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Original poster

Old lady names for my puppy

187 replies

smoothlikebutter · 26/04/2022 16:41

Previous names have been Ethel, Delilah, Florence, Willow and Winifred what other names can you suggest?

I love old lady names.

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melissasummerfield · 26/04/2022 21:07

Maude 😀

DeskInUse · 26/04/2022 21:05

Mavis

LondonQueen · 26/04/2022 21:03

Betty?

findingsomeone · 26/04/2022 20:31

Dorothy
Mildred

Hope90x · 26/04/2022 20:19

Peggy
Minnie
Nelly
Tilly
Martha
Aggie

ApolloandDaphne · 26/04/2022 20:16

Sadie. Best name for a dog. I am not biased or anything.

serenghetti2011 · 26/04/2022 20:16

I liked Peggy but Trudie is my fave. Is it a big dog or a wee one. Our boy is Alfie - big dog
enjoys puppy days (mine is 18mo glad they are past now though)

Mumofgirls2017 · 26/04/2022 20:07

Sorry repeats

Dorothy
Dora
Doris
Enid
Esther
Etta
Polly
Maggie
Mabel
Thelma
Bridget
Mavis
Iris
Olive
Beryl
Winnie
Minnie
Ada
Ida
Vera
Rita
Audrey
Betsy
Peggy
Betty
Patsy
Nellie
Frida
Hilda
Josie
Joni
Bessie
Zelda
Pearl
Nora

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/04/2022 20:04

Dora.
Mavis
Sadie
Gladys
Lucy
Dolly
Joan
Maud
Sybil
Ivy
Martha
Pearl
Kathleen
Jane
Elsie
Winnie
Mary
Vera.
Gertie

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 26/04/2022 19:57

Thora

HoldMeCloseImTryingToDanceHere · 26/04/2022 19:56

Olive.

I agree with MurderAtTheBeautyPageant though- an 80s name would be great!

FawnDrench · 26/04/2022 19:54

@smoothlikebutter - The name Hortense is girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the garden". Hortense is actually the French feminine form of Hortensia, the name of a strong, politically active early Roman woman. Hortense began to be used in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century.

Pronounced Horr - tense, rhyming with more-pence.

midsomermurderess · 26/04/2022 19:54

Marjorie, as recommended above, is rather splendid. And Doris and Mabel.

BotterMon · 26/04/2022 19:52

Ruby
Doris
Genevieve
Agatha
Sophia
Margaret
Elizabeth
Winifred
Eileen
Merle
Lilliane
Janet
Cicilia
Rosemary
Mavis

myeyesneverstoprolling · 26/04/2022 19:52

I'll mention first and middle names of people in my family...

Ruby Augusta
Mary Octavia
Hazel Mildred
Penelope Rachel
Minnie LaVerna
Ida Mae
Sarah
Clara
Mary
Effie
Fanny
Helen
Ethel
Eleonore
Geneva
Nancy

The last ones I couldn't remember the last names but I hope this helps.

MoonBat · 26/04/2022 19:48

Joan. Got to be Joan.

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 26/04/2022 19:41

Old man/lady names on pets are boring. Give her an 80s mum name like Jan or Sandra or Linda.

sageandbasil · 26/04/2022 19:38

Dorothy

Elsiebear90 · 26/04/2022 19:37

My dog is named Elsie, but I’ve met a few kids with that name now, so I always feel a little bit awkward when people say “that’s my daughter’s name!” as if I have to say that I don’t think it’s a dog’s name, if that makes sense. We have given all our pets human names though.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 26/04/2022 19:35

I heard of a baby named Gertrude Mavis recently, which I thought was splendid.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 26/04/2022 19:25

Mavis, Rita, Shirley, Enid, Eileen, Joan, Gladys, Mary, Gillian, Edna

LittleEsme · 26/04/2022 19:24

Dilys.

Love it!

Minecraftfan · 26/04/2022 19:10

Margaret
Elizabeth
Dora
Georgina
Annie
Anna

AnyCakeButBattenburg · 26/04/2022 19:07

Martha I meant

newtb · 26/04/2022 19:07

Maude
Gertie
Hortense
Agatha
Agnes
Annie
Minnie