Uncommon Pet Names

Uncommon Dog Names

By: Debra Primovic

There are names that are pretty common dog names, such as Maggie, Max, and Ginger, but then...there are dog names that are very uncommon. The uncommon dog names are harder to document because...well, they are not common.

The following is a list of the least uncommon dog names in our database supplemented by names from PetPlace.com readers who have emailed us with their dogs names!

1.        8-Ball
2.        8-Lives
3.        Ad-Rock
4.        Aden
5.        Aika – JapeneseJapanese for "little love"
6.        Airhead
7.        Airy
8.        Aja
9.        Ala
10.        Alexander the Great
11.        Alina
12.        Alley - is the name of one of my girls who was found in an alley
13.        Allyway
14.        Alma Sonriente (Alma for short) – means "smiling soul"
15.        Alvin
16.        Alyeska
17.        Amber
18.        Ami-mai
19.        Anasazi - after the Anasazi Indians or 'Sazi' for short
20.        Andre
21.        Angelina Balerina
22.        Angus
23.        Anxiety Wrap
24.        Arbie
25.

        Archemedes -(Archie)
26.        Archie
27.        Areti'ma (Pro.: R-Ettea - Mah)
28.        Ari
29.        Ariel
30.        Aristophanes
31.        Aristotle
32.        Arizona
33.        AskHer
34.        AskHim
35.        Aspirin -(gives them a headache!)
36.        Asthma
37.        Astro - after the dog from the cartoon "The Jetson's".
38.        Ateret
39.        Atticus -(from Atticus Finch in "to Kioll a Mockingbird"
40.        Attitude
41.        Awesome
42.        Azrael
43.        Baba Booey
44.        BabyGirlRiley
45.        Balthazar
46.        Balto - for the famous dog that completed the serum run during the black plague that infected so many alaskansAlaskans so long ago
47.        Bam Bam (from the cartoon The Flintstones)
48.        Bambi Deer
49.        Bandit -– his eyes were so black so you couldn'tyou couldn't see them see his eyes- . It as though looked like he he was wearing a mask!
50.        Banshee
51.        Banshee Stardust
52.        Barfly
53.        Bark Obama
54.        Baskerville
55.        Beatrice
56.        Beauregard
57.        Bee-Bee
58.        Beebo.
59.        Bennie
60.        Benorf
61.        Bernardo
62.        Beta
63.        Bettis - after the now retired Jerome "the Bus" Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
64.        BIBA - after the seventies store.
65.        Big Red
66.        Biggity Brown
67.        Bijou
68.        Bill Clinton
69.        Bimbi
70.        Bionic
71.        Bismark
72.        Bivouac
73.        BL
74.        Blackie
75.        Bowzer
76.        Landis
77.        Blogger
78.        Blue
79.        Bo-Bo
80.        Bock
81.        Bogie
82.        Bokkie
83.        Boku
84.        Bonanza
85.        Bonehead Wiggle-butt - big head and wags his tail a lot
86.        Bonita -in Spanish means Pretty Girl
87.        Booboo
88.        Booger
89.        Boogie
90.        Bookbag
91.        Bookie
92.        Bootdonnie
93.        Bootsie
94.        Bootstrap Bill
95.        Bou-Tee-Waits
96.        Bowser
97.        Boz
98.        Bregis
99.        Brewster
100.        Briggs
101.        Bristol
102.        Brooklynn
103.        Broom
104.        Buckles
105.        Buddha – spiritual
106.        Buddy Holly
107.        Budweiser
108.        Bugger
109.        Buggie
110.        Bulldozer
111.        Bullet
112.        Bungee Cord
113.        Butterfinger
114.        Buttersworth

 
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