Best Dog Names

[Steve-o]

From Field and Stream:  30 Best Gun Dog Names 

Female Names:  “Bella” continually places high on the list of most popular dog names. Sometimes things are popular for good reason. Bella is easy to call, and it’s a pretty name. “Luna,” “Sadie,” “Daisy,” “Rosie,” as well as “Maggie” and “Molly” all rank high on the popularity list, too, and they all work.

Male Names:  “Max” is an all-time favorite. It’s hard to go wrong with it, except you’ll be yelling the name of half the dogs at the dog park when you call Max. “Buddy” is good, so is “Bear.” The classics endure.

Either-Sex Names:  “Shiloh” is a great choice. Use it after the popular series of novels for young readers, for the Civil War battle, or for the Hebrew name meaning “place of rest.” You can’t go wrong with “Shiloh.”

Male Upland Dog Name:  “Rooster” works for a male pheasant dog, as “Ruff” or “Ruffy” would for a grouse dog.

Female Upland Dog Name:  “Covey” is the name that one of my gun-writing colleagues came up with for his female English setter. I think it’s perfect.

Male Waterfowling Dog Name:  “Goose” makes a good retriever name. If you hunt ducks more than geese, you could go with “Sprig” or “Gaddy,” or my new favorite duck-dog name, “Spoonie”

Male Waterfowling Dog Name:  "Wigeon” or “Teal” make good duck names for female duck dogs.

Best Gun-Related Male Name:  “Remi”  is a favorite of many, and especially those who shoot Remington guns or ammunition.

Best Gun-Related Female Name:  “Nelli” (for Benelli) or “Elsie” (for L.C. Smith) make good choices, especially if those are the guns you shoot.

Best Random-Noun Choices:  "Hatchet"—a seemingly random-noun name chosen by another colleague—is a perfect dog name.  Why “Hatchet?” It doesn’t matter. It’s a great name. I knew a dog named “Lemon” once. That worked, too. “Fence,” however, was a random-noun dog-name too far.

Best Real-Person Dog Names:  “Gipper” was the name of a Brittany owned by a friend and Notre Dame alum. If there’s someone you admire, name a dog after them. My father named a dog “Bix” after trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. “Bix” was a great dog name.

Best Fictional-Person Choices:  “Jem,” after Scout’s brother in To Kill a Mockingbird makes a good name for a male dog. Come to think of it, “Scout” works for a female dog, too.

[mike89]

interesting names!! 

[glenn57]

I've seen a few. Some common one.
Goddammit
Son of a bietch
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[mike89]

I've seen a few. Some common one.
Goddammit
Son of a bietch
That f÷=/_

your nick names from the wife??   

[Steve-o]

Lookin thru the list, I kinda like the dog name "Bix".

[glenn57]

I've seen a few. Some common one.
Goddammit
Son of a bietch
That f÷=/_

your nick names from the wife??   

and then some!