Poor dogs these days. And poor children, for that matter. The two species now commonly share surnames. It used to be that dogs were given traditional human names but now it seems the opposite is all the rage. A small section of the population find it fun to give traditional dog names to their newborns. Sigh. Alas, one must draw the line somewhere. And here is where we draw that so needed line of pop culture. Following is the list of dog names that should absolutely never ever be children’s names:
Don’t do this to your children:
* Rex
* Gibson
* Fergus
* Ace
* Moose
* Dodger
* Edison
* Jed
* Dug
* Maverick
* Koko
* Lacey
* Jasmin (cute child’s name once, but enough is enough)
* Lilly (ditto for this name)
* Higgins
* Butkis
* Ajax
* Rex
* Beasley
* Spike
* Cujo
* Cindylou
* Kipper
* Gus
* Bruno
* Ginger
* Bo/Beau
* Aibe
* Balto
* Clifford
* Buddy
* Luie
* Mac
* Argus
* Brutus
* Chance
* Brinkley
* Marley
* Luath
* Barney
* Rufus
* Milo
* Paddington
* Spuds
* Bingo
* Napoleon
* Rover
* Odie
* Poncho
* Lady
* Zorba
* Hubert
* Jip
* Snoopy
* Ren
* Pluto
* Muttley
* Buddy
* Chance
* Buck
* Chip
* Vivian
* Weederman
* Truman
* Fido
You might find this list humorous but somewhere out there is a celebrity who will make the above offense against their defenseless newborn. All the while thinking they are being cute and clever by doing so. Let’s start a new trend. What if everyone named dogs with dog names and named children with human names. I think it’d be incredibly cool to meet a little boy named ‘Tommy’ walking his little dog named ‘Fido.’
