Pet parents love giving their furry companions nicknames — sometimes cute, sometimes ridiculous. What starts as a simple name on a vet form often transforms into a series of affectionate — or ...

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A new study dove into the most popular pet names of 2025, and in the cat world, one name remained on top for a second consecutive year. TrustedHousesitters, a pet-sitting platform, gathered data from ...

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America’s most-popular cat names for 2025 have been revealed. Cat names matter, not least to the cats themselves. In 2019, a study published in Scientific Reports found cats were even capable of ...

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Move over Bella and Fido — pet names trending in 2025 are straight out of Hollywood, your favorite childhood VHS tapes, and even the pantry. According to a new report from Rover, pop culture and ...

(Inside Science) -- Science has finally confirmed what cat owners knew all along: Cats know their own names. That doesn’t necessarily mean they respond when called (another thing cat owners could have ...

While cats don't always respond or come when called, science has found that they do recognize and distinguish their name words from others. However, whether cats "own" their names as names is a little ...

Cat lovers have come up with a lot of interesting theories about orange cats over the years. Some people believe that ginger cats are more friendly, wild, or mischievous than the typical feline.