Here are some unusual and off-beat names for dogs:
Absalom
Ash or Asher
Astoria
Atlas
Artemis
Banks or Banksey
Beezus (the character from Beverly Cleary’s books)
Bitey
Bomber
Booker
Budgie
Buffalo or Buffalo Bill
Burpee (the workout exercise or the Seed Catalog)
Carhart (the outdoor and work clothing brand)
Chiffon
Cosmo
Cotton (for Cotton Mather)
Cruiser (or Tom Cruise)
Dash
Darwin
Dinky
Dooley
Dreama
Echo
Everly (an old fashioned girls’ name or for the Everly Brothers)
Fergus
Fern
Fizzy
Flash Gordon
Freya
Friday
Frisbee
Galaxy (and all the other space names)
Gilligan (Gilligan’s Island)
Gizmo
Glory
Grover
Hamlet (or Romeo or Juliet or any Shakespeare Name)
Honest Abe
Hap
Hiawatha
Hobbes (for Calvin and Hobbes)
Hobbit
Hoover (after the President or the Vacuum cleaner or the noun)
Horace
Indigo
Isolde
Izzy (Isabel)
Ivanhoe
Jinx
Journey
Juniper
Kenzo
Kip
Lake
Lancelot
Lemony Snicket
Little Bear
Loki
Lolly
Ludwig
Maple (for the tree) or Maple Leaf (for the Canadian team)
Manley
Martini
Michelob (the beer)
Mighty Mouse
Moxie
Navy
Nella
Nero
Overalls
Overby
Rascal
Rumba (the dance)
Sacajawea
Sassafras
Sailor
Scout
Sneakers
Story
Tuesday
Thora
Uma
Waldo
Weasel
Wemberly
Wingo
Winnie
Wizard
Yahtzee (or almost any board game such as Sorry or Othello or Monopoly)
Yogi
Zeppelin
Zoo
Zeus
Here are some more funny names for dogs:
Bam Bam (from the Flinstones)
Big Gulp
Biggie Smalls
Bummer
Butkus
Dogbert (from the Dilbert cartoon)
Dopey
Droopy
Sir Drools a Lot or Drooley
Freckles
Kimye (Kim Kardashian plus Kanye West)
Mr. Bojangles
Sleepy
Slurp
Thud
Thumper
Very simple but unexpected human names can be funny:
Bob
Bill
Carol
Karen
Kevin
Food Names make funny Dog Names:
Meats work well: Baloney, Meatball, Meatloaf, Pork chop, Pot Roast
Italian Foods: Gnocchi, Tortellini, Ravioli, Ossobuco, Pizza
Mexican Foods: Nacho, Taco, Quesadilla, Chalupa, Jalapeno
Japanese: Sushi, Mu Shu (Moo Shoo)
Vegetables: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrot
Condiments: Pickles, Mustard, Ketchup, Mayo
Drinks: Soda pop, Tang, Red Bull
Other foods: Cheese Toast, Peanut Butter, Tater Tot, Waffles
