Indie was quite uncommon when I named her but seems to have become more common, but I've never yet heard of another Tau, Rhuna or Zasa.

 

My youngster is called Shae after the character in Game of Thrones... Liked the name and it suits her- not met another "Shae" yet!!

Luckily she's not as horrible as her namesake ;-)

 

I called our first retriever Callie after one of the girls off Blake's Seven, my oh thought she was fit. I've seen a few since then
The second retriever was called Tora, I don't think I've come across another one. It was a made up name as I wanted a name that ended in an A and was short so just kept going through the alphabet til it came up. I think Tora means fight in Japanese which I didn't think of and anyway it was probably the last thing she would ever have done.

 

My youngster is called Shae after the character in Game of Thrones... Liked the name and it suits her- not met another "Shae" yet!!

Luckily she's not as horrible as her namesake ;-)

I've not seen the game so don't know the character. is that pronounced like 'Shay'?

I did really like the film Avatar so was trying to think of some of the unusual names of there. Bit of a Trekkie too..lol.

I used to love the Final Fantasy series of games on Playstation and there were characters called 'Freya', 'Yuffie', 'Cloud' 'Shiva' and other unusual names. The name Freya is becoming more popular I've noticed.

For more traditional names I saw a beautiful white whippet once called 'Isla' and the name really suited her. I don't think it's quite as common as 'Evie'

 

I've never met another Zipper
His name was chosen because he had a white stripe that ran from his chin all the way down his belly that to us looked like a Zip

I met a dog called Kiss once, never found out if his owner was a fan of the band or a romantic sort.

 

I named my first (not family) dog Grayson, after Batman's Robin, who's real name is Dick Grayson.
After that EVERY SINGLE BLOODY tv show i watched had a character called Grayson! "Oh, did you name him after this?" ...considering he is several years older than that, no.
It probably shouldn't have, but it really annoyed me :blushing:

Frodo and Samwise are named after hobbits. Not seen many others around
There are a few Ripleys, but most seem to be male. Mine is named after the one from Alien.
I'm seeing more and more Rorys too... so far, no others seem to be short for Rorschach (Watchmen) though

 

For a white dog I did like 'Eira' which is welsh for snow. I also like 'Emmy' short for Emerald for a dog that had green coloured eyes but these names depend on the dog or its eyes been a specific colour (saffy/sapphire for a blue eyes dog too)..again these are mostly female names.

I like Chad for a male, which was a nickname of a much loved family member years ago (human). Some of the name I like would not be easy for me to get out as I have a bit of a stammer. so names starting with vowels or soft consonants (sh, ch, J etc) would be easier for me to say if someone stops to ask the dogs names.

eg it could have a 'K' in as long as it didn't start with it so I can say 'Inca' ok with the K sound in the middle but would struggle getting 'Kenzie' out though I really like the name 'MacKenzie' seeing it written down..I probably wouldn't pick it due to difficulty I'd have saying it!

 

I like 'Haydn' but not sure whether it can be a girls name too. I did like Evie for a girl but every other child or dog seems to be called Evie lately!

Haydn is a unisex name Hayden Panettiere springs to mind and apparently there's also a Haydn Gwynne (though I don't know who she is or why she's famous)

I named my puppy Cecil haven't met any other Cecil's so far

 

I named Nooka after a character in an old children's TV programme - rep for the first person to name the programme

I also have a Budgie called Boosh, after the Mighty Boosh.

Plus we did have 2 cockerels called Shagrat and Gorbag - named after a pair of Orcs from Lord of the Rings :lol:

Nooka's sister is called Edna, and the woman who owns her also has a Gladys, Martha and Ethel I think!

 

I named my first (not family) dog Grayson, after Batman's Robin, who's real name is Dick Grayson.
After that EVERY SINGLE BLOODY tv show i watched had a character called Grayson! "Oh, did you name him after this?" ...considering he is several years older than that, no.
It probably shouldn't have, but it really annoyed me :blushing:

Frodo and Samwise are named after hobbits. Not seen many others around
There are a few Ripleys, but most seem to be male. Mine is named after the one from Alien.
I'm seeing more and more Rorys too... so far, no others seem to be short for Rorschach (Watchmen) though

That's unusual and there's an unusual way to spell Rory too and Keeva, the problem is it annoys the hell out of me when they don't spell it right..lol! ..especially as I have to use Typetalk to phone the vets to discuss my dogs , even though I spell my dogs correctly when I type my part the operator doesn't always spell it right when they are replying!

JJ gets Jay-Jay or Jessie J .(and NO he's not named after the singer!) People do assume he's a girl if I say his full name and assume its Jessie not Jesse . Inca which I thought was pretty foolproof even got a small trophy (when she was younger) with her name spelt Inka!

I think maybe something simple and short next time as society seems to be dumbing down in general ..lol! ..but still kind of unusual in a way (for a dog's name)

 

I called Koda because someone on here said that Koda meant friend I haven't met another Koda
Briggs is unusual short for his registered name Ballabriggs there is a Brig springer on here
Torrin means chief and as he is a chi he lives up to his name mind you its usually Tor or Wart thing as hes an annoying little wart
Not heard of another Jeka not named by me though
Ugs got lumbered with it she was originally Hearshy but my friend she was an Ugly Bug so it got shortened and stuck
Quest haven't heard of another Quest or another Folly
Havoc is another unusual name named after a collie that I didn't own but loved
I also had Jazz which is also quiet unusual

 

The dog before Holly was called Romany, mainly because her mother was called Gypsy and her father was one. The only other Romany I have met was a pony.

In the visiter book at the cottage we stayed in last week there was a couple whos dogs were called Oxo and Gravy

Holly came with her name

 

Had a dog called Peanut

And knew a female called Kenny (which was short for Kenmont - the name of the road she was found on)

Ticky - because when she was found she was covered in ticks...
TJ - because he looked like Ticky so he was 'ticky junior' or TJ

I'm sure there are more!

 

I named Nooka after a character in an old children's TV programme - rep for the first person to name the programme

I also have a Budgie called Boosh, after the Mighty Boosh.

Plus we did have 2 cockerels called Shagrat and Gorbag - named after a pair of Orcs from Lord of the Rings :lol:

Nooka's sister is called Edna, and the woman who owns her also has a Gladys, Martha and Ethel I think!

Noggin the Nog?? (for Nooka)

 

Blade was the first thing that popped into my head when I picked him up so it kinda stuck

Taz came already named, as did Skyla. I was going to change Skyla's name but decided not too as she had already been through a lot of changes in her life.

 

Mine is Tryfan, named after a mountain. Definitely not met another!

 

Our first GSD was called Blade back when all the blade films were about.
Never met another dog called blade.

 

I called Koda because someone on here said that Koda meant friend I haven't met another Koda
Briggs is unusual short for his registered name Ballabriggs there is a Brig springer on here
Torrin means chief and as he is a chi he lives up to his name mind you its usually Tor or Wart thing as hes an annoying little wart
Not heard of another Jeka not named by me though
Ugs got lumbered with it she was originally Hearshy but my friend she was an Ugly Bug so it got shortened and stuck
Quest haven't heard of another Quest or another Folly
Havoc is another unusual name named after a collie that I didn't own but loved
I also had Jazz which is also quiet unusual

I like the fact 'Koda' means friend but I'd struggle to get Koda out... I'll have to look up some more names that mean things like 'friend, loved, hope' etc

I like Evie cos it means 'life' and thought it be nice for a rescue dog as you're giving them a 'new life' but there are alot of Evie's about..unless the name had gone back out of fashion by the time I got a dog!

I'd like the dog's name to have some meaning to me or some significance to its situation such as life (new life), Hope, Faith etc

Phoenix is on my list (born again/risen from the ashes like the legend) but I feel this would only suit a red coloured dog.

 

Our first GSD was called Blade back when all the blade films were about.
Never met another dog called blade.

Now you have

My husbands friends call Blade "Wesley Snipes" , Blade actually for a long time thought his name was "Puppy"

 

Now you have

My husbands friends call Blade "Wesley Snipes" , Blade actually for a long time thought his name was "Puppy"

Aww bless.
I wanted blaze originally but hubby preferred blade.

 

Blade was the first thing that popped into my head when I picked him up so it kinda stuck

Taz came already named, as did Skyla. I was going to change Skyla's name but decided not too as she had already been through a lot of changes in her life.

yes I've seen the name skyla spelt differently but can't remember it other than it started Sch.. but its pronounced the same.

I've thought of similar name if dogs name was already established but just a more unusual spelling say if it was called Sammy or Sam ... spelling it 'Sami' or Kenzie is close enough to Kenny for example but they would both be names I'd struggle with.

I guess if it was a deaf dog I was adopting it wouldn't really matter if the dog had never heard it's name been called anyway...in which case I'd try and find a name with an easy sign so it could learn its name such as 'Angel' (but that maybe quite common too?).

Some of the names that could also be items would work such as 'Blade' (as in signing cut or knife as you would for the word 'blade')

I need two lists lol... one for hearing dog one for incase it's a deaf dog and I need one that's specifically easy to sign!

 

I haven't met another Brock...it wasn't my first (or even second or third tbh) choice but it was the only one we could agree on, so that's what he ended up being called.

I've had a few people tell me that their granny had a dog named Brock, so clearly it's what scottish grannies call dogs, lol.

I wanted to call him Eric, followed by Cuilean, Somhairle, Curan or Scout, I was turned down for all of them by the OH who wanted to call him either names like Satan or things like Raoul or messi after football players.

So when we both agreed on Brock I just went with it.

 

Here's one idea (for deaf dog).. This is the BSL sign for Echo

British Sign Language BSL Video Dictionary - echo

The name could be spelt as in 'Ecco' (the Dolphin)... a favourite of mine when I was young! ..(an old game on the Sega game system for those too young to remember!)

 

I haven't met another Brock...it wasn't my first (or even second or third tbh) choice but it was the only one we could agree on, so that's what he ended up being called.

I've had a few people tell me that their granny had a dog named Brock, so clearly it's what scottish grannies call dogs, lol.

I wanted to call him Eric, followed by Cuilean, Somhairle, Curan or Scout, I was turned down for all of them by the OH who wanted to call him either names like Satan or things like Raoul or messi after football players.

So when we both agreed on Brock I just went with it.

Scout would work as a good short name for a deaf dog and easy sign..thanks!

British Sign Language BSL Video Dictionary - scout

Would that be a boy's name or could be either?

 

Scout would work as a good short name for a deaf dog and easy sign..thanks!

British Sign Language BSL Video Dictionary - scout

Would that be a boy's name or could be either?

Well it's from to kill a mockingbird and she's a girl, but I couldn't see any reason not to use it for a boy.