I also like Georgiana. My grandmother's name was Giorgia (Italian spelling), and I have a first cousin of my dad's generation of that name (with the American spelling), and it is my sister's middle name. It is not very common now, but I like it.
It's so interesting how people name their dogs. I like names for dogs that are fairly short, easy to pronounce and spell, easy to call, and like you said, Jessie's mom, have a link to meaning, memory or experience.
Sometimes dogs seem to name themselves by their behavior, sometimes we dog-parents just like the sound of a name, sometimes it's a bit of both.
I read in a dog-naming book someplace that you should not name a dog something beginning with an "S" sound, as in nature, that "sssttt" kind of noise is what a snake makes, and a dog will instinctively NOT want to come to that sound. Has anyone else heard that, or found it to be true in experience?
It seems to me that "Casey," with that middle S sound, might have been a bit difficult for my Casey to learn at first. He did seem a bit reluctant on his recall training for a while - he would just stand and wag his tail, hesitating to actually come towards us. "Pippin" and "Bounder," with those strong plosives in front, both responded when called by those names very quickly.
