According to Veterinary Pet Insurance Co (VPI) and Petfinder.com, a roundup of the most popular pet names in 2011 saw a new top name for cats, although the trend to use traditionally human names continues.
The top 5 cat names in 2011 were Bella (new winner), Max, Chloe, Oliver and Lucy. Rounding out the top 10 were Shadow, Smokey, Tiger, Charlie and Tigger.
So while human names rule the roost for dogs, there are still lots of traditional "animal" names in the cat world.
Take our poll, add your cat's name in the comments if it did not make the list, and most importantly, post a photo of that kitty!
Linda Stavish
12:30 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Nala
Janice Landrum
12:40 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Houdini -- the escape artist!
Liz Shollenberger
1:47 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
We have four cats: Herman, William, Ellie, and Mary Ann.
William Demarest
2:21 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
In my house, Molly and T.J. (Tigger Jr.) live happily with our dog, Lucy (Although the cats think they are dogs, and the dog thinks she's a cat).
john
3:48 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
daisy
Lanning Taliaferro
4:55 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Amelia Earhart (she thinks she can fly), Greta Garbo, who wants to be alone, and Abigail Adams. In the family they are known as Skinny Cat, Fat Cat and Old Cat.
Dorothee C
5:59 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
Kaput, Stella, and Moki
Liz Claire
6:46 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
I'm allergic to cats. My kids love them. Go figure. Life.
Owen Doherty
9:03 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
I once knew people who named their cat Lady Griddlebone. Strange folk, they were.
Sherri
10:23 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
My cats were Fattie, Fee and Anna. Sadly all gone. :( Anna lived to be almost 20 and passed away a year ago this month.
deirdre
11:29 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012
An ode to all my cats past and present: Sha, Winter, Tiger Tom, Hera, Herman, Henry, Heloise, Luni, Nina, Spot News, Basha, Muffs, John Moon, McCavity, Gracie, Emmett, Elliott, Ferris and Edgar. I love and loved them all
Leann
12:08 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
CC, Jackson. Baxter, Milo and Miss Kitty! 5 Babies
Rob
12:22 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
David and Solomon
Elizabeth
7:03 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
My dearly departed Clawdia.
Lanning Taliaferro
8:23 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
oh I like that one. My cats give out Christmas presents under a pseudonym: Sandy Claws.
Mariann Raftery
7:05 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
brookie (found in Brooklyn) and pixie (found in Westchester)
Karen Lieberman
7:30 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Harlequin - derrived from the name Harlykins that my (at the time) 3 year old chose!
Catherine Paull
8:08 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Spud (the fat, lazy one) and Tyler (the slimmer, spunky, nervous one)
gail burlakoff
8:24 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Tara and Tenzing, now. In the past, Mrs. Friedman (known to her close friends as Ursula) , Flaco, Moxie, George, Max, Friendly, Hadji, Blackie, Tinkerbell, Samantha, Dodo, Quemadito, Relampago, Gulliver, Meidze.
Dev
8:38 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Those two sweet orange and white kitties in the third picture are my babies Dex (top) and Dev.
Maura
8:50 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Luke and lilly
Karen Schmidt
8:59 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Raisin was my black cat that I got when I was first married. He lived till 14. Magic is the cat we have now that my daughter brought home from school. He was diagnosed with diabetes this past fall and had a seizure on New Year's Eve. Now he seems to be fine and is off insulin. He just eats a canned food instead of dry. He is 8 1/2 years old.
Sharon Sutherland
9:01 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Sigmund and Charlie...named for two of the greatest minds the world has ever known (Freud and Darwin.
PETER MARCON
9:20 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
PATCHES
E.A. Del Colle
9:22 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Critter & Snickers are my office assistants since I telecommute. Furry family of the past includes Mouser, Skooch, Hodgepodge (Hodgie), Murphy, Snickers (the 1st Snickers - for a brief lifetime).
Carol Oldrey
9:30 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
4 cats - Gideon - Rona - Fiona and Riley
Ingrid Raber
9:43 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
cleocatra..she's all black with a small tuft of white at her throat and has spectacular glowing ember eyes that express her every thought.
Fran
10:00 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Last fall we adopted a one-year old already named Alexander and nicknamed Aleksi.
Stefani Kim
10:31 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Lulu
Janet Brooks
10:38 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
My 4 cats-Sam, named for where she adopted me-Good Samaritan parking lot, Lydia-adopted, Duke and Byron, brothers who I inherited and are as different as they come!
My house is a constant stage for cat entertainment.......
Theresa Kump Leghorn
10:49 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Fjork (my daughter's cat) and Oscar, named for Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wilde!
Lynda L. Boles
11:18 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
I have 4 cats: Panda, Reo, Microsoft and Zaboo.
Dina Sciortino
11:22 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Cleocatra and Skootch, I love it—that made my day.
Krista Madsen
11:27 am on Monday, January 16, 2012
Black cat named Poe, like Edgar Allan, came into our lives around Halloween and here we are now in Sleepy Hollow, very happy with our thematic cat.
Ray Schroeder
2:06 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
George & Misty
Ann
5:00 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
Lion, Doris Day, Velvet, Circle, Carson, Gigi
ELISA MARSICO
9:14 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
The cats I had the pleasure to know and live with: Sookie,, Schubert , QT, Oliver , Sophie, Samantha, and Delilah.
ELISA MARSICO
9:22 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012
And my mom's most beloved of all...Francesca.
Jean Dermer
6:06 pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I have 7-all rescues when I lived in Hastings. Imbecile landlord told me to get rid of them or move. I moved! Out of state, as couldn't find anyone who would rent to me w/all the animals. One of my cats is named Frankie-6-Toes (Polydactl cat). He looks like he's walking on snowshoes. He gets along well with my rescue dog Elizabeth Taylor.
p.s. How I miss my Tarrytown where I grew up! I'd still be rescuing if I lived there!!