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Greek pet names, from Sophie to Apollo

Pop culture and mythology names

Greek pet names, from Sophie to Apollo

French pet names, and how female they are

Pop culture and mythology names

French pet names, and how female they are

Italian pet names, and why they all end in a vowel

Pop culture and mythology names

Italian pet names, and why they all end in a vowel

Slavic pet names, the best documented set on this site

Pop culture and mythology names

Slavic pet names, the best documented set on this site

Latin pet names, the quiet backbone of the registers

Pop culture and mythology names

Latin pet names, the quiet backbone of the registers

Short and rare: 1,935 names that are both

Short pet names

Short and rare: 1,935 names that are both

Elegant dog names, and the one thing the tag is really measuring

Elegant dog names, and the one thing the tag is really measuring

Male human names for pets: shorter, blunter, more used

Choosing a pet name

Male human names for pets: shorter, blunter, more used

Female human names for pets, and the shape they take

Choosing a pet name

Female human names for pets, and the shape they take

Cat names ending in -y: the densest ending in the catalogue

Cat names ending in -y: the densest ending in the catalogue

Long cat names, and what the extra syllable costs

Long cat names, and what the extra syllable costs

One-syllable cat names: 991 that land in one beat

One-syllable cat names: 991 that land in one beat