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Most Popular Dog Names of 2010

By , About.com GuideJanuary 10, 2011

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Last week, Veterinary Pet Insurance Co released their list of top ten most popular names for dogs, cats and exotics. Out of its database of over 485,000 insured pets, VPI has determined last year's most popular pet names. The following list is of the ten most popular dog names:

  1. Bella
  2. Bailey
  3. Max
  4. Lucy
  5. Molly
  6. Buddy
  7. Maggie
  8. Daisy
  9. Charlie
  10. Sophie
Is your dog's name on this list? Or, are you trying to pick a name for your new dog or puppy? Here are some tips for naming your dog or puppy. Have you heard any exceptional dog names lately? Tell us what you think are some of the best and worst names for dogs.

Comments

January 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm
(1) cheryl says:

How about a dog named MAITAI it is different that is my dogs name she is a LHASA APSO she is beautiful .

January 13, 2011 at 1:41 am
(2) Gracie says:

My black poodle’s name is HH!!

January 13, 2011 at 8:20 am
(3) Dora A. Gonzales says:

How about Feliz.

September 5, 2011 at 3:20 pm
(4) zimra says:

no thats an ugly name

January 13, 2011 at 10:45 am
(5) Sandi says:

We have a beautiful beagle named Tessa.

January 13, 2011 at 11:07 am
(6) Paula says:

My Greyhound is Bella–derived from her racing name, and my Cocker Spaniel is Sophie–named after a sweet Bichon Frise named Sophie. So I hit the top 10 jackpot I suppose!

January 13, 2011 at 1:47 pm
(7) Donna says:

My dogs name is Doodle. He is a cute redish brown datsun or dachshund

January 14, 2011 at 11:54 am
(8) Foodie says:

I love the name Doodle! How did you come up with it?

January 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm
(9) Rene says:

Here is a interesting name…..especially when asked at a party………Deohgee

January 13, 2011 at 4:04 pm
(10) John says:

We havea rescue a Lab/Golden mix and we call her Pepper since she is mostly black except for some gold in her tail. I rather she have a not so common name so this way she does not get confused when she hears her name. Whe she hears her name she looks directly at me.

January 13, 2011 at 7:41 pm
(11) neelia says:

We have a whoodle – her name is Tasha – and she suits it to a T – her outstanding feature is her eyelashes – they are about an inch long -

January 13, 2011 at 8:59 pm
(12) Deborah says:

I have four adorable Chihuahuas: Taylor, Emma, Lily and Sugar

January 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm
(13) Lynda says:

My Golden Retriever is called Dougal after the Old English sheepdog on a UK children’s show called the Magic Roundabout.

January 15, 2011 at 5:36 am
(14) SANTA says:

Ive always liked the name bartholomew for a boy,you can always call him bart for short.
For Girls, Delancy, Or Beau Then theres always Tallulah for a dainty little female dog.
HOPE THIS HELPS

January 15, 2011 at 4:10 pm
(15) Scott says:

Our Border Collie’s name is Tator, as in couch potato, which he’s not. Our 12 year old at that time spelled it that way to be different. I call him Spud or spudly a lot, my dad’s idea. He’s an awesome dog and 8 years old now.

January 16, 2011 at 1:42 am
(16) CarrelDawn says:

My rescued whippett’s name is PintoBean.

January 16, 2011 at 11:23 am
(17) Fanta says:

apple is a different name for a dog

January 16, 2011 at 3:54 pm
(18) operry (Olivia) says:

how about Lily she is a black lab mix and for my school report i picked dogs can you help me a little?!?

January 16, 2011 at 4:07 pm
(19) Olivia says:

I have a dog and she is a black lab mix she is turning 3 in 2 or 3 weeks i can not wait until she is 3, AHHHHHH im so existed. But im doing a report on dogs, and it is do on Thursday…
but anyways my dogs name is Lily, she is soo cute!!!!

i love my black lab mix dogie!!!!!!!!!!!

January 17, 2011 at 5:28 pm
(20) olivia says:

do you have any info. on dogs? because my science report is do on Thursday so i thought that i should put my comment on…

January 17, 2011 at 5:30 pm
(21) olivia says:

how about Lily she is a black lab mix!!!!

January 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm
(22) alex says:

golden retriever pheonix!!

January 23, 2011 at 4:25 am
(23) Howard says:

When I was given Rikki….she was named Rickey….I immed chged it to Rikki…..seem to fit her….no mistaken the wild, black lab-pit for a female. I call her Rikki maybe 1 out of 10 times i address her….its mostly…Bubber or Bubbers or Rikita…..or Stinker….a rose by any name…yu know…she is all i care abt in the world…..well i do care a bit for 3 or 4 other people….and a lot more animals

February 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm
(24) anna says:

my name is anna today is my birthday and my friend got me 2 pet hamsters as a present. i need your help naming them

February 19, 2011 at 6:11 pm
(25) Sabrina says:

My dogs name is Dolce.
Ive found it being more popular now, it means sweet in Italian.

May 14, 2011 at 6:48 pm
(26) believer says:

My dogs name is justin i named him after justin bieber

May 15, 2011 at 2:53 pm
(27) kerry says:

Our lovely puppy is called cassie nice name for a female dog we think:)

May 18, 2011 at 11:17 am
(28) Gina says:

We have a bloodhound named Lugnut. My husband likes working on vehicles.

October 9, 2011 at 4:00 pm
(29) Kole says:

I have an Irish Wolfhound/Great Dane mixed named Hippo

December 9, 2011 at 2:22 pm
(30) Michael says:

We have a Beagle named Samson and a Shiba Inu named Leo!

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