Badass Dog Names

Move over, cutie pies. If you're here, it's because you want to give your dog a strong, powerful, badass name. Enjoy this huge selection of truly badass dog names.

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• Acadia

  Meaning: Idyllic Place
• Ajax

  Meaning: One of the greatest greek heroes who fought in the trojan war.
• Akita

  Meaning: Japanese dog breed.
• Alaska

  Meaning: Mainland
• Alexis

  Meaning: Defender Of The People
• Ambrosia

  Meaning: Immortal; the food or drink of the Olympian gods
• Ames

  Meaning: God of war in greek mythology.
• Amethyst

  Meaning: Purple Quartz Gemstone
• Amir

  Meaning: Rich
• Ammo

  Meaning: Short for ammunition.
• Andromeda

  Meaning: The daughter of the ethiopian king in greek mythology
• Angelina

  Meaning: Messenger Of God
• Aragorn

  Meaning: character from Tolkien's Lord of The Rings trilogy
• Arma

  Meaning: Weapon in Romanian.
• Arya

  Meaning: Melody
• Astra

  Meaning: From The Stars
• Astrid

  Meaning: Divine beauty or strength in german.
• Athena

  Meaning: The goddess of war, strategy and wisdom in roman mythology
• Atlas

  Meaning: A titan condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity in Greek mythology. It means "to carry".
• Attila

  Meaning: Brutal ruler.
• Avril

  Meaning: The Month Of April
• Axel

  Meaning: Peaceful
• Babe

  Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
• Baboy

  Meaning: Bad boy pronounced super fasts.
• Bacchus

  Meaning: The divine liberator and the patron of wine
• Baddie

  Meaning: A bad girl.
• Bamm-Bamm

  Meaning: Strong and powerful baby.
• Bandit

  Meaning: A thief.
• Banshee

  Meaning: An Irish spirit.
• Barda

  Meaning: New God from DC comic.
• Battle

  Meaning: A fight.
• Bear

  Meaning: Bear-like
• Beast

  Meaning: Big and burly.
• Beaux

  Meaning: Handsome, attractive, lovely.
• Beefy

  Meaning: muscular and heavily built
• Bench

  Meaning: persons who administer justice
• Bey

  Meaning: Named after Beyonce.
• Blade

  Meaning: Sharp edge of a knife, saw or other weapon.
• Blaze

  Meaning: Bright and shiny.
• Blitz

  Meaning: An overwhelming all out attack.
• Blizzard

  Meaning: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
• Bo

  Meaning: To live
• Bolt

  Meaning: Explosive leap forward or upright; the action of a rifle.
• Bonnie

  Meaning: From bonnie and clyde.
• Boomer

  Meaning: Large, loud or notable; also a slang term for people of the Baby Boomer generation.
• Booney

  Meaning: Billy the kid's last name.
• Borden

  Meaning: Den of the boar
• Boss

  Meaning: Higher in rank.
• Bowser

  Meaning: Fictional villain from Nintendo's Mario franchise.
• Bravo

  Meaning: Brave, courageous
• Brendan

  Meaning: Prince
• Brick

  Meaning: Dried clay.
• Brock

  Meaning: Badger
• Bronson

  Meaning: From Branson
• Bronx

  Meaning: Bronck's Land
• Brooklyn

  Meaning: Broken Land Or Pretty Brook
• Bruiser

  Meaning: Brawny and tough.
• Bruno

  Meaning: Brown-haired
• Brutus

  Meaning: Bad.
• Bucks

  Meaning: Slang for dollars or money.
• Bugsy

  Meaning: Gangster visionary leader.
• Bullet

  Meaning: Projectile.
• Bully

  Meaning: A ruffian; someone who threatens those that are weaker.
• Buster

  Meaning: Tough guy; a man of great strength.
• Butch

  Meaning: Bank and train robber.
• Butcher

  Meaning: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
• Buzz

  Meaning: Village In The Woods; echoing of bees and other insects.
• Callisto

  Meaning: A nymph in greek mythology
• Cammi

  Meaning: Swift warrior in French.
• Capone

  Meaning: Boss of Chicago mafia.
• Carlo

  Meaning: Strong in French.
• Cersei

  Meaning: From Game of Thrones.
• Codex

  Meaning: an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)
• Colossus

  Meaning: Bigger than average.
• Commish

  Meaning: Police Commissioner/Chief.
• Compton

  Meaning: United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962)
• Conan

  Meaning: Hound, Wolf
• Crash

  Meaning: Always on the couch.
• Cronus

  Meaning: Character in Greek mythology; the titan who fathered the Greek gods
• Crusher

  Meaning: a device that crushes something
• Cush

  Meaning: Soft, comfortable cushion.
• Daenerys

  Meaning: From Game of Thrones.
• Daga

  Meaning: Dagger in Basque.
• Dagger

  Meaning: Swordlike weapon.
• Danger

  Meaning: A warning.
• Deacon

  Meaning: Ordained minister.
• Deke

  Meaning: Virtuous
• Diamond

  Meaning: Brilliant Gem
• Diesel

  Meaning: Fuel; diminutive form of Matthias.
• Diva

  Meaning: A moody princess
• Doyle

  Meaning: Dark Foreigner
• Dozer

  Meaning: Snoozing.
• Duchess

  Meaning: the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
• Duke

  Meaning: Leader, commander, governor of a province
• Ebony

  Meaning: Dark Black-wooded Tree
• Echo

  Meaning: A mountain nymph in Greek mythology.
• Elda

  Meaning: Battle
• Elektra

  Meaning: A Marvel character.
• Elexis

  Meaning: Defender of man kind.
• Erma

  Meaning: Female diety of war.
• Exene

  Meaning: In honor of the singer of the same name from LA punk icons X
• Fang

  Meaning: Beautiful
• Fender

  Meaning: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
• Fera

  Meaning: Beast in Portuguese.
• Fire

  Meaning: Burning.
• Floyd

  Meaning: Gray
• Frannie

  Meaning: Short For Frances Or Francies
• Freya

  Meaning: A goddess of love in norse mythology
• Frida

  Meaning: Peace
• Gamora

  Meaning: Sheaf
• Garvan

  Meaning: Rough in Irish.
• Gator

  Meaning: Alligator.
• Gauge

  Meaning: Inner diameter of a gun.
• Genghis

  Meaning: Founder of Mongolian empire.
• Ginti

  Meaning: Defend in Lithuanian.
• Goliath

  Meaning: A giant from the bible.
• Gorilla

  Meaning: Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
• Griffin

  Meaning: A lion-eagle in iranian mythology.
• Gunner

  Meaning: Strong in battle (in Swedish).
• Hades

  Meaning: Bunny
• Harley

  Meaning: Woodland, clearing.
• Hecuba

  Meaning: The queen of troy in greek mythology
• Hera

  Meaning: The queen of the gods and is the wife and sister of zeus in greek mythology
• Herc

  Meaning: Strong, heroic figure.
• Hercules

  Meaning: The son of zeus and the king of the gods in greek mythology.
• Heroine

  Meaning: a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds
• Hulk

  Meaning: A fictional characterr.
• Huntress

  Meaning: A woman who hunts in mythology
• Indiana

  Meaning: Land Of The Indians
• Jade

  Meaning: The first name of agatha christie's miss marple character
• Jedi

  Meaning: Historical drama; popularized by Star Wars
• Jesse

  Meaning: The Lord exists
• Jimbo

  Meaning: Country, Province
• Jinx

  Meaning: Edgy.
• J.K. Growling

  Meaning: Pun on the author.
• Jojo

  Meaning: Nickname For Names Beginning With JO
• Juno

  Meaning: The queen of the gods in roman mythology
• Justine

  Meaning: As in justice.
• Kaia

  Meaning: Pure
• Kane

  Meaning: Little battler
• Kara

  Meaning: Beloved and dearest one.
• Karma

  Meaning: Destiny.
• Katana

  Meaning: Hero from DC comics.
• Katniss

  Meaning: From The Hunger Games.
• King

  Meaning: Ruler
• Kitana

  Meaning: A star in the sky
• Knuckles

  Meaning: (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
• Koda

  Meaning: Friend
• Kojak

  Meaning: Refers to a television detective
• Kong

  Meaning: Bright
• Laika

  Meaning: Space dog explorer.
• Lakin

  Meaning: From The Lake
• Leia

  Meaning: From star wars.
• Leisel

  Meaning: Oath To God
• Lex

  Meaning: Defender of men in greek.
• Liberty

  Meaning: Freedom
• Loki

  Meaning: The sneaky and trickster god in Norse mythology.
• Lola

  Meaning: Sorrows
• Luana

  Meaning: Graceful battle maiden in German.
• Mace

  Meaning: The collective dead in the afterlife
• Mack

  Meaning: Son Of...
• Mags

  Meaning: Magnum or magazine.
• Maia

  Meaning: The goddess who embodies growth
• Maverick

  Meaning: Rebellious.
• Meatball

  Meaning: ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
• Medusa

  Meaning: The most famous of the monster figures known as gorgons in greek mythology
• Mercy

  Meaning: Forgiveness.
• Michonne

  Meaning: Iconic character from Walking Dead.
• Mick

  Meaning: Who Is Like God?
• Midnight

  Meaning: 12:00 AM
• Miss Beazley

  Meaning: Loyal female companion.
• Murph

  Meaning: Loving, loyal friend.
• Mystique

  Meaning: An air of mystery
• Nails

  Meaning: hit hard
• Nelson

  Meaning: Murderer and robber.
• Neptune

  Meaning: The god of freshwater in roman mythology
• Nikita

  Meaning: Unconquerable in russian.
• Ninja

  Meaning: a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
• Nitro

  Meaning: Short for nitroglycerin.
• Nyx

  Meaning: Goddess of the night in greek mythology
• O.G.

  Meaning: Original Gangster (or Original)
• Olga

  Meaning: Holy
• Olympia

  Meaning: An ancient sanctuary site dedicated to the worship zeus in greek mythology
• Ozzie

  Meaning: Strong in hebrew.
• Pepper

  Meaning: The pepper pad a handheld game console.
• Phoenix

  Meaning: A long-lived bird in greek mythology.
• Pistol

  Meaning: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
• Porter

  Meaning: Delicious dark beer
• Power

  Meaning: energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
• Punky

  Meaning: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
• Pusher

  Meaning: a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
• Pyro

  Meaning: As in pyromaniac.
• Queen

  Meaning: Female ruler
• Queenie

  Meaning: Fun and sassy.
• Quiinn

  Meaning: From the Batman comics.
• Radon

  Meaning: Deadly gas.
• Rambo

  Meaning: A sylvester stallone character.
• Raven

  Meaning: Dark-colored.
• Rebel

  Meaning: Rebellious.
• Ripley

  Meaning: Sigourney weaver's character.
• Riptide

  Meaning: Disturbance in the sea.
• Robin

  Meaning: Fictional English outlaw.
• Rocky

  Meaning: Inspired by Rocky Balboa.
• Rogue

  Meaning: One who is mischievous; a scamp or vagabond
• Roman

  Meaning: From Rome, Italy
• Rooster

  Meaning: adult male chicken
• Rousey

  Meaning: Named after Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ronda Rousey.
• Roxie

  Meaning: Dawn.
• Roxy

  Meaning: Dawn
• Rubbles

  Meaning: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
• Sable

  Meaning: Cool.
• Samson

  Meaning: Man with super strength.
• Samus

  Meaning: Space bounty hunter.
• Sarah

  Meaning: From The Terminator.
• Sarge

  Meaning: As in sargent.
• Sassy

  Meaning: With a lot of attitude.
• Shadow

  Meaning: Shade From Sun
• Shaitan

  Meaning: Satan in Arabic.
• Sheba

  Meaning: Queen of sheba.
• Sid Vicious

  Meaning: Punk rock iconography.
• Siren

  Meaning: Hybrid girl.
• Sissy

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Cecilia
• Slash

  Meaning: Cut Or A /
• Sloane

  Meaning: Expedition, Invasion
• Sonny

  Meaning: Our Son
• Spike

  Meaning: Stingy or pointed.
• Spinks

  Meaning: "Brave little fighter"
• Stalin

  Meaning: Man of steel in Hindu.
• Starbuck

  Meaning: From the river where stakes were got
• Steel

  Meaning: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
• Steffi

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Stephanie
• Storm

  Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
• T-Bone

  Meaning: A bone.
• Tackle

  Meaning: put a harness
• Tank

  Meaning: Big.
• Tappaa

  Meaning: Kill in Finland.
• Teegan

  Meaning: Little Poet
• Tex

  Meaning: From Texas
• Thor

  Meaning: God of lightning and thunder in norse mythology.
• Tiger

  Meaning: Powerful Cat, Tiger
• Tigre

  Meaning: Tiger; giant cat.
• Tila

  Meaning: Short for Attila.
• Timber

  Meaning: Wood, Strong
• Titan

  Meaning: Greek giants.
• Trapper

  Meaning: A Marvel superhero.
• Trinity

  Meaning: Strong.
• Tyson

  Meaning: Firebrand; son of Denis.
• Ursa

  Meaning: Bear in latin.
• Ursula

  Meaning: From the little mermaid.
• Vader

  Meaning: Father
• Vasara

  Meaning: Hammer in Finnish.
• Vicious Vicky

  Meaning: Cruel and malicious.
• Villa

  Meaning: A famous general.
• Vince

  Meaning: Short Form Of Vincent
• Viper

  Meaning: Tough and stinging.
• Vixen

  Meaning: Attractive and quarrelsome.
• Vlad

  Meaning: Prince of Wallachia.
• Widow

  Meaning: Destitute, bereft
• Willow

  Meaning: From The Willow Grove
• Winter

  Meaning: The Season
• Wonder Woman

  Meaning: Heroic female warrior.
• Wrigley

  Meaning: Clearing By The River Bend
• Xander

  Meaning: Defender of the people
• Xena

  Meaning: A warrior princess in greek mythology.
• Yuna

  Meaning: Kindness
• Zander

  Meaning: Defender of men in greek.
• Zao

  Meaning: Evil or wicked in Croatian.
• Zelda

  Meaning: Battle maid
• Zemsta

  Meaning: Revenge in Polish.
• Zeus

  Meaning: The king of all gods and men in greek mythology.
• Zeva

  Meaning: Sword; wolf
• Zilla

  Meaning: Protector of mankind.
• Zod

  Meaning: From Superman comic books.

Staying on the badass theme, these names mean warrior or are in some way related to the word.

Staying on the badass theme, these names mean leader or are in some way related to the word.

Staying on the badass theme, these names mean bold or are in some way related to the word.

If your dog is a natural born leader, you'll want to pay tribute to that with one of these dominant dog names. Perfect for large, commanding, powerful pups.

As sastifying as it is to train a dog, you have to love their wild side. Pay tribute to your dog's challenging nature with these plucky, rebellious dog names.