> I can't imagine naming any of my children any of those names. On the
> other hand my dog is named Beau. (pronounced the same way as Bo).
>
> (On the other hand my cat is named Jill who was given that name by the
> shelter along with her brother - who we didn't adopt - named Jack.
> Jillie-puss is now 11 years old and doing well as is Beau)

It is good to hear from you, my friend.

My children had pretty traditional modern names.
My grandchildren,,, maybe not so much, but 4 pairs of adults
get to make their own choices.
Josephine, Elora, Chelsea, Bear, Whitney, and YTBD.

As for dogs, our prior generation of dogs had what could be
called Norsk Medieval roots.
Hildie, for Brunhildie, the fairest of the Valkyries, the
warlike goddess-maiden sent to battlefields by Odin, chief
of the gods to bring the fallen warriors home. She was our
70 pound Standard Poodle, very smart and caring. I still
miss her.
Lockie, named for mischief, our 50 pound male Standard Poodle.
Now we have Pooka, (properly Pook-a-Boo) Named for ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca#:~:text=The%20p%C3%BAca%20(Irish%20for%20spirit,hinder%20rural%20and%20marine%20communities.
She is white, with dark/black circles around eyes and partly on ears.
She is now age 12, a 11 pound Mini-Poodle, still a born killer
of rabbits, moles, and rats.
And then one that seems mostly useless, an 11 pound mostly black
Havanese, except little Bilbo makes me laugh. He runs funny,
run, run, run, leap. And always wants to follow me around to
see what stuff I'm going to pull next.

from
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/people-hysterics-after-comparing-medieval-32570136

She says the dogs names are better than today's baby names (stock photo)
(Image: Getty Images)

People in hysterics after comparing medieval dog names to those given to
children in 2024
A woman has sparked a debate about baby names after sharing a list of 43
dog names used in medieval times - as she claims many are better than
those being given to children in 2024

ByPaige FreshwaterContent Editor
09:51, 12 Apr 2024

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Domesticated dogs have been living alongside humans for more than 30,000
years - and in all that time, dog name trends have been developing and
evolving. A list of 43 dog names used in medieval times has sparked a
debate on social media, as many compare them to names being given to
children in 2024.

In a post on Reddit, one user said: "All of these names sound better
than the tragedeighs I've seen." Tragedeigh is the term used to describe
a name "deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more
unique than it actually is",

Listed from Kathleen Waler-Meikle's book 'Medieval Pets', the names include:

Artus
Balbina
Bellina
Bembino
Bo
Borgettus
Courte
Dammast
Syamant
Famia
Fortuna
Furstli
Gariner
Gerland
Hapeguay
Hardy
Hemmerli
Jakke
Lachne
Mamselle
Magestomo
Melesinn
Mognone
Monsieur
Mopsulus
Mopsis
Orsina
Petitcreis
Rukoy
Rubino
Saphyrus
Sattin
Soldan
Speichli
Stoesel
Sturdy
Terri
Turgk
Venus
Viola
Vinlina
Whitefood
Zabot