Naming Issues

Ahhhh!  I need some help!

My Mom is saying that she will refuse to call the new puppy Dhali.  And that it is a horrible name.  She is hassling me a lot.

She likes the name Duo or Bhutan.

Or something combining the mom and dad's names - Scarlet and Diesel.  Soooo LetGas???  LOL!!  Just kidding!  Or Dilet?  Or Selet?  Or Carel?

I don't think so.

This is WAY harder than when I named Tibby.

I like Dhali!  So what if it sounds like Dolly.  There are lots of names that are girl/boy names.  It's getting frustrating, because every conversation ends with a fight discussion about puppy names.

Pick The Puppy's Name

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Help me pick the new puppy's name - Please!  It's so hard to choose a name.  I like ones that end in ee sounds - like Tibby.  So above are the names and below are where I got the name ideas from.

Dhali - like the Dalai Lama, but spelled differently.  Tibetan....Dalai Lama....Tibetan Terrier.  This is a name I've been thinking about since I got Tibby.  I thought of it a couple months after I named Tibby and have always wanted to use it, but....he's a boy.  And it sounds like Dolly.  Ironic or just mean?

Wickham/Wickie - I really like the movie Lost In Austen and my favorite character is Capt. Wickham....and it's a different name.  It's easy to say and spell for the vet - always another consideration.

Archer/Archie - Let's see....I use to be really big into archery...went to weekly club shoot nights...until Tibby arrived.  Something about sharp arrows and a puppy didn't seem like a great combo.  Also I like the show Monarch of the Glen and the main characters name is Archie.

Ghillie Dhu/Gilly -   Well, my heritage is Scottish and Ghillie Dhu (according to Wikipedia) means "dark haired lad".  You say it "Gilly Doo" - pronunciation here.  This was my Mom's favorite.  It's fun to say and it's different from Tibby, so hopefully they won't get confused.  Only draw back is spelling it for the vet and everyone else.

2K/TooKay - I'll let you figure out what this one is about ;) hint is it's slang.  This one isn't really at the top of my list....for some reason....LOL!

So please vote above!

What's A Name?

There was a fun post over at Rescued Insanity today.  I think about names a lot.  My real name is not Catalina - you may have guessed that already!  Catalina is Catty's name.  My real name is unique and I don't like to use it on the internet for various reasons.  My Mom thought she was giving me a unique name that would be easy to pronounce.  It didn't really work out that way.  By the time I was 5 I had a little poem to tell people, so that they would know the proper pronunciation of my name.  Because of my name I learned very quickly to speak up for myself to adults!
The whole point: I think names are very important.  It took about 4 days to pick out Tibby's name.  I wanted something that was easy for people to understand and say, so that when I called to make an appointment the vet wouldn't ask, "How do you spell that again?" 
The funny thing is that people sometimes think Tibby's name is Tippy and that she is a boy.  They think she is a boy even when she is wearing a pink collar, leash and a dress! 
I also wanted something that could be shortened to 2 syllables and ended in a ee sound.  I read somewhere that it is easier for animals to understand words that end in an ee sound. 
So Tibby's name - Tibbit Tilver Tweed.  Tibbit is a palindrome.  There are 11 consonants and 6 vowels.  11 and 6 are important numbers to me (sorry! not gonna tell you why! *wink*).  There are 2 vowels in each name and there are 3 i's and 3 e's.  3 is my super, super favorite number.  Love 3.  Yeah I know.  I'm weird. 
Tibbit, because she is a Tibetan Terrier.  Tibet - Tibbet - Tibbit.  Tilver because she loves silver things and I didn't want to use silver, changed it to Tilver.  I thought about using the Tibetan word for silver or metal, but it's something like Nu' guug. 
Tweed?  I can't remember.  I think when I named Tansy, Tweed was one of the possible names and I liked it.
Ok so now:  Some of my animal's names.
Zipper
Brownberry Nibulius Esquire
Frosty Face
Sylvester
Peaches n' Cream
Rakeeta
Saveeta Saville McTavish
Scruffy
Beethoven Socks
SirSeeWeed
MirSeeWeed
Butter
Honey
Pippa
Lavender
Zela
Ginger
Pixie
Pepper
Dixie
Gatita Rosita Prisca
Tiberon Tigre Tito
Mossflower Rose (Ratty)
Zeba
Decca
Kiwi
Tansy
Catalina Esmeralda Grey
and Tibbit Tilver Tweed

I know there are more names, but I can't remember them.