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Expert Opinions please! (Naming a puppy)
So my husband and I are adopting a little beagle mix puppy (female) this weekend and we decided on Kille Pearl for the name. Kille after PJ’s lighting director because whenever we are listening to a show and you hear Eddie calling out to Kille for the lights it just makes us smile for some reason. We were at the Beacon the other night at a Brandi Carlile show sort of throwing out puppy names back and forth when Brandi called out to have the house lights turned on and we both were like Kille!!! That’s the name!
Anyway, my husband is concerned that since it is a pretty uncommon name, and odd spelling that he assumes people will mispronounce it...so we should change the spelling to something more phonetic like Keely. I argue that it doesn’t matter, we will still have to spell it out from time to time and if we want to honor the human Kille and our love of PJ, we should keep the original spelling!
thoughts? Opinions? Other PJ names people want to share?
Anyway, my husband is concerned that since it is a pretty uncommon name, and odd spelling that he assumes people will mispronounce it...so we should change the spelling to something more phonetic like Keely. I argue that it doesn’t matter, we will still have to spell it out from time to time and if we want to honor the human Kille and our love of PJ, we should keep the original spelling!
thoughts? Opinions? Other PJ names people want to share?
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Spell it however makes you happy. How many people are actually seeing your dogs name written out anyways?
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The only advice I've heard repeatedly is to name it something with at least two syllables that doesn't sound similar to a command you would frequently use. That way, you can provide inflection when saying their name and they won't ever confuse their name with something else.
It's an old Irish-Gaelic name that means beautiful. Traditional spelling is Keeley. It was too many e's in a row for me. A lil visually jarring. We changed the spelling a lil.
K does love the occasional EV shout out, though.
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deadendp, I was wondering about the name’s origin and meaning...thanks!
i will certainly post a picture when we get her. We have to drive to PA (about 6 hours) to get her...fingers crossed that she handles the ride well. A good friend of mine is a foster mom for a rescue called Bridge to Home in Eighty Four, PA. They are amazing if anybody is interested. They are all volunteer and have no facility other than their volunteer homes. They are on facebook and currently have a slew of puppies and adult dogs.
Originally we were interested in a little male puppy called Rex, who had surgery to repair a broken jaw. The poor thing is doing well and is beautiful but we have learned it will be too large for us (boxer, hound, australian shephard mix) as we have a very small home. But we were planning to call him Eddie...a wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw.
Love the name you guys chose!
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