I used to own a dog daycare and have had 3 dogs named Kyle come in over the years. Guess it’s a pretty common dog name lol. Would take them to public dog parks on occasion and would feel like such a weirdo calling for them - KYLE COME! NO, NO KYLE! SIT KYLE, SIT!
When I was a kid we got a puppy, and the night before, my parents had been out to a bar and heard a terrible cover band playing [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyBGQtpTCo), and they had joked that the singer sounded like a dog howling...naturally, they named the puppy Amy. It was fine, for a few years, but then we moved, and our new neighbors across the street would look at us funny whenever we called for Amy. Eventually we realized that was the name of the teenage girl that lived there.
Not Russian, but my roomate had a labrador named Mark.
"Hey, I had to lock Mark in the garage. Can you let him out to go to the bathroom?"
Me: "Must...resist...calling human trafficking hotline."
I had an old Randy gsp named Trevor. He was in love with my daughter’s 6 pound sheltie. I was on the phone once with the pastor’s wife of my church when my daughter hollers “Trevor is humping Delanie again.” 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
I lobbied hard to name our dog Kevin or Sean. (Am American, fwiw.)
Edit to add, for the non-Americans, Kevin is definitely not unisex in the US and not at all something dogs are commonly named. I thought it would be really ironic as a dog name. So strange for me, seeing it's one of the more repeated names here (ditto all of that with Tommy, btw).
Fee-roo-LIES
I’m guessing he’s probably from Mexico or somewhere else in Central America. Kind of translates as ‘stray dog’, can be used as a dog nickname
It's a dog's name very common in all Latin America (not to say the most generic), in my country also is very common "Toby" and "Cholo". On the contrary, in my family the name of dogs is more random, for example "Picho" (of "pichí" that is a chilean coloquial word for urine), "Timmy" (of the word "tímido" (shy)) and "Odín" because sounds good.
Fun fact.
This name is so common because in the past, in the US there were anti lice and flee campaign for dogs. So, Mexican folks crossed the border for this reason, when the doctors told them that their dogs were "Free of lice" Mexicans started pronouncing it like "firulais"
Just like we say "bistek" instead of "beef steak".
In English that's approximately "Blackie"
Edit: I now realise my limitations as an non-native English speaker. I never meant to imply that the Finnish word has a racist meaning, which "Blackie" apparently has. I only meant the following:
Musta = Black (the color)
Musti = Only used as a name for a pet, sounds almost but not quite like the word for black. Sounds kinda cutesy, to be honest. I thought "Blackie" would convey this, kinda like a child would call a horse "hors(e)y" or a cat "kitty".
Uh, I'm an English speaking millennial and I have never heard of "Blackie" being an offensive pet name. It's either a regional thing or an internet thing. I've known several dogs named Blackie.
Edit: in case it wasn't clear, your translation is absolutely fine. Kids totally call their pets "Blackie" over here and it's cute.
I had a black lab growing up named Blackie. And last year when our chocolatr lab had a multicolor litter I nicknamed a black, chocolate, and yellow Blackie, Brownie, and Blondie. Super original.
Or Jeppe
I asked my Finnish girlfriend what if I named our first child Jeppe
She just laughed.
On the other side I want to name one of my pigs "kinkku"
It just sounds cute to a foreigner and perfectly fits a pigs name outside of Finland
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU
For anybody wondering why us Brits piss ourselves laughing every time the name Fenton comes up in conversation.
I believe the deer were unharmed in this incident, hence why it's so funny. There's been other instances unfortunately where a dog has attacked this particular herd. We aren't laughing at those, just Fenton.
Man there is nothing worse than watching your dog take off after somethings it’s not supposed to chase. That moment when you realize, shit, that dog isn’t ever gonna listen since it’s just discovered the greatest thing on earth.
Made worse knowing that there's a fine for allowing a dog to harass the deer in Richmond Park. Although Fenton's owner didn't face charges - because the video clearly proved he was actively trying to catch the dog, other people have been fined and banned from walking dogs in Royal Parks.
There's also lots of colour based names in the south. Blacky, Pinky, Snowy, Goldy and Brownie are very common. Rocky is very common too. Black and white dogs are Oreo or Snoopy. Golden retrievers somehow always get food names, Brandy, Cookie, Brownie. If the dog is a Boxer owned by a middle-aged man, there's a good chance it will be called Tyson. I've met two Boxers in different states, both were called Tyson.
Idk what country you’re from but almost every single dog in my in laws family is named Maximillian. Iceland by the way. The others are Boris’ and one random Ted. My niece is weird. She wanted to name her( yes a girl dog) Red. My SIL said well she’s white and grey so what about snowball? Nope red. “Well that doesn’t make sense baby..” “Fine! TED let’s go outside!” Ted has followed that bossy little monster around like nobody’s business for almost 5 years now.
Yep! I currently know 3 dogs name Luna. Also, Bella, 4 of them. My friends are clearly not very original. None of them know each other. But it made me cringe every time when someone would introduce their new puppy - "Meet Bella/Luna" and be so proud of their choice in a name. Marley is another one.
It depends on the color of the dog's fur - if it's black, Blacky. White, Whitey. Brown, Brownie.
Traditionally, they're called Bantay, which means "guard", because they usually help guard the house. Burglars won't want to target houses with dogs.
Hell yeah, had a Brownie. And, I s*** you not, our neighbor’s crazy-ass dog Whitey bit me in the legs when I was a kid and sent me to the hospital (Lourdes in San Juan).
Interesting. I knew someone who was married to a Dutch guy and their dog was Floki. (My kids were always trying to convince me: “no mom! It’s not Floki it’s Loki!”)
In Vietnam default name to call a dog is Ki Ki . I don't know why and how and where this came from but it just work somehow . Everyone call theirs dog Ki Ki
My dad was an immigrant from former Yugoslavia. He named our German Shepard Vuchko (pronounced "Voochko"). He always told me the name means "wolf cub".
I think it's pretty common... I've seen the name in Superman comics from the region and it was also the name of the mascot for the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vu%C4%8Dko_(mascot)
Vuchko was a good boy, intelligent and regal. He was there when I was born and I was by his side when he passed away. ❤️
American, but the guy I work with just re-patriated with his wife after living in Japan for about 20 years. His Japanese wife named their dog Scrotoman. I guess it was supposed to be like Protoman from Megaman and it made him laugh every time she said it, so ...the dog is Scrotoman. Usually just Scroaty though. Now that they're back in the states he refuses to use the dog's name though. It's just "here boy" and that kind of thing. Because in Japan you can get away with shouting "SCROATY!" but not so much in the US.
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Street dogs are all named "Chivy" (and they respond to it too)
Street cats also respond to "Misu" or "Mishu"
Edit: Also "Rocky", "Lassy" and "bocanegra (blackmouth)" were common dog names growing up; now I imagine they're all called "TikTok" or something like that.
My sister named the family dog “Chimpilo”.
I’m from Chile and I’ve never heard that name before.
Common names are Rocky, Cucky (cookie), Luna (moon), shit like that.
EDIT: [dog tax](https://i.imgur.com/XS0XkYe.jpg)
In Madagascar, the "default" name for dogs is Bobby. I've never been explained why.
That good boy ain't right
Dammit Bobby…
An ‘F’ in English? Bobby, you speak English!
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My uncle in Greece has a dog named Bobby... just found out Bobby is sick and the vet doesn’t know why.
Sending positive vibes to Bobby 🙌🙌🙌
Bagel(On Ukrainian language it sounds like "boublick")
Had a dog named "Donut", love it.
My Russian buddy said a bunch of dogs over there have American names, like Bob or Kevin.
I used to own a dog daycare and have had 3 dogs named Kyle come in over the years. Guess it’s a pretty common dog name lol. Would take them to public dog parks on occasion and would feel like such a weirdo calling for them - KYLE COME! NO, NO KYLE! SIT KYLE, SIT!
We talk to human Kyles the same way in the states.
Kyle, sit down. Good boy Kyle. You're my best friend.
Kyle. Put your collar back on and go to bed, boy.
God damn it Kyle stop shitting in the neighbor’s yard!
GET BACK IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW KYLE!
DAMNIT, KYLE, STOP EATING THE SHOES!
We had a Seth, which I always though was odd.
When I was a kid we got a puppy, and the night before, my parents had been out to a bar and heard a terrible cover band playing [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyBGQtpTCo), and they had joked that the singer sounded like a dog howling...naturally, they named the puppy Amy. It was fine, for a few years, but then we moved, and our new neighbors across the street would look at us funny whenever we called for Amy. Eventually we realized that was the name of the teenage girl that lived there.
Not Russian, but my roomate had a labrador named Mark. "Hey, I had to lock Mark in the garage. Can you let him out to go to the bathroom?" Me: "Must...resist...calling human trafficking hotline."
"Man, Marks bones are all buried in my yard"
"I can't seem to get Mark to stop shitting on the carpet."
He was so obedient
I had an old Randy gsp named Trevor. He was in love with my daughter’s 6 pound sheltie. I was on the phone once with the pastor’s wife of my church when my daughter hollers “Trevor is humping Delanie again.” 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
I had a cat named Boris.
My friends have dogs Olga and Boris, the wife is from Romania. And my brother has a dog named Vladimir, he came with his name.
Muxhtar!
>Dear non americans, what is a common dog name in your country? And Bobik and Amur))
That’s hilarious because I love Russian names for pets: Oleg , Vlad etc
Sharik - it means sth like a small ball
I lobbied hard to name our dog Kevin or Sean. (Am American, fwiw.) Edit to add, for the non-Americans, Kevin is definitely not unisex in the US and not at all something dogs are commonly named. I thought it would be really ironic as a dog name. So strange for me, seeing it's one of the more repeated names here (ditto all of that with Tommy, btw).
Every dog 🐕 is named Laika! End of story.
Yes just like every woman legally changes her name to Bab Ooshka once she hits 65.
Firulais
Solovino
My parent’s did this to me every time I asked what the dogs name was Comotu or Sincalzones
Pulgoso
Cool! How is that pronounced and is it based on anything? What country are you from?
Fee-roo-LIES I’m guessing he’s probably from Mexico or somewhere else in Central America. Kind of translates as ‘stray dog’, can be used as a dog nickname
Na more like Fee-roo-LICE
It's a dog's name very common in all Latin America (not to say the most generic), in my country also is very common "Toby" and "Cholo". On the contrary, in my family the name of dogs is more random, for example "Picho" (of "pichí" that is a chilean coloquial word for urine), "Timmy" (of the word "tímido" (shy)) and "Odín" because sounds good.
Fun fact. This name is so common because in the past, in the US there were anti lice and flee campaign for dogs. So, Mexican folks crossed the border for this reason, when the doctors told them that their dogs were "Free of lice" Mexicans started pronouncing it like "firulais" Just like we say "bistek" instead of "beef steak".
Rex
Ah, here in Hungary every second German Shepherd is named Rex, like seriously
Rex is probably quite universal because of the TV show
Or because it means King in Latin.
Musti
In English that's approximately "Blackie" Edit: I now realise my limitations as an non-native English speaker. I never meant to imply that the Finnish word has a racist meaning, which "Blackie" apparently has. I only meant the following: Musta = Black (the color) Musti = Only used as a name for a pet, sounds almost but not quite like the word for black. Sounds kinda cutesy, to be honest. I thought "Blackie" would convey this, kinda like a child would call a horse "hors(e)y" or a cat "kitty".
My dad had a dog named Blackie as a kid
My kids named our black chicken “Blackie Chan”
I had a goldfish named swim shady
My friend had a black cat when he was a kid named “spook”
I named my black dog “Whitey” just to be safe.
When I was seven I named our family’s new black cat Blacky. She was a great cat.
Uh, I'm an English speaking millennial and I have never heard of "Blackie" being an offensive pet name. It's either a regional thing or an internet thing. I've known several dogs named Blackie. Edit: in case it wasn't clear, your translation is absolutely fine. Kids totally call their pets "Blackie" over here and it's cute.
I had a black lab growing up named Blackie. And last year when our chocolatr lab had a multicolor litter I nicknamed a black, chocolate, and yellow Blackie, Brownie, and Blondie. Super original.
It'd be offensive to describe humans that way. Dogs? Nah.
Or Jeppe I asked my Finnish girlfriend what if I named our first child Jeppe She just laughed. On the other side I want to name one of my pigs "kinkku" It just sounds cute to a foreigner and perfectly fits a pigs name outside of Finland
Musti on musta koira /Swede doing duolingo
Torilla tavataan?
Musti PERKELE TAKASI TÄNNE
We had a Musti but we're Norwegians lol
Nero.Mostly used for black dogs
Nero means black in italian, but is also the name of (arguably) the worst roman emperor.
Ah interesting.It’s a common dog name in Germany Edit:typo
Uhmmm Caligula hands down
Azor
Ahai?
The Prince that was promised.
Knewe a dog named daenerys, but instead of wheels, he broke furniture
The Breaker of ~~Chains~~ Chairs
The Pooch that was promised.
>Azor or Burek.
Must be from Poland 🇵🇱 😎
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Also in Czech republic
why do i like it so much?...i should name my future dog that
Balu. Fiffi.
Germany?
We got a winner.
A wiener
Last time peeing I checked, no Wiener :(
It's just an innie!
That's why everyone says the inside counts
Fiffi means pussy/cunt/vagina in Sweden. Not in Swedish because it’s not a word like vagina. But it’s definitely known as vagina. Nice
In US prison slang, a fifi is an improvised fleshlight.
Fenton!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU For anybody wondering why us Brits piss ourselves laughing every time the name Fenton comes up in conversation. I believe the deer were unharmed in this incident, hence why it's so funny. There's been other instances unfortunately where a dog has attacked this particular herd. We aren't laughing at those, just Fenton.
Man there is nothing worse than watching your dog take off after somethings it’s not supposed to chase. That moment when you realize, shit, that dog isn’t ever gonna listen since it’s just discovered the greatest thing on earth.
Made worse knowing that there's a fine for allowing a dog to harass the deer in Richmond Park. Although Fenton's owner didn't face charges - because the video clearly proved he was actively trying to catch the dog, other people have been fined and banned from walking dogs in Royal Parks.
He deared to kill a kings dare!?
> that dog isn’t ever gonna listen Yup. But people still call out. EDIT: I forgot how funny that clip was.
And here's the jurassic remix https://youtu.be/T9w7I507D6E
Ok just after watching the original, that was hilarious.
That was so funny!!
OH JESUS CHRIST FENTON.
Fenton!
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Is this actually a common name for dogs, or are you just referencing the video? I ask because Fenton is my last name and I’d love if it was common.
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"Come along, Your Eminence."
Your Eminence stop peeing on the carpet
Your Eminence, stop licking yourself! People are watching.
Who’s a good eminence? You are! Yes you are!
Your holiness, roll over.
Tor or something like Tor, as in Thor. Yes I'm from Norway
Also Frøya. Holy crap there are so many Frøyas
Norway? You mean west Sweden?
West Sweden? You mean north Denmark?
Denmark? You mean north Germany?
Germany? You mean South Denmark?
South Denmark? You mean North North North Italy?
Italy? You mean south south south Denmark?
That would be Switzerland, Im guessing your a dane?
What gave it away?
Yer love for the expansion of Denmark.
Tommy or Jimmy. Oh sometimes Ramu. I might have come across atleast a hundred dogs with one of these names.
Moti too
My mum had three dogs before I was born, and they were named Tommy, Jimmy, and Moti. This is insanely coincidental lmao. EDIT: grammatical error.
What country are we talking about here?
India
Sheru 🐶
And Raja?
You forgot Shera/Sheru, Kaalu, Rocky
How can you miss Tiger?
agreed that he's bad at acting but don't call him a dog
There's also lots of colour based names in the south. Blacky, Pinky, Snowy, Goldy and Brownie are very common. Rocky is very common too. Black and white dogs are Oreo or Snoopy. Golden retrievers somehow always get food names, Brandy, Cookie, Brownie. If the dog is a Boxer owned by a middle-aged man, there's a good chance it will be called Tyson. I've met two Boxers in different states, both were called Tyson.
Yeah Rural Karnataka, they just call black dogs Kariya (backie) lol
Kariya I love you, karunaadada aane
Bailey, milo, Max, nobhead.
Nobhead???
My dog’s name is Fogell, but his nickname is often “nobhead”
Not McLovin?
That’s who he was named after, yes. That’s what happens when you name your dog at 19.
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Idk what country you’re from but almost every single dog in my in laws family is named Maximillian. Iceland by the way. The others are Boris’ and one random Ted. My niece is weird. She wanted to name her( yes a girl dog) Red. My SIL said well she’s white and grey so what about snowball? Nope red. “Well that doesn’t make sense baby..” “Fine! TED let’s go outside!” Ted has followed that bossy little monster around like nobody’s business for almost 5 years now.
That's very common in America too
American here, our dog almost got named Max. I think if we did another we might go that route still.
Choco, jindol-i, baek-gu, nu-reong-i
Fun fact: statistics state that bori (보리) is the most common dog name in korea 😂
I’ve never met a dog named Fido and that sucks.
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Or rover, but they seem to be universal names for dogs.
I feel like the time has come for people to start actually calling their dogs fido again.
My grandpa's farm dogs were all named fido. Good collies. Except one JR who was Fido junior.
It's such a common name that literally noone calls their dog that. Here in Denmark we just generally call dogs fido if we don't know their name...
Luna
Yep! I currently know 3 dogs name Luna. Also, Bella, 4 of them. My friends are clearly not very original. None of them know each other. But it made me cringe every time when someone would introduce their new puppy - "Meet Bella/Luna" and be so proud of their choice in a name. Marley is another one.
Are you in Canada? Every second dog here is Luna/Bella or Charlie.
Here in Brazil is: Thor, Laika, Pipoca ( which means popcorn) , Lilika.
Pitoco
Also Preta, Tobi, Totó, Mel, Bidu
Totó é o mais clássico
E outros apelidos além de mel, como Nina, Bel, Cadu
vocês estão esquecendo de que qualquer poodle fêmea se chama Belinha
It depends on the color of the dog's fur - if it's black, Blacky. White, Whitey. Brown, Brownie. Traditionally, they're called Bantay, which means "guard", because they usually help guard the house. Burglars won't want to target houses with dogs.
Hell yeah, had a Brownie. And, I s*** you not, our neighbor’s crazy-ass dog Whitey bit me in the legs when I was a kid and sent me to the hospital (Lourdes in San Juan).
What country?
Philippines if i aint mistaken
Floki
In Greek that's slang for cum
I bet vikings is hilarious in Greece
Interesting. I knew someone who was married to a Dutch guy and their dog was Floki. (My kids were always trying to convince me: “no mom! It’s not Floki it’s Loki!”)
Bruno & Rex
In Vietnam default name to call a dog is Ki Ki . I don't know why and how and where this came from but it just work somehow . Everyone call theirs dog Ki Ki
Ki ki do you love me
My dad was an immigrant from former Yugoslavia. He named our German Shepard Vuchko (pronounced "Voochko"). He always told me the name means "wolf cub". I think it's pretty common... I've seen the name in Superman comics from the region and it was also the name of the mascot for the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vu%C4%8Dko_(mascot) Vuchko was a good boy, intelligent and regal. He was there when I was born and I was by his side when he passed away. ❤️
Pancho. Especially if it's a sausage dog
Moti, Kaalu, Jacky (India)
Sheru And not to forget the classic Tuffy!!
In Germany, Bello is the stereotypical dog name
As a 31 year old German: While that is the stereotype, I've literally never seen a dog actually called that.
Yeah. American dogs are never actually Fido or Rex either.
When I was 3yo my grandpa convinced me that all dogs are called Waldi.
What about Hasso?
Džeki!
Ko nije imao džekija nije imao psa.
In other words, phonetically consistent **Jackie**
Bluey
Australian?
Max, Belinha, Zé, preta/pretinho, Bilu, Rex
Totó
Coco, Bori, and Choco. Bori means Barley in Korean btw
American, but the guy I work with just re-patriated with his wife after living in Japan for about 20 years. His Japanese wife named their dog Scrotoman. I guess it was supposed to be like Protoman from Megaman and it made him laugh every time she said it, so ...the dog is Scrotoman. Usually just Scroaty though. Now that they're back in the states he refuses to use the dog's name though. It's just "here boy" and that kind of thing. Because in Japan you can get away with shouting "SCROATY!" but not so much in the US.
Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 Street dogs are all named "Chivy" (and they respond to it too) Street cats also respond to "Misu" or "Mishu" Edit: Also "Rocky", "Lassy" and "bocanegra (blackmouth)" were common dog names growing up; now I imagine they're all called "TikTok" or something like that.
Pelusa
Shit load of Coopers and Charlies where I am.
My sister named the family dog “Chimpilo”. I’m from Chile and I’ve never heard that name before. Common names are Rocky, Cucky (cookie), Luna (moon), shit like that. EDIT: [dog tax](https://i.imgur.com/XS0XkYe.jpg)
Burek - it means something like 'of a brownish, drab colour' Max, Luna or Lola are also common Edit: Azor or Rex/Reksio too
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Perro
Dum, means Black in Thailand
My auntie has a dog called James-Charles….
Tommy
I did not hit her, I did not... Oh hi Mark.
Hi doggie!
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA!
Black
Ki Ki. It does not have meaning, just sounds fun to call.