I loved watching (mostly lurking) the process of the naming of Kat's beautiful new dog, A. Maizee Grace! Little did I suspect how soon I would need to call upon the Mudcat Hive Mind to help with the same situation. Next week we are getting a companion dog for our beautiful potcake, Nellie (shown here with my beautiful daughter, Maggie!).

Meet the puppy currently called "Bonita"! She is a Bahamian potcake pup, who will be coming to me next Sunday (Earth Day!).
Here she is again.

You can learn more about potcake pups at Potcake Place .

Here are some name requirements:
-No more than 2 syllables.
-Sounds different enough from "Nellie" that they will be able to distinguish who is being summoned.
- Can't be Maggie, another very common dog name.
_Nellie is named after "Nellie Bly" and "My Darling Nellie Gray" which are both tunes used locally for years for contra and square dances. An added bonus is if the new pup's name has a musical connotation!
-Not too "cute", not too "pop".
-Names under consideration are "Emma", "Gaia" (because of Earth Day, but it's being vetoed as reeking too much of patchouli!).

Any suggestions, o wise friends?