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Names, Part 1

Some of us were talking about pet names the other day and I realized it had been a long time since I mined the database to see what pet names are the most popular here at The Aurora Kennel. I know that when you compare it to the newest studies that show the most popular dog name to be Bella (from Twilight movies/.books (which I have neither seen nor read (regular readers will remember that I love nesting parentheses))) Bella doesn't even crack the top 5.

1. Max
2. Maggie
3. Buddy
4. Bailey
5. Molly

If I bunched together all the Belle / Bella / Bela names it would be number 6.

Other popular names, in no particular order, are
Shadow
Buster
Abby
Casey
Chloe
Coco/Cocoa
Daisy
Jake
Murphy

Sam/Sammie/Sammy/Samantha would combine to be number 3

We have
2 Joes and  1 Joe Pretty
2 Hollies, 4 Hollys, and 1 Hollywood
46 Mollys and 1 Molly Tamale
1 Ed, 1 Eddie but no Edd
4 Bens, 2 Benjamins and 2 Bennies
3 Bobs, no Roberts
1 Butterscotch, 1 Buttercup
25 Charlies and 1 Charlie Brown
1 Buiddy, which I feel is a typing error


Some of our favorite names:
Aysia Sue
Baby Cat Madison
Barkley Duane
Biyatchi
Captain Jack Sparrow
Chamonix
Schwabid
Flash (a basset)
Tegelbachen
Darth Doodle
Faux Pas
Hercules (we have to shave him to keep him from breaking out)
Houdini (we are extra vigilant of dogs named Houdini for obvious reasons)
K2 (second tallest dog in the world)
Kieffer (who never stays more than 24 hours)
Moops
Pakanakas
McGuyver (see Houdini)
Root Beer
Diet Root Beer (just kidding)
a herding dog named Roundup--but he could also be a weed killing dog.


We love this trio of names:
Squeegee
Squishy
Squirtz

Ohio State related:
Brutus
Woody
Buckeye
Sloopy

And our favorite name:
Two Scoops

My personal pets have been named--
Comet --after the 'Full House' dog
Titus--from Shakespeare not the punk band
Custard--his original name was Custer but we changed it when we adopted him
Mosey--you can read about him in an April post
Lucky--because he was mangled by a car and my wife saved his life and we adopted him
Leo--not sure how this one came about. Not at all zodiac related.
Buzzworm--this was a completely random brain fart. Best name ever.
Riley--not sure
Herbie--named by the kids
Cosmo--the result of an informal contest at the clinic
Katie-- (from Taming of the Shrew (did you know there are precious few good female dog names in Shakespeare?))


If you have a favorite name you've heard put it in the comments.

Next post: pet names and song cues.