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Dog name - that either isn’t a person name, or is a very unusual person name?

167 replies

Dogname · 04/10/2019 08:24

Picking up our dog soon and can’t think of a name!

I prefer dog names that either aren’t people names - or are very unlikely people names.

So far I like:
Digby
Peanut
Pippi
Rocco

But not feel quite perfect.

Anyone want to give me some suggestions?

My kids like all names from kids’ movies they’ve seen or books they’ve read! So any unusual names that come from kids’ books (hence Pippi) or just any suggestions really! Would be so helpful!

OP posts:
thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 04/10/2019 19:04

Sir Woofington

thebakerwithboobs · 04/10/2019 19:05

Doug?

IAmcuriousyellow · 04/10/2019 19:05

I’m sure you’re knee deep in inspiration but I LOVE Digby. Also Belvedere (for a tall dog) and Barkshaw (for a short one)

IveGotBillsTheyreMultiplying · 04/10/2019 19:06

Miele

after the cat and dog Hoover.

Especially for hungry labs.

TypicalMeBreakMyTypicalRules · 04/10/2019 19:11

Zeus

Loveislandaddict · 04/10/2019 19:12

What sort of dog?

Huckleberry
Benji
Montgomery (Monty for short)
Bolt
Slinky (Toy Story)
Hooch
Toto
Lassie
Scooby Doo
Dulux

Loveislandaddict · 04/10/2019 19:13

GeeODee

(Dog spelt backwards)

littlewhitething · 04/10/2019 19:19

Ours was originally called Prncess, but looked nothing like one, so got renamed Fleabag!

Lougle · 04/10/2019 19:21

I met a Great Dane called Douglas - fab name.

MissingSilence · 04/10/2019 19:25

I’ve always liked Barclay, like the bank! But then my parrots are named after coffee and cake (Kenco and Eccles) so I have unusual taste Grin.

FleasAndKeef · 04/10/2019 19:32

Best dog names I've heard in the park:

Waffles
Basil
Brian
Steve
Jumbo (sausage dog)
Nipper

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 04/10/2019 19:34

I had a Wolfgang Amadeus Dog - Wolfe for short.

If I met a smart puppy he could be Einstein

I like food names like Toffee and Biscuit

Should have called my current dog / spoilt bitch Piglet

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 04/10/2019 19:35

Sorry Wolfie for short.

stanski · 04/10/2019 19:37

Stanley.....

AfterSomeAdvice1234 · 04/10/2019 19:38

Milo!

PepsiLola · 04/10/2019 19:40

Bruno Elvis Hugo

PepsiLola · 04/10/2019 19:43

Or going on a name that could be a hit with the kids...

Bolt
Scooby
Pluto
Buster
Goofy
Buzz
Woody
Figaro

(My mind is going blank trying to think of characters!)

Suki84 · 04/10/2019 19:51

Had a Brindy

GalactiCat · 04/10/2019 19:51

I had a Highbury (Arsenal fan) and a Trevor. I've currently got a Lemmy, Kevin and a Brian.

nunnun · 04/10/2019 19:52

Hector (I loved Hector's House)

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 04/10/2019 19:56

Hovis
Shorty
Beazer
Flag

pinkpetrol · 04/10/2019 20:08

We have Sybil and Basil

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 04/10/2019 22:11

@elQuintoConyo, Bourbon wasn't a lurcher by any chance, was he?

Boy dogs I have known or known of:
Troy
Duncan
Buddy (x many)
Eric
Mac
Stan
Rufus

negunslean · 04/10/2019 22:21

Roscoe

EileenAlanna · 04/10/2019 22:35

I called my dog Canis, which is Latin for dog.