1930s Dog Names for Males

Finding the perfect name for your furry companion is no small feat, especially if you’re drawn to the charm and nostalgia of 1930s-inspired names for male dogs. Whether you’re looking to honor a bit of history, capture a dapper vibe, or simply want something timeless, this list is here to help.

And hey, don’t forget to consider Lemonade pet insurance, because while your pup’s name might be from the past, their health should be well-covered in the present.

The name hunt is serious business (we get it)

Look, you didn’t click on a 700-name article because you’re casually interested. You’re on a mission. Naming a dog is one of those decisions that feels low-stakes until you’re standing in the backyard at 6am yelling it at full volume, and suddenly the weight of it is very real. We respect that. So we’ve gathered these vintage gems, each one pulling from a different corner of 1930s culture.

Whether your dog has the energy of a Depression-era scrapper or the swagger of a silver screen idol, there’s a name in here with his name on it.

Silver screen legends

Hollywood’s golden age was pumping out icons faster than a Paramount lot on a Monday morning. These names belong to the leading men.

• Clark
• Cagney
• Gable
• Bogart
• Chaplin
• Errol
• Flynn
• Astaire
• Lionel
• Barrymore
• Karloff
• Lugosi
• Laurel
• Hardy
• Wallace
• Chester
• Spencer
• Tracy
• Fredric
• March
• Melvyn
• Douglas
• Norris
• Colman
• Ronald
• Clive
• Brook
• Fairbanks
• Bing
• Crosby
• Rains
• Claude
• Victor
• McLaglen
• Adolphe
• Menjou
• Gilbert
• Roland
• Novarro
• Franchot
• Tone
• Lowell
• Sherman
• Bartholomew
• Freddie
• Jackie
• Coogan
• Mickey
• Rooney
• Oakie

Jazz and swing kings

The 1930s swung hard. These names come straight from the bandstand.

• Benny
• Goodman
• Duke
• Ellington
• Count
• Basie
• Cab
• Calloway
• Fats
• Waller
• Artie
• Shaw
• Dizzy
• Gillespie
• Django
• Reinhardt
• Chick
• Webb
• Jimmie
• Lunceford
• Glenn
• Miller
• Tommy
• Dorsey
• Lionel
• Hampton
• Teddy
• Wilson
• Roy
• Eldridge
• Lester
• Young
• Coleman
• Hawkins
• Jelly
• Morton
• Muggsy
• Spanier
• Jabbo
• Smith
• Bunny
• Berigan
• Mezz
• Mezzrow
• Stuff
• Cootie
• Bubber
• Tricky
• Zutty
• Singleton
• Wingy
• Manone

Depression-era tough guys

These names have grit. They sound like guys who fixed their own trucks, played poker on Friday nights, and never complained.

• Buster
• Gruff
• Scrapper
• Dusty
• Grit
• Rusty
• Cinder
• Flint
• Banjo
• Hobo
• Drifter
• Patch
• Rascal
• Knuckles
• Squint
• Soot
• Crank
• Clyde
• Brawler
• Shifty
• Gripper
• Moxie
• Spunk
• Grunty
• Pudge
• Lumpy
• Shorty
• Scruffy
• Mumbles
• Growler
• Whiskers
• Cobb
• Mugsy
• Knobby
• Scrap
• Dodger
• Curly
• Squash
• Rummy
• Gimpy
• Pokey
• Skeeter
• Toby
• Digger
• Sully
• Stubbs
• Stitch
• Wrenchy
• Bolty
• Dents

Radio hour regulars

Before TV, there was radio, and the voices that came through those crackling speakers were household names. Big personality, no picture needed.

• Fibber
• Welles
• Orson
• Benny
• Jack
• Skelton
• Amos
• Andy
• Suspense
• Shadow
• Phantom
• Whistler
• Lamont
• Lowell
• Thomas
• Kaltenborn
• Winchell
• Heatter
• Gabriel
• Hummert
• Carlton
• Kaltenbrun
• Marconi
• Sparky
• Signal
• Radioman
• Static
• Crackle
• Volts
• Watt
• Hertz
• Tuner
• Dial
• Frequency
• Broadcast
• Waverly
• Antenna
• Airwave
• Overture
• Intermission
• Maxfield
• Parrish
• Crooner
• Baritone
• Tenor
• Falsetto
• Vibrato
• Decibel
• Treble
• Bassett

New Deal working dogs

Named for the spirit of hard work, public projects, and rolling up your sleeves for something bigger than yourself.

• Roosevelt
• Franklin
• Delano
• Hoover
• Norris
• Ickes
• Hopkins
• Wallace
• Morgenthau
• Corcoran
• Tugwell
• Pecora
• Perkins
• Wagner
• Bankhead
• Garner
• Farley
• Hull
• Stimson
• Woodin
• Dern
• Swanson
• Dern
• Roper
• Cummings
• Martin
• Richberg
• Lilienthal
• Eccles
• Berle
• Moley
• Howe
• Flynn
• Dubinsky
• Lewis
• Green
• Murray
• Hillman
• Reuther
• Debs
• Gompers
• Bridges
• Tobin
• Quill
• Randolph
• Carey
• Potofsky
• Meany
• Shanker
• Chavez

Prohibition-era gangster handles

The 1930s were the tail end of Prohibition and the golden age of the stylish, slick-talking antihero. These names drip with old-school swagger.

• Scarface
• Capone
• Dillinger
• Bugsy
• Siegel
• Lansky
• Luciano
• Schultz
• Dutch
• Lepke
• Anastasia
• Genovese
• Gambino
• Costello
• Adonis
• Profaci
• Bonanno
• Mangano
• Moretti
• Zwillman
• Nitti
• Ricca
• Guzik
• Humphreys
• Accardo
• Aiuppa
• Torrio
• Colosimo
• Weiss
• Moran
• Bugs
• Fleagle
• Touhy
• Barrett
• Karpis
• Floyd
• Barker
• Bonnie
• Clyde
• Nelson
• Pierpont
• Makley
• Hamilton
• Okie
• Alvin
• Machine
• Gatt
• Crowbar
• Lockpick
• Holdup

Art deco dandies

Sharp lines, geometric style, polished chrome—these names carry the sleek elegance of the decade’s defining aesthetic.

• Deco
• Chrysler
• Rockefeller
• Streamline
• Bauhaus
• Moderne
• Gatsby
• Marquee
• Spire
• Pinnacle
• Argyle
• Chevron
• Frieze
• Finial
• Cornice
• Pilaster
• Parapet
• Arcade
• Fascia
• Molding
• Gilded
• Varnish
• Lacquer
• Enamel
• Pewter
• Onyx
• Obsidian
• Cobalt
• Vermeil
• Gilding
• Marquetry
• Veneer
• Inlay
• Tessera
• Mosaic
• Tiffany
• Cartier
• Lalique
• Faberge
• Baccarat
• Wedgwood
• Sevres
• Meissen
• Dresden
• Limoges
• Delft
• Majolica
• Faience
• Celadon
• Jasper

Baseball diamond heroes

Baseball was America’s religion in the 1930s, and its stars were genuine folk heroes.

• Babe
• Ruth
• Gehrig
• Foxx
• Greenberg
• DiMaggio
• Hornsby
• Hafey
• Klein
• Waner
• Traynor
• Vaughan
• Cronin
• Grove
• Hubbell
• Dean
• Dizzy
• Daffy
• Medwick
• Frisch
• Ott
• Averill
• Goslin
• Simmons
• Cochrane
• Hartnett
• Dickey
• Ferrell
• Ruffing
• Lyons
• Harder
• Gomez
• Lefty
• Pepper
• Ducky
• Ripper
• Schoolboy
• Bobo
• Gabby
• Mule
• Bump
• Goose
• Sarge
• Rabbit
• Dazzy
• Eppa
• Wes
• Arky
• Zeke
• Heinie

Tin Pan Alley songwriters

The guys who wrote the songs behind the songs. These names are pure golden age music royalty.

• Irving
• Berlin
• Gershwin
• George
• Ira
• Porter
• Cole
• Kern
• Jerome
• Hammerstein
• Rodgers
• Richard
• Arlen
• Harold
• Mercer
• Johnny
• Loesser
• Frank
• Carmichael
• Hoagy
• Razaf
• Andy
• McHugh
• Jimmy
• Warren
• Harry
• Woods
• Donaldson
• Walter
• Burke
• Johnny
• Ager
• Milton
• Akst
• Harry
• Monaco
• James
• Henderson
• Ray
• Henderson
• Brown
• Lew
• DeSylva
• Buddy
• Conrad
• Con
• Hanley
• James
• Turk
• Roy
• Tobias
• Charles

Newspaper front page names

The press was king, and the reporters, editors, and columnists of the era had names that sounded like they were born to be bylines.

• Hearst
• Pulitzer
• Luce
• Mencken
• Runyon
• Damon
• Winchell
• Broun
• Heywood
• Brisbane
• Arthur
• Pegler
• Westbrook
• Pearson
• Drew
• Thompson
• Dorothy
• Liebling
• Abbott
• Joseph
• White
• William Allen
• Ochs
• Sulzberger
• Bingham
• Patterson
• Medill
• McCormick
• Robert
• Scripps
• Howard
• Roy
• Copley
• James
• Ridder
• Bernard
• Newhouse
• Samuel
• Cowles
• Gardner
• Canham
• Erwin
• Taylor
• Charles
• Lippmann
• Walter
• Krock
• Arthur
• Stokes
• Thomas

Classic American given names of the era

Just good, solid 1930s American names—the kind your grandfather or great-grandfather probably had.

• Walter
• Harold
• Raymond
• Clarence
• Bernard
• Herbert
• Eugene
• Leonard
• Lawrence
• Vernon
• Elmer
• Chester
• Clifford
• Wilbur
• Roscoe
• Orville
• Lester
• Wendell
• Merle
• Dewey
• Millard
• Grover
• Maynard
• Delbert
• Alvin
• Virgil
• Leroy
• Merton
• Orland
• Stanford
• Sherwood
• Clifton
• Harland
• Norbert
• Rudolph
• Sylvester
• Mortimer
• Thaddeus
• Cornelius
• Barnabas
• Montgomery
• Lafayette
• Beauregard
• Archibald
• Reginald
• Mortimer
• Algernon
• Percival
• Bartholomew
• Wellington

Slang and nicknames of the decade

1930s slang was its own art form—colorful, clipped, and totally cool. These are the nicknames that stuck.

• Ace
• Slick
• Gumshoe
• Flatfoot
• Gumball
• Hotdog
• Snooper
• Spiffy
• Snazzy
• Swanky
• Dapper
• Sheik
• Gigolo
• Lounge
• Smoothie
• Hepcat
• Jitterbug
• Jive
• Boogie
• Zoot
• Zazz
• Snapper
• Crackerjack
• Whiz
• Hotshot
• Swell
• Dandy
• Nifty
• Ritzy
• Swank
• Spiffy
• Breezy
• Breezer
• Corker
• Humdinger
• Lollapalooza
• Doozy
• Whopper
• Whoopee
• Dingus
• Doohickey
• Thingamajig
• Jiggery
• Pokery
• Shenanigan
• Hijink
• Tomfoolery
• Balderdash
• Hokum
• Applesauce

Literary and intellectual heavyweights

The 1930s produced some of literature’s most enduring voices. These names carry serious creative weight.

• Steinbeck
• Hemingway
• Faulkner
• Fitzgerald
• Wolfe
• Thomas
• Dos Passos
• Caldwell
• Erskine
• Hammett
• Dashiell
• Chandler
• Raymond
• Cain
• James
• Farrell
• Saroyan
• William
• Odets
• Clifford
• Agee
• Perelman
• Thurber
• Benchley
• Robert
• Benchley
• Wodehouse
• Orwell
• Huxley
• Aldous
• Waugh
• Evelyn
• Greene
• Graham
• Auden
• Spender
• MacNeice
• Isherwood
• Priestley
• Hartley
• Lowry
• Malcolm
• Bowen
• Connolly
• Cyril
• Quennell
• Lehmann
• Rosamond
• Muggeridge
• Malcolm
• Calder

Aviation and adventure heroes

The 1930s were the golden age of flight and exploration: Lindbergh had just crossed the Atlantic, and the whole world looked skyward.

• Lindbergh
• Earhart
• Amelia
• Wiley
• Post
• Howard
• Hughes
• Roscoe
• Turner
• Jimmy
• Doolittle
• Eddie
• Rickenbacker
• Charles
• Kingsford
• Byrd
• Richard
• Amundsen
• Nobile
• Balbo
• Italo
• Corrigan
• Wrong-Way
• Pangborn
• Clyde
• Herndon
• Hugh
• Mollison
• Jim
• Scott
• Charles
• Cobham
• Alan
• Hinckler
• Bert
• Hinkler
• Mildred
• Bruce
• Amy
• Johnson
• Jean
• Batten
• Jacqueline
• Cochran
• Elly
• Beinhorn
• Hanna
• Reitsch
• Sabiha
• Gokcen
• Melitta
• Schiller

Now that you’ve named your 1930’s pup

Now that you’ve chosen the perfect 1930s-inspired male dog name, it’s time to help your pup learn it! Start using your chosen name consistently from day one, saying it with joy and enthusiasm before meals, walks, and playtime to create positive associations. Remember that dogs typically respond best to names that are one or two syllables, but don’t let that stop you from choosing longer names, you can always use a nickname for everyday use while keeping the full name for special occasions.

Practice calling their name in different tones and situations so they recognize it whether you’re calling excitedly at the dog park or speaking softly when they’re resting. Most dogs learn their names within a few days to a week with consistent, positive use.

Before we go

You’ve done the hard work of finding the perfect name from a truly golden era, now give him the protection to match. Lemonade Pet Insurance helps cover unexpected vet bills so that whether your pup is named Buster, Gehrig, or Lollapalooza, you’re ready for whatever comes his way.

Classic name, modern coverage, sounds about right.

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