History's Oldest Dog Name

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[NameExplain]

What's your favourite name for a dog?

[HUNdAntae]

So his name was the Kemet version of "Lord Pointyear McBarkenstein" 😂

[alexanderkelsey]

Yes the Egyptians named their cats! One of the more famous examples (though I’m not sure if it’s the oldest known named cat) is Nd̠m (Egyptological Nedjem, Old kingdom [naːcʼim]/something like ‘Naakyim’ where the ky is also an ejective), which means “Sweet” or “Sweetie”. The cat was presumably male because the female name would have a -t suffix

[yourroyalchungusness]

Man, this remind me of that old sumerian " a dog walks into a bar" joke

[SkyTheHusky]

In short: it was Abuwtiyuw, the dog of an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. The name Abuwtiyuw is believed to literally mean "bark" (abuw) "pointed ears" (tiyuw), so Abuwtiyuw is believed to mean "the barking one with pointed ears". He died around ~2820 BCE

[Autenaten_McCready]

probably his owner was Aukanaten (sp?) (dad of Tut) because this Pharoh was against the norm in Ancient Egypt (lol)

[markersgirlfriend]

my dog's name is rey, after the star wars character! (my brother's friend got a dog named finn a while earlier, also named after the star wars character, and we wanted it to match.) but i think it also works because she's a ray/rey of sunshine :D

[fredcoleman]

Apparently, according to something I saw on the Internet once, the name Cerberus means "Spot"

[y_fam_goeglyd]

As a greyhound mum of 30+ years, I would be _very_ surprised if a sighthound was a guard! A hunter, yes, but I've never met a sighthound who was a good guard dog (though my soulmate would watch out for me when strange men came to the door, especially if hubby wasn't around. She'd stand between us and stare at their groin - very deliberately and intently. You'll never see a guy back away more quickly than that 🤣)
The majority of sighthounds would befriend any housebreakers if they brought some treats, especially if you find their "kryptonite". They're not particularly loud dogs, which is one of the reasons I love them so much.

Of course, just to prove me a liar, my current boy is quite chatty and isn't food-oriented, unless you have _his_ kryptonite: a sausage. He'll let anyone do anything for a sausage. Hubby actually cooks about a kilo a week for him... 🤷🏻‍♀️. But he's loopy and basically the exception that proves the rule.

But then Hubby used to buy extra cheese for our last girl and small apple pies for our last boy. All three came from the same kennel, weren't particularly into treats - and never from a stranger - except for these things, so we don't know what they were taught. All previous hounds would take anything from anyone! But the other two were lousy guard dogs like all previous ones, and rarely made any noise except for the greyhound eeuw & woofle - a sort of squeak and excuse for a bark respectively. It's not quite a bark. They _can_ bark, loudly too (it makes you jump a mile because it's so uncommon), they just don't very often waste their energy when they could be making themselves more comfortable.

There is a breed called the pharaoh hound, which is very similar in shape to greyhounds but are smaller and definitely different. They're also sighthounds IIRC. Who knows, maybe this beloved pupper was one of them!

[Kak]

Is no one going to mention the Best Boy(x3) of the Underworld: Spot!

[TheCucuyo]

He's described as a guard dog, so it's likely he saved his owner or someone in his owner's family from harm.

[eriathdien]

What about Cerberus? I know it's a mythical dog but I've always found interesting that some say it comes from the PIE word for "Spotted".

[TheDeadmanTT]

My dog was named Max. Because he was MAX CUTE. 🐶

[prettypic]

"there's one important question we need to answer" was he a good boy?

[montecorbit]

At 4:59
"I'm sure they named cats to, but we're not here for that"....

Speak for yourself!! I'm waiting on the oldest cat named video!!!!

[blistlelo]

Maybe the most oldest prehistoric dog name is something that translates to "Wolfie", "Wolfy" and "Mr. Wolf".

[MuriKakari]

Indiana Jones is a great reference to make, since that's a human named after a dog. Also, I did see the movie and thought it was pretty good.

[LaineyBug]

I think Pretyman is the sweetest name for a good boy!

[talanigreywolf]

I knew a girl that named her chow-chow "Fubar".

[Liethen]

Indiana Jones and the lost tomb of Abuwtiyuw