The following is a list of old dog names that are still in use today. Some of these names have been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years, and were used by many different cultures all over the world. Others are more recent and came into being during the last few hundred years. The most common ones are listed first followed by some less well-known but interesting names.
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Best old dog names
Best old names for your fluffy goofball. Of course, for boys and girls.
Female
- Gertrude
- Edna
- Marcia
- Winnifred
- Margaret
- Pat
- Barbara
- Eleanor
- Carolyn
- Agatha
- Cathryn
- Ann
- Georgeane
- Blanche
- Grace
- Hyacinth
- Evelyn
- Roberta
- Daisy
- Bernice
- Patricia
- Francis
- Glenda
- Amelia
- Janice
- Donna
- Gladys
- Mabel
- Rose
Male
- Frank
- Babe
- Dale
- Julius
- Raymond
- Richard
- Kenneth
- Harry
- George
- Robert
- Tom
- Kareem
- Fred
- Paul
- Ronald
- Jack
- Charles
- Thomas
- William
- Joseph
- John
- Donald
- James
- Willie
- Walton
- Edward
- Roger
- Frederick
- David
- Wilt
- Harold
Popular old dog names
Most popular and used old dog names. Check these out!
Female
- Roxie
- Betty
- Lydia
- Kitty
- Gloria
- Cleo
- Antonia
- Hattie
- Rosie
- Mamie
- May
- Stella
- Cordelia
- Muriel
- Betty
- Myrtle
- Libby
- Winnie
- Gladys
- Marge
- Ida
- Effie
- Willa
- Lucy
- Ganet
- Tillie
- Rita
- Polly
- Birdie
- Lelia
- Penny
- Millicent
- Celestine
- Vera
- Fay
- Minnie
- Agatha
- Georgiana
- Frances
- Maxine
- Mavis
- Nellie
- Odessa
- Edwina
- Prudence
- Winifred
- Daisy
- Edie
- Martha
- Hazel
- Millie
- Philomena
- Dixie
- Flossie
- Etta
- Maude
- Doris
- Clementine
- Alta
- Lottie
- Zelda
- Mae
- Imogen
- Beatrice
- Geneva
- Ella
- Lulu
- Ruby
- Shirley
- Jane
- Eloise
- Madge
- Blanche
- Mazie
- Opal
- Selma
- Augusta
- Georgia
- Viva
- Sally
- Chloe
Male
- Jacob
- Earl
- Hudson
- Max
- Wylie
- Olaf
- Murphy
- Freddie
- Cornelius
- Virgil
- Florian
- Archie
- Ollie
- Jack
- Fritz
- Winston
- Maguire
- Spike
- Claude
- Barnaby
- Rufus
- Sedrick
- Hiram
- Scooter
- Frank
- Grover
- Buddy
- Otto
- Turner
- Cliff
- Scout
- Chester
- Garland
- Angus
- Mack
- Reno
- Doyle
- Smith
- Benji
- Clemens
- Ambrose
- Mason
- Norris
- Ike
- Abner
- Perry
- Ned
- Ralph
- Grady
- Pete
- Gus
- Teddy
- Oliver
- Barney
- Rollie
- Jennings
- Dorsey
- Rogers
- Noble
- Felix
- Rover
- Spot
- Sylvan
- Casper
- Constantine
- Henry
- Donnie
- Floyd
- Otis
- Booker
- Dewey
- Percy
- Clovis
- Roscoe
Cute old dog names
Cute and lovely names for your old pooch. Enjoy!
- Carl
- Larry
- Andy
- Ernie
- Stephen
- Gerald
- Ed
- Dennis
- Wilson
- Leroy
- Hank
- Jerry
- Martin
- Gary
- Bert
- Bo
Grumpy old dog names
Fitted names for your grumpy goofball. Great way to make your doggo stand out.
- Melvin
- Niles
- Lyle
- Bear
- Max
- Tim
- Nelson
- Ron Swanson
- Kurt
- Walter
- Fraiser
- Percy
- Mike
- Nick
- Sidney
Inspired by books, movies, and shows
Many great names inspired by books, movies, and pop culture. Check this category!
- Huckleberry (the blue Hound cartoon character)
- Spike (the Bulldog in the Tom and Jerry cartoons)
- Lassie (this Rough Coated Collie is arguably one of the most iconic dog characters from TV and movies)
- Droopy (the wrinkly faced cartoon dog)
- Lady (from the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp)
- Scooby (the iconic Great Dane from the cartoons and movies of the same name: Scooby-Doo)
- Snowy (Wire Fox Terrier in Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin)
- Tramp (from the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp)
- Nana (in J.M Barrie's Peter Pan)
- Scrappy (Scooby-doo's nephew)
- Gnasher (Dennis the Menace's dog in the long-running comic series)
- Bullseye (the Bull Terrier from Charles Dickens Oliver Twist)
- Perdita (from Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians)
- Buck (the Saint Bernard cross from Jack London's Call of the Wild)
- Belle (the Great Pyrenees from Cécile Aubry's Belle and Sébastien)
- Argos (the dog in Homer's Odyssey)
- Pongo (from Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians)
- Mutley (the dog in the Wacky Races cartoon series)
- Toto (in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum)
- Jip (from the Dr Doolittle books by Hugh Lofting)
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