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Unique Puppy Names
"A name for your unique puppy."
Your pup deserves a name that is uniquely her. A name that suits her personality or perfectly describes her quirky ways, her breed, her size, or her interesting table manners.
It's the care and attention you put into choosing it, making sure that it defines your pup to a tee (or should that be a t-bone). It's not so much the name itself, but the dog that wears it, that makes it unique.
Here's a few names to get you started with your search:
BABBIT:Character from the cartoon "Babbit and Catstello"
DALI:Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist artist
DR. PEPPER:Brand of soft drink
HYACINTH:Lead character from the sitcom Keeping Up Appearance
So use one of the the names on the list below, or let it inspire you to come up with some unique puppy names of your own.
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Unique Female Dog Names
Unique Male Dog Names
| ABRAXIS |
An angel in medieval Jewish
angelologies |
| ALMONDINE |
Sweet dog from The Story of Edgar
Sawtelle |
| ALOYSIUS |
Latin version of the name Louis |
| ANANKIN |
Anankin Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader |
| ANDROMEDA |
German Shepherd The Parent Trap (1961
version) |
| ARAPAHO |
Native American tribe |
| ARKWRIGHT |
Character from the sitcom Open All
Hours |
| ARMAGEDDON |
Epic battle between good and evil |
| ARTEMIS |
Artemis Fowl, anti-hero of the books
by Eion Colfer |
| ASAFA |
Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter |
| ATTICUS |
Atticus Finch from the novel To Kill A
Mockingbird |
| AXELROD |
Basset Hound in the Flying A service
station ads of the 60's |
| AZNAVOUR |
Charles Aznavour, French singer and
actor |
| AZUMAH |
Boxing champion Azumah Nelson |
| B-DAWG |
Golden Retriever, Snow Buddies &
Air Buddies |
| BABBIT |
Character from the cartoon "Babbit and
Catstello" |
| BABUSHKA |
Russian word meaning "grandmother" |
| BACARU |
Bacaru Beagle of The Beagle Boys |
| BALLYHOO |
A word which means 'uproar' |
| BALTAZAR |
Romeo's manservant in Romeo &
Juliet |
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| BANQUO |
A character from Shakespeare's
"MacBeth" |
| BANSHEE |
"Wailing woman" of Scottish legend |
| BANZAI |
Japanese expression meaning 'ten
thousand years' |
| BARKHIMER |
Bob "Barky" Barkhimer, Nascar pioneer |
| BARYSHNIKOV |
Russian ballet dancer Mikhail
Baryshnikov |
| BAZOOKA |
WWII Anti-tank weapon |
| BELLADONNA |
An extremely poisionous plant |
| BILLY BLACK |
A character from the Twilight novels
by Stephanie Meyer |
| BJORK |
Icelandic pop singer / songwriter |
| BLACK DOG |
Classic rock song by Led Zeppelin |
| BLOFELD |
Arch nemisis of James Bond |
| BOATSWAIN |
Lord Byron's beloved Newfoundland |
| BODU |
Phantom black dog in Guernsey folklore |
| BOJANGLES |
Subject of the song "Mr. Bojangles" |
| BOLIVAR |
Donald Duck's pet St. Bernard |
| BOO RADLEY |
Character from the novel To Kill A
Mockingbird |
| BOONDOCKS |
Action movie, The Boondock Saints |
| BOOYAN |
Magical island in Russian folklore |
| BRAYDEN |
Celtic / Gaelic name meaning "brave" |
| BUDDERBALL |
Golden Retriever from Snow Buddies
& Air Buddies |
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| CALICO |
Calico Jack Rackham, an 18th century
pirate |
| CALIX |
Greek male name meaning "very handsome" |
| CALZAGHE |
Boxing champion Joe Calzaghe |
| CASHDOG |
Boxer of Joel & Benji Madden of
the band Good Charlotte |
| CERBERUS |
Three-headed dog who gaurds the gates
of hell |
| CHARCO |
Name of a famous search & rescue
dog |
| CHAUCER |
Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The
Cantebury Tales |
| CHEKHOV |
Anton Chekhov, Russian author |
| CHINELO |
Nigerian name meaning 'talented' |
| CHINOOK |
Heavy lift military helicopter |
| CHIZU |
Japanese, meaning: "a thousand storks"
(imples longevity) |
| CLOOTIE |
Scottish name for the devil |
| COLTRANE |
John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist |
| COLUMBINE |
Latin female name meaning 'dove' |
| COUSCOUS |
Popular north African dish made from
semolina wheat |
| CRONOS |
Vocalist / bassist of black metal band
Venom |
| CYCLOPS |
One-eyed, man-eating giant of Greek
mythology |
| CYRANO |
Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist |
| DAHGCHOW |
Chow-Chow from The Secret Files of Spy
Dogs |
| DALI |
Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist
artist |
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| DARK DOG |
Brand of energy drink |
| DARKNESS |
The Darkness, British rock band |
| DARKSTAR |
A Marvel Comics superhero |
| DASHIELL |
Author Dashiell Hammett |
| DELPHINA |
Greek female name meaning "little
flower" |
| DHANI |
Dhani Harrison, guitarist son of
George Harrison |
| DJANGO |
Django Reinhardt, jazz guitar great |
| DOBRO |
A type of guitar, often usen in
country music |
| DOGBERT |
Dog who owns 'Dilbert' in the comic
strip |
| DOJO |
Arts of self-defence, such as judo |
| DONNIE DARKO |
Cult movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal |
| DR. PEPPER |
Brand of soft drink |
| DRAVEN |
Eric Draven from The Crow graphic
novels |
| DUMPTRUCK |
Great Dane from the TVseries TaleSpin |
| DWEEZIL |
Dweezil Zappa, musician son of Frank
Zappa |
| DYNOMUTT |
Cartoon superhero dog |
| EDELWEISS |
European mountain flower |
| ENDAL |
Golden Lab who has received several
medals for bravery |
| ENDER |
Hero of "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott
Card |
| ERGO |
A Latin word meaning "therefore" |
| EWOK |
Teddy bear-like alien species in "Star
Wars" |
| EXCALIBUR |
Mythical sword of King Arthur |
| FENYANG |
Name from Botswana meaning 'conquerer' |
| FJORD |
Glacial valley in Scandanavia |
| FLEALICK |
Jack Russell from the movie "Babe 2:
Pig in the City" |
| GAIUS |
Name of prominent Roman family
including Julius Ceasar |
| GARFUNKEL |
Art Garfunkel of the duo Simon and
Garfunkel |
| GASPODE |
Unusally clever dog in Terry
Pratchett's "Discworld" novels |
| GAUCHO |
Argentinian cowboy |
| GERSHWIN |
George Gershwin, American composer |
| GIVENCHY |
Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion
designer |
| GLENGARRY |
Movie starring Al Pacino (Glengarry
Glenross) |
| GORKY |
Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist |
| GOTHAM |
Batman's home town |
| GUMP |
Title character from the movie Forest
Gump |
| HACKSAW |
Dingo from the TV series Talespin |
| HADES |
Greek god of the underworld |
| HANG SENG |
Hong Kong Stock Exchange |
| HEX |
A spell in black magic |
| HIS NIBS |
Term from cribbage (also a mock form
of address) |
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| HUMPERDINCK |
German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck |
| HUXLEY |
Author, humanist and pacifist Aldous
Huxley |
| HYACINTH |
Lead character from the sitcom
'Keeping Up Appearances' |
| I-BEAM |
Steel beams used to support high-rise
buildings |
| IAGO |
Character from Shakespeare's Othello |
| ICARUS |
Greek mythology character who tried to
fly |
| ICHABOD |
Hero of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by
Irving Washington |
| IDITAROD |
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race held in
Alaska |
| IGBY |
Title Character from the movie "Igby
Goes Down" |
| IMOLA |
Famous motor racing circuit in Italy |
| INU |
Japanese word for "dog" |
| INZAGI |
Italian soccer player Fillipo Inzagi |
| INZAMAM |
Pakistan cricketer Inzaman Ul Haq |
| IO |
A moon of Jupiter |
| IONE |
Ione Skye, American actress |
| IPKISS |
Stanley Ipkiss, Jim Carey's character
in The Mask |
| IROQUOIS |
Native American tribe |
| ISIS |
Egyptian goddess of nature and magic |
| ISLA |
A Scottish island (Pronounced "ILA") |
| ITCHYCOO |
From the song Itchycoo Park by The
Small Faces |
| IVANHOE |
Novel by Sir Walter Scott |
| IZZIT |
Turkish soccer player Muzzi Izzit |
| JABBERWOCKY |
A 'nonsense' poem by Lewis Carroll |
| JAMIROQUAI |
English Funk / Soul / Pop band |
| JAR JAR BINKS |
Character from Star Wars |
| JELLY ROLL |
Jazz legend, Mr. Jelly Roll Morton |
| JERONIMO |
Jerónimo Arango Arias, Mexican
businessman |
| JEZEBEL |
Alternative rock band Gene Loves
Jezebel |
| JITTERBUG |
Kind of swing dancing |
| JO-FI |
Chow-Chow owned by Sigmund Freud |
| JOAN JETT |
Singer and guitarist of The Blackhearts |
| JOAQUIN |
Joaquin Phoenix, actor |
| JUBJUB |
Type of soft candy |
| JUST NUISANCE |
Only dog every to be enlisted in the
Royal Navy |
| JUVENTAS |
Roman goddess of youth |
| KAFKA |
Franz Kafka, author |
| KALYSTA |
Latin name meaning 'most beautiful' |
| KAROO |
Semi-desert region of South Africa |
| KASABIAN |
Rock / metal band |
| KAZAK |
Hound of Space from Kurt Vonnegut's
"The Sirens of Titan" |
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| KAZUMI |
Kazumi Wattanabe, Jazz / Fusion
guitarist |
| KENZO |
Japanese imperial ruler |
| KEROUAC |
Author Jack Kerouac |
| KEVLAR |
Bullet proofing material |
| KIOWA |
Native American tribe |
| KISMET |
Persian word meaning "destiny" |
| KISSINGER |
Former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger |
| KLITSCHKO |
World heavyweight boxing champion
brothers |
| KOBI |
Japanese word meaning "joy" |
| KOEVOET |
Afrikaans word meaning "crowbar" |
| KOKOMO |
Place name common to Indiana,
Mississipi and Hawaii |
| KOOKAI |
French fashion label |
| KOUFAX |
Sandy Koufax, LA Dodgers pitcher |
| KRAKEN |
Mythical sea monster |
| KULLA |
Babylonian god who restores temples |
| KURA |
Japanese word for black |
| LAFAYETTE |
Basset Hound from The Aristocats |
| LAIKA |
The first dog in space |
| LAKOTA |
Native American word meaning "friend" |
| LANDRU |
Great Dane from the movie "The Burbs" |
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| LAPHROIG |
Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Pronounced:
"LA-FROY-G") |
| LAZAROO |
Australian author, Simone Lazaroo |
| LEBOWSKI |
Title character in the Coen Brothers
movie, "The Big
Lebowski" |
| LEILANI |
Hawaiian female name, meaning
'heavenly flowers' |
| LESTAT |
Vampire from the novels by Anne Rice |
| LILIBET |
Nickname of Queen Elizabeth II |
| MA DEUCE |
Slang for Browning M2 machine gun |
| MAGICK |
Old English word for black magic |
| MAKITA |
Stan Makita, Chicago Blackhawks hockey
player |
| MANCHU |
Spaniel of former US President
Theodore Roosevelt |
| MATA HARI |
Famous WWI spy |
| MCADOO |
Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves center |
| MEGABYTE |
Megabyte Beagle, one of the Beagle Boys |
| MERCKX |
Eddy Merckx, Tour de France winner |
| MIKADO |
Title once use for the emperor of Japan |
| MIKMAQ |
Native American tribe |
| MIMI LA RUE |
Pug owned by actress Tori Spelling |
| MINGUS |
Charlie Mingus, jazz bassist |
| MOLOTOV |
Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian WWII
foreign minister |
| MONEYPENNY |
MI6 secretary in the James Bond movies |
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| MONTSERRAT |
Spanish soprano, Montserrat Caballé |
| MORDRED |
Villain of Arthurian legend (and The
Dark Tower) |
| MORK |
Alien from the comedy series Mork
& Mindy |
| MORPHEUS |
Roman god of sleep and dreams |
| MORTICIA |
Morticia Addams of The Addams Family |
| MOSCHINO |
Italian fashion house |
| MOWGLI |
Main character from The Jungle Book |
| MR. MAJESTYK |
Title Character from the Charles
Bronson movie |
| NABAKOV |
Russian-American author Vladimir
Nabokov |
| NANOOK |
Native American word meaning "bear" |
| NASDAQ |
American electronic stock exchange |
| NIGHTSHADE |
Marvel Comics supervillain |
| NIJINSKY |
Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky |
| NIKKEI |
Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| NIMBY |
Stands for 'Not-In-My-Back-Yard' |
| NINETY-NINE |
Maxwell Smarts wife in 'Get Smart' |
| NINOTCHKA |
Movie starring Greta Garbo |
| OBERON |
Legendary King of the Fairies |
| OCTAVIAN |
Considered the greatest Roman emperor |
| ODA MAE |
Character played by Whoopi Goldberg in
Ghost |
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| OOGIE |
Character from The nightmare Before
Christmas |
| ORK |
German shepherd of singer Amy Grant |
| ORPHEUS |
Greek god of poetry and music |
| OSHKOSH |
Maker of massive military and
industrial vehicles |
| OSIRIS |
Egyptian god of the underworld |
| OY |
Dog-like character in Stephen King's
The Dark Tower |
| PANDORA |
In Greek mythology, the first woman on
earth |
| PAVLOV |
Russian sciencist famous for his work
with dogs |
| PERSEUS |
Son of Zues and slayer of Medusa |
| PHROG |
Nickname for CH-46 Sea Knight |
| POMPEII |
Roman city destroyed by a volcano
(Pronounced: "POM-PAY") |
| POPPADOM |
Crisp cracker served with Indian meals |
| PORTHOS |
One of the Three Musketeers |
| PRIMUS |
Latin name meaning 'first' |
| PRINCESS PEP |
Pomeranian of actress Courtney Love |
| PUSHINKA |
Welsh Terrier of former US President
John F. Kennedy |
| QASHQAI |
A model of Nissan RV |
| QUARK |
Dog from the movie Honey, I Shrunk the
Kids |
| QUARTERFLASH |
Eighties rock band |
| QUEENSRYCHE |
Canadian rock / metal band |
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| QUIDDITCH |
Fictional sport played in Harry Potter |
| QUIXOTE |
Don Quixote, hero of the book by
Miguel de Cervantes |
| QWERTY |
Most common computer keyboard layout |
| RAMESSES |
Ramesses II, Egypt's greatest pharoah |
| RASMUS |
Alternative rock band, The Rasmus |
| RATATOUIE |
Disney movie about the adventures of
Remy the rat |
| REBUS |
Fictional Scottish detective created
by Ian Rankin |
| REKKAE |
Irish Wolfhound from the movie The
13th Warrior |
| REXXX |
Irish Terrier in the movie Firehouse
Dog |
| ROCK RALLY |
German Shepherd from Turbo Dogs |
| ROMANOV |
Family name of the former Russian
monarchy |
| ROMULUS |
Legendary founder of Rome |
| RUFFERTO |
Dog from the comic book Groo the
Wanderer |
| SAATCHI |
Well known advertising firm Saatchi
& Saatchi |
| SABBATH |
Pioneering heavy metal band, Black
Sabbath |
| SASQUATCH |
North American version of the
Abominable Snowman |
| SCARPA |
Cockney slang meaning 'to go' |
| SHALAKO |
Hero of the western novel by Louis
L'Amour |
| SHARIK |
Stray dog in "Heart of a Dog" by
Mikhail Bulgakov |
| SIOUXSIE |
Singer of the band Siouxsie and the
Banshees |
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| SIRIUS |
Sirius Black, character from Harry
Potter |
| SIRONA |
Gaulish goddess of astronomy |
| SKAGIT |
Native American Tribe |
| SKIKER |
Phantom black dog in Lancashire
folklore |
| SPANDAU |
A borough of Berlin |
| SQUIDOO |
Popular community website |
| STEPPENWOLF |
Sixties rock band |
| STREETCAR |
From the play and movie 'A Streetcar
Named Desire' |
| TALISKER |
Scottish single malt whisky |
| TALLAHASEE |
City in Florida |
| TALLULAH |
Character from the movie Bugsy Mallone |
| TARIQ |
Arabic name meaning 'messenger' |
| TARMAC |
The blacktop on road surfaces |
| TARTOK |
Character from Marvel comics Beast
Quest |
| TEHYA |
Native American female name meaning
"precious" |
| THADDEUS |
Thaddeus Lowe, Civil War scientist and
inventor |
| THE HOFF |
Strictly for David Hasselhoff fans! |
| THELONIUS |
Thelonius Monk, jazz pianist |
| THISBE |
Roman mythological love story (Pyramus
& Thisbe) |
| TIBERIUS |
Emperor of Rome |
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| TIBURON |
Spanish word meaning "shark" |
| TIDDLYWINKS |
Children's board game |
| TOKALA |
Native American word meaning "fox" |
| TOLKIEN |
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of Lord of the
Rings |
| TRIFFID |
Alien species which invades Earth in
"Day of the Triffids" |
| TROIKA |
Husky (stunt double to Noble) from
Eight Below |
| TROTSKY |
Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary |
| TUPPENCE |
Character from Agatha Christie's Tommy
& Tuppence |
| TYPHOO |
A type of tea |
| UBU ROI |
Black Lab, mascot of Gary David
Goldberg's TV company |
| UKELELE |
Small, four-stringed guitar |
| UNDERTAKER |
WWE wrestler, The Undertaker |
| URKEL |
Steve Urkel from the TV show Family
Matters |
| USCHI |
German nickname for Ursula |
| UZURI |
Swahili word meaning "beauty" |
| VALKYRIE |
Female figures who decide you dies in
battle (Norse
mythology) |
| VAN PELT |
Lucy van Pelt from the Peanuts comic
strip |
| VAQUERO |
Mexican cowboy |
| VIRDELL |
Brussel Griffon from the movie As Good
as it Gets |
| VLADIMIR |
First name of Soviet leader Lenin |
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| VOLTAN |
Mayan god of the earth |
| VOODOO |
Religious beliefs originating in West
Africa |
| WANG CHUNG |
Chinese philosopher during the Hang
Dynasty |
| WARBUCKS |
Daddy Warbucks from the play and movie
Annie |
| WARLOCK |
A male witch |
| WASABI |
Potent Japanese green mustard |
| WEEJIE |
Norwegian Elkhound of President
Herbert Hoover |
| WILL-YUM |
Title character of the cartoon strip |
| WINN-DIXIE |
American supermarket chain |
| WITCHCRAFT |
Practice of the 'dark arts' |
| X-FILE |
For the dog of unknown origin |
| XERXES |
King of Persia (Pronounced:
"ZERK-SEES") |
| XIONG-XIONG |
Hero dog who saved his owner from
electrocution |
| YANKEE POODLE |
Canine superhero from the comic strip |
| YNGWIE |
Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmstein |
| YOAKAM |
Country singer and actor Dwight Yoakam |
| YOSSARIAN |
Character from Joseph Heller's Catch-22 |
| ZAQAR |
Sumerian god of dreams |
| ZDENKA |
Zdenka Silhava, Czech athlete |
| ZHIVAGO |
Dr. Zhivago, classic Hollywood movie |
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| ZHUKOV |
WWII Russian field marshall |
| ZIEGFELD |
Ziegfeld Follies, famous Broadway
theatre productions |
| ZINZAN |
Former New Zealand rugby player Zinzan
Brooke |
| ZLATAN |
Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| ZWICKY |
Australian poet Faye Zwicky |
| ZWINGLI |
Swiss religious reformer, Huldrych
Zwingli |
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