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 always let our pets choose their own names. Well, sort of. I make a list of their personality traits, looks, and what I hope they'll be when they grow up. ~ i.e. No derogatory names. I've also learned that names with 2 syllables seem to 'work best' with training. ('though our GSD pup chose 1) Then I search all the websites that include the meanings of names and perhaps their origins. From this extensive list, I'll read the names to the pup (or grown dog) and note their reactions and how the name "sounds" with our voices. This system has always worked for us.
When I exhausted all the names I'd chosen from websites to name our new GSD pup, and she didn't respond to anything, I went to my Book of Virtues. I happened to open it to Edgar Guests' poem "True Nobility" and began reading. (Always loved that poem!) Well, the pup jumped up and came running to me. I called her "True" several times, while she was napping, in another room, or occupied with playing, and she always responded! So, we named her True.
Briel has a similar story, as does Angel, and Monet. They all chose their own name or 'told me who they were!'
With this little one, it took a long time before I learned her name. "True"
...my trainer is working with another fellow who is a veteran of the Panama campaign. As the story goes, during that operation a sniper shot right through one of his comrade's body and the projectile then traveled into his neck. Awful, I expect.
Poor guy recovered by has grand mal seizures. He's fallen several times and harmed himself so the VA helped him buy a companion GSD that can recognize the onset of the seizures and lick him in the face to alert him. GSD is easily one of the nicest dogs I've ever known.
Fast forward a couple of years and they guy opens his door to a stranger and gets rolled and burgularized. Guy's scared out of his wits and has a nephew in the service in Germany send him a GSD from there that had one testicle. I guess the breeder didn't feel it was worth the surgery.
Anyway, the guy names the dog "Sniper" and he wants the dog protection trained. I don't even want to speculate as to the motivation behind that one.
Had her for a few weeks, I was calling her "Girl Dog" until I could come up with something. Then she was having a "bad puppy" moment, and I yelled "Yo Chill out" And she turned her head and said " are you talking to me" And so Chili was named.
We are getting our male GSD puppy this fall, and the whole family has been talking about names. With five of us I think it will be a challenge to decide, especially taking into consideration what our young daughters like.
So far we have Jango-My son and I love this. My mom had a GSD named Zingo for years and Jango reminds me a little bit of it.
My girls like Odie, from Garfield, lol and it is actually growing on me.
My husband likes Archie or Charley, classic but not really my favorites. I'm sure before fall we will have 10 more new names to consider.
We have three dogs. The first one is Lea, the second is Markus, so we wanted a name for the third that was the next letter of the alphabet, "n". I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan and am also a pastor. The Hebrew word for miracle is "Nessa". One of the queens of the Valar (Silmarillion by Tolkien) was named "Nessa" which meant "The Dancer", so our new pups name is ...Nessa!
Jerry came to us named Jerry Lee, I'm sure after the dog in the K9 movies. His original name as a puppy was Thunder, but he doesn't respond to that name at all.
He seems like a Jerry, so we didn't change his name.
Oh my goodness you might think me crazy, but my dogs are all named after some of my favourite things... Pixie, our Pom, is named after the band the Pixies. Dexter, well after my favourite TV series. Hubby took a while to be convinced on Dex's name (not wanting to name his dog after a serial killer LOL), so we put it to a vote in the family, between Dexter and Enzo (being my favourite Italian car designer).
Gunther's original name was unknown to us and all he had was an ID number. My husband and I were looking through a baby book and saw the name Gunther while looking at some of the gsd rescues online and we were like x.x' it so fits a black one...and two weeks later we got our Gunthy though we pronounce his name goonther or goonthy haha
Sid (Sid Viscious Victor) Sid from Ice Age (the big dopy sloth), Viscious as he goes off the plantation when the door bell rings and shreds blinds, and Victor which is the leader of the vampires in Underworld series (Victor is always alert and serious when around other like my Sid).
I've let the kids name the dogs thus far, but the next time is my turn.
One of my favorite fictional characters is Atticus Finch from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird". This character represents intelligence, empathy, sincerity and a deep loyalty. I figured, what better qualities to pass on to a GSD!
The name Atticus fits him well
We're getting a GS puppy next week and have been debating names for the last month. Atticus is a top contender. Also for the character in To Kill a Mockingbird. I also like the name because, like Atticus, I am a lawyer.
BTW - I believe Gregory Peck, the actor who played him in the movie owned German Shepherds.
I loved Achilles from the movie Troy and thought it a perfect name and description for a male GSD. I get so many compliments on his name whenever we go places.
Kaiya and Kaleb were just the results of google and narrowing down which ones I liked best.
Harley was the 2nd choice of names when I first got my Bernese Mountain Dog, Cooper in 2003. We had said that if we got another dog, it would be called Harley.
Vrod is because a good friend of mine has a Harley Vrod motorcycle so he insisted I add Vrod to Harley's name to match the bike!
Cooper was added as his middle name in honour of my handsome purebred Berner, Cooper, who we had to say goodbye to in October 2011 after he was diagnosed with advanced stage Degenerative Myelopathy (DM). Cooper beat a potentially fatal pancreatic disease (EPI) at the age of 2 and then beat cancer at the age of 7 before DM finally took him from us. Seeing as Harley's dad is also a purebred Berner (Bernese Mtn Dog), I wanted to make sure Cooper's memory lived on in Harley's name.
Squeezette, was named by my 6 year old daughter at the time, daughter is now 19 1/2. Squeezettes dad was named Squeezy and my daughter thought she looked like just like her dad so she name her after him. Fluffy, was a rescue, that on a visit to the animal shelter to update Squeezettes license, we took a look around the shelter and fell in love with him. We called him Fluffy until we could come up with a real name and it just stuck. Dexter, my now adult kids named him after their favorite tv show. Sorry Dextersmom, we didnt mean to copy, we had no idea LOL.
I have a GSD named Zuko. Many people think it is after Danny Zuko from Grease but its not. He is named after my favorite character, from the animated series Avatar the last airbender on Nickelodeon.
Registered name is "Tyson's Tar Heel." We call him Tar. He was almost Gio, after Gio Bernard (running back for the Tar Heels.) It was my son's choice, but I'm glad he went with Tar instead of Gio.
My new girl I named Nietzsche. (Pronounced Neet-chee) Having taken A LOT of philosophy, I have read tons of Nietzsche. One of the most misunderstood Philosophers of his time, and one not afraid to stand out regarding his thoughts-even if they weren't popular.
Some ask...but for a girl dog? Sure, why not. Nietzsche is not a male or female name, it is a surname...and I like my dogs to have names that aren't common.
Chrono - Another word for time, as well as Chrono from Chrono Trigger games (PS1-2)
Sylvanas - World of Warcraft
Havoc - He's a ferret, he causes mayhem and Havoc.
Kratos - Love God of War Franchise (PS 1+), also kind of goes with the Greek theme of Chrono and Havoc.
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