Yes ... the dog on Popeye was called Jeep.I even had a dog I called Jeep.

I'm an old fan of the vehicle Jeeps having had 3 in my lifetime ... couldn't help but luv those old 4 x4's even if they had the most troublesome carberators around. Unfortuantely when Chrysler took over AMC, the jeep changed ... the current Jeep certainly is not like it's Willey's or even it's AMC ancestors.

As to the origin of the name Jeep, i'm unsure of exactly what it is.

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