ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Celebrate National Puppy Day on March 23 with your very own Luna, Charlie and/or Bella.
In honor of the day, Trupanion, a leading medical insurance provider for pets, recently revealed its top 10 puppy names for 2023.
- Top 10 puppy names for the year 2023 Luna, Charlie, Bella and more
- People like to name their pets after popular characters in movies and TV shows, according to Jackie Folsom, LVHS Director of Development
- According to LVHS, the organization's ultimate goal is to find the perfect family for all animals they keep, while offering affordable pet care resources to pet owners in the community
After analyzing a database of over 800,000 insured pets, Luna, Charlie and Bella secured the top three spots, while Daisy, Lucy, and Milo followed close behind. The list also features Teddy, which replaced Rosie from the previous year’s list.
Trupanion has identified the top 10 puppy names in North America in 2023 as follows:
- Luna
- Charlie
- Bella
- Daisy
- Lucy
- Milo
- Cooper
- Bailey
- Teddy
- Coco
Although Rosie is still among the top 10 names for pet parents in Canada, Australia had a few unique names in its top 10 list, such as Frankie and Pepper, alongside Luna and Charlie, they said.
Jackie Folsom, director of Development at Lehigh Valley Humane Society (LVHS), said people like to name their pets after popular characters in movies and on television.
"One of the most popular names we’ve seen in the last few years is Loki, which comes from the Avengers franchise," she said, adding that Luna, Lily and Princess are popular female pet names she's seen, while King, Tank and Diesel top the chart for male pups.
As an organization dedicated to finding second chances for animals, Folsom said, LVHS takes in primarily stray pets, meaning that there is no way of knowing what their name had been.
"We must give them a name during their stay here at the shelter, and it is very common that their adopter will change their name once they take them home," she said.
"Some pets may take weeks to get comfortable, or a few months before you see every quirk and gem of their personalities."Jackie Folsom, director of Development at Lehigh Valley Humane Society
"It is important to give your new pet time to adjust to their new identity, their new family and their new home. Some pets may take weeks to get comfortable, or a few months before you see every quirk and gem of their personalities."
Finding perfect family for pets
Currently, the capacity at LVHS is 105 dogs, 150 cats and around a dozen small animals like guinea pigs and rabbits, following the renovation to transform the shelter and clinic two years ago.
"We make sure to keep our kennels, cages and cat rooms full [of] the pets that need us, whether that be stray or abandoned animals, owner-surrendered animals or animals transported in from other shelters," Folsom said.
She stresses that the ultimate goal is to find the perfect family for all the animals they've kept.
Besides affordable and accessible pet care resources to pet owners in the community, Folsom said LVHS offers veterinary care, dog training and grooming services onsite that are intended to empower owners that may be struggling to keep their pet due to financial constraints, rather than surrender the pet to the shelter.
"It is so fulfilling and so rewarding to find a previously unwanted pet a loving forever home."
A visit to the new LVHS facility sometimes brings very happy consequences including, "Falling in love with one of our awesome shelter pets," Folsom said.
