Curious Dog Names

Curiosity is a trait that's common in young puppies, and it can be very cute to name your dog after this childike wonder. There are some great names for nosey pups in this list.

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Agatha
Meaning: Mystery writer agatha christie
Albert
Meaning: Refers to the famous scientist, albert einstein
Amalea
Meaning: Refers to a girl with a curious mind
Anabeth
Meaning: A girl filled with curiosity and grace 0 Guillermina A curious girl
Anne
Meaning: The curious girl from anne of green gables
Beneatha
Meaning: A girl who is curious
Brenda
Meaning: Refers to a curious detective in the show
Cagney
Meaning: A clever detective from the Cagney and Lacey show
Carter
Meaning: One who transports goods by cart or wagon.
Charles
Meaning: Charles darwin, great scientific discoverer
Columbo
Meaning: Refers to the beloved television detective
Daphne
Meaning: The very intelligent character from scooby doo
Edison
Meaning: Extremely intelligent scientist, thomas edison
Einstein
Meaning: German physicist and scientist
Fox
Meaning: Television detective from the x files
Friday
Meaning: Famous television detective Joe Friday
Grissom
Meaning: a television detective
Hardy
Meaning: Refers to the Hardy boys who were youthful detectives
Harriet
Meaning: Refers to harriet the spy children's books
Hawking
Meaning: Refers to modern scientist stephen hawking, who was known for his curious nature
Hermione
Meaning: Messenger or earthly, from the name Hermes
Huckleberry
Meaning: Refers to the cartoon character and Bloodhound
Jade
Meaning: The first name of agatha christie's miss marple character
Jessica
Meaning: Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote
Jigna
Meaning: A girl who is curious and wants to discover the world
Jimena
Meaning: Calm and curious
Kojak
Meaning: Refers to a television detective
Lacey
Meaning: A curious detective from the police show cagney and lacey
Lois
Meaning: Refers to superman's lois lane
Maddie
Meaning: A private investigator from the show moonlighting
Magnum
Meaning: As in magnum, private investigator
Marco
Meaning: Explorer marco polo
Marple
Meaning: Widely respected Agatha Christie character
Mason
Meaning: One who works with stone
Monk
Meaning: Refers to the television sleuth.
Nancy
Meaning: Referencing sleuth nancy drew
Neil
Meaning: Refers to space explorer Neil Armstrong
Olivia
Meaning: A detective from the show law and order svu
Perry
Meaning: Perry mason, detective extraordinaire
Rockford
Meaning: Television sleuth from the Rockford Files
Scooby
Meaning: A famous cartoon canine sleuth
Scooby-Doo
Meaning: Cartoon detective
Scully
Meaning: A curious detective character from the X Files
Shaggy
Meaning: The cartoon sleuth from scooby doo
Sherlock
Meaning: Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Watson
Syretia
Meaning: A serious and curious girl
Temperance
Meaning: A character from the sleuth hit, Bones
Tesla
Meaning: Refers to the curious scientist
Trixie
Meaning: A fictional sleuth, made famous in books
Velma
Meaning: A character from the scooby doo detective gang
Veronica
Meaning: After Veronica Mars