Literary Dog Names

Remarkable Pettibone was a self-important housekeeper in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers. Such names were not uncommon in early America, with such choices as Remember and Experience showing up in the records along with Puritan virtue names such as Chastity and Patience.

Vilgefortz is a character from The Witcher series -- one as unappealing as his name.

Fringilla Vigo is a sorceress and villain in The Witcher series. Her name comes from a genus of singing finches.

Cheever has a nice, cheery sound, literary ties to novelist and short writer John Cheever and also, sideways, to the Edward Arlington Robinson narrative poem "Miniver Cheevy," as well as a subliminal association with the desirable word achiever: all strong pluses.

Name of pastoral Vermont town and college sounds too stiff and starchy.

The surname Rudd, made most famous by Antman actor Paul, derives from the words ruddy or red and may have originally been given to someone with a reddish complexion.

Samuel Johnson invented the name Rasselas for the title character of his novel, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Rasselas is actually the son of the prince.

To modernize and add some oomph to the dated CASEY, add an O'-and also honor the great Irish playwright Sean.

The well-loved, sassy and headstrong fairy Tinker Bell is one of the most recognizable Disney characters. Her name, however, is not the most useable for a baby in real life. Read more about Tinker Bell and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.

The mixed-race heroine of one of Gertrude Stein's Three Lives searches for knowledge and power.

Friendly-sounding name with big "Sweeney Todd" downside.