Pre-holiday tension getting to you? How about something to lighten the mood, like the list of most popular and quirkiest pet names for 2009? Www.Petfinder.com, the rescue website that boasts more than 13 million adoptions since 1995, has released it’s annual lists. See if your dog’s or cat’s name is on one of them.
Hi, our names are Lucy and Buddy
Most popular cat names
Lucy (384)
Smokey (350)
Midnight (346)
Bella (345)
Molly (340)
Daisy (332)
Oreo (325)
Shadow (321)
Charlie (320)
Angel (314)
Most popular dog names
Buddy (808)
Max (619)
Daisy (565)
Lucy (538)
Charlie (527)
Bella (516)
Molly (493)
Jack (473)
Sadie (467)
Lady (413)
Wackiest pet names for 2009
Shyanne Thailand Moo Goo Guy Pan
Mr. Tomfoolery Scardeycat Eliot
Rusty Buckets
KeelHaul
Too Fancy for You
Angry Donut
Maple Syrup
Hoseclamp
Prince Xavier Binxley
Hoku-ho’okele-wa’a
According to Petfinder.com, there is also a trend to give pets middle names. One of my pet sitting clients has a cute little fluff-muffin named Mocha Sue, so she’s already hip to the trend. In my pet sitting clientele, Pretty Princess is a cat who definitely comes by her name honestly. Then there is another client’s perennial kitten named Bugaboo. Oh gosh, I can’t leave out Cato Fong, Jinku and Truck — yes, all cats. And bouncy little Poodle, Bungie, and his cat sister Devotchka. Part of the fun of pet sitting is discovering the names people come up with for their pets.
I’ve been asked before to find out through animal communication what a stray animal’s former name was. I’m not sure I would have interpreted Prince Xavier Binxley right.
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I have to admit, when I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago I was a little envious of the creativity of those owners who made the list of wackiest pet names of 2009. So you might guess that when I learned about the little old orphaned poodle in need of a home whose name was Shakti Paw Love Monkey, I was amused that I would soon join that eccentric club.