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Title: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 16, 2011, 08:17:53 PM
I have been trying to figure out a name for a puppy.(Akita) Any suggestions?
I am thinking about going with "Neko" or "Nakashi"....
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 16, 2011, 08:58:21 PM
The next Akita I get, and I will get another one when I lose Abbe (who I didn't name), I am going to find out the Japanese word for "bear" and make sure that's part of the name. Abbe looks so much like a bear! 
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Sitara on February 16, 2011, 10:31:53 PM
Quote from: Merlin the Elder on February 16, 2011, 08:58:21 PM
The next Akita I get, and I will get another one when I lose Abbe (who I didn't name), I am going to find out the Japanese word for "bear" and make sure that's part of the name. Abbe looks so much like a bear! 

Kuma
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Anna Iram on February 17, 2011, 05:39:49 AM
Well...according to Google Search , Neko  means Cat in Japanese. Your new pup might not appreciate the irony.  :D.  Nakashi is nice.

You might pull up a Japanese list of names for ideas.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Bob of the Lake on February 17, 2011, 07:32:56 AM
Quote from: Mairte on February 16, 2011, 08:17:53 PM
I have been trying to figure out a name for a puppy.(Akita) Any suggestions?
I am thinking about going with "Neko" or "Nakashi"....

As Anna pointed out, Neko is "cat" in Japanese but then, I had a friend who named his cat "Bird," so why not? What color is the puppy? If it is white, you could name it "Shiro," which means "white" in Japanese and is a common name for a dog there. (As is "Kuro" if the dog is black.  :))
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: William_MacKean on February 17, 2011, 07:49:46 AM
Akira

;D
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 08:34:54 AM
LOL, means Cat, I like it but then I am weird. ;)
What does Akira mean?
The pup will be 8 weeks old, he is what is called a pinto, white with blackish brown spots. The mother is a pinto and the father is black.
I havent done a google search on the Japanese language yet but plan to today.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: LadyStitch on February 17, 2011, 09:09:24 AM
Go to baby names.com and search for Japanese names.
akio is smart man, manly
arata  is New one
Asa means born at dawn , and the name of one of good friends.
daichi  means large, great, as in large land mass
daiki means big, shining
Dengi means gift from ancestors
Goro is filth (depending on how much it likes to play in mud)
Haru is born in spring

you get the idea... :)

Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 10:06:40 AM
LadyStitch, great names! :) I think this is going to be harder than I thought,lol.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Anna Iram on February 17, 2011, 10:17:18 AM
I searched Nakashi and it's the name of a Japanese goddess. A nice direction to go, but wrong gender. Maybe while you are pulling up lists you could look at.lists of Japanese Gods or! Gaurdians.

Got pictures? Gosh I bet he's cute. :)
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: William_MacKean on February 17, 2011, 10:47:09 AM
Quote from: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 08:34:54 AM
LOL, means Cat, I like it but then I am weird. ;)
What does Akira mean?
The pup will be 8 weeks old, he is what is called a pinto, white with blackish brown spots. The mother is a pinto and the father is black.
I havent done a google search on the Japanese language yet but plan to today.

Akira is the name of a character in a japanimation movie.  Good movie.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Lady Christina de Pond on February 17, 2011, 11:35:05 AM
Bean!!! you said he white with blackish brown spots
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 11:43:26 AM
Shoot,lol, no Nakashi then...I DO have a couple pics of him on my computer, how do I post them here? he is absolutely adorable.
My son is into the whole japanimation thing, he might have some ideas too...
Akira...hmmmmm...maybe....
And I am going to look up those Japanese Gods and Goddesses.
Bean is a GOOD name, unfortunately taken by one of my sons dogs. ;D
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 06:53:01 PM
I GOT IT!!!!!!!  ;D
Baku, a good spirit, known as "the eater of dreams"
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 17, 2011, 06:55:47 PM
All four of my thumbs are up....
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 06:59:42 PM
If I could figure out how to post pics, he even LOOKS like his name is "Baku". ;D
Talked with the guy about picking him up next week. He says both of the parents are excellent guardians of their house. The female is about 80 pounds and the male, 115.
Four thumbs up.... ::) Okay,lol, so not going to ask. :D
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Anna Iram on February 18, 2011, 09:22:38 AM
I like Baku, Mairte.  :)

Here's a thread on how to post pics:

http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=368.0
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on February 18, 2011, 12:12:25 PM
Yeah, I keep saying it and it is an easy call name too, well to me at least.
Going to be leaving here in a few minutes but will attempt the picture thing when I get back sunday evening.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 18, 2011, 03:13:41 PM
Quote from: Mairte on February 17, 2011, 06:59:42 PM... Four thumbs up.... ::) Okay,lol, so not going to ask. :D
Best that you don't ask...it was an ugly scene with Queen Mab...it was centuries ago. I've learned to live with it.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on March 07, 2011, 08:21:17 AM
Well. Life is strange. Fate had it that I ended up NOT getting the Akita pup.(Weird circumstance.)
What I DID get and will be picking up this month is a German Shepherd pup. Grandparents are from the Czech Republic, father is Czech/German lines and mother is Czech/American lines. Father is 115 pounds...looks like the pup will take more after the father.
His name is Leo. (I just couldnt use the akita name, it didnt sound right!!)
He can learn from my Chow/Akita the rules of being a good watchdog around here,lol. :) Not that he will probably need that as he gets older.
Title: Re: Help With A Name?
Post by: Mairte on March 09, 2011, 10:01:30 AM
Leo arrives here next week!!! Yay!!!  :)