To name my puppy this?

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Hi all, I’m a frequent reader of mumsnet but I’ve never posted before! I am wanting some advice as I cannot settle on a name for my female puppy who I am due to collect at end of February.

The current contenders are all Elven names and we both like more than others but as it doesn’t appear to be common at all I just want to check how it sounds to other people.

The names are Disa, Olna, Frena or Faelywn - the latter being our favourite right now.

what do people think?

Mum lives close to that exact park. {Pic of the location}
Deer often gather at that part of the park, between Sheen and Richmond Gate..I take no chances this close to deer.

Bloody dug is the most common name for the mutts in my house.

coming back to it again and seeing other people attempting to spell it - do you mean Faelwyn rather than Faelywn? The fact you said an alternative spelling would be Faelwen also makes we wonder. Faelwyn would be pronounced Fail - Win and sound less like failing. But not much less of shouted into the wind.

I have a rescue ruby cav and tbh I don't think any of your names suit them 😬 but no one will care what your dog is called and the dog definitely won't care so as long as you like the name that's all that matters.

Faelywn so pronounced Fae then lynn, I love the name but it is showing as being a bit difficult to pronounce by the looks of it, we live in Scotland as well but we are English so I don’t want to make it too complicated for her.

Disa and Olna seem to be the two other names which appear to be popular according to the thread.

what do people think of Nori, in rings of power she is Elinor but they call her Nori for short?

That's the joy of naming pets - you can call them what you like! The dog doesn't have any conception of whether it has a good / silly / boring / whatever name.

It won't get teased at school.

It won't have people making assumptions about it in court / at job interviews.

It won't have to spell it's name out every time it calls a utility company...

Just choose what makes you happy!!

Apologies, I HRTWT. As someone who works in the dog industry, choose a name that you won’t mind repeating several times a day during the puppy period.
Everyone will ask you the name and if it’s unusual then you will have to explain the spelling, where it’s from and why you chose that name. Lovely, but becomes very tedious (and your pup will be giving nothing away ☺️)

I fully understand why owners choose Ted, Max, Poppy etc..
Congratulations on your new pup 🐾

Have you considered Spot, Fluffy or Rover?

You could even combine them for something more unique.

Spluffer
Rovuffot
Flovsp

you need to go to the nearest park and call one of the names out loud, many times. Then go up to strangers and ask them if they have seen your dog xxx. Then go to the vets/groomers and book an appointment for dog xxx.

There are very good reasons why dogs are called Max, Billy, Rover etc.

Are you at all interested in discovering the actual character of your new pup? What is they turn out to be the Azog of the spaniel world?

The danger in projecting your own fantasies to this extent is if you're then less able to notice and respond to their actual personality, nature, needs.

What’s the w for then?
It doesn’t matter because it won’t be written down a lot, but it looks weird to have a w and not pronounce it. I’d pronounce the second half Luh-win probably or more like loin. Not Lynn.

Also just to add there's nothing whimsical and feminine about our ruby, she looks the part as she's very very cute and she's tiny (due to abuse and neglect) but she eats dead birds and anything else she can get her teeth on, she humps our bigger male dog, she burps loudly after eating like a human adult man and makes pig noises when she sleeps. We love her to pieces

1. I need a picture
2. When we got our dog we wanted to do a human name, settled for Rosie, Rosemary when in trouble or just generally doing too much. DH though was set on Janice and I kind of regret it now because it would have been fabulous in all ways shapes and forms so I’m putting Janice into the mix 😂

I like Faelywn

Was going to say Disa or Vixe, but I think Nori is the best yet!

I have a tiny red cockerpoo called Wilma. Not elfin I know but it suits her and she has excellent recall

Have you honestly come on to AIBU about a puppy name and there’s NO PICTURE OF SAID PUPPY? YABU!!!!!!

seaweed sheets.
not a complaint, a lot of sushi names make adorable pet names.

I really wanted to call one of our rats Dave. husband vetoed it, and he ended up Paddy.
sometimes I really like very ordinary people names on pets. my mum once knew a greyhound called Nigel. that always tickled me

Why inflict a difficult to spell and pronounce name on a dog? It will give vet staff such a headache. All a bit pretentious tbh.

I agree with two syllables as much easier to call, however can hardly imagine a Cavi legging it across the park after deer as a now famous dog called ' Fenton' once did.

When dogs used to come into rescue and go for rehoming, we always found names such as Kipling, Newton, Darwin, Byron or Isadora elicited much more interest from adopters than if they were called Rover or Spot.

OK I'm now completely fixated on Faelywn, the spelling makes no sense & I can't find reference to it either. Where did you get it from OP?

It really really feels like it should be Faelwyn which would be 'fay-lwin'. Weirdly, these letter structures are in both my middle name & my house name lol

I always consider what names work well with commands such as sit, down and come, nothing that rhymes so that the dog doesn't get confused.

It makes me chuckle when people name their dog Ben and use the command 'Ben down'.

I'd go for Disa too.

Nori is cute, and also one of the dwarves in the hobbit so a double Tolkien reference, and perhaps appropriate for a wee little cavalier 😊

If he'd bothered to write more females, I'd say look at hobbit names - cute happy little things, seems to suit cavs very well! Merry & Pippin both could work for a girl, but perhaps not the unique/ethereal vibe you're after.

I love Nori, cute name, 2 syllables and easy to call and she's one of my favourite characters in Rings of Power too.