It's impossible to know if it's poutine, the Quebec dish or Poutine, the Russian president.
In any case, a funny name… for a cat.
However, it appears in the top 10 of those given in 2020 to the 992,541 tomcats that were identified last year in France by I-Cad.
Each year, this Val-de-Marne company, which manages the national identification file for domestic carnivores (dogs, cats and ferrets), is able to establish a top 10 of the given names.
In 2020, for cats and according to this file, the names Sock, Kitty and Sweetie were given the most.
For dogs, Rillette, Robbie and Loky come out on top.
A little lower in the ranking of dogs, we also find Ravioli, Pitta and, for cats, Bacchus comes in 11th position, or Chimay, named after a Belgian Trappist beer, in 17th position.
Many first names relating to food in a single classification, France does not fail in its reputation.
"This year, the name Saucisson is also coming back a lot", we say at I-Cad with amusement.
No doubt also because 2021 is "the year of the S", this custom which is maintained.
"Originally, it was for purebred animals but we see every year that it remains in the customs, the majority of given names follow the letter of the year", says the deputy director of the company, Dorothée Dorée .
The fact remains that sometimes the extravagant names given do not really stay.
“This is often the case for cats to whom we will eventually give a nickname,” explains Dorothée Dorée.
Names from Disney, others more "degrading", even insulting
Unsurprisingly, the top 10 names given "on living population", that is to say on all identified animals (not declared deceased, between 0 and 13 years old) on the whole of the territory is much higher. classic: Minette or Tigger in the lead for cats, Oscar or Lucky for dogs. Depending on the year, "for example, we can have a lot of names relating to Disney," explains the director of the company.
On the other hand, I-Cad is not the civil status: it is impossible for society to re-name a name on the pretext that it could harm the animal, as it may be the case for newborns.
The temptation would be great, however, sometimes.
“We have people who will give their animals degrading names”, even insulting, explains Dorothée Dorée, examples that she prefers not to cite.
She prefers to conclude on this subject more lightly: “If we have slightly twisted owners, we will have slightly twisted names.
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