101 Movie-Inspired Dog Names
This list has names of characters from everything from cult classics to Gone With the Wind to cartoons, which means you are sure to find some inspiration for naming your next furry family member. There are the tough guy names, like Rocky and Maverick, and we’ve got some Disney favorites as well, like Jasmine and Belle. There are even some characters on here that you might have long forgotten about, like Fievel, the mouse from An American Tail. Regardless of what movie genre is your favorite, this list has you covered!
1. Yoda (Star Wars)
2. Falcor (Neverending Story)
3. Hairy Pawter (Harry Potter)
4. Frankenstein
5. Ferris (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
6. Norman (Psycho)
7. Maverick (Top Gun)
8. Goose (Top Gun)
9. Pippin (Lord of the Rings)
10. Gollum (Lord of the Rings)
11. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
12. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
13. Odie (Garfield)
14. Zero (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
15. Tarzan
16. Ace (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
17. Max (Mad Max)
18. Rocky
19. Dude (The Big Lebowski)
20. Blondie (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly)
21. Bluto (National Lampoon’s Animal House)
22. Jabba the Mutt (Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars)
23. Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
24. Scarlett (Gone With the Wind)
25. Vito (The Godfather)
26. Kane (Citizen Kane)
27. Clarice (Silence of the Lambs)
28. Milo (The Mask)
29. Toto (Wizard of Oz)
30. Chance (Homeward Bound)
31. Neo (The Matrix)
32. Morpheus (The Matrix)
33. Trinity (The Matrix)
34. Marv (Sin City)
35. Uggie (The Artist)
36. Stich (Lilo & Stitch)
37. Baxter (Anchorman)
38. Simba (Lion King)
39. Boba Fett (Star Wars)
40. Jack (The Shining)
41. Ambrosius (Labyrinth)
42. Snake (Escape from NY, Escape from LA)
43. Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird)
44. Napoleon (Napoleon Dynamite)
45. Kip (Napoleon Dynamite)
46. Wall-E
47. Brick (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
48. Juno
49. Winnie the Poodle (Winnie the Pooh)
50. Batman
51. Robin
52. Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
53. Gizmo (Gremlins)
54. Rizzo (Grease)
55. Thor
56. Gaston (Beauty & The Beast)
57. Belle (Beauty & The Beast)
58. Beast (Beauty & The Beast)
59. Bella (Twilight)
60. Bolt
61. Lady (Lady & the Tramp)
62. Balto
63. Bashful (Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs)
64. Doc
65. Dopey
66. Happy
67. Sleepy
68. Sneezy
69. Grumpy
70. Duchess (The Aristocats)
71. Fievel (An American Tail)
72. Aladdin
73. Jasmine (Aladdin)
74. Jafar (Aladdin)
75. Buzz (Toy Story)
76. Woody (Toy Story)
77. Edward (Twilight)
78. Cosette (Les Miserables)
79. Fiona (Shrek)
80. Ted (Ted)
81. Honey Bunny (Pulp Fiction)
82. Bud (Air Bud)
83. Molly (Ghost)
84. Oda (Ghost)
85. Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
86. Sully (Monsters Inc.)
87. Jane (Tarzan)
88. Darla (The Little Rascals)
89. Dumbo
90. Boomer (Independence Day)
91. Claire (The Breakfast Club)
92. Riggan (Birdman)
93. Peppy (The Artist)
94. Cooper (Interstellar)
95. Murph (Interstellar)
96. Rocket (Guardians of the Galaxy)
97. Gustave (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
98. Bane (The Dark Night Rises)
99. Django (Django Unchained)
100. Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
101. Marty (Back to the Future)
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