When it comes to naming a dog, a lot of owners gravitate towards similar monikers. This leads to an influx in pets with the same names.
It has prompted a vet to share the ‘most common’ names she hears for boy and girl dogs at her clinic – and what it makes her think about their owners.
On Reddit, she said: “I work at a vet clinic and often come across certain names that i hear over and over again. what are some names that you think are all too common now?
“I personally am overwhelmed by the names Luna and Teddy. Every single poodle cross I come across seems to be named Teddy.”
While she loves these names equally, she believes the owners like to follow trends or seek online inspiration when naming their pets.
Commenting on her post, one user said: “Duke, though that’s a personal one. I lost my Duke almost four years ago and just hearing the name still makes me tear up because I miss him so much. He was the best boy ever and his death was sudden, very tragic and absolutely horrifying.
“He and I both were attacked on our front porch by an off leash German Shepherd. Duke was a few weeks away from his 14th birthday and developed a pulmonary embolism from his injuries he couldn’t survive.
“Every time I hear the name I’m transported back to the attack and it replays in my mind. It’s hard to get closure that way.
“Bella, Luna, Max, Buddy, Bear and oddly enough my own dog’s name Moose are all overused in my area as well.”
Another user added: “I’ve got a golden named Buddy. I didn’t name him Buddy on purpose. I just didn’t know what to call him when I first got him and he was just a little nugget so I called him my buddy. Didn’t take him long to learn that was his name so I stuck with it.
“Fast forward five years, we’re at the dog park. Buddy finds a few other goldens there and they start being doofuses together.
“They started wandering too far away so I and the three other owners all started calling our goldens’ names: Buddy!
“All the dogs came running and all the owners stood in a Mexican stand off circle looking at each other in shame for our unoriginality.”
A third user said: “Lots of Kodas. And also big dogs, usually GSDs, named Ruger or Gunner or some such. God names like Loki, Thor, Zeus.”
One more user added: “In Germany, every second dog seems to be named Cookie. I know four Cookies.”
