What inspired your yorkie's name?
 

I was just curious....and thought it would be fun to share "why we named our pups what we did!" I would love to hear your stories!

Here's mine: My husband and I were married on the beach on Sullivan's Island, SC, on February 28, 2004, by the lighthouse. (Click here to view our wedding album) We named our puppy after our most special place, Sullivan's Island (and the Sullivan's Island Lighthouse!)

His whole AKC registered name is "General Montgomery Sullivan" - My husband is a WWII buff and his favorite WWII historical figure, I guess you could say, is the british General Montgomery. It was a fight with my husband not to name our pup "Monty"!!! (But, Sully it is! And we really think it suits his little face!)

i thought my yorkie just looked like a toby :confused: . . . actually, i wanted a name from my favorite book (harry potter) but none of the names seemed to fit :( .. so...... he is just toby (i love him dearly and his name is cute, but i wanted a name from harry potter and none of them fit..... oh well, guess that means i just need to get another one and try again :))

great wedding photo's Passion!!! Naming my yorkies, Ty came from Tyler TX, and I live on Tyler Ave, so that was easy, then my female I named her Myra, and my favorite drink is a MyTy so it just fit both of them, and now when i get my other yorkie in about a month his name is going to be BO... so it will be Ty My Bo :)

My boyfriend, for some odd reason, named himself "Fred Johnson". He plays this game on the internet called Counter-Strike and his nickname is "Fred". I thought it was cute because it reminded me of the dog that Little Ricky had on I Love Lucy, if anyone of you guys watch it. I love that show and I STILL watch it !
My first instinct was to go with Tyson because that is such a cute name! But, instead.. it's Fred!

If I'd had known any better, I would have named him the Sock Monster. :animal-sm

We discovered the name Chachi watching the Happy Days Reunion Special. My 4 year old daughter was insistant that his name was going to be Jewels. A month and a 1/2 later we went back and purchased a girl so now we have our Jewels.

WE named our girl Lillie Irene after my grandmother - Lillie - and my mother - Irene. Lillie really suits her!

Tia was named by me after a character in one of my favorite books and movies as a child, Escape to Witch Mountain. I still haven't decided on her registered name yet.

Sandy was named by my children after the loveable squirrel in Spongebob - Sandy Cheeks.

I had a long list of names for a boy but none that I really liked. It was almost Quinn (The Mighty Quinn) but half the people loved it and half hated it. My niece had a hamster named Gus Gus (from Cinderella) that passed away right before we got our puppy so she wanted to name him that in his honor. LOL
It fits him perfectly too because he is cute but not all that smart. :love:

Since I became an "accidental" yorkie owner I had never thought of names for dogs so when I was blessed with Simon the poor little guy didn't have a name for a few days. Then one day I looked at him and he was growling at me and chewing on my toes and I suddenly thought of Simon Cowell from American Idol and that is how he got his name. It suits him perfectly! When I got Hallie I was only supposed to be fostering her but we fell in love and I adopted her. I thought of changing her name to Sadie but stuck with Hallie since she was already 2 1/2. However what I really call them is Simon Sassy Pants and Halliebug.

Ok so, I'm a geek... Sheila is named after the tank in redvsblue . Call it irony.... Sheila is about 2.4 pounds at 4 1/2 months but she thinks she's huge :)

Here is a short description of who (what?) she is named after.

Sheila, originally named Phyllis, is the AI of the Blue army's M808B Main Battle Tank. She seems friendly enough, but, being a tank, she's got a habit of blowing people up (including her own teammate Church, thanks to the poor piloting skills of Caboose and the indiscriminate nature of her auto-targeting system). Sheila gets bombed to death by Sarge's dropship early on, but is repaired by Tex a few episodes later. She seems to despise Tucker, and calls him a retard over and over when he tries to drive her. She also seems to like Caboose at least a little (she's the only person in the canyon who does), however, she ends up falling in love with the robot Lopez, and the two of them elope. She appears to understand Spanish, and thus is the only "person" in the canyon who can comprehend Lopez. At one point, she and Lopez attempt to lead a robot revolution against the humans in response to the perceived abuse suffered by the Gulch's robots: being constantly blown up or possessed by ghosts (even though the others also suffer same), but after Lopez is kidnapped by O'Malley, she puts her differences aside to help retrieve him. Voiced by Yomary Cruz

My boyfriend thought of the name Hercules for our little boy. Of course because he was soo tiny we thought that would be a great name. Then we decided to keep with the God/Goddess theme by naming our little girl Athena. We looked up the names of Hercules' wives and things like that, but they just weren't really very good names. We thought Athena was pretty, so we decided to go with that.

Well most of you already know how we came up with Sebastian :-) Thanks again for all your votes we think that although his name is a little long it suites him and he responds to it very well!!

I love love love the wedding album!!! What a gorgeous, fun wedding you had!!!

TyMyBo is so creative!!

My little boy who is 6 months has the formal name [B]"Teals' Macho Playboy[/B]" so we call him Hefner. I had Teddy, (I can't remember the name of the dog in the movie "Sweet November") and Lil' Soldier (the breeder's name). We decided on Hefner becaus ehe really really is a Playboy!!

My little girls' mother's name is Champagne Lifesgtyles and the father's name was Maximillion and she is an exotic parti-colored gold/white yorkie so we named her Champagne's One in a Million. My daughter gave the "call" name of Chai because Chai Tea is her favorite and it matches her coloring. She looks like Chai!

My oldest daughter's dog's name is Buddha. It was evident for the very beginning even as a puppy that he was a "wise old man". As compared to Hefner he is much more calm and even tempered and his name is perfect for him.

:smile: I can hardly stand to wait any longer!! We get our little puppy next Saturday in Hutchinson Kansas!! So we named him "Starsky Hutchinson"!! We are so excited to see little Starsky!!

I love seeing all the pictures of your pups, I can't wait to post some of mine. I just got a new sweater for Starsky today for those cooler evenings in Colorado!!

Well.. Oreo because he's black with white in the middle and looks like an oreo cookie :D

and ginger.. hm i don't really know why! i just thought ginger was a girlie cutsie name! and it fit her :p :Puppy:

You're a beautiful bride!

I guess everyone knows who Ringo is named after, but here's the story anyway.
We had a dalmation named John Paul (J.P. for short) for 13 years. He was named after John and Paul of the Beatles. He passed away this past Christmas. I wanted to keep with the Beatles "theme" so we named our new boy Ringo. Our next pet will be George. :)

We were sat one night having a drink trying to think of names......the bottle of budweiser on the table was the inspiration! :p

That is so cute Ty My Bo... Ha Ha Ha I am waiting on my yorkie. he should be ready in a month. No name thoughts yet

Our two girls are named after one of my favorite singers...Jimmy Buffet...I grew up listening to him, as he is my dad's favorirte...and when I was little my dad used to call me Lil Mis' Magic, a song of Buffet's, and so it was fitting that when I got a little girl that would be her name...and then once we got a new little girl, we once again went to look for Buffet songs...we came up with Sailor Girl, another symbol for Buffet....both names fit them perfectly...

My husband and I are both Parrotheads too! ;) We considered naming Tia, RITA (for Margaritaville) but Tia just fit her too well!

Biggie is named after the Notorius B. I G.(the rapper from new york that was killed on my Birthday March 9th 1997) My boyfriend brought Biggie for me for my birthday this year!

sirius is named after two things first sirius black in harry potter and after the satlite radio. my husband came up with the name :D

names
 

My Roxy is named after the surfing brand Roxy. We just got a new male yorkie this weekend and named him Gibson after Gibson Guitars. My boyfriend is in a band so it fit. lol! :D

Gracie's name is Lindy Grace, after my sister Linda who passed away suddenly a year ago, and my grandmother Grace.

Rhyming Fool
 

I also own a Border Collie ... whose name is Molly... so what else to call a Yorkie...but Corky! Her full name is Corky Merlot. Gotta love that red wine!

Harry & Paris
 

My 19 year old daughter loves the name Paris. She had decided the name before we got the puppy. With my Harry, we were not sure what to name him. The day we got the two of them, we took them to the vet to get checked out. We still had no name for him. He was in a carry bag, on the floor in the reception area. While we were talking to the receptionist, Harry slipped out of his bag and started to explore. The receptionist said, 'Look, he's a Houdini!", since the bag he was in, was zipped on the side and he managed to poke his little body out. So, that's how 'Harry' was named, after Harry Houdini!

Paris
 

My 19 year old daughter loves the name Paris.

I love that name too! I'm a big Girlmore Girls fan...........odd I didn't think of naming my little babe Rory or Lorelai, or Suki............although Sushi was on the list, but a family member poo-pooed it, and I caved....said animals shouldn't be named after food! Whatever! :mad:

I was wanting to call him Benji in the beginning but mike (my hubby) said no!! So as we were driving we were naming off names from our favorite sci-fi shows!! (We are Sci-fi nuts) We went through the names on Battle Star Gallactica.. Mike wanted to name him Baltar..but I said no...It sounds Like a Rottweillers name and so we kept driving and Then Mike said Riddick..One of our favorite Movies... I loved that name right away.. I just said afterwards "I hope he doesn't live up to his name...and right now he does!! He's mean...lol... His bite is worse then his bark.....He can sure tear up my house for such a little guy!!! I wouldn't have it any other way right now though... I love him and hope he's around for many, many years.. :aimeeyork

Riddicks Mommy

Brady was named after Tom Brady, Quarterback for the New England Patriots - my fiance is obsessed....and to top it off Brady is a girl! But it suits her well even though people thinks she's a boy.