Badass Dog Names
Updated Wed Feb 14 2024
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Badass dog names pick up on the trend for baby names with attitude.
Along with old-school badass dog names like Buster and Butch, badass male dog names such as Axel, Hendrix, and Maverick are popular for puppies today.
Badass female dog names like Mabel and Scarlett are also top picks for dogs. Rarer options among badass girl dog names include Jinx and Lilith.
If you've got a badass puppy with lots of swagger and sass, one of these doggie attitude names might be the perfect choice. There are badass dog names here to fit female dogs and male dogs, large dogs and small, any color or breed — as long as it's got lots of attitude!
Find our full collection of badass names for dogs below, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Alabama
Origin:
Place-name; ChoctawMeaning:
"vegetation gatherers"
- Axel
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of AbsalomMeaning:
"father of peace"
- Blaze
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"fire"
- Boris
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"to fight"
- Breaker
Origin:
English word name
- Brutus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavy, dull"
- Buck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"male deer or rabbit"
- Buster
Origin:
Modern nickname
- Butch
Origin:
Nickname name
- Cleo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"glory"
- Coco
Origin:
Spanish and French pet name
- Dagger
Origin:
Word name
- Danger
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"exposure to injury, pain, harm, or loss"
- Delilah
Origin:
Hebrew or ArabicMeaning:
"delicate"
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Diesel
Origin:
German, from a pet form of Mathias
- Electra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"shining, bright"
- Fox
Origin:
Animal name
- Gunner
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of GuntherMeaning:
"bold warrior"
- Harley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hare clearing"
- Harlow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rock hill or army hill"
- Hendrix
Origin:
Dutch and German, from first name HendrikMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Hero
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"demi-god"
- Huck
Origin:
Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name
- Hurricane
Origin:
Spanish from Native American word nameMeaning:
"hurricane"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- Jazz
Origin:
Word name
- Jett
Origin:
Mineral or word name
- Jezebel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"not exalted"
- Jinx
Origin:
Word name
- Jocko
- Joplin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Job"
- Lilith
Origin:
Assyrian, SumerianMeaning:
"ghost, night monster"
- Mabel
Origin:
Diminutive of Amabel, LatinMeaning:
"lovable"
- Maverick
Origin:
AmericanMeaning:
"independent, nonconformist"
- Mingus
Origin:
Scottish, variation of MenziesMeaning:
"tenants of a manor"
- Monroe
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"mouth of the Roe river"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Pandora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"all gifted"
- Power
Origin:
Word name
- Puck
Origin:
Literary name
- Queen
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"queen"
- Ransom
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shield's son"
- Rebel
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"rebel"
- Rocky
Origin:
English, ItalianMeaning:
"rock or rest"
- Rogue
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"independent, uncontrolled"
- Rumer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fame, braggart"
- Ryker
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"rich"
- Salome
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"peace"
- Scarlett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scarlet, red"
- Shooter
Origin:
Word name
- Stormy
Origin:
Word name; variation of Storm
- Striker
Origin:
English word name
- Tempest
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"turbulent, stormy"
- Thelonious
Origin:
Latinized variation of German Tillman, “one who plows the earth”
- Tornado
Origin:
Spanish word nameMeaning:
"tornado"
- Trixie
Origin:
Diminutive of Beatrix, LatinMeaning:
"she who brings happiness"
- Tyger
Origin:
Variation of Tiger, animal name
- Venus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"love, desire"
- Wednesday
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Woden's day"
- Wilder
Origin:
Surname or word name
- Wiley
Origin:
Scottish diminutive of William, German, EnglishMeaning:
"resolute protection; from Wylye"
- Zen
Origin:
Japanese, form of Buddhism