<p>I grew up with a black cat named Frosty… </p>
<p>so I’ll cast a vote for Winnie…</p>
<p>Come on folks 'fess up. We all don’t want to name the puppy. We want to HAVE the puppy.</p>
<p>lol zooser!!! nailed it</p>
<p>My brother’s old black lab was named Indy, which was short for Indigo. A great black dog’s name, IMO.</p>
<p>Umm…my carpets and I would rather name a puppy than own one. A friend has a goldendoodle. He has a rubber chicken he is obsessed with. I have thrown it for hours and that damn dog never gets tired. In his head I am forever “the chicken lady” and whenever I show up he haunts me with that thing. I vote for Winnie or Zoosermom’s suggestion.</p>
<p>Or Abby ( A bee and Honey!) for a girl dog.</p>
<p>My series of kitties had sweet names/spice…Hershey (dark chocolate color), Oreo (black with white tummy) and Nutmeg (shortened to Nutty–which fit very well!)</p>
<p>Oh, a cute female Goldendoodle! How about Lizzy, Sadie or Gigi?</p>
<p>We have a black lab. His name is Batman. It fits him. </p>
<p>I think Magic is a cool name for a black girl dog. :)</p>
<p>My next dog will be named Marty after my father. He would be honored and it’s a unisex name. (don’t ask me when we will get a dog…last one only lasted 9 very long months with us, it was either her, my job or the infant.)</p>
<p>We named a dog Annie, as she was an orphan. FIL’s comment was ‘that was my mothers name’. I don’t think he ever forgave us. </p>
<p>moral of story - research family tree to see if you will pi$$ someone off with a name.</p>
<p>Sherlock Holmes kept bees… so how about Sherlock? :)</p>
<p>Baked Ham? :-)</p>
<p>OK, one more: Milken</p>
<p>I haven’t read through the entire thread, so apologies if someone has posted this. </p>
<p>Check out [url=<a href=“http://nameberry.com/]Nameberry[/url”>http://nameberry.com/]Nameberry[/url</a>]. This site is purportedly for naming the human offspring, but all pet owners know that the furry critters are also children. 
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<p>It’s not an alphabetical list of names with their archaic original meaning. It has name collections, and name connotations. So for example, our newest cat Josie’s name is “jaunty and friendly: among the most winning of all nickname names” and can be found on the lists “Old School Nicknames” and “Celtic Baby Names”, among others.</p>
<p>For inspiration, there’s a banner across the top of the page showing real-time name searches. As I write this, people are looking at “Senna”, “Lola”, “Penny”, “Quinn”, “Iris”, and “Giselle”, among others. (Any of which, come to think of it, might make a cool dog’s name.)</p>
<p>Two of my neighbors have Choc lab cousins. One is Guiness and the other Kona. Kona is a sweet girl that has been well trained and Guiness is an overgrown rude boy.</p>
<p>I’ve told my hubby the next cat we get is going to be called ‘nutjob’ because every cat we get is a little wonky.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>I’m supposed to be working, but now I can’t stop thinking of puppy names.</p>
<p>Is Honey named after the type of bee or the product of the hive? Depending on which it is, appropriate companion names would include:</p>
<p>-- Bumble
– Beeswax (or Royal Jelly, “Roy” for short)</p>
<p>Or, if you wanted to go with a more bad boy image:</p>
<p>-- Hornet
– Stinger</p>
<p>I loved the prior suggestion of:</p>
<p>-- Queen Bee (“Queenie” for short)</p>
<p>As an alternative to Queen Bee (and to avoid upstaging poor Honey), how about:</p>
<p>-- Aunt Bee</p>
<p>And two more:</p>
<p>-- Phoebe
– Clover</p>
<p>This is fun! Now I want to get two labradoodles and a bee hive!</p>
<p>(Note that I refrained from suggesting “Badger Don’t Care.” Too silly.)</p>
<p>As the “parent” of two goldendoodles, one cream and one black, our original list of names was quit long! Unfortunately out black doodle is a male, so I don’t have as many original girl names for a black dog; plus the black doodle is really my granddog that is now living with me, so I didn’t get the final vote on his name!</p>
<p>In keeping with a food theme (well loosely) how about Licorice, Beluga, Pepper or Anise?</p>
<p>Some other black names: Jet, Magic, Midnight, Onyx, Twilight, Raven and Ebony</p>
<p>I could come up with names forever, but you have to have one you really love because you will use it a lot, especially when she is a puppy :)</p>
<p>Whatever name you pick make sure it goes well with “…the Wonder Dog.” </p>
<p>That way you can regularly refer to her as “_________ the Wonder Dog.”</p>
<p>^^friends refer to my very sweet lovable dog as Hunter the Wonder Dog…that is except those who call him Ghunter since he is a little sausage in body type and has never and will never hunt anything.</p>
<p>molasses, or Molee (stress accent on 2nd syllable). Mole (with accent mark). Cannot hyphenate correctly from ipad, sorry</p>