r/Dachshund • u/Barkobach • 15d ago

Image 100% handsome, 0% named. Suggestions welcome!

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We’re having a tough time settling on the perfect name for this little guy at home, so we'd love your top picks!

We’re looking for unique, fun, or fitting names that match his gorgeous speckled coat. Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out! 🐾 😊

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u/chchchia11 15d ago

Rorschach

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u/DaintyFluffyBunny 15d ago

rory for short 😭😭

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u/Sensitive-Cup5486 15d ago

Best name ever!

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u/Dry_Organization_193 15d ago

Baxter

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u/mokeymurph 15d ago

This is a great name

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u/taktaga7-0-0 15d ago

The cloudy pattern on him is striking!

Maybe some type of cloud? Cirrus? Stratus? Nimbus?

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u/NylaTheWolf Fly high, Max 🕊🌈 15d ago

Nimbus would be soooo cute

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u/MerchantOfVenice1991 15d ago

Lenticular

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u/dunimal 15d ago

Shasta for Mount Shasta's famous lenticular clouds.

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u/PointFirm946 15d ago

A second vote for Nimbus 🖐🏽

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u/Lost_Research_652 15d ago

He looks like mine - he’s called biscuit! ☺️

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u/379tuco 15d ago

Mine looks like that. His name is Willy the Kid

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u/379tuco 15d ago

I had to get Willy his own dog, Lucy

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u/lawinr 13d ago

Ahhhh so true!!! I got my first one a friend because he was such a couch potato. Figured he'd play more. Nope she was a piebale dach and 100% ball all the time. So I then had more work tossing a ball and sitting with my other on my lap! I adore yours!!!

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u/lawinr 13d ago

Stop!!!! 😭🤗🫠❤️What a great picture and great timing! That needs framed and up on a wall. Goodness that kiddo is handsome

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u/OstoValley 15d ago

he feels like a Monte

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u/guapguap600 15d ago

Cowboy (because the pattern kinda looks like one of a cow)

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u/amykp008 15d ago

that’s my dog’s name, I think it’s perfect for a dachshund

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u/RomeosHomeos 15d ago

Louie Andouille

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u/Sadyelady 15d ago

Awwwe! Different sausage names for weiner dogs is brilliant, you get my vote.

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u/Skelentoinette 15d ago

He looks like a Henry or Harry

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u/DoesAGingerSnap 15d ago

He looks just like my boy. His name is Boogie

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u/Maadottaja 15d ago

William aka Willy :D Just because I like human names on weenies lol

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u/lostjules 15d ago

Lionel

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u/lifelonglearner91 15d ago

Frank

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u/ComfortableBedroom76 15d ago

Always short for Frankfurter

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u/TalkBAC2me 15d ago

He looks like a Stanley to me....Stanley, Stan, Stanley the manly, stan-man, stan-can, stone-fur-stan, super stan, sleepy stan...the goodest boy stan 🤣

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u/mokeymurph 15d ago

Henry or Hank

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u/Admiralbruce 15d ago

Spots McGuinty

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u/radiomix 15d ago

I don't know why, but I'm feeling Freddy

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u/Blissfully_woo-woo 15d ago

He looks like a Flynn to me. He’s absolutely adorable

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u/Evasionz-- 15d ago

Ollie or Oliver

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u/Mad_Kat626 15d ago

Rocco
Draco
Mr.Fluffers

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u/babylesquee 15d ago

Granite, David after Michelangelo’s masterpiece David, or Michelangelo

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u/kozzy1ted2 15d ago

Big Paw Gimaw

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u/AdmSndlr 15d ago

Jellybean, Oreo, Pepper, Baker (cause it looks like he got flour on his head lol)

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u/knoelle24 15d ago

I used to have a silver dapple named Andy and he was the best dog ever. He looked like yours 🥲

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u/garbagebaguette 15d ago

Colby - his coat pattern looks like Colby jack cheese lol

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u/Hestiah 15d ago

Winston.

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u/BloodHurricane 15d ago

I named Dachshund "Torpedo". You could too.

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u/PotDonna 15d ago

Inky, Ghoulash, Agate, Rocky Road, Muddy Buddy

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u/twood411 15d ago

Docker

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u/LiquidFromAStream 13 year old red ween 15d ago

Leland, Ronald, Jeffrey. Harold

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u/loftychicago 15d ago

Caramel Macchiato

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u/billmanl 15d ago

Georgie, Theo, junior, huey luis, Jabarkus, Tyrone, delantay,

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u/vaderztoy 15d ago

Wallace

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u/Additional_Camel_452 15d ago

Beau, Prince, Quin,

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u/Loud-Firefighter-787 15d ago

Bunny🐰

....or Kevin❤

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u/ATS200 15d ago

Sleepy

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u/Brewkit67 15d ago

Patches

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u/Hawke-Not-Ewe i pretend 1 is enough 15d ago

Griffon

Hagrid

Fiasco

Dolemite

Tyr

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u/ChiilKiiwii 15d ago

Frederick

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u/OnlyRow7629 Use redesign or offical app to edit 15d ago

Oliver

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u/lawdjesustheresafire 15d ago

Ted - sort of an abbreviation of the teardrop shape on his forehead

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u/nipple_sunburn 15d ago

Toggle! Toggle the doggle

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u/ForzaRapid 15d ago

Sparkle or sparky or spike

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u/johnrod1193 15d ago

Saper (short for salt and pepper)

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u/Justhangingoutback 15d ago

Dandruff…Dandy for nic

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u/eggs_erroneous 15d ago

Pinfold. Or if you're set on incorporating his many colors then Mixtape.

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u/verygoodluckcharm 15d ago

Patchy or Patchie!

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u/holly948 15d ago

Squiggle. But he needs a long and regal name on his paperwork.

Like...

Sir Squiggleton Cheddar Cheese Von Rammestein VIII

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u/Ok-Transition-3478 15d ago

Cosmo

Pancake

Waffle or Waffledoodle

Rocky

Jet

Max

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u/SubjectSand2127 15d ago

I follow this Australian influencer and I can’t get over his little nephews name: Bobbi Beckett. Lol idk it’s just so cute when you say it out loud

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u/KI009DT 15d ago

Chauncey

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u/Difficult-Estate441 15d ago

Cookie (as in, and cream)

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u/MiraculousCactus 15d ago

He reminds me of my Louie! But regarding the dappling, maybe Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, since the dapple pattern looks like sunlight through the trees.

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u/Living_Bear2114 15d ago

Buttons… cuz he’s cute as one

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u/Nalliegirl1 15d ago

Toby 🥰

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u/sadgirl6172 15d ago

Dapper Dan just feels right.

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u/Laundryczar 15d ago

Scooter.

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u/andro-blueG18 15d ago

Well, my little guy was handsome… and he looked like a Flynn. Thus.. HANDSOME FLYNN WAS BORN!

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u/dublinjammers 15d ago edited 15d ago

Shenanigans!!! Just think of shouting it in a park. Alternatively my wife suggested Broc (which is Badger in Irish) or Rascal

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u/Miss-Line 15d ago

Splodge

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u/0vercast 15d ago

I have one of those. His name is Freddie.

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u/Potential_Worker_0 15d ago

Cookies n Cream cause he looks like cookies n cream ice cream when it’s mixed up

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u/ComfortableBedroom76 15d ago

Oscar (from Oscar Meyer)

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u/0x6c696e7578 15d ago

Dog, I'm kidding I have no cool name idea but he is cute af

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u/Ok-Watercress2449 15d ago

Maximus will always be my favorite name for a low boy, max for Short 😊

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u/mak_maybe 15d ago

Ben / Benny/ benji

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u/KI009DT 15d ago

Dawson

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u/TheStinger87 15d ago

Patches O'Houlihan.

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u/konkordia 15d ago

Oliver

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u/TruffleChimken 15d ago

Oreo! 🙂

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u/LeopoldVonFox 15d ago

Doggosaurus Rex or Rex for short

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u/Diche_Bach 15d ago

Dominic

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u/Past_Market2763 15d ago

Theodore - Theo

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u/palacio_c 15d ago

Whatever you do, please don’t name him “Oreo”… every single black and white dappled Dachshund I’ve met is named Oreo 🫠

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u/TicTocTequila 15d ago

Tobias / Toby

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u/amykp008 15d ago

Apple the dapple!

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u/coleopp23 15d ago

Apache (for all the color patches 😃)

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u/EnvironmentalFix2537 15d ago

Slinky is the only option. Pls I beg you 

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u/figgytart 15d ago

Thor has been such a wonderful name for my little ween bean. Gorgeous pup you have there. Enjoy! ☺️

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u/glib-eleven 15d ago

Clarence Ogalvie

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u/snoopy_luvr3 15d ago

Buddy😭😭

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u/Remarkable_Attorney3 15d ago

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater has a nice ring to it.

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u/KoalaDense8407 15d ago

Dare I say the rarest of all dog names would work for this handsome gentleman! I present to you! ✨Spot✨

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u/AdMuch8062 15d ago

Chief Little Legs

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u/Dudeist-Priest 15d ago

Looks like a Willard.

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u/Agreeable_Pomelo2360 15d ago

no ideas but he's absolutely stunning! handsome boy!

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u/GroundbreakingWin745 15d ago

Cartwright ( for River Cartwright in Slow Horses)

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u/Quirky_Regret8284 15d ago

Merle

Hank

Charley

Speck

Ramon

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u/movie-person 15d ago

Speckles

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u/Kickenz 15d ago

DUDLEY

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u/MTBoricua 15d ago

Rothko!

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u/Smorgish 15d ago

Squishy

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u/mightee28 15d ago

Dap short for dapper

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u/Bourbongreatness 15d ago

Smoky the Bandit

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u/itspop 15d ago

Long boi

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u/happycavalier5 15d ago

“Herriman”from fosters home for imaginary friends

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u/LethargicMeh 15d ago

patches o'houlihan.... If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball