Intelligent Dog Names

Got an intelligent breed or just an all-out smarty pants for a dog? Name them something smart to reflect their dazzling intelligence.

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• Akilli

  Meaning: Smart in Turkish.
• Albert

  Meaning: Refers to the famous scientist, albert einstein
• Alcott

  Meaning: Author of Little Women.
• Alex

  Meaning: Alexander bell invented telephone.
• Amelia

  Meaning: Woman to fly across atlantic ocean.
• Anahita

  Meaning: Persian goddess of water.
• Asimov

  Meaning: Smart science fiction author.
• Athena

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

  Meaning: Glorious, intelligent in German and Danish.
• Bernanke

  Meaning: Head of the Fed.
• Bertha

  Meaning: Bright ing intelligent.
• Biggs

  Meaning: Science writer.
• Bobby

  Meaning: Chess genius.
• Bradbury

  Meaning: Dweller near the wood fort
• Brain

  Meaning: Character from inspector gadget.
• Brainy

  Meaning: Looks and brains.
• Cassidy

  Meaning: Clever.
• Cato

  Meaning: Wise, all-knowing
• Coeus

  Meaning: The freek titan of intelligence.
• Conrad

  Meaning: Wise counsel in german.
• Curie

  Meaning: Woman to win a Nobel Prize.
• Da Vinci

  Meaning: Mathematician, inventor and genius.
• Dara

  Meaning: Nugget of wisdom.
• Darwin

  Meaning: Dear Friend
• Dawkins

  Meaning: Richard Dawkins, sociobiologist.
• Dell

  Meaning: Small valley or glen
• Dexter

  Meaning: Right-handed, skilled
• Dolph

  Meaning: Character from Rocky movies.
• Doogie

  Meaning: Dr. Doogie Howser.
• Dr No

  Meaning: A well known evil genius.
• Durga

  Meaning: Hindu goddess of power and intelligence.
• Eelin

  Meaning: Warrior of intelligence.
• Egghead

  Meaning: What bright kids were nicknamed.
• Einstein

  Meaning: German physicist and scientist
• Fahima

  Meaning: Woman of great understanding.
• Faraday

  Meaning: Physicist and all-around nice guy.
• Farzana

  Meaning: Intelligent, wise, knowledgeable
• Fischer

  Meaning: Smartest chess player of all time.
• Fisku

  Meaning: Smart.
• Fleming

  Meaning: Alexander Fleming, invented penicillin.
• Franklin

  Meaning: Politician.
• Freud

  Meaning: Psychologist and one smart dude.
• Frode

  Meaning: Wise and learned.
• Gage

  Meaning: Oath, pledge
• Galena

  Meaning: Small intelligent one in Spanish.
• Galileo

  Meaning: Italian physicist and astronomer.
• Gates

  Meaning: Barriers
• Genius

  Meaning: A protective spirit
• HAL

  Meaning: Super computer.
• Hannibal

  Meaning: Evil genius.
• Hawk

  Meaning: Short for Stephen Hawking.
• Haziq

  Meaning: Skillful and intelligent in Muslim.
• Higgins

  Meaning: Intelligent in Ireland.
• Hillary

  Meaning: Cheerful, merry
• Holmes

  Meaning: Sherlock Holmes, detective.
• Howser

  Meaning: Howser's a smart title for bowser.
• Hue

  Meaning: Lilly and intelligence in Vietnamese.
• Hugo

  Meaning: Wise man
• IQ

  Meaning: Abbreviation for intelligence quotient.

• Jobs

  Meaning: A great choice for your iDog from Steve Jobs.
• Kasparov

  Meaning: Garry Kasparov, a successful chess player.
• Kepler

  Meaning: Discovered the motion of planets.
• Kofi

  Meaning: Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, peacemaker.
• Kyna

  Meaning: Intelligent.
• Labeeba

  Meaning: Wise and intelligent.
• Leonardo

  Meaning: After Leonardo daVinci.
• Lisa

  Meaning: Lisa Simpson, the smart Simpson.
• Ludwig

  Meaning: After Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Matalino

  Meaning: Clever in Filipino.
• Mensa

  Meaning: A society for geniuses.
• Minda

  Meaning: Knowledge and wisdom.
• Minerva

  Meaning: Goddess of wisdom in roman mythology
• Mr Peabody

  Meaning: Character from Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon
• Neutron

  Meaning: Jimmy neutron, boy genius.
• Newton

  Meaning: Fig newton
• Novella

  Meaning: Steven Novella, smart neurologist.
• Ochoa

  Meaning: US astronaut.
• Olander

  Meaning: Intelligent on Swedish.
• Pandai

  Meaning: Clever
• Pascal

  Meaning: A procedural programming language.
• Porah

  Meaning: Actress and talk show host.
• Pragya

  Meaning: Insight, wisdom, and intelligence.
• Princeton

  Meaning: Prestigious school.
• Prodigy

  Meaning: A master at a young age.
• Professor

  Meaning: Professor x in marvel's x-men.
• Quentin

  Meaning: As in Quentin Tarantino.
• Raymond

  Meaning: Wise protector.
• Roslin

  Meaning: President Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica.
• Rubik

  Meaning: Of Rubik's cube fame.
• Saga

  Meaning: Fairy tale
• Salk

  Meaning: Inventor of the Polio vaccine.
• Sana

  Meaning: Brilliance and intelligence.
• Sarge

  Meaning: As in sargent.
• Savant

  Meaning: Knowledged in a specialized field.
• Savvy

  Meaning: Smart and shrewd.
• Scholar

  Meaning: Specialist in a branch of study.
• Schroder

  Meaning: Piano smartie from the Peanut cartoons.
• Screech

  Meaning: Screech Powers, Saved by the Bell.
• Shannon

  Meaning: Wise in Irish.
• Smartie

  Meaning: Small, round chocolate candy; colloquial for an intelligent person.
• Sophia

  Meaning: Wisdom.
• Tark

  Meaning: A man of Gondor
• Tenjin

  Meaning: Spirit in Japanese.
• Tesla

  Meaning: Refers to the curious scientist
• Thatcher

  Meaning: British Prime Minister.
• Tomo

  Meaning: Denotes intelligence on Japanese.
• Tomoko

  Meaning: Wise friend.
• Urkel

  Meaning: Steven urkel a character on the sitcom family matters.
• Vivek

  Meaning: Wisdom, distinction, and discrimination.
• Watson

  Meaning: Sherlock holmes smart sidekick.
• Whiz

  Meaning: Genius or to move with a rush and a sound.
• Wisdom

  Meaning: Has common sense.
• Witty

  Meaning: Having an intelligent sense of humor.
• Wright

  Meaning: After Wright Brothers.
• Zakia

  Meaning: Pure and intelligent.
• Zeki

  Meaning: Intelligent in Turkish.

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

Dogs always find a way to get what they want, even through the most industrious methods. Give your pup one of these crafty dog names as a tribute to their clever ways.