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Not quite baby names!

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daisydotandgertie · 05/05/2014 14:50

I know I'm probably pushing my luck but I need help naming my recently born litter of labrador puppies and I've lurked on this board for long enough to know that there are often brilliant suggestions here.

There are eight puppies, five boys and three girls and they all need naming. The names cannot be longer than 16 characters and are usually based on the same theme for each litter. These aren't usually the names they're known by - they are their official, registered names.

I have thought about using the virtue names but am open to suggestions Grin

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PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 06/05/2014 09:43

Nordic gods?

Thor
Loki
Odin
Delling
Baldr

Sol
Freya
Saga

TheTravellingLemon · 06/05/2014 08:28

Sherlock
Mycroft
Moriarty
Lestrade
Watson
Irene
violet
Mrs Hudson

Onesleeptillwembley · 06/05/2014 07:45

Sweets - sherbet, chocolate, liquorice,
Cakes - Eclair, Maid of honour
not on a diet and obsessed, oh no, not me
Or old fashioned flowers - elderflower, rose, camellia

Bearandcub · 06/05/2014 07:39

Shipping Forecast
Dogger
Cromarty
Etc

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/05/2014 07:30

Cast members of a tv reality show set in SW3...Oh wait they're real people so might be hurtful. ..maybe not.

NorksEnormous · 06/05/2014 00:22

Train stations? Could have Piccadilly, Waterloo, paddington, marylebone, euston etc

manicinsomniac · 05/05/2014 23:43

Icecream flavours:

Strawberry Swirl
Chocolate Chunk
French Vanilla
Mint Choc Chip
Cookie Dough
Raspberry Ripple
Lemon Sorbet
Caramel Cream

weatherall · 05/05/2014 22:26

What about musicals?
Chicago
Rent
Annie
Oklahoma
Hairspray
South Pacific
Mary Poppins
Sound of Music
Caberet
Wicked
Starlight Express
Phantom
Joseph
And Cats!

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 05/05/2014 22:17

Surnames from literature?

Capulet, Everdeen, Crusoe, Gatsby, Potter, Chatterly, Golightly, Poppins.

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daisydotandgertie · 05/05/2014 20:39

I've thought about shipping forecast names - and still like them, but some of them, a bit like lighthouses lose their specialness when not in a list - eg Portland, Wight, Dover.

I love the idea of musical terms and labrador region specific names but Blush would probably have to look up what some of the musical terms actually mean.

I have already put together a Greek god list - Hera, Hebe and Ida for the girls; Apollo and Zeus for one set of boy colours and Hector, Heracles and Helios for the other boys. I love the girls names in this list, but am not so keen on the boys.

Have also done constellations - boys Apollo, Orion, Jupiter, Heracles and Perseus; girls Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Artemis.

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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 05/05/2014 19:35

Malin, Hebrides, Bailey...

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 05/05/2014 19:34

Shipping forecast? Fastnet, Lundy, FitzRoy, Shannon, Rockall er um forget the rest...

CrispyFern · 05/05/2014 19:01

Girls, how about Caubvick, Cirque and Torngarsoak.

Boys could be Innuit, Micmac, Beothuk, Innu and Metis.

The three highest peaks in Labrador, and the five aboriginal groups of the region.

Leeds2 · 05/05/2014 18:40

Biscuits, such as Hobnob and Gingernut.

Mountains.

Months of the year.

SoftSheen · 05/05/2014 18:31

Virtue names would be quite good I think.
Boys: Endeavour, Victor, Concord, Fortitude, Noble.
Girls: Faith, Amity, Constance.

Or British rivers?
Boys: Ribble, Derwent, Ancholme, Orwell, Granta.
Girls: Linnet, Lark, Lune.

Very jealous that you have a litter of lab puppies, I'm sure they're gorgeous (no doubt very hard work though!) :)

CitronVert · 05/05/2014 18:20

Greek myths? Hector, Apollo, Calypso, Athena etc?

friendface · 05/05/2014 18:18

Musical terms is great! Also leaves a lot of room to apply their personalities to their names.

Constellations is also a fab suggestion

ComeHeather · 05/05/2014 18:17

herbs and spices?
cinnamon
cardamon
pepper
basil
paprika etc

Somersaults · 05/05/2014 17:57

I love the idea of musical terms or chocolate!

Pebbles0934 · 05/05/2014 17:49

Constellations? Cassiopeia, Lyra, etc

Wishfulmakeupping · 05/05/2014 17:10

Chocolate bars... Twirl, Mars, Rolo, Drifter, time out (for the naughty one!), flake, picnic, dime

funnyoldonion · 05/05/2014 17:04

How about Snow White and the seven dwarfs so one of them will be Snow White as there's eight!

Or birds wren, robin, lark, Paloma etc

sandberry · 05/05/2014 16:57

Musical terms?- Allegro, Adagio, Capricio, Lentando

Chocolate? (if they're chocolate labs)-Bourneville, Cadbury, Hershey, Thornton....

Bears?- Paddington, Rupert, Yogi, Winnie...

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daisydotandgertie · 05/05/2014 16:44

Vegetables! Brilliant.

I had thought of lighthouses too - needles, south stack, portland etc but they kind of lose their point without lighthouse attached 'needles' just looks odd, IMV.

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alita7 · 05/05/2014 16:29

Weather?- Storm, Sunny, Snowy, Ice, Breeze...

Times of day?- Dawn, Twilight, Sundown, Dusk, Noon...

Sea based?- Marine, Wave, Ripple, Whirlpool...

Vegetables?- Sprout, Turnip, Beetroot, Corn...

Stones?- Amethyst, Garnet, Quartz, Sapphire, Ruby, Opal...

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