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Pop culture dog names

Names with a nod to music, fashion, internet culture and everyday modern life.

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Girl names (25)

Ariel
Hebrew, lion of God
Arya
Sanskrit, noble
Atalanta
The swift running huntress of Greek legend
Buffy
A pet form of Elizabeth, once common in America
Cleo
Short for Cleopatra
Cressida
A heroine of medieval romance, later used by Shakespeare
Daria
A deadpan cartoon heroine
Elsa
Short for Elisabeth in German and Scandinavian use
Fiona
Gaelic, fair
Gidget
A blend of girl and midget, from 1950s surf slang
Hermia
A Shakespeare name built on Hermes, the Greek messenger god
Hermione
Greek, from Hermes · Greek
Isolde
The Irish princess of the medieval Tristan legend
Laika
The Soviet dog who was the first animal to orbit the earth
Lenore
The lost love in Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven
Miranda
From the Latin mirandus, admirable, coined by Shakespeare
Mulan
Chinese, magnolia
Nyx
Greek goddess of the night
Ripley
Also an English place name
Rosalind
Old German roots, used by Shakespeare in As You Like It
Titania
The fairy queen in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Trinity
Latin, a group of three
Velma
An American given name, popular in the 1920s
Wednesday
The fourth day of the week, named after the god Woden
Zola
Also a Zulu name and a French novelist

Boy names (26)

Astro
Greek, star
Beowulf
The hero of the Old English epic poem of the same name · big dogs
Bogart
The surname of the film actor Humphrey Bogart
Boomer
One who booms, used for dogs with a deep, loud bark
Bowie
Also a Scottish surname, fair haired
Crusoe
The shipwrecked sailor in Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel
Elvis
From an Irish surname, carried by the singer Elvis Presley
Falstaff
The large, boastful knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV · big dogs
Gizmo
For a pup who is all gadget and no off switch
Gonzo
Slang for wild or eccentric, from gonzo journalism
Groucho
The stage name of the comedian Groucho Marx
Gulliver
The traveller in Jonathan Swift's 1726 Gulliver's Travels · big dogs
Hobbes
An English surname, borne by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Houdini
The stage name of the escape artist Harry Houdini
Karloff
The stage name of the horror film actor Boris Karloff · big dogs
Loki
Norse trickster god
Merlin
The wizard of Arthurian legend, from the Welsh Myrddin
Neo
Greek, new
Oberon
The king of the fairies in old romance and in Shakespeare
Prospero
The scholar magician in Shakespeare's play The Tempest
Sherlock
The detective of Baker Street
Simba
Swahili, lion
Thor
Norse god of thunder
Watson
The doctor who tells Sherlock stories
Zeus
Greek king of the gods
Ziggy
A pet form of Sigmund, meaning victory and protection

Names for either (11)

Bingo
From the old song about a farmer and his dog
Bolt
A flash of lightning, also a sudden dash away
Comet
An icy body that trails a bright tail near the sun
Echo
The Greek nymph who could only repeat what she heard
Indiana
A US state name, meaning land of the Indians
Marley
An English surname meaning pleasant wood
Nemo
Latin, nobody · Latin · small dogs
Pixel
The smallest dot in a digital image, from picture element
Pixie
A small mischievous fairy of English folklore · small dogs
Rogue
One who breaks away and goes their own way
Toto
The small dog in the 1900 Wizard of Oz books

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