Why did you name your corgi what you named him/her?

Ok, first of all Einstein is obvious. The first time I saw a corgi is when we were living in Japan (my husband's in the Air Force) and we were watching Cowboy Bebop at a anime FREAK friends house. I think they had every one ever made good or bad and made us watch them all. lol! Anyway, we loved Cowboy Bebop just cause it was so different and kinda neat. And of course I loved Ein-didn't get Ed so much but Ein was cute and saved the day a couple times so he was cool. I don't know any other dog that knows computers like Ein does. We lived in Japan 6 years and corgis got to be kinda popular off base and I kept seeing them and thought they were sooo cute. One day we went to Tokyo and our hotel was near a dog groomer and this woman with 6 beautiful poofy perfect corgis came walking down the street towards it and we just happened to be walking by and I was like a magnet to her. I didn't know if she knew English but thankfully she knew a little and I kept going saying how cute they were and how "kawaii" they were. She just kept saying thank you. But that impression never left my head and when we moved to San Antonio I had already decided I wanted a brown and white Pembroke named Einstein. Ein for short and that's just what we did. And we loved him so much we got another corgi and named her Daisy. We had to have a boy and a girl and she just happens to be his half sister so they have kind of the same bossy personaliities which I think is funny sometimes and not so much others. But Daisy had many names before we settled on Daisy May. It was Basil which didn't fit her personality and then Bella which was too dainty and finally Daisy May which fit her perfectly. I think that was all the names we actually called her but we thought of so soooo many. It was much harder with her cause we didn't have a name picked out years ahead of time.

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Permalink Reply by Carly & Libby on October 14, 2008 at 6:04pm: My dog's name is Liberty, we call her Libby for short. The breeder suggested this when we were trying to come up with names to do with the fourth of July, which is when we picked her up from the breeder.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kaylee on October 23, 2008 at 8:08pm: i named my corgi Basil after Basil of Basil of Baker Street from the Great Mouse Detective. and Ein because my best friend made me because she loves Comboy Bebop.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kevin on November 2, 2008 at 4:37pm: My older brother (Andrew) named her Taters because she looks like a potato.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chloe on November 16, 2008 at 10:43am: I named my corgi Harlie before I even got her, just on a whim. Having picked that I had the hardest time picking a name to register her with, but after a few months (yes, months!) I settled on Hollywood's Hot Rod Harlie, because her dams name is Allen's Little Hollywood and Harlie rockets around making as much noise as a motorcycle!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Brown on December 22, 2008 at 12:03pm: My two pembrooke corgi brothers are named J.D. and Turk after the characters in Scrubs my absolute fav TV show. Turk is the black tri-color, but the name fits his personality so much. He is the larger of the 2 as well as the more outgoing and comical. J.D was runt of the litter and he is quirky in his own ways. Turk often makes J.D. his beeyatch, but J.D. doesn't always get bossed around. J.D is the more cuddly pup and more clingy. He is definiely a lover. It's funny b/c they are both insanely attached to each other just like in the show. We originally just planned on getting J.D., but when we went to pick him up we couldn't leave Turk behind. Turk was the only tri-color and so beautiful. We didn't want J.D. to be alone. We didn't name them until we had them for a few hours to evaluate how the fit with the names. Their sister Mily (pronounced Milly) belongs to my mom. She was named Mily b/c that is Czech for love. My gave her to my mom as a surprise on the day of the Czech heritage festival (which is my family's heritage). They are a mischevious group. =); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Corgibyassociation on December 22, 2008 at 4:38pm: The pup that I got was a little hard for me to name before I saw her. I had the traditional list of Lucy and Molly, which I really liked but did not fit her. I thought about Jubilee and Rogue and Shadowkat and finally looked at Frank Herbert's Dune's character list since it has been a while since I last read the series. Still, nothing. Finally, I looked up Freya who is the Norse Goddess of love and fertility and happens to love fairies!

When I saw her, it fit. Freya it was and she does love frolicking in the grass. Maybe I should get her a chariot pulled by two cats just like the goddess had--that would be funny to watch.

I named my mom Chihuahua/pug mix Morningstar. I didn't really think about it until waaaay after the fact. But being that it was the first name that came to mind as I looked into her brown eyes--it became her name. Oddly enough, she lives up to that name everyday.; ▶ Reply to This