Want a name for your dog that's out of this world? Of course you do!
Names for dogs from space history
Male dogs
- Albert (the first monkey in space)
- Armstrong (Neil Armstrong, first person to set foot on the Moon)
- Azophi (a Persian astronomer)
- Baker (another space monkey)
- Bayer (Johann Bayer, a German astronomer)
- Buzz (Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, American astronaut)
- Edwin (Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer)
- Enos (first chimpanzee in orbit)
- Ferdinand (Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator)
- Galileo (Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer)
- Gordo (another space monkey)
- Ham (first chimpanzee in space)
- Hubble (Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer)
- Kepler (spacecraft named after German astronomer Johannes Kepler)
- Newton (Isaac Newton, an English astronomer)
- Rubin (Vera Rubin, an American astronomer)
- Sagan (Carl Sagan, American astronomer)
- Shepard (Alan Shepard, first American in space)
- Snell (Dutch astronomer)
- Tito (Dennis Tito, first space tourist)
- Tycho (Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer)
- Yuri (Yuri Gagarin, first human in space)
- Wilson (Mount Wilson Observatory)
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Female dogs
- Anita/Arabella (the first spiders to go into space)
- Félicette (first cat in space)
- Galilei (Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer)
- Halley (Edmond Halley, an English astronomer)
- Laika (the first dog in orbit)
- Madge (short for Magellan, a Portuguese navigator)
- Mae (Mae Jemison, first African American woman in space)
- Marfusa (first rabbit in space)
- Sally (Sally Ride, first American woman in space)
- Valentina (Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space)
- Vera (for Vera Rubin, an American astronomer)
Any dog
- Harlow (for Harlow Shapely, an American astronomer)
- Halley (Edmond Halley, an English astronomer)
- Sputnik (first artificial Earth satellite)
- Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese navigator)
- Mir (space station)
Fun and unique space names
Female Dogs
- Alya ("sky, heaven" in Arabic)
- Andromeda
- Aster ("star" in Greek)
- Celeste ("of the sky" in Latin)
- Channary ("moon-faced girl" in Khmer)
- Danica ("morning star, Venus" from Slavic origin)
- Dara ("star" in Khmer)
- Estrella ("star" in Spanish)
- Halo
- Lani ("sky" in Hawaiian)
- Luna ("moon" in Latin)
- Marsha (short for "martian")
- Selene ("moon" in Greek)
- Serenity (from the TV show Firefly)
- Star
Male dogs
- Akash ("open space, sky" in Sanskrit)
- Blazar
- Boomer (from the TV show Battlestar Galactica)
- Comet
- Cosmo
- Crater
- Jet
- Lister (from the TV show Red Dwarf)
- Martian
- Meteor
- Wash (from the TV show Firefly)
- Neutron
- Orbit
- Quasar
Any dog
- Asteroid
- Astro
- Axiom (spaceship from the movie WALL-E)
- Bebop (spaceship from the TV show Cowboy Bebop)
- Cluster
- Crescent
- Dipper
- Dwarf (Red, White, Brown or Black)
- Eclipse
- Equinox
- Falcon (for the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars series)
- Firefly (from the TV show Firefly)
- Flare
- Galaxy
- Gamma
- Giant (Red, White, Blue, Yellow)
- Gravity
- Hoshi/Hoshiko ("star"/"star child" in Japanese)
- Nasa
- Nebula
- Nova (or Supernova when they're a really good dog)
- Magnetosphere
- Rocket
- Rover
- Scout
- Seren ("star" in Welsh)
- Shuttle
- Solstice
- Sora ("sky" in Japanese)
- Starbuck (from the TV show Battlestar Galactica)
- Zenith
Names from stars, planets and constellations
Female dogs
- Aurora
- Belinda
- Bianca
- Calypso
- Carina
- Carme
- Cassiopeia
- Ceres
- Cressida
- Helene
- Himalia
- Lida
- Perdita
- Phoebe
- Rhea
- Terra
- Tucana
- Ursa
Male dogs
- Alberio
- Atlas
- Archer
- Aries
- Canis
- Centauri
- Cepheus
- Cetus
- Corvus
- Cygnus
- Hyperion
- Jupiter
- Leo
- Mars
- Mercury
- Neptune
- Oberon
- Orion
- Pan
- Phobos
- Pluto
- Pollux
- Prometheus
- Prospero
- Rigel
- Sirius
- Titan
- Triton
- Virgo
Any dog
- Bootes
- Canis
- Gemini
- Libra
- Lupus
- Pegasus
- Phoenix
- Pisces
- Puck
- Umbra
- Zodiac
Do you need more inspiration for your new pet’s name?
Pets are like our children. We love them, care for them, and we get to dress them up in adorable outfits so it's extra important that we take time to find the perfect pet name that reflects their personality and potential. Because settling on a name for your new pet can be hard and emotionally wrenching (oh the indecision!), we've gathered nine pet-naming techniques to find the perfect fit, as well as assembled a handful of our most beloved lists of pet names below!