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January 22, 2008

Here, Cinderella Cookiedough!

Hey Buddy, Petfinder.com has released a list of the most popular pet names -- and, as far as dogs go, you're on top.

The rest of the top 10 names for dogs in 2007, in order, are: Max, Sadie, Jack, Daisy, Lucy, Lady, Charlie, Rocky and Duke.

For cats, Smokey was the most popular name, with Lucy a close second. The rest are Angel, Oreo, Midnight, Shadow, Patches, Princess, Tigger and Molly.

“People put their animals on pedestals. They put as much thought into naming their pets as they would their children,” said Betsy Saul, co-founder of Petfinder.com. “The name Buddy shows how dogs are truly ‘man’s best friend,’ while people also love tough, powerful names like Rocky and Duke.”

While dog names tend to suggest solidness and dependability, cat names often reflect mystery, like Shadow and Midnight, or fantasy, like Princess and Angel.

Petfinder also released what it considered 2007’s most unusual pet names: Not Pants, Zhivago, Fat Alice, Barney Google, Cinderella Cookiedough, Ditto Dippin’ Dots, Fizzleboom, Miss Booty-q, Bubba Big Foot and Partly Cloudy.

The unusual name list doesn't say which are cat names or dog names, but I'm guessing Cinderella Cookiedough (my favorite) is a cat.

To read the full report, click here.

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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