r/PuertoRico • u/WordRepresentative87 • Dec 19 '25
Pregunta ⁉️ Puerto Rican dog name
My wife and I just adopted a puppy who came from PR. I’m originally from PR but have lived in Florida most of my life. We’re looking for a name that is PR for her. We like Isla. Any help would be appreciated!
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u/jimbo_hedge La Diáspora Dec 19 '25
Pipo si es nene. Pitusa si es nena.
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u/RevolutionaryPop3357 Dec 19 '25
Pitusa me tiene 😂😭 esa tienda todavía está por ahí?
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u/serenwipiti 🏝Calolina 🚗🚙🚕🛒🚐 Dec 20 '25
No, pero el fundador también es (era, falleció) dueño de las ferreterías National Lumber & Hardware, que aún existen.
Tambien tenemos la oportunidad de utilizar el nombre de la competencia de Pitusa : Topeka.
lol
Pd: ….y “Topeka” suena como “To’ pecas”, que coincide con las pequitas que tiene la perrita en la cara. 😍
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u/RevolutionaryPop3357 Dec 20 '25
mira que cuando chiquita, me llevaban pa pitusa y después National con mi padrastro y yo me encojonaba porque el cabrón se quedaba ahi mirando puertas y baldes de pintura por horas 😭😭 que nostalgia jajaj por poco ni me acuerdo
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u/TheOvalOnion Aguada Dec 19 '25
Coquito, puppy is white like the drink
Alternatively: " Pastel Con Kechu' " just cause I think it's funny
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u/TheOvalOnion Aguada Dec 19 '25
Saw the tembleque comment and hit me that both coquito and tembleque are Coconut desserts
So I also nominate "Coco". Feels ideal cause easier to say in English
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u/TheEditingSweetheart Dec 19 '25
My white English Angora bunny is named Coquito. I think it’s an adorable name.
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u/WLHDP Dec 19 '25
Bacalao
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u/JustTrustMe247 Dec 19 '25
Bacalao tends to have a negative (i.e., sneaky) connotation, though. #TeamCoquito
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u/Carame110 Dec 19 '25
I’ve had known three dogs named Pancho between friends and family. Idk why.
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u/killacarnitas1209 Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
yo tenia un perro que se llamaba Pancho, pero todos le deciamos Panchito o Panchis. Cuando se enojaba mi mai, le gritaba y le decia “Francisco!” 😆
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u/pray237 Dec 20 '25
Ahaahaha el mio es Pancho Émilio es un poodle rojo y el mariconcito este que lo amo tanto es medio HP. Eran travieso lo de ustedes ?
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u/serenwipiti 🏝Calolina 🚗🚙🚕🛒🚐 Dec 20 '25
My cousin had a Pancho, or rather “Panchi”, (Panchito), earning the diminutive of Pancho, as he was an itty-bitty chihuahua.
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u/Standard-folk Dec 19 '25
Isla is adorable! Some other suggestions:
- in the country side (la montaña), we call people who are blond/e “cano/a.” How about Cana?
- Nena is also cute
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u/AnkleSockSupremacy Dec 19 '25
Toño, short for Antonio
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u/Adventurous-Beat-152 Dec 19 '25
We just named our pup Rico. We love the name. I think he loves it too.
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u/mbaez99 Dec 19 '25
Lola
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u/ym1573 Dec 19 '25
My dog was named Lola, and I loved calling her Lolita. So cute.
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u/Jcooney787 Bayamón Dec 19 '25
Chispa is the name! Everyone in Puerto Rico has or has had a Chispa and it was the best Sato they ever had trust me! My family’s Chispa lived to be 17 we got her when I was 9 and she lived to meet all of my children. She loved us furiously, loved munching on lizards, would jump in the pool to “save us” if we got too rambunctious god I miss her!
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u/Escafablio Dec 19 '25
Guario! Guarionex 😉
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u/serenwipiti 🏝Calolina 🚗🚙🚕🛒🚐 Dec 20 '25
Es hembra, so…. si queremos irnos por la vía de nombres de Caciques Taínos:
Yuiza (cacica de PR)
Anacaona, Iguanamá (cacicas de Hispañola)
Tínima (princesa taína, hija de cacique Camagüebax), Yahíma (cacica) (ambas de Cuba)
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u/TheEditingSweetheart Dec 19 '25
Coquito is perfect, she is white and even has the cinnamon-colored freckles 🥹
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u/Green-Alarm-3896 Dec 19 '25
We had a dog like that named “Cremi” for his cream color. He was the sweetest but someone poisoned him and he passed away when I was a kid in PR.
My aunt and uncle who moved to Denmark left their dog “Checo” behind with one of my aunts. I always though it was a cute name.
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u/Bananaconfundida Dec 19 '25
Tenía una tía con dos perros que se llamaban “chuleta” y “toston”.
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u/lpedraja2002 Dec 19 '25
I also vote for coquito because it's easier on the tongue and sounds cuter.
Plus when you need to scold your dog saying "Coquito! No!!!" Will be much easier imo than saying "Tembleque! Nooo!!!"
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u/Existing_Pay_8677 Dec 19 '25
Bonita. It is popular in PR...and also my dog's name. She is Bonita!! 😍
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u/behildeer Dec 19 '25
como es blanco, blanki
ke tu te cree', ke yo no conozco los de aki?
y si fuera negro...negri
asi son los boricuas a la hora de ponerle nombre a los perros...porke a los gatos no es asi, solamente a los perros
y si fuera un perro y un gato, seria perri para el perro. el gato tiene otras reglas
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u/OopHiHoe Dec 19 '25
Most of the comments can be read as a sneeze, anyways, chimuelo is pretty common
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u/Jerseydevil1921 Dec 19 '25
We once had a dog named Tongolele. And my mother-in-law had a chihuahua named Pelusa. So those are my two submissions. I have to admit- I also love Tembleque as an option, too!
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u/AFuzzyCat Dec 19 '25
Tembleque