What your corgi's name means to you

I was at Les Schwab getting a flat repair, sitting around with the other customers. An employee came out and asked a customer, an old dude, to remove his dog from his car. The oldy went and came back, tied his chocolate lab up outside, and came back in. The lab wore a green plaid.. jacket.. vest thing.. but it was raining outside!! I said with sympathy, "I'm not allergic you can bring it in here!" The geezer said, "Ah no she can handle it" or something.
In a moment, he asked, "What kind do you have?"
I said, "A pembroke corgi."
He said, "The queen's dog! What'd you name it?"
I said, "Eddy."
He asked, "Named after an ex-boyfriend?"
I laughed! And said no. He went on, "Yep, Magdalen's named after an ex-girlfriend." I looked at the chocolate lab outside.

Weird!! Naming "after an ex"? but the old guy insisted that's where you get the best pet names from. What does your corgi's name mean to you? Or maybe what is the actual name/meaning/origin?

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on June 10, 2009 at 9:28am

That is cool, I did not know that Oy was a corgi. Ha Ha!

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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on June 10, 2009 at 1:20am

YES it's required reading in my family! My favorites.

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Permalink Reply by Spartan on June 9, 2009 at 11:05pm

I got my Corgi's name from the movie "300"

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Permalink Reply by Marion and Vern on June 10, 2009 at 8:54am

Samantha (Sami) came to my husband in a dream. We were looking for a name that would have letters from her parents name in it so it worked. I also have the entire series on the Gunslinger, have enjoyed his books since he started writing. Some of his books back covers have had pictures of him and his dogs. As far as nick names one that we call Sami is Demon Dog--she isn't really I just like saying it.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on June 10, 2009 at 10:51am

Mocha is my favorite coffee blend, Vienna is actually a turkish coffee blend, not the sausage :)

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Permalink Reply by Alice on June 10, 2009 at 1:04pm

We had Finnigan's name picked out before he was born and it suites him perfectly. I, being of Irish descent, wanted an Irish name and I've always loved the name Finn. My husband and I both loved a character who played my brother in a roll playing game we took part in years ago so it seemed the perfect name. The name Finnigan means Fair but the meaning really didn't play any part in the decision.

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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on June 10, 2009 at 6:24pm

I like all the british-isles origins on here. How appropriate!

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Permalink Reply by Melvin Brock on June 10, 2009 at 2:17pm

our new girl is called Winifred, winnie for short, it means blessed in welch.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on June 10, 2009 at 10:36pm

Hey, this is my first post on this site, so hello!

We brought our Jack home on 07/07/07, so we called him "Jackpot", or Jack for short. His registered name is Corgard Lucky Sevens. I figured "Jackpot" would already be taken.

We plan on getting a female next year, and we'll probably stick to the gambling theme.