The Top 150 Dog Names Inspired by Books

If you’re searching for the best dog names inspired by books, you’ll love our list! When it comes to choosing a name for your new dog, there are a lot of things that people can take inspiration from, such as popular songs.

However, I love to read books, so it only makes sense that I would look towards great pieces of literature and mythology for a dog name. If you are like me and you love to delve in an addictive novel, why not choose your favorite character’s name for your dog?

I’ve put together my list of dogs names that have been inspired by books, in the hopes that you will be inspired as well!

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Top 50 Female Dog Names Inspired by Books

Let’s kick things off with some of my favorite girl dog names inspired by literature! For each one, I gave you the full character name and book that it’s from, then bolded the parts that I think make good dog names.

1. Anne Shirley from the “Anne of Green Gables” series by L.M. Montgomery
2. Arya Stark from “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin
3. Becky Sharp from “Vanity Fair” by William Makepeace Thackeray
4. Beth March from “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
5. Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” fairy tales and adaptations
6. Bathsheba Everdene from “Far from the Madding Crowd” by Thomas Hardy
7. Beatrice from “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare
8. Bridget Jones from the “Bridget Jones’s Diary” series by Helen Fielding
9. Calpurnia from “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
10. Celie from “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
11. Clarice Starling from “The Silence of the Lambs” by Thomas Harris
12. Coraline Jones from “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman
13. Cosette from “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo
14. Countess Olenska from “The Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton
15. Daenerys Targaryen from the “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R. Martin
16. Daisy Buchanan from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
17. Elizabeth Bennet from “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
18. Emma Woodhouse from “Emma” by Jane Austen
19. Eowyn from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
20. Fern Arable from “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White
21. Flora Poste from “Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibbons
22. Fleur Delacour from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
23. Frankie Addams from “The Member of the Wedding” by Carson McCullers
24. Hermione Granger from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
25. Jane Eyre from “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
26. Jo March from “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
27. Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
28. Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunger Games” trilogy by Suzanne Collins
29. Lisbeth Salander from “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson
30. Luna Lovegood from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
31. Lyra Belacqua from “His Dark Materials” trilogy by Philip Pullman
32. Matilda Wormwood from “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
33. Primrose Everdeen from “The Hunger Games” trilogy by Suzanne Collins
34. Offred from “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
35. Rose Hathaway from the “Vampire Academy” series by Richelle Mead
36. Ramona Quimby from the “Ramona” series by Beverly Cleary
37. Rosalind “Rosie” Carter from “Love, Rosie” by Cecelia Ahern
38. Rowena Ravenclaw from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
39. Remy Starr from “This Lullaby” by Sarah Dessen
40. Sansa Stark from “Game of Thrones” series George R.R. Martin
41. Scarlett O’Hara from “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell
42. Scout Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
43. Tess Durbeyfield from “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” by Thomas Hardy
44. Tris Prior from the “Divergent” series by Veronica Roth
45. Tinker Bell from “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie
46. Temperance Brennan from the “Bones” series by Kathy Reichs
47. Tilly Dunnage from “The Dressmaker” by Rosalie Ham
48. Ursula Monkton from “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman
49. Yvaine from “Stardust” by Neil Gaiman
50. Zahra from “The City of Brass” by S.A. Chakraborty

The Top 50 Male Dog Names Inspired by Books

Again, I bolded the parts of the names that I think make the best dog names.

1. 1. Argos from The Odyssey
   2. Aslan from “The Chronicles of Narnia” series by C.S. Lewis
   3. Atticus Finch from “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
   4. Augustus Waters from “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
   5. Bilbo Baggins from “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
   6. Captain Ahab from “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville
   7. Captain Hook from “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie
   8. Dexter Morgan from the “Dexter” series by Jeff Lindsay
   9. Don Quixote from “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes
   10. Dr. John Watson from the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
   11. Dracula from “Dracula” by Bram Stoker
   12. Ebenezer Scrooge from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
   13. Edward Cullen from “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer
   14. Frankenstein from “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
   15. Frodo Baggins from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
   16. Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
   17. George Milton from “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
   18. Gregor Samsa from “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka
   19. Hamlet from “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
   20. Hannibal Lector from The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 
   21. Harry Potter from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
   22. Heathcliff from “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë
   23. Hercule Poirot from the Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie
   24. Holden Caulfield from “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
   25. Ivanhoe from “Ivanhoe” by Sir Walter Scott
   26. Huckleberry Finn from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
   27. James Bond from the James Bond series by Ian Fleming
   28. Jay Gatsby from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
   29. Jean Valjean from “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo
   30. King Arthur from Arthurian legends and various retellings
   31. Lennie Small from “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
   32. Mr. Darcy from “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen
   33. Nick Carraway from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
   34. Othello from “Othello” by William Shakespeare
   35. Paul Atreides from “Dune” by Frank Herbert
   36. Percy Jackson from the “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan
   37. Pip from “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens
   38. Rhett Butler from “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell
   39. Richard Sharpe from “Sharpe” series by Bernard Cornwell
   40. Roland Deschain “The Dark Tower” by Stephen King
   41. Santiago from “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway
   42. Scout Finch from “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
   43. Sherlock Holmes from the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
   44. Tarzan from “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs
   45. Thomas Covenant from “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” by Stephen R. Donaldson
   46. Thor from Norse Mythology or Marvel Comics, take your pick!
   47. Tom Joad from “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
   48. Tyrion Lannister from “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin
   49. Victor Frankenstein from “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
   50. Winston Smith from “1984” by George Orwell

50 Names of Dogs in Literature

Last, but not least, if you want literal literature dog names, here are 50 ideas inspired by canine characters in books.

1. Argos from “The Odyssey” by Homer
2. Balto from “Balto and the Great Race” by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
3. Blue from “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls
4. Buck from “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London
5. Clifford from the “Clifford the Big Red Dog” series by Norman Bridwell
6. Cujo from “Cujo” by Stephen King
7. Fang from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
8. Gaspode from the “Discworld” series by Terry Pratchett
9. Ghost from “Game of Thrones”
10. Gromit from the “Wallace & Gromit” series by Nick Park
11. Hachiko from “Hachiko: A Dog’s Story” by Pamela S. Turner
12. Hooch from “Turner & Hooch” by Dennis Shryack
13. Lad from “Lad, A Dog” by Albert Payson Terhune
14. Lassie from the “Lassie” series by Eric Knight
15. Marley from “Marley & Me” by John Grogan
16. Max from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” by Dr. Seuss
17. Nana from “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie
18. Odie from the “Garfield” comic strip by Jim Davis
19. Pongo from “The Hundred and One Dalmatians” by Dodie Smith
20. Perdita from “The Hundred and One Dalmatians” by Dodie Smith
21. Pluto from various Disney stories and comics
22. Perro from “The House of the Spirits” by Isabel Allende
23. Patrasche from “A Dog of Flanders” by Ouida
24. Pepper from “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford
25. Prince from “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford
26. Pilot from “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë
27. Polynesia from the “Doctor Dolittle” series by Hugh Lofting
28. Patch from “101 Dalmatians” by Dodie Smith (also known as “Patch”)
29. Ribsy from the “Henry Huggins” series by Beverly Cleary
30. Shadow from “Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford
31. Sable from “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford
32. Slinky from “Toy Story” by Disney Pixar (Slinky Dog)
33. Shiloh from “Shiloh” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
34. Sirius Black from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling
35. Skip from “My Dog Skip” by Willie Morris
36. Snoopy from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz
37. Sounder from “Sounder” by William H. Armstrong
38. Tock from “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster
39. Toto from “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum
40. Tramp from “Lady and the Tramp” by Ward Greene (adapted into a Disney animated film)
41. Toby from “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski
42. Tock from “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster
43. Tracker from “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls
44. Tawny from “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford
45. Titus from “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London
46. Tug from “A Dog’s Purpose” by W. Bruce Cameron
47. White Fang from “White Fang” by Jack London
48. Winn-Dixie from “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo
49. Zero from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” by Tim Burton (Zero is a ghost dog character)
50. Zeus from “Dog Man” series by Dav Pilkey (Zeus is a robot dog)

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