Bella top name for dogs and cats

By Marianne Straker, Fri 13 Jan 2012 - Published in Pet Insurance

Bella has been revealed as the most popular name for dogs and cats in 2011, according to the Veterinary Pet Insurance Company (VPI).

Inspired by the popular Twilight film series the name of the franchises' lead character has topped the pet name charts since 2009. The country's oldest pet cover provider surveyed 485,000 pet owners and compiled a top ten list of the most popular names.

The VPI found that there was a tendency for owners to give their pet more human names as former popular names such as Fido and Spot came in at 13th and 17th respectively.

Bird owners named Charlie as the top name whereas people who had feline pets went for more traditional names such as Tiger or Tigger. The dog category was dominated by female names such as Maggie, Sophie and Lucy.

It was recently revealed that pet dogs cause three arguments between families every week, according to new research by pet insurance company esure.

Nikki Sellers, head of pet insurance at the company, said: ''Owning a dog is not dissimilar to having a baby."

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