Hunting Dog Names
Naming your new pup can be a tough decision, especially if you plan to use him or her for hunting. If you are going to be hunting in an area populated by other hunters and dogs, you will want to select a unique dog name, so that you won’t have every dog in the marsh running your way when you call your dog out.
Here are a few suggestions to keep in mind when thinking of a name: 1. Try to keep the name to one or two syllables maximum. 2. Keep the name as simple as possible. 3. Do not consider a name that sounds like a command you would use (sit, stay, come, etc.) 4. Choose your favorite name and select a few alternates. 5. Try the chosen name out on your dog to see how easy it is to call out and if the dog responds. If after trying the name out, it doesn’t feel quite right, go on to the next one.
Following is a list of some of our favorites:
A.J.
Ace
Bailey
Banjo
Banshee
Belle
Benelli – Gun brand used for duck hunting
Boots- narrator of Thy Servant a Dog, by Rudyard Kipling
Bramble – Perfect name for English Springer Spaniel
Brant
Briar
Browning – Brand of firearm
Buck – From Jack London’s book Call of the Wild, or TVs Married With Children
Buckley
Buckshot
Bullet -the wonder dog from The Roy Rogers Show
Bullseye
Buzz
Cabela – Perfect female hunting dog name, after the hunting gear catalog
Camo
Cernunnos – God of hunting
Chamois – Good name for yellow labs
Champ
Chase
Chester – short for Winchester
Chet
Cheyenne – American Indian tribe
Cody – version of Dakota
Dakota
Digger
Dixie
Drake
Duke
Esau – an adventurous hunter.
Finch
Gauge – Part of a gun
General
Gunner
Hawk
Hootch
Hunter
Jaeger – short for Jaegermeister
Jethro
Kaiser (king)
Kanati – Great hunter
King
Koda – Short for Dakota, or from movie Brother Bear
Kona – Good for Chocolate Lab
Luger – Brand of gun
Magnum – Big gun
Maverick
Mitch
Moose
Nimrod – Means “the mighty hunter”
Orion – Orion in Greek mythology, was a mighty hunter.
Pistol
Radar
Raven – Great for Black Lab
Remi – Short for Remington, gun manufacturer
Rigel – a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
Riggs – Mel Gibson’s character from the movie Lethal Weapon
Rocket
Rosco
Ruby
Rugar – Brand of firearm
Ruger – After an old German gun.
Scout – from “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Shiloh
Shot
Skeeter
Sparky
Sport
Sureshot
Tracker
Trigger – Gun part
Tucker
Wade – Good Retriever name
Wally
Wilder
Winchester – A firearms manufacturer
Winston
Wolf
Zena
Zeus