Hound names

[Cuppatea]

Need a hound name begining with 'G'

Suggestions?

 

[Alec Swan]

Need a hound name begining with 'G'

Suggestions?

Dog or bitch?

Alec.

 

[Cuppatea]

Dog! Forgot that might make a difference......!

 

[Alec Swan]

Dog! Forgot that might make a difference......!

Actually, I don't know why I asked. Hounds names are so often sexless!

Now then, it depends upon the type of hound, and how he views life. It also depends whether you want to go "traditional" and be staid, or give him a name like George. Hardly a name for a hound!!

A pic would be a good idea, sometimes names just leap out at you!!

Alec.

 

[Cuppatea]

we did consider 'Gary' today....!
Made even more funny that the huntsman is called Gary!!

 

[SonnysMum]

Gerald

 

[Alec Swan]

Ghastly?

Alec.

 

[rosie fronfelen]

we had a hound called Gazza once.

 

[hunteress]

we had a great Hound called GANGSTER .

 

[irish_only]

Grumble
Gannet
Guardian
Gandolph

 

[Dobiegirl]

Traditional is Gallant.

As you are a racing fan how about Grundy, Generous or Galaleo(spelt wrong)

 

[Happy Hunter]

Greateful
Gerwin
Gipfel
Goliad
Gremlin - Make sure not to feed after midnight!!!!
Gustel
Gunter

 

[tootsietoo]

Glorious
Google
Grape
Goliath
Gillie
Gorgeous

are some ones that randomly spring to mind. I also thought of Gary! How about Graham?! I knew a girl once who worked in a dealing yard who called all the horses mens names - Colin, Martin, Fred, Pete etc!

 

[RuthnMeg]

Gadget - as in Go Gadget Go!
Greedy!
Gamble

 

[Addicted to Hunting]

Hounds, (well most animals really) are better with 2 sylaable names;
Gunner
Goblet
Granite
Graceful
Galaxy
Google
Garter
Gameboy
Goblin
Gospel
Garlic
Gravity
Guardsman
Grimsby

here are some more suggestions and if all else fails look in the dictonary! What is the sire's name?

 

[combat_claire]

General
Gambler
Goodwood
Governor
Grocer
Griffin
Goblin
Gordon
Goshawk
Godfrey
Gabriel
Garter
Gameboy
Gaylord
Gangster
Gunner
Gromit
Growler
Granite
Graduate
Grapeshot
Galahad
Guardsman
Gandalf
Guinness
Gunsmith
Gaffer
Goldsmith
Groundsman
Gulliver
Gandhi
Gardener
Gander
Gallant
Grumpy
Gumboot
Gimmick
Gilbert
Grafter
Gunshot
Grasper
Grumbler
Grappler
Glancer
Glover
Gentry
Gundry
Galloway
Grammar
Gamecock
Goldfinch
Gladstone
Gothic
Garter
Gatsby
Gossamer
Golfer
Grenville
Grampian
Gannet
Gangway
Gallant
Galway
Garrison
Gordon
Gopher
Gory

These have all been taken from genuine hound show programmes and puppy show lists, which I always use as a starting point when I have hound pups to name. You can always nick some good ones off other packs!

 

[SonnysMum]

So, Somebody actually called a Hound, Gory...Aww poor thing

 

[Addicted to Hunting]

Yer mine were off a puppy show list as well CC, alltho were a few more to add, not sure were my Peterbourough schedule gone, alltho think OP may have enough to be getting on with now, unless a very unique name was wanted

 

[Fiagai]

Here ye go...

Graflax
Grendle
Gabler
Gimlet
Gaheris
Galahad
Gareth
Gawain
Geraint
Griflet

(the last 6 were all Knights of the Round Table!)

 

[daydreambeliever]

Giza as in the place or Geezer as in bloke
Sounds similar however you spell it.

 

[Alec Swan]

So, Somebody actually called a Hound, Gory...Aww poor thing

Or worse still, Gordon, especially if the poor sod was tan coloured.

Alec.

 

[Addicted to Hunting]

Gullable (no idea how to spell it but u can prop guess wot I mean?)
Goblet
Garnet
Grackle
Goring
Grenade
Gretna (not really a male name tho)

 

[Cuppatea]

wow! Thanks guys, there are plenty here to choose from now!!
Goblin and gremlin suit him for the way he eats and he noises he makes whilst doing it!
We have been calling him Geoffrey to try to kick start us into getting a definate name, however it seems to suit him! OH refuses to leave it as that though.....

 

[Herne]

Actually, I don't know why I asked. Hounds names are so often sexless!

Not really.

Traditionally, dog hounds tend to be given names that are nouns, whereas bitches tend to be given names that are adjectives or adverbs - however there are lots of exceptions to this "rule".

Goblet, for example, is often a bitch's name, as are goldfinch, galaxy and gospel.

Gallant, on the other hand, is usually a dog hound's name.

Any hound name should ideally be two syllables with a consonant in-between - apparantly this is what dogs find easier to distinguish.

 

[Alec Swan]

Herne,

how right you are!! Without any reference to grammar, it's a rather instinctive thing, and always has been! Hear the name of any hound or dog, I think, and the very name will give us a clue to the gender.

Alec.

 

[brighteyes]

Glory would be OK

 

[Max123]

Gnasher

 

[Countrygirl]

Gotham
Goshawk
Gorman
Gorley
Goadsby
Sorry thats it for now, just quickly off the top of my head, as I am supposed to be working!! H&H forum has a lot to answer for! lol

 

[combat_claire]

So, Somebody actually called a Hound, Gory...Aww poor thing

Not guilty of picking that name although we do have bitches named Bagel, Bramble & a Biscuit in our pack!

I did see an Eminem entered at Peterborough one year and thought I had misheard the Blaston winner announcement for Cheshire Forest Pondweed. Bizarrely the traditional list of names that has been floating around the kennels for centuries suggested Hymen as a suitable name for a bitch hound...

 

[EJ70]

Gannet, I think that has already been said, plenty to choose from!