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What is a good name for a Roofing Company?

I have experience and references already - but I am thinking of changing my company name. One reason is that it's currently named after my dog - and I didn't expect to really do it for very long. Now that I'm thinking I'm really going to do this for many years - I think a different name (like one that will still be good after she has "passed") would be helpful in the long run - and potentially if I ever want to sell it.

Just so people know - I haven't ever wronged any clients. I built a business up and then stopped getting new business because of an onset of severe depression. After a few years of just doing enough to get by, I had to sell almost everything the business had, because my father got very sick and needed brain surgery. I just had to be able to afford to go across the country and help for a month...

I am super happy to have been capable to endure that loss. I don't look on my decisions with any regrets at all. My father healed from the brain surgeries and healed more than the doctors said was possible. I am EXCEEDINGLY GRATEFUL!

But, part of that meant that I didn't have to abandon my life to help him stay at home. Now I am back living out in the world - the worst credit imaginable (probably over 150K in student loan debt, only like 3 to 5K regular - and I have one shot to make it work again.)

I know it worked before - and I don't really have another idea, because nobody seems to want to help. I truly am afraid if this doesn't work - as in enabling me to earn many hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of years- then I might have to resort to squatting in houses.

Anyway - probably way more information than was necessary - but I am hoping for names that people feel like they would both choose and believe in. Also something that's not tricky to say every time!
Thanks - did anyone actually read this?
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Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
Keep the name, it's a good story and legacy for the dog and company
Tvxhed · 41-45, M
Thanks - I just worry that if I have to keep saying "Stella" after losing my dog, I will choose to not continue the business to avoid repetitive pain. This dog means way more to me than is probably healthy! She has been there for me through so much... I don't want to have her evolve into something as unloving as strictly commerce...

I do like honoring the name, but I am sensitive too... It's tough - I'm weighing the decision
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
So long as you don't bring in mascots or lookalikes, I think that being the name of the company is a safe way of honoring her without becoming commercial