Need help naming a puppy

[lizziegrace]

My nephew has been working with search and rescue dogs and is now ready to get a puppy of his own to train. The German Shepherd puppy will be a FEMALE and he wanted to name her something like a friend did - he named his male puppy Sherlock.

Agatha Christie is out, as he's an Oklahoma fan and a dog named Aggie just won't work. ;)

If ya got ideas for a girl's name, throw them out.

Thanks!

:)

[SallyMander]

1. Nancy Drew!

:D

[lizziegrace]

4. That's what I said

He doesn't like the idea of being in the woods and calling for "NANCY!!!"

;)

[SallyMander]

8. Leave it to Wikipedia...

Here is a list of female detective characters! :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_private_detective_characters

[Haole Girl]

2. Major

I like the name "Major" for a German Shepherd... my best friend's German Shepherd was named that. :hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Hercule!

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. It's elementary

"Watson."

:D

[lizziegrace]

6. for a female?

It could work I guess... ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Why not?

'Course, if he wants to be even more gender-non-specific, he could go with RuPaul or Frank N. Furter. :D



Edit: Or Dennis Rodman.

[lizziegrace]

10. Ha!

:rofl:

[Wcross]

9. Harriet!

I am going to name the next female dog that shows up here "Harriet". (Unless its one of those hairless chineese crested dogs)

[lizziegrace]

11. Harriet's a family name

I have an aunt (who died when I was 2) and a cousin with name. :)

[Wcross]

25. No big deal, I named my newest pup "Lucy" despite it being my grandmothers name.

It didn't offend anyone as far as I can tell.

[SallyMander]

12. After Harriet the Spy?

Or just cuz they're hairy? :D

[lizziegrace]

14. I'd forgotten about Harriet the Spy!

:)

[Wcross]

26. Just cause they are hairy. n/t

[Flaxbee]

28. Harriet Vane is a fantastic character from Dorothy Sayers books --

Harriet Vane is a mystery writer... great books.

[zanne]

46. Is it too weird to name a dog after yourself?

I also thought that "Suzy" was a good name for a dog, but that happens to be my name, too.

[Wcross]

51. I have a co-worker who has named his fish after the guys he works with.

I don't know if he has named one "John" for me or not but I do know he has named one "Carl" & one "Ron" after the two guys he works with directly. I have always wondered what he does to those poor fish if Ron & Carl piss him off at work.........

[zanne]

52. HAH!

Pray for the fish!

[ceile]

13. What about Miss Marple?

Or JB Fletcher? "JB" for short.

[lizziegrace]

22. That has possibilities

My religious sister shouldn't find too much to dislike...

[Sabriel]

15. How about "Gal Noir"? n/t

[lizziegrace]

18. Hehe...

I love Garrison Keillor. :)

[KitchenWitch]

16. Valerie Plame

:crazy:

[lizziegrace]

17. I'd go for that name in a heartbeat

unfortunately, my sister (his mother) is an evangelical right-winger... :eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

21. Ah that sucks - on edit, you could have him name her Mrs. Wilson

:crazy:

[Debi]

19. The internets have EVERYTHING

Here's a link to the top female german dog names:

http://www.all-about-great-danes.com/female-german-dog-names.html


I'm liking Heidi or Zelinda :hi:

[applegrove]

20. Call her Spy.

[SteppingRazor]

23. If you want it like Sherlock, why not name it after Irene Adler?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Adler


You could go even more esoteric and name it Destiny, after the Marvel Comics character whose real name was Irene Adler.

[FloridaJudy]

48. You beat me to it

"Adler" is also German for eagle, so that would work nicely for a shepherd.

[Gormy Cuss]

24. Kinsey Milhone

Kinsey'd be a nice dog name.

(Sue Grafton's detective)

[Flaxbee]

29. you beat me to it - Kinsey would be a great name!

nt

[khashka]

27. How about Asta

The dog in the Thin Man movies?

Khash.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Sacrilege!

There can be only one Asta!







Oh, Nicky! Something dreadful has happened!

We're out of scotch?

[Inchworm]

30. Sascha, Hedwig, Freya, Annelie, Rebekka, Lilo

Annelie - grace and favor
Freya - Lady, mistress
Hedwig - contending war
LiLo - God is my Oath
Rebekka - one who traps
Sascha - defender

I love this part of my "job." I get to name critters all the time hehe.

:hi:

[zanne]

36. Hedwig is perfect for a little girl German Shepherd. nt

[alphafemale]

31. Captain Morgan and Molly were the names of two rescue dogs that worked after 9/11.

They were from this area. Savannah GA.

They both died a couple years later of cancer.

[yellowcanine]

33. My suggestion is you wait until he has the pup to name it. Try out a few names on her, see if they

fit. The name needs to fit her personality.

[Roon]

34. Daisey

I love that name.

[Courtesy Flush]

35. Qwilleran

Ok, that's a cat reference (what was the cat's name?) but they sure solved a lot of mysteries.

[philosophie_en_rose]

37. Precious Ramotswe

:bounce:

[MissMillie]

38. How about Jessica?

For the character in "Murder, She Wrote" Jessica Fletcher.

[RainDog]

39. Asta? (nick and nora charles' dog)

dashiell - no one would care if that's male or female, imo. Dash isn't a bad nickname for a dog either.

[Miss Carly]

40. Zoe, Sophie or Abby

Carly

[JBoy]

41. Lara Croft.

[VenusRising]

42. I've been thinking long and hard about this.

I think a great name for a search and rescue dog would be Phoenix. The eternal hope of rising from the ashes back into life. My two cents.

Hope all is going well with you! Call or PM me if you want to get together.

:)

:hug:

[Quantess]

43. Chiweetl

[Whoa_Nelly]

44. Nevada

After Nevada Barr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Barr

But I like Shiloh...just because it's a cool name ;)

[orleans]

45. how bout "99"

as in agent 99 from get smart

[Lasher]

47. Kitty? n/t

[YankeyMCC]

49. Lavinia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia

[old mark]

50. Jenna