200 Little Dog Names That’ll Give Your Mini-Pup Some Serious Swagger

It’s no secret that the littlest canines always have the largest personalities. Call it a Napoleon complex or call it confidence, but the tiniest of dogs are usually the ones who take no crap. They walk into a room with their little chests puffed out and own it — which is precisely why small dogs are totally in need of names that are worthy of their attitudes.

Yes, it’s cute to name your little puppy something appropriate like Tiny or Peewee, but how amazing would it be to call them something more substantial — like Bullet or Scrappy? That’s the best part about picking a name for a mini-dog. The possibilities are endless.

More: 130 Unique Female Dog Names to Match Your Little Princess’ Perfect Personality

Got a new puppy? Say a few of these names out loud to figure out which one has the right ring to it.

Names for small male dogs

1. Alf
2. Artoo
3. The Atom
4. Biggie Smalls
5. Boris
6. Brogan
7. Buckshot
8. Bullet
9. Caesar
10. Colonel Mustard Seed
11. Conan
12. Cooper (Coop for short)
13. Cruise
14. Delphiki (“Bean” in Ender’s Game, which would make a good nickname)
15. Derringer
16. Dinky
17. Dobby
18. Faolán
19. Fennec (especially for dogs with large, pointed ears)
20. Flick
21. (Professor) Flitwick
22. Flöki
23. Franjean
24. Gherkin
25. Gimli
26. Grasshoppah
27. Grommet
28. Hamlet
29. Higgs
30. Inspector Gadget
31. Kieran (best for dark dogs)
32. King Brian
33. Li’l Abner
34. Logan
35. Mannix
36. Maximilian
37. Meatball
38. Mercury
39. Monet
40. Nacho
41. Napoleon
42. Neutron
43. Odie
44. Paddington
45. Petey
46. Piccolo
47. Pico
48. Pippin
49. Pluto
50. Pugsley (especially for a Pug, unless you’re going for irony)
51. Puck
52. Quark
53. Radar
54. Rafiki
55. Roo
56. Scrappy
57. Sir Nips-a-lot
58. Smeagol (you can call him Gollum when he’s a bad boy) 
59. Smokey
60. Sprocket
61. Sweeney
62. Thumper
63. Tillman
64. Tonka
65. Underdog
66. Webster
67. Whelp

Next Up: Names for female dogs

Originally published March 2015. Updated June 2017.