to not much like this name but not know how best to proceed?

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DD's 18th birthday present puppy.

The name DD appears to be settling on is inoffensive, pleasant and frankly a bit dull. And I don't like it.

She has declined all of my suggestions. What can I do to get over it?

(Yes, I know this is a non-issue but I'll be hollaring this name accross the countryside for the next 16 years)

Poor toothless lollypop

Princess Millicent Von Battenburg does have a certain ring to it.

For those of you that hate your husband's name, it could be worse...you could share the same name

Bubba Joan for short.

I don't like my husbands name and have avoided calling him it for 20 years
And its the daughter that's Aspie, is it?
Ignore anyone who doesn't understand, OP. Janet H wrote on my rubber in 1968 and I still haven't got over it.

Hooked, I love that you've avoided using your husbands name, that is commitment.

I'm sure that you can use that iron will to come up with a tweak to the name that you don't mind yelling - like people have said, who ever actually ends up using a dog's official name day to day!

I don't even do that with my kids and I picked their names. I've yelled 'MONKEY PANTS' across the playground probably more than his real name - he knows it's him I'm talking to!

haha....you got a dog for your dd birthday, when its really for you....we sort of 'adopted' a dc pet, i never like his name so i called him something else....now he is officially callled the name i picked....and thats what he comes to ...result....good luck with your cute dog (i have a feeling the dog will see you as mum)

Fluffy.

I once had a bitch called Herman....

I didn't like the name my dp picked out for his puppy (he got her just before i moved in). But I love the dog so much I don't think about it any more. I suspect you'll feel the same!

Agatha, Hepzibah??

Awful!

DS2 named our cat "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs."

It suits him. I call him The Cat though. More dignified.

She's gorgeous

I would choose Millie over your names (sorry OP).

'I once had a bitch called Herman'

This sounds like the first line of a Limerick.

What do you call your husband? I need to know!
Or do you just speak to him. That's what I do with DH's GP's never know whether to call them their GP names or their actual names.

As for the dog I really, really dislike human names on animals anyway but Millie makes me think yappy dog instantly.
I'd probably end up calling it Mills, then Mills and Boon then Booner or Boonz. It's not your dog though.

Re the husbands name. I remember when my good friend started seeing this guy. She would go on about how 'Neal and I are going out tonight', 'Neal and I this', 'Neal and I that'. Then one day she invited me out to meet him. His brother came along and we all went out on a double date and whilst Neal and his brother were loading the picnic gear into the boot of the car the brother shouts 'John, give us a hand with this'. I look round for this third person called John only to realise it's Neal's real name!!!
When my friend met Neal for the first she told him she didn't like his name and he would now be known as John to her. He went along with it and they've been married for twenty years and have four kids!

Is she a Dachsund?

Pretend it's short for Millipede in your head?

Sorry, got that last bit wrong way round! See, even I'm still bloody confused by all the name changing

My brilliantly and amusingly named dog most often responds to 'sausage', maybe daughter gets to name the dog and you get to name the treats?

Off topic, black and tan dogs are more prone to parvovirus, ask you vet about double vaccination.

Educational video on this subject

I like Millie it suits her.
What's dh name?

Why brilliant!

That dog is obviously a Millie. Just look at her.

I dislike the name my daughter gave her cat. I generally just call him "Asshole" "Cat" and he'll respond.
Well actually he won't, because he's a cat, but I know he knows who I mean.

Our DDs named our dog and I'm not keen on it

Fortunately, he'll answer to anything, including "bastard dog" so I've managed to introduce a totally different nickname to avoid using his actual name too often

I'm another who doesn't like DH's name. He's the youngest of 5 boys, I think MiL had used up all the good ones by then

My dog is a Millie, but actually she's a Moo or a Moomin or Fuckinggethereyoustupidlittleshit if she's rolling in something disgusting. She's only really Millie when she gets booked in at the vets, but it's not an embarrassing name to be called in by.

Hepzibah is more a cats name.
I don't understand why we name cats, in spite of TS Eliot and the three names, they never come when you call. If you are lucky you will get a disdainful look.
Ours answers to -food? - birdies? mice? Though I Think it's more the tone.
Cat! Is often shouted.
Or Bawbag when he lands on my bladder jumping from the mantlepiece in the middle of the night.
Bishop Brennen! When he is particularly annoying and you want to boot him up the arse

Think of the fun you can have with Millie.

Look she saw an insect, she's piddled. Millie peed
Oh she's tired but rich . Millie yawn
She's marching so slow Millie tarry