@imagebeastmarkbeast I grew up with a bunch of kids with hippy names in California in the 70s. Almost every single one changed their name to something boring, or the normal nickname they always used, by the time they were 21.
@moej In the Philippines — not sure if this was recent cos our first pedigree litter many years ago didn’t need to follow this rule (iirc) — all the names of the puppies of one litter must start with the letter that the breeder can assign.
@moej Afaik, breeders in Germany name their litters in alpha betical order. My pup is from an E-litter. So the breeder named him Egon and his siblings Emil, Elsa, and Erik. The breeder and your chosen name are listed on the dog's certificate, if it is a pedigree / pure bred dog. In our case it is Egon-Sam.
@skunkbig Adding to this, some breeders choose an adjective with the 'right' letter for the litter and let the future owners choose the name of the dog. 'Amazing (dog's name) of (kennel name)' would be the official name on any papers.
@moej I don't know of any rules coming from the state here (USA), but I will be registering a horse with the KWPN-NA next year, and they use the letter/year concept. Anybody got any good 'R' names?