Notable Literary Dog Names.
March 24, 2018 4:56 AM Subscribe
We need names for our upcoming (female) dog... preferably on of notable literature ancestry to match our (male) cat named Tobias Wolf (Toby). She is an English Cream Golden Retriever... so
Thusfar I've proposed Virginia Woof and Jane Arfsten, but we're looking for your best names...
Agatha? (Agatha Christie)
Emily (Emily Dickinson)
I think my vote would be:
Flannery (Flannery O'Conner)
...although to be sure, we really need to see a picture of your new doggo) :)
posted by floweredfish at 5:12 AM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
Emily (Emily Dickinson)
I think my vote would be:
Flannery (Flannery O'Conner)
...although to be sure, we really need to see a picture of your new doggo) :)
posted by floweredfish at 5:12 AM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
Ursula LeChien
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 5:31 AM on March 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 5:31 AM on March 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
Margaret Atwoof
posted by dayintoday at 5:32 AM on March 24, 2018 [16 favorites]
posted by dayintoday at 5:32 AM on March 24, 2018 [16 favorites]
Dorothy Barker
posted by Beardman at 5:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Beardman at 5:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [7 favorites]
Dorothy Barker?
posted by ReluctantViking at 5:57 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by ReluctantViking at 5:57 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Jean Aroooooo or Jean Howl
Nnedi Okarafur
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:00 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Nnedi Okarafur
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:00 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Oops, Missed Beadsman putting Dorothy Barker before me. So now mine looks like I am questioning his! Oops.
posted by ReluctantViking at 6:09 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by ReluctantViking at 6:09 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Patricia Corndog
J.K. Growling
Harper Flee
posted by charlen at 6:12 AM on March 24, 2018 [5 favorites]
J.K. Growling
Harper Flee
posted by charlen at 6:12 AM on March 24, 2018 [5 favorites]
Jessica Fletchroo/Fletchfur
Maya Angewoof
Danileflee Steele
I'm Terrible at name replacements but something on these!
Enid Blyton
Judy Blume
Nancy Drew
Pippi Longstocking
posted by Ftsqg at 6:50 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Maya Angewoof
Danileflee Steele
I'm Terrible at name replacements but something on these!
Enid Blyton
Judy Blume
Nancy Drew
Pippi Longstocking
posted by Ftsqg at 6:50 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Evelyn Paw
posted by argonauta at 6:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by argonauta at 6:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
Edith Sitwell
posted by miles per flower at 7:06 AM on March 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
posted by miles per flower at 7:06 AM on March 24, 2018 [9 favorites]
I like:
Willa (as in Cather)
Ramona (or Quimby)
Beatrix (as in Potter)
But my first thought was the same as floweredfish's Flannery.
posted by Ufez Jones at 7:07 AM on March 24, 2018
Willa (as in Cather)
Ramona (or Quimby)
Beatrix (as in Potter)
But my first thought was the same as floweredfish's Flannery.
posted by Ufez Jones at 7:07 AM on March 24, 2018
Arfra Behn for Aphra Behn, born in 1640, one of the first English women to earn her living writing.
Though if you aren’t committed to puns, I really like Aphra. Or Shelley for Mary Shelley.
posted by FencingGal at 7:17 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Though if you aren’t committed to puns, I really like Aphra. Or Shelley for Mary Shelley.
posted by FencingGal at 7:17 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Also, Virginia Woolf wrote a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog Flush. And Browning wrote two poems about Flush. So there’s a dog name with some literary women cred.
posted by FencingGal at 7:19 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by FencingGal at 7:19 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Basket! Named after Gertrude Stein's dog.
Baskerville
Ezra Hound (I know you have a female dog, but maybe you should get a male dog to name him this?)
Phileas Dogg
posted by frumiousb at 7:32 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Baskerville
Ezra Hound (I know you have a female dog, but maybe you should get a male dog to name him this?)
Phileas Dogg
posted by frumiousb at 7:32 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longbarking
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:37 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Pippi Longbarking
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:37 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Muriel Sbark.
posted by misteraitch at 7:51 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by misteraitch at 7:51 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Welp, there goes the rest of my day...
Zora Neale "Fur"ston
Alice Muttro
Willa "Cur"ther
Louisa May Alpup
posted by Empidonax at 8:24 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Zora Neale "Fur"ston
Alice Muttro
Willa "Cur"ther
Louisa May Alpup
posted by Empidonax at 8:24 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Simone de Barkvoir?
With Tobias Wolff, I think I'd go with Joan Didion, Shirley Jackson, or Joyce Carol Oates, but I am not punny enough to jazz them up successfully.
posted by the primroses were over at 8:31 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
With Tobias Wolff, I think I'd go with Joan Didion, Shirley Jackson, or Joyce Carol Oates, but I am not punny enough to jazz them up successfully.
posted by the primroses were over at 8:31 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
With Tobias Wolff, I think I'd go with Joan Didion
Bone Didion?
In my unasked-for opinion Virginia Woof is the clear winner so far, followed by Dorothy Barker.
posted by ejs at 8:50 AM on March 24, 2018 [5 favorites]
Bone Didion?
In my unasked-for opinion Virginia Woof is the clear winner so far, followed by Dorothy Barker.
posted by ejs at 8:50 AM on March 24, 2018 [5 favorites]
Probably not right for a retriever, but for a smaller more excitable dog, I would have to insist on Bananas Foster Wallace
posted by aubilenon at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 9:18 AM on March 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
Alice "Wanna Go For A" Walker
(I love this question and I love you all)
posted by mochapickle at 9:24 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
(I love this question and I love you all)
posted by mochapickle at 9:24 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
I suggested Dorothy Parker but Bone Didion is a masterpiece.
posted by Beardman at 10:22 AM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Beardman at 10:22 AM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
Fetcher Christian
Dog Quixote
EM Barkster
Gabriel Garcia Barquez
posted by notyou at 10:26 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Dog Quixote
EM Barkster
Gabriel Garcia Barquez
posted by notyou at 10:26 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Also, Virginia Woolf wrote a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog Flush.
Elizabeth Bassett Brow-wowning?
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:37 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Elizabeth Bassett Brow-wowning?
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:37 AM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
(Dorothy Barker was my first thought, too, esp. since a lot of Goldies tend to have a bit of a "dotty" personality.)
Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One cold, wet nose.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:41 AM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One cold, wet nose.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 10:41 AM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
Jessica Fletchroo/Fletchfur
Jessica Fetcher!
posted by mochapickle at 10:44 AM on March 24, 2018 [6 favorites]
Jessica Fetcher!
posted by mochapickle at 10:44 AM on March 24, 2018 [6 favorites]
how can we name a dog without pics of said pup for inspiration?
posted by supermedusa at 10:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 10:55 AM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
I literally cannot overstate how much i love Ursula LeChien.
I would like to submit Isabel Allendog.
posted by FirstMateKate at 12:00 PM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
I would like to submit Isabel Allendog.
posted by FirstMateKate at 12:00 PM on March 24, 2018 [4 favorites]
Cheryl Stray
posted by FencingGal at 12:17 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by FencingGal at 12:17 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Sir Arthur Conan Doggo
Salman Ruffdie
Dogstoevsky
Ruff Waldo Emerson
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:22 PM on March 24, 2018
Salman Ruffdie
Dogstoevsky
Ruff Waldo Emerson
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:22 PM on March 24, 2018
Jane Arfsten could alternatively be Jane Pawsten.
Edith Woofton
Charlotte Pawkins Goodwin
Beatrix Pawter
Laura Ingalls Woofleder
Frances Hodgson Barknett
Lois Bow-wowry
Mary Higgins Bark
Lorraine Howlsberry
posted by donut_princess at 1:23 PM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
Edith Woofton
Charlotte Pawkins Goodwin
Beatrix Pawter
Laura Ingalls Woofleder
Frances Hodgson Barknett
Lois Bow-wowry
Mary Higgins Bark
Lorraine Howlsberry
posted by donut_princess at 1:23 PM on March 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
Also: Hairy Shelley?
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:28 PM on March 24, 2018
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:28 PM on March 24, 2018
Drools Verne?
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:33 PM on March 24, 2018
posted by queen anne's remorse at 1:33 PM on March 24, 2018
J.K. Howling
posted by argonauta at 1:37 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by argonauta at 1:37 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Margaret Dogwood?
posted by BoscosMom at 1:38 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by BoscosMom at 1:38 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
Simone de Bowvoir
posted by mochapickle at 1:41 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by mochapickle at 1:41 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Erica Jong and her alter ego Isadora Wing called their dogs Chekharf, Dogstoyevsky, Poochkin, Poochini, Emily Doggenson and Virginia Woof.
posted by brujita at 2:18 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by brujita at 2:18 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Julia Ward Howle
Louisa May Alpo
posted by The Underpants Monster at 3:47 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Louisa May Alpo
posted by The Underpants Monster at 3:47 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Flannery could be Flannery O’Pawner.
posted by FencingGal at 6:51 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by FencingGal at 6:51 PM on March 24, 2018 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Just as a heads up, the pups were just born about 4 weeks ago. we still have to wait for about 4 more weeks before we can pick up the dog. We put our deposit down today and we get last pick of the girls, which I had to explain to my kids that this isn't being picked last at gym class - because puppies! Otherwise, I'd gladly oblige with pictures. The video that has been shared with us is pretty damn cute.
We aren't doing AKC registration, even though that is an option... there is a lot on the other end of the training we may do with the dog for our kids.
BTW these names are fantastic.
posted by Nanukthedog at 10:12 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
We aren't doing AKC registration, even though that is an option... there is a lot on the other end of the training we may do with the dog for our kids.
BTW these names are fantastic.
posted by Nanukthedog at 10:12 PM on March 24, 2018 [1 favorite]
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posted by HandfulOfDust at 5:11 AM on March 24, 2018 [6 favorites]