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Dog Names of the Future - Daily Beast (blog) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 09:03 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it.
When the Best in Show champ is crowned at the climax of the Westminster Kennel Club Show on Tuesday, as much fuss will be focused on the winner's name as on its breed and aristocratic bearing. Will it beat last year's Ch Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee or 1924's date-stamped Ch Barberyhill Bootlegger? With all the rules and conventions that have evolved over the years, it certainly won't return to the simplicity of the 1911 winner, Slumber. But although those lengthy aristo names may look impressive on paper, even show dogs need an everyday "call name" for when they're cavorting with the more ordinary mutts and pooches in the park, be it a shortening of their official name or just a more common moniker, trendy or unique. Click Image To View Our Gallery Of Westminster's Top Dogs: 2000-2009
So what are the hot dog names of today—and which are trending up? The big news is the blurring of lines between human and pet names—the most popular lists of baby and dog names aren't that dissimilar. Of the 20 most popular names for dogs in the U.S.—according to a survey by VPI pet insurance company based on its database of 475,000 canines—18 were people names—and if you count in Buddy and Rocky, it was 100 percent. The top three: Bella, Max, Bailey. • Top Baby Names of the Future"The undeniable trend in pet names is 'humanization,'" says VPI's Grant Biniasz. "Names traditionally associated with pets: Rover, Fido and Spot, for example, have been replaced by Max, Bella, and Lucy. This may be indicative of a shift in the perception of pets, from property to four-legged family members." Will this trend continue? Yes, though not universally (Pepper, anyone?). To try to divine the dog names of tomorrow, The Daily Beast took VPI's numbers over the past two years, and crunched the numbers to determine the names with most upward trajectory. Some are already near the top, while others are just beginning to make their move. Either way, we have a pretty good fix on what names are destined to fill the local dog run. 1. CASEY jumped from also-ran to No. 41 over the past two years. Like several of the other rising stars, it's a friendly Irish surname that can be used for either boys or girls. In human terms, Casey peaked for boy babies in 1987 and for girls in 1986; it's now gone to the dogs. Two-year trend: Up 102.4 percent. 2. RILEY, on the other hand, is still a current baby name favorite—now used about twice as often for girls as boys—chasing at the heels of the Kylies and Mileys. It's in the canine top 20, and moving fast. Two-year trend: Up 77.7 percent. 3. BELLA. The Twilight phenomenon propelled this name to the top spot in 2009. Dog experts were astonished when Bella ended the long reign of Max as Top Dog. It's been a popular choice for mini dogs such as Justin Timberlake's Yorkie and Demi Lovato's shih tzu, as well as Elle McPherson's labradoodle. Another possibility: Esmé, Twilight's vampire matriarch of the Olympic coven. Two-year trend: Up 75 percent.
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Ethan, Olivia top Alberta baby names in '09 - Calgary Sun Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. To each their own — unless, of course, you're an Albertan named Ethan, and you were born in 2009. In which case, you'll be sharing your first name with 334 other Ethans who arrived in this province last year, to parents who chose the most unoriginal name available. And don't think you're so special, all you baby Olivias out there — according to the Alberta Government website, you are the most typically-named newborn girl in this province, with 245 of you born last year. Safe and ordinary. That's Ethan and Olivia, closely followed by Liam and Isabella. You've all landed the Labrador retriever, or Honda Civic of baby names — reliable, common and as exciting as vanilla ice cream in a plain cone. But take it from a Michael born when 'Michael' was as ubiquitous as shag carpet and indoor smoking: You may be thanking your boring, predictable parents later. Just as Alberta now has hordes of Jacobs and Avas (the number three names by gender), there are unique names, to be forever worn by the bearers as a testament to their parents' creativity, individuality and taste. Whether that parental taste results in a sweet or sour experience for kids like Crazyhorse, Goblin and Uniquewa remains to be seen. At least no one is going to confuse you with anyone else when your mom is at the door, hollering, "Wowie, time for dinner!" They're real names, given by real parents to Alberta babies still too young to understand. Consider, if you will, what Echo, Lyric, Whip and Wang are headed for, as they undergo the cold inquisition of the elementary school playground. "I've been trying to get a straight answer from my parents for years — I'd ask them, why, why did you give me this name," said Nova Pierson, an archeologist who once worked as a reporter at the Calgary Sun. "One parent would say, 'ask your mother,' the other would say, 'ask your father.'" Nova means 'new' in Latin, and her mom's liking of the word is apparently behind Ms. Pierson's early struggle with her unique name. Nova says she spent her youth wishing for a common name, like the Susans and Kims around her. "When I was younger I wished for a more normal name — something like Jane," said Nova. "But then, at some point in your life, you become your name, or maybe it becomes you." Nova said having a name like no one else had an impact on her life, for the better. Because people assumed she was unique, she felt inspired to live up to her name. "There's automatically something unique about you, when you have a unique name — I do think it changes you as a person," said Nova. As a Michael, I can attest that having six Mikes in the same class had a similar effect — except in my case, the impact was a desperation to be noticed in a crowd of Michaels. I was the Ethan of my generation; Nova the Whysper of hers. And so parents continue to ride the pendulum between ordinary and outlandish, forcing their children to handle the handle they are given — they either learn to accept it, or head to court for a name-change at 18. It'd be interesting to see which path a boy named Ebenezer or Chaos chooses, or whether girls named Libertee and Storm end up switching to Lily and Sandra as soon as they're legally allowed. There's a lifetime of scrutiny in store for a girl named Mylexyia, Tennessee or Memphis, or a boy sporting Tiberius, Soul or Morpheous as his monicker. A young lad named Lightning may bask in playground cool, but the name may not translate so well for a middle-aged businessman. The same goes for Thor, Mystery and Rainbow. And so on, whether you're Venice, Wisdom, Sunrise, Ozzy, Nashville, Infiniti, Saxon and Lyric. They were all babies born in Alberta last year. They're the kids with unique names, in a sea of Ethans and Olivias. Whether it's best to go with the flow, or fight against the tide, that is the question for all parents. The answer is worn by the children. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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