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