So you’ve made the exciting (and hopefully well-researched) decision to become a fur parent. Besides stocking up on all the necessary supplies and securing your yard, you still have another important task: choosing the perfect dog name!
They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but for book lovers, it’s probably a close bond. why not let your love of books inspire your furry friend’s name?
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From beloved four-legged heroes to classic (two-legged) authors and characters, the world of literature has a wide variety of creative and fun names to choose from. after all, your best friend deserves something more original than fido!
100 literary names for dogs
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Below are 100 fun dog name ideas inspired by some of your favorite canines, authors, and literary characters. (I never realized how much I wanted a dog named Rhett Butler until I started doing research for this post.)
Keep in mind that many of these names would also be adorable choices for cats, fish, birds, hamsters, and any other friends from the animal kingdom. (But if you’re looking for baby names, we recommend choosing wisely.)
book dogs
- argos (the odyssey)
- blue (the sound and the fury)
- buck (wild call)
- friend (a dog’s purpose)
- bullseye (oliver twist)
- charkie (curious george)
- cujo (cujo)
- clifford (clifford, the big red dog)
- einstein (observers)
- fang (harry potter)
- fluffy (harry potter)
- ghost (game of thrones)
- boy (boy, a dog)
- lassie (lassie comes home)
- marley (marley and me)
- max (how the grinch stole christmas)
- nana (peter pan)
- pongo (the hundred and one dalmatians)
- shiloh (shiloh)
- snoopy (the his peanut torieta)
- toby (sherlock holmes)
- toto (the wonderful wizard of oz)
- winn-dixie (because of winn-dixie)
- screamer (old screamer)
names inspired by authors
- agatha (agatha christie)
- austen (or jane) (jane austen)
- byron (lord byron)
- capote (or truman) (truman capote)
- dante (dante alighieri)
- dickens (charles dickens)
- edgar (edgar allen poe)
- eliot (t.s. eliot)
- faulkner (william faulkner)
- fitz (f. scott fitzgerald)
- harper (harper lee)
- hemingway (ernest hemingway)
- homer (homer, author of the odyssey)
- hunter (hunter s. thompson)
- joyce (james joyce )
- langston (langston hughes)
- leo (leo tolstoy)
- maya (maya angelou)
- orwell (george orwell)
- oscar (oscar w ilde)
- seuss (or teodoro) (dr. seuss/theodore geisel)
- shakespeare (william shakespeare)
- tolkien (jrr tolkien)
- twain (mark twain)
- vonnegut (or kurt) (kurt vonnegut)
- wallace (david foster wallace)
- walt (walt whitman)
character names
- alicia (Alice in Wonderland)
- arya (Game of Thrones)
- aslan (the chronicles of narnia)
- atticus (to kill a mockingbird)
- beatrice (much ado about nothing)
- augustus (the fault in our stars)
- bella (twilight)
- coraline (coraline)
- daisy (the great gatsby)
- darcy (pride and prejudice)
- dorothy (the wonderful wizard of oz)
- eloise (eloise in the square)
- emma (emma)
- gandalf (lord of the rings)
- gatsby (the great gatsby)
- ginny (harry potter)
- gretel (hansel and gretel)
- gulliver (gulliver’s travels)
- hagrid (harry potter)
- hansel (hansel and gretel)
- hazel (the fault in our stars)
- hermione (harry potter)
- huck (adventures of huckleberry finn)
- juliet (romeo and juliet)
- katniss (the hunger games)
- matilda (matilda)
- moby (moby dick)
- ophelia (village)
- padfoot ( harry potter)
- pippi (pippi longstocking)
- rhett (gone with the wind)
- romeo (romeo and juliet)</li
- scarlett (gone with the wind)
- scout (to kill a mockingbird)
- sherlock (sherlock holmes)
- sirius (harry potter)
- violet (a series of unfortunate events)
- wat son (sherlock holmes)
- winnie (winnie the poop)
comics names
- blaze
- bruce
- flash
- marvel
- mystique
- raven
- robin
- rogue
- sage
- storm
- thor
- shadow
what do dogs symbolize in literature?
In art and literature, dogs are often used to symbolize guidance, protection, loyalty, fidelity, alertness, and love. As dogs have become increasingly domesticated, they also represent companionship, and as “man’s best friend”, dogs are often used as “companion” characters in both film and literature.
names of dogs from literature
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From lassie to toto, some of our favorite books just wouldn’t be the same without their furry heroes/heroines. If you love books as much as we do, you might consider a literary-inspired name for your four-legged friends!
And if you’re thinking about bringing home a dog (or any animal), always make sure you understand the responsibilities that come with being a furry parent. your future toto (or miss scarlett, hemingway, hermione…) deserves your unconditional love!
What literary names for dogs are your favorites? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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