Rare Dog Names
"Rare names just became much easier to find."
If it's rare dog names you're after - you're likely to find them here.
This collection brings together some of the rarest, most exotic and downright interesting dog names available anywhere.
You won't find Spot or Fido here, but you will find Abraxis, Quarterflash, Xerxes and many more.
We also have:
BANZAI: Japanese expression meaning 'ten thousand years'
HUMPERDINCK: German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck
NANOOK: Native American word meaning 'bear'
SIOUXSIE: Singer of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees
Top Tip: Read our Top Tips for Naming Dogs before deciding on an unusual name for your dog.
| ABRAXIS |
An angel in medieval Jewish
angelologies |
| ALGONQUIN |
Native American tribe |
| ALOYSIUS |
Latin version of the name Louis |
| ANANKIN |
Anankin Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader |
| ARAPAHO |
Native American tribe |
| ARMAGEDDON |
Epic battle between good and evil |
| ASAFA |
Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter |
| AXELROD |
Basset Hound in the Flying A service
station ads of the 60's |
| AZUMAH |
Boxing champion Azumah Nelson |
| BABUSHKA |
Russian word meaning "grandmother" |
| BALLYHOO |
A word which means 'uproar' |
| BANQUO |
A character from Shakespeare's
"MacBeth" |
| BANZAI |
Japanese expression meaning 'ten
thousand years' |
| BAZOOKA |
WWII Anti-tank weapon |
| BJORK |
Icelandic pop singer / songwriter |
| BOATSWAIN |
Lord Byron's beloved Newfoundland |
| BOJANGLES |
Subject of the song "Mr. Bojangles" |
| BOO RADLEY |
Character from the novel To Kill A
Mockingbird |
| BRAYDEN |
Celtic / Gaelic name meaning "brave" |
| CALIX |
Greek male name meaning "very handsome" |
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| CERBERUS |
Three-headed dog who gaurds the gates
of hell |
| CHAUCER |
Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The
Cantebury Tales |
| CHINELO |
Nigerian name meaning 'talented' |
| CHIZU |
Japanese, meaning: "a thousand storks"
(imples longevity) |
| COLTRANE |
John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist |
| COUSCOUS |
Popular north African dish made from
semolina wheat |
| CYCLOPS |
One-eyed, man-eating giant of Greek
mythology |
| DALI |
Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist
artist |
| DELPHINA |
Greek female name meaning "little
flower" |
| DJANGO |
Django Reinhardt, jazz guitar great |
| DOJO |
Arts of self-defence, such as judo |
| EDELWEISS |
European mountain flower |
| ENDER |
Hero of "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott
Card |
| EWOK |
Teddy bear-like alien species in "Star
Wars" |
| FENYANG |
Name from Botswana meaning 'conquerer' |
| GAIUS |
Name of prominent Roman family
including Julius Ceasar |
| GASPODE |
Unusally clever dog in Terry
Pratchett's "Discworld" novels |
| GERSHWIN |
George Gershwin, American composer |
| GLENGARRY |
Movie starring Al Pacino (Glengarry
Glenross) |
| HANG SENG |
Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
| HIS NIBS |
Term from cribbage (also a mock form
of address) |
| HUMPERDINCK |
German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck |
| HYACINTH |
Lead character from the sitcom
'Keeping Up Appearances' |
| IAGO |
Character from Shakespeare's Othello |
| ICHABOD |
Hero of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
by Irving Washington |
| IGBY |
Title Character from the movie "Igby
Goes Down" |
| INAMOTO |
Japanese soccer player Kenichi Inamoto |
| INZAGI |
Italian soccer player Fillipo Inzagi |
| IO |
A moon of Jupiter |
| IPKISS |
Stanley Ipkiss, Jim Carey's character
in The Mask |
| ISIS |
Egyptian goddess of nature and magic |
| ITCHYCOO |
From the song Itchycoo Park by The
Small Faces |
| JABBERWOCKY |
A 'nonsense' poem by Lewis Carroll |
| JERONIMO |
Jeronimo Arango Arias, Mexican
businessman |
| JITTERBUG |
Kind of swing dancing |
| JUVENTAS |
Roman goddess of youth |
| KALYSTA |
Latin name meaning 'most beautiful' |
| KASABIAN |
Rock / metal band |
| KAZUMI |
Kazumi Wattanabe, Jazz / Fusion
guitarist |
| KENZO |
Japanese imperial ruler |
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| KEVLAR |
Bullet proofing material |
| KISMET |
Persian word meaning "destiny" |
| KOBI |
Japanese word meaning "joy" |
| KOKOMO |
Place name common to Indiana,
Mississipi and Hawaii |
| KRAKEN |
Mythical sea monster |
| LAIKA |
The first dog in space |
| LANDRU |
Great Dane from the movie "The Burbs" |
| LAZAROO |
Australian author, Simone Lazaroo |
| LEILANI |
Hawaiian female name, meaning
'heavenly flowers' |
| LILIBET |
Nickname of Queen Elizabeth II |
| MACARIO |
Spanish male name meaning "happy" |
| MANCHU |
Spaniel of former US President
Theodore Roosevelt |
| MEI-LIEN |
Chinese female name meaning 'beautiful
lotus' |
| MIKADO |
Title once use for the emperor of Japan |
| MINGUS |
Charlie Mingus, jazz bassist |
| MONEYPENNY |
MI6 secretary in the James Bond movies |
| MORDRED |
Villain of Arthurian legend |
| MORTICIA |
Morticia Addams of The Addams Family |
| MOWGLI |
Main character from The Jungle Book |
| NANOOK |
Native American word meaning "bear" |
| NIJINSKY |
Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky |
| NINOTCHKA |
Movie starring Greta Garbo |
| OCTAVIAN |
Considered the greatest Roman emperor |
| OSHKOSH |
Maker of massive military and
industrial vehicles |
| PANDORA |
In Greek mythology, the first woman on
earth |
| PHROG |
Nickname for CH-46 Sea Knight |
| POPPADOM |
Crisp cracker served with Indian meals |
| PRIMUS |
Latin name meaning 'first' |
| QASHQAI |
A model of Nissan RV |
| QUARTERFLASH |
Eighties rock band |
| QUIDDITCH |
Fictional sport played in Harry Potter |
| QWERTY |
Most common computer keyboard layout |
| RASMUS |
Alternative rock band, The Rasmus |
| REBUS |
Fictional Scottish detective created
by Ian Rankin |
| ROMULUS |
Legendary founder of Rome |
| SASQUATCH |
North American version of the
Abominable Snowman |
| SHALAKO |
Hero of the western novel by Louis
L'Amour |
| SIOUXSIE |
Singer of the band Siouxsie and the
Banshees |
| SIRIUS |
Sirius Black from the Harry Potter
novels |
| SKIKER |
Phantom black dog in Lancashire
folklore |
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| STEPPENWOLF |
Sixties rock band |
| TALLAHASEE |
City in Florida |
| TARIQ |
Arabic name meaning 'messenger' |
| TEHYA |
Native American female name meaning
"precious" |
| THELONIUS |
Thelonius Monk, jazz pianist |
| TIBERIUS |
Emperor of Rome |
| TOKALA |
Native American word meaning "fox" |
| TRIFFID |
Alien species which invades Earth in
"Day of the Triffids" |
| TROTSKY |
Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary |
| TYPHOO |
Type of tea |
| UKELELE |
Small, four-stringed guitar |
| VALKYRIE |
Female figures who decide you dies in
battle (Norse
mythology) |
| VIRDELL |
Brussel Griffon from the movie As Good
as it Gets |
| VOLTAN |
Mayan god of the earth |
| WARBOYS |
Mrs. Warboys from English comedy "One
Foot in the Grave" |
| WEEJIE |
Norwegian Elkhound of President
Herbert Hoover |
| XERXES |
King of Persia (Pronounced:
"ZERK-SEES") |
| YNGWIE |
Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmstein |
| YOSSARIAN |
Character from Joseph Heller's Catch-22 |
| ZDENKA |
Zdenka Silhava, Czech athlete |
| ZHIVAGO |
Dr. Zhivago, classic Hollywood movie |
| ZIEGFELD |
Ziegfeld Follies, eloborate broadway
theatre productions |
| ZLATAN |
Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| ZWICKY |
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer |
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