Dog name lists / Pop Culture & Themes
Movie Dog Names
Names borrowed from famous movie dogs (and a few scene-stealing sidekicks). Every one is carried by real licensed dogs — ranked by how many owners cast their pup in the leading role.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milo The Jack Russell from The Mask. | Boy | ||
| 2 | Nala The Lion King's leading lady. | Girl | ||
| 3 | Benji The scruffy stray who started a franchise. | Boy | ||
| 4 | Shadow The wise golden of Homeward Bound. | Either | ||
| 5 | Lady One half of the spaghetti scene. | Girl | ||
| 6 | Simba Hakuna matata on four legs. | Boy | ||
| 7 | Rex From dinosaurs to detectives. | Boy | ||
| 8 | Marley The world's worst — and most loved — dog. | Either | ||
| 9 | Otis The pug from Milo and Otis. | Boy | ||
| 10 | Baxter Ron Burgundy's tiny confidant. | Boy | ||
| 11 | Chance The cheeky bulldog of Homeward Bound. | Boy | ||
| 12 | Copper The Fox and the Hound's other half. | Boy | ||
| 13 | Bingo The '90s canine road-trip star. | Boy | ||
| 14 | Toto There's no place like home. | Boy | ||
| 15 | Bolt The superhero who wasn't. | Boy | ||
| 16 | Zero Jack Skellington's ghostly pup. | Boy | ||
| 17 | Hachi The most loyal dog ever filmed. | Boy | ||
| 18 | Balto The sled dog who saved a town. | Boy | ||
| 19 | Buck The Call of the Wild lead. | Boy | ||
| 20 | Einstein Doc Brown's time-traveling sheepdog. | Boy | ||
| 21 | Dory Just keep swimming (okay, she's a fish). | Girl | ||
| 22 | Cujo For the dog with a dramatic streak. | Boy | ||
| 23 | Beethoven The slobbery St. Bernard of the '90s. | Boy | ||
| 24 | Hooch Turner's messy, lovable partner. | Boy |