Your breeds most common names

Actually, Daisy is a common name for a shih tzu. (besides me, my room-mate's grandma's shih tzu is Daisy Mae and my cousin's Tzu is Daisy too)

Also common for Shih tzus- Pudge, Gizmo, Charlie, and surprisingly, Oreo

Well, I have a tzu named Charlie.  For dauschaunds, lots of oscar and I know two brothers name oscar and meyer.

My Grandmother has named every one of her GDS Sheba! They had a Sheba I, Sheba II, Sheba III.... and so on. She always had a GDS since she was young.... still has one today.

 
We had 2 GSDs when I was growing up, one after the other, they were both named "Spartacus" as we thought no other name was strong enough.

I've met alot of great danes names Appollo and Zeus. 

I've met a few GSD's named Rommell (sp?).  I don't know that I've met one named Sheba. 

I can't think of a common poodle name, please don't tell me it's "FiFi." 

We had a female mutt (cocker/poodle/something) my son named Spike, even though it was a female, that dog had to be named Spike. 

Max is a mutt, but I think Max is just a common dog name in general. We've met a few other dogs named Max, and one our trainers has a dog named Maxine, nicknamed Max. We also have a human neighbor named Max with a pittie named Roxy. He was the first one of the dog people who I ever referred to by name.
I don't know too many Dobies, and I don't think i've ever met another Dobe named Millie.

Not sure if these are common names or not, but these are the ones I hear most often in my area:
 
Rottweilers:
 
- Sheba
- Max
- Diesel
- Sasha
- Xena
- Boss
- Bear
 
Doberman:
 
- Trinity
- Vegas
- Reno
- Jake
- Chance
 
Toller:
 
- Arrow
- Decoy
- Amber
- Chili
 
Dachshund:
 
- Jake
- Oscar
- Annie
- Buddy
- Copper

Basset Hounds....

Abby
Molly

Elvis
Caruso
Barney     

Dare I ask... Caruso??  Where does that come from?  (Pardon me, I only know 2 Bassetts, Gus and Sebastian)

Are all the female bouvier's named Jackie O?
 
How about "Darwin" for beagles?

Do all bassets have human names? Every basset I've ever met does. Barney, Lucy, Fred, Leroy, and Wyatt. [8D]
 
I've only ever met one other bluetick coonhound, but when we were searching petfinder for one, I noticed there were several Annabelles.  And then anything "southern" sounding.
 

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Basset Hounds....

Abby
Molly

Elvis
Caruso
Barney     

LOL, mirandadobe...I would guess it's ok for you not to know.  Here is a quickie on Caruso (Bassets  are known for their wonderful aroo-oo-oos.

Enrico Caruso ([linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_25]February 25[/link], [linkAugust>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873]1873–August 2, [linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921]1921[/link]) was one of the most famous [linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor]tenors[/link] in the history of [linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera]opera[/link]. Caruso was also the most popular singer in any genre in the first twenty years of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings and his extraordinary voice, known for its range, power, and beauty, made him one of the best-known stars of his time.

I saw somewhere once that all Bassetts do indeed have human names, and it hasn't been proven wrong to me yet, although i've only known two, Toby, and Simon, both owned by the same woman, one after the other. However, I do not know if she chose those names. I know for sure that Simon came from a breed rescue, and I think Toby did as well. 

Lots of Chows named Bear, Cubby, etc.

Most pet Collies I run into are named the following:

Girls
Molly
Holly
Sadie
Lassie

Boys
Duke
Max
Bailey
Laddie

Working BCs tend to have human names.  Probably because they were the only companion for their shepherd partner for 90% of the shepherd's life.  []  Traditionalists, therefore, use the old names, of which the top are probably:

Male:
Roy
Ben
Bob
Bill
Jaff (Scots for Jeff)
Glen
Cap

The number one male name is probably Spot, however.  This may puzzle folks who picture a dog with a solid black coat, a blaze, a white collar, and nary a spot to be seen.  In fact, many BCs are born with a colored "spot" between the ears which seperates the white collar from the white blaze. This was once seen as a sign of a "good un" and no one found it odd that later these spots would grow into the ears and disappear, leaving "Spot" with an incongruous, but very traditional, name.  []

Moss and Mirk are two other very traditional non-human names.  Wisp became popular after a dog by that name won the Supreme twice, but many pet owners mistakenly take it for a female name.

Female names:
Nell
Bess
Peg
Lass
Meg (I'm naming my next female this, if I ever get another female)
Queen
Jan
Jen
Juno

Again, the number one name for females isn't a human name - Fly.  Two other names, Mist and Hope are not human names but seem natural enough given the country of origin.

For a while "Winston" was a popular name among pet owners, again from reading their pedigrees wrong and substituting the kennel name Wiston for a person's name (there are almost no official kennel names in the BC world - it's considered pretentious unless you are Somebody).  I've also seen this done recently for the name Price.

The agility and flyball craze has taken over naming conventions lately and the old names are taking a back seat to "sport machine" names like Slash, Sizzle, Hurricane, Sniper, Streak, Prize, Damage, Riot.  Oh well.