this may be completely irrelevant but I have 4 female dogs (Madison, Miley, Marilyn and Maggie). before picking up Miley I had my heart set on Montana until I saw her and I look into her little puppy eyes and I just saw a Miley and guess what she has a total Miley personality :P same thing with Maggie only her name was Magnolia so I basically just shortened it

hope that helps a little :P

I suppose I would lean towards they grow into their name and it becomes part of their identity. Plenty of mommas decide on the name beforehand so if you have a name you like already go for it ma