Animal Pet Names -Be it Dog or Turtle,
Choose a Great Name for your Pet!

Animal Pet Names- A colorful Parrot heads up one of our pet name lists Finding great animal pet names is one of the most enjoyable parts of settling in with your new animal(s). Naming helps establish an identity for your pet, and begin helping create a bond between you and your animal.

We love our animal friends and name them all sorts of lovable, cute, funny and tough names, depending on their personalities and ours!

One company in the United States, Veterinary Pet Insurance makes the naming choces chosen by their policyholders available to the public every year. They track names for dogs, cats, birds, reptiles and exotics (the catch-all category). For dogs and cats, they separate the animal names by male and female names. For the other animal pet name lists, they present one list, with male female and gender-neutral names all together in a single list.

These animal name lists are fascinating and comprehensive. This company is the largest pet insurance company in the United States, and has been collecting pet names since 1980, so they have a lot to offer.

The lists below contain the top 20 name choices for each category since 1980.

We think we'll be able to help you with your pet name search, and we hope you will enjoy looking through these names here on Dog-Paw-Print.com, with animal name information made available by the nice folks at Veterinary Pet Insurance.

Animal Pet Names- Dogs

Dog-Paw-Print is first and foremost a site for dogs, so we have lots of great information to help you with choosing a dog name. Here, we list the top 20 namong choices for dogs since 1980 from Veterinary Pet Insurance.

Here is the list of top 20 animal pet names for dogs, compiled over the last 26 years or so by VPI:

MAX
BUDDY
MOLLY
MAGGIE
JAKE
DAISY
LUCY
ROCKY
BAILEY
SADIE
GINGER
CHLOE
BAILEY
SOPHIE
BUSTER
ZOE
CODY
CHARLIE
BEAR
JACK

Also on this site, be sure to check out our other dog naming pages. We have a magically delicious page for Harry Potter fans about choosing a Harry Potter dog name for your furry friend.

To see the most commonname choices for dogs (and most popular as well) we also have pages on the top 100 dog names since 1980, the most popular girl dog naming options , the top boy dog name list, and many internationally inspired names for dogs as well.

Click on these buttons for more great names for dogs!

Most Popular Cat Names

Animal pet names- two cute kittens head up our Cat name list You've brought that cute little kitten home with you, and now you'd like to name it, right?!

Check out this list of cat choices, provided by VPI. The options on this list are the most common cat names used in the United States since 1980. Whether you are looking for popular female cat naming options or the top boy name choices for cats, you will find them here on this list of the top 20 animal pet name list for cats:

MAX
TIGGER
TIGER
CHLOE
SMOKEY
LUCY
CLEO
PRINCESS
OLIVER
SIMBA
ANGEL
SHADOW
MOLLY
BUDDY
SAM
SAMANTHA
KITTY
MISTY
MISSY
SAMMY

Lizard and Snake Pet Name List

Trying to find a great name for your pet snake or another cold-blooded animal (reptile)? Name lists for reptiles are pretty hard to come by, but not for the Veterinary Pet Insurance company, who have compiled this comprehensive list of favorites for reptiles. Here are the Top 20 reptile name list for your naming pleasure, full of great ideas for snakes as well as choices for your pet iguana, gecko or bearded dragon! There are even some great turtlenaming ideasin this list, so don't be slow- check them all out!

BUDDY
IGGY
LEO
GODZILLA
MOE
VENUS
VALKY
TOMMY TUTTLE
WILLOW
ZEUS
SNICKERS
SPEEDY
SAM
SWEETIE
TEX
TINKA
OG
RANDY
OZZY
ROCKY

Animal Pet Name List- Birds

Millions of Americans have birds as pets, and Veterinary Pet Insurance Company's list of the the top bird pet names in the country will hopefully direct you to some nice names for your bird. Here we list the most common bird names in the United States since 1980:

MAX
SUNNY
BUDDY
BABY
ROCKY
PACO
DAISY
CHARLIE
ALEX
ANGEL
PETE
LUCY
SYDNEY
PEACHES
KIWI
ZOE
HARLEY
ELVIS
COOKIE
PEBBLES

A Great Name List for Guinea Pigs, Sugar Gliders and other Exotic Pets!

Finding names for your exotic animal pets can be a bit challenging, but thanks to Veterinary Pet Insurance company, they have compiled the names from policy holders that have obtained insurance for all sorts of animal choices. Exotics can range from the truly exotic, like pet tarantulas, sugar gliders, bats, marmosets and hedgehogs to pets that don't belong in the other categories but are fairly common to keep as pets, like guinea pigs, rabbits and hamsters.

So whether you are looking for a name for your bunny rabbit, your two-toed sloth or your guinea pig, consult the list below for the top 20 animal pet names for exotics, and we think you should come up with something good!