After we recently added two kittens to our household and after deciding that neither of them would be named “Tigger” or “Fluffy” or any of those other cat names that it seems like everybody gives their cats, I got to wondering: what sorts of names are “generic” for dogs and cats in other languages? What, for example, is the Japanese equivalent of “Fido” or “Rover,” or what would a cat named “Tigger” in the USA be called in the Netherlands?
Thanks in advance!