LBB: Polling the flist for a name

[delphipsmith]

Lucius has deerhounds, or maybe wolfhounds; we all know that, right?



And he's French -- he's got that certain je ne sai quoi, right? So I need a good name for a big French dog or two. And yes, I know, neither deerhounds nor wolfhounds are French, they're Scottish or Irish or something, but don't pester me with details. I looked at this list but it's giving me issues. The names that je comprends are dumb (Floffy? Floppi? Lucius would DIE of mortification) and I refuse to use a person's name (pas de Belle, pas de Sebastian) and I don't want to use a name je ne comprends pas (Fripouille? Guimauve? WTF?).

So somebody who knows French, or is French, or has French friends, help me out here: if you were French (or proud of your French heritage) and had a big deerhound (or wolfhound) or two, what would you call them?

Comments

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of giving the dogs historical first names, and if we think the Malfoys went back to the Norman conquest, some French Norman names include:

Beaufort
Durant
Lisle
Mortimer
Lovell/Lovella (means "wolf")
Reynaud/Reinald

Or if Lucius has a literary bent, you could name the dogs Crapaud and Grenouille, the two characters who discuss Quidditch in Malecrit's play, "Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré Les Pieds" (Alas, I've Transfigured My Feet), as referenced in Quidditch Throughout the Ages.

[delphipsmith]

Oooh, a literary reference. But I'm pretty sure "crapaud" is "toad" and I'm not sure how Lucius would feel about that LOL! I like Beaufort and Reynaud. At this rate I may have to give him six of them just to use all the names I want...

[delphipsmith]

Ha!! Spouse just pointed out that "crapaud and grenouille" is in fact "frog and toad." ::giggles:: Maybe Neville's dogs...