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The vast majority of pet owners consider their furry friends to be members of the family. So along with the thrill of bringing home a new pet comes an immense amount of pressure to choose the perfect name. You can go for a human name, or you can pick a food name. Perhaps you’ll pick one based on how the pet looks, or maybe you’ll decide based on your pet’s personality. The possibilities are endless!
But sometimes, owners manage to come up with the most brilliant names possible. And if you’re struggling to think of an appropriate name for your puppy, you’ve come to the right place. Netizens have been recalling the funniest and most adorable pet names they’ve ever heard, so you’ll find the best ones below. Enjoy scrolling through this list that might make you want to adopt another kitten tomorrow, and be sure to upvote the names that you wish you’d thought of yourself!
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#1
I had a black snake that lived in my attic when I was renting( the house wasn’t great, and he was great pest control so I just left him up there to come and go as he pleased) that I named David Hisselhoff. Everybody used to freak out when I’d tell him that he was up there, but I didn’t mind and I would always tell them not to hassle the Hoff.
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#2
A little cat named Yardstick (bc he only had 3 feet).
#3
My grandma had twin orange cats, Pete and Repeat.
#4
Not the best pet name but a solid one: as a philosophy undergrad, I had a turtle named Aristurtle.
Trophy Husband 1 week ago
Aristotle actually wrote quite a bit about turtles. Observing their anatomy and there behavior and trying to learn more about them. He did the same with some other animals.
#5
I read in a local paper a Community Spotlight article about a local business man and his family. There was a photo of the man and his family, along with the two family dogs.
The man’s last name was Hussey. His golden retrievers were named Shameless and Brazen.
It’s been decades and I still believe they were the best names ever!
#6
My best friend had a corgi named "Lieutenant Dan" because "he ain't got no legs".
#12
I always liked the story about a guy that had a dog named Paul. His friend group acquired a dude named Paul, who they always referred to as “Human Paul.”.
Howl's sleeping castle 1 week ago
There was another story where someone had a cat named Jeff. Later their office hired a new guy with the same. The guy gets dubbed Human Jeff. When he asked to be called Jeff and the cat be called "Cat Jeff", everyone refused on the grounds that the cat gets seniority.
#13
I have a snake and a tortoise, Adolf Hissler and Winston church-shell. They’ve been at war for like 5 years now.
#16
Shoebox (shoo-B), a tiny cat found in a shoe box. She had a couple of kittens, named Nike and Reebok.
#18
A cat named Beef.
#19
Cluck Norris. My old boss’s chicken.
#20
A ferret named Ferret Bueller.
#22
A year before I relented and got my kid a cat, she already has it named: Captain Pretzel
We decided we would get two so they have company, then had to match the name: Doctor Lasagna
The vets love us.
#23
Old neighbors had a pug, we didn't chat much with them just heard her snuffling around the fence most days.
Then one night she refused to come inside and we heard "goddammit Linda, get back in the house!" A brief pause. "Linda want treats?!" And that fat little pug named Linda hustled in the back door. My husband and I nearly died from laughing.
#25
Askim.
What’s your dog’s name?
Askim.
Upstaged75 1 week ago
A place I once worked had a kickball team called Updog. The usual question people asked - "what's updog?". Answer - "not much, what's up with you?" 😁
#26
I have two (I delivered mail for 30 years). #1. A HUGE man, muscular, wide, tall. He had a Rottweiler that matched him in size and strength. I asked him what the dog's name was. He replied "Fluffy". I burst out laughing. 😂 #2. I had a lesbian couple that had a large, friendly PitBull. I asked the name. They replied, "Butch". I blurted out, "Of course he is". We all shared a good belly laugh. They were super-cool. 😂.
#27
I heard my coworker on the phone, and she asked the vet if she could schedule an appointment for her kitten. Its name was Eartha Kitten.
Upstaged75 1 week ago (edited)
There's a fox family on the property where my parents used to live. The vixen was very bold and would hang around the yard even if people were out there. My mom named her Eartha. 😁 And I named her boyfriend Renard. Every spring they have 3 to 5 kits who are adorable to watch.
#30
One time at the cat vet, there were two beautiful fluffy Ragdolls. One was named Princess Diana and the other was named Biscuit!
Beautiful Princess Diana and her stupid brother Biscuit.
#31
Was in the vet waiting room once and there was a pair of big yellow eyes glaring out of a basket. The owner was this chap who looked like crocodile Dundee, who told us his black cat was feeling a little under the weather.
They were called next "Steve, please"
Five mins later we heard Steve the cat giving the vet absolute hell.
#32
Kevin. He’s a peacock. He’s not really a pet. He showed up one day at the kennel we take our dogs to. The story is he randomly showed up one day & never left. Being an animal kennel they made sure he was taken care of. He has full reign of the property, friendly, never goes near to dogs…he’s really sweet actually. It’s very comical.
Also, a dog down the street from us named Kat.
#35
As a kid I had a hamster. I named him MC Hamster.
#36
About 6 months ago I watched a YouTube video from a woman that works in a veterinary. She was listing stupid pet names and one of the ones she listed was a dog named Scoop. The majority of us in the comments were team Scoop. Scoop is out there living his best life and some internet slag tries to bring him down by making fun of him online. Scoop, if someone is reading this to you, keep on keeping on bud.
#38
My grandpa named a cat “patty” after his sister in law because all the cat did was run around and angrily yell at everyone just like his sister in law.
#40
”The fish”. It was a cat.
#43
Phideaux, a dog.
#48
Password.
That was the Cats name of this NSA agent friend I had.
And I want to tell the truth right now if the NSA says they unlocked your device with a password based on finding out your cats name... that's a joke. And every Journalist reporting that factoid knows it.
#51
Clarence, a yellow lab, benevolent but goofy.
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Teutonic Disaster 1 week ago (edited)
If I'll ever get a chance to get an Irish Wolfhound* I'm gonna name him/her Taxi. Why? Because the idea of being at a dog park and going: *whistles* "Taxi!" *lifts arm* and then this absolute unit comes running up to me with other people looking on in confused amusement just tickles me silly. *Why an IW and not another big dog like f.e. a Great Dane, you might ask? Well, my childhood neighbours had one and he was THE quintessential gentle giant, so that's the only dog I'd ever get as a puppy specifically because of its breed. Otherwise I'll adopt from a shelter, where the name is usually already established.
Shark Lady 1 week ago
While I was studying psychology i had two mice named Stanley Milgram and Sigmund Freud.
David Paterson 1 week ago
I love the name of a cat that has appeared on BP several times, called "Laundry".
bkwrm636 1 week ago
I have a schnoodle named Maisie Jane Waffles - just a name I liked, the middle name of a friend who had just recently died and she smelled like maple syrup on the day I picked her up. After 4.5 years, she gets called Maise, Maiser, Maizel Tov, MJ, MJ Waff, Pupper Doggo, the Boss (my dad calls her that), but really only comes when I holler "where's my puppy!"
Chris England 1 week ago
My mate adopted a cat and was struggling for a name. One of the first things the cat did was demolish the Christmas tree . He shouted little barsteward. LB for short. LB is sunning himself in the garden as we speak
Cadastros de Helen Vanessa 1 week ago (edited)
All my cats have writers' names: Conceição Evaristo e Milton Hatoum (Brazilians writers); Nora Roberts (US); Mia Couto (Mozambique); Agatha Christie (ING) and Capitu (character by the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis").
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
I have Kohl (named after a mineral), Preacher (named after a comic book), Rook and Lucanis (video game characters, Dragon Age), Riker (Star Trek), Spicy and Joseph (attitude and a musical.) My old gray cat was named Wintressia (made-up name, I was 15, lol.) My two dogs are Stilgar and Fenring (the book Dune.) Of course, they all have a billion nicknames.. XD Staff at the vet usually struggle with the pronunciation of Lucanis' name, so I tell them I just call him Woo-woo. Lucanis > Woocanis > Woo-woo, naturally XD And my dog Fenring usually gets called "Fenringus von Dingus". Good times.
funkybluegirl (she/her) 6 days ago
I call my boy cat orbits, puppy. Because hes a little baby puppy.💙 (I'm bad with commas. My cat's name is Orbits. One of his, many nicknames is puppy.
Chris Lewis 6 days ago
I had a dog named "dog" as a child, we also had another dog named Ocho and a cat named 21.
MalayDragon 1 week ago
Not a pet but i had a rather large male frog that used to get under my garage door every time it rained, I named him Herbert James Frogington. Luckily for him at that time i didn't have an automatic garage door so i had to open it by hand so if he was there i'd move him to the little garden next to my house so he didn't get squished.
Lee Gilliland 1 week ago
We have a turtle named Uncle Fester because if you look directly at her, that's who she resembles. Yes, I said she. Turtle plumbing is a tad difficult to discern.
Teutonic Disaster 1 week ago (edited)
If I'll ever get a chance to get an Irish Wolfhound* I'm gonna name him/her Taxi. Why? Because the idea of being at a dog park and going: *whistles* "Taxi!" *lifts arm* and then this absolute unit comes running up to me with other people looking on in confused amusement just tickles me silly. *Why an IW and not another big dog like f.e. a Great Dane, you might ask? Well, my childhood neighbours had one and he was THE quintessential gentle giant, so that's the only dog I'd ever get as a puppy specifically because of its breed. Otherwise I'll adopt from a shelter, where the name is usually already established.
Shark Lady 1 week ago
While I was studying psychology i had two mice named Stanley Milgram and Sigmund Freud.
David Paterson 1 week ago
I love the name of a cat that has appeared on BP several times, called "Laundry".
bkwrm636 1 week ago
I have a schnoodle named Maisie Jane Waffles - just a name I liked, the middle name of a friend who had just recently died and she smelled like maple syrup on the day I picked her up. After 4.5 years, she gets called Maise, Maiser, Maizel Tov, MJ, MJ Waff, Pupper Doggo, the Boss (my dad calls her that), but really only comes when I holler "where's my puppy!"
Chris England 1 week ago
My mate adopted a cat and was struggling for a name. One of the first things the cat did was demolish the Christmas tree . He shouted little barsteward. LB for short. LB is sunning himself in the garden as we speak
Cadastros de Helen Vanessa 1 week ago (edited)
All my cats have writers' names: Conceição Evaristo e Milton Hatoum (Brazilians writers); Nora Roberts (US); Mia Couto (Mozambique); Agatha Christie (ING) and Capitu (character by the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis").
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
I have Kohl (named after a mineral), Preacher (named after a comic book), Rook and Lucanis (video game characters, Dragon Age), Riker (Star Trek), Spicy and Joseph (attitude and a musical.) My old gray cat was named Wintressia (made-up name, I was 15, lol.) My two dogs are Stilgar and Fenring (the book Dune.) Of course, they all have a billion nicknames.. XD Staff at the vet usually struggle with the pronunciation of Lucanis' name, so I tell them I just call him Woo-woo. Lucanis > Woocanis > Woo-woo, naturally XD And my dog Fenring usually gets called "Fenringus von Dingus". Good times.
funkybluegirl (she/her) 6 days ago
I call my boy cat orbits, puppy. Because hes a little baby puppy.💙 (I'm bad with commas. My cat's name is Orbits. One of his, many nicknames is puppy.
Chris Lewis 6 days ago
I had a dog named "dog" as a child, we also had another dog named Ocho and a cat named 21.
MalayDragon 1 week ago
Not a pet but i had a rather large male frog that used to get under my garage door every time it rained, I named him Herbert James Frogington. Luckily for him at that time i didn't have an automatic garage door so i had to open it by hand so if he was there i'd move him to the little garden next to my house so he didn't get squished.
Lee Gilliland 1 week ago
We have a turtle named Uncle Fester because if you look directly at her, that's who she resembles. Yes, I said she. Turtle plumbing is a tad difficult to discern.
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