A Girl and Her Dogs

Most Uncommon and Unusual Dog Names (Top 925)

What to name your dog is one of the toughest parts of getting one! I personally prefer unusual or uncommon dog names, so this list is a great one if you prefer the same!

I got it from www.petplace.com (they got their list from readers submitting pet names and why they named them that or what it means) - ENJOY! And let me know what you named YOUR pet(s)!

1. 8-Ball
2. 8-Lives
3. Aden
4. Ad-Rock
5. Airhead
6. Airy
7. Aja
8. Alexander the Great
9. Alley - is the name of one of my girls who was found in an alley
10. Allyway
11. Alma Sonriente (Alma for short) – means “smiling soul”
12. Alvin
13. Amber
14. Ami-mai
15. Anasazi - after the Anasazi Indians or ‘Sazi’ for short
16. Andre
17. Angelina Balerina
18. Angus
19. Anxiety Wrap
20. Arbie
21. Archemedes -(Archie)
22. Archie
23. Ari
24. Ariel
25. Aristophanes
26. Aristotle
27. Arizona

28. AskHer
29. AskHim
30. Aspirin -(gives them a headache!)
31. Asthma
32. Astro - after the dog from the cartoon “The Jetson’s”.
33. Ateret
34. Atticus -(from Atticus Finch in “to Kill a Mockingbird”
35. Attitude
36. Awesome
37. Azrael
38. Baba Booey
39. BabyGirlRiley
40. Balthazar
41. Balto - for the famous dog that completed the serum run during the black plague that infected so many Alaskans so long ago
42. Bam Bam (from the cartoon The Flintstones)
43. Bambi Deer
44. Bandit -– his eyes were so black so you couldn’tyou couldn’t see them see his eyes- . It as though looked like he he was wearing a mask!
45. Banshee
46. Banshee Stardust
47. Barfly
48. Baskerville
49. Beatrice
50. Beauregard
51. Bee-Bee
52. Bernardo
53. Beta
54. Bettis - after the now retired Jerome “the Bus” Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
55. BIBA - after the seventies store.
56. Big Red
57. Biggity Brown
58. Bijou
59. Bill Clinton
60. Bionic
61. Bismark
62. Bivouac
63. BL
64. Blackie, Bowzer
65. Blogger
66. Blue
67. Bo-Bo
68. Bock
69. Bogie
70. Bokkie
71. Boku
72. Bonanza
73. Bonehead Wiggle-butt - big head and wags his tail a lot
74. Bonita -in Spanish means Pretty Girl
75. Booboo
76. Booger
77. Boogie
78. Bookbag
79. Bookie
80. Bootdonnie
81. Bootsie
82. Bootstrap Bill
83. Bou-Tee-Waits
84. Bowser
85. Boz
86. Brewster
87. Briggs
88. Bristol
89. Brooklynn
90. Broom
91. Buckles
92. Buddha – spiritual
93. Buddy Holly
94. Budweiser
95. Bugger
96. Buggie
97. Bulldozer
98. Bullet
99. Bungee Cord
100. Butterfinger

101. Buttersworth
102. Cairo
103. Calendar
104. Calloway
105. Capers
106. Capone
107. Capri
108. Captain Jack Sparrow - for the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
109. Cardiac
110. Carson
111. Cash
112. Casino
113. Cassanova…is very loving but demanding of attention
114. Cassidy
115. Castle
116. Catsups
117. Cerebus - given his name because it is reminiscent of Cerberus (three-headed dog in Greek and Roman mythology) because he chews as if there were three heads. also the name of a comic book character that is satire on Canadian politics.
118. Chab (great for a lab chow cross!)
119. Chaco - after Chaco Canyon National Park.
120. Chai
121. Chaia - pronounced “Kiya” - named after the Hebrew word for life which is “CHAI”.
122. Challenger
123. Chansey
124. Chaos - first of the gods
125. Charlie
126. Chauncy Gardener -From the movie “Being There” with Peter Sellers

127. Cheddar
128. Chemmie - for chemistry
129. Cherri Berri
130. Cherry Tree
131. Chevy
132. Chewie
133. Chewy
134. Chicanery
135. Chicken
136. Chickie-Monkey
137. Chieme – a famous Asian female singer
138. Chimp
139. Chinchilla - his coloring & softness of his fur, as a “Chinchilla”
140. Chiro
141. Chops
142. ChopSuey
143. Christmas
144. Chrysanthemum Joy
145. Clapper
146. Clarence
147. Claudia
148. Claypool
149. Clean-X
150. Clementine
151. Cletus
152. Clone
153. Club
154. Coats
155. Cobwebb
156. Coder
157. Cody
158. Coffee
159. Colombo
160. Colonel
161. Columbus
162. Come-on - user named their dog this because he wouldn’t come if you don’t say “come on”
163. Compound
164. Coochie
165. Cooper
166. Copernicus –”Copper”
167. Corazon - heart in Spanish
168. Corn
169. Corona
170. Coruba
171. Coruba (male)
172. Cosmo (Cos-dude)
173. Coup
174. Cowboy
175. Cozmo
176. Crap Weasel
177. Crawford
178. Cricket -she chirps
179. Crimson
180. Crimson Chin
181. Crooks
182. Cry Baby Jane - a dog that loves to talk…always.
183. Cryer
184. Cubbie -looks like a bear cub
185. Cubby
186. Cupcake
187. Curley
188. Cuy
189. Cyclone
190. Cyril
191. D.O.G. (Deeyogee)
192. Dahnja
193. Damio
194. Dancer
195. Danger
196. Dara,- which means “gift” in Bulgarian language.
197. Dargo - for the character Dargo in the Sci-Fi show Farscape
198. Darin
199. Darth Vader
200. Dash

201. Davidson
202. Daz
203. Debra
204. Decker
205. Deja
206. Delphyne - the mother of the monsters.
207. DeNiro,- after the actor Robert DeNiro
208. Derbyshier (Derby)
209. Diamond
210. Diary
211. Diary
212. Didhebite??
213. Didi
214. Diego - for “San Diego”
215. Diesel
216. Digger - he digs a lot and he’s loud like Grave Digger
217. Ding Bat
218. Dingo Marie - a former stray mutt
219. Divot
220. Django - after the jazz guitarist Django
221. Dobbie - from Harry Potter
222. Doc–from Snow White
223. Dogger
224. Doggie Do
225. Doolittle
226. Doorknob
227. Dough Boy
228. Dr. Spock
229. Draino
230. Dreifach - is German for “three-footed”.
231. Drexel
232. Dublin
233. Dudl
234. Dundee
235. Dunkin
236. Duntada ( strange name)
237. Easton
238. Eastwood - for Clint Eastwood
239. Echo
240. Eclipse
241. Edward Scissorjaws
242. Effie
243. El Nino
244. Ellie–Short for Ellinora

245. Emperor
246. Endo
247. Eriatarka
248. Espn
249. Evergreen
250. Everly
251. Evilness (Evil for short)
252. Exit
253. Expresso
254. Fairway
255. Fat Boy
256. Fat Chance
257. Fat Girl
258. Fatback
259. Faulk
260. Fenicia
261. Fenster
262. Fever
263. Fibb
264. Fiel – means faith as in ‘faithful friend’ in Portuguese
265. Findi
266. Fireplug (used on a Dalmatian!)
267. Fishbone
268. Flash
269. Flex
270. Flo
271. Fluffy George
272. Flyin-Flynn
273. Flynn
274. Foster
275. Foxburg
276. Franic
277. Frank
278. Frankie (short for Franken-bunny)
279. Frats
280. Frig
281. Fry
282. Fudge
283. Fudgie
284. Future
285. FuzzButt
286. Gala - after the apple
287. Garage Boy
288. Genevieve
289. Genny
290. Geordi
291. Gertrude
292. Gia
293. Gidget
294. Gimpie
295. GinaRae
296. Girlfriend
297. Glasses Diddle Doodle
298. Glory
299. Godzilla
300. Godzooky -Godzilla’s nephew from an old cartoon series

301. Golly Gee
302. Granite
303. Grayson
304. Gremlin
305. Grimace….after the purple McDonald’s character.
306. GRITS - stands for Girl Raised In The South
307. Groin
308. Gucci
309. Guess (Can you see the ramifications in “What’s its name?”)
310. Gunnar
311. Guster
312. Habibi Chun-Ji (Loosely translated Beloved of Heaven and Earth)
313. Hadley - for the town we adopted her
314. Hairspray
315. Half-a-face
316. Halftime
317. Hamlette
318. Hammerhead
319. Handsome
320. Handsome Devil
321. Harley - because he’s so smal
322. Heckle
323. Herbie
324. Hercules
325. Heshel
326. Highway
327. Hiho
328. Hipster
329. Homer–The Simpson
330. Honda
331. Hoover
332. Hopie
333. Hotdog
334. Houdini - is the name of her brother who was always escaping from the crate
335. Howard
336. Huck
337. Huckleberry
338. Huggie Bear
339. Icabaud
340. Idayia - pronounced Eye-Day-Ya
341. Ignorance

342. Indy (full name is Indiana Bones)
343. Ireland
344. Isaiah
345. Isbad - because it “is bad”
346. Isis
347. Ivan
348. Ivy- Boo boo
349. Jada
350. Jaeger
351. Jamima Puddle Duck
352. Jammer Bammer
353. Jareth the Goblin King
354. Jawaharal Nehru
355. Jay
356. Jed - from the Beverly hill Billies
357. Jellybean
358. Jeppetto
359. Jerry
360. Jeter
361. Jeter -for Derek Jeter, of course
362. Jib
363. Jiggs
364. Jinny
365. Joey
366. Joggs
367. Johnny Cash
368. Joker
369. Jonah
370. JoSeppe.
371. Journey
372. Judy
373. Juliette
374. June
375. June-Bug
376. Jupitor
377. Kaelar - phonetic spelling of a Klingon name
378. Kahlua
379. Kalonna
380. Kamiko, means ‘tortiose child’ in Japanese
381. Kanga
382. Kansas–like the state
383. Kaos - I named her “Kaos” (phonetics for chaos)
384. Karlee
385. Kayunguq - In Alaskan Aluttiq language it means Storm
386. KC
387. Kemo Sabe
388. Keppi - for joy of life
389. Keshnal
390. Kid Courage (KC)
391. Kilo
392. Kleo
393. Kneepad
394. Koolaid
395. Korsakov
396. Koufax
397. Kramer
398. Kricket
399. Kryten - named after the robot in my at the time favorite TV series
400. Kudzu (vine)

401. Kyreeve
402. Kyro
403. Lace
404. Lady Bird
405. Laika - The first dog in space in the Soviet “muttnik” program
406. Lali - means “Darling girl,” in Hindu
407. Lampshade
408. Lance
409. Latte
410. Leaves
411. Lefty
412. Leighlah (Layla) Falling Star
413. Leon
414. Lex Luthor
415. Libby - (Libby’s, Libby’s Libby’s on the label, label, label)
416. Liberty
417. Lika - endearment in Romania (which means love) and means Lisa in Hawaiian
418. L’il Bit
419. Lilith- , I actually named her after the ex-wife of TV’s Frasier Krane,
420. Linux
421. Little girl
422. Little Loco
423. Lucky number Slevin (7th pup)
424. Lucy
425. Lucyfur
426. LuLuBelle
427. Luther Sage
428. Mab
429. Maddie
430. Madeleine
431. Mahogany
432. Makita
433. Mali Chito - which means “Storm” or “Big Wind” in the Choctaw language.
434. Mall
435. Mancha - means “spot” in spanish
436. Manchita -little spot in Spanish

437. Mandel (yiddish for “almond”)
438. Maple
439. Marguerita
440. Marguerite
441. Mariner
442. Maris
443. Marlin
444. Marmie
445. Marple
446. Mary Hellen Walton
447. Maryann
448. Marzapan or Marzi
449. Matches
450. Mavis
451. Maybe
452. Maynard
453. McClane - john mcclane in the die hard movies.
454. Meat
455. Meatloaf
456. Mehetabel (Bella)
457. Meisho (Me-shoe)
458. Meoko
459. Metchee
460. Mew
461. Mia Marie
462. Midnight Snack
463. Mighty
464. Mike Tyson
465. Miko
466. Mildred
467. Mini Scoob - cross of Mini-Me and Scooby Doo.
468. Minnie the Moocher
469. Minus
470. Miracle
471. Misery
472. Mishka
473. Mister Tim burton
474. Misty BLu
475. Mitso
476. Mitts
477. Moe
478. Moe Mojo
479. Mojo Jojo
480. Mokey Bob
481. Moku, meaning island in Hawaiian
482. Mole
483. Molotov.
484. Mompeli - doesn’t mean anything, named after another Mompeli
485. Momster Meister
486. Monarch
487. Monday
488. Monepenny
489. Monet
490. Moody Blue
491. Morpheus
492. Moxie
493. Mr Biz
494. Mr. Butters
495. Mr. President
496. Mr. Tugger Magoo - he would tug on our pants to get our attention
497. Mrs Itsy
498. Mrs. Snitchnose -after a witch in a book called bangers and mash
499. Muckluck – after an Eskimo boot
500. Mugwai

501. K-Nine
502. Munchkin
503. Munchy
504. Munky
505. Murdoch
506. Mustard
507. Muta
508. My Left Foot,
509. Mydnyte -not that unusual except for the spelling
510. Myrtle
511. Mystic
512. Nails
513. Nanuck
514. Naomi
515. Napkin
516. Narcole
517. Nash
518. Nash
519. Natasha Pepsi Bailey
520. Navarr and Isabeau, from the movie Ladyhawke
521. Nera
522. Nickle
523. Nike
524. Nisse
525. Noodles
526. Nosy Rosy
527. Notebook
528. Nyomah
529. O’Toole
530. Oatmeal (Otis)
531. Oblomov
532. Octane
533. Octivia
534. Odor
535. Okie Dokie - because of his positive attitude!
536. Old yeller
537. Orejas
538. Orson
539. Oshi
540. Osirus
541. Othello
542. Otto
543. Ottolynn
544. Outlaw Josie Wales - after the Clint Eastwood character.
545. Owl
546. Ozmosis (ozzy for short) from an ozzy osbourne album
547. Ozone
548. Pacia

549. Pacino (he came to us with a scar over his eye and my husband called him Scarface, but I was afraid he’d get a complex, so we named him after Al Pacino, who starred in the movie Scarface)
550. Pagan or Pag
551. Pallas - Athena’s girlfriend
552. Pandora
553. Paula
554. Pavlov
555. Peace
556. Pebble
557. Pele - after the “Hawaiian Goddess of Fire and Volcanoes”
558. Pepe’
559. Pepe - (after Pepe’ Lepu the skunk cartoon character)
560. Pepper–Short for Pepsi
561. Percy
562. Perfect
563. Petrus (after the famous Chateau Petrus)
564. Phoenix
565. Picca
566. Pig
567. Piggly Wiggly
568. Piggy Boy
569. Pilgrim - for thanksgiving
570. Pinky Toebiter or PinkyToe
571. Pippen
572. Pippin - from the movie Lord of the Rings
573. Please
574. Podunk
575. Pogo - the 3 legged dog, so named because he hops like a pogo stick when he walks
576. Pokemon
577. Poker
578. Polaris
579. Police
580. Pollyanna
581. Pooh bear
582. Pookey Shoo
583. Pookie
584. Pookie Mew
585. Poolcover
586. Poona
587. Poopsie
588. Poppet
589. Poppy
590. Porkchop
591. Porsche
592. Port
593. Portia
594. Posey
595. Pots
596. Potter
597. Pres (President)
598. Prince Charming
599. Princess Chewibacca - chewed everything on hand
600. Princess Tiger Lily

601. Princeton
602. Prism
603. Prudence
604. Puck - named after the fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
605. Puddles
606. Pudgy
607. Pue Dog Long Tail
608. Pumper
609. Punkin Head
610. Punky
611. Puplet (Scooner)
612. Pupperoni
613. Puppy Zilla
614. Purrsia - (play on Persia & purring)
615. Purry Mason
616. Puschkin
617. Qittee
618. Quarter
619. Queentut
620. Qwerk
621. Raianne
622. Rain
623. Rainbow
624. Rambunctious
625. Ramona
626. Ramses
627. Ranch
628. Rappily Fat
629. Rasta - because Rastafarians wear their hair in dreadlocks.
630. Ratbait
631. Raven
632. Razzmatazz
633. Razzy (short for Rasputin)
634. Reality
635. Recess
636. Reebok
637. Reef - for Coral Reef
638. Reggie
639. Reiken
640. Remington Steele
641. Remy - after Rem Dog from the Red Sox
642. Reno
643. Report Card
644. Retread
645. Rico
646. Ripcord
647. Roadster
648. Roast Beef
649. Rodie - short for Rodeo

650. Rollerskate
651. Ronin
652. Rookie
653. Rose
654. Roudy..he bounces off the walls
655. Rubber Ducky
656. Rubicon
657. Rufus
658. Rug
659. Saavik
660. Sacharov
661. Samara
662. Sammie Lee
663. Sa-Sa
664. Sassafras
665. Sassie
666. Satin
667. Saturn
668. Sausage
669. Sausage Patty
670. Schmeka
671. Schnapps
672. Scoobie
673. Scooter
674. Scrapper..very independent ,will not take any crap lol
675. Scrapple
676. Scrotum
677. Scrunt - (Runtini)
678. Seamare Hop-a-long
679. Sebastian
680. Secret
681. See More
682. Sehla
683. Seiko
684. Semetary
685. Sequel
686. Seraphina
687. Serious
688. Setzer
689. Seven
690. Seven
691. Seymor
692. Shady
693. Shamas
694. Shana
695. Shanti – peaceful
696. Sheba Ann
697. Shiba Inu
698. Shiel
699. Shipley
700. Shoes

701. Shoogie Boogie
702. Shrub
703. Sid
704. Sierra
705. Silly Putty
706. Silverbell
707. Sinatra
708. Sir
709. Sir Coltrane
710. Sir Elton John
711. Sir~viver
712. Sirus
713. Six Kilogram
714. Skeezer
715. Skittle
716. Skittles
717. Sklypedypedoo
718. Skully
719. Slipper
720. Slippers
721. Smasher
722. Smitty
723. Smudge
724. Snapon
725. Snaptight
726. Sniffels
727. Snigglefoot
728. Snipper
729. Snowcone
730. Snuffleupagus - (Sesame Street character)
731. Socrates
732. Solan - a historical Greek figure
733. ‘Somo’ - , Swahili for friend
734. Spain
735. Spanky
736. Spark..she is little but live wire
737. Sparx
738. Spaz
739. Spider
740. Sponge
741. Spook
742. Spork
743. Spork Chop
744. Sport
745. Spritzy
746. Sprockett
747. Squeaky
748. Squeegie
749. Squid
750. Squidney Lou
751. Starlight
752. Stinky Pete
753. Stitch
754. Strayhorn
755. Stripes
756. Stroganoff

757. Stupidity
758. Stupido
759. Stymie
760. Suchi
761. Suga-Buga
762. Sugar Pop
763. Sugar Toast
764. Sully
765. Sully
766. Surabaya - little city in Indonesia
767. Surge
768. Surra - in Portuguese, “surra” means “spanking”.
769. Sweet Lips - (George Washington’s dogs name)
770. Sweet Potato Louise
771. Sylvie
772. T.V.
773. Tadmore
774. Tahtonka – after “Dances with Wolves”
775. Tala- Native American word for ‘wolf’
776. Tamlin
777. Tanker
778. Tanoose
779. Tanzie–Short for Tangerine (the marigold)
780. Tarus
781. Tasso
782. Tater Tot
783. Tax - dumped on April 15 (which is Tax day)
784. Taxi
785. Taxi
786. Taz
787. Tazz
788. Teacake
789. Teezles
790. Tefal
791. Tegar
792. Teka Leeka
793. Tekia
794. Tenza
795. Tequila
796. Tereza
797. Tess Edythe Toenails
798. Thai-yoda
799. The Brain
800. The Fabulous Miss Boo

801. Thea
802. Theo
803. Thomasina
804. Thud
805. Tickles
806. Tidbit
807. Tiddles
808. Tiffani
809. Tiggy
810. Tights
811. Tilkaracha - an ancient Siamese king
812. Tilo
813. Timid
814. Timmy
815. Tina Turner
816. Tippie
817. Tobygoodboy
818. Toenails
819. TomTom
820. Tonka
821. Toomba
822. Tooter
823. Tori–Short for Toronto
824. Toulouse–after the Aristocat
825. Traggie
826. Trap
827. Travis
828. Trevor
829. Trinity
830. Trinity (Trinnie)
831. Trinnie
832. Triple
833. Tripp
834. Tristan – after the imperfect knight of Tristan and Isolde fame torn between his nature and what he knew was right.
835. Trixie
836. Trogdore
837. Tubby
838. Tucker
839. Tugger
840. Tulip
841. Tumbles
842. Tundra
843. Tunis
844. Tupac
845. Tupelo Honey - (from a famous Van Morrison song)
846. Turbo
847. Twig
848. Twinkie
849. Twinkie
850. Twizzler
851. Twofer - (from the old Payless slogan “Two for Five”)

852. Tybee
853. Ty-Bo
854. Typhon - the father of some of the best monsters in Greek Mythology.
855. Tyra
856. Tysen
857. Tzar
858. Uno
859. Utley
860. Vader (short for “Invader”)
861. Valdez
862. Veda
863. Veda Blue Paws
864. Vegas
865. Venus
866. Vester
867. Veto
868. Video
869. Vikingo
870. Vinegar
871. Virginia
872. Visage
873. Vito
874. Vocal
875. Wag - because his tail is like run by a motor that never stops
876. Wallet
877. Warner
878. Warrior
879. Way Cool
880. Weasel
881. Wee-wee
882. Westie
883. Wexford
884. Whiskey
885. Whisper - (as in “soft as a whisper” for her coat)
886. Whispering Dawn
887. Who - (short for who’s on first)
888. Wiggle
889. Wild Thing
890. Windy
891. Wink
892. Winkie
893. Winslet
894. Winston Churchill
895. Witlof - (Dutch for a kind of cabbage)
896. Wolfface
897. Woogie
898. Worthless
899. Wyatt
900. Xanax

901. X-box
902. Xena- because of her distinctive puppy cries
903. Yahnabara
904. Yogi
905. Yoshi - which means adopted male child in Japanese.
906. Yoshi (Mario Bros. pet dinosaur)
907. YouSing
908. Yuengling – for Yuengling beer, the oldest brewery in the country
909. Yuma
910. Zakk - for guitar player is Zakk Wylde.
911. Zara
912. Zenite (zen-eat) which means zenith in Portuguese
913. Zephyr - from a whiff of a cattle ranch right after I picked up the little puppy
914. Zeppelin
915. Zeta
916. Ziggy
917. Zip
918. Zipper
919. Zodiac
920. Zoloft
921. Zoltan
922. Zorah
923. Zoro
924. Zula
925. Z-Z

**** Have fun with these and let me know if you use any of these names on one of your dogs, or if you have an unusual or uncommon dog name to add to the list!

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