Weird Dog Names
"A fascinating collection of wonderfully weird names."
If it's uncommon or unusual dog names you're after - you're come to the right place
On this page we include some of the most wonderfully weird, off-the-wall dog names available anywhere.
You won't find Max or Abbey here, but you will find Dahgchow, Izzit, Jabberwocky.
As well as:
CITIZEN CANINE: A play of the movie Citizen Cane
JUST NUISANCE: The only dog to every to be enlisted in the Royal Navy
SQUIDOO: A popular community website
XIONG-XIONG: Hero dog who saved his owner from electrocution
Top Tip: Read our Top Tips for Naming Dogs before deciding on an unusual name for your dog.
| AXELROD |
Basset Hound in the Flying A service
station ads of the 60's |
| B-DAWG |
Golden Retriever, Snow Buddies &
Air Buddies |
| BABBIT |
Character from the cartoon "Babbit and
Catstello" |
| BANSHEE |
"Wailing woman" of Scottish legend |
| BARKHIMER |
Bob "Barky" Barkhimer, Nascar pioneer |
| BAZOOKA |
WWII Anti-tank weapon |
| BJORK |
Icelandic pop singer / songwriter |
| BOJANGLES |
Subject of the song Mr. Bojangles |
| BOO RADLEY |
Character from the novel To Kill A
Mockingbird |
| BOONDOCKS |
Action movie, The Boondock Saints |
| BOOYAN |
Magical island in Russian folklore |
| BUDDERBALL |
Golden Retriever from Snow Buddies
& Air Buddies |
| CASHDOG |
Boxer of Joel & Benji Madden of
the band Good Charlotte |
| CERBERUS |
Three-headed dog who guards the gates
of hell |
| CHINOOK |
Heavy lift military helicopter |
| CITIZEN CANINE |
A play on the movie Citizen Cane |
| CLOOTIE |
Scottish name for the devil |
| CYCLOPS |
One-eyed, man-eating giant of Greek
mythology |
| DAHGCHOW |
Chow-Chow from the cartoon The Secret
Files of Spy Dogs |
| DJANGO |
Django Reinhardt, jazz guitar great |
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| DOBRO |
A type of guitar, often usen in
country music |
| DOGBERT |
Dog who owns 'Dilbert' in the comic
strip |
| DUMPTRUCK |
Great Dane from the TVseries TaleSpin |
| DWEEZIL |
Dweezil Zappa, musician son of Frank
Zappa |
| DYNOMUTT |
Cartoon superhero dog |
| EWOK |
Teddy bear-like alien species in "Star
Wars" |
| FLEALICK |
Jack Russell from the movie "Babe 2:
Pig in the City" |
| GASPODE |
Unusally clever dog in Terry
Pratchett's "Discworld" novels |
| GUMP |
Title character from the movie Forest
Gump |
| HACKSAW |
Dingo from the TV series Talespin |
| HIS NIBS |
Term from cribbage (also a mock form
of address) |
| HUMPERDINCK |
German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck |
| I-BEAM |
Steel beams used to support high-rise
buildings |
| ICHABOD |
Hero of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
by Irving Washington |
| IGBY |
Title Character from the movie "Igby
Goes Down" |
| IPKISS |
Stanley Ipkiss, Jim Carey's character
in The Mask |
| ITCHIFORD |
Dachshund from the movie All Dogs Go
to Heaven |
| ITCHYCOO |
From the song Itchycoo Park by The
Small Faces |
| 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 |
| JITTERBUG |
Kind of swing dancing |
| JO-FI |
Chow-Chow owned by Sigmund Freud |
| JUBJUB |
Type of soft candy |
| JUST NUISANCE |
Only dog every to be enlisted in the
Royal Navy |
| KAZUMI |
Kazumi Wattanabe, Jazz / Fusion
guitarist |
| KOOKAI |
French fashion label |
| LAPHROIG |
Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Pronounced:
"LA-FROY-G") |
| MA DEUCE |
Marine slang for Browning M2 machine
gun |
| MANCHU |
Pekingese of President Theodore
Rooseveldt |
| 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 |
| MIKMAQ |
Native American tribe |
| MIMI LA RUE |
Pug owned by actress Tori Spelling |
| MORK |
Alien from the comedy series Mork
& Mindy |
| MR. MAJESTYK |
Title Character from the Charles
Bronson movie |
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| NANOOK |
Native American word meaning "bear" |
| NASDAQ |
American electronic stock exchange |
| NIMBY |
Stands for 'Not-In-My-Back-Yard' |
| NINETY-NINE |
Maxwell Smarts wife in 'Get Smart' |
| ODA MAE |
Character played by Whoopi Goldberg in
Ghost |
| OOGIE |
Character from The nightmare Before
Christmas |
| ORK |
German shepherd of singer Amy Grant |
| OSHKOSH |
Maker of military and industrial
vehicles |
| OY |
Dog-like character in Stephen King's
The Dark Tower |
| PHROG |
Nickname for CH-46 Sea Knight |
| PRINCESS PEP |
Actress Courtney Love's Pomeranian |
| QASHQAI |
A model of Nissan RV |
| QUARK |
Dog from the movie Honey, I shrunk the
kids |
| QUIDDITCH |
Fictional sport played in Harry Potter |
| QWERTY |
Most common computer keyboard layout |
| REKKAE |
Irish Wolfhound from the movie The
13th Warrior |
| REXXX |
Irish Terrier in the movie Firehouse
Dog |
| ROCK RALLY |
German Shepherd from Turbo Dogs |
| RUFFERTO |
Dog from the comic book Groo the
Wanderer |
| SQUIDOO |
Popular community website |
| STEPPENWOLF |
Sixties rock band |
| STREETCAR |
From the play and movie 'A Streetcar
Named Desire' |
| THE HOFF |
Strictly for David Hasselhoff fans! |
| TIDDLYWINKS |
Children's board game |
| TYPHOO |
Type of tea |
| UBU ROI |
Black Lab, mascot of Gary David
Goldberg's TV company |
| URKEL |
Steve Urkel from the TV show Family
Matters |
| VAN PELT |
Lucy van Pelt from the Peanuts comic
strip |
| WANG CHUNG |
Chinese philosopher during the Hang
Dynasty |
| WARBOYS |
Mrs. Warboys from English comedy "One
Foot in the Grave" |
| WARBUCKS |
Daddy Warbucks from the play and movie
Annie |
| WEEJIE |
Norwegian Elkhound of President
Herbert Hoover |
| WILL-YUM |
Title character of the cartoon strip |
| WINN-DIXIE |
American supermarket chain |
| 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 |
| ZINZAN |
Former New Zealand rugby player Zinzan
Brooke |
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