130 Literary Dog Names For The Very Best Bookish Dogs
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Any pet owner knows that the naming of your new special friend is a very important thing. For all you dog-loving bibliophiles, we’ve got an expansive guide with literary dog names that are sure to fit your fido. Also worth noting, this list can also be applied to cats, ferrets, birds, or whatever floats your fancy.
Also, here’s a nudge to adopt your new pets, rather than to shop for them. You can find the perfect adoptable pets on Adopt a Pet. It’s also worth noting that adopting senior pets can be a tremendous gift for both you and the pet you bring into your life. See if you can find a local shelter that specializes in pets 7 and older and consider giving one of those furry friends their forever home.
Literary Dog Names from Children’s Books
Alice, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Aslan, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Augustus, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Beatrice, Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Bella, Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Clifford, Clifford The Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell Coraline, Coraline by Neil Gaiman Cullen, Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Jasper, Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Eloise, Eloise at the Plaza by Kay Thompson Hazel, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Matilda, Matilda by Roald Dahl Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Shiloh, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Tock, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Toto, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Winnie, Winnie the Pooh by A.A. MilneLiterary Dog Names from Comics
Marvel Flash Thor Magneto Blaze Phoenix Sage Storm Rogue Mystique Raven ShadowNames of Authors/Poets
Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë) Byron (as in Lord) Dante (Dante Alighieri) Eliot (T.S. Eliot) Harper (Harper Lee) Langston (Langston Hughes) Rumi Seuss (as in Dr., aka Theodor Seuss Geisel) Tennyson (as in Alfred, Lord Tennyson) Tolstoy Twain (Mark Twain) Walt (Walt Whitman)Unique Literary Dog Names from Books
Arrietty, The Borrowers by Mary Norton Bovary, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Cujo, Cujo by Stephen King Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Havisham, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Jekyll, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Katniss, The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins Kaz, Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo Perdita, The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Pongo, The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Quixote, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Tris, Divergent trilogy by Veronica RothDog Names from Mythology
Achilles Adonis Adrian Ajax Caesar Calix Cicero Deacon Homer Icarus Leo Merlin Othello Otis Sappho Sirius Titan Ulysses Antigone Pandora PenelopeLiterary Dog Names from Classics
Atticus, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Athos, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Bennet, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Brett, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Darcy, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Jude, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Oliver, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Fitzwilliam, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Rhett, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Santiago, The Old Man the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Sawyer, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainNames from Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin)
Ghost Nymeria Lady Summer Grey Wind Shaggydog Ned Cersei Daenerys/Dany Tyrion Lannister Khal Bran Theon Arya Sansa Davos Stannis Genry Ramsay Bolton Greyjoy Stark RenlyGeneral Literary Dog Names
Daisy, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Dorothy, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Emma, Emma by Jane Austen Finn, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Hamlet, Hamlet by William Shakespeare Holden, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Gatsby, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Kurtz, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Lassie, Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight Lila, Shades of Magic trilogy by V.E. Schwab Maisie, What Maisie Knew by Henry James Marley, Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan Marlowe, The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Milo, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Moby, Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Moriarty, On the Road by Jack Kerouac Pip, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Romeo, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Sherlock, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle You can find even more bookish pet names, names for your dog and names for exotic pets.Also, here’s a nudge to adopt your new pets, rather than to shop for them. You can find the perfect adoptable pets on Adopt a Pet. It’s also worth noting that adopting senior pets can be a tremendous gift for both you and the pet you bring into your life. See if you can find a local shelter that specializes in pets 7 and older and consider giving one of those furry friends their forever home.
