Comments on: What is this puppy's name?

Question: What is this puppy's name?

ohsnapdragon — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:44:58 -0800

Name my scrappy survivor terrier puppy?

This is our new puppy. She is about 10 weeks old, we think, and some sort of terrier mix - border terrier? She has survived a lot in her short life and is the only remaining member of her litter although you would never know it from her demeanor. She is a little shy and cautious still, but seems hardy, smart and playful.

Pictures here.

Names we like:
Winnie (but our friends already have a dog with this name, which is a little weird maybe)
Rooney (but may be too similar in sound to our cat, Dewey)
Wren (but my wife says it reminds her of Ren and Stimpy)

We like people names that are a bit unusual or nicknames. We like names that end in an "ee" sound (Emmy, Mattie, etc.) We'd like something either tomboy-ish or old-fashioned or both. Bonus points for a name that has a meaning like strong or brave, but it's not a necessity.

Right now we call her "nugget" or "dumpling" but it's time to give her a proper name. Suggestions? Votes?

By: itsamermaid

itsamermaid — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:49:12 -0800

Maybe Bernie, short for Bernadette? It apparently means "brave as a bear"

By: justjess

justjess — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:50:40 -0800

Charlie?

By: tamitang

tamitang — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:50:44 -0800

Scrappy seems appropriate.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:54:02 -0800

That is a border terrier, and she is gorgeous. I have a border terrier. Border terriers are awesome. Congratulations on your little fluffball!

I know a few border terriers in my circle; these are their names:

Truman (mine)
Mollie
Shine
Blaze
Joe

What about Hilde (hill-dee), short for Hildegard (of Bingen)?

p.s. This is my first dog, but Truman is 6 months old. If you have any border-specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them! If yours is anything like mine, she will love cheese and salmon.

By: Fairchild

Fairchild — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:55:19 -0800

Shelby
Birdie
Rosie
Posy
Queenie
Sadie
Dolly

By: Benny Andajetz

Benny Andajetz — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:55:49 -0800

My Wheaten terrier's name is Sully. Sullivan apparently means "little dark eye."

By: cooker girl

cooker girl — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:02:05 -0800

I know it doesn't end in the "ee" sound, but the very first name that came to mind when you described her, "hardy, smart and playful," (and those pictures! squee!) and what you wanted to convey, "boy-ish or old-fashioned," was Scout.

She's a Scout.

By: little miss s

little miss s — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:02:55 -0800

Louise. But call her Weezie.

By: Blisterlips

Blisterlips — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:02:56 -0800

I really like Winnie*

But also
Clementine (clem for short)
Verna
Gerty

oh- and here is a list of the most popular names of the 1890's. there are a lot of cute, unusual names there.

*mostly because it reminds me of my childhood black lab called whitney

By: Chairboy

Chairboy — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:05:50 -0800

Henrietta (maybe Henri for short?) popped into my head for some reason when I saw the pictures.

By: crackingdes

crackingdes — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:08:41 -0800

Joanie.

By: MidsizeBlowfish

MidsizeBlowfish — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:09:08 -0800

I have a terried mix named Zooey. I love the name, and it seems to fit double-e criteria.

By: barnone

barnone — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:09:19 -0800

How about naming her after another fierce and scrappy and awesome lady?

Harriet. (Could be one of many amazing Harriets. Harry for short :-)
Lucy (Lucy Stone)
Susie (Susie B. Anthony)
Lizzie (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
Margaret - (Margaret Stanger. Birth control pioneer. Maggie for short)
Sadie!

Magnolia (Maggie) -- didn't you move to Durham?

By: barnone

barnone — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:09:41 -0800

Zoey is also super cute.

By: barnone

barnone — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:11:26 -0800

Pauli.

By: sallybrown

sallybrown — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:17:08 -0800

Sandy.

By: Rykey

Rykey — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:18:10 -0800

Lali

By: heyjude

heyjude — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:22:57 -0800

Drew - as in Nancy - but I also like Harry.

By: Area Man

Area Man — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:31:47 -0800

Effie

(Looks like a border terrier to me. I had one as a kid. They are the best.)

By: cairnoflore

cairnoflore — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:48:02 -0800

Bridie
Honey

By: emjaybee

emjaybee — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:20:15 -0800

Even though she's a girl she reminds me of Benji, (wasn't Benji actually a girl too?). I like S names: Sadie, Sally, Sookie, Sandy.

Whatever name you give her will be nicknamed anyway, if you're like us: Sadie becomes Saysay, Sadiegirl, Sadiekins. So pick a name that works for that.

By: rhizome

rhizome — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:43:26 -0800

On the Benji front, if you want to be obscure and (also!) relevant, "Cindy" is the name of the girl Benji rescues in "For The Love of Benji."

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:12:00 -0800

My Yorkie is Geiger's Butch Cassidy. His brother is Sundance Kid and sisters Etta Place and Kate Starr.

By: Erasmouse

Erasmouse — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:19:37 -0800

Awww, what a sweetie! Love Hildy, not just for Hildegard of Bingen, but fast-talking reporter Hildy in His Girl Friday. Or for an actual daring female journalist, Nellie Bly?

By: Weeping_angel

Weeping_angel — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:58:48 -0800

I really like Maddy, short for Madeleine. And she's adorable!

By: alltomorrowsparties

alltomorrowsparties — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:16:39 -0800

My Yorkie is a man of great personality. His name is Frankie, but he regularly gets called, and answers to 'Poops', 'Pooper', 'Wigs', 'Mr. Wiggles', and 'little baby puppy'....Frankie is a great name for a girl dog, too. Terriers are terrific! Your little one looks like an adorable gal! Hope you all enjoy many happy years together.

By: scottymac

scottymac — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:23:41 -0800

Beautiful pup. Looks like a Rascal to me.

By: jaimystery

jaimystery — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:59:28 -0800

May Day

By: Dansaman

Dansaman — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:02:13 -0800

Valient
Plucky
Doughty
Spunky
Viggy

By: deborah

deborah — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:13:52 -0800

Her name is Augusta; Gussie for short.

By: Brody's chum

Brody's chum — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:32:53 -0800

Blisterlips was right with Gertie, but he spelled it wrong.

I would name her Gertie, but refer to her as my sweet little potato and then end up calling her Spudly or Squidge quite often.

By: notyou

notyou — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:34:17 -0800

Think about calling and so on. You don't want to feel like an idiot, and it should roll off your tongue with ease in a variety of contexts.

I think two syllable names are best, with a good vowel sound as the second syllable.

So, after all that, I think Scrappy is good except it's close to "Crappy".

Whatever you do, please don't use "Doughty" mentioned above, 'cause that's what I named my wire fox terrier.

By: LaBellaStella

LaBellaStella — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:52:05 -0800

When I looked at her pics, the name Edith just came to me-Edie, for short. She's lovely.

By: mochapickle

mochapickle — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:09:36 -0800

She's a Skipper/Skippy! Skippy the scamp!

By: platinum

platinum — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:32:14 -0800

Don't know why but Ginny immediately sprung to mind!

By: Madamina

Madamina — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:07:56 -0800

Molly -- Unsinkable Molly Brown, who survived (among other things) the sinking of the Titanic.

She's a beautiful little snuggler who deserves all of the love you can dump on her. Congratulations!

By: kathrynm

kathrynm — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:54:06 -0800

Sandy. I saw those eyes and immediately thought of Sandy from "Annie".

By: XhaustedProphet

XhaustedProphet — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:03:23 -0800

She's got big feet. How about Pawlie?

By: saraindc

saraindc — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 03:47:53 -0800

Tommy.

By: ohsnapdragon

ohsnapdragon — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:00:18 -0800

Thanks for all the suggestions! We really liked several of them, but her other mama still likes Rooney the best, so Rooney it is!

Better pictures of our looney Rooney.