A Gazillion Dog Names

Jan 17 / Jennifer Thornburg
How to Name a Dog
  1. It should be a special name. No other dogs in your neighborhood should share it. (This is from a Jennifer, 1 of 5 in all my classes K-12).
  2. Usually, names with one or two syllables are best. (according to Patricia McConnell PhD). Make it a sonorous word so it rolls off the tongue for a nice recall cue.
  3. Don’t fear the whimsy! We get to name our dogs the names we could never name our kids.
  4. Choose a name that you will want to call out for the next two decades of your life.
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"Say it loud and there’s music playing,
Say it soft and it’s almost like praying."

— Tony from West Side Story
Acorn
Adele
Apricot
April
Archie
Atlas
Axel/Axl
Bambi
Bamm-Bamm
Banjo
Basquiat
Bayard Hamar
Beacon
Bean
Bee
Beebee
Beezus
Bernie
Bertha
Betty White
Beyonce
Biden
Biggie Smalls
Biloxi
Bingo
Birdie
Biscuit
Bixby
Bond, James Bond
Bongo
Boo
Bowie
Brian
Bulbasaur
Bunny/Bunnie
Burger
Button
Cerberus
Champ
Chana
Chewbacca
Chinook
Chuck Biscuits
Cinder
Clementine
Clooney
Coconut
Codex
Coltrane
Cornbread
Coquette
Courage
Crackers
Cricket
Crumpet
Daphne
Dahlia
Danzig
Delila
Dillinger
Dino
Dim Sum
Disco
D’juna
Domino
Doozie
Dottie
Dozer
Drax
Dredd
Dumpling
Dutch
Easter
Edina
El Hefe
Espresso
Earl Sweatshirt
Eazy-E
Eno
Enya
Elvis
Fable
Farrah
Felicia
Fella
Figaro
Firefly
Flapjack
Fleetwood
Flicka
Flower
Foot-Foot/Footsie
Fonzie/The Fonz
Fred
Freyja/Freya
Frida
Frodo
Fugazi
Gadget
Gaga
Gambino
Gandalf
Gatsby
Ghostface
Giblet
Gilly
Ginsberg
Godzilla/Zilla
Goose
Gravy
Griff
Grimsby
Grizzly Adams
Hans
Hagrid
Hambone
Happy
Harper
Harry
Hermione
Hermoso
Hershey
Hiro
Hobbs
Holden
Ian
Indy
Jagger
James
Jarbo
Jeremy
Jerry
Jesús
Johann!
Jiminy
Juno
Keeper
Kettle
Kiddo
King Buzzo
Kira
Kirk
Kiwi
Knuckles
Laika
Linus
Little Dipper
Logan
Loma
Lourdes
Lulu
Lucky
Lyric
Mabel
Magpie
Mamoa
Mariposa
Marisol
Marshmallow
Marzipan
Matcha
Mavis
Meadow
Meatloaf
Merlin
Midge
Mikel
Miso
Molasses
Monet
Moose
Mouse
Mr. Bungle
Mulder
Mushroom
Nacho
Nanook
Nellie
Nelson
Nemo
Neutron
Nico
Nifty
Nitro
Noodle
Nugget
Nutella
Ofeibea
Olive
Oolong
Orion
Otis
Oswald
Pal
Paget
Pancake
Parker
Parsnip
Patsy
Pavlov
Pebble
Peppermint
Phineas
Pickles
Pistachio
Potato/Tater
Possum
Pretzel/Pretzelle
Primrose
Queenie
Quella
Queso
Quinn
Radley
Rambo
Ramona
Raven
Reba
Ren Höek
Rhubarb
Riker
Ripley
River Song
Robo
Rooster
Root Beer
Rotel/Rotelle
Rotini
Rumi
Rutabaga
Ruth Buzzi
Ryder
Saffron
Sage
Sailor
Sally
Sansa
Santa’s Little Helper
Seamus
Sirius Black
Scout
Shadowfax
Sheena
She-Ra
Shiloh
Sir Elton John
Skillet
Springsteen
Sprout
Squirellina
Starling
Storm
Strider
Strongbad
Sumo
Sushi
Swiftwind
Syd Tha Kyd
Taco
Tadpole
The Darkness
Thunder Paws
Titan
Tennant
Toast
Tom Waits
Totoro
Trevor
Trogdor
Tundra
Turnip
Twig
Twinkie
Ubu Roi
Uma
Una
Unity
Ursa
Vesper
Vin
Vader
Van Gogh
Valentine
Vincent
Voltaire
Waffle
Warhol
Whitman
William Wallace
Weeble
Wilder
Willow
Winnie
Whiskey
Winter
Xander
Xena
Yeti
Yoda
Yohan
Yuki
Yuri G
Yvette
Zappa
Zed
Zelda
Zen
Zero
Zipper
Yoko
If you have some good names in mind, comment and we will add them to the list.
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