Human: Tori N. of Wear Wag Repeat Lola is currently 13 years old. My whole family was in on picking out her name since we got her when I was a teenager. I wanted to name her Chanel, but Lola won and I’m so happy it did! Lucy is my younger Chocolate Lab, she’s 4 years old. On her AKC papers I gave her the name Morgan’s Santa Lucia. Morgan Kennel’s is where she came from and I love the song Santa Lucia, it’s actually about a lake, which is very fitting since Lucy loves the wate

Human: Tasha N. My dog's name is Dale Jr. named after Nascar great Dale Earnhardt Jr. =) #pupnameprofiles #puppyname #dogname #petnameprofiles #puppynames #doggienames #dogpic #chihuahua #daleearnhardt #dalejr

Human: Karen D. of The French Dog Louie is short for St. Louis Caramel Creme. He was named for his color and the state he was born in, but we love that Louie is a proper French name for our French bulldog. (P.S. Follow his adventures on Instagram at @thefrenchdog.) #pupnameprofiles #puppyname #dogname #petnameprofiles #puppynames #doggienames #dogpic #Louie #Frenchie #Frenchbulldog

Human: Cynthia P. of D'Precio Boutique Piwi was my first pitbull. I didn't want to give him a large potentially threatening name like Hercules because I knew of the pitbull stereotype. He was 3 months old when I brought him home in March 2011 and he was very small and snuggly. After 3 days he still didn't have a name. We were sitting on the couch and I looked at him and said out loud "what am I going to call you, Peewee?" The name stuck. I changed the spelling to Piwi the ne

Human: Karen S. of Florida Wiener Dog Derby I owe everything I am now to one special girl in my life, Roxie. My husband and I had already fallen in love with dachshunds, but unexpectedly added another from the clearance shelf at a local pet store. I knew she was special and named her after my most precious deceased German Shepherd Roxanne. We decided to call her Roxie. She was sweet, sassy and very very very fast! A few years later we entered her in a local dachshund race wh

Human: Lauren H. of YuppiePuppyCityKitty When I adopted Nessarose I had a bunny named Elphaba (so named because originally her name was Merlin but then I found out she was a girl and I thought it only right to name a bunny after a magician or magic user). Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West in the book Wicked. So when I adopted another pet, and she was a girl, I thought it was only appropriate to name her after Elphaba’s story book sister, Nessarose. Nessarose is the Wic

Human: Jessica G. of The OK Dog Blog Ossian is the St. Bernard. He was named after the founder of Phi Mu Alpha, my husband's music fraternity. Koda is the husky, who's named after the Coda sign in music (though it's not spelled the same way). We're a musical family. #pupnameprofiles #puppyname #dogname #petnameprofiles #puppynames #doggienames #rescuedogs #dogpic #stbernard #husky #koda #ossian

Human: Christin B. of Andalusia Animal Shelter Grace came into the shelter I manage. When she arrived she was covered in ant bites, had a severe bacterial skin infection as well as having sarcoptic mange. She was matted to the skin and was very distrusting of humans and tried to bite all the employees here. I knew we had to get her out of the kennel and back on the road to recovery. She got her name from my husband once we brought her home to meet the family. My son had

Human: Adam and May B. of TriPekes & The Joker Huck: My wife and I decided we wanted to share our life with a dog. After looking at pictures of dogs at a local rescue we picked our Huckleberry. He was a little boy who spent the first 2 plus years of his life at a puppy mill/rescue. On adoption day Huck was running around. Not because he was excited. He was scared of everything, all he wanted to do is hide. When you get a dog you have thoughts on how it is going to be ... fri

Human: Nancy T. Lola: My 14-year-old chihuahua Toby died recently from cancer and the house was so quiet and lonely without him I couldn't bear it. I went to the shelter on a Saturday and adopted a little girl that could have been my Toby's little sister. She was scheduled to be put down on Monday. I named her Lola because that was the first thing that popped into my mind as I looked into her big brown scared eyes. They said she was unadoptable because she was so scared and