Dog names can be inspired by everything, including movie characters. If you are a dog parent who love the big screen, you may consider choosing a movie-character inspired name for your boy or girl puppy. Here comes our selection of
movie character names for naming your beloved canines. Check out the below list and choose your favorite name for your super dog.
Aragorn: Aragorn II, son of Arathorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is one of the main protagonists of The Lord of the Rings. Aragorn led the Fellowship of the Ring following the loss of Gandalf in the Mines of Moria while fighting the Balrog. At the end of The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn was crowned King Elessar Telcontar of Gondor.
Atticus: Atticus Finch is a fictional character in author Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the fictional Maycomb County, Alabama. In 2003 the American Film Institute voted Atticus Finch, as the greatest hero of all American cinema.
Bambi: Bambi is a white-tailed deer in the 1942 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Sound, Best Song and Original Music Score.
Bella: Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan, a character and the protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer.
Bellatrix: Madam Bellatrix Lestrange was a pure-blood witch in the Harry Potter series, the eldest daughter of Cygnus Black III and Druella Black and elder sister of Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy. She was a member of the House of Black, an old wizarding family and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Bellatrix started her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1962 and was Sorted into Slytherin House.
Bond: Royal Navy Commander James Bond, is a fictional character created by British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally.
Boo: Arthur "Boo" Radley is a recluse in To Kill a Mockingbird who slowly reveals himself to Jem and Scout.
Buzz: Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Toy Story franchise. He is a toy space ranger hero according to the movies and action figure in the Toy Story franchise. Along with Woody, he is one of the two lead characters in all three Toy Story movies.
Darko: Donnie Darko, a troubled teenager living in suburban Virginia in the 2001 American psychological horror-science fiction drama Donnie Darko.
Dirk: Dirk Diggler, a high-school dropout becomes a star because of his good looks, youthful charisma in the 1997 American drama film Boogie Nights.
Ferris: Ferris Bueller, a high-school slacker in the 1986 American teen comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Jack: Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. He can be treacherous and survives mostly by using wit and negotiation rather than by force, opting to flee most dangerous situations and to fight only when necessary.
Juno: Juno MacGuff is a sixteen-year-old girl from Minnesota in the 2007 American comedy-drama independent film Juno. When the movie begins, she is pregnant with her first child, via a one-night stand with Paulie Bleeker.
Kenickie: Kenickie is a member of the T-Birds in the 1978 American musical romantic comedy film Grease, and best friend of Danny Zuko.
Lando: Lando Calrissian is a character in Star Wars. Once a smooth-talking smuggler, Lando Calrissian changed from a get-rich-quick schemer to a selfless leader in the fight against the Empire. From adventures with the Ghost crew of rebels to the attack on Death Star II, his quick wit and daring proved to be invaluable.
Lara: Lara Croft is a British fictional character and the main protagonist of the 2001 action-adventure film Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic English archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world.
LeeLoo: LeeLoo is one of the Supreme Beings of the Universe in the 1997 English-language French science fiction action film The Fifth Element. She was sent to Earth in corporeal form to become the Fifth Element, the final piece of a powerful weapon to destroy the Great Evil.
Liloh: Lilo Pelekai in the 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama filmLiloh and Stitch, a young Hawaiian girl on the island of Kaua'i who adopts Stitch as her pet dog.
Mater: Tow Mater, or simply Mater, is a character in Cars and its sequels, as well as Cars Toons.
Maverick: Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a US Navy Pilot in the 1986 American romantic military action drama film Top Gun. He is a troubled character.
Maximus: Loyal Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 British-American epic historical drama film Gladiator.
Miyagi: Kesuke Miyagi, known as Mr. Miyagi, is a fictional karate master in the Karate Kid films.
Napoleon: Napoleon Dynamite is a socially awkward 16-year-old boy in the 2004 American comedy film Napoleon Dynamite.
Pepper: Virginia "Pepper" Potts is a fictional supporting character and romantic love interest appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those featuring Iron Man.
Pippin: Peregrin Took, more commonly known as Pippin, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Pippin is introduced as a young Hobbit, and plays a major role as one of the companions of Frodo Baggins, in his quest to destroy the One Ring.
Pumbaa: Pumbaa is a supporting character in Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King. He is a warthog, and best friends with Timon and later, Simba.
Riddick: Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is the protagonist of the Riddick series. He is shown to be a highly skilled predator, extremely mobile and stealthy, has a vast knowledge of how to kill almost any humanoid in a variety of ways, is an extreme survivalist, and is notoriously hard to contain.
Riggs: Martin Riggs is a fictional character from the Lethal Weapon franchise. He is played in all four films by Mel Gibson.
Rizzo: Betty Alexander Rizzo, known mononymously by her surname Rizzo is one of the main characters in the movie Grease. Tough and sarcastic leader of the Pink Ladies, she does not like to hang out with Sandy because Sandy is not tough enough. She smokes, drinks, and does not care what others think of her.
Rocky: Robert "Rocky" Balboa, Sr. is the title character of the Rocky series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who also portrayed him in all seven Rocky films. He is depicted as an everyman who started out by going the distance and overcoming obstacles that had occurred in his life and career as a professional boxer.
Rosalie: Rosalie Lillian Hale is a member of the Olympic coven in the Twilight series. She is the wife of Emmett Cullen and the adoptive daughter of Carlisle and Esme Cullen, as well as the adoptive sister of Jasper Hale, Alice, and Edward Cullen.
Stitch: A blue dog illegal genetic experiment with the ability to create untold chaos in the 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film Liloh and Stitch.
Thor: The crown prince of Asgard in the 2011 American superhero film Thor, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name.
Timon: Timon is a wise-cracking and self-absorbed meerkat in The Lion King, who is known for claiming Pumbaa's ideas as his own.
Vader: Darth Vader, also known as Anakin Skywalker, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. Vader appears in the original trilogy as a pivotal figure whose actions drive the plot of the first three films while his past as Anakin Skywalker, and the story of his corruption, is central to the prequel trilogy.
Willow: Willow Ufgood, a kind farmer and conjurer who hopes to become a sorcerer in the film Willow.
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