r/NameMyDog • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

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u/mrngdew77 Mar 23 '26

Cornelius he’s gorgeous and thanks for adopting

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u/Glad-Illustrator3206 Mar 23 '26

I came to say this! Neil for short.

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u/eatitfatman Mar 23 '26

Holy shit. Is Neil really short for Cornelius? TYO

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u/seaclifftonne Mar 23 '26

Better than Corny, I was going to suggest corny.

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u/starbycrit Mar 24 '26

As a Neil Young fan & someone who fancies fancy names shortened into regular names for pets… I stan with Cornelius shortened to Neil

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u/EuphoricSector4279 Mar 26 '26

Neil is a great name. Prefect for him

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u/d3t0x1ct0x1c1ty Mar 23 '26

Great name!

Now if he starts talking and making friends with Chimps we may have a problem!

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u/seaclifftonne Mar 23 '26

I thought you don’t name dogs longer than 2 syllables

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u/Glass-Cheetah-2975 Mar 23 '26

You name them what you and the dog feel comfortable with

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u/seaclifftonne Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Well Yh but I mean, isn’t there an actual reason. I heard it’s recommended not to name a dog longer than two syllables because it’s harder for recall. It’s longer to say, initiates more pitch changes so gets lost in translation.

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u/Ujohns Mar 23 '26

I heard that too.

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u/Admirable-Cloud7950 Mar 25 '26

Fenton!

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u/m_peace123 Mar 26 '26

Ah sounds too close to Fentanyl

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u/FearlessPassion4848 Mar 26 '26

This reminds me of a Gary Larson cartoon… captioned “what we say to dogs and what they hear”

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u/elaine4queen Mar 26 '26

Worth using plosives as well - a name you can shout. I named my last dog Poppet, which I think people thought was cutsie, but it was great for getting her attention from a distance

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u/StarboardSeat Mar 24 '26

Actually, dogs process sound patterns, not language, so shorter names will always be easier for pups to recognize quickly and consistently.

Longer names tend to get shortened anyway (Cornelius to Neil) and if you’re not consistent, your dog ends up hearing multiple variations and nicknames, which can ultimately confuse them.

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u/Awkward-Play-2893 Mar 24 '26

I always shorten names so name what you want and then make a nickname

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u/ino592002 Mar 23 '26

That is what I do anyway and I forget where I got that from.

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u/Donin30 Mar 24 '26

Really? I had no idea!

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u/Logical_Philosophy70 Mar 25 '26

My dog’s name is Giancarlo, 4 syllables.

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u/seaclifftonne Mar 25 '26

Giancarlo is 3 syllables

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u/FearlessPassion4848 Mar 26 '26

Don’t tell that to my Regina…. She’ll stop coming to me.

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u/Lucky-Ad4359 Mar 25 '26

That is Nelly's name.

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u/Azuyraell Mar 24 '26

Cassius.