Corgi as a pet name is another likely registry artifact — a breed descriptor entered as a given name during licensing. A Corgi named "Corgi" is either an owner with a very specific sense of humor, a data-entry error, or both. With 34 records in the dataset, all three possibilities are genuinely in play.
The Registry Artifact Case
Breed names appearing in the name field of pet registries are a known data quality issue — Corgi, Cockapoo, Dachshund, and Retriever all appear at low frequencies in the pet name dataset for the same reason: licensing forms where the breed field and name field were either confused or left interchangeable. Corgi is particularly prone to this because the word is short, memorable, and visually distinctive — easy to write quickly in any field on a form.
The Intentional Naming Case
A Corgi named Corgi, chosen deliberately, operates as a self-referential joke that requires no explanation and generates a specific kind of appreciation at any dog gathering. Pembroke Welsh Corgis and Cardigan Welsh Corgis are both valid hosts for this level of nominal commitment. The name also has a royal dimension through the Queen Elizabeth II's famous Corgi pack — making a Corgi named Corgi inadvertently aristocratic.
The Counter-Reading: Zero Imagination or Maximum Imagination?
Corgi as a name is either the laziest possible choice (just write what you see) or the most philosophically committed one (names should describe; this one does). Owners who lean into the latter reading have a conversation-starter for the dog's entire life.