Sharik
[ˈʃærɪk]Meaning
a popular dog name derived from a character in Russian literature.
Background Story
The name Sharik is known from the famous Soviet novella 'Dog's Heart' by Mikhail Bulgakov, where a stray dog named Sharik undergoes a transformation into a human.
Temperament
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