Little Rescue Pup Needs a Name

Pet Names
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This little guy’s mama couldn’t care for him and his siblings, and he was perishing from anemia and a blood infection when we rescued him. We cannot for the life of us settle on a name.

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We live in Latin [name_f]America[/name_f], so it should be pronounceable for Spanish-speakers. I like real names, not cutesy “dog” names, and it should have an intuitive nickname or two. Probably not a D name is best.

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What are we missing?? We can’t keep calling him the pup.

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I love [name_m]Javier[/name_m] “Javi” and [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] “Remy.” The family refuses. We seriously considered [name_m]Rafael[/name_m] and [name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]. [name_m]Rafael[/name_m] hasn’t caught on, and [name_m]Dietrich[/name_m] sounds too much like [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]. The kids wanted to nickname him [name_m]Dink[/name_m] for [name_m]Dietrich[/name_m], but we call our cat, [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], Binky.

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Other reject names:
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Oswaldo[/name_m] “Waldo”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Miguel[/name_m] (still kind of love it)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ignacio[/name_m] “Nacho”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Declan[/name_m]

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Our other dogs:

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  • D’artagnan
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  • [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
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  • [name_m]Axel[/name_m]
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Other animals:

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  • [name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
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  • [name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
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  • [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m]
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  • [name_m]Geoff[/name_m]
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  • [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
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Maybe another A name?

Amadeo, Aznar, Alberto, Aragon, Alonzo

Or…

Thiago
Maximo
Esteban
Camilo
Iker
Mario
Martin
Elisha
Cesar

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What about

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[name_m]Augustus[/name_m] “Augie/Gus”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] “Benji”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Calvin[/name_m] “Cal”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] “Zeke”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Leopold[/name_m] “Leo”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] “Monty”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] “Nicky/Nico”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Randolph[/name_m] “Randy”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Reginald[/name_m] “Reggie”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Tobias[/name_m] “Toby”

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[name_m]Teodore[/name_m] nn [name_m]Teo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] nn [name_m]Zeke[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Darwin[/name_m] nn [name_m]Ari[/name_m]

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Thank you for the thoughtful responses. You’ve given us lots to mull over.

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Your pets have a little bit of a literary theme. [name_f]My[/name_f] pick would be [name_m]Hamlet[/name_m] nn “Ham/Hammy” personally.

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A few others:

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[name_m]Francisco[/name_m] “Franky, Cisco”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mario[/name_m] “Rio”
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Renzo[/name_m] “Ren, [name_m]Zo[/name_m], Zozo”

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[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Tony[/name_m]

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Adorable!

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I LOVE [name_m]Miguel[/name_m]— that is so cute. I even like Miggy as a nn. What about [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] or [name_m]Julian[/name_m]?

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So cute!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first idea was [name_m]Dante[/name_m] but I think that’s probably too close to [name_m]Dimitri[/name_m] and D’Artagnan, and another D name so perhaps not.

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Some suggestions:

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  • Bartolomé [name_f][/name_f]- Barty? Too close to Binky, maybe?
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  • [name_m]Calixto[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- nn [name_m]Cal[/name_m]? Lix? Toto?
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  • Héctor
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  • [name_m]Jerónimo[/name_m] [name_f][/name_f]- nn [name_m]Remy[/name_m]? Nimo? Maybe not if the family have refused [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] nn [name_m]Remy[/name_m]
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  • [name_m]Lorenzo[/name_m]
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You all have been so helpful. We already know people with many of the great names you suggested (one of the problems with liking people named for animals), but they were inspired ideas and helped us land on this:

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[name_m]Ignacio[/name_m] “Nacho.” Our little Nachito is doing so well :heart_eyes: