No wonder their pets are bored.
The Chicago Tribune, quoting Veterinary Pet Insurance, says the most popular name for cats and dogs in the US for the fifth year running is. . .Max. The top ten names for cats are Max, Chloe, Lucy, Tigger, Tiger, Smokey, Oliver, Bella, Sophie, and Princess. For dogs: Max, Molly, Buddy, Bella, Lucy, Maggie, Daisy, Jake, Bailey, and Rocky.
Bo-ring, dull, blah. Where’s the imagination? Where’s the majesty? A cat needs a grand name like Koosalagoopagoop Galadriel Ivanisevic-O’Brien. A friend of mine called his dog Torquemada, because no one expects the Spanish Inquisition. Unfortunately his mom couldn’t pronounce Torquemada, so she took to calling him Turkey.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
August 24th, 2007 at 04:45
My friend has a cat named Lord Ashley. He is the fattest, laziest, most obnoxious cat i’ve ever met. I can easily picture him plotting world domination.
August 24th, 2007 at 23:07
friend of mine have a dog name Balasubas the third – the first and the second were already dead, hit n run case.
August 25th, 2007 at 15:12
I named my pet hamsters Ged and Tenar after the characters from Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea Trilogy. :D
August 25th, 2007 at 19:41
Our family had several dogs in the past, always named either Bambi, Douglas or Marsha. Incidentally, the Bambi’s always were the smartest ones. When I’m in college, the name Bruno came in then Hachi, when I started working.
August 25th, 2007 at 21:36
some cebuanos call their dogs, PAAKA (paak means bite. so paaka is a command to bite), PAGHUTA (paghut means bark. paghuta is a command to bark), and GUKURA or GUKDA (gukod is to run after something). and their cats, KAWRASA (kawras is to scratch). imagine what these words would do to the hapless pedestrian or to the strangers at your gate or doorstep.
we had a dog we end up calling “NO NAME” because every time we were asked what’s the puppy’s name, our answer was always ‘it has no name yet”.
August 27th, 2007 at 14:00
i named my cat Carpet because looks like a rug when he sleeps on the floor. he’s black, fat and fluffy.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:52
What about Tobermory, the ultimate cat name from the ultimate cat story? (By Saki (H. H. Munro). He’s a great writer. You can find the story here: http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_tober.htm )
August 28th, 2007 at 13:20
i have a dog whose name is “effie” (girl), her mother we called her “heart” and other previous dog’s name that we had are “banshee” (girl), “bronski” (boy) and “coco” (boy).
August 29th, 2007 at 03:20
we named my cousin’s cat “buntis” because she’s always pregnant.