Clever Cartoon Dog Names for Your New Pup or Dog

By Janice Jones   |Last Updated: December 12-13-2023

Are you are a cartoon addict or a bit nostalgic?  This cartoon dog names list is great for anyone wanting a new puppy name.  (Or a virtual trip down memory lane)

Even if you don’t have a new puppy screaming for a name, it is just fun to read the names.  Who knows, it might remind you of a favorite childhood cartoon.   

Cartoon Dog Names are perfect for new pets.  Choose one that is right for you

There are so many cartoon characters that this list could go on forever. We chose the ones that we think make the best dog (and other) pet names.  So whether you like the name cartoon, comic, or animated character, even famous puppets, here’s the ultimate list.

What?  

Did we forgot your favorite cartoon character that would make an incredible dog name?  Please let us know and will add your suggestion the next time we update this page.

Cartoon Dog Names for Your New Pup

Aaron (from Prince of Egypt)

Aiko (Kubo and the Two Strings)

Aladdin (Aladdin)

Alvin (Chipmunks)

Andy (Doonesbury)

Angel (Lady and the Tramp_

Annie (Iron Giant)

Archie (comics with same name)

Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

Arlo (Arlo and Janis comic strip)

Arthur (Quest for Camelot)

Astrid  (How to Train Your Dragon)

Astro (The Jetsons)

Avery (Charlotte’s Web)

Ayden (Quest for Camelot)

 B – Cartoon Dog Names

Babs (Chicken Run)

Bala  (Antz)

Baloo (The Jungle Book)

Balto (Movie with same name)

Bambi (Bambi)

Bamm Bamm (Flintstones)

Banzai (The Lion King)

Barney Rubble (Flintstones)

Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)

Baymax (Big Hero 6)

Beasley (Blondie comic strip)

Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

Beethoven (Beethoven)

Beetle Bailey (cartoon strip)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Benny (The Lego Movie)

Bert (Sesame Street)

Bertie (The Jetsons)

Betty Boop (Cartoon with same name)

Blinky (Pac-Man)

Blondie (comic by same name)

Blossom (Powder Puff Girls)

Bon Bon (Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland)

Bonzo the Dog

Boo (Monsters, Inc)

Boog (Open Season)

Bolt (Bolt)

Boots (Dora the Explorer)

Boris Badenov (Bullwinkle Show)

Bosko (Looney Tunes)

Bosworth (Once Upon a Forest)

Bowzir (Mr. Magoo)

Brett (Lorax)

Brian (Family Guy)

Bruce (Finding Nemo)

Bruno (Cinderella)

Bubbles (Finding Nemo)

Bucky (Bucky O’Hare)

Buddy (Looney Tunes)

Bug (The Adventures of Bug)

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)

Bullseye (Toy Story)

Bullwinkle (Rocky and Bullwinkle)

Bunsen (Muppets)

Buster (Toy Story)

Buttercup (Powder Puff Girls)

Buzz (Toy Story)

C – Dog Names

Calvin (and Hobbs) comic with same name

Captain America (same name)

Casper the Friendly Ghost (TV show with same name)

Cantus (Fraggle Rock)

Cecil (Looney Tunes)

Cedric (Olivia series)

Cera (from the Land Before Time)

Chance (Homeward Bound)

Charlie Barkin (from All Dogs Go to Heaven)

Charlie Brown (from Peanuts)

Charlie Tuna (commercial)

Clifford (Clifford, the Big Red Dog)

Chip (from Chip and Dale, also in Beauty and the Beast)

Chomper  (The Land Before Time)

Claude  (Looney Tunes)

Clifford the big red dog (children’s TV show with same name)

Cookie (Monster, from Sesame Street)

Connie (comic strip, Zits)

Cooper (The Fox and the Hound)

Cosmo (The Fairly Odd Parents)

Crysta (Fern Gully)

Curdie (The Princess and the Goblin)

Cutter (Antz)

 -D-  Cartoon Dog Names

Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes)

Dagwood (Blondie comic strip)

Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)

Dara (The Land Before Time)

Dash (The Incredibles)

Dave Seville (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Dean (Iron Giant)

Dennis the Meanace (from same name)

Devon (Quest for Camelot)

Digger (Winnie the Pooh)

Dilbert (cartoon from same name)

Diller (Killer Diller from Beetle Bailey)

Dino (The Flintstones)

Dixie (Balto)

Dora the Explorer (show with same name)

Dory (Finding Nemo)

Dot (A Bug’s Life)

Duchess (The Aristocrats)

Duckie  (The Land Before Time)

Duke (Doonesbury)

Dumbo (Dumbo)

E – Names

Earl (Iron Giant)

Edgar (Once Upon a Forest)

Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh)

Elmer Fudd (Looney Tunes)

Elmo (from Sesame Street)

Elroy (Jetsons)

Elsa (Frozen)

Ernie (Sesame Street)

Eric (The Little Mermaid

Etta (Land Before Time)

F – Names

Felix (the Cat)

Fergie (Jetsons)

Fern (Charlotte’s Web)

Fido (Fido Dido)

Fievel (American Tail)

Fiona (Shrek)

Flintstone

Flash (Gordon)

Fletcher (Chicken Run)

Flip (Little Nemo)

Flounder (The Little Mermaid)

Floyd (Iron Giant)

Fozzie (Muppets)

Fred (Flintstones)

Fritz the Cat

G Dog Names

Garfield (same name)

Garnett from Quest for Camelot

Gary from Sponge Bob

George from the Jetsons

George of the Jungle

Genie (Aladdin)

Gidget (The Secret Life of Pets)

Ginger (Chicken Run)

Gobo Fraggle (Fraggle Rock)

Gonzo (Muppets)

Goofy (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)

Grebs (Antz)

Griffin (from Quest for Camelot)

Grimm (from Mother Goose and Grimm)

Gru (Dispicable Me)

Grinch

Grover  (Sesame Street)

Gus (Cinderella)

Gussie from (American Tail)

H – Cartoon, Comic or Famous Animated Characters

Hammy (Over the Hedge)

Henry Fussy (Charlotte’s Web)

Hiccup (How to Train Your Dragon)

Hobbs (Calvin and Hobbs)

Hobo (Bolt)

Homer (The Simpson)

Homer Zuckerman (Charlotte’s Web)

Hook (Peter Pan)

Hotep (Prince of Egypt)

Huckle (The Busy World of Richard Scarry)

Huckleberry Hound

I – J – K Cartoon Dog Names

Iago (Aladdin)

Jack (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Jasper (101 Dalmatians)

Jenna (Balto)

Jeremy (comic strip, Zits)

Jerry (Tom and Jerry)

Jock (Lady and the Tramp)

Johnny Quest

Judy (Zootopia)

Kayley (Quest for Camelot)

Kenai (Brother Bear)

Kent (Iron Giant)

Kermit (Muppets)

King (The Lady and the Trump)

Koda (Brother Bear)

Krypto (Krypto the Superdog)

Kubo (Kubo and the Two Strings)

L- Dog Names from Cartoons

Lacey (Doonesbury)

Lady (Lady and the Tramp)

Larry the Lobster (Sponge Bob)

Lil Abner

Lilo (Lilo and Stitch)

Linus (Peanuts)

Lisa (The Simpsons)

Littlefoot (Land Before Time)

Lolly (101 Dalmatians)

Lorax (Dr. Seuss)

Lucy (Peanuts)

Luk (Balto)

M – Names

Mabel (Gravity Falls)

Maggie Simpson

Magilla Gorilla

Manny (Ice Age)

Marge Simpson

Marley (Marle and Me)

Marlin (Finding Nemo)

Marmaduke (Marmaduke)

Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes

Max (The Secret Life of Pets)

Meg (Family Guy)

Merlin (Quest for Camelot and the Sword in the Stone)

Metro (The Little Mermaid)

Mickey (Mickey Mouse)

Mighty Mouse

Mokey (Fraggle Rock)

Molly (Bubble Guppies)

Moses (Prince of Egypt)

Mr. Magoo

Ms. Brisby (Secret of NIMH)

Muffy (Antz)

Mulan (Mulan)

Mutt and Jeff (from comic with same name)

Muttley (Hanna Barbera Comics)

N – O –  Cartoon Dog Names

Nala (The Lion King)

Nana (Peter Pan)

Natasha (Bullwinkle Show)

Nemo (Little Nemo)

Nikki (Balto)

Noah (Happy Feet)

Norma (Happy Feet)

Odette (Swan Princess)

Odie (Garfield)

Oggy (Oggy and the Cockroaches)

Olaf (Frozen)

Olive Oyl (Popeye the Sailor Man)

Olivia (TV cartoon series)

O’Mallery (The Aristocats)

Oona (Bubble Guppies)

Oscar (Sesame Street)

Otto (Beetle Bailey and The Simpsons)

Ozzy (Land Before Time)

P – Q – Dog Names

Pascal (Tangled)

Patty (Peanuts)

Patrick Star (from Sponge Bob)

Peach (Finding Nemo)

Pebbles (from Flintstones)

Perdy (101 Dalmatians)

Perry (Phineas and Ferb)

Petrie (Land Before Time)

Phineas (Phineas and Feb)

Piglet (Winnie the Pooh)

Pingu (Pingu)

Pinky (Pinky and the Brain)

Pippin (Lord of the Rings)

Pixie (and Dixie from Huckleberry Hound)

Pink Panther

Pips (Fern Gully)

Plato (Beetle Bailey)

Pluto (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)

Pogo (Pogo)

Pongo (101 Dalmatians)

Pokey (Gumby)

Poppet (Moshi Monsters)

Porky Pig (Looney Tunes)

Presley (Mr. Magoo)

Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

R Cartoon Names

Ramon (Happy Feet)

Ranger Smith (Ranger for short from Yogi Bear)

Rango (Rango)

Ramses (Prince of Egypt)

Ren (and Stimpy)

Rett (The Land Before Time)

Rizzo (The Muppets)

Rocky (and Bullwinkle)

Roger Rabbit

Roland (Doonsbury)

Rosie (The Jetsons)

Ruby  (The Land Before Time)

S – Dog Names

Seti (Prince of Egypt)

Sheila Buxley (either name would work from Beetle Bailey)

Simon (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Sluggo (from comic strip Nancy)

Smurfs or Smurf for short

Snoopy (Peanuts)

Snuffy Smith (comics from same name)

Sonny Fuzz from (Beetle Bailey)

Spark Plug (Snuffy Smith comic strip)

Spike (The Land Before Time)

Sponge Bob

Stella Dallas (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

Stelle (Balto)

Sumo (Mother Goose and Grimm)

Sylvie (Balto)

Sally Brown (Peanuts)

T – Names for Dogs

Tanya (American Tail)

Tasmanian Devil (Tas for short Looney Tunes)

Templeton (from Charlotte’s Web)

Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks, Teddy for short

Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)

Tom and Jerry

Tony in Fern Gully

Tony Tiger

Tony Toponi (American Tail)

Toucon Sam

Tweety Bird

U – V – W – X – Y – Z Dog Names

Uno

Velma (Scooby Doo)

Vera (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

Violet (Peanuts)

Waggs (Once Upon a Forest)

Waldo (Mr. Magoo)

Weaver (Antz)

Wembley (Fraggle Rock)

Wilber (Charlotte’s Web)

Wile E. Coyote

Wilma (Flinstone)

Winnie the Pooh

Wonder (Woman)

Woodstock (Peanuts)

Woody (Woodpecker)

Yogi Bear

Yosemite Sam (Sam for short from Looney Tunes)

Zonker from comic strip Doonesbury

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