Posted: May 9, 2008, 5 a.m. EST
More pet owners are giving pets a name that is reflective of pop culture, according to a new survey by pet insurance provider PetFirst Healthcare. Popular pet names included characters from cartoons, sitcoms, and movies, as well as brand names of everyday products and luxury labels. The top-ranking pet names are:
| Brand cat and dog names |
Character cat and dog names |
- Bentley
- Roxy
- Hershey
- Guinness
- Remington
- Comet
- Lexus
- Chanel
- Corona
- Pepsi
- Avery
- Chiquita
- Mercedes
- Oreo
- Beemer
- Jack Daniel
- Porsche
- Monte Carlo
- Snickers
- Ajax
|
- Lady
- Jasmine
- Mickey
- Heidi
- Minnie
- Rambo
- Hercules
- Xena
- Bambi
- Merlin
- Pebbles
- Bam Bam
- Tinkerbell
- Willow
- Zeus
- Casper
- Garfield
- Taz
- Cinderella
- Shiloh
|
Other popular names included Captain Morgan, Harley Davidson, Mr. Big (“Sex and the City”), and Yoda and Princess Leia (“Star Wars”).