Odds are they didn’t even know it.
Mine are always named for things like favorite songs and mythology.
A lot of thought goes into their names.
Because...”if you give a dog a bad name...”
;)
I never understood the fascination with Frida.
No matter her politics, her “art” sucked.
My neighbors named their wolf-shepherd hybrid "Astro.'
Every once in a great while he'd get out to go mooch treats from everyone. Somehow he could tell when the power was out and the electric fence wasn't working.
So they would call for him, and call for him when they got home from work.
Another neighbor's little boy heard them calling the dog when they first moved in. "Astrooooo, Assstrrrooo! Come here boy!"
He ran to his mother and said,"Mommy, why did they name their dog 'Asshole?'"
I had 2 basenjis I got around the time of the Rawandan mess... named them "panga" and "kisu", Swahili for machete and knife. Fine, dark humor.