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Move over Cupid, this weekend belongs to the cats and dogs! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), the nation’s first and largest provider of pet health insurance, analyzed its database of more than 525,000 insured pets to determine the pet names inspired by the Lover’s holiday.
Below is VPI’s list of the love-themed pet monikers from its database of more than a half million insured pets (total number of pets sharing that name in parenthesis):
Top 10 Valentine’s Day Pet Names
- Angel (1,085)
- Belle (823)
- Romeo (733)
- Beau (718)
- Sugar (583)
- Baby (506)
- Precious (459)
- Rose (216)
- Pookie (80)
- Amore (9)
Some of the more creative but less popular Valentine’s Day pet names included “Shovey Lovey,” “Precious Baby Sweets,” and “Romeo The Ace of Hearts.” To view some of the most creative monikers selected for VPI’s Top 10 Most Unusual Pet Names of 2014, visit http://www.wackypetnames.com.
Do you have a pet at home with a lovely name? Let us know if the comments below!