Breakfast Inspired Dog Names

Introduction

Breakfast is known to be the most important meal of the day but besides its nourishing, standard-setting identity, it also happens to boast some of the most beloved foods in various cultures worldwide — which is probably also the reason why so many American restaurants now offer all-day breakfast. But with the fantastic array of food and drink choices, breakfast and its dishes also come with a roster of names from cute to culturally relevant, all of which not only bring to mind nostalgia as warm and sweet as many of the dishes, but double as fantastic dog names that will likely bring about some of those very same feelings.

Breakfast Inspired Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog with a Breakfast Inspired Name

Peanut

There are many things celebrated in the world of dogs from beauty to lineage to behavior, many of which stand as pivotal elements of National and International dog shows. But one dog who owns a world title is celebrated for something completely different: his unrivaled ugliness.

In 2014, a two-year-old Chihuahua-Shih-Tzu mix named Peanut took home the title of World’s Ugliest Dog, a yearly contest held in Petaluma, California as part the Sonoma-Marin Fair. Although it seems like a cruel distinction, it is part of a celebration that has taken place since the 1970s, one that cherishes owners whose dogs are less fortunate in the looks department, but are beloved because of their personalities and cherished for being adopted despite defying the common convention of buying the “cutest of the litter.” In recent years, the fair has also added an all-day Dog Lovers’ Festival that precedes the capstone, the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, which involves several rounds of voting and now boasts an in-person fanbase of 2,000-3,000 a year, plus the television audience since the contest has been broadcast.

In recent years, many owners have taken advantage of the fact that one breed seems to rise above the rest in terms of ugliness. Year in and year out, barring rarities in the last few, the Chinese Crested has taken home the trophy, largely because the breed is well-known for their patchy hair and dirty-looking skin, along with other slightly off-kilter deformations exacerbated by their overall look.

But outside of being a different breed, Peanut was also different because he had the misfortune of starting life on the toughest of paws. He suffered significant abuse in his early life and even endured a fire that kept him at an animal hospital for nine months before his owner, Holly Chandler, adopted him. The fire left him without proper eyelids and lips, giving him a very distinct look that centers around his prominent, watery eyes and over-exposed teeth along with significantly patchy and wispy hair on his face, interspersed with bare and scarred skin.

But instead of using Peanut as an easy way to become a finalist in the contest (like many others have been rumored to do), Chandler decided to use the contest as a means to make Peanut a poster child for animal abuse. After winning the contest, she vowed to use the $1,500 prize to help other owners help pay for their veterinary bills.

Breakfast Inspired Dog Name Considerations

When looking to pair your dog with an appropriate breakfast-inspired name, our best suggestion is to first make note of some of their most notable characteristics, such as their breed origins or the quirks of their personality.

For instance, if you have a Belgian Shepherd, Waffle would be a good fit simply due to their shared origins. For the same reason, anyone who owns an English breed, such as a Cocker Spaniel or King Charles, would have easily suitable choices in the names Rasher, Muffin, and Pudding.

Of course, you can always base their name on their appearance as well. If they happen to be particularly long, thick, and tubular, then Sausage or Chorizo would be great picks. If they’re yellow or orange in coloration, then OJ, Cheese, and Juice would all work perfectly well, the same way Coffee and Cinnamon would be suitable for brown or rust-colored dogs.

There are plenty more ways you can choose to go as well, such as naming them after their favorite human food (or anecdotally, the food they tend to steal the most) or the look, feel, or other characteristics inherent to both the food/drink and your dog. Don’t feel limited to what we’ve offered here, either. It may look like a menu, but you’re more than welcome to order something else straight from the naming kitchen.

Male Breakfast Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
6	Bagel A circular Polish bread
6	Coffee A bean-harvested, caffeinated drink synonymous with breakfast
4	Bacon The best kind of pork: salt cured
4	Sausage The other (and almost equally fantastic) breakfast meat
3	Doughnut Fried, doughy goodness
2	Hash After hash browns; beautiful fried potato shoestrings
1	Bear After bear claws; an almond paste-filled Danish pastry
1	Scone A lightly sweetened baked good
1	Hopper A fermented rice batter cake often eaten on the Indian subcontinent
1	OJ As in orange juice, a breakfast staple
0	Eggie In reference to one of humanity's most universal foods
0	Benedict After Eggs Benedict; poached eggs, English muffin, ham, and hollandaise
0	Ham Processed pork
0	Lox A filet of brined salmon
0	Oatmeal Hulled oat grains, often made into a breakfast porridge
0	Julius The orange creamsicle of drinks
0	Blintz A Russian wheat pancake
0	Neptune After Eggs Neptune; similar to Benedict but with crab instead of ham
-1	Chorizo Spanish/Portuguese pork sausage
-1	Grits A corn porridge popular in the American South
-1	Rasher What a slice of bacon is called in the UK
-1	Strudel A sweet, layered pastry
-1	Juice Any type of drinkable liquid, generally created from fruits and vegetables
-2	Johnnycake A cornmeal flatbread eaten throughout the North American continent
-2	Bhakri Unleavened Indian bread
-2	Khaman A breakfast dish from India made from freshly ground channa dal or channa flour
-2	Leben Fermented milk from the Arab region
-2	Palmier A French, leaf or butterfly-shaped pastry
-2	Quark A curd-like sour milk
-3	Easy As in eggs over easy/hard, a style of cooking eggs

Female Breakfast Inspired Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
5	Honey Sweet, sweet bee syrup and great all natural sweetener
5	Maple After the syrup; a breakfast flavor staple
5	Biscuit A soft, flakey quick bread
5	Muffin A sweet, quick bread made in individual portions
5	Pancake A flat, batter-based cake
5	Waffle Leavened battered cooked between two shaped plates
3	Crumpet A griddlecake common in the UK
3	Omelette A folded, fried egg dish usually complete by wrapping in meats, vegetables and cheese
3	Porridge Type of breakfast cereal, boiled in water or milk
3	Gravy A sauce made of thickening (usually) meat juice with flour
2	Cinnamon Another breakfast food flavor staple
2	Quiche A savory tart or flan made with eggs and often vegetables
2	Mimosa A cocktail of orange juice and champagne
2	Migas Traditional Spanish breakfast dish made of leftover bread/tortas
1	Pudding Dessert of the savory sort
1	Muesli Swiss/German rolled oat dish
1	Peanut After peanut butter, great on toast and English Muffins
1	Jelly On pancakes, waffles, and toast
0	Toastie Referring to toasted bread; simple, delicious
-1	Cheesie As in the food made from animal milk with hundreds of varieties
-1	Calas A fritter or doughnut style breakfast food popular in New Orleans
-1	Monkey After monkey bread, a sweet, sticky pasty
-1	Chicory Often used as a coffee substitute
-1	Ackee A fruit common to the Caribbean
-1	Arepa Unleavened dough cooked into a pancake-style dish
-1	Chila After chilaquiles, fried tortillas and mole
-1	Dosa A fermented batter pancake from the Indian subcontinent
-1	Goetta German meat and grain sausage
-1	Mekitsa Kneaded dough made from yogurt, fried; Bulgarian
-1	Phitti Leavened breakfast bread from Pakistani region