Jason English
Name the Top 10 Dog Names in 5 Minutes
by Jason English - January 14, 2009 - 1:45 PM

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The response to our ‘Name x in y minutes’ book giveaway has been overwhelming. I’ll be announcing four winners – one each afternoon through Saturday – and posting the winning quizzes, too. A lot of the entries were for quizzes we’ve already run, so check out the quiz suggestions that appear after you take today’s quiz for more x in y fun.

kissing-sisters.jpgOur first winner is Jami Drost, who suggested a ‘name the top 10 dog names’ quiz. Veterinary Pet Insurance recently analyzed its database of more than 466,000 insured pets to find the most popular dog names of 2008. Let’s see how many you can name in 5 minutes. (Here’s a hint that gives me an excuse to run this photo from the English Family archives: Bailey is on the list.)

Take Jami’s Quiz: Name the Top 10 Dog Names in 5 Minutes

Jami wins a copy of Cormac O’Brien’s Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents (thanks to the fine folks at Chronicle Books). Stay tuned for the next three winners! And a new contest will be popping up shortly.

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Comments (17)

  1. it wouldn’t accept max or bailey from me. booo!

    posted by erin on 1-14-2009 at 2:21 pm

  2. Does it count as 10% if we only got Bailey?

    posted by Witty Nickname on 1-14-2009 at 2:29 pm

  3. Thank you for choosing my quiz idea! It is a tough one, but a good challenge for this crowd, so I hope everyone enjoys.

    posted by JD on 1-14-2009 at 2:36 pm

  4. I got 0 out of 10 in five minutes. That’s five minutes of my life gone! Oh the shame! ;)

    Who would name their dogs those names?

    posted by Jason! on 1-14-2009 at 2:49 pm

  5. My dogs name is Lucy, I’m actually kind of sad that she’s not more unique. (we named her after Lucy from Peanuts after she slobbered all over my mom) When we adopted her from the SPCA her name was Maggie… Poor generic puppy

    posted by Shawn on 1-14-2009 at 2:54 pm

  6. I didn’t like this quiz :(

    posted by eh on 1-14-2009 at 2:59 pm

  7. Ok after I ran through every dog name from every cartoon I could remember, I still only got Bailey. I just knew Scooby would be one of them, but alas no.

    posted by Don on 1-14-2009 at 3:09 pm

  8. Only got Max and Bailey.

    I thought Spot, Fido, or Spike or something to that nature would be there.

    posted by Zach on 1-14-2009 at 3:13 pm

  9. I actually got 6 out of 10. I read the list on MSNBC.com last week, so I think that helped. That, and I love puppy dogs.

    posted by A on 1-14-2009 at 3:16 pm

  10. I really thought sammy/sam/samantha was on there. Oh well. My dog’s name at the rescue was Maya but I changed it to Maisy (like the mouse). I have yet to meet a another Maisy.

    posted by Caitlin on 1-14-2009 at 3:23 pm

  11. Everyone I know has a dog (or 5) and not one of them has a name on this list. 1/10.

    And really – Bella???

    reCaptcha – Kleeck Heyman. A better dog name than half of those on the list.

    posted by Diana on 1-14-2009 at 3:33 pm

  12. Wow, my post sounds really bitter. I hate not doing well on quizzes :)

    posted by Diana on 1-14-2009 at 4:11 pm

  13. Not exactly a Maisy like your’s, Caitlin, but my sister used to have a dog named Macy de’Parade. Just called her Macy though.

    posted by Jim on 1-14-2009 at 8:32 pm

  14. 4 of 10 without seeing the list previously. I think most of those names come from suburban families with 2.45 children.

    posted by botanycreek on 1-14-2009 at 11:28 pm

  15. I got 7 out of 10, but only because I too read this list on MSN last week. But seriously, what happened to Rex? King! Spot! Or what about even better names like Mr. Dog? Or Pooch? Or one of my favorites, Mr. Hugglesworth? We should be more creative with names, I think. Or maybe more shakesperian perhaps. I confess that ‘Ophelia’ is actually my feline friend’s name, because it sounded regal… but she’s a clumsy kluts, so Ophie works a bit better.

    posted by Ophelia on 1-15-2009 at 3:10 pm

  16. I read the list on MSNBC and I STILL only got Max (and, of course, Bailey). :(

    posted by NYCGirl on 1-25-2009 at 6:34 pm

  17. i got all of them

    posted by errrriiiiicccccccderftuhok on 2-13-2009 at 8:59 pm

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