Unique Big Dog Names that are Cool and Popular
Puppy Names for Different Sizes of Large and Tall with Personality
Sep 28, 2009
Here are the best unique big dog names that are cute and popular. Want a puppy name to match the different sizes of large and tall? Check out these names to match a tiny little puppy's moniker with his or her adult size. Find great names for dogs.
Good Dog Names
Picking out a cool name for a dog or puppy can be fun.
- Dogs have an easier time learning and responding to short names that are one or two syllables.
- Many experts believe that a perfect dog name has two syllables with a vowel sound at the end, like Shorty or Lassie.
- Consider a puppy's personality when choosing a name.
- After deciding upon a name, use it often.
- Don't use the puppy's name when meting out punishment.
- Owners should pick monikers or nicknames that they really like, because they are going to be yelling these names quite a bit while calling their dogs.
Dog Names
To give a big dog, like a Saint Bernard, a great name, there are some names to avoid.
- Silly names may be cute when the puppy is playing in one's home, but yelling out Poopsie-Do or Sweetie-Bumpkin-Cheeks at the top of one's lungs in front of strangers is embarrassing.
- Use names and nicknames that do not sound like a family member's name, it's confusing to the pup.
- Don't use names that sound like a command. For example, Snowy and Nolan sound like "No".
- Consider how big a puppy will be when fully grown. Sometimes, it can be cute to have a St. Bernard named Tiny, and sometimes it can be just a bit too unusual.
- Don't give a big scary dog a scary name. People will be afraid to pet a pooch named Psycho Killer.
Read about teaching a dog his name. It is more important than most people realize.
See a video called Saint Bernard vs Yorkie.
Big Dog Names
One way to go is to choose a name that sounds like something big, but is generic enough that it will fit any personality and characteristic of an adult dog. Here are some ideas:
Boy or Girl Dogs:
- Alpha (first letter of alphabet, the first)
- Boomer, Bear, Bigfoot
- Earthquake
- Gumbo (Almost anything related to food will work for big dogs because they are always hungry.)
- Maxie (Maxwell or Maxine, the greatest or biggest)
- Oso (bear)
- Primo (first)
- Tuba, Tug or Tugba (pleasant), Tundra
- Wagger, Woof, Walrus
- Yukon
Cool Dog Names
Most of the big dog names work best with males, but they can be used with a big tomboy (girl) in many cases, depending upon the pup's personality. Read how to train a puppy.
- Alamo, Atlas, Attila, Axle or Axel (father of peace)
- Biker, Bomber, Bouncer (at a bar), Bismarck (a ship and a leader)
- Genghis
- Hoss (like horse)
- Jumbo
- Kong
- Mondo
- Ramrod, Rugby
- Texas, Thunder
- Zeus
Male Dog Names
Pet names are trending toward human names, but an owner should look for a name that brings to mind football players, obnoxious high school jocks, ordinary dufus names, or Southern hillbilly nicknames, in order to get the right effect.
- Abner (God is the light), Albert (Fat Albert, noble and famous),
- Baxter (baker), Biff, Bubba, Blitzer, Bogart (orchard), Brewster (beer brewer),
- Conan (the Barbarian, little wolf hound), Clyde (like Clydesdale)
- Fergus (man of strength)
- Harley (a heap of rocks, boy's names can be amended for girls, like "Harley Sue" or "Miss Harley"), Homer (hostage), Hoover (eats anything, means owner of land), Herschel (Walker)
- Jimbo (supplanter), Jock (God is gracious)
- Major (greater), Manley (common clearing), Marley (pleasant woods), Moose (nickname for jocks)
- Norbert (Dweeb Name. Human children have grounds to sue over this one, but it's a cool dog name.)
- Olaf (ancestor), Ogden (oak valley), Orvis (O names work well for big lugs.)
- Rambo (fearless), Rocco (battle cry), Rocky, Rufus (red, red haired), Ruger (pistol, gun)
- Wade (ford, to cross), Waldorf, Willard (desire + brave, strong)
Female Dog Names
Usually, the human names that sound like big girl dog names are old world style. These names and nicknames, like Baldhild or Bruna, just sound big and fat in English, even though they probably evoke beautiful images in the hearts and minds of Europeans. Here are some examples of great female names for big dogs:
- Bertha (brilliant ruler), Binga (from the kettle shaped hollow), Bruna (dark hair), Bova (means brave, but sounds like bovine)
- Dagmar (glorious, joyous)
- Elsie (noble, but sounds like Elsie the Cow)
- Frieda (peaceful)
- Gertrude (from the protected farm), Gerda (twig, strong with the spear), Gertie (spear maiden), Gussie (stave of the goths)
- Harriet (home ruler), Helga (pious), Hilda (battle)
- Ida (hardworking)
- Mabel (loveable), Maude (mighty in battle)
- Olga (holy), Otka (fortunate heroine)
- Selma (divine protector)
- Tilly (battle maiden), Trinka (thorn)
- Ulla (willful, bratty)
- Velda (famous ruler)
- Wanda (wanderer), Wilda (wild)
- Zelda, Zuza (graceful lily)
Tall Dogs
Tall Dogs just seem to go with basketball names and things that relate to long legs:
- Eiffel
- Filly, Flicka, Colt (horse names)
- Hoops
- Magic (Johnson)
- Shaq, Strider
- Wade (wade through the water)
See a funny Rottweiler video.
Read more articles about dogs and puppy names
Look around for one or two syllable words that evoke images of huge things. Big dogs are cool and they are a lot of fun.
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