Why list Dogs names in a site for family history ?
Being so fortunate as to have Teddy, a 20 month old Cardigan Corgi boy in our family it seemed natural to take an interest in Dogs names. On reviewing my newspaper collection I was struck that some names may have fallen out of fashion while others have endured. Rover, Bell, Bob, Pepper, Patch, Duchess, Toby etc. still work well for family pets. The source of the list is from Historical Newspapers - usually advertisements by owners to recover their dogs - so there may be a bias ! So far there are just under 200 different names - but I have no doubt with more digging there will be over 1000. Even now there are some great names Twinger, Pirate (had he got a Patch), and how about Sparky !
Hope you enjoy the list
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Victorian and Georgian names for Dogs |
NAME |
BREED |
DATE |
M/F |
PLACE |
Achilles | Greyhound | Nov 1791 | Dog | Weston |
Ambo | Greyhound | Jan 1817 | Dog | Billingborough |
Ball | between Mastiff & Newfoundland | Jun 1787 | Dog | Uxbridge |
Banguo | Pointer | Jan 1797 | Dog | Oundle |
Basto | Pointer | Oct 1815 | Dog | Grantham |
Beau | Setter | Jul 1799 | Dog | Reading |
Beauty | Greyhound | Feb 1734 | Bitch | Langtoft |
Beauty | Beagle | Jul 1794 | Bitch | Reading |
Bell | Pointer | Jul 1747 | Bitch | Bishop Auckland |
Bell | Spaniel | Oct 1763 | Bitch | South Shields |
Belle | Pointer | May 1886 | Bitch | Nenagh |
Ben | Pointer | Jun 1794 | Dog | Henley |
Betty | Beagle | Jan 1731 | Bitch | Linlithgow |
Billy | Spaniel Setter ? | Jun 1739 | Dog | Derwent-haugh |
Blossom | Greyhound | Sep 1766 | Bitch | Hackwood |
Blueman | Kebble Hound | May 1769 | Dog | Manchester |
Bob | Tarrier | Nov 1780 | Dog | Egremont |
Bob | Setter | Dec 1813 | Dog | Perth |
Bob | Pointer | Aug 1816 | Dog | Kidderminster |
Bob | Setter | Oct 1819 | Dog | Dilhorn |
Bounce | Pointer | Jun 1781 | Dog | Oxford |
Boxer | Bull & Terrier | Jan 1819 | Dog | Carlisle |
Brenty | Greyhound | Nov 1879 | Bitch | Ballynonty |
Brush | Setter | Jul 1743 | Bitch | Haukedon |
Bunter | Spaniel | Dec 1783 | Bitch | Oxford |
Busy | Spaniel | Nov 1742 | Bitch | Wansford |
Cairo | Tarrier | Nov 1754 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Captain | Sheep dog | Jun 1877 | Dog | Tullamore |
Carefull | Fox Hound | Jan 1813 | Bitch | Leicester |
Carlo | Pointer | Aug 1790 | Dog | Arborfield |
Carlo | Pointer | May 1790 | Dog | Gosport |
Carlo | Pointer | Sep 1791 | Dog | Attleburgh |
Carlo | Pointer | Sep 1793 | Dog | Lincoln |
Carlo | Pointer | Apr 1796 | Dog | Alresford |
Carlo | Setter | Dec 1798 | Dog | Stall's Valley |
Carlo | Pointer | Mar 1802 | Dog | Burley |
Carlo | English Setter | Sep 1816 | Dog | Whitehaven |
Carlo | Setter | Jul 1818 | Dog | Long Bennington |
Carlo | Fox Terrier | Sept 1882 | Dog | Mallow |
Carlow | Pointer | Sep 1793 | Dog | Derby |
Caro | Terrier | Feb 1782 | Dog | Drumsheugh |
Catch | Tarrier | Mar 1778 | Dog | Ancoats |
Cato | Pointer | Oct 1790 | Dog | Lenton |
Cato | Pointer | Jun 1802 | Dog | Uttoxeter |
Cave | Pointer | Oct 1789 | Dog | Keswick |
Cesar | Pointer | Aug 1806 | Dog | Culter |
Chance | Greyhound | Jul 1805 | Dog | Headon |
Chanter | Hound | Jul 1802 | Dog | Whitehaven |
Charles or Carlo | Danish | Oct 1816 | Dog | Hereford |
Charmer | Greyhound | Jun 1743 | Bitch | Donnington |
Charmer | Hound ? | Jan 1745 | Bitch | Durham |
Cobey | Spaniel | Jul 1769 | Bitch | Dean |
Comis | White Setter | Jul 1812 | Dog | Perth |
Countess | Pointer | Jun 1744 | Bitch | Post Witham |
Countess | Beagle | Oct 1765 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Countess | Pointer | Apr 1767 | Bitch | Edinburgh |
Crack | Spaniel | Dec 1785 | Dog | Springfield |
Credit | Greyhound | Mar 1799 | Dog | Linwood |
Cruel | Hound | Nov 1742 | Bitch | Melford Hall |
Cue | Setter | Jul 1792 | Dog | Louth |
Czar | Russian Spaniel | Oct 1814 | Dog | Kidside |
Dainty | Hound | Jun 1742 | Bitch | Branston |
Dan | Pointer | Aug 1779 | Dog | Fouldbridge |
Daphne | Beagle | May 1769 | Bitch | Manchester |
Dart | Greyhound | Jun 1811 | Dog | Kirk Fenton |
Dash | Pointer | Jan 1809 | Dog | Holywell |
Dash | Pointer | Aug 1810 | Dog | Pontefract |
Dash | Pointer | Sept 1811 | Dog | Whitby |
Dentie | Beagle | Aug 1735 | Bitch | Edinburgh |
Dick | Setter | May 1885 | Dog | Johnstown |
Dido | Greyhound | Mar 1768 | Bitch | Hallowell |
Die | Spaniel | May 1746 | Bitch | Stella Hall |
Dill | Pointer | Feb 1766 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Don | Pointer | Sep 1783 | Dog | Leeds |
Don | Pointer | May 1791 | Dog | Windsor |
Don | Pointer | Sep 1793 | Dog | Grange Ash |
Don | Pointer | May 1794 | Dog | Sheffield |
Don | Pointer | Sept 1796 | Dog | Pangbourn |
Don | Pointer | Jul 1797 | Dog | Barrow-upon-Trent |
Don | Setter | Dec 1798 | Dog | Ledbury |
Don | Pointer | Feb 1803 | Dog | Sherburn |
Don | Pointer | Aug 1809 | Dog | Mitcham |
Don | Pointer | Sep 1815 | Dog | Andover |
Donald | Setter | Feb 1749 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Donna | Pointer | Jul 1746 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Dove | Greyhound | Jan 1794 | Bitch | Wantage |
Duke | Setter | Jul 1812 | Dog | Rougham |
Dutchess | Greyhound | Jan 1745 | Bitch | Repton |
Fame | Pointer | Sep 1797 | Bitch | Thame |
Famey | Beagle | Apr 1767 | Bitch | Hopscott |
Fanny | Spaniel Setter ? | Apr 1747 | Bitch | Donnington |
Fido | Spaniel | May 1805 | Dog | Kirkleatham |
Flint | Greyhound | Sep 1882 | Bitch | Fermoy |
Flirt | Setter | Oct 1877 | Bitch | Dundalk |
Flirt | Greyhound | Jan 1885 | Bitch | Fermoy |
Flora | | Feb 1765 | Bitch | Willington |
Flos | Fox Terrier | Aug 1885 | Bitch | Cownellan |
Floss | Spaniel | Oct 1796 | Dog | Great Marlow |
Fly | Greyhound | Oct 1733 | Bitch | Spalding |
Fly | Greyhound | Oct 1737 | Bitch | Burghley |
Fly | Greyhound | Jan 1738 | Bitch | Peterborough |
Fly | Greyhound | Oct 1738 | Bitch | Helpson |
Fly | Greyhound | Oct 1749 | Bitch | Chelmsford |
Fly | Greyhound | May 1765 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Fly | Greyhound | Dec 1768 | Bitch | Dalton le Dale |
Fly | Greyhound | Jun 1816 | Bitch | Littlethorpe |
Fly | Greyhound | Oct 1819 | Bitch | Dilhorn |
Fly | Greyhound | Dec 1885 | Bitch | Charleville |
Fly | Greyhound | Jan 1885 | Bitch | Fermoy |
Fop | Pointer | Oct 1808 | Dog | Horbury |
Fred | Greyhound | Aug 1886 | Dog | Gorey |
Fury | Terrier | Jan 1799 | Bitch | London |
Fuss | Fox Terrier | Aug 1886 | Bitch | Piltown |
Gelert | Greyhound | Oct 1819 | Dog | Chell |
Gin | Tarrier | Oct 1767 | Bitch | Ravensworth Castle |
Ginger | Pointer | Oct 1796 | Dog | Ebrington |
Gipsey | Spaniel | Aug 1797 | Dog | Holbrook |
Glenard | Red Setter | Jul 1886 | Dog | Thurles |
Glory | Hound | Apr 1768 | Bitch | Manchester |
Grange | Greyhound | Aug 1788 | Dog | Middle-Mills |
Greencap | Greyhound | Sep 1877 | Dog | Kells |
Grouse | Red Setter | Nov 1885 | Bitch | Limerick |
Grouse | Red Setter | Jun 1886 | Dog | Tipperary |
Gulliver | Red Setter | May 1886 | Dog | Nenagh |
Gyp | Spaniel | Jun 1739 | Bitch | Derwent-haugh |
Hector | Newfoundland | Feb 1774 | Dog | Reading |
Hector | Greyhound | Sep 1791 | Dog | Aston |
Hector | Newfoundland | Sep 1797 | Dog | Ipswich |
Hector | Greyhound | Jul 1808 | Dog | Bellaport-Hal |
Hero ? | Tarrier | Sep 1789 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Isaac | Red Setter | Jul 1887 | Dog | Ballinamore |
Jack | Tarrier | Aug 1777 | Dog | Derby |
Jack | Pointer | Mar 1796 | Dog | Poulton |
Jack | Pointer | Jun 1804 | Dog | Manchester |
Jess ? | Greyhound | May 1733 | Bitch | Waltham |
Jewel | Greyhound | Jul 1731 | Bitch | Freeston |
Jock | English Pointer | Jan 1812 | Dog | Cockermouth |
Jock | Pointer | May 1817 | Dog | Carlisle |
Juba | Cocking | Nov 1780 | Dog | Papcastle |
Juley | | Apr 1762 | Bitch | Banbury |
Juno | Pointer | Aug 1734 | Bitch | Langton |
Juno | Pointer | Jan 1736 | Bitch | Ipswich |
Juno | Pointer | Dec 1810 | Bitch | Leicester |
Juno | Pointer | Sep 1815 | Bitch | Eddendine |
Juno | Setter | Jan 1817 | Bitch | Grantham |
Katie | Red Setter | Aug 1885 | Bitch | Adare |
Lady | Hound | Apr 1768 | Bitch | Manchester |
Lady | Beagle | May 1769 | Bitch | Manchester |
Lady | Greyhound | Feb 1816 | Bitch | Great Dalby |
Lass | Setter | Jul 1817 | Bitch | Hinton Abbey |
Lily | Greyhound | Oct 1886 | Bitch | Mallow |
Lily | Retriever | Sep 1886 | Bitch | Dundrum |
Lion | Terrier | Sep 1811 | Dog | Truro |
Love | Spaniel | Dec 1809 | Bitch | Fowey |
Lu Lu | Terrier | Aug 1886 | Bitch | Robertstown |
Luck | Spaniel | Dec 1809 | Dog | Fowey |
Lucy | Greyhound | Oct 1879 | Bitch | Thurles |
Madam | Setter ? | Sep 1725 | Bitch | Stamford |
Marquis | White Setter | May 1803 | Dog | Salisbury |
Mary | Greyhound | Feb 1885 | Bitch | Abbeyfeale |
Mask | Greyhound | Jul 1786 | Dog | Ash |
Mask | Pomeranian | Jun 1788 | Dog | Winchester |
Master Hubert | Greyhound | Jun 1885 | Dog | Castlecomer |
Merrylass | Hound | Feb 1742 | Bitch | Eglington |
Missy | King Charles | Nov 1749 | Bitch | Edinburgh |
Molineaux | Pug & Terrier | Jan 1815 | Bitch | Burselm |
Mopsey | Pointer | Jul 1739 | Bitch | Radbourne |
Mopsy | Spaniel | May 1736 | Bitch | Boston |
Mungo | Greyhound | Aug 1794 | Dog | Boston |
Nellie | Terrier | Oct 1886 | Bitch | Kilfinane |
Nelson | Greyhound | Jul 1810 | Dog | Cheltenham |
Neptune | Pointer | Dec 1783 | Dog | Oxford |
Neptune | Newfoundland | Jan 1813 | Dog | Leicester |
Neptune | Newfoundland | Jan 1818 | Dog | Perth |
Nero | Pointer | Sep 1784 | Dog | Gibbet Toll |
Nero | Pointer | Oct 1796 | Dog | Ebrington |
Nettle | Greyhound | Apr 1738 | Bitch | Eye |
Otho | Pointer | Nov 1787 | Dog | Wantage |
Pat | Pointer | Jan 1804 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Patch | Spaniel | Oct 1763 | Bitch | South Shields |
Patch | Terrier | Jul 1877 | Dog | Derry |
Peg | Pointer | Oct 1791 | Bitch | Eversley |
Peggy | Greyhound | Sep 1882 | Bitch | Fermoy |
Pepper | Tarrier | Jun 1789 | Bitch | Ipswich |
Pero | English Spaniel | Sep 1792 | Dog | Gledholt |
Pero | Pointer | Apr 1795 | Dog | Donnington |
Pero | Pointer | Jul 1795 | Dog | Wrexham |
Pero | Pointer | Mar 1799 | Dog | Thrapston |
Phenix | Fox Hound | Feb 1746 | Bitch | Stoke |
Phillis | Greyhound | Jun 1718 | Bitch | Ashby Parva |
Phillis | Setter ? | Jul 1732 | Bitch | Beckingham |
Phillis | Pointer | Jan 1774 | Bitch | Fellon Shore |
Phillis | Spaniel | Jan 1813 | Bitch | Leicester |
Phobe | Tarrier | Jan 1797 | Bitch | Gateshead |
Phoenix | Tarrier | Feb 1784 | Bitch | Canterbury |
Phoenix | Greyhound | Sep 1879 | Bitch | Pilltown |
Phyllis | Pointer | Feb 1721 | Bitch | Dadlington |
Pierot | Pointer | Jan 1745 | Bitch | Bailey |
Pincher | Tarrier | Oct 1791 | Dog | Olantigh |
Pincher | Pointer | Jul 1798 | Dog | Kettering |
Pincher | Terrier | May 1802 | Dog | Tenterden |
Pinkie | Setter ? | Mar 1741 | Bitch | Lhude |
Piper | Greyhound | Oct 1716 | Dog | Uppingham |
Pirate | Hound | Mar 1774 | Dog | Shrewsbury |
Piro | Pointer | Nov 1785 | Dog | Crieff |
Plato | Pointer | May 1801 | Dog | Aston |
Pluto | Pointer | Mar 1813 | Dog | Leicester |
Pluto | Pointer | Nov 1886 | Dog | Nenagh |
Pompey | Spaniel | Oct 1793 | Dog | Bath |
Pompy | Newfoundland | Dec 1786 | Dog | Rosefield |
Ponto | Pointer | Mar 1774 | Dog | Shrewsbury |
Ponto | Spaniel | Jun 1776 | Dog | Durham |
Ponto | Pointer | Mar 1788 | Dog | Nether Hayford |
Ponto | English Spaniel | Apr 1789 | Dog | Newcastle |
Ponto | Pointer | Sep 1791 | Dog | Leeds |
Ponto | Pointer | Sep 1792 | Dog | Pocklington |
Ponto | Pointer | Jul 1797 | Dog | Sudbury |
Ponto | Pointer | Aug 1818 | Dog | Mary-le-bone |
Pop | Pointer | Dec 1798 | Dog | Yoxford |
Pop | Red Setter | Sep 1885 | Bitch | Tulla |
Prince | Fox | Dec 1790 | Dog | Margate |
Prince | Greyhound | May 1801 | Dog | Uttoxeter |
Quin | Terrier | Jan 1795 | Dog | Methley Park |
Ragman | Hound | Nov 1743 | Dog | Newcastle |
Raino | Setter | Apr 1819 | Dog | Kelso |
Rake | Tarrier | Apr 1776 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Rake | Pointer | Sep 1778 | Dog | Carlisle |
Rake | Spaniel | Mar 1786 | Dog | Play Hatch |
Rake | Pointer | Aug 1789 | Dog | Leeds |
Ranger | Setter | Aug 1738 | Dog | Scutterskelp |
Ranger | Spaniel | Sep 1749 | Dog | Ipswich |
Rap | Pointer | Apr 1789 | Dog | Kirklinton |
Rap | Pointer | Sep 1815 | Dog | Brecons-of-Line |
Ratler | Terrier | Mar 1816 | Dog | Warwick |
Rato | Red Setter | Oct 1877 | Bitch | Kilfinane |
Rattler | Greyhound | Aug 1877 | Dog | Mallardstown |
Rector | Pointer | Sep 1797 | Dog | Thame |
Ring | Greyhound | Sep 1882 | Bitch | Fermoy |
Rock | Greyhound | Oct 1877 | Dog | Killaloe |
Roger | Spanish Pointer | May 1781 | Dog | Seacroft |
Rogo | Setter | Dec 1810 | Dog | Leicester |
Rosie | Setter (Spanish Kind) | Jul 1730 | Bitch | North Berwick |
Roughler | Pointer | Mar 1790 | Dog | Little Glemham |
Rover | Spaniel | Mar 1789 | Dog | Wargrave |
Rover | Spaniel | Sept 1796 | Dog | Burghfield |
Rush | Setter | Jul 1799 | Dog | Odiham |
Ruster | Hound | Nov 1742 | Dog | Melford Hall |
Ryno | Setter | Apr 1819 | Dog | Kelso |
Sancho | Pointer | Oct 1773 | Dog | Morpeth |
Sancho | Pointer | Jul 1783 | Dog | Ulverston |
Sancho | Pointer | Aug 1789 | Dog | Dorchester |
Sancho | Pointer | Feb 1789 | Dog | Leeds |
Sancho | Pointer | Jul 1789 | Dog | Stirling |
Sancho | Setter | Jul 1790 | Dog | Old Windsor |
Sancho | Pointer | Jan 1794 | Dog | Wantage |
Sancho | Pointer | Sept 1796 | Dog | Twyford |
Sancho | English Setter | Jul 1817 | Dog | Gosforth Hall |
Serjeant | Spaniel | Dec 1812 | | Barkby |
Shak'em | Tarrier | Jul 1786 | Dog | Newcastle |
Sharp | Tarrier | Feb 1787 | Dog | Derby |
Sill | Tarrier | Dec 1784 | Bitch | Manchester |
Singwell | Beagle | Oct 1742 | Bitch | Scutterskelf |
Slip | Colley | Apr 1885 | Dog | Lucan |
Smoker | Greyhound | Oct 1787 | Dog | Leeds |
Smut | Greyhound | Aug 1718 | Bitch | Kettering |
Snowball | Greyhound | Oct 1796 | Dog | Ebrington |
Sophia | | Nov 1768 | Bitch | King's Cramond |
Sophy | Spaniel | Jul 1769 | Bitch | Dean |
Spadille | Pointer | May 1743 | Bitch | Ramsey |
Spango | Pointer | Dec 1795 | Dog | Hautbois |
Spanker | Hound | Jan 1745 | Dog | Durham |
Spanker | Greyhound | Sep 1778 | Dog | Carlisle |
Spanker | Greyhound | Jan 1791 | Dog | Uffingdon |
Spanker | Greyhound | Dec 1799 | Dog | Fryston |
Sparky | Tarrier | Jul 1745 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Spider | Greyhound | Jul 1792 | Dog | Workington |
Spite | Terrier | Aug 1886 | Dog | Robertstown |
Sport | Greyhound | Jan 1885 | Dog | Anacarty |
Spot | Terrier | May 1885 | Dog | Templemore |
Spring | Greyhound | Jan 1806 | Dog | Candlesby |
Spring | Greyhound | Nov 1811 | Dog | Metfield |
Spring | Greyhound | Jul 1818 | Dog | Lincoln |
Squire | Daschund | Aug 1885 | Dog | Nenagh |
Stately | Southern Hound | Dec 1764 | Bitch | Prestbury |
Sweet Lips | Water Spaniel | Nov 1735 | Bitch | Ipswich |
Syloy | Setter ? | Sep 1735 | Bitch | Rosline |
Tango | Pointer | Mar 1814 | Dog | Nailsworth |
Tara | Deerhound | Aug 1886 | Bitch | Sixmilebridge |
Targo | Pointer | Jul 1739 | Dog | Radbourne |
Tick | Pointer | Aug 1810 | Dog | Drighlington |
Tippo | Red Setter | Sep 1802 | Dog | Cannock |
Tipsey | Tarrier | Feb 1776 | Bitch | Northampton |
Toby | Setter & Pointer | Aug 1797 | Dog | Peterchurch |
Toby | Irish Terrier | Jul 1886 | Dog | Templemore |
Tomboy | Pointer | Mar 1803 | Dog | Morton in Marsh |
Toss | Spaniel Pointer ? | Jan 1785 | Dog | Mile End Grove |
Trim | Terrier | Nov 1794 | Dog | Woodstock |
Trimmer | Tarrier | Jun 1778 | Dog | Oakham |
Trinket | Tarrier | Sep 1784 | Bitch | Wirksworth |
Trip | Greyhound | Mar 1742 | Bitch | Peterborough |
Trull | Pointer | Oct 1747 | Bitch | Chesterfield |
Trump | Pointer | Jul 1791 | Dog | Heddington |
Trump | Spaniel | Mar 1791 | Dog | Farley-Hill |
Turk | Mastiff | Jul 1792 | Dog | Manchester |
Twig | Pointer | Aug 1802 | Dog | Lancaster |
Twigg | | Apr 1762 | Bitch | Banbury |
Twinger | Tarrier | Nov 1772 | Dog | Sotterley |
Vengeance | Tarrier | Oct 1785 | Dog | Thurnham |
Venom | Tarrier | Jul 1779 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Vidge | Greyhound | Jul 1746 | Bitch | Stamford |
Viper | Tarrier | Mar 1787 | Dog | Hatton |
Viper | Tarrier | Oct 1791 | Dog | Olantigh |
Viper | Terrier | Jun 1795 | Dog | Edinburgh |
Viper | Terrier | Jun 1795 | Dog | Oxford |
Vixen | Tarrier | May 1785 | Bitch | Witham |
Vixen | Scotch Terrier | Oct 1804 | Bitch | Edinburgh |
Vixin | Terrier | Nov 1785 | Bitch | Water of Leith |
Warleys | Pointer | Mar 1798 | Dog | Nairn |
Welcome | Hound | Nov 1743 | Bitch | Newcastle |
Wench | Pointer | Dec 1749 | Bitch | Barnard Castle |
Weymouth | Spaniel | Mar 1791 | Bitch | Hartford Bridge |
Whimsey | Greyhound | Sep 1815 | Bitch | Little Gonerby |
Whip | Greyhound | Nov 1761 | Bitch | Morton in Marsh |
York | Greyhound | Jan 1794 | Dog | Basingstoke |