I love pet naming tales!
Here's ours:
Rosie (the one in the pic): We rescued from the pound and she was a SAAAAD baby there. But the second we got her out of the cage, she was bouncy and happy, and has been ever since. She loves EVERYONE and so we said she views the world thru rose colored glasses... and then named her Rosie.
Lucy: Our Lab/Aus Shepherd/Lord only knows-Mix who looks more like a fox or coyote. My son got to name her and we were watching "I Love Lucy" on TV alot that summer. Our Lucy's a redhead too so he named her Lucy!
Captain: Old family dog that my little brother named before we even got him ("I'm going to get a dog and either name it Shadow or Captain")
Luna: Resued baby whose name was originally Scotty. I had a nephew of the same name that died of cancer and couldn't bare to keep the name. So we came up with Luna, which fit her because she was white and a bit sad. Poor dear...
Maddie: The family dog from the 80s! I SWEAR it took 2 weeks to name her! Nothing seemed to fit! Then one day a commercial for "Moonlighting" came on (Anyone remember that show? lol) and I heard the name Maddie. It fit her to a tee. She was a good old thing who lived to be 16. We miss ya girl...
Smokie: Our rescued cat that the neighbors abandoned. My son named him that because he said he looked like smoke (a grey striped cat). My brother and his wife took him in to raise. Their little boy with autism loves Smokie so much and taking care of the cat is really helping him.
Hazel-rah: A bunny named from the book "Watership Down."
Darwin: Our mud dog - something that is kind of a cross between a fish and a salamander. It starts its life with gills on its head, swims around in water all the time and looks a lot like the Creature from the Black Lagoon when it does! Then it 'evolves' later when its gills fall off and it becomes mostly land dwelling, hence the name Darwin. Poor Darwin, tho, didn't ever really get the hang of his Evolution and died not to long afterward. He was a GREAT fish tho...
Well there's the list. Yes, not all of them dogs, but we can't all be perfect!