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My experience is, whatever the dog's name is, you inevitably shorten it to two syllables anyway, usually with a hard sound "Kiko" "Kona".
"Powell" became "Pally," "Eloise" became "Weezers." I always keep the dog's name if he knows it when I adopt.
I currently have Artie, Dodger, Eloise/Weezers, and Nayla. All had their names when I got them. Artie was renamed by his rescue because they wanted him to associate nothing with his hard past.
You could look at dogoftheday.com archives for years of names. Lots of "Dodgers" and "Konas."
For some reason, "Maggie" is a very popular name for dogs. I have a lot of negative associations with it- think it sounds nasty. Also, there are a lot of "Maxies" for boys and girls.
Frick and Frack -- rescued cats from the same litter. Frack is our sole remaining master at this time.
Katie -- Yorkie
Sadie -- Yorkie (Full name was Mercedes of the Freeway)
Pepper -- Miniature schnauzer
Lady -- Doberman
Rosin -- Amber colored cocker
Shep -- Mixed breed from litter of...
Bullet -- Mixed breed
Big Cap -- Mixed breed
Working at a vet for years we saw the same names over and over. And some clients after the death of their pet would get a new one and name it the same thing. We loved the more unusual names. One of my favorites was a huge, black lab named Skillet. One that we couldn't understand came from a crazy art student at a local private college, she named her cat If. lol. My schnauzer that I adopted came complete with black dreadlocks and her name is Rasta, short for Rastafarian.
One of my mom's pugs has a bit of a weight problem (she eats everything....including drywall, the sides of the doors, carpet, furniture etc.) and although her name is Maddie, everyone just calls her Fattie Mae.
We have a shelter dog that we named Shiva, which is very appropriate, since it's the hindu god of destruction... she fits the name well.
I've always found it interesting when people give their animals common 'human' names. I had a friend whose dogs were named Mark and Leslie.
I felt bad when my dog ate the carpet, sometimes, I call her Maddie Mad!
However, crate she is it, when I go out! She was OK till her dog friend died.
I never, ever would think a sweet Pug would eat all that! When she is sweet
Bri is her name! Then!
....to a point, I think it is important to keep it to one syliable, it is easier to say with authority.
But a dogs name should be two syllables to make it easier for them to differentiate from the single syllable commands we train them to obey. Stuff like 'no' 'sit' 'stay' 'heel' 'come' 'leave'
Lucky = terrier mix (sadly, near the end of her life now - sleeps 22 hours/day). age "from the tooth" 13 adopted from a kill shelter in Atlanta. Named by my daughter's color guard squad back in the day as she was 3 or 4 days from euthanasia.
Fifi = a female pit mix (fostered, yet adopted... reason we that we now sponsor and don't foster) - age "from the tooth" maybe a year old. Abandoned and adopted in St. Croix, USVI. Already named when we got her (looks like an anti-Fifi).
Mr. Tip aka Tip-Tip - a male mix of some crazy sort, not sure but looks like a tiny german shephard and probably a year old. Abandoned and adopted in St. Croix, USVI. His abandonment occurred, and the reason for his name - he was thrown from a vehicle in the Tipperary area of the island, back leg broken and came to us when the original rescuer could no longer afford the required surgery (ouch for him and us). He was already named when we got him.
Although we continue to sponsor, we can no longer foster as they seem to become family members.
Hats off to those that foster! You guys are great!
When we adopted our American Bulldog from the shelter his name was "Gotti", he was already 1 and knew his name but I couldnt see calling my dog that so I told my son it had to end with an i and sound similar and out came Daji.... has worked great, its unique and it fits him so ta-da
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