Most popular names Nigerians give their dogs

By Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM | April 13th, 2015




Naming a dog can be a very confusing task to many persons and to some people, it’s always like there are names waiting to be given to any dog. Nigerians have a way of naming dogs which can be very funny and in some cases very serious. One of my clients named her dog her grandfather’s name: “Owotorufa”. I raised an objection that the dog may find it hard to get the name but she insisted on the name based on her own reasons.

I just want you to have fun going through some of names given to dogs here in Nigeria. I had to dig into my dogs register to get these names. There over 500 unduplicated names but let me spill out just a few interesting ones. I guess your dog’s name maybe here If not write it for us at the comment section of this article.

Male dogs

Jack

Chuck

Zeus

Bruno

Clef

Rex

Scott

Chelsea

Bull

Rambo

Billy

Rush

Andy

Shadow

Spiky

Duke

Sharky

Paddy

Ceaser

Bobby

Scooby

Chester

Ginger

Regan

Topsy

Max

Pucho

Captain

Coco

Buster

Boss

Mitchy

Gadafi

Titan

Skipper

Goofy

Simba

Bingo

Troy

 

 

Females Dogs

Zena

Pitcher

Ashley

Nina

Codi

Lila

Kinki

Beauty

Lexi

Missy

Nancy

Paris

Foxy

Nicky

Froness

Tracy

Nix

Zaza

Zoey

Nova

Ella

Tasha

Loo Loo

Kim

Rosie

I hope you are having fun. Some names must be very familiar to you I'm sure. One man I know names his dogs by European League Football Club names as “Manchester”, “Chelsea”, “Barca” etc. Okay lets hear from you give us names…

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  1. Desun August 26th, 2015

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Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM

Founder of Fairvet Animal Clinic Ltd since 2011, studied at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He is well experienced in small animal, large animal & poultry medicine, and also skilled at zoo medicine. He loves animals and builds both professional and personal relationship with pet owners in order to sustain a good interaction with pet and animal owners, coupled with His great skills in programming; he brought about www.fairvet.com which he personally built from scratch.



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