I love naming dogs.
Due to a compromise in my home, my favorite names will never be taken for my own dogs. It’s fine. Maybe you can use one. Happy to help.
How to name a dog:
- 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).
- 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.
- Say it loud and there’s music playing,
Say it soft and it’s almost like praying. - Don’t fear the whimsy! We get to name our dogs the names we could never name our kids.
- Choose a name that you will want to call out for the next two decades of your life.
If you have some good names in mind, comment and I will add them to the list.
Suggested Names
- 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
- Yvette
- Zappa
- Zed
- Zelda
- Zen
- Zero
- Zipper
- Yoko
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