If you’re passionate about reading, you’ll definitely want to check out our favorite dog names after book characters!
With millions of books spanning centuries, there’s no shortage of great ideas.
Since it can be overwhelming, we narrowed down the list to just 100 ideas.
Take a look!
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Dog Names After Book Characters For Males
- Argos – from The Odyssey.
- Artemis– after Artemis Fowl.
- Aslan – the hero from the Chronicles of Narnia.
- Atticus – from How To Kill A Mockingbird.
- Augustus – from The Fault In Our Stars.
- Baree – from Baree, Son of Kazan, by James Curwood
- Blue – from The Sound of the Fury.
- Bodger– from The Incredible Journey
- Bond– after James Bond, of course.
- Buck – great name from Call of the Wind.
- Buddy – from A Dog’s Purpose.
- Bullseye – from Oliver Twist.
- Cafall– King Arthur’s dog
- Charkie – very cute dog from Curious George.
- Clifford – the star of The Clifford the Big Red Dog.
- Cujo – from Stephen King’s novel with the same name.
- Einstein – a great character from Watchers.
- Fang – from Harry Potter.
- Fluffy – cute name from Harry Potter.
- Gandalf – from the famous Lord of the Rings.
- Garm– from Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R Tolkien
- Gaspode– from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series.
- Gatsby – the famous character from The Great Gatsby.
- Ghost – great name from Game of Thrones.
- Gnaish– from Thunder Oak by Garry Kilworth
- Huck – from the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
- Kazak– from Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan
- Kipper– from Kipper and the Dog
- Lad – from Lad, A Dog.
- Marley – from Marley and Me.
- Max – How The Grinch Stole The Christmas character.
- McKinley– from The Good Dog by Edward Irving Wortis
- Moses– from Dogville (not to be confused with Dogvills!)
- Old Dan– Where the Red Fern Grows, great name for a senior dog!
- Petyr– from Game of Thrones series.
- Pip— from Great Expectations
- Poky– from the Poky Little Puppy
- Pongo – the dad in 101 Dalmatians.
- Prince Terrien- Leslie’s dog from Bridge to Terabithia
- Rab– dog name from Rab and His Friends.
- Romeo – from Romeo and Juliet.
- Scamper- from Enid Blyton’s The Secret Seven
- Shiloh – from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s novel with the same name.
- Snoopy – from the Peanuts comics.
- Toby – from Sherlock Holmes.
- Tock– from The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- Toto – the adorable dog from The Wizard of Oz.
- Watson – from Sherlock Holmes.
- Winn-Dixie – from the Because of Winn-Dixie novel.
- Yeller – from the Old Yeller.
Dog Names After Book Characters For Females
- Alice – from Alice in Wonderland.
- Antonia – from My Antonia.
- Arya – famous Game of Thrones character.
- Ayla– from Jean Auel’s Earth’s Children series.
- Beatrice – from Much Ado About Nothing.
- Bella – from the famous Twilight.
- Blue– a gender-neutral name from The Sound and the Fury.
- Coraline – from the novel with the same name.
- Daisy – from The Great Gatsby.
- Dorothy – cute character from the Wizard of Oz.
- Elena – the author of Ferrante of the Neapolitan.
- Elinor – from Sense of Serenity.
- Ellie – from A Dog’s Purpose.
- Eloise – from Eloise at the Plaza.
- Emma – from the novel with the same name.
- Fantine– from Les Misérables.
- Galadriel – from Lord Of The Rings.
- Ginny – from Harry Potter.
- Gretel – from Hansel and Gretel.
- Gwenddydd– from Welsh legend.
- Hermione – one of the most famous Harry Potter characters.
- Isabel – from the House of Spirits.
- Juliet – from Romeo and Juliet.
- Katniss – from The Hunger Games.
- Laska – from Anna Karenina.
- Lassie – from Lassie Come Home.
- Little Ann – from Where The Red Fern Grows.
- Lorelei– from Lorelei’s Secret by Carolyn Parkhurst.
- Luna – from Harry Potter.
- Lyra– main character from His Dark Materials
- Maisie – from What Maisie Knew.
- Margo – from John Green’s universe.
- Matilda – from the novel Matilda.
- Miss Bates– from Emma
- Misses– from 101 Dalmatians.
- Nana – cutest Peter Pan dog.
- Nymeria – amazing Game of Thrones dog.
- Olive– from Olive, the Other Reindeer.
- Ophelia – from Hamlet.
- Pepper– from The House on the Borderland
- Perdita – the mother dog from 101 Dalmatians.
- Petula– from Molly Moon, it’s a great pug dog name!
- Sansa – from Game of Thrones.
- Scarlett – from Gone With The Wind.
- Tris – from Divergent.
- Veronica – the author of Divergent.
- Violet – from a Series of Unfortunate Events.
- Violet – from Lemony Snicket.
- Wendy – from Peter Pan.
- Zora – from Their Eyes Were Watching God.
This list of dog names after book characters will definitely help you choose a very cool name for your pup!
