Naming your Yorkies - how did you come up with yours?

[Tphelps]

My daughter gave me a list of "cool" names and I picked Piper for my first Yorkie I saw the card playing yorkie named Jilly and thought the little dog was so cute and loved the name.....thus my second yorkie is Jilly.

[MomtoJasper]

I actually had a few names to choose from weeks before I picked my furbaby up. After we brought him home and watched his personality for a few days none of them seemed to fit. Then I was on YouTube one day and watched a video of a pet skunk...his name was Jasper. When I heard his name I thought...THAT'S IT! He has been Jasper ever since and his suits him.

This is a great thread!

[MomtoJasper]

Originally Posted by bjh

Years ago my husband and I watched Gunsmoke all the time. I ended up naming two of my pups Mr. Dillon and Miss Kitty after two of the stars of that show. Dillon and Miss Kitty both just turned 10 years old. None of the other yorkies I have were named after tv characters.

I love this show. My DH and I are always watching the reruns. Sometimes I think Jasper would have made a great Festus.

[MomtoJasper]

Originally Posted by MomtoJasper

I actually had a few names to choose from weeks before I picked my furbaby up. After we brought him home and watched his personality for a few days none of them seemed to fit. Then I was on YouTube one day and watched a video of a pet skunk...his name was Jasper. When I heard his name I thought...THAT'S IT! He has been Jasper ever since and his suits him.

This is a great thread!

I totally forgot to add his middle name, Redd. I could not come up with a good name myself so, I asked my YT friends to help me think of one. One member came up with Jasper Redd who is a comedian from Tennessee. Our home state. And our Jasper Redd is hilarious most of the time. There isn't a day that goes by that he isn't making us laugh. But...I only call him Jasper Redd when he is in trouble.

[dollydoodle]

Dolly Doodle because I love the name Dolly & a Yorkie named "Doodle" inspired me to get Dolly-my first dog ever at the age of 49!
I got Teena when she was 2 yrs old & she answered to her name of Tila Tequilla. (Tila Tequilla, in case you don't know, is a little sexy bombshell on MTV.) My baby didn't resemble her at all, so I slightly changed her name to Teena.

[Llutz]

We wanted an Italian name - so we chose Lorenzo - Enzo for short Enzo means "Ruler of the House" He truly lives up to his name

[KeeganRiley]

For both of our Yorkies, we made up a list of names and narrowed it down as we got to know each pup. "Keegan Riley" just seemed to fit our boy--his litter-mate belongs to my mom and was already named "Dorris Jean", so he needed a middle name, too.
Our new baby was so quiet the first few days...but when she finally "piped up" she probably could be heard for blocks. Thus, Piper. We added a personality-based first name later and she is now our "Merry Piper."

[xFoxyx]

Presley was named after Elvis... Too obvious?

[R_Z]

When we adopted our Bailey at 6 months, the people said they named him Bailey.
So, we kept it!

[dinolover]

Dino had no name for almost a month! I wanted a name that my billingual family could pronounce easily. One day I was watching the flinstones and decided Dino was the perfect name. It really does suit him and I can't imagine him with any other name.

Mr. Bucket was a rescue, his original owner named him Bucket because they had a leaky roof and when he was a puppy he would knock over all the buckets on the floor that collected the water. When I got him I changed Bucket to be his last name and named him Charlie Bucket from Willy Wonka. We call him Mr. Bucket

[alaskayorkie]

Eddie was sort of a re-home, and he came with the name of Teddie -- TJ for short. Since TJ is my wife's ex's name, we wanted something that sounded like "Teddie" and chose "Eddie." It's been a good fit.

Jillie was named after a beloved Yorkie I owned who died named Jack. I was looking at a tribute to him, so I named her Jill. I've never regretted it and think of Jack all the time because of her name.

Jack was a tiny rescue I got when he was 10 and frail. His name was Cuddles. Sorry, no way a guy could own a tiny little dog named Cuddles, so I named him the machoest thing I could think of at the time -- Jack, for Jack Daniels. He more than lived up to the name. In fact, he was such a strong Alaska that I later changed his name to Yukon Jack

[suec1958]

I came up with Si, because Uncle Si on Duck Dynasty has silver hair w/beady eyes, like my boy Si!

[ilovejoel]

Joel from Good Charlotte

[Britster]

Jackson was named because of the Johnny Cash song 'Jackson'. We had just watched the movie based on him called Walk the Line and couldn't get the song out of our head. So when I was getting a puppy, I kept staring at his pic trying to come up with a name and Jackson just stuck. Plus I feel like it was always such a 'manly' type name and he is SUCH a boy! I also am a fan of Michael Jackson, so it worked.

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by Britster

Jackson was named because of the Johnny Cash song 'Jackson'. We had just watched the movie based on him called Walk the Line and couldn't get the song out of our head. So when I was getting a puppy, I kept staring at his pic trying to come up with a name and Jackson just stuck. Plus I feel like it was always such a 'manly' type name and he is SUCH a boy! I also am a fan of Michael Jackson, so it worked.

I would have named your boy Sue.