American Dog Names

"A collection of great American Names."

If you have a Malamute, a Pitbull, a Boston Terrier or any other American breed you may want to consider an American name for your dog.

Or you may just want a name that says proudly American and celebrates your pride in your national identity. Either way, you'll find a ton of famous American names that will work really well for your all-American dog.

Need a few examples? How about;

ARMSTRONG: In celebration of astronaut Neil, cyclist Lance or jazz great, Louis.

HENDRIX: After legendary guitarist, Jimi.

LINCOLN: Celebrating arguably the nation's greatest ever president.

There are lots more names like this on the list of American Dog names below. Just browse and pick, it's that easy.

p.s. Want to see just the names, without the detail? Click here to visit our American Puppy Names Quicklist.

ABIGAIL Abigail Adams, first lady (wife of John Adams)

ALI Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time

ALICE Alice Cooper, rock icon

AMELIA Amelia Earhart, aviatrix

ARMSTRONG Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon

ARTHUR Arthur Miller, playwright

BABE Babe Ruth, baseball legend

BARRY Barry Bonds, one of baseball's greatest players

BASIE William 'Count' Basie, jazz pianest and bandleader

BB BB King, blues guitar great

BENJAMIN Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers

BERRY Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records

BESSIE Bessie Smith, 'Empress of the Blues'

BETTE Bette Davis, Hollywood icon

BILLIE Billie Holiday, 'Lady Day' jazz singer

BLAKE Blake Edwards, movie director

BOB Bob Hope, actor and entertainer

BONNIE Blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt

BOOKER Booker T. Washington, author

BOSS Nickname of musician Bruce Springsteen

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BRANDO Marlon Brando, method acting pioneer

BUDDY Buddy Holly, pioneer of Rock n' Roll

BUFORD Union officer John Buford, hero of the Battle of Gettysburg

BURT Burt Lancaster, actor

BUSBY Busby Berkeley, movie director & choreographer

BUZZ Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 pilot

CALVIN Calvin Klein, fashion designer

CAGNEY James Cagney, actor

CARSON Johnny Carson, host of The Tonight Show

CASH Johnny Cash, country music great

CASS Cass Gilbert, designed the Woolworth Building in NYC

CHANDLER Raymond Chandler, creator of P.I. Phillip Marlowe

CHARLES Charles Lindbergh, aviator

CHESTER Chester Nimitz, commander the Pacific Fleet during WWII

CHRIS Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam single tennis titles

CHUCK Chuck Berry, Rock n' Roll pioneer

CLARA Clarissa "Clara" Barton, founder of the American Red Cross

CLINT Clint Eastwood, actor and Oscar winning director

COLE Cole Porter, composer

COMO Perry Como, singer and entertainer

COOPER	Gary Cooper, screen legend
CORMAC	Cormac McCarthy, Nobel & Pulitzer winning author
CORNELIUS	Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping & railroad magnate
CROSBY	Bing Crosby, musician and actor
DAVY	Davy Crockett, folk hero and frontiersman
DE NIRO	Robert De Niro, Oscar winning actor
DEMPSEY	Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion
DENVER	Governor of Territorial Kansas James W. Denver
DEWEY	George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy
DIAMOND	Neil Diamond, singer and songwriter
DIANA	Diana Ross, singer and actress
DIMAGGIO	Joe DiMaggio, baseball great
DISNEY	Walt Disney, founder of Walt Disney Entertainment
DIZZY	Dizzy Dean, baseball great
DOLLY	Dolly Parton, country singer, songwriter and actress
DOUGLAS	General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
DUNCAN	David Douglas Duncan, photographer
DUKE	Actor John 'Duke' Wayne, Hollywood icon
DYLAN	Bob Dylan, legendary folk rock singer/songwriter
EARL	Earl Campbell, NFL great

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EARTHA	Eartha Kitt, actress and cabaret star
EDISON	Thomas Edison, scientist and inventor
ELEANOR	Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
ELIOT	T.S. Eliot, poet and playwright
ELLA	Ella Fitzgerald, 'First Lady of Song'
ELVIS	Elvis Presley, 'King of Rock n' Roll'
EMILY	Emily Dickinson, poet
ESTEE	Estee Lauder, co-founder of Estee Lauder Cosmetics
ETTA	Etta Jones, jazz singer
FITZGERALD	F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby
FRANCES	Frances Cleveland, the youngest First Lady of the United States
FRANCIS	Francis Scott Key, wrote the words to the Star-Spangled Banner
FRANKLIN	Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
FRAZIER	Joe Frazier, heavyweight boxing champion
GABLE	Clark Gable, actor known as 'The King of Hollywood'
GENE	Gene Hackman, Oscar winning actor
GEORGE	George Washington, 1st President of the United States
GERONIMO	Leader of the Chiricahua Apache
GERSHWIN	George Gershwin, composer and pianist
GETTY	J. Paul Getty, entrepreneur and founder of Getty Oil Company

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GILBERT Gilbert Patten, author

GINGER Ginger Rogers, actress and dancer

GLADYS Gladys Knight, 'Empress of Soul'

GRACE Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States

HAMILTON Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of State

HANCOCK John Hancock, signatory to the Declaration of Independence

HANK Hank Williams, country music legend

HANNAH The first ship of the US Navy, USS Hannah (1775)

HARLEY William S. Harley, co-founder of Harley-Davidson motorcycle

HAROLD Harold Robbins, the biggest selling American author

HARPER Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird

HARVEY Harvey Kurtzman, cartoonist / founder Mad magazine

HEMINGWAY Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize winning author

HENDRIX Jimi Hendrix, rock guitar legend

HENRY Henry Ford, automobile pioneer

HOUDINI Harry Houdini, magician and escapologist

HOUSTON President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston

HOWARD Robert E Howard, author of Conan the Barbarian

IRVING Irving Berlin, composer

IVES Charles Ives, composer

J. EDGAR J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI

JACK Jack Nicklaus, golfing great known as 'The Golden Bear'

JACKIE Jackie Kennedy, First Lady of the United States

JACKSON Michael Jackson, 'The King of Pop'

JAKE Jake LaMotta, 'The Bronx Bull' world boxing champion

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JAMES	James Renwick Jr., designer of St. Patricks Cathedral in NYC
JASPER	Jasper Johns, contemporary artist
JEFFERSON	Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
JELLY	Jelly Roll Morton, one of the great Jazz musicians
JESSE	Jesse Owens, 4 golds at 1936 Berlin Olympics
JIMBO	Jimmy 'Jimbo' Connors, 8 Glam Slam tennis titles
JODIE	Jodie Foster, Oscar winning actress
JOE	Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion
JOPLIN	Janis Joplin, blues singer
JORDAN	Michael Jordan, basketball legend
JOSH	Josh Gibson, baseball great
JUDY	Judy Garland, actress & singer
KELLY	Gene Kelly, actor, singer and dancer
KENNEDY	John F. Kennedy 35th President of the United States
KING	Stephen King, best-selling author
KNOX	Henry Knox, member of Washington's cabinet
KURT	Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse-Five
LANCE	Lance Armstrong, seven times Tour de France winner
LARRY	Larry Bird, one of NBA's great players
LEE	Robert E. Lee, Confederate general

LEONARD	Leonard Bernstein, composer
LES	Les McCann, godfather of contemporary soul-jazz
LEWIS	Carl Lewis, nine-time Olympic gold medallist
LIBERTY	Statue of Liberty, the symbol of freedom
LINCOLN	Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
LONNIE	Alonzo 'Lonnie' Johnson, blues/jazz guitarist
LORETTA	Loretta Lynn, country music great
LOUIS	Louis Sullivan, considered America's first modern architect
LUCAS	George Lucas, movie producer
LUCILLE	Lucille Ball, actress and comedienne
LUTHER	Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader
MADISON	4th US President James Madison
MAGIC	Magic Johnson, NBA great
MANILOW	Barry Manilow, singer and songwriter
MARCIANO	Rocky Marciano, undefeated heavyweight champion
MARILYN	Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood icon
MARSHALL	John Marshall, statesman and jurist
MARTHA	Martha Stewart, businesswoman and talk show host
MARVIN	Marvin Haggler, middleweight boxing champion
MAURICE	Maurice Britt, first soldier awarded 3 highest medals for bravery

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MAYO Henry Mayo, four-star Admiral

MERYL Meryl Streep, Oscar winning actress

MAYA Maya Angelou, autobiographer and poet

MCQUEEN
Steve McQueen, Hollywood icon

MICKEY Mickey Mantle one of baseball's greatest players

MILLER Glenn Miller, bandleader

MONTANA Joe Montana, NFL football great

MORGAN Morgan Freeman, Oscar winning actor

MUDDY Muddy Waters, 'Father of the Chicago Blues'

MURPHY Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II

NAT Nat King Cole, jazz singer and pianist

NESS Eliot Ness, prohibition agent during the time of Al Capone

NELSON Willie Nelson, country singer and songwriter

NORMAN Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Commander during the first Gulf War

OPRAH Oprah Winfrey, talkshow host, actress and businesswoman

ORSON Orson Welles, actor and director

ORVILLE Orville Wright, built the first successful flying machine

PACINO Al Pacino, Oscar winning actor

PALMER Arnold Palmer, golfing great

PATSY Patsy Cline, influential country singer

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PATTON	General George Patton, military commander in WWII
PEARL	Pearl Bailey, actress & singer
PERRY	Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith
PETE	Pete Sampras, 14 Grand Slam tennis titles
POE	Edgar Allan Poe, poet and author
POLLOCK	Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionist painter
POPE	John Russell Pope, designed the Jefferson Memorial
QUINCY	Quincy Jones, music producer winner of 27 Grammy awards
RALPH	Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
RANDOLPH	William Randolph Hearst, newspaper magnate
RAY	Ray Charles, a pioneer in the Soul music genre
REGGIE	Reggie Jackson, baseball right fielder
REX	Rex Stout, creator of detective Nero Wolfe
RITA	Rita Hayworth, actress
ROY	Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor
SALLY	Sally Ride, first American woman in space
SAMUEL	Samuel Goldwyn, founder of several motion picture studios
SATCHMO	Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong, one of jazz's greatest musicians
SHAQUILLE	Shaquille O'Neal, NBA grat
SHAW	Irwin Shaw, author of The Young Lions

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SHELDON	Sidney Sheldon, bestselling author
SIDNEY	Sidney Poitier, Oscar winning actor
SIMON	Neil Simon, playright
SINATRA	Frank Sinatra, actor and singer
SPENCER	Spencer Tracy, actor
SPRINGSTEEN	Bruce Springsteen, singer and songwriter
STAN	Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-man, Fantastic Four, X-Men
STEINBECK	John Steinbeck, Pulitzer Prize winning author
STEVIE RAY	Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitar great
STREISAND	Barbra Streisand, singer and actress
SUGAR RAY	Boxing greats Sugar Ray Robinson & Sugar Ray Leonard
SULLIVAN	Ed Sullivan, host of The Ed Sullivan Show
T-BONE	T-Bone Walker, blues musician & electric guitar pioneer
TED	Ted Turner, founder of CNN
TEDDY	"Teddy" Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
TIGER	Tiger Woods, golfer
TROY	Tory Aikman, NFL quarterback
TRUMAN	Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood
TWAIN	Mark Twain, one of America's greatest authors
TY	Ty Cobb, baseball great

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UNCLE SAM	National personification of the United States
VAN HALEN	Eddie Van Halen, influential rock guitarist
WALTER	Thomas Walter, architect of the US Capitol dome
WARHOL	Andy Warhol, pop art pioneer
WARREN	Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in history
WILBUR	Wilbur Wright, built the first successful flying machine
WOODROW	Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United Stated
YOGI	Yogi Berra, one of baseball's great catchers