Name that dog, episode 126.

July 12, 2016 9:39 AM

Meet Jill, the terribly shy, but sweet, 11-month old shepherd/lab (?!) mix we adopted last night. I think she needs 2 syllables. We like old-fashioned names. We already have Sally, the terrier of indeterminate origin and her predecessor was Gertrude. So far, Stella and Ethel are contenders. What says the Green?
posted by sarajane to Pets & Animals (34 answers total)

Best answer: That is Penelope / Nellie / Penny.
posted by Etrigan at 9:42 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Edith, Edna, Liza, or Lucy?
posted by cabingirl at 9:43 AM on July 12, 2016

Little Dorrit.
posted by headnsouth at 9:45 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Hetty.
posted by mymbleth at 9:45 AM on July 12, 2016

Zelda
posted by Elly Vortex at 9:48 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Other two-syllable, S-names:

Sadie
Sybil
Sasha
Suki
Shilo
Stevie
posted by Socky McSockface at 9:48 AM on July 12, 2016

Clara, Chloe
posted by smich at 9:49 AM on July 12, 2016

Best answer: Greta
Hilda
Vera
Ruby
Nancy
posted by carmicha at 9:49 AM on July 12, 2016

She looks like a Lucy to me
posted by Mchelly at 9:50 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Sofie
posted by AugustWest at 9:51 AM on July 12, 2016

Annabelle (Annie)
posted by aimedwander at 9:56 AM on July 12, 2016

Pretty girl!

Alice?
posted by praemunire at 9:56 AM on July 12, 2016

She looks like a Shirley to me.
posted by jabes at 10:01 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Josie or Rosa. What a cutie!
posted by ceramicblue at 10:04 AM on July 12, 2016

Princess Pfeffernusse might be a little too old fashioned? I like Greta from carmicha's list.
posted by dawkins_7 at 10:07 AM on July 12, 2016

Beaker.
posted by bondcliff at 10:13 AM on July 12, 2016

Cora!

Gladys
Agnes
Beryl
Mildred
Mavis
Dorcas
Phyllis
posted by Everydayville at 10:19 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Jillian
posted by dchrssyr at 10:25 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

What's wrong with Jilly? or Gilly? Close enough to her old name. But I have to say that she looks like a Suzy to me.
posted by Lynsey at 10:27 AM on July 12, 2016

Danny Glover
posted by bologna on wry at 10:30 AM on July 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Gretchen
posted by jamjam at 10:42 AM on July 12, 2016

That is a Florence.
posted by rpfields at 10:48 AM on July 12, 2016

Best answer: Millie or Susie
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 10:56 AM on July 12, 2016

Molly
posted by rivtintin at 11:03 AM on July 12, 2016

um.... Jilly? unless she hasn't had her name until recently?
posted by kate4914 at 11:15 AM on July 12, 2016

Betsy
posted by threetwentytwo at 11:39 AM on July 12, 2016

Best answer: Believe it or not, my immediate reaction (reading the part about the two-syllable, old-fashioned name, but missing the part about her current name being Jill) was either Lily or Millie. If she knows the sound of her name to some degree already, those shouldn't be too disruptive.
posted by dlugoczaj at 11:40 AM on July 12, 2016

Brenda
posted by Sassyfras at 11:40 AM on July 12, 2016

Agree with Jilly / Jillie / Gillie. I would think life would be confusing enough for a newly adopted dog without changing her name.
posted by vignettist at 1:15 PM on July 12, 2016

Gillie or Lucy. And congrats!
posted by gollie at 1:48 PM on July 12, 2016

Hope I'm not too late. She is clearly a Constance.
posted by mysterious_stranger at 3:45 PM on July 12, 2016

Jenny
posted by cotton dress sock at 4:59 PM on July 12, 2016

When I adopted my terrier last year he was called Duke. He was NOT a duke type of guy at all! After getting advice here I went with Dermot because I wanted to keep the same first letter, thinking it would make things easier for him (plus he looked like a dermot!)

So I like Jilly actually, but if you want a change, something with a similar sound or the same first letter might be a good idea, e.g. Gilly, Millie, Jenny, Gigi, Joey, etc.

She's adorable!
posted by mulcahy at 7:41 PM on July 12, 2016

I'd go with Billie.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:53 PM on July 12, 2016