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
