Classic Dog Names From Literature and Music
Argos: Faithful dog of OdysseusBlue: William Faulkner's Sound and the Fury.
Buck: Call of the Wild's central character, Buck is a sled dog in the Klondike.
Cujo: Stephen King's title character, Cujo, once a beloved family dog, turns into a rabid killer thanks to a bat bite.
Fang - Hagrid's dog in Harry Potter, as well as White Fang by Jack London.
Jip - David Copperfield's wife's dog and one of Dr. Dolittle's animal companions.
Lassie - Title character of Lassie Come Home.
Nipper - The dog listening to the gramophone with the quote, "His master's voice."
Sasha - Orphaned wolf pup who helps Hallie adjust to a new, isolated life in Montana, from the novel Sasha, My Friend.
Spot - Dick and Jane's dog, in childrens' readers.
White Fang: Jack London's title character, tells the tale of the domestication of a wild wolfdog.
Top 30 Best Classic Dog Names Over the Last 100 Years
Bailey
Bandit
Bella
Ben
Bingo
Brandy
Bullet
Buster
Chanel
Coco
Daisy
Dixie
Duke
Earl
Fido - Latin, meaning faithful
Lucky
Luna
Maggie
Martha
Max
Molly
Penny
Princess
Rover
Ruby
Sadie
Scamp
Scout
Sparky
Spike
Sunny
Classic Canine Monikers from Comics and Cartoons
Astro: The Jetson's Dog.
Auggie: Auggie Doggy cartoon.
Brian: Family Guy's sauve, talking family dog.
Mumbly: The Mumbly Cartoon Show.
Odi: Garfield's buddy.
Perdita: Mother dalmation in 101 Dalmations.
Pluto: Disney character of myriad films.
Pongo: Father dalmation in 101 Dalmations.
Ruff: Dennis the Menace's dog.
Sandy: Lil Orphan Annie's dog.
Scubi: Scubi Do crime solvers companion who frequently solves the crime just by being goofy.
Snoopy: Charles Schultz's canine companion aka "Joe Cool."
Famous Television and Film Dog Names
- Beethoven: St. Bernard main character of film of the same name.
- Chiffon: Name of the Old English Sheep Dog in The Shaggy Dog.
- Daisy: Labrador Retriever of Downton Abbey fame.
- Lucky: Dr. Doolittle's Dog,
- Marley: Title character of Marley and Me.
- Moses: Family dog in Meet the Fockers.
- Pal: Collie in Lassie Come Home.
- Petey: Pit bull friend of The Little Rascals.
- Rin Tin Tin: German Shepherd Dog from movies and a eponymous TV series.
- Sugar-Pie: Anna Nicole Smith's dog that starred in her reality TV series.
- Sounder: Southern sharecroppers family dog.
- Toto: Dorothy's dog in The Wizard of Oz.
- Verdell: Brussels Griffon that creates a bond between the main characters played by Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets.
Classic Dog Names From History
- Ashley: Ashley Whippet, the first disc dog and canine star athlete of the 1970s.
- Balto: Alaskan Husky and lead sled team dog that in 1925 brought serum to save a population from diptheria.
- Buddy: The Clinton's family dog.
- Checkers: The Nixon family dog whose name was lent to an important turnaround speech by Richard Nixon.
- Chips: The most decorated war dog of World War II.
- Dodo: Winston Churchill's bulldog's name.
- Higgins: Star of Benji and Petticoat Junction.
- Jock: Winston Churchill's red cat's name.
- Laika: Russian pup who was the first dog in space.
- Rufus: Winston Churchill's poodle's name.
- Sully: George Bush's service dog.
- Willie: Formally known as William the Conqueror, Willie was General George Patton's bull terrier.
- Zeus: Great Dane who holds the world record for world's tallest dog.
Classic Dog Names from Mascot and Advertising
- Bamse: Famous St. Bernard, who was a mascot to the Royal Norwegian Navy .
- Banjo: Stroh’s beer mascot in advertising.
- Butler Blue: Butler University bulldog Mascot from 2000 on.
- Bullseye: Bull terrier known as the mascot of the Target Corporation
- Bully: The Bulldog who is the Mississippi State University mascot.
- Chesty: The name of the official mascot of the United States Marine Corps.
- Gidget: Taco Bell’s Chihuahua.
- Goldie: a female Golden Retriever is the official "canine ambassador" of the University of Tulsa.
- Handsome Dan: Yale University’s bulldog mascot.
- Hank: The unofficial mascot of the Milwaukee Brewers.
- Jack: Georgetown University’s bulldog mascot.
- Jonathan: Husky, the University of Connecticut's mascot.
- Moonie: AKA Bruiser in the film Legally Blonde.
- Nipper: The gramophone dog, “His master’s voice.”
- Paddington: Golden retriever who promotes Bush’s Bake Beans. .
- Porterhouse: Drake University’s English bulldog, is the live mascot.
- Reveille: The mascot for Texas A&M University
- Scotty: Scottish terrier mascot of Carnegie Mellon University
- Smokey: Mascot of the University of Tennessee
- Spike: a bulldog, is the mascot of Gonzaga University.
- Uga: The University of Georgia Bulldogs’ mascot..
- Zeke the Wonder Dog: Michigan State University’s Labrador retriever, mascot.
Nipper Runs Amok!!
101 of the Best Classic Dog Names of All Time
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