60 Smart Dog Names After The Most Intelligent People
Alcott: Author of Little Women and 270 other books.
Alex: Alexander Bell invented telephone.
Amelia: Amelia Earhart, 1st woman to fly across atlantic ocean.
Aristotle: Greek for "the best of all". Made famous by the Greek philosopher Aristotle.
Asimov: Isaac Asimov, smart science fiction author.
Bernanke: Ben Bernanke head of the fed, liberal printer of money.
Biggs: John Biggs, science writer.
Bobby: Bobby Fischer, chess genius who was rather a recluse.
Bradbury: Ray Bradbury, famous author. he'd like this smart pup choice.
Curie: Marie Curie was the first woman to win a nobel prize.
Dante: Dante Alighieri was considered one of the great poets of all time.
Darwin: Charles Darwin, developed the theory of evolution.
Dawkins: Richard Dawkins, sociobiologist.
Dell: Michael Dell, inventor of dell computers.
Dolph: Dolph Lundgren boxer in the rocky movies, IQ of 160.
Doogie: Dr. Doogie Howser, why not doogie for your doggie?
Einstein: Albert Einstein, physicist known for theory of relativity.
Faraday: Michael Faraday, physicist and all around nice guy.
Fischer: Bobby Fischer, the smartest chess player of all time.
Fleming: Alexander Fleming, invented penicillin.
Franklin: Ben Franklin, politician, and quite the ladies man.
Freud: Sigmund Freud, psychologist and one smart dude.
Galileo: After the bearded Italian physicist and astronomer.
Gates: Bill Gates, founder of microsoft, richest man in the world.
Genius: A smart dog name for the highly intelligent pup.
Hannibal: Hannibal Lechter, evil genius didn't like being restrained.
Hawk: Short for Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist.
Hillary: Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of state.
Holmes: Sherlock Holmes, detective. he loves spying on the cat.
Howser: Doogie Howser, m.d. howser’s a smart title for bowser.
Jobs: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of consumer electronics company Apple Inc.
Kasparov: Garry Kasparov, a successful chess player.
Kepler: Johannes Kepler, discovered the motion of planets.
Kofi: Kofi Annan, un secretary general, peacemaker.
Leonardo: Leonardo Davinci, mathematician and inventor.
Lisa: Lisa Simpson, the smart simpson.
Ludwig: Ludwig Van Beethoven, amazing composer of music.
Monet: A founder of French Impressionist painting.
Napoleon: The Corsican soldier who became emperor of France.
Neutron: Jimmy Neutron, boy genius.
Newton: Isaac Newton, genius in optics, math, and a good cookie.
Novella: Steven Novella, smart neurologist.
Ochoa: Ellen Ochoa, us astronaut with over 500 hours in space.
Oprah: Oprah Winfrey, actress and talk show host.
Pascal: French mathematician and philosopher.
Princeton: Prestigious school, for the dog on an unlimited budget.
Quentin: Quentin Tarantino, movie director with iq of 160.
Roslin: President Laura Roslin, battlestar galactica.
Rubik: Of Rubik's cube fame, for genius pup that's hard to figure.
Salk: Jonas Salk, scientist. inventor of the polio vaccine.
Schroder: Piano smartie from the peanut cartoons.
Screech: Screech Powers, saved by the bell.
Socrates: The famous Greek philosopher.
Tesla: Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest electrical engineers.
Thatcher: Margaret Thatcher, british prime minister aka iron lady.
Urkel: Steve Urkel, brainy character from family matters.
Watson: Sherlock Holmes smart sidekick.
Witty: Having an intelligent sense of humor.
Wright: After Wright brothers, polar opposite of brother wrong.
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