How did your dog get its name? - Page 3

Sayuri · 05-08-2007, 07:11 PM

Tai - We found it on a sushi menu. We'd just got back from visiting the litter, decided to go out for sushi in honor of the puppies (one of which was our future pup). Seeing as they're Japanese dogs, it made a kind of sense. I was reading the menu and came across "Tai" which means "Red Snapper." Tai is a red Shiba, and as a puppy he was quite the little nipper, so it fit.

Kimi - Kimi went for three days without a name (although I called her Ko Ume for a while, which means "small plum"). We were bantering back and forth over what would go well with "Tai," and I found the name "Kimi" in the back of a Japanese name book. Supposedly it means "noble" or "unequaled," but go figure, when I told one my Japanese friends, I'm pretty sure she said it meant "egg yolk." So....ummm...there you go.

At any rate, I still love the name - it's the name of the Alaskan Malamute b1tch in Susan Conant's mysteries, and my Kimi has a very similar personality to the fictional one.

Kris · 05-11-2007, 10:07 AM

For Darby, I wanted something Irishy without being too Irishy; and after a few days it clearly had to also be goofy sounding. Once I thought of Darby it just fit too perfectly. Dubshlan came from a website for gaelic names. Together the two names mean (roughly) "Dark, defiant, Proud". Hehe, makes me wonder sometimes if he grew into the name and if I should perhaps have chosen something more gentle & submissive.

05-08-2007, 07:11 PM	#31 (permalink)
Sayuri Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the gorgeous NW Posts: 932 Rep Power: 132	Tai - We found it on a sushi menu. We'd just got back from visiting the litter, decided to go out for sushi in honor of the puppies (one of which was our future pup). Seeing as they're Japanese dogs, it made a kind of sense. I was reading the menu and came across "Tai" which means "Red Snapper." Tai is a red Shiba, and as a puppy he was quite the little nipper, so it fit. Kimi - Kimi went for three days without a name (although I called her Ko Ume for a while, which means "small plum"). We were bantering back and forth over what would go well with "Tai," and I found the name "Kimi" in the back of a Japanese name book. Supposedly it means "noble" or "unequaled," but go figure, when I told one my Japanese friends, I'm pretty sure she said it meant "egg yolk." So....ummm...there you go. At any rate, I still love the name - it's the name of the Alaskan Malamute b1tch in Susan Conant's mysteries, and my Kimi has a very similar personality to the fictional one.
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Kris Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 276 Rep Power: 63	For Darby, I wanted something Irishy without being too Irishy; and after a few days it clearly had to also be goofy sounding. Once I thought of Darby it just fit too perfectly. Dubshlan came from a website for gaelic names. Together the two names mean (roughly) "Dark, defiant, Proud". Hehe, makes me wonder sometimes if he grew into the name and if I should perhaps have chosen something more gentle & submissive.
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