When my husband and I were thinking about getting an Alaskan Malamute, we wanted to keep to a name that would belong to a Malamute. We thought of names like Koda, Akira, or Yukon. So I was watching Pocahontas one day and there is a raccoon in the movie named Meeko and I thought would would fit an Alaskan Malamute perfectly. So when we went to pick out our puppy we feel in love with this beautiful rust color female pup. So instead of naming her Meeko, we just added an A and that's how we got Meeka. My German Shepard was named because I was playing a video game called The Sims: Pets when you are allowed to have a dog or cat. My dog was a German Shepard named Hugo. I thought was was really cute. When my husband wanted to get a Shepard, he picked a male pup and we immediately started calling him Hugo. They both are the best dogs I could ever ask for!