Dog Names for Pugs

Welcome to the ultimate guide to pug dog names! If you’re lucky enough to have a pug in your family, you know they’re packed with personality, charm, and that inimitable pug face. You’re here because you want a name that’s worthy of that little bundle of joy, and we’ve got you covered. Plus, once you’ve picked the perfect name, there’s Lemonade Pet Insurance to help protect your pup through every adventure and zoomie-filled moment.

The art of naming your pug

Finding a great pug dog name is part art, part science, and a good dash of comedy. Maybe you’re looking for a name that pays homage to their wrinkly cuteness, their spirited personality, or their sweet little snorts. Whatever it is, the name you choose is a reflection of your love for them, and we’re here to help narrow down the choices.

Ready? Let’s explore some truly pug-worthy options.

What Lemonade’s Pug owners are actually naming their dogs

Real names from real pet parents. Scroll through for a little inspiration, then dive into our full list below.

Top male Pug names	Top female Pug names
Milo	Luna
Frank	Lola
Charlie	Stella
Louie	Daisy
Bruno	Penny
Winston	Olive
Otis	Bella
Oliver	Winnie
Frankie	Lucy
Gus	Lily
Ozzy	Coco
Loki	Ruby
Leo	Poppy
Rocky	Rosie
Toby	Penelope
Cooper	Mochi
Buddy	Pepper
Jax	Lulu
Max	Chloe
Bruce	Mia
Hank	Pearl
Ollie	Minnie
Walter	Phoebe
Mochi	Nala
Bubba	Millie
Gizmo	Sadie
Dexter	Pickles
Jack	Ellie
Murphy	Peach
Moose	Frankie
Doug	Lilly
Benny	Mabel
Nacho	Hazel
Henry	Fiona
Pablo	Gigi
Wally	Maya
Augustus	Nova
Pugsley	Piper
Nugget	Bean
Franklin	Sophie
Rocco	Izzy
Oscar	Bubbles
Biscuit	Cookie
Bentley	Maggie
Teddy	Willow
George	Wednesday
Archie	Marley
Louis	Zelda
Pugsly	Molly
Finn	Charlotte
Stanley	Opal
Oreo	Mila
Kobe	Dolly
Stitch	Peanut
Shadow	Ivy
Percy	Peaches
Zeus	Frida
Bean	Ginger
Duke	Mimi
Buster	Lexi
Peanut	Tina
Kai	Zoey
Taz	Mocha
Luca	Petunia
Theo	Bailey
Willy	Honey
Vinny	Gracie
Ace	Pancake
Ernie	Nina
Roscoe	Korra
Pluto	Princess
Oakley	Greta
Nigel	Peggy
Kevin	Billie
Wilbur	Raven
Paco	Kona
Bear	Sassy
Romeo	Pebbles
Clyde	Chata
Marty	Bagel
Lucky	Iris
Mushu	Clementine
Benito	Darla
Pepe	Boba
Obi	Beatrice
Bodhi	Gypsy
Odie	Suki
Chewie	Stevie
Junior	Kiwi
Benji	Roxy
Tank	Matilda
Toast	Lilo
Beau	Maple
Meatball	Peppa
Boba	Moko
Bowie	Waffles
Paul	Cleo
Yoda	Lucille
Mike	Beatrix
Appa	Grace

The classic pug hall of fame

These are the names pugs have earned through centuries of being exactly this ridiculous and this lovable.

• Gizmo
• Pugsley
• Biscotti
• Winston
• Humphrey
• Barnaby
• Cornelius
• Reginald
• Archibald
• Percival
• Filibuster
• Thaddeus
• Mortimer
• Godfrey
• Benedict
• Leopold
• Ferdinand
• Montgomery
• Wellington
• Rupert
• Cressida
• Lavinia
• Millicent
• Cordelia
• Beatrice
• Rosalind
• Wilhelmina
• Clementine
• Eugenia
• Thomasina
• Agatha
• Dorothea
• Hildegard
• Winifred
• Celestine
• Araminta
• Isadora
• Griselda
• Perpetua
• Lucinda
• Peregrine
• Alistair
• Dashiell
• Balthazar
• Ignatius
• Sylvester
• Horatio
• Algernon
• Ptolemy
• Maximilian

Tiny royals with big opinions

Because your pug woke up and chose aristocracy.

• Sir Floofington the Fourteenth
• Lord Wrinklebottom
• Duchess Snortsworth
• Baron Von Squish
• Lady Puglington
• Earl of Naps
• Princess Waddles
• Count Grumbleston
• Viscount Biscuit
• Her Grace Miss Snorts-a-Lot
• The Honorable Chub
• Archduke Snufflepants
• Marquess of Mischief
• Sir Pug-a-Lot
• Dame Wrinkleface
• Grand Duke Pudge
• Lord Snobbington
• Lady Floppears
• Sir Roundsworth
• Countess Grumpela
• Prince Huffington
• Queen Snortlebee
• Duke of Wheeze
• Baroness Noodlelegs
• Sir Chubsworth
• Lord Muffintop
• Lady Rumplesnout
• Sir Snortsalot III
• The Dowager Pugress
• Commodore Biscuit
• Admiral Wrinkle
• General Pudding
• Captain Snuffles
• Colonel Floofmore
• Major Snorington
• Sir Wobblesworth
• Lady Puddingcup
• Lord Crinklehorn
• Dame Snufflethwaite
• The Right Honorable Grumps
• Duchess Fluffington
• Baron Blobsworth
• Viscount Wrinkles
• Earl Snortington
• Lady Crumpet
• Sir Biscuitsalot
• Lord Pugsalot
• Princess Snuffleupagus
• Duke Chubsworth
• Her Majesty Wiggleface

Ancient philosophers and deep thinkers

Your pug stares at the wall for 45 minutes a day. There’s clearly something profound going on in there.

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Pythagoras
• Archimedes
• Diogenes
• Heraclitus
• Epicurus
• Democritus
• Xenophon
• Thucydides
• Anaxagoras
• Zeno
• Parmenides
• Empedocles
• Anaximander
• Herodotus
• Plotinus
• Porphyry
• Iamblichus
• Proclus
• Boethius
• Seneca
• Lucretius
• Marcus Aurelius
• Epictetus
• Chrysippus
• Cleanthes
• Theophrastus
• Strabo
• Pausanias
• Plutarch
• Pindar
• Sophocles
• Euripides
• Aristophanes
• Menander
• Callimachus
• Theocritus
• Apollonius
• Ptolemaeus
• Hipparchus
• Eratosthenes
• Aristarchus
• Nicodemus
• Sosigenes
• Philolaus
• Xenocrates
• Speusippus
• Polemon

Smush-faced celebrities and icons

Famous faces for a face that is famously smashed.

• Brando
• Bowie
• Chaplin
• Sinatra
• Presley
• Lennon
• McCartney
• Cobain
• Morrison
• Hendrix
• Jagger
• Bono
• Springsteen
• Clapton
• Costello
• Waits
• Zappa
• Morrissey
• Strummer
• Verlaine
• Rimbaud
• Baudelaire
• Bukowski
• Kerouac
• Ginsberg
• Vonnegut
• Salinger
• Capote
• Fitzgerald
• Hemingway
• Faulkner
• Steinbeck
• Orwell
• Huxley
• Nabokov
• Camus
• Sartre
• Voltaire
• Balzac
• Flaubert
• Zola
• Proust
• Borges
• Marquez
• Neruda
• Lorca
• Paz
• Vallejo
• Pessoa
• Mishima

Maximum snort energy names

For the pug who breathes like a tiny freight train.

• Snortleby
• Wheezington
• Hufflepuff
• Snorfles
• Puffsworth
• Snoozington
• Blortimer
• Grumblesnout
• Snufflepants
• Honksworth
• Tootlehorn
• Snarfleton
• Wheezlebee
• Gruntsworth
• Snortilda
• Puffinstuff
• Snarflette
• Wheezebag
• Snortilda
• Bluffington
• Grufflepuff
• Snarflington
• Honkerton
• Wheezlebottom
• Tootelsworth
• Grumblesnore
• Snuffleberg
• Huffleberry
• Snortleberry
• Puffinstuffington
• Wheezemeister
• Snortmeister
• Gruntmeister
• Snarfmeister
• Huffmeister
• Puffmeister
• Blortmeister
• Wheezleton
• Snortleton
• Gruntleton
• Snarfleston
• Huffleston
• Puffleston
• Blortleston
• Wheezleston
• Honkleston
• Tootleston
• Grumbleston
• Snarfleston
• Snuffleston

Pug puns and wordplay legends

We said we’d have fun. We meant it.

• Paw-casso
• Bark-arita
• Paw-sty
• Wag-ner
• Pug-uccino
• Sir Licks-a-Lot
• Pug-etti
• Bark Obama
• Pug Norris
• Snoop Dogg
• Mary Pup-pins
• Pugzilla
• Pug Muffin
• Pug Nasty
• Woofgang
• Harry Paw-ter
• Paw-lo Picasso
• Growl-ileo
• Fur-dinand
• Drool-io
• Shakespaw
• Pug-lehem
• Mutt Damon
• Pugwig
• Paw-dré 3000
• Pug Jagger
• Fur-nando
• Wiggle Smalls
• Pup Daddy
• Chew-barka
• Bork Skywalker
• Darth Vader-ling
• Yoda-Pug
• Obi-Wan Kasnorty
• Jabba the Mutt
• Puggy Smalls
• Notorious P.U.G.
• Snoop Puggy Pug
• Biggie Smalls Paws
• Pug-gy Azalea
• Bark Twain
• Puggy Van Halen
• Paw-ticelli
• Puglio Iglesias
• Drool Brynner
• Pug Hudson
• Paw-drey Hepburn
• Snort Reynolds
• Pugly Cyrus
• Hairy Styles

The distinguished chefs and foodies

Because your pug eats like every meal is their last.

• Baguette
• Cannoli
• Tiramisu
• Mozzarella
• Prosciutto
• Gorgonzola
• Stracciatella
• Taleggio
• Fontina
• Parmigiana
• Bruschetta
• Carpaccio
• Amaretto
• Limoncello
• Moscato
• Chianti
• Barolo
• Prosecco
• Gnocchi
• Risotto
• Polenta
• Pancetta
• Mortadella
• Coppa
• Guanciale
• Arancini
• Sfogliatella
• Bomboloni
• Crostata
• Macaron
• Profiterole
• Madeleine
• Financier
• Galette
• Brioche
• Croissant
• Choux
• Crêpette
• Dacquoise
• Ganache
• Noisette
• Pralinette
• Nougatine
• Tuile
• Religieuse
• Millefeuille
• Clafoutis
• Tarte Tatin
• Kouign-Amann
• Canelé

Villains and drama queens

Pugs will knock your coffee over and look you dead in the eye. Lean into it.

• Maleficent
• Ursula
• Cruella
• Moriarty
• Blofeld
• Goldfinger
• Scaramanga
• Jaws
• Oddjob
• Draco
• Bellatrix
• Voldemort
• Lucius
• Dolores
• Grindelwald
• Thanos
• Loki
• Magneto
• Mystique
• Sabretooth
• Venom
• Carnage
• Mysterio
• Taskmaster
• Killmonger
• Zemo
• Ronan
• Surtur
• Hela
• Ultron
• Ozymandias
• Rorschach
• Nite Owl
• Ozzie
• Lex Luthor
• Brainiac
• Sinestro
• Grodd
• Reverse-Flash
• Zoom
• Captain Cold
• Mirror Master
• Heatwave
• Trickster
• Weather Wizard
• Pied Piper
• Gorilla Boss
• Solomon Grundy
• Clayface
• Bane

Myths, monsters, and legends

For the pug who looks like they escaped from a very cozy mythology.

• Hercules
• Achilles
• Odysseus
• Leonidas
• Agamemnon
• Menelaus
• Patroclus
• Hephaestus
• Dionysus
• Prometheus
• Epimetheus
• Pygmalion
• Narcissus
• Orpheus
• Eurydice
• Persephone
• Demeter
• Hecate
• Medusa
• Scylla
• Charybdis
• Minotaur
• Centaur
• Cerberus
• Pegasus
• Chimera
• Sphinx
• Cyclops
• Hydra
• Gorgon
• Calypso
• Circe
• Tiresias
• Cassandra
• Andromache
• Penelope
• Nausicaa
• Ariadne
• Phaedra
• Antigone
• Electra
• Iphigenia
• Clytemnestra
• Alcestis
• Medea
• Deianira
• Semele
• Io
• Daphne
• Galatea

The cozy cottage core collection

Soft names for a very round, very velvet creature.

• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Cardamom
• Clover
• Bramble
• Hawthorn
• Elderberry
• Rosehip
• Juniper
• Yarrow
• Sorrel
• Tansy
• Fennel
• Lovage
• Saffron
• Chamomile
• Vervain
• Valerian
• Calendula
• Foxglove
• Heather
• Rowan
• Wisteria
• Hollyhock
• Larkspur
• Delphinium
• Snapdragon
• Nigella
• Lobelia
• Petunia
• Verbena
• Salvia
• Rudbeckia
• Echinacea
• Agrimony
• Mugwort
• Betony
• Speedwell
• Toadflax
• Bindweed
• Scabious
• Knapweed
• Meadowsweet
• Ragged Robin
• Campion
• Willowherb
• Bogbean
• Watermint
• Brooklime
• Bittersweet

The dramatic opera and theater kids

Your pug has feelings and they will be performed at full volume.

• Rigoletto
• Figaro
• Falstaff
• Iago
• Otello
• Macbeth
• Hamlet
• Prospero
• Caliban
• Oberon
• Titania
• Puck
• Ariel
• Miranda
• Leonato
• Benedick
• Beatrice
• Portia
• Shylock
• Bassanio
• Gratiano
• Launcelot
• Gobbo
• Malvolio
• Toby Belch
• Andrew Aguecheek
• Feste
• Viola
• Orsino
• Olivia
• Cesario
• Roderigo
• Brabantio
• Cassio
• Desdemona
• Emilia
• Bianca
• Lodovico
• Montano
• Goneril
• Regan
• Cordelia
• Gloucester
• Albany
• Cornwall
• Lear
• Prospera
• Sycorax
• Setebos
• Trinculo

Space cadets and cosmic wanderers

Because your pug clearly fell to Earth from another dimension.

• Cosmonaut
• Astronova
• Starduster
• Nebulosa
• Quasara
• Pulsara
• Solara
• Lunara
• Galaxia
• Cometina
• Meteorix
• Asteroidia
• Orionyx
• Cassiopeiana
• Andromedea
• Perseida
• Pleiades
• Hyades
• Aldebaran
• Rigela
• Bellatrixa
• Mintaka
• Alnitak
• Saipha
• Betelgeuse
• Sirius
• Procyon
• Pollux
• Castor
• Regulus
• Spica
• Arcturus
• Vega
• Deneb
• Altair
• Fomalhaut
• Achernar
• Canopus
• Capella
• Mimosa
• Hadar
• Acrux
• Gacrux
• Atria
• Peacock
• Alnair
• Ankaa
• Alphard
• Alphecca
• Albireo

Vintage grandparents with serious swagger

Old-school names for a dog who was basically born wearing a cardigan.

• Myrtle
• Ethel
• Gertrude
• Hortense
• Blanche
• Vivienne
• Esther
• Eugenie
• Opal
• Pearl
• Ruby
• Harriet
• Mabel
• Elsie
• Edna
• Gladys
• Vera
• Nora
• Agnes
• Ida
• Alma
• Bertha
• Hilda
• Lottie
• Dottie
• Phyllis
• Mildred
• Dolores
• Loretta
• Velma
• Herbert
• Floyd
• Clarence
• Mortimer
• Chester
• Wilbur
• Norman
• Harold
• Clifford
• Alvin
• Elmer
• Bernard
• Melvin
• Wallace
• Orville
• Virgil
• Sherman
• Roscoe
• Gaylord
• Leland

Miss Snaggly Tooth and her distinguished friends

One-of-a-kind names for one-of-a-kind dogs with one-of-a-kind faces.

• Miss Snaggly Tooth
• Señor Wrinkles
• Madame Squishface
• Professor Grumpsalot
• Doctor Noodleleg
• Reverend Snortpants
• Ambassador Blobsworth
• Chancellor Chublington
• Minister of Naps
• Deputy Droolsworth
• Commissioner Crinkle
• Inspector Wiggle
• Detective Chonksworth
• Superintendent Snuffle
• Headmistress Squish
• Comptroller Chubsworth
• Magistrate Muffin
• Justice Snortmore
• Chancellor Wrinklebee
• Treasurer Floppypants
• Secretary Pudge
• Director Hufflepants
• Chairman Grumpelstiltskin
• Governor Snortenberg
• Senator Wobblechin
• Representative Blobsworth
• Attaché Grumbleston
• Envoy Squisharoo
• Delegate Waddleston
• Dignitary Snurfington
• Warden Puffsworth
• Superintendent Wobble
• Provost Pugsworth
• Curator Wrinkleton
• Librarian Snuffles
• Archivist Grumble
• Docent Blobsworth
• Registrar Chonks
• Bursar Pugsalot
• Prefect Snortbury
• Proctor Pudding
• Monitor Muffington
• Steward Squishmore
• Custodian Crinkle
• Wrangler Waddles
• Marshal Muffintop
• Constable Chubsworth
• Sergeant Snortle
• Corporal Crinklebottom
• Private Pugsalot

Time to start training

Now that you’ve chosen the perfect pug 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 picked the name. Now protect the dog.

Pugs are a breed apart, and their health needs are, too. Brachycephalic airways, sensitive skin, eye conditions, joint issues: they come with a lot of love and a somewhat long vet contact list. Lemonade pet insurance is built for exactly this. Fast claims, real coverage, and a team that gets it… because your pug isn’t just a pet. They’re a lifestyle, a mood, and honestly, a whole personality.

Get your quote today.

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