December 4, 2007...1:41 am
name that dog… most popular names around the world..
I just compiled this list of most popular dog names from various sites and around the world… my dog’s name Cici is not on any list…
Some of my favorite pet names are:
Whiskey Sour III (our first dog)
Karma
Merlin
Smokey
Precious (my cat for five years)
Abundance (my cat, Precious’ buddy)
Misty
Duke
Barney
Tango (friend’s dog Chihuahua or however you spell it)
Lola (her other dog)
Isis (her cat)
Mally
Happy
Shanti
Stutz Bearcat
Jake
Chrissy
Sammy (only one on the lists)…
seems like none of these made the lists except for Sammy, but that’s ok… I like unique names… how about you? does your dog have a strange or unusual name?
http://www.top-dogs-names.com/famous-dog-names.html
http://www.top-dogs-names.com/popular-dog-names.html
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/most-popular-names-for-dogs/
DECEMBER 28, 2006, 9:04 AM
Most Popular Names … for Dogs
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has just released
its annual list of the most popular dog names.
I will list them below and, just for kicks, I’ll put in parentheses each name’s rank among the most popular boy or girl baby names in the U.S. If a dog name doesn’t have a number next to it, that means it hasn’t been among the 1,000 most popular boy or girl names in the U.S. in the past 15 years.
1. Max (165)2. Lucky3. Princess (738)4. Rocky (965)5. Buddy6. Coco7. Daisy (149)8. Lucy (174)9. Lady10. Shadow
http://www.petcaretips.net/popular-dog-puppy-name.html
The most popular dog name in North America is Sam, Sammie or
Samantha (which means “listener”).
The second most popular is
Max, Maxie, Maxwell or Maxine (which means “the greatest” in
Latin).
Third is Lady, followed by Bear, Maggie, Buddy, Tasha,
Chelsea (or Chelsie), Holly and Shasta.
Other very popular names
are Brandy, Ginger and Taffy.
It may be surprising, but more than half (50%) of all Pet Names
are either human names or nicknames. People largely name their
animals as they would name themselves.
Another fifth (20%) of names are based on the Pets appearance or
personality. A black cat becomes Blacky or Midnight, and active
dog Comet or Dash.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art39989.asp
As dogs have become increasingly loved and accepted family members, names like Fido and Rover have become less popular, in favor of human names. Max, Molly, Riley, Bailey, Maggie, Sadie, Murphy, Toby, and Zoe are some of the current most popular names for dogs, according to Go Tags.com, an online merchant that sells pet name tags.
http://www.nancy.cc/2007/06/02/most-popular-names-for-dogs-and-cats-in-the-uk/
Most Popular Names for Dogs and Cats in the UK
June 2nd, 2007
Direct Line, a pet insurance provider, recently published lists of the top dog and cat names* in the UK:
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Dogs 1. Molly 2. Max 3. Charlie 4. Holly 5. Poppy 6. Ben 7. Alfie 8. Jack 9. Sam 10. Barney |
Cats 1. Molly 2. Charlie 3. Tigger 4. Poppy 5. Oscar 6. Smudge 7. Millie 8. Daisy 9. Max 10. Jasper
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http://www.geocities.com/dog_names/most_popular_dog_names.html
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa010611a.htm
If you don’t believe me, look at this edited sample list of suggested dog names taken from a German “Hundenamen” Web site: Aida, Ajax, Alice, Amy, Angel, Angie, Aron, Babe, Baby, Bandit, Barney, Beauty, Benny, Berry, Billy, Bingo, Blacky, Blue, Buffy, Butch, Calvin, Candy, Chaos, Charlie, Cheese, Chelsea, Cheyenne, Cindy, Cookie, Criss-Cross, Curly and Curtis. And that’s just taken from the A-C section! Yes, I left out some of the more Germanic names from the original list, but you can see the Germanic names in our own Haustiernamen list. The point is that “exotic” English and other non-German names are popular with German pet owners. Even the “detective” hero of the bestselling German cat mystery novel Felidae was named Francis, not Franz. Most German name lists for pets contain about 90 percent non-German names.
http://smt.blogs.com/mari_diary/2004/09/the_common_name.html
The Most Common Name for Dogs in Japan
2 Comments
March 12, 2008 at 1:18 am
Great topic on dog names!
April 11, 2008 at 3:37 pm
We lost out beloved “Kramer” (shephard/lab/pitt mix??) a couple of years ago…he was named after the Seinfeld TV show character…so our next dog, a female lab mix, just HAD to be “Elaine!” But we call her Lanie.
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