I came up with Remington after relentlessly checking "german shepherd dog names" "baby names" and all sorts of sites. I had a list of like 30 names that (ex) BF axed all of them. I wanted Remy as a sort of "protection" dog-not attack or be mean dog, but since I was home alone a lot, just something to make me feel secure. Remington, being a gun brand, I thought- how funny would it be if I could say I have my own Remington protection
Now, almost every time I am asked what her name is, and I say 'Remington,' almost every one has the same reply... "LIKE THE GUN?!" hehe. I didn't name her specifically after the gun, but I always say, "yes, like the gun."
How did you come up with your beloved fur-child's name?
I've known my GSD would be Rocket for years. The Elrond's Rocket of Rivendell came because I had to pick an E name, and the LOR trilogy is one of my all-time favorites. I had my first book set when I was 11. I kind of screwed up the kennel name part. :laugh:
I wanted a Czech dog for about 7 years. Grim PS was my fav out of the lines. So I knew I was going to name him Grim... but he was in a W litter, so I had to come up with something creative. Kind of glad, because Grim being his first name on the title would've been kind of weird for me.
Our new pup was from the D litter. Had trouble with coming up with a name until we were informed she was flying in on Delta airlines. It seemed like a perfect fit especially since my husband is a plumber. So she was named either after the airlines or a faucet !
My husband named our Rat Terrier. He found a puppy that had fallen down a storm sewer, and it was a worrisome two hours before it was fished out. My husband said that if the puppy made it out alive, it was going to be lucky. Lucky's been living up to his name for the last 12+ years.
Ilka's official name is Ilka Of Pear Orchard Cemetery. The Pear Orchard Cemetery part was easy, because that's where I found her. Ilka was the result of three baby name books, and a "short list" of about a dozen names that I liked.
Leo's name is actually Leontine. Don't know where it came from, it just came.
Gaia's name comes from Greek Mythology. Gaia was the personification of Earth or the Earth Mother..my boyfriend is a huge mythology nut and I'm an Earth Child so it fit.
Zira... is a name that just popped up in my head during college (I had NO idea that it had been used in a few movies... just... made it up). I used it a lot for my screen names and such. I always said if the next dog is a female, that'd be her name. Years went by... My SO and I got our dog (that we weren't looking to keep, she was to be rescued then rehomed)... we argued over names for days. I finally just through out Zira... figured we could use it again anyways. He said no... I said yes... and well... Zira became "Zira".... and a permanent resident.
Duke came with his name when we got him at 2years old. I hated it. Not only is it an extremely popular name for GSDs, it's also the name of my old friend's GSD that I really disliked. He was just some BYB "I have a female that's nice, and a retired police K9 still intact... lets breed!" highly human aggressive dog. He nearly ripped my face off a few times. They had no control of him. And to make it worse... My family and I had a HUGE, very ugly falling out with that family just a few months before. I tried to change it to Titan... or anything else he'd respond too... didn't work. So Duke it is. lol
Storm... I was doing a training foster with her for her breeder/my trainer. He gave me the opportunity to name her. She spent probably a month as "puppy", and then we finally all agreed to a name...... she would go running through my house knocking everything down, ripping stuff off my tables and couches, biting the other dogs, barking at everything, ripping up carpet, and every time it would look like a Storm went through in only 10seconds. She was officially "Storm". She's known for total destruction! lol
Love these stories! I wish mine could have been more creative. My next dog, I'm definitely wanting to name Charlie or Cheyenne. I say that now- but I can never really know until I get to know them!
When I got Remy, I wasn't even sure of the name for her, but she's turned into my crazy little pistol girl so Remington works perfect
Heinrich... We wanted a good strong German name for him. Blaise... She was from the vom Gildaf "B" litter and her collar color was red. So, I thought of "Blaze" but wanted it to be spelled different so I went with "Blaise". Jerry Lee .. After the dog Jerry Lee in the movie K-9. It's one of my favorite movies. Sadie.. We liked the name. Emila .. She is named after her dad (Heinrich Konrad Emil). Very appropriate too. She looks and acts just like him! Kodey.. We liked the name Cody, but wanted to spell it differently. Thompson.. A name we had in our puppy names list for some time. We liked it, so Thompson it was.
Mauser's reg name is Nator von Triton. He is from a N litter and when the breeder first started posting puppy pictures on the board people started calling him Poofster. When I decided I wanted him I said he needed a more manly name - like Poofinator. Hence the 'Nator' von Triton - Triton is the kennel name.
My Crested kennel name is Piquin. DH & I were out to dinner just after having brought Kaynya home and we were discussing kennel names. I said I wanted something that signified small but spicy because that's what they are. DH suggested the word piquin - a small but VERY spicy pepper. Add to that all the names have something to do with heat/hot/spice/fire and that's how I have the following:
Chimane's Spice it Up Piquin (Chimane is the breeders name) - aka Kaynya
Piquin's Some Like it Hot - aka Spike (DH gave him his call name)
Piquin's Super Hot - aka Clark (named by his first owners)
Piquins Too Hot To Handle - aka Fuego (spanish for fire)
Piquin's Super Hot Too - aka CJ, which stands for Clark Junior because he looked exactly like his father
Piquins Schezwan Princess - aka Chyna (named by her owner)
Banzai - because when we first got him as a foster he had a sore on the end of his tail. The tip of his tail was amputated but he managed to rip off the bandage and tear out the stitches. So the vet did it again ... and the CAT did it again. So we decided he had a death wish and came up with the name Banzai (he came from the rescue with the name Sunshine - ugh). We amputated his tail a third time and kept him drugged for two weeks to allow it to heal.
I honestly can't remember what made me think of/want to name our pup Maximus. It's been a name I've had picked out since I was a kid that I've always liked for a dog. When I talked to my daughter, she loved the name as it's the horses name in "Tangled".
Other then Daisy I have never named an animal. Lucky was supposed to become Rocky but after listening to his tale of survival as well as we adopted and found out he had heartworm he appeared to have earned his name. . I knew nothing about picking names but as Daisy's parents were Prince and Princessa we called her Tsamparlis's Princess von Daisy. Yea a little pretentious but new dog parents. Daisy b/c I loved the book Princess Daisy. daisy b/c I wanted a friendly feminine name. Thunder and Cheverily obviously came to us named. I wont change a name unless it was something like Killer etc. Lucky maybe should have been called Forrest b/c he's not really brillant. We joke that he says"Im not a real smart dog but I do know love.Changing his name was a hurdle he just didnt seem to want to cross.
My wife thought "Karma" would bring good spiritual balance to our home.
His Middle name "Mototada" comes from Tori Mototada, who was a loyal vassal of Lord Tokugawa, Japan's first Shogun. He sacrificed himself with 30 Samurai defending Fushimi castle in 1600.
Our GSD Charlie was named for Charlie from All Dogs Go to Heaven. He matched the handsome scrappiness of Charlie so it suited well. However, Charlie is also the word for the phoenetic 'C' and started the trend for naming our German Shepherds from the phonetic alphabet.
Oscar was named Oscar because it fits him. Victor was the other option, but its way to masculine and dominating for my sweet and skittish boy. Oscar also means 'deer friend', which seemed suitable to his incredibly gentle and shy nature.
Both GSDs came from a shelter; neither one had names from the shelter.
Judas, or Jude for short, was my super sized yellow Lab that was my Christmas present from my then boyfriend now husband and his best friend. They found him, full grown, wandering the streets and that was my Christmas 'puppy'. DH's friend named him. He was high at the time so I dont know the reasoning lol.
My husband went looking for names and picked Faelan's because he said it meant "little wolf" or something like that. He wasn't happy that I brought home another pet (although he said I could) so I was just trying to get him to soften up by including him
We were choosing between Kaos and Pax (Latin for Peace) I was leaning towards Kaos and someone said you might get what you ask for. So, we decided to name him Pax.......................we got chaos.
Sybil came with the name...I did not want to change it as she was so displaced when I got her..However, the name..Sybil is apparently after Sybil Shepherd...get it?? Stupid...Just stupid...but I love her just the same...If I had named her..it would have been Tess...I like that name for a beautiful girl like Sib...jan
When we pick up ours his name will be Ace. My fiancé is in the army and went off on this long list of names that were army based but after seeing pictures of his handsome face we decided on ace but that is always subject to change once we go see him and do some pre- bonding before we bring him home. =]
I got Slider when he was 9 months old and already had his name.
Faith was 15 months old when I got her and she already had her name.
Bruiser got his name when he was less than 10 minutes old ... his breeder called me to tell me he had been born and how large he was and I said he was a big bruiser, the exact same thing her husband had said. We started calling him Bruiser and the name stuck.
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