I have this whole list of XMen-centric names for my future dogs. A female Rottie was to be Ada (short for adamantium), and a male was supposed to be The Professor, Xavier, Remy, Gambit, Logan, etc...
But when I adopted the current Rotties, Ada & any of the male names didn't fit. Kaia was Candy at the shelter & Dulcie in rescue. I don't even particularly like her name, but she definitely wasn't an Ada. I tried several other names on her, but Kaia was the only thing that fit. Gunnar was Gunni at the shelter & in rescue, and it sorta just fit him. Mostly, we call the Biggie & Smalls, or Mr. Big & Kai.
Clyde was supposed to be something like Nubbin or Snorfles. The SO named him Clyde after the orangutan in that old Eastwood movie, Every Which Way But Loose. Mostly, he was called Flower, because he was my delicate little flower. His PAL name was JBG's It's Clobberin' Time.
I think Nat used to be Queenie or Princess or something equally dumb. The SO named her after a Bob Marley song, Natty Dreads, after Nat fell into the lake and surfaced looking like some type of dreaded monster.
Zellie was Capers when we got her, and I wanted to name her Daisy or something like that... but SO said she looked like Rapunzel, and named her that. Zellie what we have always called her though.
StiXxX was Ricky at the shelter, and I desperately wanted to name him Gremlin or Charles. Once again, SO won and his name is StiXxX. I think that the SO actually spells it Sticks, but eff that.