Sherlock Holmes Pet Names

This list draws on the original Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as other novels, movies and television shows derived from them. My favorites are Diogenes, Mycroft, and Watson

Adler - Irene Adler was an adversary and love interest of Sherlock
Billy - Billy assists in Sherlock's investigations.
Damian - Damian Adler was the son of Sherlock and Irene Adler in The Language of Bees
Diogenes - Diogenes club was a gentleman's club featured in the stories
Enola - Sister of Sherlock & Mycroft in The Enola Holmes Mysteries series
Eurus - Sister of Sherlock & Mycroft in Sherlock
Gladstone - Name of Sherlock's dog in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movies
Holmes - Surname of Sherlock and Mycroft
Hudson - Sherlock Holmes' landlady
Irene - Irene Adler was an adversary and love interest of Sherlock
Lestrade - Inspector Lestrade worked for Scotland Yard
Molly - Pathologist that works at the morgue in the BBC series Sherlock
Mittens - Hacker whose real name is Fiona, she assists Sherlock in Elementary
Moriarty - Professor James Moriarty was Sherlock's nemesis
Morland - Father of Sherlock in Elementary
Morstan - Mary Morstan is the wife of Dr. Watson
Mycroft - Sherlock's brother
Pompey - Draghound Sherlock used in The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter
Raffles - In Raffles Holmes and Company, Raffles was the son of Sherlock and Marjorie Raffles
Russell - Mary Russell is Sherlock's wife in The Mary Russell series
Sherrinford - Elder brother of Sherlock & Mycroft in Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street
Sherlock - Detective Holmes' given name
Toby - Dog that Sherlock borrowed occasionally for help in his investigations
Watson - Sherlock's friend and biographer
Wiggins - street urchin and leader of the Baker Street Irregulars.


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Jungle Book

These names are from Disney's 1967 animated movie, The Jungle Book, it's sequel, The Jungle Book 2, and the 2016 live action adaption. My favorite is Baloo.


Akela
Bagheera
Baloo
Buzzie
Dizzy
Flaps
Flunkey
Fred
Hathi
Ikki
Junior
Kaa
Louie
Lucky
Messua
Mowgli
Rama
Ranjan
Rocky
Shanti
Shere Khan
Winifred
Ziggy

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Zootopia Pet Names

This is a list of names from Disney's animated film, Zootopia. My favorites are Bogo, Clawhauser, and Flash.

Bogo
Bonnie
Bucky
Clawhauser
Cotton
Dawn Bellwether
Delgato
Dharma
Doug Ramses
Duke
Emmitt
Fabienne
Fangmeyer
Finnick
Flash
Francine
Fru Fru
Gareth
Gary
Gazelle
Gideon
Jerry
Jesse
Judy Hopps
Koslov
Larry
Lionheart
Madge
Mr. Big
Nangi
Nicholas Piberius "Nick" Wilde
Peter
Priscilla
Pronk
Renato
Sharla
Stu
Terry
Travis
Woolter
Yax

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Moana Pet Names

There weren't many named characters in Moana. My favorite names are her pets in the movie, Heihei and Pua.

Heihei
Kakamora
Maui
Moana
Pua
Sina
Tala
Tamatoa
Te Fiti
Te Kā
Tui

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Norse Gods & Godesses

These Norse Gods and Goddesses are great namesakes for a pet with the spirit of a viking. My favoriates are Freyja, Loki, and Thor.

Baldr - God of beauty, innocence, peace and rebirth
Borr - Father of Odin, Vili and Ve
Bragi - God of poetry, music and the harp
Búri - God of Prehistory, and the first god
Dagr - God of the daytime
Dellingr - God of the dawn
Eir - Goddess of healing
Elli - Goddess of old age
Forseti - God of justice, peace and truth
Freyja - Goddess of love, fertility and battle
Freyr or Frey- God of fertility
Frigg or Frigga - Goddess of marriage and motherhood
Fulla - Frigga's handmaiden
Gefjun - Goddess of fertility and plough
Hel  - Queen of the Underworld
Heimdall - Guardian of Asgard
Hermóðr - Son of Odin
Hlín - Goddess of consolation and protection
Höðr - God of winter
Hœnir - The silent God
Iðunn - Goddess of youth
Jörð - Goddess of the Earth
Kvasir - God of inspiration
Lofn - Goddess of forbidden loves
Loki - God of mischief
Magni - God of strength, a son of Thor
Máni - God of the Moon
Mímir - Uncle of Odin
Móði - God of bravery, a son of Thor
Nanna - Goddess of joy and peace
Njörðr - God of the sea, wind, fish and wealth
Nótt - Goddess of the night
Odin - God of war, and ruler of the gods.
Rán - Goddess of the sea
Sif - Goddess of the harvest
Sjöfn - Goddess of love Skaði - Goddess of winter
Snotra - Goddess of wisdom
Sól - Goddess of the sun
Thor - God of thunder and battle
Thrúd - Daughter of Thor and Sif
Týr - God of war and the skies
Váli - God of revenge, son of Loki
Vár - Goddess of promises and agreements
Vé - Along with Odin and Vili, one of the three gods of creation
Víðarr - God of the forest, revenge, and silence
Vili - Along with Odin and Vé, one of the three gods of creation
Vör - Goddess of wisdom


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Christmas Pet Names

Here's a list of Christmas themed names! My favorites are Coal, Hermey, Noel, and Tinsel.


Amaryllis
Angel
Balthazar
Bethlehem
Blitzen 
Candy Cane
Carol
Caspar
Clara
Clarice
Claus
Coal
Cookie
Comet 
Cratchit
Cupid 
Dancer 
Dasher  
Donner 
Ebenezer
Eggnog
Elf
Frosty 
Gabriel
Gingerbread
Grinch
Hermey
Holly
Humbug
Jack Frost
Jingle Bell
Jolly
Krampus
Kris Kringle
Marley
Melchior
Merry
Mistletoe
Nicholas
Noel
Poinsettia
Prancer 
Rudolph 
Scrooge
Star
Stocking
Sugar Plum
Tinsel
Tiny Tim
Vixen
Yule

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Awesome Pets

Send me your pet's name (and pets you've owned in the past) and I'll add it here. You can tweet it to me @thenameblogger, or add a comment below. I'll update the list as I get more names. I'll start with my own pets.


Bluto Van Byrd - anonymous
Boots - @thenameblogger
Chico - @Aleksandra_ksan
Eric - @EricDaDog
Goldilocks - @thenameblogger
Harry - @SGDogsLLC
Jazz - @thenameblogger
Jeegy - @KidGloriousKids
Lulu - @thenameblogger
Mara - @KidGloriousKids
Oliver - @SGDogsLLC
Penny - @thenameblogger
Pixie - @thenameblogger
Polyantha-Jamee - @PJSM206
Roco - @KidGloriousKids
Stanley - @StanleyForeman1
Starlett - @StarlettCrowley
Tallulah - @ohhaveaword

Winter Names

This is my list of winter pet names. My favorites are Lumi, Yuki, and Mittens. When I was a baby, I had a cat named Boots.

Blizzard
Bobsled
Boots
Chilly
Crystal
Eira - Welsh for 'snow'
Flake
Flurry
Frosty
Icicle
Jack Frost
January
Lumi - Finnish for 'snow'
Mittens
Neve - Snow in Italian, Portuguese, Galician,
Parka
Polar
Powder
Sled
Slush
Snirt - Snow covered with dirt
Snow
Snowball
Snowflake
Snowy
Squall
Toboggan
Winter
Yuki - Japanese for 'snow'
Zero 

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The Big Bang Theory Pet Names

These names are from the television series, The Big Bang Theory, for your nerdy pet. My favorites are Penny, Cooper, and Professor Proton.

Alfred
Amy
Barry
Bernadette
Bert
Beverly
Cinnamon
Cooper
Crawley
Dr. Boots Hofstadter
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Emily
Enrico Fermi
Farrah
Gino the Neutrino
Halley
Howard
Kibbler
Kripke
Leonard
Leslie
Lovey-Dovey
Lucky
Lucy
Missy
Mitzy
Moondance
Otto Frisch
Penny
Pepper
Priya
Professor Proton
Rajesh 'Raj'
Randall
Richard Feynman
Sheldon
Stuart
Toby
Winkle
Wyatt
Zach
Zazzles

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That '70s Show Names

That '70s Show has some great names. Here are a few. My favorites are Hyde and Schatzi,

Betsy
Bob
Brooke
Bud
Buddy
Bull
Casey
Chip
Earl
Fez
Hyde
Jackie
Jinx
Kelso
Kitty
Leo
Midge
Mitch
Nina
Randy
Red
Rhonda
Schatzi
Smitty
Sunshine
Theo
Woofy

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Mark Twain Pet Names

This is a selection of character names from the works of Mark Twain. My favorites are Finn, Polly, and Sawyer

Arthur - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Becky - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bet - The Prince and the Pauper
Blake - The Prince and the Pauper
Boggs - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Buck - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Dobbins - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Duke - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Emmeline - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Guenever - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Hank - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Harper - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Hermit - The Prince and the Pauper
Huckleberry 'Huck' - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Hugh - The Prince and the Pauper
Hugo - The Prince and the Pauper
Humphrey - The Prince and the Pauper
Jake - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Kay (Sir) - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
King - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Lawrence - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Launcelot - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Luigi - Pudd'nhead Wilson
Marlow - The Prince and the Pauper
Merlin - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Miles - The Prince and the Pauper
Mordred - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Morgan - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Patsy - Pudd'nhead Wilson
Percy - Pudd'nhead Wilson
Polly - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Pudd'nhead - Pudd'nhead Wilson
Rowena - Pudd'nhead Wilson
Sally - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sandy - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sawyer - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sid - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Silas - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Thatcher -The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Wilson - Pudd'nhead Wilson


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Mayflower Names

This list was derived from the 1620 passenger list of the Mayflower. For the complete passenger list, click here. I left off the more mundane names like Mary and John, and only included the more interesting names here. It's a mix of surnames and given names.


Barker
Bartholomew
Carter
Cooper
Damaris
Degory
Desire
Doty
Elias
Fletcher
Humility
Jasper
Love
May
Myles
Moses
Oceanus
Peregrine
Priscilla
Remember
Resolved
Samson
Solomon
Standish
Story
Tilley
Tinker
Turner
Wrestling


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Fantastic Beasts

Names from the movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Click the names to find out more.. beware of spoilers! My favorites are Dougal, Newt, and Queenie.


Abernathy
Beryl
Cecily
Chastity
Credence
Dougal
Finn
Frank
Gilbert
Gnarlak
Heinrich
Jacob
Jeremy
Langdon
Leta
Marlow
Modesty
Momolu
Newton 'Newt'
Picket
Porpentina 'Tina'
Ruby
Queenie
Sam
Seraphina
Theseus
Titus
Tom
Ya Zhou

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Colorful Pet Names

Add a little color to your pet's name! Some o.f these colors are named after gems, flowers, fruit, etc that reflect their color. My favorites are Amber, Ruby, Jade, and Pumpkin.

Alabaster
Amber
Apricot
Aqua
Azure
Black
Blue
Cerise
Charcoal
Citrine
Copper
Crimson
Cyan
Denim
Ebony
Fuchsia
Ginger
Gold
Gray
Indigo
Ivory
Jade
Jet
Lavender
Lilac
Magenta
Navy
Olive
Onyx
Orange
Orchid
Peach
Periwinkle
Pink
Plum
Pumpkin
Purple
Red
Ruby
Saffron
Sage
Sapphire
Scarlet
Seashell
Sienna
Silver
Tangerine
Teal
Turquiose
Violet
Viridian

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Jane Austen Pet Names

This list includes characters from the works of Jane Austen. It is not a comprehensive list, just the names I thought could work for a pet. My favorites are Bingley, Darcy, Fanny, and Lucy


Augusta - Emma
Bennet - Pride and Prejudice
Benwick - Persuasion
Bingley - Pride and Prejudice
Brandon - Sense and Sensibility
Charlotte - Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice
Darcy - Pride and Prejudice
Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility
Elinor - Sense and Sensibility
Eliza - Sense and Sensibility
Elliot - Persuasion
Elton - Emma
Emma - Emma
Fanny - Mansfield Park
Fitzwilliam - Pride and Prejudice
Frederica - Lady Susan
Georgiana - Pride and Prejudice
Grey - Sense and Sensibility
Harriet - Emma
Henrietta - Persuasion
Isabella - Emma, Northanger Abbey
Julia - Mansfield Park
Kitty - Pride and Prejudice
Knightley - Emma
Lizzy - Pride and Prejudice
Louisa - Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion
Lucas - Pride and Prejudice
Lucy - Sense and Sensibility
Marianne - Sense and Sensibility
Palmer - Sense and Sensibility
Reginald - Lady Susan
Russell - Persuasion
Sophia - Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion
Steele - Sense and Sensibility
Thorpe - Northanger Abbey
Vernon - Lady Susan
Wentworth - Persuasion
Wickham - Pride and Prejudice
Willoughby - Sense and Sensibility

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Happy Days

Happy Days had many characters with cool 1950's style nicknames. My favorites are Fonzi, Pinky, Rebel, and Spike

Albert
Arthur
Biff
Bingo
Blossom
Bo
Bobo
Boom Boom
Bubba
Bubbles
Butch
Chachi
Dooley
Dutch
Flip
Fonzie
Gonzo
Happy
Howard
Iggy
Joanie
Laverne
Leather
Lefty
Lola
Lori
Marion
Melvin
Mitzi
Moose
Morty
Mork
Otto
Pinky
Potsie
Ralph
Rebel
Richie
Rico
Rocko
Roger
Rosco
Shades
Spike
Sticky
Stretch
Thunder
Verna
Vito

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Nato Phonetic Alphabet Names

Used by the military, the Nato Phonetic Alphabet is a list of words assigned to each letter of the alphabet, some of which would make great names!

Alfa 
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliett
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romero
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu

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Military Terms for Pet Names

For Veteran's Day, here is a list of military inspired names for your pet.

Admiral - a Naval rank
Bazooka - an anti-tank weapon
Blackhawk - a helicopter
Bomber - a class of plane that drops bombs
Boots - footwear worn by soldiers
Bone - a B-1 bomber
Bradley - Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Camo - short for camoflage
Charge - a force heading directly to the enemy.
Chevron - symbol used in NCO ranks
Chief - a Naval Rank
Clipper - a transport plane.
Colonel - a military rank
Crank - navy slang for a sailor doing temporary duty in the galley
Crusher - hats worn by pilots in WWII
Digies - digital camouflage
Echelon - a diagonal military formation
Fugazi - slang for 'f'd up' during the Vietnam war
Garrison - a body of troops
General - army rank
Grape - slang refers to an easy assignment, or as a compliment when a serviceman makes something look easy
Grunt - slang for an infantryman
Gunner - refers to artillery, or someone who operates it
Havoc - a bomber plane from WWII
Hero - someone who shows bravery in action
Honcho - person in charge
Hooch - temporary dwelling
Hornet - fighter aircraft
Hudson - a bomber plane from WWII
Jet - a war plane
Joe - slang for a soldier, shortened from G.I. Joe
Kevlar - protective armor
Kinetic - slang for violent
Major - military rank
Mamba - an armored personnel carrier
Marine - branch of the military
Musket - old type of rifle
Mustang - a WWII fighter plane
Nimitz - class of aircraft carrier
Osprey - aircraft used for cargo
Pilot - soldier who flies a plane
Private - military rank
Radar - radio detection and ranging
Ranger - a type of special forces unit
Raptor - fighter aircraft
Rocket - a missile weapon
Sailor - a naval serviceman
Sarge - short for sergeant
Scout - soldier who performs reconnaissance
Sheridan - a light tank that can be parachuted into action
Sherman - tank used in WWII
Snuffy - a junior marine
Stryker - an armored personnel carrier
Swoop - Marine slang for a weekend trip off base
Tracker - an anti-submarine aircraft
Twidget - a sailor who repairs electronics
Wilco - short for 'will comply'

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Doctor Strange Pet Names

These names are from the Marvel film Doctor Strange. For more details on each, click the link, but beware of spoilers if you haven't seen the movie.

Agamotto
Cagliostro
Dormammu
Drumm
Hamir
Kaecilius
Lucian
Minoru
Mordo
Nicodemus
Palmer
Pangborn
Sol Rama
Strange
Thor
Wong

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Pet names inspired by Famous Poets

Here's a list of poets for fans of poetry. My favorites are Byron, Dylan, and Sappho. Share your favorites in the comments!


Blake
Browning
Byron
Donne
Dylan
Eliot
Emerson
Frost
Keats
Langston
Longfellow
Maya
Milton
Neruda
Ovid
Percy
Sappho
Shelley
Tennyson
Virgil
Yeats

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Halloween Pet Names

Here are some Halloween themed names for your spooky pet!

Boo
Buffy
Casper
Damien
Demon 
Devil
Dracula
Elvira
Fang
Frankenstein
Freddy
Ghost
Grimm
Halloween
Hex
Hitchcock
Ichabod
Igor
Jack
Jekyll
Lucifer
Luna
Midnight
Monster
Night
Nightmare
Noir
Pumpkin
Raven
Ripper
Salem
Shadow
Spook
Spooky

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Nightmare Before Christmas Pet Names

This list of names comes from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. My favorite is Oogie Boogie.

Barrel
Behemoth
Dr. Finkelstein
Jack Skellington
Lock
Mr. Hyde
Igor
Jewel
Oogie Boogie
Pumpkin King
Sally
Shock
Zero

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Witch Pet Names

These fictional witches should make wonderfully wicked name inspiration. I have excluded witches from the Harry Potter series, since in that series witch is used as a term for a female wizard, rather than a traditional witch. For Harry Potter names, see this post.

Abigail - The Vampire Diaries
Agnes - The Vampire Diaries
Alex - Witches of East End
Alexis - The Vampire Diaries
Alma - Witches of East End
Anne - Salem
Ariane - The Vampire Diaries
Astrid - The Vampire Diaries
Ayana - The Vampire Diaries
Bastianna - The Vampire Diaries
Bonnie - The Vampire Diaries
Bridget - Practical Magic
Broom-Hilda - Broom-Hilda
Cassie - The Vampire Diaries
Celeste - The Vampire Diaries
Circe - Homer's Odyssey
Clara - Bewitched
Clarissa - Goosebumps
Dahlia - The Vampire Diaries
Davina - The Vampire Diaries
Deborah - The Witching Hour
Drema - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Elphaba - Wicked
Emily - The Vampire Diaries
Empusa - Stardust
Endora - Bewitched
Esmerelda - Discworld and Bewitched
Esther - The Vampire Diaries
Eva - Witches of East End and The Vampire Diaries
Frances - Practical Magic
Freya - Witches of East End and The Vampire Diaries
Genevieve - The Vampire Diaries
Gillian - Practical Magic
Gloria - The Vampire Diaries
Glinda - The Wizard of Oz
Greta - The Vampire Diaries
Gytha - Discworld
Helena - Witches of East End
Hilda - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Hope - The Vampire Diaries
Isis - Witches of East End
Ingrid -  Witches of East End
Jadis - The Chronicles of Narnia
Jane-Anne - The Vampire Diaries
Joanna - Witches of East End
Josephine - The Vampire Diaries
Josette - The Vampire Diaries
Josie - The Vampire Diaries
Kara - The Vampire Diaries
Katerina - The Vampire Diaries
Lamia - Stardust
Lucy - The Vampire Diaries
Lizzie - The Vampire Diaries
Locasta - The Wizard of Oz
Madison - The Vampire Diaries
Mary - Salem
Mary-Alice - The Vampire Diaries
Mary-Beth - The Witching Hour
Mercy - Salem
Merrick - The Witching Hour
Minerva - Bewitched
Mona - The Witching Hour
Monique - The Vampire Diaries
Mormo - Stardust
Morwanneg - Stardust
Nessarose - Wicked
Olivia - The Vampire Diaries
Penelope - Witches of East End
Qetsiyah - The Vampire Diaries
Rowan - The Witching Hour
Sabine - The Vampire Diaries
Sabrina - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sally - Practical Magic
Samantha - Bewitched
Selina - Witches of East End
Serena - Bewitched
Shelia - The Vampire Diaries
Sophie - The Vampire Diaries
Suzanne - The Witching Hour
Tabitha - Bewitched
Tiffany - Discworld
Tituba - Salem
Wendy - Witches of East End
Zelda - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Zelena - Once Upon a Time

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Warlocks

This is a list of Warlocks/Male Witches for your Halloween naming inspiration.

Adam - Bewitched
Albert - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Archibald - Witches of East End
Arthur - Bewitched
Bastien - Witches of East End
Bombay - Bewitched
Dan - Witches of East End
Dash - Witches of East End
Doug - Witches of East End
Frederick -  Witches of East End
Harrison - Witches of East End
Ivar - Witches of East End
John - Salem
Jonas - The Vampire Diaries
Joshua - The Vampire Diaries
Julien - The Witching Hour
Kaleb - The Vampire Diaries
Killian - Witches of East End
Lucas - The Vampire Diaries
Luka - The Vampire Diaries
Maddox - The Vampire Diaries
Markos - The Vampire Diaries
Mason - Witches of East End
Mathias - Witches of East End
Maurice - Bewitched
Nikolaus - Witches of East End
Ronan - Witches of East End
Sebastian - Salem
Silas - The Vampire Diaries
Van - The Vampire Diaries
Victor - Witches of East End
Vidar - Witches of East End
Vincent - The Vampire Diaries


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Greek Mythological Figures

This is a list of some of the more prominent mortals that appear in Greek Myths.


Achilles - Hero of the Trojan War
Aeneas - A Hero of the Trojan War and progenitor of the Romans
Agamemnon - King of Mycenae who fought in the Trojan War
Ajax - King of Salamis and hero of the Trojan War
Andromeda - Daughter of King Cepheus and Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus
Antigone - Daughter of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta
Arachne - A weaver who was transformed into a spider after she challenged Athena to a contest
Ariadne - Princess of Crete who became wife of Dionysus
Briseis - A Princess taken by Achilles as a war prize
Cadmus - Founder and King of Thebes
Cassandra - Princess of Troy, she was cursed to see the future, and have no one believe her
Cassiopeia - Queen and mother of Andromeda who angered the gods
Daedalus - Inventor and the father of Icarus
Electra - Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Hector - Prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba
Heracles - Son of Zeus and Alcmene, the greatest Greek hero
Helen - Daughter of Zeus and Leda, she caused the Trojan War
Hermione - Daughter of Menelaus and Helen
Icarus - Son of Daedalus, who flew too close to the sun, and fell to his death
Jason - Leader of the Argonauts
Leda - Daughter of King Thestius and wife of King Tyndareus, she was the mother of Helen by Zeus
Medea - Wife of Jason who killed her own children
Midas - King of Phrygia. Everything he touched turned to gold.
Minos - King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa
Niobe - Daughter of Tantalus, whose children were killed by Apollo and Artemis
Odysseus - King of Ithaca who got lost returning home from the Trojan War
Oedipus - King of Thebes who was fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
Orpheus - Musician and poet who attempted to retrieve his dead wife from the Underworld
Pandora - The first woman she released all the evils of humanity into the world, saving only hope.
Paris - Son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, he eloped with Helen and caused the Trojan War
Penelope - Wife of Odysseus
Perseus - Son of Zeus who killed Medusa and used her head to save Andromeda
Pythia - The oracle at Delphi
Theseus - Son of Poseidon who slayed the minotaur and became King of Athens


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Greek Gods & Goddesses

This is a partial list of the numerous Greek Gods & Goddesses for your naming inspiration. My favorites are Apollo, Clio, Ersa, and Thalia.

Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty, love, desire and pleasure.
Apollo - God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty and archery.
Ares - God of war, bloodshed and violence.
Artemis - Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth, and plague. Also associated with bows and arrows.
Athena - Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts.
Atlas - Titan that carries the heavens on his shoulders.
Aura - Titaness of the breeze.
Calliope - Muse of epic poetry
Calypso - A nymph who detained Odysseus.
Cerberus - Three headed dog who guarded the gates of the underworld
Chaos - The personification of nothingness from which all existence spring.
Charon - The ferryman to the underworld
Chronos - Primordial god of empirical time.
Circe - A powerful sorceress, daughter of Helios
Clio - The muse of history
Cronus - Titan of Harvests and personification of destructive time.
Cybele - A mountain goddess.
Demeter - Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment.
Dione - Titaness of the oracle of Dodona.
Dionysus - God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, and ecstasy.
Electra - One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione and wife of Corythus
Erebus - The god of darkness and shadow
Eros - The god of love and attraction
Ersa - Goddess of the dew
Gaia - Personification of the Earth
Hades - Ruler of the underworld and the dead.
Hecate - Goddess of crossroads, entrances, light, magic, witchcraft, poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy and sorcery
Helios - Titan of the sun and guardian of oaths.
Hephaestus - God of fire, metalworking, and crafts.
Hera - Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires.
Hermes - God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language and writing.
Hestia - Goddess of hearth, home, and chastity.
Hyperion - Titan of light.
Hypnos - The personification of sleep.
Iapetus - Titan of mortality.
Iris - Goddess of the rainbow
Leto - Titaness of motherhood
Metis - Titaness of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom.
Mnemosyne - Titaness of memory and remembreance
Nemesis - Personification of retribution.
Nyx - Personification of the night.
Oceanus - Titan of the oceans and fount of all fresh water.
Ophion - Ruler of Earth before Cronus, or sometimes a snake born from the World Egg.
Orion - Giant Huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars
Pallas - Titan of warcraft
Persephone - Goddess of the underworld, she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades
Perses - Titan of destruction
Phanes - God of procreation.
Phoebe - Titaness of bright intellect and prophecy.
Poseidon - God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes.
Prometheus -  Titan of forethought and crafty counsel, and the creator of mankind
Rhea - Titaness of fertility, motherhood, and the mountain wilds.
Selene - Titaness of the moon
Styx - The personification of hatred and Titaness of the River Styx
Talos - A giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus to protect Europa
Tartarus - Personification of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld.
Tethys - Titaness of fresh-water, rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds
Thalassa - Personification of the sea.
Thalia - This name is shared by one of the three graces and the muse of comedy.
Theia - Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky.
Themis - Titaness of divine law and order.
Uranus - The God of the heavens.
Zeus - God of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice.

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The Addams Family Names

These names from the Addams Family franchise are a mix of goth and goofy. Most are obscure, but there were so many unique ones that I had to include them all.

Abigail - Gomez's cousin by marriage
Anemia - Aunt Anemia's bearded portrait hung in the family's home
Anorexia - Cousin Anorexia is a skeleton who thinks he's fat
Aphasia - Aunt Aphasia was the wife of Clump and mother of Creep and Blob
Aristotle - Pugsley's pet octopus
Atlas - Uncle Atlas is buried in the family cemetery next to the house
Axe - Uncle Axe was an executioner
Backwash - Uncle Backwash smelled funny
Balthazar - Morticia and Gomez met at Cousins Balthazar's funeral. Gomez was a suspect in his death.
Ben - An aunt or possibly an uncle of the family.
Bleak - Cousin Bleak had a middle eye that drooped.
Bleep - A cousin
Blemish - Aunt Blemish looked like a barn.
Blight - Uncle Blight always backed the political campains that washed out.
Blink - A cousin
Blob - Cousin Blob was the brother of Creep and son of Aphasia and Clump.
Bluebeard - An ancestor of the family
Boil - An uncle
Botchy - Aunt Blotchy's skeleton is in the attic
Bruno - The family's polar bearskin rug
Caliban - Cousin Caliban had two heads
Calpurnia - Ancestor who was burned as a witch in 1706
Canker - An uncle buried in the family cemetery
Cannonball - Old Cannonball Addams accidentally fired on his own men because he was lost without his glasses.
Carcass - An uncle
Casanova - A relative who toyed with women and didn't pay his alimony
Cassandra - Great-Uncle Zee kept digging Cassandra up because Love Potion 666 lasts for eternity
Catastrophia -  Daughter of Uncle Tic and Aunt Phobia
Cleopatra - Morticia's man- eating plant
Centipede - Cousin Centipede was a great sword master.
Chunky - Uncle Chunky had coughing fits.
Cleaver - An uncle
Clump - Uncle Clump was the husband of Aphasia, father of Creep and Blob.
Clot - Cousin Clot was sent to the electric chair
Cornelius - A relative who was known for failure
Cosimo - Brother of Gomez
Creep - Cousin who was the brother of Blob son of Aphasia and Clump.
Crimp - Cousin Crimp had a male head and a female head
Cringe - Cousin Cringe accidentally ate a saw hidden in a cake while he was in jail. He developed a taste for them.
Crusty - Aunt Crusty is buried in the backyard
Curdle - Morticia's cousin, who possibly had an eye in the back of his head
D.J. - Great Uncle D.J. had records buried with him. He was the life of the party until he died at one.
Curly - Ancestor of Gomez's, who lost his hand which lived on and was called Pinky
Daddy-O - Aunt Daddy-O was into beat poetry
Debbie - Wife of Uncle Fester
Delilah - Grandmother of Gomez
Deliria - Great Aunt Deliris was once engaged to a chimpanzee
Dexter - Dexter and Donald were conjoined twins that attended Uncle Fester's bachelor party
Diandra - Second wife of Squint Adams
Digit - Digit Addams has four arms
Donald - Dexter and Donald were conjoined twins that attended Uncle Fester's bachelor party
Drip - She was married to Uncle Droop
Dribble - A cousin
Droop - Uncle Droop was married to Aunt Drip, and Grandpa Droop was Morticia's grandfather.
Ebenezer - Ebenezer Adams was an early settler on the Great Plains
Edwin - Edwin Booth Addams was an actor
Eimar - Uncle Eimar lives in a barred cell in the house
Elke - An aunt
Elm - Uncle Elm caught root rot and is now a fireplace mantel
Erasmus - Erasmus Addams coined the saying, "You've got to take the bull by the teeth"
Esther - Ancestor who was the first witch in the family
Eustace - Cousin Eustace has an unually long neck based on the sweater Morticia knitted for him.
Farouk - Cousin whose leg is sticking out of the swordfish trophy on the wall
Faustus - Uncle Faustus would rattle his chains from inside his grave
Fern - Cousin of the family
Fester - Brother of Gomez
Flatulence - Uncle Flatulence was capable of producing a strong 'wind'
Fledge - Cousin Fledge was torn apart by four wild horses.
Flossie - An uncle
Flub - Uncle Flub had a fine, sensitive, drooping chin, and could not write
Fluid - Cousin Fluid had ears on his ankles
Fracas - An uncle
Frostbite - Uncle Frostbite melted
Fudgy - An uncle
Fungus - Cousin Fungus lived in a tunnel off the play room for 30 years
Geezer - Geezer was an old member of the McAddams branch of the family
Galileo - A cousin who wore a swimsuit similar to Gomez's
Gimp - Uncle Gimp was one of Morticia's relatives
Goober - Goober Adams was the ancestor who built the family mansion
Goomba - An aunt
Goop - Cousin Goop really knew how to look for a job but never found one.
Gomez - Husband of Morticia
Goner - Uncle Goner was headless, caught the plague, and crashed his blimp. He spends the winter in the family grematorium, and his summer vacation in the mausoleum.
Geeth - Great Aunt Geeth loved animals and choked to death on a furball
Gooey - An uncle
Gretch - An aunt
Gripe - Morticia once hired a marriage brokerage for Cousin Gripe.
Grisley - A portrait of Cousin Grisley facing a firing squad hangs in the hallway
Grizzle - Aunt Grizzle's shrunken head is used as a Christmas tree ornament
Grizzly - Grand Uncle Grizzly was a traitor but he only did it for the money
Grope - Cousin Grope had three ears
Gunnar - An uncle
Guzzle - An uncle
Hatchet - An aunt
Hector - Cousin Hector's shrunken head is a prop in a horseshoe toss pitch.
Henrietta - Deceased Cousin of the family
Hester - Mother of Morticia and Ophelia
Hill - An aunt
Imar - Cousin Imar had three arms
Isolde - Along with Tristan, the Addams' pet piranha
Itt - Son of Aunt Anemia and That
Jigsaw - An uncle
Knick-Knack - A deceased uncle.
LaBorgia - Aunt LaBorgia was executed by firing squad
Lafayette - Lafayette Addams challenged the Duke of Burgundy to a duel before skipping out of town.
Lavinia - Ancestor who was beheaded by her own children
Leech - Cousin of the family
Lefty - Lefty Addams was half the man he used to be and was never right
Link - Great Uncle Link was a monkey
Lobotomy - Uncle Lobotomy held the record for balancing the most place settings on his body
Long John - Long John Addams was an ancestor who was a pirate
Loomis - Loomis Addams invented a dance calle the Bat Bite Jubilee
Looney - Uncle Looney wanted to break Cousin Mojo's record for escaping a straighjacket.
Lois - Wife of Slosh Addams
Lucifer - Wednesday's pet lizard
Lumpy - Brother of Cousin Itt, son of Anemia and That
Lurch - The family's butler
Madoc - Great Uncle of the family
Malaprop - Uncle Fester made a ceramic urn for Grandfather Malaprop
Mange - Uncle Mange was caught by a dogcatcher
Manuel - Cousin Manuel is a pyromaniac
Melancholia - Daughter of Uncle Tic and Aunt Phobia
Millicent - Princess Millicent was an Addams who married a prince she was left in poverty when he died
Milo - A deceased uncle.
Minerva - Aunt who sometimes haunted the Addams's home
Mojo - Cousin Moho was an unsuccessful escape artist
Monday - Monday Jones was the daughter of Ramone and Putrescence and sister of Piggley
Mooma - Grandmama's mother
Morbid - An uncle
Morticia - Wife of Gomez
Mortimer - Grandfather of Gomez
Muerto - Uncle Fester's pet vulture
Nanook - Cousin Nanook gave the Addams' a totem pole but wanted their Bear in return
Newton - Sir Newton Addams was a scientist whose career high came when he set his house on fire while doing an experiment
Noggin - Aunt Noggin has two heads
Obadiah - Obadiah Addams is buried in cemetery at the family home
Odd - Cousin of the family
Odin - A deceased relative
Oopsie - Oopsie Addams invented a dance called The Diaper Fling
Ophelia - Sister of Morticia
Otis - Cousins Otis and Redding were siamese twins who always fought with each other
Pancho - Brother of Gomez
PeeWee - PeeWee was a member of the McAddams branch of the family
Pegleg - Pegleg Addams was the Scourge of the Seven Seas
Penelope - Famuly ancestor Lady Penelope Adams wa a pirate who used the alias The Dread Pirate Sylvia.
Phlegm - Deceased cousin of the family
Phobia - Aunt Phobia is married to Uncle Tic
Pierre - Moose head that hangs in the Addams' home
Piggley - Son of Putrescence and Ramone Jones and brother of Monday
Plato - Cousin Plato had two heads
Pretensia - Cousin Pretensia is a countess who was a freeloader
Pretzel - A relative of the family. They couldn't believe he tied the knot.
Ptolemy - Cousin Ptolemy appeared as a gorilla at a Halloween party.
Pugsley - Son of Morticia and Gomez
Pubert - Son of Morticia and Gomez
Putrescence - Putrescence was the wife of Ramone Jones and mother of Monday and Piggley
Pyro - An uncle
Queasy - Aunt Quesay was famous for the family dance, the Porcelain Tango
Ramone - Ramone Jones is the husband of Putrescence and father of Monday and Piggley
Rancid - An uncle
Redding - Cousins Otis and Redding were siamese twins who always fought with each other
Remus - Uncle Remus was buried in the snake pit.
Ripper - Uncle Ripper was a great magician.
Rulen - Rulen the Ruthless was an ancestor who lived in the Dark Ages
Salem - Salem's tombstone reads "Here Today - Here Tomorrow"
Scrunge - Aunt Scrunge had a tattoo on her forehead and a goatee
Shishi - Great Aunt Shishi left the family her priceless furniture
Shy - Cousin Shy is deceased but his spirit carves pumpkins on Halloween
Singe - An ancestor who was burned to death in Salem
Skank - Grandpa Skank still takes medication, despite the fact that he is already buried.
Skidmark - Uncle Skidmark who was hit by a car.
Slackjaw - Uncle Slackjaw was buried in the cemetery, but his heartbeat could still be heard.
Slice - An ancestor who sharpened guillotines during the French Revolution
Slimey - Cousin Slimey has two heads
Slosh - Cousin Slosh disowned the family. He was married to Lois Addams
Sloth - Cousin Sloth plays the banjo
Sludge - Fester and Grandmama dug up Great Grandpa Sludge because they couldn't agree on how many toes he had.
Slump - Cousin Slump had a brilliant mind, but he went crazy
Slurp - Grandpa Slurp had two heads, one with a bucktooth, and another with a receding chin. He was still referred to as a handsome devil
Snuffles - Warthog mounted on the wall in the Addam's home
Snappy - The family's pet alligator
Specter - Uncle Specter was a ghost who loved telling ghost stories.
Spore - Uncle Spore wrote Fungi of the World.
Spurt - An aunt
Squid - Grandpa Squid lived in the attic with Aunt Vendetta, but it's not known if they are still alive
Squint - Nickname of Mortimer Adams
Sticky - An aunt
Stiffy - An aunt
Sumo - An aunt
That - Cousin Itt's father
Thing - Disembodied hand that serves the family
Tic - Brother of Hester and Uncle of Morticia, he was husband of Aunt Phobia
Tracheal - Cousin Tracheal can smoke through her neck
Tristan - Along with Isolde, the Addams' pet piranha
Trivia - Aunt Trivia wasn't a music lover, but liked to go around kissing harpsichords
Turncoat - Cousin Turncoat was a traitor
Ulysses - Ulysses S Adams surrendered at Vicksburg
Vague - Cousin Vague was considered a good model for an abstract scuplture.
Van Dyke - An ancestor who helped buy Manhattan from the Native Americans
Vlad - Cousin Vlad was a ladies man, an expert marksman, and was once an executioner. He also was a suitor to Morticia, but he choked on a toothpick and died.
Vendetta - Aunt Vendetta resides in the attic with Grandpa Squid. It's not know if they are still alive
Vermin - Uncle Vermin loved nesting in Uncle Fester's pillowcases.
Wednesday - Daughter of Morticia and Gomez
Wick - Lord Wick was the husband of Cousin Pretensia. He was mauled to death by a pack of hyenas
Wince - An uncle
Winkle - Cousin Winkle gets out of his grave and sleepwalks
Winston - Great Uncle of the family
Wolfgang - Uncle Wolfgang was a werewolf.
Yorick - Cousin Yorick's skull has an axe in it.
Zander - Uncle Zander was the black sheep.
Zee - Great Uncle Zee keeps digging up Cassandra because Love Potion 666 lasts an eternity
Zelda - Morticia's pet vulture
Zombie - Uncle Zombie had midnight snacking frenzies.

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