5 year old English Setter Doodle

We just adopted a 5 year old [name_f]English[/name_f] Setter Poodle Mix. His current name is [name_u]Henry[/name_u]. We want to give him a new name. We want to make transition to be easy… so any names you think would be easier to switch to would be amazing. Maybe something that is also two syllables and starts with and “H”. Thanks!

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He is gorgeous!

I think that keeping the general cadence and vowel sounds of an original name can really help a pet transition (eg. [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] to [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], both OO-ee pattern)! It’s worked grand in my own experience.

For your pup, I would suggest…
[name_m]Benji[/name_m] (!!)
[name_u]Harry[/name_u] (!!)
[name_u]Wilkie[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Barry[/name_u]
[name_u]Wally[/name_u]
Barty
[name_m]Hershey[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenny[/name_m]
[name_u]Marley[/name_u]
[name_u]Lenny[/name_u]
[name_u]Bertie[/name_u]

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Some great suggestions above, especially [name_m]Harvey[/name_m], [name_m]Benji[/name_m], and [name_u]Harry[/name_u]!

[name_u]Hendrix[/name_u]
[name_u]Holden[/name_u]
[name_u]Huxley[/name_u]
[name_u]Harley[/name_u]
[name_m]Henrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Huckleberry[/name_m]
[name_m]Hemingway[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hurley[/name_m]
[name_m]Huey[/name_m]
[name_m]Hardy[/name_m]
[name_u]Henley[/name_u]
[name_m]Hendrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadrien[/name_m]
[name_u]Hartley[/name_u]
[name_u]Gentry[/name_u]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_m]Kenji[/name_m]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]
[name_u]Quimby[/name_u]
[name_u]Vinny[/name_u]
[name_m]Sindri[/name_m]

Looks like a [name_m]Hooper[/name_m] to me!

Others:
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Hezzie[/name_m]
HQ
[name_u]Halen[/name_u]

[name_m]Hagan[/name_m]
[name_u]Harley[/name_u]
[name_m]Harold[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_u]Huxley[/name_u]
[name_u]Happy[/name_u]
Hashbrown
Hashtag
Hawkeye
[name_m]Hogan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hershey[/name_m]
[name_u]Hero[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]