1000 Old Names for Dogs Project

1000 Georgian and Victorian Names for Dogs

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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

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