For many, furbabies are just as much a part of the family as their human relatives but with one exception – you get to give them much more exciting names.
In celebration of International Dog Day (26 August) the ACT Government has dug through it recently established dog registration database to reveal the Nation’s Capital diverse and very best pooch names.
As pictured above, you can see some of the favourites as chosen by the Mix106.3 team but we’ll let you be the judge:
Character-inspired:
- Captain Jack Staffo
- Charmander
- Chewbacca
- Cindy Lou
- Deadpool
- Django
- Frodo
- Gatsby
- Hagrid
- Hercules
- James Bond
- Ketute
- Mr Miyagi
- Nemo
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- Pikachu
- Sherlock
- Simba
- WALL-E
- Yoda
- Zorro
Famous figure-inspired:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Biggie Smalls
- Doggy Cherry Evans
- Lana Dog Rey
Food-inspired:
- Bean
- Bella Biscuit Bacon Wilkes
- Biscuit Universe
- Butternut Pumpkin Irvine
- Cadbury
- Frankfurt
- Dumpling
- Gnocchi
- Katsu
- Marshmellow
- Mash Potato
- Noodle
- Ravioli
- Sesame
- Strawberry
- Toffee
- Trixy Chickpea
- Weetbix
Noteworthy:
- Bruno von Wüffington
- Carrina-Tricy Choudhary Weglarz-Siclari
- Geronimo
- Dyson
- Fidget
- Gidget
- Giuseppe
- Gucci
- Gustavo Oedington
- Kaitler Disco Inferno
- Lucky Fang
- Marci the Magnificent
- Tuckerbox Tess
- Sir Benedict Wigglebutt
- Sir Tux Smartypants
- Sparkee
- Stormageddon
- Wiry Professor Brazen Beau
- Woofington Von Barkalot
- Zumba
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