What's in a Name??

I named Kirby after the little pink Nintendo character, because just like that character he is a vacuum cleaner when it comes to inhaling food.  There was also some attacment with the fact Kirby's Dreamland was the first game I bought with my own money as a kid so I always had a soft spot for the character.  Name seemed to be kind of foretelling in the fact that the game was called dreamland and my big childhood dream was to get a dog.

One of my other favorite aspects about the name is it gives me an excuse to get girly pink collars and such for him.  I always say pink is his color since that is the color of the character.

Misha's name is the Russian form of Michael - though it also means 'bear', suiting since he looks like a bear. But his name was Misha Ma Belle because his mother's name was Beautiful and his father's name is Ringo, and Michelle Ma Belle is the only song I could think of involving the word beautiful. Since the constant gender confusion, I thought I wouldn't add to it with a long feminine sounding name and changed it to Mister Misha (which, for some reason, I prefer when written out).

Apollo came with them name, but it suits him well. Even though I have to admit I'm not too crazy about it. We kept it because I thought that's what his previous owners called him, and since he is older we wanted to keep it simple for the poor guy. But, we have come to find out that the shelter employees named him that.

I think if I got to name him I'd name him "Sonny". I love that name.

ETA...Nicknames we call him, "Paul", "Paulie", "Papa", "Bud, "Bubba", or "Big Baby"

My sister's dog, following in the tradition, is Captain Jack Sparrow :)

Tootsie, after the candy. Tootsie Roll Pop is a nickname BFs dad calls her. I also had a great great aunt named Tootsie and I always thought it was a cool name. 

This is soooo fun to read!

Sophie came with her name.  She was only four months old and we could've changed it, but it suited her even if it is extremely common.

Cruiser- he was a Southern Rescue.  He had been given the name Kid Rock (yuck, I'm not running around yelling for Kid Rock) and my kids chose the name Cruiser.  I thought it was cute and since he has short little legs, but is as fast as can be, the name just suited him.  People seem to think it's a weird name, I've never really heard anyone say anything positive about it lol!  We like it though and it suits him!

this is always fun – but for time’s sake I’ll only address my current "Clan" (remember the husband IS a Scotsman! *grin*)

Billy the ‘Venturin English cocker spanYELL

Billy was about 5 when we adopted him 4 years ago (a couple of days before Hurricane Charlie) and he had this horrible name "Huggins" he got in foster care (we do pet therapy, let’s not encourage a kid to mush my dog into oblivion??). He’s an English cocker so his feet are HUGE and fluffy, so I was thinking a "Hobbit" name anyway. David went out to bring in laundry (separate laundry building across the patio) where he had found Billy UP ON AN EIGHT FOOT SHELF – literally with no visible way he could have gotten UP there.

David said "Well, he’s quite the adventurer ..." and we looked at each other and said in unison "BILBO!!!" ‘Billy’ for short.

The spanYELL part – that was Foxy. All my dogs type (yes they do and *I* am not gonna say otherwise) and Foxy used to think it was a grand joke to tell Muffin the Intrepid that he was a spanYELL. Muffin was a grand "gentleman" and that was simply something Foxy used to tease him.

But Mr. Billy has quite the sense of humor and the first time Foxy suggested spanYELL, Bilbo thot it was the grandest joke in the universe! He LIKES it!!

Kee Shu – she came with that moniker. Altho we fear it was actualy "Kisshu" originally (sure – myhusband is going to go to the door and yell "KISSS YOU" -- no way.

Luna the Inta Everything Bagle – she came with Luna Bella – ... "beautiful moon" she ain’t. Luna (short for Luney Tunes??) is ok. But she counter-surfs on an Olympic Level and she’s a bassett/beagle mix so she’s my "Inta Everything Bagle"

Tinkerbelle – for those of you who didn’t get into the re-naming of Lulu Bear (Lulu and LuNA are just too much the tongue twisters).

When she’s miffed she actually scowls (forehead wringles, eyes narrow or close down) and she for all the world looks just like Tink when she puts her fists on her hips, taps her fairy toe and scowls at Peter Pan!!

In addition, I wanted a Scottish connection to this – and David grew up in Dundee, Scotland very near Kirriemuir, which is the town J.M. Barrie lived in when he wrote "Peter Pan". (Didn’t anybody see "Neverland"? It’s pretty darned accurate from all accounts.) And "Tinkerbell" satisfied that for me.

Max was called Mookie in the shelter, but he was only in there for 10 days so who knows what his name really was.  I had lost a dog named Bud about a month  before and wanted something else short.  Max popped into my head on the way home from signing his adoption papers. Sometimes I wish I had given it an extra "X" ... Maxx has a certain elegance about it that just plain old Max doesn't have. But then, he is just plain old Max.

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Pirate was Griffen in the shelter - yuck! While we were hanging out in that 'getting to know you' area my BF's mom noticed he had an underbite and that his bottom teeth stick out like he's saying 'ARRRRR!' So we named him Pirate! (and that's why is catch phrase is 'arrrrrg - gimme all yer cookies!';)

My sister's dog, following in the tradition, is Captain Jack Sparrow :)

lol that story made me smile

before my husband came along i always gave my pets historical names that suited their personality.. but he tends to name animals by personality only   thats ok but not as much fun....

Kaydee was our first dog and her name before we got her was Petey.. that had to go. but DH was under the impression that she would get confused if we didnt give her a similar sounding name... what ever lol dogs seem to know when you're talking or thinking about them. just clear your throat and think your dogs name. i bet he'll look at you! but you cant name your dog "Ahem!" or "Harrumph!" can you?

Rory is actually Aurora ......

 AKA: Disney's Sleeping Beauty, my favorite movie as a child and heck....even now, LOL

Princess Aurora is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn "because she fills her father and mother's lives with sunshine."

I got her when my husband and I were spilt up......which was before we were actually married and I was really deep into my solitary phase of my life. Rory was all mine I felt I could name her a indulgent girly named if I wanted.

So when DH and I were happily back together he was talking to his ister on the phone telling her about Rory and his sister said "oh you mean like the disney movie", LOL

He turned to me shaking his head and said......"you named our dog after Sleeping Beauty" Oh what a laugh he had!

Primo was DH's cousin's dog who is italian and has no imagination, LOL....J/K

Kenya - I just liked the sound.  It's more feminine and less aggressive sounding than "Chopper".

Coke - hated his rescue name (Teddy) and he didn't know it anyway.  We wanted something short and funny to match his crazy personality.