The difficulty of choosing a name

People at work are making fun of me because I have not yet chose a name for my new dog. I mean, I’ve only had him four days!

As I mentioned, this is his third adoption. He’s previously had the names “Sarge” and “Shorty.” I hate both of those names.

Initially, I liked the name “Tumble.” I still do, But a few more names have entered the running.

Here are a few criteria.

• I’d like to choose a name starting with a letter none of my pets have owned. So B, F, G, J, L, P, and S names are out.
• I’d like to choose a name of no more than two syllables.
• I don’t want any cutesy names like “D.O.G.” or “K-9.” And no fluffy names.

Surely, that leaves a few names for consideration? (Ones crossed off don’t meet criteria, bolds are my favorites.)

• Aiko
• Airic
• Allegro
• Amur (a-Moor)
• Asher
• Archer
• Argyle
• Aran
• Cable
• Cayo – Spanish, “happy” – celtic for “dark”
• Charge (suggestion from picture, rhymes with previous name)
• Charger
• Charm
• Chrome
• Cort
• Dali
• Dart
• Dye
• Flitwick
• Frey
• Frick
• Gaston
• Glaze
• Gigolo
• Gunnar
• Heath
• Hiyu
• Huck (to go with Finn)
• Hyak
• Keane
• Kuro
• Ledger
• Madras
• Marlowe
• Neville

• O’Malley (suggestion after having met him)
• Parker (suggestion from picture)
• Ply
• Remus
• Ripple
• Rowdy (named for fictional dog, like Finn)
• Rush
• Sawyer (to go with Finn)
• Sebastian
• Sirrius
• Strut
• Takei
• Tint
• Trail
• Tumble
• Wiley

With this huge list to choose from, I think I’m going to ponder this a little longer. After all… it took me two weeks to name Sean, and look how well he turned out!