How did you choose your Yorkie's name?

[dinkster]

I let DH name him. I kind of think Dinky is a silly name, but DH turned out to be one of those guys totally into having a little dog and once he came up with Dinky, there was no turning back.

[matese]

1980 My first yorkie.
I had a cousin that for some reason would not pronounce the would KILLER correctly, she pronounced it as Kia. When I bought my puppy I went directly to friends and family to show off my little baby, when they asked me what her name was I said she has no name yet, I wasn’t planning on buying a puppy. When I got to my cousins house to show her my lil baby, she laughed at this teeny tiny baby and she she looks like a littler Kia (KILLER) and that’s how my first yorkie got her name. She passed away in 1994, 6 months after her death the Kia car was being sold, I wanted to sue the Company for stealing the name of my dog, then I found out it was a Korean made car, used in Korean and recently came to the USA. Well my dogs name Kia was unique for the 14.5 that she was alive.

Yorkie # 2….I was reading a book, the story took place in New Orleans…Again another unplanned yorkie puppy, I bought her in the evening, the next evening I took her to my vet for the 48 hour store check up policy, the vet asked what her name was, I told him she didn’t have one, but I was reading this book and I like the ring of the Cajun food but was not going to name a dog after a type of food, so he said change the spelling to Kajon (pronounced as Kay John)…so Kajon it was.

Yorkie # 3…..again unplanned, At this time singer Sinéad O’Conner was popular I was not into her type of singing but she was bald headed, my new puppy was very furry and I thought it would be funny to give my hairy puppy her name. The day I got her I went to my friend that had 3 yorkies to show them lookie what I just got, they asked what I named her I said SCHNAE after the singer, they said her name is Sinead O’Conner NOT Schnae, I said GOOD because I don’t like giving my dogs ppl’s name, so that’s how Schnae got her name.

Yorkie #4… 1997…was nameless for 3 months, she answered to the name of noooooo. I was watching TV, they were talking about Phyllis Diller and her painting, compared it to the artist Matisse a “one of a kind” artist, well my new baby was “one of a kind” she was able to slide my bed room closet door open and chew my slippers, I had to buy 6 pairs slippers the first 7 weeks I had her until I found out how she was getting into the closet. She was “one of a kind” in all the years of owning dogs this was the only puppy that got into so much mischief I changed the spelling and that is how Matese got her name. (Matese remained a "one of a kind" mischievous little girl up to 7 weeks before she left me at age 17 y/o)


Yorkie #5…another unplanned dog, 6 weeks after Matese left me to join her sister at Rainbow bridge, my vet called me, they had just gotten in a rescue, she begged me to come to “just see the dog” long story short, I went, I saw and he was coming home with me, his name was Theodore, wayyyy to long of a name for me, when I had just Schnae & Matese when they were being naughty I would call out, “knock it off “Masha” (using part of both their names by accident in my excitement to get them calmed down lol) I knew I would never get the name of T-H-E-O-D-O-R-E out of my mouth. I wanted his name changed before I left the vets office, I wasn’t planning on another dog, he was prancing around the room like a little western stallion, The name Cody popped into my head, although I don’t like giving ppl names to my dogs, I had to come up with something fast, he looked like a little Cody, and that is how Cody got his name.

[EarthAngel]

Had no name for my puppy as I was driving home after picking him up. I was buying so many things for him I never did for my larger dogs and I was spending a lot on him.

I love cars and was thinking of an expensive car...Mercedes came up but it is a girl's name and going through names Bentley came to mind and that was it! A plus is it is an English made car! He is my sweetheart.

[yorkiefan_]

Cookie got the name because she's brown and black and sweet. I also call her Nyan Nyan after Nyan Cat, and because I'd tell her "nyan nyan nyan nyan" back when she'd argue with me as a puppy. She's also Princess Beenchy because she's little (not for a yorkie at 8 lbs, but overall) and since I always thought it was funny how as a very little kid my brother used to say itchy-b*tchy instead of itsy-bitsy for something small (and beenchy sounds better than b*tchy lol). I also call her Turd Bird when she's being a little naughty outside and runs away from me after catching a bird or a lizard. I also call her Monkey since she's flying off the walls sometimes; some days are zoomie days lol. I guess her full name is Cookie Monster because she is so full of energy. She responds to all of the names; well, when she feels like responding!

[JadeD]

Originally Posted by ShowGirlLola

I wanted to name Lola Luna after Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, but my mom and grandmom harassed me so much about it.

I ended up naming her Lola after the Kinks song because I like the way they say Lola, La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola.
My poodle was Roxanne after the Police song because I liked how they said her name too.

I still love the name Luna, but Lola suits her better.

I like Luna! I am a Harry Potter fan, but it is also like the moon too, so it is just really cool.

[JadeD]

Originally Posted by EarthAngel

Had no name for my puppy as I was driving home after picking him up. I was buying so many things for him I never did for my larger dogs and I was spending a lot on him.

I love cars and was thinking of an expensive car...Mercedes came up but it is a girl's name and going through names Bentley came to mind and that was it! A plus is it is an English made car! He is my sweetheart.

Bentley was on the list for both of my male yorkies. However it just did not fit for Teek. He was not a Bentley. The new puppy, well no one else in the family liked the name and everyone seemed to like Rowan, so Rowan it was. I still love the name Bentley. I told my family that if I don't name a dog Bentley then I will never own a Bentley because I certainly can't get the car. LOL

[EarthAngel]

Originally Posted by JadeD

Bentley was on the list for both of my male yorkies. However it just did not fit for Teek. He was not a Bentley. The new puppy, well no one else in the family liked the name and everyone seemed to like Rowan, so Rowan it was. I still love the name Bentley. I told my family that if I don't name a dog Bentley then I will never own a Bentley because I certainly can't get the car. LOL

What's funny is I never knew the name Bentley was known...thought it was unique unto itself. All my past furkids...cats and dogs I had a name picked before hand after much deliberating! lol As soon as the name Bentley came into my mind I knew it was right for my sweet boy.

I am enjoying hearing how everyone chose their pups' names...such fun picking a name you like.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I've thought about changing it since I was a kid, believe me! But I never could think of anything better. I want a unique name but not crazy weird. You'd think that Priscilla is unique right? But three other girls in my class in HS had the same name, and one even had the same last name off by one letter! And she was in my math class too! And then the Facebook wife, I have her exact same name! I think it is the age of our parents, who grew up listening to Elvis. Everyone loved Priscilla Presley and thought her name was so original and unique.

I don't really have nicknames other than a shortened version of my name either Scilla or Pris, which only one friend calls me that and she came up with both. I don't have a middle name either bc my parents didn't give me one, just an initial that doesn't stand for anything and, yes it's also a P! WTH. Oh yeah, my parents didn't even come up with the name. My aunt thought of it but she had a boy (he's 3 mo older than me) so my mom used it. She didn't even think of a name for me.

And we do call Toto many different names. Mostly Turtle but then we shorten it to Turd (LOL) or Turd Man. Then Twinkles/Twankles, and Shrimpy Eyes (bc his eyes are so big and sparkly, he really looks like he has shrimp eyes). He responds to all of them.

Toto does have huge, beautiful eyes! Love them. Great nicknames for him.

I laugh every time I remember that you and Mrs. Facebook have the same name. Priscilla is a beautiful name, but when we meet in person, I think I will call you Captain or something else.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by seastheday

After we lost our Yorkie who was named Barkley (as in Sir Charles) my favorite NBA player, I did not want another Yorkie. I was so devastated I didn't think I could bear to look at the same little face again. My husband insisted on another Yorkie, I wanted a Biewer. We compromised, we got one of each! What to name them? I wanted one named Scotti and the other Pippen after Scotti Pippen (NBA Chicago Bulls). My son, also an NBA person refused to call them by those names. So for weeks we text each other constantly with names that just didn't work. About three weeks after we had them I showed my husband how our little biewer kept stealing our yorkie's toys. I said "he is a real little bandit". Just at that moment my phone binged. I received a text from my son that said "how about Smokey and the Bandit?" And so it goes...they were named. Oh and BTW, my son said if we get a third puppy his name must be Junior!!!!

That's so cute! What a coincidence! My MIL was having a hard time thinking of a name for her yorkie who she got as a rehome. Her original name was Gadget but she didn't answer to it (nor did the original owners call her that; they just would whistle at her). Also no way with MIL's accent would she be able to say it or have it sound pleasing to other people's ears. LOL After a few days I thought of Ginger (she loves cooking with ginger), and she said that BIL had suggested Ginger too!

[szaje]

My favorite classic rock artist is Bruce Springsteen. When my mom found a stray black kitten outside her old house on September 23, 2005 (Springsteen's birthday) I immediately took to the kitten and wanted it. We couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl...so I named it "Jersey" because Bruce Springsteen is from Jersey.


Three years ago, my mother got a yorkie. I never thought much about yorkies either way until I met my mom's dog. Her dog is named "Bella Rose." I fell in love with Bella and wanted a dog just like her.


I ordered my puppy from the same breeder two years ago, and finally got her on July 16.


My current favorite artists/celebrity crushes are Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Robin Thicke. They are both from Los Angeles, California...so I chose "Cali" after the state...to go with "Jersey."


"Sage" was chosen to go with "Rose"...Sagebrush is the state flower of my home and favorite state.


I put those together as "Cali Sage." I call her "Cali" or "Cali Sage."

[Jkpal]

Originally Posted by SirTeddykins

haha that's cute ... Teddy is actually English..we got him from Gloucestershire so that's where 'Sir' and 'Rupert' came from..

As you can see below (we took this pic about 20 minutes ago), he is certainly no Lord and looks like a rejected Knight hahaha:

Goshdarn, I just love your personality-plus, ridiculously cute little guy!!

[Lhamilton]

Hi,

I named Monty after a terrier in a British movie called "The Hidden Room" ("Obsession" in the US) based on "A Man About a Dog" by Alec Coppel. It has a rather dark but interesting plot with the little dog essentially saving the day.

Linda

[snoopymom]

Originally Posted by matese

1980 My first yorkie.
I had a cousin that for some reason would not pronounce the would KILLER correctly, she pronounced it as Kia. When I bought my puppy I went directly to friends and family to show off my little baby, when they asked me what her name was I said she has no name yet, I wasn’t planning on buying a puppy. When I got to my cousins house to show her my lil baby, she laughed at this teeny tiny baby and she she looks like a littler Kia (KILLER) and that’s how my first yorkie got her name. She passed away in 1994, 6 months after her death the Kia car was being sold, I wanted to sue the Company for stealing the name of my dog, then I found out it was a Korean made car, used in Korean and recently came to the USA. Well my dogs name Kia was unique for the 14.5 that she was alive.

Yorkie # 2….I was reading a book, the story took place in New Orleans…Again another unplanned yorkie puppy, I bought her in the evening, the next evening I took her to my vet for the 48 hour store check up policy, the vet asked what her name was, I told him she didn’t have one, but I was reading this book and I like the ring of the Cajun food but was not going to name a dog after a type of food, so he said change the spelling to Kajon (pronounced as Kay John)…so Kajon it was.

Yorkie # 3…..again unplanned, At this time singer Sinéad O’Conner was popular I was not into her type of singing but she was bald headed, my new puppy was very furry and I thought it would be funny to give my hairy puppy her name. The day I got her I went to my friend that had 3 yorkies to show them lookie what I just got, they asked what I named her I said SCHNAE after the singer, they said her name is Sinead O’Conner NOT Schnae, I said GOOD because I don’t like giving my dogs ppl’s name, so that’s how Schnae got her name.

Yorkie #4… 1997…was nameless for 3 months, she answered to the name of noooooo. I was watching TV, they were talking about Phyllis Diller and her painting, compared it to the artist Matisse a “one of a kind” artist, well my new baby was “one of a kind” she was able to slide my bed room closet door open and chew my slippers, I had to buy 6 pairs slippers the first 7 weeks I had her until I found out how she was getting into the closet. She was “one of a kind” in all the years of owning dogs this was the only puppy that got into so much mischief I changed the spelling and that is how Matese got her name. (Matese remained a "one of a kind" mischievous little girl up to 7 weeks before she left me at age 17 y/o)


Yorkie #5…another unplanned dog, 6 weeks after Matese left me to join her sister at Rainbow bridge, my vet called me, they had just gotten in a rescue, she begged me to come to “just see the dog” long story short, I went, I saw and he was coming home with me, his name was Theodore, wayyyy to long of a name for me, when I had just Schnae & Matese when they were being naughty I would call out, “knock it off “Masha” (using part of both their names by accident in my excitement to get them calmed down lol) I knew I would never get the name of T-H-E-O-D-O-R-E out of my mouth. I wanted his name changed before I left the vets office, I wasn’t planning on another dog, he was prancing around the room like a little western stallion, The name Cody popped into my head, although I don’t like giving ppl names to my dogs, I had to come up with something fast, he looked like a little Cody, and that is how Cody got his name.

For some reason, "unplanned" just makes me laugh!

[Misty2015]

Okay so I had originally named her Misty but my mom hated that name and said it was a stripper name lol.
So we then changed it to Fiona. Then a few days later she said that wouldn't work because it was her nickname and was weird
Now her name is Bella. I love Bella more then the other two she looks like a Bella Hopefully this name sticks. We went though these three in a span of a week so hopefully you have better luck than me hahahahah.
I should have named her pie because she has a pie symbol on her chest. haha

[AmberH]

Bayleigh - She was surrendered to the shelter as Angel. My cat's name is Angel and I was taking her home as a foster and needed to changer her name ASAP for her paperwork. Gremlin was the first name that came to my mind because that's what she looked like. I love the name. My family hates it. I was pressured to change it and I just couldn't decide on a name. I spent forever on a name website and came across Bailey. I liked it but changed the spelling to make it more girly.

Penny - Again, we couldn't decide or agree on a name. She had several names before we could agree on Penny. We were watching The Big Bang Theory and we just looked at each other and was like "PENNY!" Knock, Knock, Knock Penny!

Gremlin - See first paragraph. Obviously, I still love the name four years later. Gremlin really lives up to her name.