Does anyone know an Opie?
How do you think he got that name?
Could his name actually be a form of O.P., as in O.P. Taylor?

I knew a dog named Opie. Here is some info on the name:

https://www.metv.com/stories/ever-wonder-how-opie-got-his-name

There was a character named Opie Swanson (Dub Taylor) on Dennis the Menace and Ron also appeared as Stewart. I thought the name may have come from that.

Opie was named after someone that Andy Griffith knew in show business, a bandleader I believe.