Instead of reading articles on all the various factors that can result in early embryonic death, I’m assuming Gina will have a totally normal pregnancy and give birth to a totally normal foal. That totally normal foal will need a name, so I’ve been carefully considering what I will call this horse.
I’ve always used my horses’ registered names as their show names and used the barn names they came with. This is the first time that the responsibility for a name falls on me!
I’d love to hear your suggestions for names; isn’t this the most fun part of a baby horse? Some relevant info:
- The foal will be registered with Oldenburg North America. Per their website, they have no strict rules on naming foals, but recommend choosing a name that starts with the first letter of the sire’s name.
- The sire’s name is Mannhattan.
- The dam’s name is Kimberly K.
- The foal has roughly equal chances of being bay or gray.
- I’d like to stay with the city theme of the sire’s name, but this isn’t an absolute must.
What would you name this foal?
Alright first name that comes to mind is Montego Bay!
I kind of like that, especially if it’s bay!
Metropolis
or
Metropolitan
or a variation (Mettropolisa for a filly, Mettropolittan for a colt)
or Mettro King to reference the dam’s name as well.
I would love to find something that has something of Gina’s name, too! Good thinking.
Monterey Bay (or Monterey Grey!) depending on color, or Monroe.
I think I would giggle every time I heard Monterey Grey because I am a sucker for a silly joke.
Memphis, Monticello, Madrid, Madison, Monroe, Mecca, Milan, Montpelier… I’ll keep working 🙂
I’ve thought of a few of those myself! Memphis, Madrid, and Milan are on my list. 😛 (Along with Manchester, Marrakesh, and Mesa.)
Oh man – I am the worst with names. Just wanted to say those are some lovely foals out of Kimberly K. You must be so excited!
They are awfully good looking bebes- Koko was a Premium foal at her inspection, I think.
How about Madison Square? That’s inside of Manhattan!
Now that’s a clever idea!
Looks like you’ve got a chance for chestnut too. 😉 I like the idea of using the name of a place… could be a challenge to find one that hasn’t already been used a million times though. Time for Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is my friend in this venture for sure. I liked Morocco, but that’s the name of one of his most successful colts. Preliminary research says Madrid, Madison, Monaco, Montana, and Muskogee have all been used. :'(
Since Kimberly is a City in South Africa (who knew!?!) – I vote for two other South African City Names: Merrivale or Matatiele 🙂
I did not know that! And that is a GREAT idea!
How about Mooinooi for a filly? Mooinooi is a town in South Africa and means beautiful girl in Afrikaans.
So Kimberly is indeed a city in South Africa – one that is known for its mines and its diamonds! 🙂
There is also (ah this just gets better) a diamond mining company in South Africa called Manhattan. Which has mined some pretty big diamonds 🙂
The largest one is called Manhattan Lycos White.
http://www.geohavens.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=287:large-or-extraordinary-diamonds-list-4&catid=90&Itemid=492
So, my all time best name for a gray horse is a name of a place AND starts with an M. It’s “Mosi-oa-Tunya”, which is the traditional name of Victoria Falls, and means “the smoke that thunders”. I love it, but probably nobody would be able to pronounce it.
But since I spent all that time in Africa, I REALLY support this theme.
I have zero name ideas, but I love this one!!
Monte Karlo, or Monte Kristo because I’m a literature nerd. A Manhattan is also a popular drink, so you might be able to use that for other options?
Cocktails aren’t something I’ve thought of- great idea! Mai Tai, Martini, Margarita, Mojito, lots of good stuff to work with here! I do like Monte Karlo, though; Monte Kristo makes me think of the sandwich because I am fat. 😛
SO many good options already… you’re going to have to have more babies to use more of the cute names! LOL
I know, right?!
The first M city that came to mind for me was Moscow (or Moskow if you want a ‘K’). You could also go for Moscow Kremlin to get the ‘M’, ‘K’ and place. Of course that may carry some negative connotations, but if you want to dominate/take over the world of eventing it might just work 😉
Also, I’m obliged to point out some Canadian city and place names that start with ‘M’: Montreal, Mississauga, Muskoka, Moncton, Medicine Hat, Manitoba, Magrath, Markham, and Moose Jaw (I don’t actually recommend naming your beautiful future foal “Moose Jaw”, but that would be funny!)
OMG now I definitely want to name my next horse Moose Jaw. I am DYING LAUGHING!!!!!
I like Montreal and Manitoba!
Ok I’m the absolute worst at names but damn there are some funny ones here! And also lots of awesome ideas!!
Since I’m an Okie, I’m going to take it one step further and only do OK names. Girl names: Marietta, Martha, May. Boy names: Meno, Minco, Monroe.
But, of the ones you personally listed, I really like Mesa!
These are all GREAT name ideas! I have to say, when Pax was born I had ALL these names ready to go, and… none of them fit my red filly. I just had NOT anticipated getting a red filly! I canned all the names and thought about it for a long time. About 3 weeks after she was born, the name Pax just sort of popped into my head, and I knew it was perfect. I struggled for an equally long time trying to figure out what I was going to register her as, and very nearly went with D-Pyrotechnics (because she was a violent little firecracker, but I still wanted a D name for the sire), but ended up combining them into Dynatechnics. Which, is basically the perfect name for her.
My point is basically – sometimes you just have to wait and see what you have before a name will really come to you!
I’ll throw some North East locales into the mix for you:
Montauk, Misquamicut (or maybe Miss Kuamicut to keep with the Kimberly K theme), Montville, Merrimack, Montpellier
I have difficulty picking toothpaste out, so naming a horse from scratch is entirely beyond me. The ones that came to mind were Menlo and Monterey.