Funny Dog Names
- Peanut
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Word nameDescription:
Peanut is a name you might call a baby in the womb, but at least one set of parents put it on the birth certificate too. General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher and his fiance Ehiku named their son Peanut Kai.
- Champie
Origin:
Diminutive of Champion, English word nameMeaning:
"fighter"Description:
The unusual name chosen by influencer Ty Haney and musician Mark Wystrach for their son, brother to Sundance.
- Prudy
Origin:
Short form of Prudence, English virtue nameMeaning:
"caution"Description:
Prudy does not improve on Prudence.
- Pirate
Origin:
English word name from GreekMeaning:
"to attempt, attack"Description:
A bold new word name that conjures up images of peg-legs and eyepatches. It was brought to national attention by pop musician Billie Eilish, whose full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.
- Fuego
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SpanishMeaning:
"fire"Description:
Hot name best used as a middle, as Paula Patton and Robin Thicke did for their son Julian in 2010.
- Ovid
Origin:
Latin, meaning unknownDescription:
Ovid is the English form of the Roman family name Ovidius, which possibly comes from the word for sheep. It is the usual English name for the first-century poet Publius Ovidius Naso.
- Hitchcock
- Offred
Origin:
Literary nameMeaning:
"of Fred"Description:
Offred is not technically a name but the "slave name" of a woman given to a man — literally Of Fred — in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Offred, who was stripped of her own name, is the main protagonist of the book and now the hit TV series, starring Elisabeth Moss. The novel is set in a patriarchal society in which fertile women like Offred are kept by men for the purposes of reproduction. Offred is definitely not a name you'd want to give to your baby girl.
- Rebop
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Word nameDescription:
Chosen by one musician, Todd Rundgren, for his son, but unlikely to be emulated by others.
- Gamble
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"gamble, bet"Description:
It's a gamble that your child will grow up to appreciate the name Gamble.
- Heiress
Origin:
Word NameDescription:
In this era of Royalty, Reign, and Sir, why not Heiress? It is the name given by Clifford "T.I." And Tameka "Tiny" Harris to their daughter in 2016.
- Peppy