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Does your Montreal pet have an original name?

Some Montrealers are more inspired than others when it comes to naming their animal companions.

Montrealers tend to favour Maya, Maggie and Charlie for their dogs

Some owners find name inspiration from celebrities or good old-fashioned puns. (Getty Images/RooM RF)

Some Montrealers are more inspired than others when it comes to naming their animal companions.

The city's data shows close to 11,000 unique dog names and more than 4,000 cat names were registered with municipal authorities between 2010 and2015.

Do you want to know how your furry friend's namestacks up? Check out theinteractive below.

Dogs: Maya to 514

Montrealers tend to favourMaya, Maggie and Charlie as names for their canines,but other owners drewinspiration from celebrities or goodold-fashioned puns:

  • 514, a shepherd from Anjou.
  • Dolly-Parton, a Chihuahuafrom the Southwest borough.
  • Lord Chester of Woof, a mastiffin Ville-Marie.

Names also tend to vary by breed, withsome owners opting for funny monikers for their dogs. In Montreal, some licensed pit bulls are dubbedBaby, Sexy, Jesus and Precious.

Only 20,000 dogs are registered in Montreal,but the city believes there are 145,000 living in the 19 boroughs.

The city has said it will crack down onowners who don't register their dogs, a measure that has been mandatory across all 19 boroughs since 2013.

Owners who don't acquire a license for their dogs face fines up to $250.

Cats: Minou andricLapointe

The city's rules are different when it comes to cats:only some boroughs make licenses mandatory.

Charlotte andMinouare top choicesfor feline friends, but so are classics like Simba and Tiger.

Some labelsare more original, likericLapointe, a domestic cat in VilleraySaint-MichelParc-Extension,and E.T., a Siamesecat from Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

Similar to their canine counterparts, fashionable monikers for felines also includeCharlie and Maya.