Admit it. This is the list you’ve all been waiting for.
Personally, I’m still hoping to someday have a dog named “Steve.”
I mean, who wrote the rule book on which Person Names are appropriate for animals and which names aren’t? I get such a kick out of the idea: “Come here, Steve! Steve, heel!” and then the menacing, scolding, “Steeeephen….”
By the way, if anyone out there is reading Cyndere’s Midnight, did you happen to notice anything interesting about the names of the dogs in that book?
(By the way: This has nothing to do with any Steves I know. I just have never met a dog named Steve.)
January 7th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Stevesy might be nice too.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Our dog’s name is Steve. No joke.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I have a dog named Joshua…so I’m all for Steve. I like it!
January 7th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I met a cat named Steve before. He was really sweet.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
My friends Todd and Angie recently got a dog, and they let their children name him. And those kids are creative geniuses.
The dog’s name is Bravery.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Talking of cats and dogs, there is an interesting book out called “Cat and Dog Theology: Rethinking Our Relationship with Our Master.” Worth a read.
January 8th, 2009 at 5:04 am
I had a friend long ago whose cat was named Larry Bird. It struck me as funny because they never shortened it to Larry. It was always Larry Bird.
January 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
“cool party, Steve”
January 9th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Our dog is named Gideon because we really liked the name but thought that it would be too much of a name to saddle a kid with. Our cat is Phoebe.
And you already know that I noticed the significance of the dog names in Cyndere’s Midnight, but I’ll let someone else take a shot since I have unfair advantage!
January 9th, 2009 at 8:47 am
And of course the 4th most popular dog name is Molly. If I had a dime for every time I introduced myself and the person said, “My dog’s named Molly” I’d have a nice little nest egg.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Molly I have had the same thing…lots of dogs named Abby…course I will also admit to adding to your nest egg…my first dog’s name was Molly
January 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Presently, I have a cat named Sauvage, Fr. for “wild”, because she’s 25% Serval. My previous cats were: Coquette, Fr. for “flirt”, because she had one eye sewed shut; and Sorbet, because as a dilute-calico she looked like a tiny bowl of ice cream when I first saw her all curled up. Our (German) shepherd is named Leica, of course.
My fantasy for any future guard dogs is to have two and name them Justice and Mercy. I’d relish calling out those names! And I’d love a yard sign which reads: “Beware of Justice, Mercy’s been fed.”
January 12th, 2009 at 7:52 am
According to the story, the trend is to give pets “people” names–like Steve, or Molly. My #1 cat is named after a fictional person, “Xander.” Xander then brought home his own kitten buddy, who inevitably named himself “Buddy,” even though we tried to think of something more exotic.