Hershey

Hershey takes its name from the Hershey Company, founded by Milton S. Hershey in Pennsylvania in 1894, whose surname is of German Mennonite origin and may relate to the German Hirsch, meaning "deer." The company's world-famous chocolate bars have made Hershey synonymous with a rich, warm, dark brown color and the comforting sweetness of milk chocolate.

Hershey ranks #205 among America's most popular pet names, a brand-name turned affectionate choice for companions with the warm, chocolate-brown coloring that immediately evokes a Hershey's bar. It is a name that makes people smile — it is warm, sweet, deeply American, and entirely impossible to say without feeling a small pulse of comfort. Hershey suits companions who are genuinely brown-coated and sweet-natured, though the name's warmth works for any companion who brings that particular kind of uncomplicated joy.