Congratulations on your new puppy! This is a very exciting and happy time, There are so many different tough dog names, and we have a great list of popular tough dog names for you here!
We LOVE naming dogs and coming up with all kinds of dog names. We have a huge list for you to scroll and chances are you’ll find a perfect fit for your big boy or big girl.
Most of these tough dog names are cute and cuddly names for companions dogs who love to do a bit of snuggling. Of course, you might have a sense of humor and decide to name your cute dog something ferocious.
In this article, we have filled it with 165+ of the best tough boy dog names and tough female dog names! This list of names will range from tough names, badass names, strong names, popular choices, greek gods dog names, cute fantasy character names funny names, unusual dog names.
Tough Male Dog Names
- Ares
- Ax
- Arrow
- Ace
- Alastar (Alastar Moody)
- Anubis (Egyptian god of death)
- Alejandro (Sicario movies)
- Atlas
- Atilla
- Ashur (Assyrian god of war)
- Apache (Indian Tribe)
- Bear
- Bane
- Blackfoot
- Bjørn (Bear)
- Bandit
- Black Widow
- Banshee
- Bronx
- Beast
- Brutus
- Blitz
- Bokuden – Tsukahara Bokuden Samurai
- Butcher
- Bowser
- Bones
- Bond (Bond, James Bond)
- Cage
- Caption
- Cassius
- Caesar
- Comanche (the fiercest Native tribe in American)
- Cerberus
- Crixus (Roman gladiator)
- Chesty (Chesty Puller USMC Legend)
- Courage
- Conan
- Commodus (Roman Gladiator)
- Chaos
- Chyenne
- Cree
- Crow
- Danger
- Dagger
- Deisel
- Dumbledore
- Dragon
- Death-stalker
- Flamma (Roman Gladiator)
- Fang
- Flash
- Fenrir-Greyback (HP)
- Gozen – Real Samurai Warrior
- Gatling (The gun)
- General
- Griffin
- Genghis Khan
- Gladiator
- Hades
- Hannibal
- Hercules
- Hermes (Greek god of messages-travelers)
- Hermes (The roman Gladiator)
- Hans Solo
- Ivan the terrible
- Ivar the boneless
- Jaws
- Jason (Bourne)
- Jupiter
- John Wick
- Jesse James (American outlaw)
- Kane
- Kiowa (Ally to the Comanche)
- Laser
- Lion-heart
- Lenin
- Leonidas/Leo
- Lucho
- Loki
- Lakota
- Mars (Roman god of war)
Tough Boy Dog Names
- Mace
- Marcus (Marcus Aurelius)
- Marcus (Marcus Cassius Scaeva was the most badass roman soldier to live on earth!)
- Maximus (Gladiator)
- Merlin
- Mulan
- Mohawk (Tribe)
- Napoleon
- Nemesis
- Ninja
- Nike (Greek God of messages)
- Onyx
- Odin
- Patton (George Patton, or old blood and guts)
- Panther
- Panzer
- Priscus (Roman Gladiator who fought Versus)
- Predator
- Python
- Puller (If your a history buff then you will know Chesty Pullers is a USMC Legend)
- Pop smoke
- 47 Ronin (47 real Samurai)
- Raven
- Ragnar
- Rambo
- Rasputin
- Ranger
- Rage
- Red-Cloud
- Riptide
- Roman
- Saito (the scariest Samurai of them all)
- Savage
- Saladin
- Sioux
- Scaeva (One of the baddest roman soldiers to ever live!)
- Shadow
- Serg
- Sergeant
- Snake
- Snape
- Scout
- Snowdevil
- Storm
- Stonewall (Stonewall Jackson)
- Soldier
- Tsukahara – the best Samurai
- Thor
- Thane
- Thanos
- Tank
- Tarzan
- Tetraites (Roman Gladiator)
- Terminator
- Ubba (Real Viking)
- Vlad
- Verus (Roman Gladiator who fought Priscus both won their freedom at the end)
- Viper
- Victor
- Varg (Wolf in Norwegian)
- Vader
- Voldemort
- Vulcan
- War
- Wicky (Like John Wick)
- Widow (Black Widow from Marvel)
- Yoda
- Zsearksis
Tough Female Dog Names
- Arya
- Athena (Greek Goddess)
- Amazonia
- Amazon (Warrior)
- Anath (Semitic goddess of war)
- Artemis (Greek goddess)
- Amasol (Goddes of war)
- Apache
- Blackfoot
- Bonnie (from Bonnie & Clyde)
- Bertha
- Boudicca
- Cleo/Cleopatra
- Cyborg (Cris Justino)
- Comanche (The fiercest native tribe in America)
- Chyenne
- Croft (Laura Croft)
- Deep Blue (the biggest great white shark)
- Harley
- Kali (Dark goddess)
- Katniss
- Juno
- Joan of bark
- Lakota
- Lagertha (Viking queen of Norway)
- Moke (Tough girl in Hawaiian)
- Night Witch (Night Witches were WW2 Russian female bombers. BTW they flew in wooden unarmored planes)
- Pele (Goddess of Volcano and fire Hawaiian)
- Ronda
- Sheba
- Tamara (Tamara queen of Georgia)
- Tomoe – Gozen Real female Samurai
- Trixie
- Valkyrie
- Wonder women
Our Top 40 Toughest Dog Names
- Ares
- Anubis
- Beast
- Brutus
- Blitz
- Bones
- Butcher
- Cerberus
- Crixus
- Chaos
- Dagger
- Flamma
- General
- Griffen
- Genghis Khan
- Hades
- Hannibal
- Ivan
- Jaws
- Kane
- Lazer
- Lionheart
- Loki
- Mars
- Marcus
- Merlin
- Odin
- Priscus
- Panther
- Panzer
- Rage
- Savage
- Shadow
- Stonewall
- Thor
- Tetraites
- Thanos
- Versus
- Vader
- Varg
Our Top 10 All-Time Favorite Tough Dog Names
This list here was much harder to come up with, there was a lot of back and forth and mulling over. But eventually, we got to where we can honestly give you the top ten best tough dog names out there for you!
Top 10 Male Names
- Ares
- Anubis
- Bones
- Cerberus
- Flamma
- Lionheart
- Mars
- Priscus
- Thor
- Versus
Top 10 Female Names
- Athena
- Amazonia
- Amazon
- Amasol
- Bonnie
- Lagertha
- Moke
- Harley
- Witch
- Juno
Contributions from Misty Day
Here are some good names from Misty Day!
- Moody
- Soldier
- Nemesis
- Old School
- Zsearksis
- Predator
- Roger
- Magnum
- Shotgun
- Bullet
- Diablo
- Gaitlin
Conclusion
Thank you for reading this article, if you would like to contribute in adding some dog names we would be happy to share them! Send us an email with the name and we will add it to our ever-expanding list of names!
For even more dog names we have several other articles out just for this case! Our articles are:
- Boy dog names
- Girl dog names
- Harry Potter dog names
- Harry Potter dog names
- Red dog names
- Cute dog names
- Fluffy dog names
- Big dog names
- Viking dog names
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