Gone are the days when names like \u201cFluffy\u201d and \u201cFido\u201d were the go-to choices for new puppies and kittens. Classic \u201ccutesy\u201d names for pets have ceased to be a common choice as other trends are forming. For some reason now, the popular trends in naming pets have much more to do with the way we engage with both the media, and the way we engage with each other.<\/p>\n
In the 1960\u2019s there seemed to be a tendency for people to name their dog \u201cflower\u201d or \u201cpeace,\u201d for obvious reasons. For example, in the 1990\u2019s \u201cSimba\u201d was one of the most popular cat names (inspired from the protagonist of Disney\u2019s The Lion King)<\/em>. People also take major cues from public figures, fashion icons, sports stars, actors, and famous animals in the spotlight. When Prince William and Cate married in 2011, the name \u201cPippa\u201d started popping up (after the Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s sister).\u00a0 The name \u201cKobe\u201d is common in Los Angeles, where residents pay tribute to their favorite basketball star. Current TV shows like Modern Family <\/em>and trilogies like Twilight <\/em>have certainly contributed to the popularity of names like \u201cBella\u201d and \u201cStella.\u201d<\/p>\n Another interesting trend is the tendency to choose human names instead of kitschy, amusing names that are more often associated with pets. Instead of \u201cRover\u201d people are leaning towards \u201cToby\u201d and instead of \u201cSilky\u201d or \u201cPooky\u201d people are choosing names like \u201cFrankie\u201d and \u201cMaggie.\u201d\u00a0 Why choose human names? One conjecture is that more and more people are viewing their pets as family members, children, or close friends. It is not tough to make this connection when we see people leaving their pets fair sums of money in their wills, or including them in family photos. Now there are dog and cat hotels, exercise classes, dog parks,\u00a0 specialty pet food restaurants, and dog food trucks. These animals are less viewed as subservient house pets, and more like integral members of the family. It is no wonder then that people would be inclined to give their animals human names.<\/p>\n According to Rover.com (which is essentially Airbnb for dogs), kept a record of the names of dogs who were booked on the site.\u00a0 They actually ran a list of the canine names, and found that just under 49% of them where human names.\u00a0 The findings reflect a decent growth margin over the last few years:<\/p>\n Gone are the days when names like \u201cFluffy\u201d and \u201cFido\u201d were the go-to choices for new puppies and kittens. Classic \u201ccutesy\u201d names for pets have ceased to be a common choice as other trends are forming. For some reason now, the popular trends in naming pets have much more to do with the way we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-3527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-and-society","tag-dogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Newborn-basenji-puppy.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5xKys-UT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petrofile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Interesting Statistics<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Dogs with Human Names <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Most Popular Boy Dog Names<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Most Popular Girl Dog Names<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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