POLL: Most Popular Dog Names Of 2011
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Here Bella! Come Here Lucy! Dinner time Molly!
These are the names called out by pet owners these days. Traditional dog names like "Fido," "Rex" and "Fluffy" have in the past years been replaced by some new choices.
According to Veterinary Pet Insurance Co (VPI) and Petfinder.com, a roundup of the most popular dog names in 2011 showed no change over the previous year.
Bella, Bailey, Max, Lucy and Molly were the top 5 most popular dog names. Rounding out the top 10 are Buddy, Daisy, Maggie, Charlie and Sophie.
What's your dog's name? Take our poll, and if it's not on there, add it in the comments. And while you are here - upload a photo of your pet.
Cat owners, no fear, our poll on your pet's name is coming soon!
Anne Lougee
11:18 am on Friday, January 13, 2012
Reilly
Janice McKenna
8:33 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Bob Barker
Anne Yu
11:47 am on Friday, January 13, 2012
Chloe -- she's a rescue, so we can't take credit for giving her the name, but it suits her!
Susan Scotti
12:05 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Champ! We adopted him from Save a Dog in Sudbury.
Erika J.
12:26 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Bentley- a yorkie
Terri Stuler
1:15 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Chaucer and Lily, both greyhounds
Amanda Harnocz
1:19 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Lola!
Deb Mauger
3:06 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Mighty, our little female rescue dog from Save a Dog; and Ernie, our golden retriever.
Barbara L'Heureux
4:06 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Yodel - because he is swiss (not after the Hostess cake)!
Jen
10:43 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Rio!
Laurie
10:44 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Jack & Jameson
Maureen Johan
7:43 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Vinny our papillon
robert bartholomew
7:56 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Our Boston was Nicky. Named after St Nicholas as he was a Christmas gift to my daughter Ellie.
Emily Cahan
10:22 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Clio -- named after the muse of history (not Cleopatra which is what most people understandably assume). I thought of the name years before I got Clio because I had always wanted a dog and felt it was part of my historical destiny to someday have a canine companion.
MJ
11:48 am on Saturday, January 14, 2012
Bubba.
Andy Rojas
9:23 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Smudge!
Pat Costello
9:37 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
Jacques, a Bichon was adopted and renamed, His original name was Ranger.
Nancy Lattimore
11:20 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
Briggs--a rescue from Memphis, named after an active volunteer at MAGRR