liney143's list "Names for dogs: Shetland Sheepdog Breed (Sheltie)" of 3 great name ideas: Pixie - Maris!

Names for dogs: Shetland Sheepdog Breed (Sheltie)

Not too popular, water/nature themed, scottish or a bit old fashioned, sweet, one or two syllables - would be used by humans as well.

Pixie is a cute -- quite possibly too cute -- name that suddenly feels possible thanks to the craze for names that contain the letter x.  Though its origin may be uncertain, a pixie is internationally recognized as a sprite or fairy: tiny, sometimes green, usually pointy-eared.

Pixie

Though not much in use, still retains a cozy Little House on the Prairie-type pioneer feel. 

Cassie

Maris is an unusual and appealing name that has never appeared in the U.S. Top 1000, overshadowed by its twentieth century elaboration, Marisa/Marissa. It derives from the phrase "Stella Maris," star of the sea, one of the many epithets of the Virgin Mary, and became familiar via the unseen (but unliked) character of sitcom Frasier's ex-sister-in-law.
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As a surname, Maris is associated with legendary NY Yankee, Roger Maris.

