Nifty Names:

• Ampersand, Sandy for short
• Brandy Alexander
• Lou, short for Hallelujah
• The Chief
• Weezer
• Captain (_something_)
• Bunsen and Beaker (the Muppets!)
• Azul
• Turk

People names:

• Bartholomew
• Baxter
• Monty, short for Montague
• Neil, like Diamond
• Norman
• Guillermo, Mo for short?
• Hugh
• Lydia
• Harrison
• Max, from Where the Wild Things Are
• Old lady names (for chickens):
  • Henrietta
  • Adelaide
  • Agatha
  • Blanche
  • Muriel
  • Wilhelmina (Willie)
  • Elsie
  • Harriet
  • Florence
  • Winifred (Winnie)
  • Dolores
  • Ginny
  • Ethel
  • Pearl
  • Hazel
  • Geraldine
  • Opal

Famous Names:

• Bacchus
• Brutus
• Miles, like Davis, and Coltrane, like John
• Che
• Inigo, like Jones
• Alfred, or Hitchcock
• Earl Grey
• Winston, like Churchill
• Oscar, like Wilde

Designer Names:

• Charles and Ray
• Eero and Arne (both just awesome, funny-sounding names)
• Mies
• Rem
• Jaques and Pierre

Breeds in general that seem fun

• French Bulldog
• Welsh or Wire Fox Terrier
• Coonhound
• Boston Terrier
• Boxer
• Komondor
• Old English Sheepdog
• Jack Russell Terrier
• Schnauzer
• any sort of Setter or Spaniel