Puppy Name Ideas

[Rainbowstripes]

Just a lighthearted one - I've been brainstorming puppy names! Will be looking to add a border collie bitch puppy to our little family later this year!
I currently have a rescue mix who has a book related name so would love to carry on the theme with another book name, ideally one that isnt already a common dog name as I work with dogs so come across lots. Please let me know your ideas!

Just because I'm sure I'll get the inevitable comments - there are a few different reasons while this dog will be a well-bred puppy, one being that she'll work as well as being a beloved family pet so there are certain things I'm looking for. I've rescued before and will no doubt rescue again in the future.

Some names currently on the list of maybes are
Tess
Sephy
Primrose
Scout

We need photos ☺️
The shorter name the better I think for recall and training etc.
So I like Scout and Prim(rose) out of your list.

Sawyer
Bridget
Claire
Estella
Hester
Portia
Ophelia
Wendy
Winnie
Zora
Virginia

You know what you need to do first, come on and pony up.

Enid
Bronte
Woolf
Daphne
Edith
Harper
George
Sylvia
Cathy

Female collie from a book… I mean, she has to be Fly? Surely? 😂

Border collies traditionally have one (max two) syllable names. Tess & Scout are great! Also Nell, Pip, Fern, Spark, Swift ...

Jude/Judy - after Thomas Hardy novel or Jude Bellingham
Bathsheba - Sheba for short
Annie
Floss or Flossie

Go old fashioned!
Rocket
Misty
Biscuits

No more Luna’s please!

Do you have (or will you have) young children? If yes, FLoss from lovely kids book about a young border collie
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Floss-Kim-Lewis/dp/0744520711

Tess sounds perfect for a Border Collie! Or maybe Rosie?

We added a puppy to our family eight days ago.

Some of the names on our list were:

Tess
Heidi
Leia
Penny
Indi
Mia
Lola
Lucille

(Anne) Shirley
Jo (March)
Pippi (Longstocking)
Mary (Poppins)
Nancy (Drew)
Alice (in Wonderland)
Elinor (Dashwood)
Buffy (Summers)
Laura (Ingalls)
(Miss) Marple
Ramona (Quimby)
Lady (Chatterley)

Minerva
Matilda
(I like M names obviously, if my dog was female, I'd have called him/her Martha but I can't think of anyone literary called Martha).

Floss as in the book Just Like Floss.

Moby Dog

Arya - Game of Thrones
Katniss - Hunger Games
Arwen - Lord of The Rings
Nancy - Nancy Drew
Dodie - Hundred and One Dalmations
Perdita - as above
Pippi - Long Stocking
Winnie - The Pooh
Scarlett - Gone With The Wind
Gretel - Hansel and Gretel
Emma - Emma
Fable
Lyric

That was my favourite book as a child.

definitely floss.

Doris
Ernie
Humphrey
Frank
Winnie
Kip
Sid
Keith
Ken

Thank you so much some lovely names and some will def be added to the list! I prefer names that I don't train dogs already with the name so will def not be a Luna 😂

@fatnurseandmum

a photo of what? A puppy in utero?

just Google boarder collie puppy.

Did you not read the OP?

they MAY get a puppy later in the year.

Hopefully there will be photos one day 😂 the puppy fever is real but I've got some work changes coming up and it makes sense to wait until afterwards so I have more free time to get puppy settled and trained so that down the line she can come into work with me if things are busier

I like Tess.

Basic principle with collie names is if you stand in a field and shout it can someone hear you 500m away on a windy day?

Tess is good but I'd suggest Cathy is probably more apt for a BC, you'll be doing a lot of roaming around moors in wet weather feeling a bit mad.