A Michael Broad Blog
The name cougar appears to come from a word used by a German geographer, Georg Marcgrave. In 1648 Marcgrave used the word “cuguacuarana” when referring to the puma, which is the word most often used by scientists. The full Latin (scientific) name is: Puma concolor. I have deliberately taken the first meaning of the …
Judging by research carried out by pet insurers Animal Friends (a UK company it seems) cat owners tend to choose conventional and unadventurous names for their cats. Here is the top 20 list: A lot of the names double up as human names. Perhaps all of them do. Although there must be a pile …
A lady at the Wisconsin Humane Society is a talented cat namer. I think they’re great names but it’s all a matter of taste. However, imagination must play a role and a good name does catch the eye. Therefore, naming a cat imaginatively is probably one aspect of marketing cats at rescues who need …
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home tell us that cats with the names: Charlie, Princess and Tigger a more likely to be at their rescue re-homing facility than cats with other names. These are some of the more common cat names at the rescue facility. As for dogs, the same could be said for the …
Jeremy Clarkson tweeted that he had named his Scottish terrier dog Didier Drogba. Big deal. Hardly newsworthy but it was on the radio this morning on LBC. Some people thought that Jeremy Clarkson was being racist. The Scottish terrier is a black dog and Didier Drogba is a well known, top-flight footballer who used …
It is interesting that I have a habit of gradually modifying the names of my cats. The name develops and evolves. It just happens instinctively and emotionally. I don’t sit down and think about it. The new name just comes out of my mouth. The original name remains intact and becomes the base name, …
We know that humankind is constantly in the middle of change. Humans continue to evolve and develop. Sometimes it appears that we are regressing, getting worse. I think the truth is that our evolution is very slow. There will be humps, bumps and setbacks along the way. Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years …
For 2011 according to Veterinary Pet Insurance, who have a database of about 475,000 policies, the most common female cat name was “Bella” and the most common male cat name was “Max”. Here is the top five male and female cat names in America based in this huge database which is probably pretty accurate. …
