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I HEAR REGGAE-INSPIRED NAMES BRING NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS AND GOOD BEHAVIOR: Via long-time readers Jeff (a.k.a. jam) and Sara (a.k.a sbr929), this special holiday request (which, unfortunately, I missed until now):

My wife and I are both long-time readers and occasional commenters. We are hoping that you might call upon the ALOTT5MA community to help us out in a moment of need.We are adopting a puppy this week, an adorable 1-year-old, female black lab mix, and we are having trouble coming up with the perfect name.

This is ironic, because for years we've spent a fair amount of idle time randomly throwing out great dog names, but for whatever reason none of our favorites is sticking to the dog that we met today and will be living with come Tuesday. It's an emergency, because we can't live with a nameless dog.

Ideally, we'd like a name that is fun, fits a puppy's personality, rolls off of the tongue, and has some subtle connotation that reflects our interests. Since this last qualification leans heavily on pop culture, we though there would be no better community to help us come up with something subtle, knowing, and fun than this one.

For example, one of our current leading contenders is Pixley, which seems to reflect the playfulness of a puppy while also bringing to mind one of our most favorite shows. We have rejected both Suki and Rory as too obvious in their references (though each has appeal on the personality front). And we've rejected many more ideas as too masculine sounding.

We've thought and thought and thought some more, all without identifying a clear winner. Can you help us out?