Can you help us name our adopted sweetie? (Reward for perfect name)

[Maddy McCall]

I've just been calling him "Little Dude" because I can't come up with anything for him. We were going to name him Tex, because we thought he was born in Texas, but now we find out that he was actually born in Tennessee. He never responded to "Tex" anyway.

Ok, here are the specifics. He's a German Schnauzer--so I have a tendency to like German names, but any name that "fits" him will do. I like unusual names...years ago, my friend had a schnauzer named "Trichla" and I loved that name.

Here's his photo. He's the darker of the two. The one in front is Lucinda, my other schnauzer.



His temperment--well, he's very loving, very goofy yet intelligent, and supremely loyal. He knows that we saved his life, and he spends all of his time rewarding us with kisses.

Whomever comes up with the perfect name will be rewarded with a DU T-shirt from the DU store. Multiple suggestions are allowed and appreciated. My son and I will make the decision--and I must tell you that MMjr. has veto power.

Ok...get to naming. And THANKS!

(I have to run to the grocery store...I'll log on later. Please don't take my silence as evidence that I'm not watching this thread. I'm going to watch it until midnight, and then we'll decide. Love ya, DUers! )

[Left Is Write]

1. Braunschweiger.

[Maddy McCall]

5. HEY! I got the package!

Thank you for the sweet note! I owe all of you guys photos, don't I?

Your note made my day. I was having an AWFUL day. Anyway, the package has been forwarded to Anna. I need to call to be sure she received it. She's back in Port Arthur now.

I have another package to forward, so I will call to see if they received it.

:hug: :yourock:

[Left Is Write]

9. I'm happy to have made your day.

You deserve to have your day made. :hug:

[Left Is Write]

2. Maybe Ludwig. My daughter has a suggestion.

She thinks he looks like a Brendan.

[Beaverhausen]

3. Fitz

He is such a cutie...they both are!

[Lavender Brown]

4. Oscar

Oscar and Lucinda. ;)

[Angry Girl]

6. Otto - And it's a palindrome!!!!

[Robb]

7. Looks like a Gunter to me

Of course I've always been partial to Gunter. :shrug:
Plus it satisfies my dog name rule: two syllables, and consonant, so you can yell it when he's eaten the remote control. :D

[AllegroRondo]

8. Rheinheitzgebot

its the German purity law that requires beer to only contain water, malt, hops, and yeast.

You could call him "Rheinee" for short.

[redwitch]

10. schnapps?

beethoven?

schindler? ( or oscar)

He's very sweet and Lucinda looks glad to know him.

[Sugar Smack]

11. He's ADORABLE! How about "Wolfgang"?

"Wolfie" for short, which kind of sounds like "woof!"

[redwitch]

15. Rolph

which also sounds like a bark. I actually know a very handsome German man with that name.

[AlCzervik]

12. Sherman

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Fritz!

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Snickerdoodle.

BTW, the package doesn't have my name on it, just the return address...I think you will figure out which one is from me.

[redwitch]

16. schnitzel?

schnookums?

[Texasgal]

17. He sure is a cutie!

How about Friedrich? :hi:

On edit: Or Hans?

[Jamastiene]

18. River, in memorial to my dead schnauzer named River.

I love schnauzers. I miss my River.

[trof]

19. Schwartze

sh-VAHRT-zuh

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Huxley

that's what popped into my head when I saw him

Oscar
Gustaf
Moxie

[Left Is Write]

21. Couple more suggestions...

Captain Von Trapp (and you can call him Trappy for short)

Espresso

[Debi]

22. Lucinda is Latin for Beautiful LIght

Lucius or Lucus or Lukas or Luke are all Latin for Light

http://www.babynames.com/Names/Search/search_adv2.php

Check this site for other names if you don't want to have to Ls inthe house.

Also, a must, follow Erma Bombeck's lead and yell the name out loud a few times. You'll be doing that everytime your new baby leaves you special surprises! :hi:

[BluePatriot]

63. Morris?

Lucinda's for "light" and Morris is for "dark," and he does have darker fur. :)

[redwitch]

23. I have a toy bunny named Hans Hassenpfeffer

Not sure I spelled that right. It means rabbit stew. :-)

[Greyhound]

38. That's sick...

:rofl:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

45. "Kill the raaa-bit

Kill the raaa-bit." But like Bugs says, don't take life so seriously, you won't get out of it alive.

[pdx_prog]

24. Adolph....

Horst

Bud

Herman

Shnitz

[Arugula Latte]

25. Dumbkaupf (my apologies for spelling)

Kidding! ;) He looks like a smart doggy.

[Arugula Latte]

26. Spaetzel?

[amerikat]

27. what a cute dog. Here are some names of German Americans

Not on this list but how about Hauser.......goes well with Lucinda. Lucinda and Hauser.



# Josef and Anni Albers
# John Peter Altgeld
# John Jacob Astor
# Albert Bierstadt
# Werner von Braun
# Adolphus Busch
# Charlie Chaplin?
# Rudolf Dirks & the Katzenjammer Kids.
# Albert Einstein
# Karl Follen
# Lou Gehrig
# Manfred George
# Walter Gropius
# Oscar Hammerstein
# Friedrich Hecker
# Abraham Jacobi
# Johan de Kalb
# Henry A. Kissinger
# Jakob Leisler
# Emanuel Leutze
# Francis Lieber
# Ernst Lubitsch
# Ottmar Mergenthaler
# Christian Metz
# John O. Meusebach
# Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg and sons Johan Peter Gabriel and Frederick Augustus Conrad
# Friedrich Muench
# Thomas Nast
# Anna Ottendorfer
# Erwin Panofsky
# Franz Daniel Pastorius and the protest against US slavery
# Adolph Rickenbacker. Constructed the first electric guitar!
# Johann Augustus Roebling
# Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
# George Hermann "Babe" Ruth
# Johann Paul Schott
# Carl Schurz and the 1848ers
# Martin Schwarzschild
# Charles Proteus Steinmetz
# Heinrich Steinway, sons John, Theodore, Henry
# Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
# Levi Strauss
# Johann August Sutter and the Gold Rush
# John Studebaker
# Paul Tillich
# The University in Exile (FRG-USA academic exchange, not necessarily German-Americans): Max Wertheimer, Hannah Arendt, Erwin Piscator, Carl Zuckmayer, Otto Klemperer.
# Henry Villard
# Robert Wagner
# Bruno Walter
# Lawrence Welk
# Kurt Weill
# Friedrich Weyerhaeuser
# Johan Peter Zenger

[Tikki]

28. Dieter.....

....and he has grown tiresome waiting for you to name him, properly.



Tikki

[fleabert]

29. I like most of these for both meaning and how they sound...

when naming a pet, I have to practice with the name....

Flea, stop rolling in that dead worm!
Flea, come here and cuddle with me!
Flea, do you you need to go potty?
Flea, stop humping your toys in front of company!

and if there are nicknames that can be made with the name, i.e. Fleabert, fleabie, fleanie, pulga, pulgita, fleanerd, fleatastic, fleasters, etc...

so that is how I came to choose these names...

EBBE m German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD ( no meaning here, I just think it's cute)

ENGELBERT m German
From a Germanic name composed of the elements Angil "Angle" (the name of Germanic tribe) and beraht "bright"...

HUBERT m English, German, Dutch, French
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright"

LEBERECHT m German
Means "live rightly" from German lebe "live" and recht "right"..

RAPHAEL m English, German, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name Repha'el which meant "God has healed"...(raffi for short)

Prächtiger Hund: gorgeous dog in German, you could call him Prach or Tiger for short!

[merh]

30. Fitzpatrick - after a true US patriot!

He is the only one that has been willing to fight for the nation and if I had to have a dog in this fight, I would want that dog to be Fitzpatrick! :patriot:

Of course, you were just in time to rescue him, so he could be JustinTime.

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

31. "Schatzie"

Or Schatzi. It means "sweetheart" or "sweetie" in German (I think).

He looks like a sweetheart, and they are soo cute together!


On edit:

Yep, I looked it up. "Schatz" means "sweetheart".

[radwriter0555]

32. Fitchworth Salsbury of course. He looks very noble and dignified

and a name like FITCH would suit him WONDERFULLY.

Dogs must have several names you know.. for variety.

[livetohike]

33. Jasper - no deep meaning or anything I just looked at him and

that's the first name that came to mind :-).

[Shine]

42. Hey, that's my son's name! It's a great name.

:thumbsup:

it means "master of the treasure"

[no name no slogan]

34. Fritz-- the diminuitive of Frederich

Fritz is a good German nickname.

[flvegan]

35. Stache

He appears to have a very cute moustache.

Schnauzer...or, if you live up north, Shnowzah.

[XemaSab]

36. Bernard

or Bertram

Looks like he should have a "B" name...

[Greyhound]

37. How about Glückspilz (lucky devil) Glückhund (lucky dog)...

or maybe Talisman (lucky charm)?

[jojog]

39. Pepper

[SOteric]

40. Goethe

[Misunderestimator]

41. Lucifer! :)

Lucinda and Lucifer... just has a ring to it. :hi:

[Shine]

43. Bratwurst,

:)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

44. Nietzsche ?

Never read any of his stuff, don't know if you'd agree.

[samplegirl]

46. I've got three good ones

Herz.......pronounced Hairts means "heart"

Beraht.....pronounced Bur-ot means "bright"

Freund.....pronounced Froynd means "friend"

[RebelOne]

47. I am fostering a little doggie that looks quite a bit like your doggie.

His name is Dewey and seems to suit him just fine.

[-..__...]

48. Cujo.

:+

[WCGreen]

49. Ziegfreid..... Or Roy.....

[Whoa_Nelly]

50. Peanut

Sure..it's not German...but he's such a cute l'il Peanut!

[grannylib]

51. Berlin. I have a friend who has two cats named Bea (Bay-a) and Berlin

The Bea is after a German exchange student her family hosted, who was from Berlin, and I just love both those names.

[suzbaby]

52. Heimlich

:)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

53. He's a Tennessee boy? How about "Crockett?"

Lucinda has a 19th century flavor to it, so it would work out nicely. "Crockett and Lucinda."

[raptor_rider]

54. Gabe

meaning "Gift" in German.

[salin]

55. corny suggestions

Lucky (that he connected with you and MMjr)

Tee (T, for LoyalTY)

Kizmet (as in it was meant to be for your family and he to come together)

Fritz (in honor of the Fritz that stepped in to try to save Wellstone's seat, and the one who served honorably as vice president) or on that front - per your description of loving, goofy yet intelligent and supremely loyal ... how about "Carter"?

[driver8]

72. I think Lucky would be a great name!

[Dastard Stepchild]

56. Pfeffer... it's German for "pepper"

Pronounced feffer. :thumbsup:

[ScreamingMeemie]

57. Geliebter, (beloved...could shorten to lieb) or Winzig...tiny

Good luck. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. Otto von Fuzz...or Otto for short.

My grandpa's name was Otto

[Rabrrrrrr]

59. Mordenkaine

[Merrick]

60. Schwanz? Dumpfbacke? Hundeschiss?

all good names!

[philosophie_en_rose]

61. He looks like a Hansel.

Hansel & Lucinda has a neat ring to it. You could shorten it to Hans, as well.

[mikita]

62. Bertram...

Lucinda and Bertram...


Luci and Bert....
:toast:

edit: Bertram stands for Glorious in German

[johnnie]

64. I wanted to say Luke

But it has been suggested. Luke is my vote.

[Flying Dream Blues]

65. I know it's not German, but he just looks like a Lars to me.

And it's cute with Lucinda, too. :)

[specimenfred1984]

66. KING --- He Looks Like a Benevolent Ruler

Very secure within himself but as you said, " He knows that we saved his life, and he spends all of his time rewarding us with kisses"

He looks smart too!

[Maddy McCall]

67. AND THE WINNER IS......... SCHATZI

MMjr and I both agree...our boy is a Schatzi. It means "sweetheart, little treasure, darling." And it's actually a masculine name, according to the pet site we visited earlier.

So, Dangerously Amused, please PM me your shirt size and address, and I'll order your shirt tonight!

THANKS EVERYONE for playing along. There are some awesome names in this list. Shows how creative DUers are!

:hug: :yourock:

[SlavesandBulldozers]

68. self delete

too late:(

[CanuckAmok]

69. Schnitzengruben

Then everyone will know fifteen is your limit.
on edit: "Schnitzie" for short.

[Bluerthanblue]

70. well,

Toto is the name I've already chosen for my next canine friend- After our Bing is gone.
Regardless of the size or looks- Names usually arrive before the furbaby.

Toto?
Bozo? (sounds cruel, but, Bo or Zoe for nicknames work well)

Brando? for Tennesse W'ms "Streetcar named Desire" star?

Williams? would work well with Lucinda though too- She sings pretty sweet.

At any rate, you have two cuties there- and they look pretty happy as well.

[Heidi]

71. Mojo. (nt)

[WilliamPitt]

73. The Mighty Grond

[The empressof all]

74. Locking

Locking at Maddies request!

Schatzi's a great name.....