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Literary Dog Names

Dog names drawn from book characters and authors.

Ring This name was used centuries ago as an occup...
Origin:Word name
10274
Auster

Meaning: oyster

Origin:German surname
4382
Origin:Diminutive of Joanna, Josephine, etc
2163
Origin:Irish surname
16435
Poetry The name 'Poetry' is a derivative of the Gre...
Origin:Word name
5452
Forster

Meaning: scissors maker

Origin:English, variation of Foster
5983
Rudd

Meaning: red or ruddy

Origin:English surname
12084
Hammett Hammett is a beautiful but rare name that is...
Origin:English surname
8504
Glasgow The appealing name Glasgow is of Scottish or...
Origin:Scottish place-name
11775
Kerouac Kerouac is traditionally a boy's name and th...
Origin:Breton literary name
5840
Bly

Meaning: friendly

Origin:English surname name
4805
Aerin Aerin is typically a girls name and is very ...
Origin:Tolkien Middle Earth invention, or variation of Erin
1405
Jessamyn

Meaning: jasmine flower

Origin:Variant spelling of Jessamine
7962
Thurber

Meaning: Thor the warrior

Origin:Norse
9066
Plato

Meaning: broad-shouldered

Origin:Greek
4994
Salinger Salinger is a name that comes from a long li...
Origin:French, Saint Léger
3254
Woolf Woolf is an old German name and is not gende...
Origin:Variation of Wolf, animal name
7069
Neruda Neruda is an odd and unusual name that is us...
Origin:Literary name
8317
Lafcadio While sharing phonetic similarities with nam...
Origin:Place-name
7706
Origin:Diminutive of Joanna, Josephine, etc
2163