Searching for a name for new puppy

[xSilverPhinx]

So, there's going to be a new addition to the pack in mid-March, a male German Shepherd puppy named...named...

I came up with a list but people have found issues with each of my suggestions. In the order I thought of them:

Loki -  God of mischief sounds perfect, but what if he's turns out to be an obedient dog?
Finn - People have a difficult time saying this, comes out as 'Finny'
Duque (Duke) - "Too aristocratic", my mother said.
Alex - short for Alexander, meaning 'protector of mankind'. "Too common".
Jaeger - "Wut?" said my mother. "How about Hunter instead?"
Iago - I think this is a nice-looking word but a Shakespearean villain just isn't a good fit.

*deep breath*

Kaiser - "Like the beer?"
Skyler - "Meh."
Benji - "Small dog name"
Kenji - means 'strong and vigorous' in Japanese. Mom: 
Asher - "What, as in 'Ash'?"

The list goes on...

She suggested Argos based on Odysseus's dog of Homer's The Iliad. It's different...and nerdy, so that gets a plus from me. I'm still undecided, though. 

Anyone have any suggestions? It can be in other languages other than English, too. Preferably 2 syllables at most.

What I know about the pup is he's going to be strong and determined, according to the breeder, and both his parents are mostly black with a bit of brown on their legs and chest. It's likely nameless will be similarly coloured.   

[Randy]

Eye-Byte (I bite)
Scooby (From the cartoon - not sure what kind of dog Scooby is anyway.)
Schweinhund - (German for pig-dog. Well, he is a German Sheppard, right? Never mind.)

I don't know. I'm the person who named a cat once called "Meow". Well, I asked the cat what it wanted to be called and she said, "Meow." So Meow it was.

Anyway, pay no attention to me,

[Dark Lightning]

Rolf. I picture you standing on the porch, calling him. 

[xSilverPhinx]

Eye-Byte (I bite)
Scooby (From the cartoon - not sure what kind of dog Scooby is anyway.)
Schweinhund - (German for pig-dog. Well, he is a German Sheppard, right? Never mind.)

I don't know. I'm the person who named a cat once called "Meow". Well, I asked the cat what it wanted to be called and she said, "Meow." So Meow it was.

Anyway, pay no attention to me,

iByte

Well, he has a microchip, so...

LOL When I was young I would help and feed stray and feral dogs on the street and named one of them 'Dog' just because I wasn't able to come up with another name. Meow is a good one! Perhaps it means something in Cattish.

[xSilverPhinx]

Rolf. I picture you standing on the porch, calling him. 

Heheh, that would be pronounced 'Holfy' around here, and that sounds a bit like a sneeze.

[Sandra Craft]

Too bad it's not another female so I could suggest "Hope".

How about Ajax -- yes, I know, the cleanser, but I like the way it sounds.

[xSilverPhinx]

Too bad it's not another female so I could suggest "Hope".

How about Ajax -- yes, I know, the cleanser, but I like the way it sounds.

I like Hope! It's a good name.

I like Ajax too (Ájax, in Portuguese, would sound a little different). Rolls off the tongue. Easier to shout than 'Argos'.

[Icarus]

Please pardon my sad and still angry recollection of an episode in the not too distant past.  It involves a dog. The dogs name was Deeogee That is a combination of the letters D,O,G  He was a helluva lot more than a deeogee

K9s are important members of our police and sheriff departments.  One of our heroic  Alsatian cops was an official officer of my sherriff's department.

A sheriff deputy and his dog stopped a speeder. The speeder was revealed to be a vicious criminal with a long rap sheet.  The perp shot the sheriff, K9 partner dog attacked the perp.  The bad guy shot and killed the dog too. That did not sit well with the local citizens, including me, and even less well with the sheriffs deputies.  They chased the perp through a thick woods until they found him hiding under a huge fallen log.  64 shots later the bad guy will never kill another sheriff or another dog.

The sheriff deputy was a veteran cop who was publicly regarded as a good and decent guy.  The dog was his constant and beloved partner.  The dog got every bit as much respect and tears as his human companion did. Rightfully so.

Both the deputy and his dog were buried with full military honors. In Florida a K9 is a fully accredited officer of the law. Deeogee will be long remembered. 

Silver, if you name him Ajax, the contraction will become; Jax or Jack. . That is a good and honorable name for a loyal companion.

[hermes2015]

Of course, I like Loki, because some see him as the Norse equivalent of Hermes,

https://mythologycomparison1321.weebly.com/comparing-hermes--loki.html

[No one]

Deohgee

[Magdalena]

So, there's going to be a new addition to the pack in mid-March, a male German Shepherd puppy named...named...

I came up with a list but people have found issues with each of my suggestions. In the order I thought of them:

Loki -  God of mischief sounds perfect, but what if he's turns out to be an obedient dog?
...

Odin?   
Or
Odie.
Odie, the fictional dog who appears in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis.

[xSilverPhinx]

Please pardon my sad and still angry recollection of an episode in the not too distant past.  It involves a dog. The dogs name was Deeogee That is a combination of the letters D,O,G  He was a helluva lot more than a deeogee

K9s are important members of our police and sheriff departments.  One of our heroic  Alsatian cops was an official officer of my sherriff's department.

A sheriff deputy and his dog stopped a speeder. The speeder was revealed to be a vicious criminal with a long rap sheet.  The perp shot the sheriff, K9 partner dog attacked the perp.  The bad guy shot and killed the dog too. That did not sit well with the local citizens, including me, and even less well with the sheriffs deputies.  They chased the perp through a thick woods until they found him hiding under a huge fallen log.  64 shots later the bad guy will never kill another sheriff or another dog.

The sheriff deputy was a veteran cop who was publicly regarded as a good and decent guy.  The dog was his constant and beloved partner.  The dog got every bit as much respect and tears as his human companion did. Rightfully so.

Both the deputy and his dog were buried with full military honors. In Florida a K9 is a fully accredited officer of the law. Deeogee will be long remembered. 

Silver, if you name him Ajax, the contraction will become; Jax or Jack. . That is a good and honorable name for a loyal companion.

Can't say I sympathise with the perp in this case.

[xSilverPhinx]

Of course, I like Loki, because some see him as the Norse equivalent of Hermes,

https://mythologycomparison1321.weebly.com/comparing-hermes--loki.html

I also like Loki! It was my first choice, but then along comes my mother and poisons it by saying it sounds too much like 'louco/louca' (crazy).   

[xSilverPhinx]

Deohgee

Too long. It has to be a name I can yell quickly and easily. 

[xSilverPhinx]

So, there's going to be a new addition to the pack in mid-March, a male German Shepherd puppy named...named...

I came up with a list but people have found issues with each of my suggestions. In the order I thought of them:

Loki -  God of mischief sounds perfect, but what if he's turns out to be an obedient dog?
...

Odin?   
Or
Odie.
Odie, the fictional dog who appears in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis.

I like Odin! But it sounds quite different and better in English than in Portuguese (something like, Oh-Geen, with the G as in George).  

Odie is a cute name!

OH-GEE! COME HERE RIGHT NOW OH-GEE!