[Cirlonde]

Do any of you have a story behind the names of your pets?

For example, my toy poodle's name was Zach. He was a gift from my aunt for my 16th birthday. This aunt had lost her 23 year old son (named Jason) several years before this. By chance, Zach's sire's name was Jason's Yankee Patch and his dam's name was Harbin's Precious Gem. So when deciding on Zach's AKC name, I combined the two and came up with Jason's Precious Memory. Then I chose Zachary as his call name because it means Remembered by God.

Chloe's name doesn't have such a neat story, though. I'm a huge fan of all things Irish, particularly clovers/shamrocks. So I wanted to call her Clover, but it just didn't quite fit her. So we shortened it to Chloe and gave her the middle name Belle (...you have to have something to call them when they are in trouble!!) Then for her registered name, I combined mine and my husband's names ("Jer"emy & Chel"sey" = Jersey) and we've got Jersey's Four Leaf Clover.

So, how about you? Do you have a story for how you came up with your names?
-C