Rare Dog Names

Rare Dog Names

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If it's rare dog names you're after - you're likely to find them here.

This collection brings together some of the rarest, most exotic and downright interesting dog names available anywhere.

You won't find Spot or Fido here, but you will find Abraxis, Quarterflash, Xerxes and many more.

We also have:

BANZAI: Japanese expression meaning 'ten thousand years'

HUMPERDINCK: German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck

NANOOK: Native American word meaning 'bear'

SIOUXSIE: Singer of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees

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ABRAXIS An angel in medieval Jewish angelologies
ALGONQUIN Native American tribe
ALOYSIUS Latin version of the name Louis
ANANKIN Anankin Skywalker a.k.a. Darth Vader
ARAPAHO Native American tribe
ARMAGEDDON Epic battle between good and evil
ASAFA Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
AXELROD Basset Hound in the Flying A service station ads of the 60's
AZUMAH Boxing champion Azumah Nelson
BABUSHKA Russian word meaning "grandmother"
BALLYHOO A word which means 'uproar'
BANQUO A character from Shakespeare's "MacBeth"
BANZAI Japanese expression meaning 'ten thousand years'
BAZOOKA WWII Anti-tank weapon
BJORK Icelandic pop singer / songwriter
BOATSWAIN Lord Byron's beloved Newfoundland
BOJANGLES Subject of the song "Mr. Bojangles"
BOO RADLEY Character from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird
BRAYDEN Celtic / Gaelic name meaning "brave"
CALIX Greek male name meaning "very handsome"

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CERBERUS Three-headed dog who gaurds the gates of hell
CHAUCER Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Cantebury Tales
CHINELO Nigerian name meaning 'talented'
CHIZU Japanese, meaning: "a thousand storks" (imples longevity)
COLTRANE John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist
COUSCOUS Popular north African dish made from semolina wheat
CYCLOPS One-eyed, man-eating giant of Greek mythology
DALI Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist artist
DELPHINA Greek female name meaning "little flower"
DJANGO Django Reinhardt, jazz guitar great
DOJO Arts of self-defence, such as judo
EDELWEISS European mountain flower
ENDER Hero of "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
EWOK Teddy bear-like alien species in "Star Wars"
FENYANG Name from Botswana meaning 'conquerer'
GAIUS Name of prominent Roman family including Julius Ceasar
GASPODE Unusally clever dog in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels
GERSHWIN George Gershwin, American composer
GLENGARRY Movie starring Al Pacino (Glengarry Glenross)
HANG SENG Hong Kong Stock Exchange





HIS NIBS Term from cribbage (also a mock form of address)
HUMPERDINCK German composer, Engelbert Humperdinck
HYACINTH Lead character from the sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances'
IAGO Character from Shakespeare's Othello
ICHABOD Hero of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Irving Washington
IGBY Title Character from the movie "Igby Goes Down"
INAMOTO Japanese soccer player Kenichi Inamoto
INZAGI Italian soccer player Fillipo Inzagi
IO A moon of Jupiter
IPKISS Stanley Ipkiss, Jim Carey's character in The Mask
ISIS Egyptian goddess of nature and magic
ITCHYCOO From the song Itchycoo Park by The Small Faces
JABBERWOCKY A 'nonsense' poem by Lewis Carroll
JERONIMO Jeronimo Arango Arias, Mexican businessman
JITTERBUG Kind of swing dancing
JUVENTAS Roman goddess of youth
KALYSTA Latin name meaning 'most beautiful'
KASABIAN Rock / metal band
KAZUMI Kazumi Wattanabe, Jazz / Fusion guitarist
KENZO Japanese imperial ruler

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KEVLAR Bullet proofing material
KISMET Persian word meaning "destiny"
KOBI Japanese word meaning "joy"
KOKOMO Place name common to Indiana, Mississipi and Hawaii
KRAKEN Mythical sea monster
LAIKA The first dog in space
LANDRU Great Dane from the movie "The Burbs"
LAZAROO Australian author, Simone Lazaroo
LEILANI Hawaiian female name, meaning 'heavenly flowers'
LILIBET Nickname of Queen Elizabeth II
MACARIO Spanish male name meaning "happy"
MANCHU Spaniel of former US President Theodore Roosevelt
MEI-LIEN Chinese female name meaning 'beautiful lotus'
MIKADO Title once use for the emperor of Japan
MINGUS Charlie Mingus, jazz bassist
MONEYPENNY MI6 secretary in the James Bond movies
MORDRED Villain of Arthurian legend
MORTICIA Morticia Addams of The Addams Family
MOWGLI Main character from The Jungle Book
NANOOK Native American word meaning "bear"



NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky
NINOTCHKA Movie starring Greta Garbo
OCTAVIAN Considered the greatest Roman emperor
OSHKOSH Maker of massive military and industrial vehicles
PANDORA In Greek mythology, the first woman on earth
PHROG Nickname for CH-46 Sea Knight
POPPADOM Crisp cracker served with Indian meals
PRIMUS Latin name meaning 'first'
QASHQAI A model of Nissan RV
QUARTERFLASH Eighties rock band
QUIDDITCH Fictional sport played in Harry Potter
QWERTY Most common computer keyboard layout
RASMUS Alternative rock band, The Rasmus
REBUS Fictional Scottish detective created by Ian Rankin
ROMULUS Legendary founder of Rome
SASQUATCH North American version of the Abominable Snowman
SHALAKO Hero of the western novel by Louis L'Amour
SIOUXSIE Singer of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees
SIRIUS Sirius Black from the Harry Potter novels
SKIKER Phantom black dog in Lancashire folklore

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STEPPENWOLF Sixties rock band
TALLAHASEE City in Florida
TARIQ Arabic name meaning 'messenger'
TEHYA Native American female name meaning "precious"
THELONIUS Thelonius Monk, jazz pianist
TIBERIUS Emperor of Rome
TOKALA Native American word meaning "fox"
TRIFFID Alien species which invades Earth in "Day of the Triffids"
TROTSKY Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary
TYPHOO Type of tea
UKELELE Small, four-stringed guitar
VALKYRIE Female figures who decide you dies in battle (Norse mythology)
VIRDELL Brussel Griffon from the movie As Good as it Gets
VOLTAN Mayan god of the earth
WARBOYS Mrs. Warboys from English comedy "One Foot in the Grave"
WEEJIE Norwegian Elkhound of President Herbert Hoover
XERXES King of Persia (Pronounced: "ZERK-SEES")
YNGWIE Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmstein
YOSSARIAN Character from Joseph Heller's Catch-22
ZDENKA Zdenka Silhava, Czech athlete



ZHIVAGO Dr. Zhivago, classic Hollywood movie
ZIEGFELD Ziegfeld Follies, eloborate broadway theatre productions
ZLATAN Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic
ZWICKY Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer


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