United States Dog Names

New York

The Empire State

Welcome to our "stately" dog names list

The Empire State. This page is dedicated to the great state of New York, on this page you'll find a collection of names which include musicians, towns, cities, fictional names, actors, athletes. We also have first ladies and presidents.

To get you started we selected a few names:

ALICIA: Alicia Keys, singer from Hell's Kitchen, NYC

LENO: Jay Leno, talk show host, from New Rochelle (The Tonight Show)

MARSHALL: Mount Marshall, Essex County

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ADAM Adam Sandler, actor (Brooklyn)

AL Al Pacino, actor (East Harlem, NYC)

ALEX Alex Rodriguez, baseball plater (Washington Heights NYC)

ALICIA Alicia Keys, singer (Hell's Kitchen, NYC)

ALLIE Kate & Allie, sitcom set in New York City

BALDWIN Alec Baldwin, actor (Massapequa)

BARBARA Barbara Bush, former First Lady (wife of George H.W. Bush)

BECKER Sitcom with Ted Danson, set in NYC

BILLY Billy Crystal, actor (The Bronx)

BLAKE Blake Peak, Essex County

BROADWAY Street in New York City

BRODERICK Matthew Broderick, actor (New York City)

BRONX One of the five boroughs of New York City

BROOKLYN One of the five boroughs of New York City

BROOKS Mel Brooks, movie producer & director

CAGNEY Cagney & Lacey, 80s police series set in NYC

CLAIRE Claire Danes, actress (Manhatten)

CRUISE Tom Cruise, actor (Syracuse)

CYNDI Cyndi Lauper, singer (Queens)

DE NIRO Robert de Niro (Greenwich Village, NYC)

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DENZEL	Denzel Washington, actor (Mount Vernon)
DIESEL	Vin Diesel, actor (New York City)
DILLON	Matt Dillon, actor (New Rochelle)
DONALD	Donald Trump, business tycoon (Queens)
DREYFUSS	Richard Dreyfuss, actor (Brooklyn)
ELEANOR	Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady (NYC)
ELLIS	Ellis Island, New York City
FELICITY	TV series set in New York City
FRAN	Fran Drescher, actress (Flushing, Queens)
FRANKLIN	Franklin D. Roosevelt, 33rd US president
GOO GOO	The Goo Goo Dolls, rock band from Buffalo (NY)
GRACE	Will & Grace, sitcom set in New York City
HANK	Hank Greenberg, baseball player (Greenwich Village)
HERMAN	Herman Melville, author (Moby-Dick)
HUDSON	Hudson River, flows through eastern New York
JACKIE	Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy, former First Lady (Southampton)
JEFFERSON	The Jeffersons, sitcom set in New York City
JERRY	Jerry Seinfeld, comedian (Brooklyn)
JESSIE	TV series set in New York City
KATE	Kate & Allie, sitcom set in New York City

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KNICKS	New York Knicks, baseball
KOJAK	Police series of the 1970s set in New York City
KYLE	Kyle Chandler, actor (Buffalo)
LACEY	Cagney & Lacey, 80s police series set in NYC
LAWRENCE	St. Lawrence County, largest county in New York state
LENO	Jay Leno, The Tonight Show host (New Rochelle)
LUCILLE	Lucille Ball, comedian (I Love Lucy)
M.J.	Michael 'MJ' Jordan, considered the greatest player in NBA history (Brooklyn)
MANILOW	Barry Manilow, singer (Brooklyn)
MARCY	Mount Marcy, the Adirondacks (highest point in the state)
MARIAH	Mariah Carey, singer (Huntington)
MARSHALL	Mount Marshall, Essex County
MARTIN	Martin Van Buren, 8th US president
MAUDE	1970s sitcom set in New York City (starring Bea Arthur)
MILLER	Arthur Miller, playwright (Harlem)
NANCY	Nancy Reagan, former First Lady (Manhatten)
NANNY	The Nanny, sitcom set in New Yor City
NICKEL	Nickname for the city of Buffalo
QUEENS	One of the five boroughs of New York City
RALPH	Ralph Lauren, fashion designer

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RHODA	Sitcom set in New York City
RICH	Rich Lake, Essex County
RICKI	Ricki Lake, actress & talk show host (Hastings-on-Hudson)
ROCHESTER	Third largest city in New York (Monroe County)
ROCKEFELLER	Rockerfeller Center, NYC
ROSE	New York state flower
ROSS	Ross Barnes, hit the first recorded home run in baseball (Mount Morris)
SARAH	Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
SEYMOUR	Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor (Rochester)
SHERRILL	The smallest city in New York (Oneida County)
SIGOURNEY	Sigourney Weaver, actress (New York City)
TEDDY	Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, 26th US president
TELLY	Telly Savalas, actor (Garden City)
TIBBETT	Tibbetts Point Light, Cape Vincent
TILDEN	Fort Tilden, Queens
TOMPKINS	Fort Tompkins Light, Staten Island, NYC
WILL	Will & Grace, sitcom set in New York City
WOODY	Woody Allen, movie director (The Bronx)
YANKEE	New York Yankees, baseball team
YONKERS	Fourth largest city in New York (Monore County)