History's Oldest Dog Name

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  Год назад +16

    What's your favourite name for a dog?

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Год назад +1

      If you ever get a disgusting pet dung beetle or grotesque pet leech be sure to name them Donald Trump. I'm an American who hates Donald Trump, the worst president in our country's history.

    • @SkyTheHusky
      @SkyTheHusky Год назад

      Sky and Star, my cute little doggos :)

    • @diegoantoniorosariopalomin2206
      @diegoantoniorosariopalomin2206 Год назад +3

      Layka, i named my dog after the animal cosmonaut. Also, my uncle names his dogs after Greco Roman figures

    • @SkyTheHusky
      @SkyTheHusky Год назад +1

      @@diegoantoniorosariopalomin2206 Wow. That is so cool

    • @brianedwards7142
      @brianedwards7142 Год назад +2

      My current dog (I've had 15 or 16 in my time) is called Ruby, named for Ruby Payne-Scott who practically invented radio astronomy but was sacked by the Australian (my) government when she married because she "was taking a living from a man" and she should get into the kitchen, presumably. She campaigned to have that rule changed and I feel she was subjected to a kind of damnatio memoriae because of it.
      I remember my sister in law having to quit her teller job because she married my brother in the late 70s. So archaic.
      I didn't know about her myself until I saw that my new dog had swirls of white dots round her ears and thought the stars were whispering to her so I googled famous female radio astronomers.

  • @HUNdAntae
    @HUNdAntae Год назад +82

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

  • @alexanderkelsey202
    @alexanderkelsey202 Год назад +35

    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

    • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462
      @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 3 месяца назад

      @alexanderkelsey202 Here's a question for you. How do you pronounce Iwiw? (which was the Ancient Egyptian onomatopoeia-based name for dog because of their bark?)

  • @SkyTheHusky
    @SkyTheHusky Год назад +69

    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

    • @gigaherz_
      @gigaherz_ Год назад +9

      too elaborate of a translation, IMO. this was almost definitely a name given by a young child, so it really makes more sense to think of the translation like "pointy-ears woof"

    • @SkyTheHusky
      @SkyTheHusky Год назад +1

      @@gigaherz_ Yeah, maybe

    • @AutoReport1
      @AutoReport1 Год назад +6

      "Do we tell the Pharaoh they're ALL called 'pointy eared barker?"
      "Duat no, he'll want to know what you mean by 'ALL', and I'm NOT explaining that one. If he thinks it's the same dog and that's it's name, then it is the 'same' dog and that is it's name, ok?"

    • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462
      @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 3 месяца назад

      ​@@gigaherz_Nah. This is is totally in line with Ancient Egyptian translations.
      Like: Giving Birth to The Inert One in the Presence of The One With Horns (ref. Hathor)
      The Ancient Egyptians didn't understand how to shorten long names. Trust me.

  • @yourroyalchungusness
    @yourroyalchungusness Год назад +5

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

  • @eriathdien
    @eriathdien Год назад +8

    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".

    • @aidenmartin6674
      @aidenmartin6674 Год назад +4

      I’ve read that and thought it was hilarious.
      Look! A giant 2 headed dog. What should we name him?
      Let’s call him Spot

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Год назад +13

    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!

  • @stapoldypropagandaaccount
    @stapoldypropagandaaccount Год назад +17

    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

  • @fredcoleman6827
    @fredcoleman6827 Год назад +2

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

  • @montecorbit8280
    @montecorbit8280 Год назад +6

    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!!!!

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @TheDeadmanTT
    @TheDeadmanTT Год назад +13

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

  • @Kak7836
    @Kak7836 Год назад +5

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

  • @loszhor
    @loszhor 4 месяца назад +1

    You forgot to mention Strongboy! :o

  • @MuriKakari
    @MuriKakari Год назад +6

    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.

  • @jmi967
    @jmi967 Год назад +4

    Sad part is the dog was likely killed so he could continue to protect his owner in the afterlife.

    • @azechase6597
      @azechase6597 4 месяца назад

      Or you know, it just died bc it was old and dogs don't live that long.

    • @jmi967
      @jmi967 4 месяца назад

      @@azechase6597 At the exact same time as his owner?

  • @Akrafena
    @Akrafena Год назад +4

    I think his owner was either Pepi I or Nemtyemsaf I as Pepi died 7 years beforehand and could have raised him. Nemtyemsaf was alive during huis death

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 Год назад +2

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

  • @Liethen
    @Liethen Год назад +1

    Indiana Jones and the lost tomb of Abuwtiyuw

  • @talanigreywolf7110
    @talanigreywolf7110 Год назад +1

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

  • @greatstationsyt
    @greatstationsyt Год назад +6

    I could see “abu” as an onomatopoeia. A little like “boof” in modern English.

    • @dunkleosteusterrelli
      @dunkleosteusterrelli Год назад

      boof is not an onomatopoeia in English, it infact means something completely different
      (usually weed)

    • @azechase6597
      @azechase6597 4 месяца назад

      ​@@dunkleosteusterrelliyes it fucking is. Words can mean multiple things. Have you never heard anyone call a big dog a boofer before?

  • @Autenaten_McCready
    @Autenaten_McCready Год назад +1

    The dogs owner could have been Achkanaten (sp?) (Tuts dad) because A. was a massive rebel at the time. Egyptians loved cats, so he of course loved his dogs! (lol) just a guess.

    • @TariosGD
      @TariosGD 6 месяцев назад +1

      No, Akhenaten ruled during the 18th dynasty, while Abuwtiyuw was alive over 900 years earlier, in the 6th dynasty.

  • @horsefeathers2391
    @horsefeathers2391 Год назад +4

    I don't like give pets common human names, it's kinda insulting.
    Here you have this wonderful being who's moniker may be tarnished by some person you have the displeasure of knowing who goes by the same utterance.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 Год назад +1

    So TIYUW is what they’d call Spock. 9:04

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco Год назад +3

    My dog is named "Toddynho".
    He's brown, so I named him after a brand of chocolate milk.

    • @star_duck
      @star_duck Год назад

      Melhor do q dollyinho

  • @crazycatdragon
    @crazycatdragon Год назад +9

    Actually, ancient Egyptians didn’t name their cats as they were seen as to sacred and belonging to Basset. They just called them “mew”

    • @dunkleosteusterrelli
      @dunkleosteusterrelli Год назад +2

      there are plenty of examples of cats with names in Ancient Egypt

    • @crazycatdragon
      @crazycatdragon Год назад +1

      @@dunkleosteusterrelli cool to know!!!!!! Whenever I’ve seen ancient Egyptian documentaries they’ve always said that the cats never had names.

  • @kyleward3914
    @kyleward3914 Год назад +3

    Can we get the companion video about the oldest known cat name?

    • @wmdkitty
      @wmdkitty Год назад +1

      Nedjem, translates to "sweetie".

  • @elainebenes7971
    @elainebenes7971 Год назад +1

    Don't worry you weren't the only one who overlooked the new Indiana Jones movie...

  • @blistlelo1700
    @blistlelo1700 Год назад

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

  • @Autenaten_McCready
    @Autenaten_McCready Год назад

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

  • @天野やな丸
    @天野やな丸 Год назад +1

    So Lord Barkie was a good boy

  • @Illumisepoolist
    @Illumisepoolist Год назад

    We had three dogs. Liberty, Buddy, and Jina.

  • @TheCucuyo9779
    @TheCucuyo9779 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @sarahmacintosh6449
    @sarahmacintosh6449 Год назад

    Watching this while snuggled with my greyhound and whippet 😁

  • @nebulan
    @nebulan Год назад

    The indy Jones movie was fun

  • @JayTemple
    @JayTemple Год назад

    I figured it would be Fidus.

  • @MichaelRosen-wz4ru
    @MichaelRosen-wz4ru Год назад +3

    abutiyuw is best boi

  • @NBK1122
    @NBK1122 Год назад

    Sit, Ubu, sit.

  • @afwalker1921
    @afwalker1921 Год назад

    You choose a strange spelling for Fideaux...

  • @kyReeElainProhm
    @kyReeElainProhm Год назад

    Fluffy? Spot?

  • @afwalker1921
    @afwalker1921 Год назад

    I would expect the oldest dog's name to be Khensh!

  • @alexeialeksandr7606
    @alexeialeksandr7606 Год назад

    My dogs name is Dudley Dooright

  • @urugwey4598
    @urugwey4598 Год назад

    Alive soldier 14

  • @PHiLLy2c
    @PHiLLy2c Год назад

    Fidough is also a pokemon dog 🐶

  • @richardmiller9883
    @richardmiller9883 Год назад

    As opposed to CTVT, the name of the oldest dog.

  • @willdunn8846
    @willdunn8846 Год назад

    S T R O N G B O Y

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Год назад

    Within 10 hours!

  • @fredcoleman6827
    @fredcoleman6827 Год назад

    Did we domesticate wolves or did they domesticate us?

  • @МаринаСтепанова-ю2й

    Athletic brother 32

  • @Tube.M98
    @Tube.M98 Год назад

    Short boy 74

  • @swamianandtesla2347
    @swamianandtesla2347 Год назад

    🐶🐕🐩🐕‍🦺😘

  • @annfedoseenko5775
    @annfedoseenko5775 Год назад

    Gentle mother 22

  • @АнатолийСиманов-ю7м

    интересно но ничего не понятно

  • @mariakasstan
    @mariakasstan Год назад

    Did we domesticate them....or did they domesticate us?

    • @robertmiller9735
      @robertmiller9735 Год назад +2

      Yes.

    • @horsefeathers2391
      @horsefeathers2391 Год назад

      Wheat, rice, maize, millet domesticated us. Humans were are the only animals that I'm aware of that were domesticated by plants.
      But dogs might make domestication worth all the trouble that domestication brings

  • @inissabri7428
    @inissabri7428 Год назад +1

    do cats next pls ❤

  • @holohacke4918
    @holohacke4918 Год назад

    woof

  • @marym7104
    @marym7104 Год назад

    3,189th viewer of this video!

  • @IanZainea1990
    @IanZainea1990 Год назад

    Explain my last name. I dare you. It's nearly impossible.

  • @ElenaABULADZE
    @ElenaABULADZE Год назад

    Weak engineer

  • @ClaridadCaliente
    @ClaridadCaliente Год назад

    I'm pretty sure Futurama had an episode about this