A good pet name might reside in the amount of syllables in that name. This is especially true for dogs and dog names.

The importance of syllables in a pet name.

Having two many or two few syllables can be confusing to your pet when they follow orders.

It is important a pet be able to easily identify his name from the thousands of other words they will hear. Having more than two syllables in a pet name will increase the difficulty your pet will have in identifying their name. Your pet might also be confused when having a one syllable name. They will hear plenty of words containing a single syllable similar to their name. A dog named Les might respond if someone utters the word 'reckless.'

If the pet is to respond to their name (we're not talking gold fish here), it is preferable the pet name have two syllables. Thunder, Wiggles, and Bandit are good examples of two syllable names.

Finding pet names with one or two syllables is easy! The BoogiePets.com advanced search allows you to search pet names by syllables. BoogiePets.com has over 3,000 pet names with two syllables!

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