I need a name!!

[martha jennings]

So many names to choose from... I need input!!  I like the name to have some meaning so have come up with some themes...

MUSIC since we are getting our baby in Nashville... Johnny Cash?? We dont love much country music but do all like Johnny Cash.

MUPPET themed names because doodles look so muppetish, but the kids aren't going along with Fozzie or Grover...

COLOR For his red color I like Tabasco - 'Basco' for short...

The kids are rooting for Marley which is a great name too - but since the book/movie seems too obvious..??  

Any ideas? Votes?

[martha jennings]

Ugh... My first dog so I am in for some financial suprises for sure...

[Joani, Skadi & Elli]

Be prepared

[Cathy, Fozzie & Shaggy]

I think Fozzie is a great name!!

[martha jennings]

Thanks! Me too!

[Suzanne Newman]

One of Whidbey's siblings is named FozzieBear.  He is sooo cute!!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I like both Nash and Cash a lot. I like 'Basco' too.  Elmo, Oscar, Animal, and Cookie are also muppets.

[martha jennings]

Oscar is cute... that will go on the list too. Elmo's voice gets to me...just can't go there :)

 

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I really agree about Elmo's voice.  My two year old granddaughter begs to differ - he is her favorite muppet.

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

There is always "Clifford" the big red dog!

[Heather]

I Love Oscar!!! Jenks is cute also!!

[Suzanne Newman]

Ya know something Martha?  It is interesting.  I stewed and fretted over what to name our doodle, when one day I was thinking about my last dog in my youth.. and that she came from my home town too.  As I started thinking about places and names from there, all of a sudden, "Whidbey" jumped out at me.. after Whidbey Island in Washington State.  There is not one single person who would have thought of that name, and that is what makes it special to me. 

I suspect as soon as your adorable baby comes home, you will "get" his name, and it will come directly from you.  No one else.  I LOVE the ideas you are thinking about, and my suggestion is that you just stay open about it until the right name speaks to you.  

[martha jennings]

Suzanne - you are right... We will wait to meet him before settling on a name. We got a rabbit several years ago and couldn't decide on a name (a theme with me I guess). He kept escaping from his cage so the perfect, obvious name finally came to me...  Houdini !