Comments on: The 20 Most Popular Puppy Names

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:44:54 +0000

Great post, well done. I absolutely loved the pictures

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:34:01 +0000

I enjoyed reading some of your articles and loved looking at the puppy names! I have 2 names that weren’t on your list. We named our first Golden Retriever “Woodruff”. We were on vacation in northern Wisconsin, driving through the town of Woodruff and had been talking about a name for the puppy we would pick up at the breeder’s on our way home. I made a joke that we should call him “Woodruff” because he “would ruff”! The name stuck and ironically, he was non-barking Golden! Lived to 15 years and passed away in 2005.

Our second Golden is “Ole”, pronounced OH-lee – like the Ole and Lena or Sven and Ole jokes. He is a very light Golden so the Scandinavian name works, but once again the name started as a joke. I said he would be a “golden Ole” and my husband decided that was the name. It was not a name I wanted but the puppy picked it for himself. On our ride home from the breeder, with the puppy on my lap, I tried the names that I liked on him to see if we got a reaction. There was no reaction to Tanner or Tucker, but he panted excitedly when I tried Ole. My husband thought this was hysterically funny so I went through the experiment a second time 10 minutes later – same result! That settled it and the puppy became Ole for good. Now that he is just over 1 year old, we can see that the name was right for him – he is definitely an “Ole”!

By: Colby

Colby — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:43:02 +0000

@Nicole, that is a cool name…I like that it came from the Godfather. I’m glad you left us a comment I hadn’t seen your blog before. I just subscribed to Don Vito’s blog.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:58:42 +0000

Well, I am a puppy raiser at GDA too and came across your blog.
My puppy’s name is ‘Vito’ who is also Violet’s brother! Well ‘V’ names are kinda hard to come by…Vito was the Godfather’s name and it was too cool to pass up.

By: Colby

Colby — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:06:55 +0000

@Rissa, out of all seven puppies in the litter his was the only one I straight out thought..."He looks like a George." I have a picture of George and the rest of his litter mates in the Puppy Adoption and Fostering article. Of course if you read my article on How To Name Your Guide Dog Puppy then you already know how I came up with Stetson's name.

By: Rissa

Rissa — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:49:57 +0000

My puppy’s name is George and it was picked by YOU I think it suits him perfectly so we didn’t change it. He is a total George.