Your Favorite Puppy Names

What Owners Are Naming Their Own Dogs

On this Favorite Puppy Names page, we've decided to take a different route. Instead of giving you our own dog name suggestions, we've opened up this page for fellow dog owners to share with the world dog names that are special to them.

Since many readers of this site are current or past dog owners, there must be a reason why you chose the name that you did, and a story behind it.

*Do you remember your first puppy? What was his name? And why did you give him that particular one?

*Have you given a puppy as a gift? What was the special name they chose, and why?

*Do your neighbors, or friends have dogs? I'm sure there's some pretty creative names that they've come up with.

So if you've run into a dog naming mental block, and are looking for other unique puppy names, check out the favorite dog names of our readers at the bottom of this page for possible ideas. Or, if you know of a great name, feel free to share it with the world!

Your puppy is one of a kind. Sharing their names here not only gives them worldwide publicity, it also gives others ideas when thinking up a name.

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

Marley 
I named my Basset Hound puppy after my hero, Bob Marley. I respect Bob Marley because he stood for peace: he thought love and music could cure the world ...

Angel 
Because the movie "Lady and the Tramp" had that dog named Angel and our Angel looked exactly like her!! Also, because she was the sweetest dog we had ever ...

Boo 
After Boo Radley in "TO Kill A Mockingbird" the scary, misunderstood neighbor who saved the children's life.
A perfect name for my American Pit Bull Terrier....

Bella, Alice, Emmett, Jake  Not rated yet
I am a HUGE Twilight fan, I have 4 dogs, their names are Bella, Alice, Emmett, and Jake. They are really great names too!

Spirit  Not rated yet
A black lab is one of the most loyal dogs in the world. When we first got this puppy, it followed my grandpa everywhere. Being my Grandpa is always outside,...

Atticus Finch  Not rated yet
I named my yellow lab Atticus Finch after the character of the same name from the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Everyone tells me it is a fabulous ...

Rain  Not rated yet
When I went to the shelter to find a dog, it was raining outside. Most of the dogs were under cover. But this one little puppy was prancing around in the ...

Mandy  Not rated yet
I named her after the Barry Manilow song, Mandy. She was the best dog. I swear she would sway every time Barry Manilow played a slow song, and became excited ...

Scarlett O'Hara  Not rated yet
As a Saint Bernard, aside from being absolutely gorgeous like the infamous character, Scarlett is the antithesis of whom she was named for. Our Scarlett ...

Molly  Not rated yet
I gave her this name because it cute and suites a staffy.

Lucky two Times  Not rated yet
We orginally called our lab Hercules but after the two accidents that could have been fatal for our beloved Hercules we changed it to Lucky Two Times. ...

Dutch  Not rated yet
Named him after Ronald Reagan to irritate our liberal friends.

Chloe/Tess  Not rated yet
Chloe:she came with this name but I think it suits.(the black one)
Tess: we named her Tess because it is a "strong adventurous name"

Java  Not rated yet
A rescued Chesapeake Bay Retriever. We drove 26 out of 30 hours to get to him before he went for the "big sleep".
Coffee is all that kept us going, besides ...

Elwood  Not rated yet
Our other dog, Jake, was 6 when he got out of the groomer's office because she didn't quite latch the door. We looked and looked for him and while searching ...

Deisel  Not rated yet
I gave my Pit Bull Catahoula Leopard mix his name because he's very stocky and muscular! I thought of a Semi, but he's also very energetic so I thought ...

Toulouse  Not rated yet
Toulouse is a pembroke welsh corgi who, just like his namesake - the artist Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - has a normal sized torso but short, little legs....

Iggy and Teddy  Not rated yet
Iggy, because of the musician Iggy Pop (also just a cute name!), and Teddy because he is so sweet natured and looks like a teddy bear. Iggy is a golden ...

Zeus  Not rated yet
Because he is an Irish Wolfhound and the family loves Greek stuff.

The Notorious BIG aka Biggie  Not rated yet
Biggie is an 8 week old black Great Dane. The sire of his litter is 41 inches and 240 pounds. He is the spitting image of his father, so I figured the ...

Bandit  Not rated yet
I gave him this name because it fit his personality. He was snoopy, sneaky and at times very lovable!

Snow Luv  Not rated yet
His coat was as white as snow, and I loved him so much. Even though there was no snow where I live, he would act as if it was snowing.

Sue   Not rated yet
I gave her that name just outta the blue. It sounded like she was saying her own name and I thought it sounded really cute!

Duncan  Not rated yet
Because we have a family that bakes alot and Duncan Hines is a cake mix so we just had to name him that! It's so adorable! He's a Carin Terrier and a bit ...

Memi Lu  Not rated yet
We used to have a jack russell named Milo. She died when I was 7, so my mum decided to get me 1 for my 8th birthday. When I got her I instantly called ...

Salt and Pepper  Not rated yet
because one was a cute white toy poodle and the other was a cute black toy poodle!

Hagen, Maggie, Daisy, Pepper, Whiskey  Not rated yet
Hagen is short for Copenhagen. He is a big block headed yellow lab male

Maggie was a choco lab female. My wife liked the name.

Daisy is a black ...

Bella  Not rated yet
I gave my yellow lab this name because she is so sweet and is such a pretty girl. She deserved a nice name. I picked a couple of different names I liked ...

Freckles, Lady, Cookie, Gus, Chi-Chi, Pidley   Not rated yet
Freckles got hers because she has many spots on one side. Lady got hers because we thought she was a lady when we got her (wrong!!!) Cookie became Cookie ...

Winston  Not rated yet
Winston is a Miniature Schnauzer & looks like a regal, distinguished, little old man with bushy eye brows. He simply looks like a Winston should look:...

Zeke & Nova  Not rated yet
Zeke: is an all white lab/ german shepard mix. We picked the name from Ezekiel (God's strength). Nova: is our sweetheart Rottweiler. It means bright ...

Presley  Not rated yet
I fostered two lurcher puppies, and called one Aaron and one Presley - after the King! Aaron was re-homed and I decided to adopt Presley. He has his own ...

Dega  Not rated yet
We're NASCAR fans and Talladega is one of our favorite tracks... Dega for short! He's a big black German Shephard and seems to love the name... it's unique,...

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