Dachshund Names

The fitting name of the slinky dog in the Toy Story movies — best left to a dog, perhaps a Dachshund.

Slinky

More popularly used for girls, this peppy word name has been worn by football player Pepper Johnson (born Thomas and given the childhood nickname for sprinkling pepper on his cereal) and appears in the musical Mamma Mia!. Yet to make waves for boys, it was given to five boys in a recent year. 
 
Associated with the drink, Dr Pepper and occasionally Peppa Pig, it's also related to the vegetable (or fruit) and spice, giving it a wordy, nature-y vibe too. There's also the musical link to The Beatle's album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club might appeal to some. 

Pepper might be a fun nickname for Joseph, Philip, Peter, Peregrine, or Percival.

Pepper

The original Pip was the main character in Great Expectations (full name Philip Pirrip). Cute for a tike, maybe too cute for an adult.

Save this for your next run to Starbucks. 

Mocha

Pippi may be cute but isn't very practical.  In addition to being forever Pippi Longstocking, there is that variant pee-pee spelling to consider.  Try Pippa instead.

Pippi

Cookie is most often used as a dog name, and it should stay that way.

Cookie

The unisex word name Bean, distant cousin of the infamous Apple, was used for the name of a child in Louise Penny's novel "A Rule Against Murder." A cute choice, it's likely best reserved for a nickname, a middle name, or as a pet's name.
 
Bennett, Benjamin, Eben, Bernard or Benson might be direct routes to the nickname.

Bean

Dachshund names may fit their goofy and loveable personality — maybe even with a wiener dog-inspired pun — or may tap into the breed's German heritage.

 are Bella for female pups and Charlie for male pups. Other popular names for the breed relate to their commonly reddish-brown coloring, such as Penny, Copper, Rusty, and Ginger.

Affectionately known as "wiener dogs", some fun 

 and sausages include Oscar (or Mayer), Frank or Frankie, Vienna, Link, and Heinz.

The Dachshund originates in Germany, so it is fitting that German names like Heidi, Greta, Otto, and Rudy are disproportionately popular for Dachshunds compared to other breeds. Some unique German names include Waldo, Fritz, and Rupert for boys, or Matilda, Lotta, and Mitzi for girls.

Names for female, male, girl, and boy dachshund and wiener dogs and puppies, with meaning, origin, and popularity (Page 10)