The Best Dog Names
This list features the Best Dog Names from famous canine characters. For more general lists, featuring some of the best names on the site, check out Best Boy Dog Names, and Best Girl Dog Names.
Dogs have acting since Jean, the 'Vitagraph Dog' first appeared on-screen in 1907. They've delivered many screen-stealing appearances - and long may it continue.
You'll ever forget Hooch, the car-eating Dogue de Bordeaux from Turner and Hooch, Eddy, the lovable Jack Russell from Frasier, or Marley, the 'worst dog in the world' from Marley and Me.
On this list we've pulled together the best names from over 250 of the greatest canine characters to have graced the silver screen.
To get things started we've selected a few:
ALAN: Neapolitan Mastiff from Babe 2: Pig in the City
CHEROKEE: Golden Retriever from the horror movie Scream 3
JELLY: From the movie Legally Blond 2: Red, White and Blonde
MISS SUNSHINE: Pekingese from the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Browse and shortlist the right name for your dog (or choose a name from her favorite movie!).
| ADOLPH |
Doberman Pinscher from Ruthless People |
| ALAN |
Neapolitan Mastiff from Babe 2: Pig in
the City |
| ALBIE |
Mix breed from the tv series Beverly
Hillbillies |
| ALFIE |
Old English Sheepdog from the movie
Serpico |
| ALPHONSO |
Mix breed from the TV sitcom The Real
McCoys |
| AMBER |
Little dog saved by David Niven in The
Pink Panther |
| ANDREW |
Canine character from the movie Mary
Poppins |
| ANDROMEDA |
German Shepherd The Parent Trap (1961
version) |
| APOLLO |
One of the Doberman Pinschers in the
series Magnum P.I. |
| ARCHIE |
Rottweiler from the comedy movie
Another Stakeout |
| ARNOLD |
American Pit Bull Terrier mix the
comedy Life Goes On |
| ASTRA |
Wire-haired Terrier from The Thin Man
movies |
| BABYCAKES |
Canine character from the movie
Beethoven's 5th |
| BACKUP |
Pit Bull from tv series Veronica Mars |
| BAILEY |
Golden Retriever from Bailey's Billion$ |
| BANDIT |
Golden Retriever from the TV movie The
Retrievers |
| BANDIT |
Border Collie from the series Little
House on the Prairie |
| BARNEY |
Yorkshire Terrier from the drama
series Lou Grant |
| BARON |
Bloodhound from the movie The Runaway
Bride |
| BAXTER |
From Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy |
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| BEEFIE |
Bulldog from the movie Little Nicky |
| BETSEY |
Canine character from movie Bowfinger |
| BETTY JANE |
Portuguese Podengo from the Three
Wishes |
| BIGS |
Briard Mix from the comedy movie All
of Me |
| BLACKTOE |
Commander Riker's dog Star Trek: The
Next Generation |
| BLOOD |
Canine character from the film A Boy
and his Dog |
| BOGEY |
Dachshund from the movie 2 Days in the
Valley |
| BONKERS |
Mix breed from the movie The World
According to Garp |
| BOODLES |
Jack Russell from the movie See Spot
Run |
| BOOMER |
Labrador Retriever from the movie
Independence Day |
| BOY |
English Springer Spaniel from the
movie The Governess |
| BRANDY |
Canine character from the film First
Kid |
| BRINKLEY |
Golden Retriever from the movie You're
Got Mail |
| BRUISER |
Chihuahua in Legally Blonde and
Legally Blonde 2 |
| BRUTUS |
Great Dane from the movie The Ugly
Dachshund |
| BUCK |
Briard from the sitcom Married with
Children |
| BUCKLEY |
Beagle from the movie The Royal
Tenebaums |
| BULLET |
German Shepherd from the Roy Rogers
Show |
| BUSTER |
Beagle from the series The Wonder Years |
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| BUTCH |
Anatolian Shepherd from the movie Cats
& Dogs |
| BUTLER |
Captain Kirk's Great Dane from the
series Star Trek |
| CAMILLE |
Rottweiler from the movie Barb Wire |
| CANNIBAL |
Rottweiler from the movie The Ref |
| CARLTON |
Bulldog from the movie The Spiral
Staircase |
| CERBERUS |
Greyhound from the comedy Man About Dog |
| CHANCE |
Bulldog from Homeward Bound The
Incredible Journey |
| CHEROKEE |
Golden Retriever from the horror movie
Scream 3 |
| CHEWY |
Golden Retriever from the tv movie The
Retrievers |
| CHICO |
Australian sheepdog from the movie
Secret Window |
| CHIFFON |
Old English Sheep Dog from the movie
The Shaggy DA |
| CHOMP |
Border Collie from the movie 102
Dalmatians |
| CLAUDE |
Collie from The Beverly Hillbillies |
| COMET |
Golden Retriever from the sitcom Full
House |
| COOPER |
Bernese Mountain Dog mix from What
Lies Beneath? |
| CRAB |
Mix breed from the movie Shakespeare
in Love |
| DANCER |
Great Dane from the series The Avengers |
| DANKE |
Dachshund from the movie The Ugly
Dachshund |
| DAPHNE |
Poodle from the movie Look Who's
Talking Now |
| DAVE |
Beagle from the sci-fi comedy My
Stepmother is an Alien |
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| DAVID |
Miniature Poodle from the movie Sabrina |
| DAISY |
Belgian Tervueren from the movie Safe
Passage |
| DEWEY |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| DIESEL |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| DIGBY |
Golden Retriever from tv series
Pushing Daisies |
| DIGGER |
Borzoi from the movie 102 Dalmatians |
| DINKY |
Golden Retriever from National
Lampoon's Vacation |
| DOG |
Australian Cattle Dog from the movie
Mad Max 2 |
| DOTTIE |
Dalmatian from the movie 102 Dalmatians |
| DREYFUSS |
St Bernard/Golden Retriever mix from
Empty Nest |
| DUCHESS |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| DUKE |
Bloodhound from the movie The Beverly
Hillbillies |
| DUMPSTER |
Bulldog from the movie Ski Patrol |
| EARL |
Labrador Retriever from the movie City
of Angels |
| EDDY |
Jack Russell Terrier from the sitcom
Frasier |
| EDWARD |
Cardigan Welsh corgi from The
Accidental Tourist |
| EIN |
Corgi from the Japanese series Cowboy
Bebop |
| EINSTEIN |
Cairn terrier from the three Back to
the Future movies |
| ELIZABETH TAYLOR |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel from Sex
and the City |
| EMPEROR |
Lhasa Apso from the police drama Hill
Street Blues |
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| ERICH |
German Shepherd from the comedy series
"Allo "Allo |
| ERNIE |
Brussell Griffon from the movie Sweet
November |
| FANG |
The movie Dumb and Dumberer: When
Harry met Lloyd |
| FITZI |
Jack Russell from the movie American
Beauty |
| FLASK |
Basset Hound from the tv series The
Dukes of Hazzards |
| FLEALICK |
Jack Russell from the movie Babe 2:
Pig in the City |
| FLY |
Border Collie from the movie Babe |
| FRANK |
Pug from the sci-fi movie Men in Black |
| FRED |
Bassett hound in the movie Smokey and
the Bandit |
| FREEWAY |
Unclipped Lowchen from the series Hart
to Hart |
| FRIZZY |
Golden Retriever mix from the comedy
movie She-Devil |
| FROSTY |
Miniature Poodle from the movie The
Lost World |
| GEORGIA |
Golden Retriever from the movie The
Retrievers |
| GRUNT |
American Pit Bull Terrier from the
movie Flash Dance |
| GUS |
Siberian Husky from the movie Iron Will |
| HAMLET |
Great Dane from the movie Let's Dance |
| HANK |
Mix breed from the movie The Truth
about Cats and Dogs |
| HAPPY |
West Highland Terrier mix from the
series 7th Heaven |
| HEIDI |
Berger Blanc Suise from Midnight Run |
| HERCULES |
Mastiff from The Sandlot |
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| HOBO |
German Shepherd from the series The
Littlest Hobo |
| HOLDEN |
Canine character from the series Lost |
| HOOCH |
Tom Hank's canine co-star in the movie
Turner & Hooch |
| HUBBLE |
Border Terrier from Good Boy! |
| IVANNA |
Pomeranian from The Suite Life of Zack
and Cody |
| IVY |
Saluki from the movie Cats & Dogs |
| JACK |
From the TV series The Little House on
the Prairie |
| JACKYL |
Chihuahua mix from the movie Dude,
Where's My Car? |
| JELLY |
From the movie Legally Blond 2: Red,
White and Blonde |
| JERRY LEE |
German Shepherd from K9 |
| JIGGS |
Blue Tick Coonhound from the movie The
Piano Lesson |
| JIMMY |
Mix breed from the movie Thunderheart |
| JIP |
Lap dog in Charles Dickens' David
Copperfield |
| JOCK |
English Staffordshire Bull Terrie:
Jock of the Bushveld |
| JULE |
German Shepherd from the movie The
Love Master |
| JUPITER |
Great Dane from the movie The Patriot |
| KATIE |
Dalmatian from the movie What Dreams
May Come |
| KENNY |
Dachshund from the movie Drop Dead
Gorgeous |
| KING |
Great Dane from the police series Nash
Bridges |
| KIPPER |
Airedale from the movie 101 Dalmatian |
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| KURT |
German Shepherd from the comedy series
"Allo "Allo |
| LADY |
Basenji dog from Goodbye, My Lady |
| LANDRU |
Great Dane from the 1989 movie The
Burbs |
| LARISSA |
Sheepdog from the tv series Bewitched |
| LARRY |
German Shepherd on The Dick Van Dyke
Show |
| LESLIE |
Rottweiler from Legally Blonde 2 Red,
White & Blonde |
| LIBERTY |
American Bulldog from The Pooch and
the Pauper |
| LITTLE RICHARD |
French Bulldog from the movie
Armageddon |
| LINCOLN |
Mix breed from the Soccer Dog: The
Movie |
| LORD NELSON |
Family pet from The Doris Day Show |
| LOU |
Beagle from the film Cats & Dogs |
| LUCA |
From the movie Garfield: The Movie |
| LUCKY |
Saint Bernhard from the movie Lucky Dog |
| MA BARKER |
Doberman Pinscher from the movie The
Doberman Gang |
| MAC |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| MARIE |
Dachshund from The Shrink is in |
| MARIT |
Black Labrador in The Princess and the
Hound |
| MARK |
Mix breed from the movie 2 Days in the
Valley |
| MARLEY |
Yellow Labrador from the comedy Marley
and Me |
| MARS |
Great Dane from the movie The Patriot |
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| MATISSE |
Border Collie from Down and Out in
Beverly Hills |
| MAX |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| MAXIMILLIAN |
German Shepherd from The Bionic Woman |
| MAYA |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| MEATBALL |
Bull Terrier from the tv series Baa
Baa Black Sheep |
| MESSENGER |
Golden Retriever from Made in Hong Kong |
| MICKEY |
German Shephard from The Man Without a
Face |
| MIGNON |
Yorkshire Terrier from Green Arces |
| MILO |
Jack Russell from the movie The Mask |
| MILK SHAKE |
Golden Retriever from the movie The
Retrievers |
| MISS SUNSHINE |
Pekingese from the series Buffy the
Vampire Slayer |
| MOLE |
Mix breed from the movie Mysterious
Ways |
| MOLLY |
Irish Setter from the series Star
Trek: Voyager |
| MOOSE |
Golden Retriever from the movie Twister |
| MOTHER TERESA |
Newfoundland from the movie Must Love
Dogs |
| MOUSE |
Tibetan mastiff in the Dresden Files |
| MR. BEEFY |
Bulldog from the movie Little Nicky |
| MR. DUMAS |
Golden Retriever from the movie The
Retrievers |
| MR. MUGGLES |
Canine character from the series Heroes |
| MR. SMITH |
Wirehair Fox Terrier from the movie
The Awful Truth |
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| MUFFIN |
Pomeranian from the movie Screwed |
| MURRAY |
Border Collie Mix from the sitcom Mad
About You |
| NANA |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| NANOOK |
Siberian husky from the movie The Lost
Boys |
| NORMA |
Dachshund from the movie The Ugly
Dachshund |
| NIGEL |
Bulldog from the movie Babe 2: Pig in
the City |
| OLD JACK |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| OLIVER |
Mix breed from the movie The Sixth Day |
| OSCAR |
From the series Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| OTIS |
Pug from The Adventures of Milo and
Otis |
| P.B. |
Bull Terrier from the movie Babe 2:
Pig in the City |
| PAC-MAN |
Pomeranian from the movie Blade:
Trinity |
| PARSNIP |
Jack Russell from the movie The Wolves
of Kromer |
| PAXIL |
Maltese from the sitcom Will &
Grace |
| PEEK |
Chinese Crested from the movie Cats
& Dogs |
| PEPPER |
Labrador Retriever from sitcom 3rd
Rock from the Sun |
| PESKY |
Dachshund from the movie The Ugly
Dachshund |
| PETEY |
American Pit Bull from The Little
Rascals |
| PERDITA |
Dalmatian from the movie 101 Dalmatians |
| PIPPET |
Labrador from the first Jaws movie |
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| PLUTO |
Dalmatian from the movie The Truman
Show |
| POE |
American Bulldog from the movie Wonder
Boys |
| PONCHO |
Chihuahua from the comedy series Leave
it to Beaver |
| PONGO |
Dalmatian from the movie 101 Dalmatians |
| POPPY |
Chihuahua from the movie Mars Attacks! |
| PORTER |
Dogue de Bordeaux from the movie
Payback |
| PORTHOS |
Captain Archer's beagle from Star
Trek: Enterprise |
| PRECIOUS |
Shih Tzu from the movie Silence of the
Lambs |
| PUFFY |
Border Terrier from There's Something
about Mary |
| QUARK |
Canine character from the movie Honey,
I shrunk the kids |
| RAGS |
Pug from the sitcom Spin City |
| RALPH |
Bassett Hound from TV series Grace
under Fire |
| RECKLESS |
Mix breed from TV series The Walton's |
| RHETT |
Saint Bernard from the movie Steel
Magnolias |
| REKKAE |
Irish Wolfhound from the movie The
13th Warrior |
| RENO |
Canine character from the movie Top Dog |
| REXXX |
Irish Terrier in the movie Firehouse
Dog |
| ROLY |
Poodle from the British soap Eastenders |
| ROSCOE |
Mix breed from the comedy Not Another
Teen Movie |
| RUFF |
Airedale mix from the series Dennis
the Menace |
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| RUFFLES |
Old English Sheepdog from the movie
Speechless |
| RUSTY |
Golden Retriever from the movie Purely
Belter |
| SAM |
Collie from the movie Lethal Weapon |
| SAMANTHA |
German Shepherd from the movie I am
Legend |
| SANDY |
Mixed breed from the movie Annie |
| SCHOTZIE |
Dachshund from the series That 70s Show |
| SCOOPER |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| SEBASTIAN |
Siberian Husky pup from the movie The
Sixth Sense |
| SEDGE |
Canine character from the series
Stargate Atlantis |
| SHADOW |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| SHORTY |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| SODA |
Saint Bernhard from the movie Daddy
Day Care |
| SOLO |
German Shepherd from the movie The 6th
Man |
| SNIFF |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| SPEEDY |
Golden Retriever from the sitcom Drew
Carey Show |
| SPIKE |
Bulldog from the movie The Game-Plan |
| SPOT |
Bullmastiff from the movie See Spot Run |
| SPRICKET |
Children's tv show Fraggle Rock |
| SPUNKY |
Cocker Spaniel from the comedy series
Happy Days |
| STRONGHEART |
German Shepherd from the movie The
Love Master |
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| TAZI |
Australian Shepherd from the movie
Sporting Dog |
| TET |
Bluetick Coonhound from TV's Airwolf |
| THOR |
Mix breed from the series Diagnosis
Murder |
| THORN |
German Shepherd from the movie The
Lost Boys |
| TIGER |
Old English Sheepdog from The Patty
Duke Show |
| TOTO |
Black Cairn from the movie Wizard of Oz |
| TRISTEN |
Golden Retriever from comedy series
Kate & Allie |
| TRUMAN |
Husky from the movie Eight Below |
| TYSON |
American Staffordshire Terrier from
See Spot Run |
| VINCENT |
Labrador Retriever from the tv series
Lost |
| VIRDELL |
Brussel Griffon from the movie As Good
as it Gets |
| WALTER |
Pomeranian from the movie To Die For |
| WANDERER |
Golden Retriever from the tv movie The
Retrievers |
| WILLIAM |
Golden Retriever from the movie Maybe
Baby |
| WILLOUGHBY |
Canine character from the movie Mary
Poppins |
| WOLF |
Alaskan Malamute from Dr. Quinn
Medicine Woman |
| WOLFIE |
German Shephard from the movie The
Mummy |
| YELLOW |
Labrador Far from home: The Adventure
of Yellow dog |
| YODEL |
Husky from the movie Snow Dogs |
| ZEUS |
Portuguese Podengo from the movie Zeus
& Roxanne |
| ZIP |
Australian Cattle Dog from the movie
Last of the Dogmen |
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