How did you come up with?

[Twinkie2Cute]

I was wondering how YT members came up with their furbabies names?

As for my Twinkie...I wanted to name her Daisy or Ladybug, (my two favorite things), but my hubby and youngest son, said they would not take her for a walk and call out those names! So, day two, my son came home from school and said we should name her Twinkie. He thought since she was the same size of the yellow, cream stuffed snack, it would fit her to a T. I love her name, it's not very common and we call her Twink for short.

What are some of your stories?

[lil louis]

I named Louis after my favorite purse, Louis Vuitton.

[Samuel-Samy]

My husband named our yorkie Samy, but on his passport I decided to name him Samuel. But we call him Samy.

[Mom2TwoYorkies]

My daughter (then 17) named Brody after Adam Brody (Seth) from the tv show The O.C.

I named Rhianna Belle after the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon . . .we had a rabbit once named Rhiannon, so I didn't want to re-use the name, so we shortened it up and added the Belle.

[Twinkie2Cute]

I don't blame you for naming your baby after your favorite purse. If I had a boy and the same purse, I would have done the same.

I also love the name Sammy! I like that name for a skinkid too.

Thank you for sharing....

[Twinkie2Cute]

Originally Posted by Mom2TwoYorkies

My daughter (then 17) named Brody after Adam Brody (Seth) from the tv show The O.C.

I named Rhianna Belle after the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon . . .we had a rabbit once named Rhiannon, so I didn't want to re-use the name, so we shortened it up and added the Belle.

I have a niece named Rhiannon. My sister loved Fleetwood Mac!!!

[cruisinpat]

I made a list of names for my little guy and then promptly named him something that I found myself calling him -- Buddy. It was between Buddy and Shadow and I'm beginning to think I should have picked Shadow instead of Buddy. I am hoping that, once he is comfortable here, he will no longer be my Shadow but he will always be my Buddy! Good thread.

[BellaDonna]

I thought of the name Bella for my last grandchild but my son and his wife ended up not using it! (It's not my fault they had a boy) Anyway, I loved the name and when I realized I was going to get a female that was the first named that popped out of my mouth. Then I had to find something that went with it.

[OlivesMommy]

Olive was the name of the main character in Little Miss Sunshine.. and I love that movie! I'd love to use the name for a skin kid one day, but I think it would be kinda mean and the name suits my furbaby so well! I love how I've never met another dog named Olive!

[Ashley V]

We brought Chip home and as we were playing with him, my mom was searching the internet for cute names. She would call a bunch of things out and we would say "Nah!" or "Possibly". She wrote down all our maybes. We went to bed that night thinking Chip but weren't totally decided. The next day Chip was very sick and had to be taken to the vet. The vet asked my husband for his name and just told her it was Chip. Chip was his favorite name out of them all and it just stuck.

Smokey came to us with that name. He had already been through so much (long story) that we decided not to bother changing his name. My mom begged me to change it though because it reminded her of smoking. Most of the time we call just call him Mokey. He actually responds better to "Mokey" than "Smokey".

[Twinkie2Cute]

Originally Posted by BellaDonna

I thought of the name Bella for my last grandchild but my son and his wife ended up not using it! (It's not my fault they had a boy) Anyway, I loved the name and when I realized I was going to get a female that was the first named that popped out of my mouth. Then I had to find something that went with it.

Darn them for having a boy! I had two boys and I want a girl grandchild, but I don't see that happening any time soon. I think that is why I spoil Twinkie so much. At least I get to do girly things with her!
Sad isn't it..

Originally Posted by cruisinpat

I made a list of names for my little guy and then promptly named him something that I found myself calling him -- Buddy. It was between Buddy and Shadow and I'm beginning to think I should have picked Shadow instead of Buddy. I am hoping that, once he is comfortable here, he will no longer be my Shadow but he will always be my Buddy! Good thread.

I think all of our yorkies should have the name Shadow!
My grandmother named her wiener dog Buddy and the name definitely fit! Buddy was her best friend.

[Twinkie2Cute]

Originally Posted by Ashley V

We brought Chip home and as we were playing with him, my mom was searching the internet for cute names. She would call a bunch of things out and we would say "Nah!" or "Possibly". She wrote down all our maybes. We went to bed that night thinking Chip but weren't totally decided. The next day Chip was very sick and had to be taken to the vet. The vet asked my husband for his name and just told her it was Chip. Chip was his favorite name out of them all and it just stuck.

Smokey came to us with that name. He had already been through so much (long story) that we decided not to bother changing his name. My mom begged me to change it though because it reminded her of smoking. Most of the time we call just call him Mokey. He actually responds better to "Mokey" than "Smokey".

I can say that I have never heard of a dog named Chip. What a cute story. If it flew out of your husbands mouth that quickly, then it was meant to be.

Originally Posted by OlivesMommy

Olive was the name of the main character in Little Miss Sunshine.. and I love that movie! I'd love to use the name for a skin kid one day, but I think it would be kinda mean and the name suits my furbaby so well! I love how I've never met another dog named Olive!

Love, Love, Love the movie Little Miss Sunshine! Olive is actually one of my favorite names. Why didn't I think to name Twinkie that? Darn!

[peachbongi]

When we got Tink everyone in the family was tossing around names and my youngest daughter had just seen Tinkerbell the movie and kept calling her that. My DH said no way so we kept tossing around names for 2 more days. Mean while my daughter kept calling her Tinkerbell. We suddenly realized that she was responding to that name. So we stuck with it.

My DH is still in denial and will only call her Tink. But we love it!

[kjc]

I feel like I have missed out on something very important.... all mine came to me with names already... I'm going to rename all of them ...

[OlivesMommy]

Love, Love, Love the movie Little Miss Sunshine! Olive is actually one of my favorite names. Why didn't I think to name Twinkie that? Darn! [/QUOTE]


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