Whether one is a fan of classic Russian literature or not, at least a few should be familiar with the stray dog named Sharik (translates as a "small ball") from Bulgakov's novel "Heart of a Dog." Sharik, together with Argos ("The Odyssey") and Lassie ("Lassie Come-Home"), and many more literary puppers, belong to classic dog names from literature. Interestingly, while today it's unlikely to meet a young person with a 'vintage' name, it's not uncommon for owners to call their puppers classic, old-fashioned dog names. Hence, we can only imagine many Shariks, Lassies, and Argos running around somewhere!
In America, for example, we have classic dog names like Buck, Buddy, Rex, and Spot, which, despite being called old-fashioned dog names, are still quite common and well-liked. However, do other countries also have their own equivalents of vintage dog names? Have you ever thought about this? Well, Old Reddit user Dr_Edge_ATX did. They asked, "Non-Americans, does your culture have "old-fashioned" dog names like we do in America, such as Fido, Rex, Spot, Rover, etc., and what are some?" As was revealed by the answers left under the thread, non-Americans surely do!
Below, we've compiled some of the best answers from the thread, revealing non-American equivalents of classic, old-fashioned names for dogs in the rest of the world. Like any of the names? Let us know by giving them an upvote! Also, do you know any more cute old-fashioned dog names like the ones below? Let us know in the comments!
#22
"Cerberus (Or Kerberos), was the name of the three headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek Mythology. It literally means spotted."
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#23
"If it's a black dog Kolur or Tinna. But it's our horses which have the most classical names. There is even a department that oversees horse names so they can't get unusual names."
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#25
"I'm not a non-american, since I'm actually native american, but I have a few interesting ones from my tribe (Mohawk) that are most common. Okwari - bear, pronounced oh-gwa-lee. Okwaho - wolf, pronounced oh-gwa-ho. Kahontsi - black, pronounced gah-hoon-jee."
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#29
"In Croatia really old ones are Garo and Zućo, maybe Riki and Floki. Rex and Aron I hear a lot nowadays, maybe Luna and Maks."
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#32
ZanyDelaney said:
"In Italy Fido."
"In Italy Fido."
Mumofalltrades63 also said:
"Fido is Latin for “I am faithful”."
"Fido is Latin for “I am faithful”."
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#33
"Here in India, people usually give their dogs some western sounding name. This is because only rich people used to own purebreed dogs and they would give them fancy names like that too. But some old fashioned names do exist like Karuppi means blackie , Raja means king , Tomy, Mani and so on."
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