Dog names.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

In the random fact book I'm reading at the moment ('Everything You Didn't Need To Know About The UK') I came across lists of the top ten names for dogs (male and female) in the UK. Anyway, I just found it interesting that - with the exception of Buster - they are all "human" names, even if a lot of them are a little nicknamey.

Male
1. Max
2. Charlie
3. Ben
4. Jake
5. Barney
6. Jack
7. Buster
8. Toby
9. Jasper - my dog was called this!
10. Oscar

Female
1. Molly
2. Holly
3. Rosie
4. Poppy
5. Lucy
6. Ellie
7. Tess
8. Meg
9. Bonnie
10. Daisy

Comments

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I KNEW Molly would be on the list - gah :(!

Skylar

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i only have one dog with a human name and she picked it herself because she wouldn't answer to anything else.. she's also the one that started the "S" trend with all my pets..

[http://users.livejournal.com/-silentdreamer/]

My puppy is named Daisy..but I wanted that name for a dog since I was little.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

My dog is called Charlie ... knew it was common, but wow that kinda sucks. It is a family name though (after my great grandfather) so still would have used it.
For animal companions I like to use uncommon 'people' names, with some kind of meaning behind them (e.g Charlie's mn is Cash, because he's black and 'sings').

Of Charlie's friends there's a Holly, Lucy, Tess and Bonnie. I guess Harry and Josh (his 'cousins') fit the name trend too.

Incidentally a lot of those names are popular for human babies too. :)

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

My dog is Charlie.
Some of his "friends" are Max, another Charlie, Tilly, Sophie, Jasper and Hamlet.
Apart from Tess and Meg, all the female names end in a 'y' sound.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

For someone who will not use popular names, I sure went against it when I named my dog, Lucy. I belong to an LJ group called KittyPix and I've noticed there are quite a few cats named Willow and Fiona, two of my cats, but not very many Lilli/Lily/Lili etc, which shocks me because that is more popular in humans.