Original Dog Names

This list of Original Dog Names features names with a basketball theme, but if you're looking for a truly original name for your dog, be sure to check out our Unusual Dog Names and Unique Dog Names mini-hubs.

Ever since Air Bud, every dog wants a basketball name!

On our list you find names like:

BING: Dave Bing, Guard

HALEY: Jack Haley, Center / Forward

NOVAK: Steve Novak, Forward

WES: Wes Unseld, Center / Forward

We're here to help with our mega-list of names which includes many greats of the game.

Just browse and pick.

ARNIE Arnie Risen, Center

BARKLEY Charles Barkley, Forward

BEASLEY Michael Beasley, Forward

BELLAMY Walter "Walt" Bellamy, Center

BEVO Bevo Nordman, Center

BING Dave Bing, Guard

BIRD Larry Bird, Forward

BONHAM Ron Bonham, Forward

BORIS Boris Diaw, Forward

BOSH Chris Bosh, Forward

BRANDON Brandon Jennings, Guard

BRUNO Bruno Sundov, Center

BUCK Milwaukee Bucks

BULL Chicago Bulls

BYRON Byron Scott, Guard

CAZZIE Cazzie Russell, Forward / Guard

CHET Chet Walker, forward

CLAXTON Charles Claxton, Center

COSTELLO Larry Costello, Guard

DARIUS Darius Washington, Guard

Click the image below for even more great Puppy Names...

more Original Dog names...

DARKO Darko Milicic, Forward / Center

DARNELL Darnell, Jackson, Forward

DENNY Denny Crum, Coach

DINO Dino Meneghin, Center

DIRK Dirk Nowitzki, Forward

DOLPH Dolph Schayes, Forward / Center

DREXLER Clyde Drexler, Guard / Forward

ELGIN Elgin Baylor, Forward

ELLIS LeRoy Ellis, Center / Forward

ELVIN Elvin Hayes, Forward / Center

EWING Patrick Ewing, Center / Forward

FRIDO Frido Frey, Forward

GORAN Goran Dragic, Guard

GRANGER Danny Granger, Guard / Forward

HAKEEM Hakeem Olajuween, Center

HALEY Jack Haley, Center / Forward

HARLAN Harlan Page, Guard

HAWK Atlanta Hawks

HAWKINS Cornelius "Connie" Hawkins, Forward / Center

HORACE Horace Grant, Forward / Center

ISIAH	Isiah Thomas, Guard
JARVIS	Jarvis Hayes, Forward
JAZZ	Utah Jazz
JODIE	Jodie Meeks, Guard
JOJO	Jo Jo English, Guard
JORDAN	Michael Jordan, Guard / Forward
JUD	Jud Buechler, Forward / Guard
JULIUS	Julius Erving, Forward / Guard
KAREEM	Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Center
KARL	Karl Malone, Forward
KITE	Greg Kite, Center
KOBE	Kobe Bryant, Guard
LAKER	LA Lakers
LEBRON	LeBron James, Forward
LIGHTNING	Tampa Bay Lightning
MAGIC	Magic Johnson, Guard / Forward
MALONE	Moses Malone, Center / Forward
MARKO	Marko Jaric, Guard
MAVERICK	Dallas Mavericks
MCADOO	Bob McAdoo, Center / Forward

Click the image below for even more great Puppy Names lists...

more Original Dog names...

MIKKI Mikki Moore, Forward / Center

MONROE Earl Monroe, Guard

MOON Jamario Moon, Forward

NASH Steve Nash, Guard

NATE Nate Archibald, Guard

NELSON Don Nelson, Coach

NOVAK Steve Novak, Forward

NUGGET Denver Nuggets

OSCAR Oscar Robertson, Guard / Forward

OTHELLO Othello Hunter, Forward

PIPPEN Scottie Pippen, Forward / Guard

QUIGLEY Ernest Quigley, Referee

RAJA Raja Bell, Guard

RAMSAY Jack Ramsay, Coach

RODMAN Dennis Rodman, Forward

ROKO Roko Ukic, Guard

ROLANDO Rolando Blackman, Guard

RONDO Rajon Rondo, Guard

RUDY Rudy Fernandez

SERGE Serge Ibaka, Forward

SERGEI	Sergei Monia, Forward
SHANNON	Shannon Brown, Guard
SHAQ	Nickname of Shaquille O'Neal
SHAQUILLE	Shaquille O'Neal, Center
SIEGFRIED	Larry Siegfried, Forward
TAJ	Taj Gibson, Forward
TARIQ	Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Forward
THADDEUS	Thaddeus Young, Forward
TITO	Tito Horford, Center
TOBEY	David Tobey, Referee
TY	Ty Lawson, Guard
TYRUS	Tyrus Thomas, Forward
VERN	Vern Mikkelsen, Forward / Center
WES	Wes Unseld, Center / Forward
WILT	Wilt Chamberlain, Center
YARDLEY	George Yardley, Forward / Guard
ZAN	Zan Tabak, Center
ZAZA	Zaza Pachulia, Forward / Center
ZIGMUND	Zigmund "Red" Mihalik, Referee
ZORAN	Zoran Planinic, Guard