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Looking for a name for your overweight dog? Though your dog’s health is a serious concern, there is always room for a little humor. These names are derived from large animals, other large-themed words, foods and words that are synonymous with large, fat, or overweight.
If you can’t find the perfect name for your dog below – check out our Ultimate Guide to Naming Your Dog. Name your dog based on other personality traits, hair color, and even your hobbies. This is a very cool dog-naming tool.
List of Names for Your Overweight Pup
We’ve compiled an alphabetical list of names derived from meaning, inference, and famous fat dog names.
- Amazon
- Angus
- Axel
- Barn or Barney – For a pup as big as a barn door
- Beans
- Bear
- Beasty
- Beefy
- Belly
- Bertha
- Beulah
- Biggy
- Big Mac
- Blimpy
- Boomer
- Bounty
- Brawny
- Bruiser
- Bubba
- Buddha
- Buford
- Bull
- Burly
- Burrito – Nobody wants a small burrito.
- Butch
- Butterball
- Butterworth
- Chunky (one pet lovers calls her dog her little Chunky Monkey)
- Chunk Norris – Maybe he’s big, but awesome.
- Colossal – Colly? Lossy? Sal?
- Crisco
- Curvy
- Diesel
- Dozer
- Eggo
- Flabby
- Goliath
- Godzilla
- Grizzly
- Hammy
- Hearty
- Hefty
- Hereford
- Hershey
- Hulk
- Husky
- Immy – Short for immense
- Kong
- Lane – For Lane Bryant
- Mac
- Macro
- Magnus
- Massimo
- Max – to the max!
- Meaty
- Mighty
- Moby
- Mondo
- Monster
- Moose
- Norm – eNORMous
- Obie – like the famous obese dachshund
- Paddy – For being well-padded
- Piggy
- Piglet
- Podgy
- Porky
- Portly
- Pudge
- Rambo
- Rex
- Rocky
- Roly – Poly Oly
- Roomy
- Semi
- Spare – For having a tire to spare
- Stocky
- Stuffy
- Sumo
- Taurus – Bull
- Tank
- Thor
- Thunder
- Titan
- Tito
- Titus
- Tonka
- Tower
- Tubbs or Tubby
- Tummy
- Tyson
- Wallop
- Wheezer
- Wheezy
- Whopper
- Wookie
More Names
Didn’t find a name that fits? Looking for a more uncommon name? Or just need more ideas? Check out PetPlace.com’s article on the Top 1200 Pet Names.