Fun

101 Hipster Inspired Dog Names

Written by: Dr. Katy Nelson

September 1, 2015

You just adopted a new dog. Next comes the hard part: thinking of an awesome name for your dog that will make people laugh at how clever you are, and signal that you listen to good music. But don’t worry, you don’t have to go it alone.

This year, BarkPost has conducted an extensive survey of dog name experts (not true) to compile a comprehensive list of 2015’s least-popular-and-therefore-most-desirable dog names (true-ish). Behold:

1. Dog

2. Chad

3. Chewtros Chewtros-Ghali

4. Boatswain

5. Paw Iver

6. Bruce Springer Spanielsteen

7. Vegan Mayonaise

8. Burl Ives

9. Williamsburg

10. Gentrifier

11. #doge

12. Chewtros Chewtros-Ghali

13. Sufjan Stevens’s Early Albums

14. I’m vegetarian. No, you pick the restaurant. Ugh, not that one.

15. Kevin

16. Jeff Tweedy? Pssh, Nels Cline is the best part of Wilco.

17. Thrift Shop

18. James Buchanan (15th President of the U.S.)

19. Vinyl

20. Stefon

21. Names Are Slavery

22. Minor in Anthropology

23. Twee

24. Rebecca

25. Foucault’s Wikipedia Page

26. Super Hans

hipster-dog-names-2

27. @thehound

28. I Only Eat Animals That Can’t Feel Fear

29. John Water Spaniel

30. Ironic Readings of William F. Buckley

31. Nancy

32. Summer Scarf

33. Neitzcshe (sic)

34. Dave

35. Sylvia Plath Is My Spirit Animal

36. Dog Name

37. That’s So Meta I Could Die

38. Richard Wag-ner

39. Wolf Lite

40. Kid A-kita

41. Cave Canem

42. Death From Above

43. Bruce

44. Not On The Rug, Man

45. #dog

46. Soccer? Do You Mean Football?

47. Richard Lickson

48. Mitch (Hedberg)

49. Direwolf

50. Bonnie “Prince” Baying

51. Jam Jar Cocker Spaniel Tail

52. Pitbull, but the nice woman at the shelter said “lab mix.”

53. Yankee Hotel Foxhound

54. Martin Hide-Digger

55. French Cooking

56. Bill Furray

57. J. Edgar Snoozer

58. Growl Duke

hipster dog

59. Literally

60. What’s “drip” coffee? Ew.

61. Sub Pop Records

62. Gilbert

63. Wes Anderson Wide Shots

64. Hakeem Olajuwon

65. Cerberus In Culina Latrat

66. Mr. Brown

67. Soy Wax Candles

68. Flat White

69. Ooh, I know this great little place…

70. Whose Dog Is This?

71. Gertrude

72. Post-postmodern

73. Party All The Time, by Eddie Murphy

74. Internship

75. Pupst Blue Ribbon

76. Margaret

77. American Spirit

78. Zach Braque

79. Kodachrome

80. Helga

81. Muttstache

82. Ben Gibbark

83. Etsy

84. Paw Gasol

85. Irony

86. Dude, Mutt Is Not The Preferred Nomenclature

87. Neutral Malinois Hotel

88. Nose Chompsky

89. Aibo

90. Droolio

91. Shedmund Kemper

92. Dog Draper

93. 

94. Phyllis

95. I Saw Arcade Fire With 50 People At A Club In Denver in ’03.

96. Get Cars Off The Road

97. More Mandolin

98. Frank

99. The Smell of an Urban Outfitters At Closing Time

100. Crushing Student Loan Debt

101. Cat

Featured image via @toby_littledude

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Written by: Dr. Katy Nelson

September 1, 2015

Nutritionist-crafted food for your dog's breed or mix.

Recipes designed for dogs' individuality

LEARN MORE

INNOVATIVE DOG STUFF, EVERY MONTH.

A themed collection of BARK-designed toys, treats, and chews.

INNOVATIVE DOG STUFF, EVERY MONTH.

A themed collection of BARK-designed toys, treats, and chews.