POPULAR POOCH NAMES
In Windsor, Bella and Buddy top list
Bella, Buddy, Molly and Maggie are the top dog names in Windsor, where dog owners are fond of naming their pooches after booze, bikes and a buffet of foodstuffs. Lucy, Max, Bailey, Charlie, Cooper and Daisy rounded out the Top 10 most popular names given to the more than 8,500 dogs registered with the City of Windsor between August 2016 and August of 2017. Harley landed in 11th spot, a testament to Windsorites’ fondness for chrome and the open road. A massive pack of dogs was named after alcoholic drinks. There were at least four Molsons; three Coronas; two Jaegers and a Bourbon and a Brew, but no Scotch. There were 29 Stellas though it’s unclear if they’re named after the mouth-watering Belgian pilsner or a character in a Tennessee Williams play. There were 10 dogs named Whiskey, eight named Brandy and three named Guinness. There was a Jack Daniels in addition to a Blazing Jack Daniels. Dogs were also named Sambuca, Kahlua, Budweiser, Michelob, Moosehead and Merlot.
You’re going to need some food to soak up all that sauce and Windsor’s dog owners have got you covered, with names running the gamut from Burger and Beans to Big Mac and Bacon. There were 26 Peanuts, 12 Oreos, a Taffee, a Tater and a Timbit and even an Olive, a Turnip and an Apricot. There was a Wheaton terrier named Whole Wheat Muffin, a mini poodle named Dim Sum and a husky named Kimchi, a traditional Korean side dish made from salted and fermented vegetables. For chocolate lovers, there were 10 dogs named Snickers and three named Twix to go along with an Oh Henry. There was also a Cadbury and a Peanut Butter Cup. If breakfast is more your speed, there was a Jack Russell terrier named Pancakes.
A symphony of dogs was named after musical icons, including Ozzie, Slash, Zeppelin, Beethoven, Abba, Alice Cooper and Dixie Chick. There was also a Shania, a Supertramp and even a wisecracking Beagle named Sammy Davis Junior.
Dogs sporting some unique names along with some of the more popular monikers were darting around the Memorial Park dog park in south Walkerville Thursday.
A husky owned by Dennis Dunseith is named Lucy, tied with Max as the fifth most popular dog name in Windsor. Dunseith was given his first husky as payment for some mechanical work decades ago and Lucy is now his fourth.
Lucy happily splashed around with the trio of dogs owned by Izzy Bombardier — Harley and her two children, Mindy and Qeeva, which Bombardier said is the Swahili word for “gentle soul and protector.”
Josh Elliottt named his dog Kylo, after Han Solo and Princess Leia’s evil offspring in The Force Awakens, because it was a unique and “intriguing name” and, so far, he has yet to meet another Kylo. There is another Kylo listed in the dog database along with a host of other Star Wars characters, including Lando, Yoda, Obi, and Chewbacca.
The names of other fantasy characters made appearances in Windsor’s dog registry as well. There is a Khaleesi and a Cersei from Game of Thrones along with Bones McCoy from Star Trek and even an Optimus Prime from the Transformers. Comic book characters made the registry as well, including Batman, Thor, Loki and Mystique.
Oxley wasn’t on the registry list yet because he’s just a 17-week old pup but he’s already got his own Instagram page and was mingling with his fans at Memorial Park Thursday with his “grandmom” Sharon Davisson. Windsor dogs
in the registry were named after other places, too, including Dallas, Boston, Kentucky, China, London, Aspen, Utah, Yukon, Austin, Gimli, Nashville and Savannah. Dogs were named after famous historical figures like Sigmund Freud, Socrates, Cleopatra, J. Edgar Hoover, Al Capone, Ernest Hemingway and Charles Dickens and characters from The Dukes of Hazzard, including Rosco, Daisy Duke and Boss Hogg. Mythological figures made the list, too, including Apollo, Zeus, Perseus, Persephone, Odin and Hercules.
So did sports figures — Bo Jackson, Lord Stanley, Wendell Clark and Ronaldo — and gaming terms like Three Spot, Blackjack, 8-Ball, Gambit, Ace and Domino.