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If you’ve been around awhile, you know we have a French bulldog named Porkchop.
One of the questions I get asked most is ‘is his name really Porkchop? After the dog on Doug?’ – and the answer is YES and YES.
If you’re not a child of the 80s/90s, Doug was a cartoon on Nickelodeon where the title character, Doug, has a dog/sidekick named Porkchop.
When we got Porkchop, we had a shortlist of names – his original given name was actually ‘Ridge’, which we knew we wouldn’t keep. Keep scrolling for a longer list of 85 unique dog names for males in case you’re looking for boy dog name ideas ;).
Ultimately, I let Quinn choose Pork’s name from our shortlist – see pics from when he was just a tiny puppy here.
Three years later and the name Porkchop has never fit him better. He’s a sweet little guy who naps a lot and never misses a mealtime. He loves Freshpet, a dog food that uses only fresh, whole ingredients without preservatives that’s kept in the fridge where meats and fresh food belong.
You can learn more about Freshpet and why it’s a great option for your dog (or cat!) here and find a location here.
85 Boy Dog Name Ideas
As a note – I love food names for dogs, human names for dogs (I would totally name a human child some of these names), foreign language names for dogs (there are a few French/Spanish/Italian names in the list), and movie/TV/pop culture names for dogs. There are definitely a few traditional dog names here, too, because the classics never go out of style.
- Alto (tall)
- Auggie
- Babe
- Bailey
- Basil
- Baxter
- Bear
- Beau
- Biggie
- Bill
- Biscuit
- Bleu / Blue
- Bodhi
- Bogie/Bogey
- Bolt
- Brody
- Bruno
- Buckley
- Buddy
- Buster
- Butters
- Charlie
- Chesney
- Chip
- Coco
- Colombo
- Copper
- Dolce (sweet)
- Doug
- Elvis
- Finn
- Frank
- George
- Gus
- Hank
- Hercules
- Hobbs
- Hooch
- Huckleberry
- Hugo
- Jaques (Jack)
- Jerry
- Leo
- Leon
- Louie
- Lucky
- Marley
- Maurice
- Max
- Meatball
- Miller
- Milo
- Mojo
- Moose
- Murphy
- Neo
- Norman (Normie/Norm)
- Nugget
- Ollie
- Oscar
- Otis
- Ozzy/Ozzie
- Pascal
- Perro (dog in Spanish)
- Pierre
- Pongo
- Pops
- Porkchop
- Rio
- Rocky
- Rocko
- Rosco
- Simba
- Sparky
- Tank
- Teddy
- Tiger
- Tino (small)
- Titus
- Toto
- Turner
- Winston
- Wolfie
- Yeti
- Ziggy
If you haven’t tried Freshpet for your pet, you can find it in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store – find a store.
Susan S says
Swifter-my little Shit(zhu)
Kino (aka Kinito mi amor)-my Mexican street dogboy
Val says
So cute! Love them š
T. L. Elliott says
Spirit(for boy or girl),Snowball(boy or girl),Biscuit,Rocket
vr says
my dog’s name is snowball! what a coincidence
Val says
love that! cute š
carla lamb says
location and pictures and prices
carla lamb says
daughter has autism and just lost our black and tan. please help with price