Her fame might have taken a nosedive with the human crowd, but Britney Spears has gained a new found popularity in the canine world. The troubled singer is one of the celebrities Britons are most likely to name their dog after.

Tyson, after boxer Mike Tyson, is top, followed by Harry, after Prince Harry or the boy wizard Harry Potter.

Ozzy, inspired by Ozzy Osbourne, was third, followed by Robbie (Williams), Rooney (Wayne), Beckham (David), Hilton (Paris), Elvis (Presley) Wallace (Jessie) and Britney (Spears).

Pet charity PDSA looked at the names of pets that visited its forty-seven PetAid hospitals in 2007 for the research and discovered an increase in celebrity names.