Unusual Dog Names

Again I will stay away from some of the really common ones like zeus… This list will grow quite long as mythology was always one of my interests so I keep thinking of names to add.

• ulysses - known to be clever
• poseidon - god of oceans
• Hades - god of the underworld
• cerberus - dog with 3 heads
• Pyrrhus - a king
• Ouranos - early god, father of the titans
• Pluto - another name of hades
• pollux - castor’s twin
• Tiresias - a priest and prophet
• Nestor - a king
• Hector - prince of Troy
• Midas - the gold touch
• Achilles - hero of the trojan war
• Agamemnon - king leading the trojan war
• Dionysus - god of wine and merriment
• Ajax - hero of the trojan war
• Apollo - god of light and sun
• Pegasus - a flying horse
• Hermes - messenger of the gods
• Diogenes -
• Herakles (Hercules)
• Homer (author, but part mythical)
• Morpheus - your dog might sleep a lot
• Perseus -
• Cyclops - one eye’d creature
• Orion - hunter turned into a constellation
• Titan - early supernatural creatures
• Mentor - linked to the Odyssey
• Nestor - a king
• Zephyr - a wind
• Pyrrhus - a king
• Triton - water deity
• Prometheus - stole fire from the gods
• Adonis - god of beauty