Save me from The name Alfie and Archie please

[FrogsInHeels]

Don’t utterly gorgeous names of course

New puppy- everyone here has a dog called Archie, Alfie or Teddy and of course they’re popular because they’re great names- I want to yell a name and only have one dog come back

I have a list to do for the kids and husband for this little fella as nobody can agree

I like Bellamy (after the ledge that is David Bellamy)
Brian (fab name for a Dog I think )
Rufus
Tank
Bowie (Dave was a hero ) 😊

Family hate all of those

This is not him but a photo that’s a very close
Resemblance

Well @FrogsInHeels believe it or not I know somebody with a 15 year old Brian. Awful name imo but not sure she would get that joke that is so jaded now "the cat is called Derek" because that is such a terrible name.

It is just such an OLD joke now. Id be embarrassed for that reason. Ten years ago, a dog called Brian, ha ha. Now? Siiiiigh.

Barnaby-Barney for short.

We’ve had an Ernie dog and now have a Ronnie!! He was named after Ronald weasley from Harry Potter as my child is hp mad 😊

If I had a cute wee dog like that, I think I would name him Parsley 😍

One syllable names are best for recalling your dog. I’d go with ‘Dave’, if you are wanting to pay homage to David Bowie

Ernie or Percy

Sorry @TheYearOfTheDog but my DDog is called Barry and is 12 - I didn't name him he's an ex-racer - a lot of ex-racers have these types of name as the RGT give them all a name starting with the first letter of their racing name.

It's not bloody tiresome or a 'joke' it's his name.

TheYearOfTheDog
Well FrogsInHeels believe it or not I know somebody with a 15 year old Brian. Awful name imo but not sure she would get that joke that is so jaded now "the cat is called Derek" because that is such a terrible name.
It is just such an OLD joke now. Id be embarrassed for that reason. Ten years ago, a dog called Brian, ha ha. Now? Siiiiigh.

Surely that’s true of all human names for dogs? Why pick on Brian? Why is it a “joke” when the others aren’t?

(& seriously, you’re complaining because you know one child called Brian?)

You need something you can call out loudly and make people smile. Fenton would sound good.

Spud as he's potato coloured?

sigh
Actually nothing wrong with Brian as a name for a 15 year old

And I’m not worried if people think I’m passé or jumping on some kind of ironic name train
I’m really not cool so that would work

My only objection is that it is an old joke and also a joke that could cause some offence. So.. that type of joke...

Philoctetes

Ian ,I do.like human names for Dogs ,alternatively Stephen ,John or James ?

TheYearOfTheDog
My only objection is that it is an old joke and also a joke that could cause some offence. So.. that type of joke..

You haven’t answered my question.
In what way is it a joke, old or otherwise?
Seriously.
I have no idea.

And why is Brian a joke, but no other names are?

I have no name ideas sorry op.... but hes gorgeous 😍😍

I think.Gary and Craig are fabulous names for Dogs @JoyceDivision ,I have a Beagle ,that sounds about right ignoring their owner mines a bitch though and she has a human name ,.

Reckless (after the dog in the Waltons).

Growing up we had a gorgeous dog named Walter. We called him Walty he was older than me so I never thought about it being an unusual name but I love it now! He was a great dog!

Another Gary vote here.

Gus... he looks like an Angus/Gus.

Bellamys a fabulous name!!!

'Dude' and from the classic Bowie song All the young dudes

My parents have 2 bulldogs called Nigel & Arthur
Smelly fuckers but the names always get a laugh

And when we had a litter a few years ago one of the new owners called their puppy Derek after my husband. My husband was well chuffed