Three-Legged Dog Names

Now here’s something we haven’t heard of before: several wonderful and dedicated animal lovers have emailed us with great names for dogs with 3 legs. Whether it’s a “tripod puppy” or an older dog with a limp, we think these names are really creative!

All of these dog names were all submitted with love and we hope you enjoy them too. Who knows…maybe one will suit your dog!

• Charm – The phrase “Third time’s the charm” refers to the superstition that after two failures in any endeavor, a third attempt is more likely to succeed.
• Dochas – for the three Doshas (weaknesses)
• Drei (German word for three)
• Flipflop
• Froggy (only a kiss away from being a prince)
• Gimpy
• Hat trick
• Hatty – In cricket, if a bowler takes 3 wickets in a row it is called a hat trick.
• Heegner – Three is the third in the Heegner number series.
• Humpback (for the humpback of Notre Dame)
• III
• Intersection
• Lamer
• Lucky (Three is considered a good number in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word “alive”)
• Pie (actually closer to 3.14159)
• Pinky
• Pogo
• Speedy (not quite but we loved this name)
• Star – The Roman numeral III stands for giant star in the Yerkes spectral classification scheme.
• Synchrony
• Tadpole
• Three Paws
• Three-wheeler
• Threepeat – a term for a team that wins three consecutive championships.
• Tre (Italian word for three)
• Tres (Spanish for three)
• Triangle
• Triathlon – sports competition with three events: swimming, bicycling, and running
• Tricycle
• Trike
• Triple Heart
• Triple Love Bug
• Triple Sec
• Tripod
• Trois (French word for three pronounced “twau”
• Trzy – (Polish word for three)
• Wobble