English Dog Names

"A collection of great English Names."

If you've just adopted a Bulldog, a Beagle, a Yorkshire Terrier or any other English breed you may want to consider an English name for your dog.

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

Here are a few examples? What about?;

WINSTON: Commemorating Britain's war-time Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

BEATRIX: In honor of Beatrix Potter, renowned children's author.

ROWLING:After JK Rowling, Harry Potter author.

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

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ALGERNON Algernon Swinburne, poet

AMIS Martin Amis, novelist

ANGUS Angus Deayton, comedian

AUBREY Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator

BEATRIX Beatrix Potter, author and illustrator

BEATTY James Beatty, railway engineer

BLAKE William Blake, artist and poet

BLYTON Enid Blyton, children's author

BOLT Robert Bolt, dramatist and screenwriter

BOWIE David Bowie, rock star

BOYCOTT Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer

BRANSON Sir Richard Branson, businessman

BRIDGET Bridget Riley, painter

BRONTE Charlotte Bronte, novelist

BRUNEL Isambard Kingdom Brunel, transport engineer

BRUNNER Sir John Brunner, chemist

CAINE Sir Michael Caine, actor

CARO Sir Anthony Caro, sculptor

CARY Cary Grant, actor

CHAPLIN Charlie Chaplin, actor

CHARLTON Sir Bobby Charlton, footballer

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CHAUCER	Geoffrey Chaucer, poet
CHESNEY	Chesney Allen, comedian
CHRISTIAN	Christian Bale, actor
CHRISTIE	Agatha Christie, mystery writer
CHUBBY	Roy 'Chubby' Brown, comedian
CHURCHILL	Winston Churchill, prime minister
CLAPTON	Eric Clapton, guitar legend
CONAN	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, novelist
CONRAD	Joseph Conrad, novelist
CONSTABLE	John Constable, landscape painter
COOGAN	Steve Coogan, actor
COTTON	William Charles Cotton, missionary
CRISPIN	Crispin Steele-Perkins, trumpeter
CROMWELL	Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England
DALTON	John Dalton, chemist and physicist
DAMIEN	Damien Hirst, sculptor/conceptual artist
DAMON	Damon Albarn, singer-songwriter
DAPHNE	Daphne du Maurier, author
DARLING	Grace Darling, heroine
DARWIN	Charles Darwin, founder of evolutionary theory
DEFOE	Daniel Defoe, author

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DEXTER Dexter Fletcher, actor

DHANI Dhani Harrison, guitarist, son of George Harrison

DICKENS Charles Dickens, novelist

DISRAELI Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister

DOMINIC Dominic Monaghan, actor

DONALD Donald Campbell, railway engineer

DOUGIE Dougie Lampkin, motorcycle racer

DRAKE Sir Francis Drake, sailor

EDEN Anthony Eden, prime minister

ELGAR Edward Elgar, composer

ELIOT T. S. Eliot, poet and playwright

ELTON Sir Elton John, singer / songwriter

EMMA Emma Thompson, actress

FALCON Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic explorer

FARADAY Michael Faraday, scientist

FIGG James Figg, bare-knuckle boxing champion

FITZROY Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Crimean War commander

FITZSIMMONDS Bob Fitzsimmons, boxing world champion

FLORA Flora Twort, painter

FRANK Frank Lampard, footballer

FREYA Freya Stark, explorer

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GABRIELLE	Gabrielle Anwar, actress
GALLAGHER	Noel Gallagher, musician
GASCOIGNE	Paul Gascoigne, footballer
GOOCH	Graham Gooch, cricketer
GRACE	W G Grace, cricketer
GUINNESS	Sir Alec Guinness, actor
HANSON	James Hanson, Baron Hanson, industrialist
HARDY	Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet
HARRISON	George Harrison, Beatles guitarist
HAWKING	Stephen Hawking, cosmologist
HAYLEY	Hayley Mills, actress
HENRY	Sir Henry Cooper, heavyweight boxer
HIGGINS	Jack Higgins, author
HORACE	Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist
HUMPHREY	Humphrey Jennings, filmaker
HUXLEY	Aldous Huxley, writer
IAN	Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond
IMOGEN	Imogen Cooper, pianist
JACK	Jack Hobbs, cricketer
JAMIE	Jamie Foreman, actor
JASPER	Jasper Carrott, comedian

JENNER	Edward Jenner, doctor
JENSON	Jenson Button, F1 Driver
JEROME	Jerome K. Jerome, humorist and playwright
JIMMY	Jimmy Page, guitarist
JOELY	Joely Richardson, actress
JONES	Davy Jones, singer/percussionist
JONNY	Jonny Wilkinson, rugby player
JOSH	Josh Lewsey, rugby player
JOSS	Joss Stone, singer
JUDE	Jude Law, actor
JUDI	Dame Judi Dench, actress
KEATS	John Keats, poet
KEIRA	Keira Knightley, actress
KENNEDY	Nigel Kennedy, violinist
KIM	Kim Cattrall, actress
BEN	Sir Ben Kingsley, actor
KINGSLEY	Kingsley Amis, poet and novelist
KIPLING	Rudyard Kipling, author
LAKER	Sir Freddie Laker, pioneer of cheap air travel
LAUREL	Stan Laurel, actor
LAWRENCE	D. H. Lawrence, (1885-1930), poet

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LENNON	John Lennon, co-founder of The Beatles
LENNOX	Lennox Lewis, world champion boxer
LENNY	Lenny Henry, comedian
LEONA	Leona Lewis, singer
LEWIS	Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland
LILY	Lily Allen, singer
LISTER	Joseph Lister, surgeon
MACARTHUR	Dame Ellen MacArthur, solo yachtswoman
MAGGIE	Dame Maggie Smith, actress
MAJOR	John Major, prime minister
MALLORY	George Mallory, mountaineer
MARLOWE	Christopher Marlowe, playwright
MARSHALL	Alfred Marshall, economist
MCCARTNEY	Sir Paul McCartney, co-founder of The Beatles
MCMURDO	William McMurdo, general
MCNAB	Andy McNab, soldier and author
MILTON	John Milton, poet
MIRANDA	Miranda Richardson, actress
MISCHA	Mischa Barton, actress
MORRIS	Desmond Morris, zoologist
MORRISSEY	Morrissey, singer / songwriter

NELSON	Lord Horatio Nelson, Admiral
NEWTON	Sir Isaac Newton, founder of modern physics
NIGEL	Nigel Mansell, F1 racing driver
OCKHAM	William of Ockham, philosopher
OLIVER	Oliver Reed, actor
ORLANDO	Orlando Bloom, actor
ORWELL	George Orwell, novelist
OWEN	Clive Owen, actor
OZZY	Ozzy Osbourne, rock singer
PARKER	Cecil Parker, actor
PERRY	Fred Perry, tennis player
PETO	Sir Samuel Morton Peto, civil engineering contractor
PITT	William Pitt the Younger, prime minister
RALPH	Sir Ralph Richardson, actor
RHODES	Cecil Rhodes, imperialist
RICKY	Ricky Gervais, comedian
RIDLEY	Ridley Scott, filmaker
ROBSON	Sir Bobby Robson, football player & manager
ROD	Rod Stewart, singer
ROGER	Roger Waters, founder of Pink Floyd
RONNIE	Ronnie Barker, comedian

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ROSALIND	Rosalind Franklin, chemist
ROSCOE	Martin Roscoe, pianist
ROWAN	Rowan Atkinson, actor
ROWLING	J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter author
ROY	Roy Marsden, actor
ROYCE	Sir Henry Royce, engineer
RUPERT	Rupert Everett, actor
SACHA	Sacha Baron Cohen, actor
SARGENT	Malcolm Sargent, conductor
SASSOON	Siegfried Sassoon, war poet
SEBASTIAN	Sebastian Cabot, actor
SHAKESPEARE	William Shakespeare, poet and playwright
SHELLEY	Mary Shelley, Frankenstein author
SIENNA	Sienna Miller, actress
SLIM	William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, World War II commander
SMITH	John Maynard Smith, geneticist
SNOW	John Snow, epidemiologist
SOPHIE	Sophie Gengembre Anderson, painter
STANLEY	Stanley Holloway, actor
STARR	Ringo Starr, Beatles drummer
STONE	Richard Stone, economist

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STRUMMER Joe Strummer, musician

SUGAR Sir Alan Sugar, businessman

SYDNEY Sir Sydney Camm, aeronautical engineer

TENNYSON Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

TERRY John Terry, footballer

THATCHER Margaret Thatcher, prime minister

TIM Tim Roth, actor

TOLKIEN J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings

TOMMY Tommy Cooper, comedian

TURPIN Dick Turpin, highwayman

TYLER Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381)

USTINOV Sir Peter Ustinov, actor

WALLIS Sir Barnes Wallis, engineer

WALTER Sir Walter Raleigh, writer & explorer

WEBSTER John Webster, engineer

WENDY Dame Wendy Hiller, actress

WENTWORTH Wentworth Miller, actor

WILFRED Wilfred Thesiger, explorer

WOOLF Virginia Woolf, author and feminist

WORDSWORTH William Wordsworth, romantic poet