Tough Dog Names

"Beware of the Dog!

A scary collection of Names. This page is the perfect place to find a name for your canine tough guy (or gal).

Here we've pulled together the best dog names from our military, sports, history and movie databases.

On this list we have names like:

DILLINGER: Infamous gangster

MUSTANG: Wild breed of horse

PSYHCO: Classic Horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock

This is a good one too.

SHAFT: Fictional New York P.I.

So if you plan to name your Rottie after a WW II general, your Pit after an infamous gangster, or your Boxer after a tough, er...boxer, start right here.

ACHILLES Legendary hero of the Trojan War

ALI Mohammed Ali, heavyweight boxing legend

ANIMAL Manic drummer from "The Muppet Show"

APACHE Native American tribe

ARMAGEDDON Final battle between good and evil

ATLAS Titan who held the world on his shoulders

ATILLA Feared warrior king, Atilla the Hun

AXL Guns 'n Roses singer (well, the name sounds tough!)

BACKUP Pit Bull from the TV Series "Veronica Mars"

BADASS Tough name for a tough dog

BALBOA Rocky Balboa, boxer played by Sylvester Stallone

BAZOOKA WWII weapon for stopping tanks

BEDLAM Name of a notorious asylum in medieval London

BENGAL Large sub-species of tiger

BISMARCK German WW II Battleship

BISON Large, powerful wild cattle

BLACKHAWK An attack helicopter

BLACKHEART Expect no mercy!

BLADE Vampire hunter played by Wesley Snipes

BODIE Tough C15 agent in The Professionals

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BOONDOCKS The MacManus twins from The Boondock Saints

BOOTCAMP Only the strong survive

BOSS He's the boss and don't you forget it!

BOURBON What tough guys drink (tough dogs prefer water)

BRONSON Charles Bronson, Hollywood tough guy

BRUIN Another name for the brown bear

BRUISER A demon in the video game Doom 3

BRUNO Frank Bruno, former world heavyweight champion

BRUTUS Soldier, senator and conspirator against Julius Ceasar

BULL When he charges - get out of the way!

BULLIT Classic Steve McQueen movie

BULLY Professional wrestler "Big Bully" Busick

BUSTER Buster Douglas, former world heavyweight champion

BUTCH Butch Cassidy, western outlaw

CAESAR Rome's greatest general

CALLAHAN Harry Callahan, also known as Dirty Harry

CAPO A captain in the mafia

CAPONE Infamous Chicago mob boss Alphonse "Al" Capone

CARLITO Ex con played by Al Pacino in the movie "Carlito's Way"

CHAVEZ Julio Cesar Chavez, world boxing champ

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COBURN James Coburn, noted for his tough guy roles

COMBAT don't pick a fight with this guy!

CONAN Barbarian warrior played by Arnold Swarzenegger

CROWBAR A useful tool for opening (or breaking!) things

CRUSHER Ring name of Reginald Lisowski, professional wrestler

DAGGER Sharp and dangerous - like his teeth!

DE NIRO Are you barking at me?

DEMON Supernatural evil spirit

DIABLO Spanish for "devil"

DILLINGER Infamous gangster

DUTCH Dutch Schultz, infamous mobster

FLINT Bond spoof in which James Coburn played the title role

FORCE Mystical source of energy in Star Wars

GENERAL Leader of an army

GHENGIS Ghengis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol empire

GODZILLA Giant monster that destroys Tokyo (and New York)

GOTHAM Batman's home town, a dark and dangerous place

GRIZZLY Large, ferocious sub-species of bear

GRUNT Slang term for an infantry soldier

HANNIBAL Hannibal Lechter, fictional serial killer

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HOFFA Jimmy Hoffa, tough Teamsters Union leader

HULK The jolly green giant or Hulk Hogan, wrestler

IRON Tough as iron, hard as nails

IRON MIKE Nickname of boxer Mike Tyson

JAWS Mechanical shark or steel-toothed assasin in James Bond

JESSE JAMES Notorious old west outlaw

JIMBO Slang term for Jim Beam, a tough guy's drink

KEVLAR Body armor used by the police and military

KOEVOET An Afrikaans word meaning "Crowbar"

KOJAK Tough New York cop played by Telly Savalas

KONG Giant ape that took on New York city

KRAKEN A legendary sea monster

LA MOTTA World middleweight champion featured in "Raging Bull"

LUGER Second World War German Pistol

MAMBA Very fast, very poisonous snake

MARLBORO The Marlboro man, advertisement macho man

MAXIMUS Gladiator played by Russell Crowe in the movie

MAYDAY Baddie in the Bond movie "A View to a Kill"

MINDER Slang term for a bodyguard

MOHAWK Native American tribe

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MORDRED The guy who defeated King Arthur

MR. HYDE Dr. Jekyll's bad side

MUSTANG Wild breed of horse

NUKE Slang for a nuclear missile

NUKEM Duke Nukem, 'shoot 'em up' hero of the video game

ODIN Chief god of Norse mythology

OX Cattle used for pulling heavy loads

OZARK Mountain range in central U.S.

PADLOCK I am on guard, no-one gets in!

PAGAN Someone who practices idol worship

PANTERA Hard rocking heavy metal band

PATTON American WWII General known as "ol' blood and guts"

POPEYE Spinach eating sailor or French Connection detective

PSYCHO Classic Horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock

PUNK Loud, aggressive form of rock music

QASHQAI Nissan SUV with a tough sounding name

RAMBO No tough guy list is complete without John Rambo

RAPTOR Veliciraptor, a carnivorous dinosaur

RAZOR Razor Riddick, former heavyweight boxing champ

REAPER Grim Reaper, the personification of death

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REBEL Born to break the rules

RHINO Ring name of pro wrestler, Terry Gerin

RIFF RAFF Extra terrestrial butler from the Rocky Horror Picture Show

ROCK The Rock, actor and former wrestler Dwayne Johnson

ROMMEL German WW II General known as "The Desert Fox"

RONIN Japanese samurai warriors

SABBATH Pioneering Heavy Metal band Black Sabbath

SAMSON Biblical strong man

SARGE Short for sergeant

SCARFACE Mobster played by Al Pacino in the movie of the same mame

SCUD Soviet ballistic missile

SERGEANT Sgt. Rock, comic book hero of Easy Company

SERPICO Cop who took on the NYPD and won

SHAFT Fictional New York P.I.

SHAKA Warrior king of the Zulu

SHARK Razor toothed apex predators of the oceans

SLUGGER Louisville Slugger baseball bat

SPIDER Beware the bite!

SPIKE Vampire in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

SUMO Huge Japanese wrestlers

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TANK Armoured war machine

THOR Norse God of Thunder and comic book superhero

THUNDER And that's just his bark!

TIBURON Means "shark" in Spanish

TITAN Race of powerful gods in Greek mythology

TOMBSTONE Tough frontier town in the wild west

TORA Means "tiger" in Japanese

TURBO Album by Heavy Metal band Judas Priest

TYSON Former heavyweight boxing champion

UNDERTAKER WWE superstar "The Undertaker"

VIKING Fierce seafaring warriors from Scandanavia

VIPER His bite's worse than his bark (much worse!)

VITO Great mobster name for a tough dog

WARRIOR The Ultimate Warrior, pro wrestler

WASABI Potent green Japanese mustard

WILD BILL Legendary Wild West gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok

XENA Warrior princess from the TV series

ZAPATA Mexican revolutionary

ZEUS King of the gods in Greek mythology

ZHUKOV Russian WWII field marshall

ZULU African warrior tribe