Bulldogs World

Mike and I threw a lot of names around trying to find the right one for Beatrix.  I wanted to name her "Lorem Ipsum", but he stamped that idea out pretty quickly. We almost named her Wednesday, after Wednesday Addams.

Since Mike is a writer, though, he has about 50 baby name websites bookmarked, that he references when he wants a particular kind of name for a character. So he started browsing, and focused on Germanic names, since we didn't really want an overly girly name for her.  "Beatrix" means "traveller", and we knew she'd be going everywhere with us, so we thought a name with some meaning would be good. We rolled the name around our tongues for a couple of days, and it just kept feeling right.

So, Beatrix she is.

honestly...i have no idea where the name archibald came from...but first time i saw

that "wawanesa" insurance billboard sign by the highway driving w/my husband

one day i said look honey...there's our archibald!lol

i prolly musta read it somewhere...b/c from years before i even got my archie

i was always saying how that's what i would name him!lol

Funny thing is when ppl stopped us to pet him or take pics of him or just ooh and ahh

over him...when they found out his name was archibald they would freak out even more

saying how it actually suited him-which made my heart swell w/pride...*giggling*,it still does of course

w/a gulp on my throat...

the bar is already set high on the name on the next bugaboo i eventually will be getting...,lol

Well Kippah is Kippah because when we saw our very first picture of her and her siblings the spot ontop of her head really stuck out to us. Especially at her tiny size then, that spot really stuck out.  So she was named after the formal Jewish head covering "Kippah"---most commonly known as a Yarmulke.  Paul also wanted to call her beanie..I vetoed that. He wanted to call her Yarmulke--Yami for short-- I vetoed that too

We came across a Jewish man at the Farmers Market last year and he asked her name. I told him and he was taken back a bit, seemed offended maybe.  And that was my only hesitation in  calling her Kippah.  But we talked to him for some time, and Kippah loved on him and tried to steal his Apricot.....so I am pretty sure he left loving her AND her name.

HEY,  look how much shorter she is than her sister.....I just remembered that the breeder said she was the shortest....another reason for me not to worry about her being a little lighter than I expected

Both of these are the breeders pictures photos when she was about 5 weeks old.  Her "kippah" spot is not as prominate now.....and I call it her Kissah spot!

My husband is a chef by profession.  At some point (long before meeting me) he decided Chef D ("d" for dog) would be a good name for his future bulldog (he always wanted a bulldog).

I normally just call him Chef.

came to me from rescue with the name Winston.  I figured that was the only constant in his life up to that point so we'd keep it that way.  As he's been with us lots of nicknames and pet names have come about:

* Professor Winston vonWinstonhoffer Snorgleson Esq III - came about during a grueling study session for one of my courses for work to earn my designations.  From there we've gotten "Professor" "Hoffer" "Snorgleson"

* Junior - he is my boyfriend's shadow and glued to his side so I've nicknamed the two of them Dude Sr and Dude Jr.

* Spotters - I call his belly spots his "cow spots" and that's where the nickname came from.

* Paso - we were able to track his "pre-rescue history" to El Paso.  So he sometimes goes by Paso, or Paso Pup, or Paso Pistol (when he's fired up).

Those are the most common for him and the stories behind them. :) 

Jack was supposed to be Gibby (from a kid's show). But we also thought about honoring my husband's Navy career by trying to come up with a name that meant something to my husband. At around the time we got Jack, my daughter started playing the Pirates of the Caribbean lego wii game. We think Capt. Jack Sparrow is hilarious and so we named Jack after him. I think if Jack were human, he'd be exactly like the original Capt. Jack.

My original choice was "Bucco" for Artie Bucco of the Sopranos, once we saw Zimmer's dad Shiloh & his big white head, hubby's choice won. Plus hubby is a HUGE Yankees fan.

camp alot, so when people find out his name they get a kick out of it.

When we rescued her, her name was Chloe - she just didnt seem like a 'Chloe' - the more I looked at her, the more she reminded me of the poster from the movie from the 1980's 'GREMLINS'   The 1st Mogwai - that was purchased in the old Chinatown shop, was named GIZMO - the look on her face, with her ears sticking up - just struck me to fit :)

We've been in PetSm*rt and PetC* before - and of course people ask her name, and we have heard 'She LOOKS like a GIZMO' so it seems to be a hit -  the grandkids (and Dottie) call her  GIZZY -

had a slight limp when we got him.  So he is named after Chester from Gunsmoke.  Newman is a great name because everyone that sees him says"Hellllooo Newman" like Jerry Seinfeld.  and Oliver is usually called Wivers by us and family, it was Owiver and shortened to Wivers.

When I was a little girl my mom used to call me Graice......have no idea why because my name is Beth!  Namining her Gracie was a no brainer for me - always think of my mom when I look at my sweet dog! 

Bear's registered name is River Citys Iron Mike (after Ditka.  We do live in Chgo ya know)  I didn't want to call him Ditka so Bear it was.

14 yrs ago, Sumo Akebono got his name because before we even had him, I knew I was gonna name my bulldog Sumo.  Right after we got him we were watching sumo wrestling on tv and at that time, Akebono was the Grand Yokozuna.  I loved the name Akebono so that became his middle name.

12 yrs ago, Libby's registered name was Reno's Lady Liberty.  She was born on the forth of July, so it was fitting.

Her name is Sophia Marie. My other little girl was Isabella Isa Peach. I calle dher Isabella or Issa. I just like Italian names:-)

Brewer is named Brewer because there are no grandkids (human anyways) in the family and my sister in laws dog is named Packer, Being huge Brewer fans as we are we decided to do Brewer so my in laws could say their grand puppies are the Brewers and Packers. We are obviously in Wi.

I have ALWAYS wanted a bulldog..and I loved the name Otis for a bulldog. It just seemed fitting to me for some reason, so when it came time I could actually get my dream dog I had picked out his name years before! Which is a little weird now that I think of it. But it is pretty normal for people to ask his name and laugh after I tell them his name is Otis, so I think it suites him well I think!

So Kilmore was either going to be Kilmore (DJ in Incubus) or Chester (Singer in Linkin Park).  He looked more like a Kilmore to us, so that is how he got his name.  I have yet to met another Kilmore.  He was a great piggy (our nickname for him)!

Winnie was a little tougher to come up with a name, but my love for Winnie the Pooh held out and she was named after a bear. :)  All though she wasn't a fan of honey, but she sure loved her sleep.  She was a great baby girl!

We had never had two puppies at the sametime before.  With two we each got to name one, but the other had a say on if it was a keeper.  I was told no french names, since they were frenchies. :(

Oliver was who I got to name.  I actually don't know why he is Oliver, but that was the name I thought of when I looked at him.

Rocco was my husbands to name and I don't know why he was Rocco.  It's wierd with the latest additions the names just came to us.  Plus neither one of us had issues with the others pick.  They both fit their names.  Oliver is a clown and you can't help but laugh at what he does sometimes and Rocco is so serious, and bulldog stubborn.

Sarah

bullbabies.  I've enjoyed reading all of the responses. :) :) :)

By all means keep them coming :) :) there are alot of ya, we havent heard from !  I'm Loving the stories ! some of us have done it to Honor a loved one, to what the dog looks like, to how it acts etc :) :) Names are just so unique! :)

First off! i love everyones stories!!! there so awesome and super cute!. Heres Dozer and Harleys story!.

So the next day when we got dozer his toys, we hadn't named him yet.. we bought EVERYTHING... Whe n i got home with a bunch of toys i put them in a big pile.  he immediately went for the big ball that was twice his size,  he ran so fast and so hard at the ball that he tripped over it and tumbled into the wall and the other toys with it, that he got up shook it off like it was nothing and kept moving!. richy looked at me and was like " hes like a damn bulldozer!." and i went holy crap!!!!!! DOZER!. his name is DOZER!!!!... so thats how we got his name,, and it couldnt have been anymore perfect!!!!....  his nickname is SHMOPEY. ( that came from me speaking faster then i think, and i was telling a friend how he used to me SHY and MOPEY.. but some how combined the word as it was coming out and we got SHMOPEY!.. haha

As for Harley... she got her name, because richy wants a Harley Davidson really bad, and my favorite comic book character is Harlequin ( the Jokers GF). so we decided on that!. my mom kept the name and calls her HA-HA for short cause shes always making her laugh!!!!

After a very demanding day at work, quite a bit of back pain, and unable to take any pain medication until tonight....this was the pick up I needed!

Thanks to everyone for sharing the story, I look forward to more......but this was a perfect end to the day

And UKIAH..what do you think?  Make a good name for the next one??  It would most likely be a girl, and be brindle probably...maybe not....Ukiah........yeah?

Chigger. Just wanted something different. I'm sure it won't make the Top Ten dog names anytime soon. I did learn a friends Grandparants had a dog named Chigger back in the 60's. Here's his latest. The only mud puddle on the property and he found it.

Love all the stories!

I visited Stonehenge in 2006 and it is an amazing sight to see.  I wanted an English name for an English Bulldog so it just seemed right.  His registered name is Stonehenge Loves Me Like a Rock.  I love that song and sing it to my kids when ever the urge hits me.  It always makes them smile, my son picked that song for us to dance to at his wedding!  He didn't even have to think about it :)

I love my little Stoneman!

His name comes from the black mineral (Kohl) that the Eqypians used as makeup to create their dramatic eyes.  And the first mans eyeliner was called Guyliner Kohl.  His registered name is Bottomsup Guyliner Kohl.

eyes. 

I guess I technically didn't name her. Hanna was her litter name. When the breeder would send me pictures I would think of her as Hanna. So by the time I picked her up, that cute little polka dot nose didn't look right on any other name. 

So it's true, I'm guilty of not changing her name. 

Hanna is the anti-Gizmo.

He came to us from the breeder as Mister Bojangles.  We thought about calling him Bo or Jangles but neither really fit him. We then thought about calling him Henry Blake after the USCG Cutter, but it was not good either.  He had a little skin rash and I had to put a baby t-shirt on him, of course it was tight and my husband kept singing "Fat Man in a little coat" .....soo.... we named him Farley after the late Chris Farley. 

His "fancy" name is Mister Farley Blake.  

I chose Lala (girl on left) from the Movie with Denzel Washington "he's got game" his son's girlfriend - LOVED the name!  Guys at first hate using it...then they are okay :)  Zoey (Lala's daughter on rht) was named by my daighter just liked the name!

Maximus from Gladiator

but we just got back from vacation and how could I possibly not post about this topic!

Rugby's name came to exist three years before HE actually did! Mike and I used to instant message when we didn't live together (holding the phone was too tedious for us, ahhh modern dating) and as I have been obsessed with Bulldogs forever we were trying to determine THE perfect name. We were throwing some around and all of a sudden it just hit me: RUGBY. The minute I typed the name to Mike his response was "that's it!". So for three years we talked about Rugby like he was actually with us (and people thought I was INSANE), and when I finally saw my little man, I knew it was perfect (and also fits with his English heritage). People absolutely love the name :-)

Scary thing is that we already have a second name picked out... Puckleby. We are huge hockey fans but still wanted to have that English flair, sooo hopefully one day we will be able to use it!

We have three kids, all of which didn't like our original name suggestion of 'Velma" (because the pups was so ugly she's cute!) So, our 15 year old girl liked "Leia", to go with our other dog (Chewie). Our 13 year old boy liked 'Tuna'. because he's just weird. And out little 8 year old liked 'snazzy', because she hasn't had a little dog before and it was 'the cutest little snorting thing EVER!'. So after much debate, we decide to combine them all and came up with 'Princess Petunia von Snazzypants", which has become 'tuna' for short...