134 Scary Dog Names for Fright-Loving Pups

Published on 09/28/2022

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There’s nothing less scary than adding a new pup to the family. Whether your four-legged friend is a Chihuahua or a Rottweiler, the only thing frightening is the amount of cuddles coming your way.

However, scary dog names can be spooky good fun, especially for horror movie fans and Halloween enthusiasts. From pop culture to folklore, we unearthed the creepiest, crawliest, most eerily adorable scary names for dogs. Read on, if you dare …

Best Scary Dog Names

Boo! These scary names for dogs are so frighteningly good, we have chills.

Beetlejuice
Beelzebub
Carrie
Chucky
Cujo
Diablo
Dracula
Elvira
Fang
Frankenweenie
Gizmo
Godzilla
Pug-sley
Voldemort
Zuul

Best Scary Names for Male Dogs

Featuring iconic ghouls and goblins, these male dog names range from silly to spine-chilling.

Bane
Blade
Bogey
Bram
Count
Cousin Itt
Cullen
Damien
Dante
Dexter
Dr. Jekyll
Draco
Edgar
Fester
Gollum
Gomez
Hitchcock
Ichabod
Igor
Jinx
Lucifer
Norman
Pazuzu
Pennywise
Remus Lupin
Sweeney Todd
Thing

Best for Female Dogs

Does your Good Girl have a spell on you? Consider these bewitching scary female dog names.

Audrey II
Buffy
Cruella
Esmerelda
Luna
Maleficent
Medusa
Moaning Myrtle
Morticia
Pandora
Regan
Sabrina
Shelley
Sookie
Ursula
Wednesday
Winifred

Best Horror Movie Dog Names

Horror fans, these are for you. Starring some of the most terrifying characters to ever haunt Hollywood, these horror movie dog names will leave you screaming for more.

Alien
Annabelle
Babadook
Candyman
Edward Scissorhands
Esther
Freddy Krueger
Ghostface
Gremlin
Hannibal Lector
Hocus Pocus
Jack Skellington
Jason Voorhees
Leatherface
Mothra
Michael Myers
Nosferatu
Omen
Samara
Zero

Best Scary Names for Big Dogs

Featuring mammoth monsters from history and Hollywood, these frightful names are fitting for larger breeds. (That said, we would love to meet a Pomeranian named King Kong.)