24 Playful Pups Named After their Pawrents’ Favorite Video Game Characters

You might have thought that naming a pupper is a piece of pie, but once you take a look at these complex and convoluted canine names you will most certainly challenge that pawspetive. Doggo naming traditions just got turned on their head.

More than ever in all of our history we are spending extravagant amounts of time on our gaming consoles. Playing storyline based games that take up several evenings if not weeks or even months of our lives. So it is only natural that these games would start to influence things in our life. Perhaps causing us to be a t-shirt we would not have considered in the past or even a themed mouse mat.

But much to our surprise these games have gone as far as influencing what we name our canine children and we have to say we are a little lost of words. So instead of words we made this list so that you can see what has become socially acceptable in the arena of dog names in 2026. It can only get more outlandish from here on out and we are here for the carnage. So kick back and enjoy the madness.

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And well, we have to agree that this cute canine certainly lives up to his namesake. You can see him, in this exact field holding a bow to his brow. Looking off into the distance with focus and ferocity, locked into his target. A fresh breeze making his ears wriggle in the wind. Ok, we will cop to it, we do not really know what Skyrim is like, but what we do know is that this doggo has got a proper Scooby Doo vibe to him and it is truly a missed opportunity. There are not too many doggos who really give off that mystery gang vibe, so it really is a missed opportunity. But who are we to argue with this doggo’s pawrents and their naming wisdom.
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It is often said that the name which a pawrent bestows upon their canine child is what that dog will grow up to inhabit and fulfil. So you know if you were to name your dog Champ, or Ace you could expect great things from them. But if you decided in your infinite or shall we say very finite wisdom to call them something like Crash, well, you have set yourself up. We can only hope that there was nothing fragile in that home.
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