Originally Posted by
smartrock
Two of our girls have had bird names, Magpie and Lark. Our first 2 were litter mate boxers and got Bridget and Brandy because they sounded good together, in our opinion. Our boys have just had regular boy names, Jack, Teddy, Chase, and Henry. Henry got that name because he's our 8th dog. Even though many of our names are one syllable, we often turn them into 2 syllable names- Chasey, Larky, Jacky, so we should just have started out with a 2 syllable name. Plus, I have tried not to pick a name that I know someone else has/had a dog with that name. Plus, having worked in schools, there are some names that have more or less positive connotations for me, so there are some names that just wouldn't make the cut.
My sister says her kids picked their dogs' names, I suspect with her strong influence, and they're all named after book characters, Baloo (Jungle Book), Charlie (and the Chocolate Factory), and Sawyer (Tom) if, for example, you're hoping to find some theme that you could follow down the line. In light of your profession, are there any judges you have special admiration for? Or you could call him Judge. Or places with special meaning for you and your husband? We obviously don't have a kennel but we put the name of our favorite beach community in all our labs' AKC names.
Picking a name is so hard but generally the name we picked ahead of time we thought fit the pups. Good luck with all this, we can't wait to hear all about little (fill in the blank)!