We all spend lots of time calling our dogs, especially in public so choosing the right name is essential. Dog names are more often mirroring human names, either to follow our favourite celebrities or giving them a human name makes them more part of the family.
Bella is once again the most popular female dog name, mostly down to the hugely popular Twilight books and films main character. The first book came out in late 2005 and since 2006 Bella has been the most popular female dog name. Classic dog names such as Spot, Buster, Bruno, Digger etc have all dropped out of the top 10 being replaced by human style names.
The male dog most popular name is Max which has been at top spot for 7 years is closely followed by Buddy and Charlie. Since Molly joined our family 9 whole years ago her name has grown in popularity significantly and is now up to 4th place in the female dog name list, whereas my nutty little Lakeland Terrier Toby has climbed up to 10th.
Here are the top ten dog names of 2012, where is your dogs name on the list? It’s worth noting that this list was generated by a pet insurance company in USA, I can’t find any UK data just yet.
Male dogs | Female dogs | |
Max | Bella | |
Buddy | Daisy | |
Charlie | Lucy | |
Rocky | Molly | |
Cooper | Lola | |
Bear | Sophie | |
Bentley | Sadie | |
Duke | Chloe | |
Jack | Coco | |
Toby | Maggie |
What were the most popular dog names of previous years? Read our other posts on previous popular dog names
Cheryl Cole top dog for pet names
My boys name is Bruno he is a staffy x boxer love him to bits
My present pooches are named Angel (gsd) Hazel (springer) Flora (sprocker) and Molly (lab x Pat) we are getting a JRT X Pom tomoz and going to call him ‘Biscuit’ or ‘Bix’ for short.
Toby and buster are my dogs and I lovveeeeeeeeeeeee them