From cult classics, to Gone With the Wind, to animated favorites, you’re sure to find some inspiration for naming your next furry family member. Regardless of what movie genre is your favorite, this list of movie-inspired dog names has you covered!
101 Movie-Inspired Dog Names
1. Ace (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
2. Aladdin
3. Aldous Snow (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
4. Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
5. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
6. Atticus (To Kill a Mockingbird)
7. Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
8. Balto
9. Bane (The Dark Night Rises)
10. Baxter (Anchorman)
11. Beast (X-Men/Beauty & The Beast)
12. Bella (Twilight)
13. Belle (Beauty & The Beast)
14. Blondie (The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly)
15. Bluto (National Lampoon’s Animal House)
16. Boba Fett (Star Wars)
17. Bolt
18. Brick (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
19. Bud (Air Bud)
20. Buzz (Toy Story)
21. Chance (Homeward Bound)
22. Claire (The Breakfast Club)
23. Clarice (Silence of the Lambs)
24. Cipher (Fast and Furious 6)
25. Cooper (Interstellar)
26. Cosette (Les Miserables)
27. Darla (The Little Rascals)
28. Django (Django Unchained)
29. Doc (Back to the Future)
30. Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle)
31. Dom (Fast And The Furious Series)
32. Dude (The Big Lebowski)
33. Edward (Twilight)
34. Elsa (Frozen)
35. Falcor (Neverending Story)
36. Ferris (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
37. Fievel (An American Tail)
38. Fiona (Shrek)
39. Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
40. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
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41. Gaston (Beauty & The Beast)
42. Gizmo (Gremlins)
43. Gollum (Lord of the Rings)
44. Goose (Top Gun)
45. Groot (Guardians of The Galaxy)
46. Gustave (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
47. Guy (Free Guy)
48. Hairy Pawter (Harry Potter)
49. Hartley (Red Notice)
50. Haymitch (The Hunger Games)
51. Hercules (Hercules)
52. Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
53. Jack (The Shining/Pirates of the Caribbean/Titanic)
54. Jafar (Aladdin)
55. Jasmine (Aladdin)
56. Jasper (Cruella/101 Dalmatians)
57. Juno
58. Kane (Citizen Kane)
59. Katniss (The Hunger Games)
60. Kip (Napoleon Dynamite)
61. Marty (Back to the Future)
62. Marv (Home Alone)
63. Maverick (Top Gun)
64. Max (Mad Max)
65. Milo (The Mask)
66. Mirabel (Encanto)
67. Molly (Ghost)
68. Morpheus (The Matrix)
69. Murph (Interstellar)
70. Neo (The Matrix)
71. Noah (To All The Boys)
72. Odie (Garfield)
73. Olaf (Frozen)
74. Pepiopi (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
75. Peter Barker (Spiderman)
76. Pippin (Lord of the Rings)
77. Pongo (101 Dalmatians)
78. Rocket (Guardians of the Galaxy)
79. Rocky
80. Romanoff (Avengers)
81. Ruby Roundhouse (Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle)
82. Scarlett (Gone With the Wind)
83. Simba (Lion King)
84. Snake (Escape from NY, Escape from LA)
85. Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
86. Stark (Iron Man)
87. Stich (Lilo & Stitch)
88. Sully (Monsters Inc.)
89. Sven (Frozen)
90. Tarzan
91. Ted (Ted)
92. Thor (Thor/The Avengers)
93. Toretto (The Fast And The Furious Series)
94. Toto (Wizard of Oz)
95. Trinity (The Matrix)
96. Uggie (The Artist)
97. Vito (The Godfather)
98. Watson (Sherlock Holmes)
99. Woody (Toy Story)
100. Yoda (Star Wars)
101. Zero (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
