135 Classic Hollywood Dog Names: A Timeless Tribute

Lights, camera, action! When you have a pup that's ready for his closeup, it's only fair that you consider a name from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Here are 135 old Hollywood-inspired names that are worthy of the silver screen—and your doggo, of course!

Male dog names inspired by old Hollywood

• Astaire
  
• Alfred
  
• Archie
  
• Armstrong
  
• Basil
  
• Bates
  
• Baxter
  
• Bergman
  
• Billy
  
• Bing
  
• Bogart
  
• Brando
  
• Burt
  
• Buster
  
• Capra
  
• Cary
  
• Cecil
  
• Chaplin
  
• Charlie
  
• Clark
  
• Clift
  
• Connery
  
• Conway
  
• Cooper
  
• Dean
  
• DeMille
  
• Donald
  
• Douglas
  
• Earl
  
• Elvis
  
• Finch
  
• Flynn
  
• Frank
  
• Fred
  
• Fritz
  
• Gable
  
• Gary
  
• Gene
  
• Guinness
  
• Gregory
  
• Harold
  
• Hitch
  
• Humphrey
  
• James
  
• Jimmy
  
• John
  
• Kirk
  
• Laurence
  
• Marlon
  
• Mickey
  
• Montgomery
  
• Monroe
  
• Mr. Famous (Audrey Hepburn's Yorkshire terrier!)
  
• Newman
  
• Olivier
  
• Orson
  
• Oscar
  
• Peck
  
• Peter
  
• Poitier
  
• Pookies (Rita Hayworth's cocker spaniel)
  
• Quinn
  
• Redford
  
• Sean
  
• Sidney
  
• Spencer
  
• Streisand
  
• Toto
  
• Tracy
  
• Wayne
  
• Welles
  
• Wilder
  
• Wyler

Female dog names inspired by old Hollywood

• Anita
  
• Audrey
  
• Ava
  
• Babs
  
• Barbara
  
• Bette
  
• Betty
  
• Brigitte
  
• Clara
  
• Claudette
  
• Debbie
  
• Eartha
  
• Elizabeth
  
• Eva
  
• Eve
  
• Garbo
  
• Garland
  
• Gigi
  
• Ginger
  
• Golightly
  
• Grace
  
• Greer
  
• Greta
  
• Harlow
  
• Hepburn
  
• Holly
  
• Ingrid
  
• Isabel
  
• Jean
  
• Joan
  
• Judy
  
• Katharine
  
• Kay
  
• Kelly
  
• Kitt
  
• Lana
  
• Lauren
  
• Leslie
  
• Lina
  
• Liz Taylor
  
• Loren
  
• Louise
  
• Lucille
  
• Mabel
  
• Maclaine
  
• Mae
  
• Marilyn
  
• Marlene
  
• Maude
  
• Mia
  
• Morning Star (Natalie Wood's poodle!)
  
• Myrna
  
• O'Hara
  
• Rita
  
• Scarlett
  
• Shirley
  
• Sophia
  
• Tallulah
  
• Theda
  
• Veronica
  
• Vivien
  
• Zsa Zsa

Do you need more inspiration for your new pet’s name?

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