I'm Italian, so I thought since we were getting a little dog we should come up with some tough-guy names, so we made a list. The list turned out to be entirely mobster names and then some cute names like Tucker and Charlie. When we picked him up we decided to see how he acted on the first day to see which name fit. About ten minutes into the hour long car ride home he was Vinnie, Vin for short. I got the idea for the name from the movie, My Cousin Vinny, but changed the spelling!