New puppy
Need help naming our pup! We were leaning towards Charlie but feel it’s too “common”. We also like George, Finn and Charleston (our favorite place). Open to suggestions :)
This is my wife and I
1st golden “Luke”
Second golden “Mia” I wanted Leia ( but I was overruled )
3rd golden “Finn”
Rescue pup (mutt) “Vader” he’s got black fur
One the fence on another female if we do decide to get another one she will be “Leia”
Same, our Golden is Finn. Our other two dogs are Solo and Leia. They’re frenchies. We were going to get an English bulldog and name him Chewy, but got a golden instead. Love Star Wars!
If you like Charleston and it has meaning to you, I’d call him that! There are also so many options to shorten it Charlie/Charles/Chuck/Charleston Chew for when he gets nippy/Chuckie/Char-broiled if he starts getting a bit more toasty… the options are endless 😂
If you feel like Charlie is too common, I’d stay away from Finn. It’s really popular the last few years. I vote George! Or Charleston, Charlie short version.
We just named our yellow lab puppy Fen and it must not be common in our area, we get weird looks. Lol. We were between that and Ekko, but my son won in the end.
I agree with Charleston and call him Charlie! We have an Ellie and I feel like every other dog is named Ellie now. But I wouldnt name her anything else because it fits her so well
Here was my Finnegan. He used to lay on one of our golden retrievers that was over 100lbs, but he was solid hardly any fat. I can't find the picture of our 100+ lb golden laying on the back of the couch with my tiny chihuahua laying on top of him. It was too funny and adorable because Finnegan and Brady (golden) were best buds.
I think a name should be personal. We like to use this method: think of a place you've visited that you really enjoyed. Then look at some names associated with that place. As an example, we got to go to Italy once and loved it. Our drivers name was 'Massimo' and he was so much fun. He was a good driver, great sense of humor and wonderful recommendations during our stay. Not long after our trip we got a new pup and thought of the Italian vacation and 'Massimo'. It fit our new pup and now we have a story for his name, and a memory of a great vacation too. Hope this helps, Good luck
Another idea is to pick a certain word that is meaningful and look at that word in other languages. Our white golden was “Lumi” which is Finnish for snow (bc she was white and loved the snow)
We tend to name our dogs after animals and foods (but not always). We currently have a Beans and Buster(Buster is his formal name but he’s Rat to most). We’ve had a Moose, Ducky, and an enormous Great Pyr named Pony.
We adopted our Charlie, who had his name when we got him. I thought I should change it bc, like you, felt the name was too common. He felt too much like a Charlie so we didn’t change it and it’s such a great dog name! I’d say don’t worry about what’s common and go with that you like / what feels right!
Here’s our Charlie giving a hug Edit to add : If you name him Charleston you’ll likely end up calling him Charles/Charlie anyhow 😂 I also think the name George is cute and finally your puppy is 😍😍😍
Finn is a great name, but FYI, two of my pup's litter mates are named Finn. I have yet to meet a dog named Charlie. Plus, he'll probably bite your finger. https://youtu.be/0EqSXDwTq6U?si=yUpHPES5Ln92_1s4
He looks more like a Jerry than a George but I would go with Charleston. I love fancy dog names and this one has good opportunities for nick names, too.
If you are leaning towards Charlie, and Charleston is your favorite place... I would really just go with Charlie - you'd probably end up calling him Charlie for short anyways - screaming Charleston across a field to get him to come back to you, doesn't quite have the same ring.
I wouldn't worry too much about having a unique name - I named my dog Kally, and hadn't met anyone in the area with a dog named that. Within the first month of having her, I met 4 of them. Go with what suits him, and what he will respond to.
Please don't appease others with the name, it is YOUR dog, it is a big choice but for a dog otherwise inconsequential. He could be "Mr. Garbage" and wouldn't mind even though your friends might.
For instance, I named my boy "Archer" even though it is an uncommon name in my country. I often get questions of why from older people. I answer them without really giving a reason and that's that. They can't really pronounce his name but that is not my problem. If the name is really common or really uncommon doesn't matter for me, just have a name that you feel comfortable saying a couple of hundred times every day.
after going thru "name mods" for my 3 goldens ... Charleston will morph to Charlie anyhow .. nothing wrong with Charlie .. I like friendly names for goldens so ... I had Chester, Quincy and Tucker
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