy]

Clark:
My mom was just saying random names, and we liked it because he was a SUPER PUP! LOL
Layla:
I liked Delyla but my mom said it was too long and that I needed a nick name, so I said Dillie, after the maid in a book I liked. She hated it and suggested Lyla *pronounced: Lie-luh* But I (and to this day) HATE it. I guess it just sounds awfull to my ears. I loved Layla though, so it stuck.
Niño's name at the shelter was Nino, but we knew that the word for little boy in Spanish is Niño so we made the second "n" an ñ. We think there was a miscommunication and that his previous owners were telling then what sex he was and that he had another name, but we aren't sure. I call him Boy as a nick name a lot.

[Kevin Farmer]

when maximus was a puppy, he was a little round forceful thing...he would stomp around like he owned the place...demanding all the attention....and i had just watched 'gladiator' with russel crowe...i thought the name fit...turns out it fit pretty good...

[flamepony12]

Mackenzie- I was only 7, for pete's sake. In third grade, there was a girl in my class named Mackenzie, and I guess I liked that name~ hence the name of my 7 year old baby watweever.

Zeus- I was 12 when we got him. When we were coming up with names for him, I told my mom that I wanted a name for him that would match his attitude. He definitely lives up to his powerful name!! Zeus was almost named Ziggy..hehe.

Muffin I was 9 when we got Muffin. She was originally Lolly, but she didn't respond to that name. When we were in the playroom, we were throwing out names, seeing if she would look around for any. Right when I said, "Muffin," she came running over into my lap!

[cyber-sibes]

I was just thinking about it after I came up with Docker's name...

I must have missed an earlier thread - how did you come up with Docker? Sounds like there's a story there!

I already posted about my dogs, but I want to tell you how my cats got their names cause it's a cute story-
We bought brother kittens for my sons one Easter. my older son (6) said he wanted to name his "after a great cat-hero", and named him Puss-In-Boots.
My younger son (3) took his outside, held him up as high as he could, and pronounced in a loud voice "I will name him Chow Chow!" I laughed so hard, it looked just like the scene in Roots when Kunta Kinte is named (Roots had just come out).
Puss-In-Boots ran off to find himself a new home when we moved a long time ago, but ChowChow is still here with me - he's 16 years old, and he's my soul-kitty, one of my best fur-friends ever!

[LKPike]

Jillians name, and actually - JILLIAN came from my last dalmatian, Joyce. My ex and I thought itd be good for Joyce to have a sister, and we thought it would be funny to name her a "J" name like Joyce, because in germany J is pronounced Y so none of our friends could ever get it right. Jillian was meant to be Joyces sister, but then there was a huge fight, blah blah, I came back to america to be with my mom who was at that time struggling with court battles. I started dating my now fiance, Les and he kinda pushed me into getting another dal even though I didn't feel 100% (emotionally) ready. But once I saw little Jillies eyes I couldnt say no! thank god I didnt, even though she has problems (epilepsy) I'd never, never trade her. Shes my animal soulmate.

Her name comes from one of my favorite bar/clubs in america - Jillian's.

[LKPike]

Originally posted by cyber-sibes

My younger son (3) took his outside, held him up as high as he could, and pronounced in a loud voice "I will name him Chow Chow!"

LOL!!!

[anna_66]

Roxey-driving home after picking her up we heard the song "Roxanne" by Sting. It just seemed to fit her, so Roxey it was.

Huney-she was dumped out in the country and a co-worker of mine had told me (I'm guessing it was because our chow Keisha had died not too long before that) about it. So my niece and I drove out and found her. We chased her forever and finally with a treat from the neighbor and some coaxing we got her in the car. We weren't planning on keeping her so I just kept calling her Honey and she'd always come to me. Well when we decided this was to be her new home I thought the name fit her and she always responded to it (plus she was a pretty honey color). So Huney it was!

Bon-he is named after Bon Scott from AC/DC (we had to keep it going since Angus was from Angus Young of AC/DC also). My husband knew that this was the name he wanted our next dog to be so I just had to find the dog that fit it..and did I ever

[slleipnir]

Josie - Couldn't think of a name I wanted, and I was reading a book with a character named Josie. I liked it and thought it was a little different.

Zeke - The show Tour of Duty. I use to watch that show all the time, and I loved the character 'Zeke' (plus I loved the name)

[Cincy'sMom]

Sadie was a name my husband picked...his neighbor growing up had a dog named Sadie and he liked the name. Before we met her, we knew she was black and white, and so we had talked about wither Sadie or Panda. Once we met her, we knew Sadie was the better name, as it means "princess" and boy is she!!

Cincy was named after the University of Cincinnati, where Ralph and I both went to college and met. She is my Roly-Poly Cincy Bear (Bearcats are the UC mascot)

Spot was named by his former family. We thought about changing it, but in the end, kept it.

[luvofallhorses]

Rocky-we got him in a town called Rocker
Ginger-because of her colour
Jenny-well it is supposed to G-e-n-n-y since
my grandmother's name is Geneva my mom
added a nny and well I spell it Jenny cause
it looks better
Buster-we were going to call him
Bullwinkle since we had a Rocky
but I kept on calling him Buster
Button so my mom picked it and
it's really Buster Brown

[carole]

Well I have told my story many times, but for those who don't know or are interested, here goes.

Ash was given his name by my daughter, he was named after Ash on Pokemon, she was 6 years old at the time, and of course as you can see it was purrfect as he is grey in colour as well.

Lexie , well I had her name picked out before I even got her, I named her after a Scottish Actress, she played the part of Lexie in Monarch of the Glen, uk residents will know the programme, then I discovered it means defender of Mankind, and is the pet form of the name Alexandra, so there you have it.

[jenfer]

Before I have Gigi, I already have her name ready. ha. I like the name, it sound like a spoiled little girl (which she is ) and I know I want a little girl. And I think it fit her perfectly. So there is Gigi!