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Here are more good dog names submitted to us by our readers.

We find it interesting that many names sent to us are the names of family pets that are long deceased. We know from personal experience that while our own dogs from our past are long gone, that when we hear their names mentioned, that many fond memories return.

Do you remember the name of the dog that you grew up with? I'll bet you do. Many of our pups had good dog names, so good that we'll remember them for life.

Although many of the good puppy names shown here are names of dogs currently alive, once their gone, their names will always live on, as will their memories.

Here are a few of the good dog names kindly sent to us by our readers. If you don't find a suitable name for your new pup here, we have hundreds more to choose from on this site.

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Introduce Yourself: PJ
Your Dog Name(s): Shadow
Why You Chose It: Due the the poem "My Shadow" and especially the first line: "I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me..."

Introduce Yourself: Giuliana
Your Dog Name(s): Taco and Bell
Why You Chose It: I chose it because of Taco Bell. My dogs are a Chihuahua couple. The male is called TACO and the female is called BELL. They are so cute!!!!

Introduce Yourself: Zoe
Your Dog Name(s): Fiona and India
Why You Chose It: I chose Fiona because I love the way it sounds. The name India is very cool to me because I love the way it sounds, and I like the place. It was a very hard decision, choosing their names, I also liked Laila, Via, and Ivy. I am really glad with the choice made and together they soung very nice, India and Fiona...

Introduce Yourself: Alissa
Your Dog Name(s): Crissy
Why You Chose It: We chose Crissy because we wanted a name close to the word Chistmas since she was born on Chistmas

Introduce Yourself: Brianna
Your Dog Name(s): Popcorn, Anakin, Slater, Leia
Why You Chose It: I love popcorn and I love the movie Dazed and Confused and Star Wars

Introduce Yourself: Katherine
Your Dog Name(s): Brisa
Why You Chose It: Brisa is a girl dog name and it means wind in spanish. We gave her that name because she is fast like the wind and it fits her personality

Introduce Yourself: Darian
Your Dog Name(s): Scooter
Why You Chose It: I chose this good dog names because dashshunds look like the bottom of a scooter

Introduce Yourself: Meghan
Your Dog Name(s): Sadie (yellow lab) and still trying to name new puppy (chocolate lab)
Why You Chose It: Cause it just fit her! :)

Introduce Yourself: Sabryn
Your Dog Name(s): Dillon, Nina, and Luda
Why You Chose It: We chose Dillon because we read a story about a boxer named Dillon and we named our dog after the doggie in the story. We chose Nina because we liked Nina Cherrys Songs, and because it rhymed with Her mothers name Zeena. We Chose Ludas name because in Ludachris's Songs he says,"LUDA", short for Ludachris. And now when we are in the car with Lou (Luda)we listen to Ludachris's songs say,"LUDA". Luda looks all around the car when Ludachris says his name!

Introduce Yourself: Christy
Your Dog Name(s): Asker
Why You Chose It: Everyone asks "What's your dogs name?", because she's a Great Dane. I tell them Asker and get a pretty funny response. Ask-her!
Introduce Yourself: Cath
Your Dog Name(s): Nolan (toy Poodle) Rudy (dachshund)
Why You Chose It: Nolan after New Orleans, La (NOLA) Rudy was a Christmas gift

Introduce Yourself: Bryan
Your Dog Name(s): Simba
Why You Chose It: My dog is so curious and I love The Lion King

Introduce Yourself: Hannah
Your Dog Name(s): Prince DUNCAN the third of Faith Ranch
Why You Chose It: I don't know, we just liked it and before we got him we picked it out and we found out his father`s name was Duncan


Good Dog Names Offered By Others...

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

Shugga  starstarstarstarstar
We gave her the name Shugga because she likes to give lots and lots of love.

Chow Mien  starstarstarstarstar
Our dog was a chow... Chow Mien everyone loved it!

Charley Hatfield  starstarstarstarstar
Because I love the band Widespread Panic and Hatfield is one of my favorite songs.

Hollywood  starstarstarstarstar
I gave HER this name, yes. It's adorable. Feel free to use it :)

D'Mac  starstarstarstarstar
D'Mac is short for Donovan McNabb who plays for the Philadelphia Ealges.

My next dogs name will be Dawkins who plays Safety for the Eagles.

Hayley  starstarstarstarstar
It may look boring but I named her that because I am a big fan of Eminem and his daughter is named Hayley which is mentioned in some of his songs and is ...

Gitta [Tikaani Tupit]  starstarstarstarstar
I named my puppy Gitta Tikaani Tupit on his registry papers for many reasons. He's a Siberian Husky, so he needed a unique name. Gitta means strong, while ...

Mini Couper and Yugo  starstarstarstarstar
Two Compact Dogs

Hogan and Nelson  starstarstarstarstar
I'm an avid golfer and named them after Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson

Rambo  Not rated yet
I wanted a tough cool sounding name, and the guy of the movies named "Rambo" was cool and tough.

Max  Not rated yet
I always loved that name. He's a miniature dachshund

Chumley  Not rated yet
We had our dog for a period of time, and could not think of a name that really stuck fast with any of us. Probably for a month it had an identity crisis ...

Beamer  Not rated yet
My son's favorite car was a BMW, so he named him that and it turned out to be very appropriate! This little Rat Terrier is FAST!

Ravage  Not rated yet
The first week I had him he seemed to make the biggest mess everywhere.

Chloe  Not rated yet
I love the name Chloe because it is very girly for a dog but cute and can be used for a little or small dog. I gave it to my new puppy lab.

Indy  Not rated yet
I named my female Boston Terrier Indy which is the short version of Independence. She was born on the 4th of July, so my uncle told us we should name her ...

Mason  Not rated yet
I named him after the dog in Jimmy Buffett's song, "Nautical Wheelers".

Crush  Not rated yet
Because I had a crush on him the moment I saw him - he is love on 4 paws.

Nero  Not rated yet
My brother gave my black lab this name because he saw it in a Clifford book when he was younger. Nero (the dog in the book) was Clifford's cousin who was ...

Bailey Champ Wegner  Not rated yet
I named my dog after Champ Bailey, the cornerback from the Denver Broncos. I think his name is the best!

Mayday  Not rated yet
I was born on May 1st, 1994, plus my mom's a pilot. That's why I'm named Mayday. I've never known another dog with my name, and I think it's pretty cool....

Alvin   Not rated yet
He is such a character so why not give him a characters name (Alvin and the Chipmunks!)

Princess Sadie Lynn (we just call her Sadie)  Not rated yet
My best friend had a dog named Sadie, and she had gotten hit by a car and died. (the dog) Then I asked my sister what to name her, (she was in France at ...

Shadow  Not rated yet
When we got our dog, he would chase the shadows of things, not the actual thing. (i.e. a butterfly outside, he'd be nipping at the ground at it's shadow ...




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