Vintage Dog Names

Introduction

If you look up the word vintage in the dictionary, you are probably going to find something like a fine collection of old things, persons, or even a popular year. For example, wine may be vintage 1840, a television show can be vintage 1970s, or a photograph collection of Marilyn Monroe may be vintage 1950s. It could actually mean anything from toys to clothing, to people that are more than twenty years old. Some consider it to be something valuable that is too old to be modern but too young to be an antique. Does your dog remind you of Elvis? Maybe you like nostalgic things like old clothing from the 1950s such as poodle skirts or saddle shoes or maybe you just want to find a name for your dog that is unique but means something. Then, a vintage dog name may be exactly what you are looking for.

Vintage Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog With a Vintage Name

Picasso

Pablo Picasso was a famous artist who made some of the most original and modern pieces of art ahead of its time. In fact, for an artist in the late 1800s, he was known to have a style unlike any other artist. Some claimed that he was mentally ill, but that did not stop him, and he went on to create over 20,000 sculptures, drawings, paintings, and other pieces of art. Picasso was well known for his strangely depicted abstract art where he gave people misshapen heads and faces. Some of these were self-portraits while others were just art from his cubism period. Picasso’s distorted face art is how Picasso the dog got his name.

Picasso was first noticed at a Southern California animal shelter that was known for having a high euthanizing rate. He and his brother, Pablo, were dumped there and ended up on death row. These two Corgi Pits (Welsh Corgi-American Pit Bull Terrier mixes) were due to be put to death soon after their admission to the shelter in 2017 until Luvable Dog Rescue rescued them.

Picasso was very unusual because he had a very misaligned snout that made him look like a Picasso painting, which is how he got the name. After posing pictures and videos of Picasso and Pablo on the internet, they became famous and ended up on several news shows and in several newspapers across the country, including CNN and WGN and were even on the Today Show.

The facial deformity that Picasso has is not painful but could make eating and drinking a difficult and messy experience, not to mention his self-esteem problems. Actually, Picasso has no idea that he looks different than other dogs and he is very outgoing. His brother, Pablo, was the shy one. Unfortunately, Pablo passed away from a blood clot. Volunteers raised over $2,000 for surgery for Picasso but Luvable Dog Rescue owner, Liesl Wilhardt, has not decided whether the surgery is worth the risk.

Having recently lost one of her own dogs, Leisl decided to keep Picasso after he lost Pablo. Nowadays, Picasso is still living happily with owner Liesl at Luvable Dog Rescue and is being trained to be a rescue or therapy dog and look after sick people. In fact, many people say that his facial deformity helps others who have deformities or other illnesses that make them “different” by giving them courage. And Liesl says that even other dogs who are scared or shy gravitate toward the funny-faced dog who is named after the famous artist, Pablo Picasso.

Vintage Dog Name Considerations

It can be a little bit difficult to come up with a good name for your dog. You don’t want it to be something like everyone else has because your dog is unique. But, you also don’t want it to be so unique that it sounds strange. You also have to worry about the nicknames that people will come up with for your dog from their name. Some people can come up with some doozies!

A vintage name is cool because first of all, it means your dog is a classic. And it also means that your pooch is priceless, like an antique, but not old. Not yet anyway. It does not matter how old your furry friend is or what they look like. In fact, it doesn’t matter what breed your dog is either. However, it may make a difference on whether your dog is a male or female, of course.

Since this is your dog, you need to like the name. You probably should be able to spell it too, just in case someone asks you. But you can really spell it any way you want to. After all, this is your dog. These are just some suggestions for you to consider as you seek a tag for your favorite pup!

Male Vintage Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Fonzie From the 1970s show "Happy Days"
0	Chachi Fonzie's younger cousin
0	Mork From the 80s television show "Mork and Mindy"
0	Archie Grumpy main character of 1970s sitcom "All in the Family"
0	Edsel A classic car from the late 1950s, named after Henry Ford's son
0	Studebaker Another classic car from the early 1900s built by the Studebaker brothers
0	Shrinky Dink A popular toy invented in 1973 by two housewives
0	Charlie Charlie Brown from "Peanuts" cartoons
0	Pac-Man Video game from 1980
0	Ren Chihuahua from 1991 Nickelodeon show "The Ren and Stimpy Show"
0	Stimpy Ren's cat and best friend
0	Gilligan Character from 1950s television show "Gilligan's Island"
0	Columbo 1970s television detective
0	Elroy Son on 1960s cartoon "The Jetsons"
0	Astro Elroy's dog
0	Crockett Davy Crockett was a soldier and hero in the 1800s
0	Ranger The Lone Ranger from the 1940s
0	Tonto The Lone Ranger's sidekick
0	Edison Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, among other things
0	Abraham Lincoln Abraham the 16th President of the United States
0	Washington First president of the United States
0	Ulysses The 18th President of the United States
0	Zippy Howdy Doody's monkey with the yellow shirt and red suspenders
0	Rembrandt Famous artist from the 1600s
0	Barnaby Television detective from the 1970s
0	Uncle Fester Scary uncle from the Adams Family
0	Felix Felix the Cat cartoon
0	Ozzie From Ozzie and Harriet
0	Squiggy Goofy neighbor on Laverne and Shirley
0	Arnold Pig from "Green Acres" television show from the 1960s

Female Vintage Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Edith Edith Bunker from 1970s sitcom "All in the Family"
0	Esmeralda Spanish name meaning emerald, also the gypsy from "Hunchback of Notre-Dame"
0	Cleopatra Queen of Egypt from 51 - 30 BC
0	Lucy Funny redhead from "I Love Lucy" show from the 1950s
0	Laverne From the 1970s sitcom "Laverne and Shirley"
0	Shirley From the 1970s sitcom "Laverne and Shirley"
0	Petticoat 1960s sitcom "Petticoat Junction"
0	Bertha A Germanic name, from Old High German berhta meaning "bright one"
0	Agatha Agatha Christie was an author and playwright in the early 1900s
0	Kewpie Doll Vintage doll from 1912
0	Raggedy Ann Rag doll with red yarn hair from the early 1900s
0	Annabella Mother of King James of Scotland
0	Ambrosia Food or drink of the Greek Gods to make them immortal
0	Dorothy From the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz"
0	Slinky Fun toy from the 1940s
0	Florence Florence Nightengale
0	Ada Noble German name and daughter of Lord Byron
0	Little Lulu From the 1930s cartoons
0	Matilda Queen of William the Conquerer
0	Genevieve Patron Saint of France
0	Hazel Hazel the maid, from the 1940s newspaper comics
0	Pearl The illegitimate daughter in The Scarlet Letter
0	Clara Clara Barton, a famous heroic nurse from the Civil War
0	Amelia Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
0	Joan As in Joan of Arc heroine from the 1400s
0	Harriet Harriet Tubman helped free slaves on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s
0	Hildegard Hildegard of Bingen, medieval artist in the late 1100s
0	Henrietta Henrietta Rae, English painter in the Victorian era late 1800s
0	Hedy Hedy Lammar, actress and inventor of spread spectrum technology in 1941
0	Patsy Patsy Sherman invented Scotchgard, which protects carpets from those “accidents”