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Rename the Office Bear: Win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate

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I’ve always been really bad at naming things.

When I was a kid I had 3 dogs, a cat and a couple of fish. The dogs were named Lucky, Snoopy and Rover and the cat’s name was Morris. I called my goldfish Flipper and the ugly bug-eyed black fish never even got a name.

Ugh. I obviously had no parental guidance in the ‘imaginative naming’ department and despite the fact that my skill hasn’t improved much in subsequent years, I still persist in giving everything from trucks to trinkets a name.

But my failing becomes your opportunity.

Simply come up with another name for “Happy” (a.k.a. “Howdy”), the wood sculpture bear that graces my office (shown left) and also seen in my home office video tour.

Post a name in the Comments below before Decebmer 15th, 2007 and the person that supplies the chosen name will win a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate.

(Note: ONE name per comment only, please… and in the event that multiple submissions are made for the winning name, the first person to post that name will win the certificate.)

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Comments

  1. Antone Roundy says

    I’ll take the thesaurus approach, suggesting synonyms (or homonyms of synonyms, or synonyms or homonyms…) of “bear”:

    Bear, v. to carry: Carey (also sounds like “Care Bear” if by any chance you like those), Buck

    Bear, v. to endure: Brook

    I didn’t find any great candidates for “bare”, but there’s always the name I gave my purple plastic toy bear when I was 6: Berry

    I can’t resist one more — a full name for which BEAR is an acronym: Bertrand Emerson Antone Rochefoucauld (okay, so I put my first name in, but not my middle or last, both of which I could have!)

  2. Stephanie says

    Hmmm. . .

    More traditional names could be:
    Honey
    Honey Bear
    Brownie
    Bubba

    A couple of non-traditional names – wasn’t sure of the sex 🙂 :
    Beulah
    Boris
    Balthazar

    I guess I got stuck on the “B’s” – thinking Boris the Bear, Brownie the Bear, etc.!

    I’m glad he/she found a good home! 🙂

    ~Stephanie

  3. Carol says

    From the creative person with a fat cat named “Chubbers” and a skinny cat named “Twiggy”, how about “Snerdly” for your bear!

  8. Tuppy Glossop says

    I like the Hebrew word for bear, which is Dov. (So Pooh the Bear is “Pooh ha’Dov” in Hebrew … my 2nd grader used to have a cute shirt with him on it.)

    Or you could go with your post title, and call him “Rename”!

  10. Cindy says

    I love the bear!!!

    He reminds me of a golden ray of sunshine … I’m sure he makes you smile and helps to inspire you. So here goes my names

    Sunbeam

    Cindy

  11. Sira says

    How’s about

    => C. B.

    Since he looks kind of “cool”, Cool Bear would be appropriated.
    However, to personify, I believe that he probably prefers to be called
    “C. B.”

    Bye Ros and C.B.

  13. Patricia Creasy says

    I meant to put Huggie Bear for short! But I pushed the submit button too fast. Oops!

    Thanks,
    Pat Creasy

  14. Stephen Voight says

    He/She looks like she is guarding your space with a happy face.

    I believe she should be Sally the Sentinel.

    Steve

  20. Stephanie says

    Me again. Woke up this morning and must have been dreaming about your bear (how sad is that? 🙂 ), because all I could think of was. . . .

    BUCKLEY

  21. Angela Saul says

    What a very happy looking bear! How about “Rafferty”? The name means “prosperity wielder”… which is a good description of you, and what you teach others! And we are all very thankful to have your guidance. 🙂

  22. Amanda says

    Hi, I really love your office Bear! He has such great smile and the open paw is too adorable. One and one only… so, my daughter Taylyn suggests… and after my reminiscing about the Kodiak… (a kind of Brown Bear)… the name…. KODAK….!…. for such a brilliant photogenic smile! Truly a Kodak moment….

    Love and blessings,
    Amanda

  31. David Eller says

    Rosalind,

    How about Beerio. He looks cheerful & it sounds like Cheerio. Plus you wrote once about how you like beer.

    A similar idea without the beer connection would be Cheerio Bear.

    David

  32. Doug says

    OOp’s, Looks like 2 list don’t work so here they are again.

    Girl bear – Chuchyface

    Boy bear – Succotash

    Edited this out to one name each for boy bear and girl bear… It’s a boy bear. 🙂 Ros

  33. Candy Steele says

    Well I was thinking since you are a whiz in your business. He is a bear in your office you could call him Biz Whiz. Tried to think of something clever.

  39. Gail says

    Hi Ros!

    I think Rufus is a strong bear name.

    I did the same type of contest with the kids in our neighborhood when we got one of our dogs. The child who came up with the name I used would get a gift certificate to Dairy Queen.

    Unfortunately no one came up with a name I liked 🙂 So I just got them all ice cream sundaes at my house. Good Luck!

    Warmly,

    Gail

  43. Frankie says

    HI Rosland, I think Cinnamon would be a good name for your bear.I really like the welcome and smile the bear gives.

  45. Deanna says

    Affy was my first choice but it’s already been offered..

    How about BUNDY ….. derived from the word “abundance” which can mean more than wealth.

  46. RIchard Jacobson says

    Hi Ros,

    Edon, it’s an “old english” name meaning “rich bear cub”. It’s a combination of “ead” meaning fortune, prosperity, and “hun” meaning bear.

  51. Mark Bullock says

    lol, some really sinspired names there. I love cinnamon, half my family are on that side of the water, so I know how obsessed you canuks are with it :p

    Hows about “Lord Tennyson” or “Alfy Ten”? Got the last line of ‘Ulysses’ by my machine, helps to inspire sometimes:

    “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

    Could even try ‘ALT’ for short :p

    -Mark

  52. Mark Coffey says

    Hi Rosalind,
    Here’s the name for the bear…Buster. He just looks like “Buster, the bear” to me.

  54. Rich says

    Having endeared “Country Bear Jamboree” at Disneyland for years, I reckun your office buddy surely answers to Wilbur!

  60. Viviane says

    Hi, Rosalind:

    You obviously didn’t mean it when you said ‘one name per comment please’, so here goes:

    Camelot, Beethoven, Chester, Sylvester, Trevor, Morgan, Roosevelt, Churchill, Romeo, Fortescue, Balthazar, Max, Cronkite, Dudley, Monty, Pee Wee, Timber, Jeeves, Ribby, Gulliver, Barnaby, Caspar, Beechum, or Boris.

    If s/he has a penchant for skirts, then how about: Anemone, Gracie, Mattie, Beatrix, Mittens, Molly, or Truffle?

    Food for thought.

  61. Rosalind Gardner says

    Actually, I WAS serious about one name per comment, so to make things fair for everyone…

    … where MORE than one name per comment was entered, only the first suggestion will be considered as their entry.

    So, if you like one of the subsequent suggestions… feel free to grab it while it’s HOT. 🙂

  63. Raphael Woodchipper says

    Judging by the differing directions each hand is pointing, I wish to suggest “Platostotle, the Philosopher Bear.”

  64. Karen says

    Ros, you’ve got a great selection of names here! How will you
    EVER decide? I know I couldn’t.

    Along the line of my first suggestion, I’d like
    to add “Webster”. He looks like a boy bear
    to me…

    Best of luck with choosing,
    -Karen

  69. F. Salone says

    Tymook pronounced (Ty- mook) (The bear has eyes like my son (big, wide and to the soul) and my son’s ncik name is (Mookie)

  71. RIchard Jacobson says

    If it’s a boy bear and he appears to be made of wood – Woodrow.
    Won’t quite work if it’s a girl bear.

  73. Stephanie says

    Sorry I posted more than one name in my initial post. I posted really early and don’t remember those instructions being there. . .:)

    So, I’ll make a couple of posts!

    Balthazar

  78. Fred says

    Personally, I liked Woody, which was taken way early on by one of the multi-entries — and then I lost track whether anyone took that one.

    But what do want from someone whose cats are named Bob (the black one) and Spot (the Striped one 🙂 ).

  80. koluzo says

    Hi Ros

    How about Chaka, here in Africa, it’s a name that is revered being that of one of our heroes. That this bear graces your office speaks volume about it’s relevance.

    So “master bear, I dub you chaka in the name of my fore fathers.”

  87. Robert Walsh says

    Why not give him an Italian name, I suggest “Giacomo”. It’s funny and there are not many ,if any, bears in this world, called “Giacomo”.

  88. Robert Walsh says

    I would give him a rare name for a cute bear like him. How about the French name “Chaques”?

  89. Robert Walsh says

    Here is another Italian name, “Gianni”. Italian names are very soft spoken with a melody in them and express the uniqueness of this loveable bear.

  91. Brandy says

    Yousama. (U-zuh-muh)

    It’s from the gibberish I used to speak to my infant son. I.e. “Yousama favorite” which is to sound like “yous are my”.

  97. BOA Method says

    Hi Ros!

    I have a 16 week old baby boy… So his name my FAVE … now then… heres the twist… and you gotta think about this in a baby-talk kinda way!

    I have.. for some reason (need to see my doctor probably) 🙂 adopted TWO nicknames also… so here they are and also my suggestions!!!

    My baby’s name is BROOKLYN
    Nick-name 1: BOO-BOO
    Nickname 2: MR CHUBBLY-WUMPKIN 😀 (don’t ask… I have NO idea)

    Lewis X

  100. Vicki Hale says

    He looks like one of those lucky-happy feng shui cats called “Maneko Neki”, that are supposed to bring prosperity, so I vote for calling him Maneko!

  104. Cassondra says

    How about Okie? I am not sure why, but the bears just looks like he kinda saying “Okie dokie”. He’s too cute to have a very intense name.

  105. Deby says

    Blessing.

    That’s the name I chose, because when you walk in the room and look at that adorable bear, it will cause you to remember 2 things:

    1-that his raised hand is blessing you every time you look at him, and

    2-that there are a multitude of people out there that YOU have blessed, changed their life, even….so much so that all these people took time out of their busy days to think of a name for YOUR bear!

    Have a great day!

  113. Sylvia says

    I really think the bear should be named Wonder Woody because:
    (1) I’m sure that anyone who sees him would wonder what in the
    world this wood wonder has to do with Super Affiliate Marketing.
    (2) I wonder if he just reminds you of a super vacation that being
    the Super Affiliate Marketer that you are has afforded you.

    I have an owl that my daughter and her new husband brought
    from the Bahama’s when they went there for their wedding/honeymoon.
    They had to hand carry it when they returned. Sometimes I look at it and
    think it is very ugly as owls go. Most of the time I think of the hard work
    and talent that had to made it. It is a wonder to me.

    I think the same way about your bear.

    Sylvia

  116. Ayn Elise C. says

    Similiar to, but not the same as a previous post. The contellation is Ursa = Bear. He is just small, for a bear, so he could be Ursa Minor.
    That allows for many nicknames to follow him around, including UM….maybe only I have those moments when I just don’t know how to tactfully answer someone.

    Happy name hunting!

  118. Lawrence F. says

    My name for your little friend would be: Larbear

    As I have always had a fascination for bears my entire life and a small collection of the creatures in various forms – sculptures, pictures, stuffed, etc… my own nickname happens to be Larbear. That and for other reasons I won’t get into here. Love your book and your site / blog and am finally putting your advice to work after several foolish years of self procrastination.

  120. Lita says

    Took one look at your bear and the name ”Willy” came to mind. So if this charming bear were mine, he’d bare the name ”Willy”!

    Hope this helps some and thanks for the opportunity!

  121. carolyn says

    I usually name animals after they’ve done something unique. Since your bear obviously won’t move around by himself or ‘do things’, you should name him something that suggests the wood that he’s made from possibly…

    Thinkin something like Narly…

    As is knarly wood, from which he might have been carved around. Narly dude!

  123. Sue says

    How about “Ham”? Might seem strange, but I first thought of the Hamm’s Beer Bear (maybe I’m dating myself!). Plus, if he were real, he looks like he’d be a real ham!

  124. Neil Wolfe, Richmond, VA says

    Hello Ros —
    I’m a big fan of Latin names like the genus and species designation for grizzly bears (Ursus horribilus) so in the same spirit ——- your bear appears to be both friendly, happy and since he shares your office, affluent —— allow me to suggest “Maximus Incomus” from the family of “Affiliatius”. Call him MAX.

    By the way — my best wishes to you and your family for a safe and joyous
    holiday season. Merry Christmas!

  128. Rosalie says

    Hi Ros,

    How about Wubble (I don’t know where that came from)?

    or

    Chauncy?

    Thanks for the fun contest.

    From another RG. Be well!

  129. Rosalie says

    RG again,

    I realized after the fact my faux pas of entering two names in one entry. So if this one still counts, I’d like to enter “Chauncy”.

    Ciao!

  132. Sandy says

    How about SOUP (short for “Super Affiliate”)? It also reminds you of lunch, eating, breaks, and anything that’s not work. . . .

    Wow! It was great to hear your great advice at PPC Classroom Live in Las Vegas! Your book is awesome, Roz. And, yes, it is going to change my life, too.

  138. Roberta Stubblefield says

    SAM

    for Super Affiliate Marketer

    Plus, SAM is a cool name 🙂

    Blessings,

    Roberta

  139. Shannon says

    I still say it’s Yogi Bear. He’s certainly “smarter than the average bear” and way cuter, too. 😉

  140. lynda says

    Hi, I think

    Bruce

    would be a great name. Downunder Bruce is someone who is a bit of a ‘hard case’, but also an ‘everyman’…Lydna

  141. Carl Willoughby says

    His hugh paw looks like a baseball mitt.

    So I’d call him Mitt (and if anyone asked I’d say he was named after
    Mitt Romney – Presidential Candidate).

    Carl Willoughby

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