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Literary Dog Names

Dog names drawn from book characters and authors.

Zooey The meaning of Zooey is ‘life’. It is a name...
Origin:Literary name
8096
Homer

Meaning: security, pledge

Origin:Greek
1479
Dashiell Dashiell is a modification of the French sur...
Origin:Anglicization of French surname de Chiel, meaning unknown
326
Ishmael

Meaning: God will hear

Origin:Hebrew
1067
Vidal

Meaning: life, vital

Origin:Spanish and Catalan from Latin
3264
Chandler

Meaning: candle maker

Origin:English from French occupational name
1401
Peyton

Meaning: fighting-man's estate

Origin:English
769
Chance Chance is a given name of Middle English ori...
Origin:French variation of Chauncey
1558
Fenno The name Fenno finds its root in the Finnish...
Origin:A Finnish tribe and language
3739
Lemuel

Meaning: devoted to God

Origin:Hebrew
829
Truman

Meaning: loyal one

Origin:English
916
Hart

Meaning: stag

Origin:English
651
Cullen

Meaning: holly tree

Origin:Irish
681
Origin:English variation of Gervase, meaning unknown
1144
Melchior

Meaning: city of the king; king of light

Origin:Dutch from Hebrew
1243
Oskar The meaning of name Oskar is 'One with the s...
Origin:German variation of Oscar
1252
Falmouth The most significant concentration of people...
Origin:Place-name
8850
Origin:Literary name
10750
Vivaldo

Meaning: who dominates the will

Origin:Italian
6277
Lowell

Meaning: young wolf

Origin:French
1809