Los Angeles Dog Names

Introduction

Located in Southern California, Los Angeles has close to four million residents, making it second in population size among United States cities behind New York (and the most populated in California). Known as the “City of Angels”, Los Angeles is Spanish for “the angels” and is considered the cultural, financial and commercial center of Southern California. If you live in the city currently or have in the past, or feel a connection to it, choosing a Los Angeles-inspired name will be an ongoing reminder of a place that is important to you. Fortunately, Los Angeles offers plenty of ideas to choose from when it comes to a name for your new pooch.

Los Angeles Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Los Angeles Dog

Chloe

There are plenty of Los Angeles dogs seen in pop culture. For example, the 2008 comedy Beverly Hill Chihuahua features Chloe, who is a Chihuahua from Beverly Hills, a city within Los Angeles county. Chloe gets dognapped while visiting Mexico and winds up sent to Mexico City for dog fighting. A new friend, Delgado, a former police dog, helps her to escape. Chloe is able to reunite with her relative that took her to Mexico and return home to Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 followed and was released directly to DVD in 2011; a third movie was then released in 2012.

The Brady Bunch, a popular television series that ran from 1969 through 1974, featured a family dog named Tiger. The exterior shots of the Brady home were of a house that was located in Studio City, which is in the Los Angeles City limits, and the show was presumed to take place in the Los Angeles area. Tiger was a large pooch with a lot of fur. The original dog who played the pet died after being in a car accident prior to the fourth episode in the first season, however a dog close in appearance was found to fill the role. In the second season, the family dog was quietly dropped from the show.

Los Angeles dogs are popular on the internet; many have their own Instagram feed with a high number of followers. One such dog is Tuna, a Chiweenie (Chihuahua-Dachshund mix). Tuna has a large overbite but that has not stopped him from being a social media star with 1.8 million followers. Tuna likes to dress up; he can be seen in a bow tie and suspenders or dressed as a tuna sub from Subway for Halloween. He has a book about him on Amazon and a meme developed in his honor that has gone viral. The internet star was not always so popular; he had been abandoned by a former owner on the side of the road in San Diego before being adopted by Courtney Dasher who saw him at an Los Angeles farmers market

Another popular internet pooch is Jiff, a Pomeranian with 3.8 million followers on Instagram. Jiff’s popularity is in part due to his skills; he can ride a skateboard and complete handstands. Jiff can even be seen in Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” music video.

Los Angeles Dog Name Considerations

Searching for just the right moniker for your new canine pal can be a challenge; choosing a Los Angeles-inspired name will give your search direction and ensure that the name you decide upon has meaning to you. If you live in the city or have before, or feel a particular affinity for the area, choosing a name that brings Los Angeles to mind is logical. On each occasion that you have to call the name of your new friend, you will be reminded of the city you care about.

You may decide on a Los Angeles inspired name for your pooch because he brings to mind a specific dog (whether real or fiction), from the city. This may be due to his looks, personality or breed. Something about the city may be important to you and this can guide your choice of name for your pet. For example, if you are a fan of movies, you may choose to name your dog after a movie that was made in the city.

No matter why you are considering a name inspired by the city of Los Angeles, there are many options from which to choose, meaning you should not have difficulty finding just the right moniker for your pup.

Male Los Angeles Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
7	Pauley For Pauley Pavilion, the facility where the UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams play their home games
6	Brent Short for Brentwood, a neighborhood in West Los Angeles and home to many well-known individuals
5	Hollywood A neighborhood in the central area of Los Angeles
5	Burbank A city 12-miles northwest of Los Angeles’ downtown area
5	Clipper For the Los Angeles Clippers, an NBA team
5	Jackson For Phil Jackson who as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, won five championships
5	Musso For Musso and Frank, an iconic Hollywood restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard
4	Warner For the Warner Brother’s movie studio
4	Hancock For Hancock park, a historic and wealthy neighborhood in the central part of Los Angeles; built around a private golf club
4	Lincoln For Lincoln Heights, a neighborhood in Los Angeles
4	Westchester A neighborhood in the western part of Los Angeles; home to the Los Angeles International Airport
4	Cecil For baseball player Cecil Fielder, who is from Los Angeles
4	Canter A well-known Jewish-style deli that opened in 1931 and is currently located in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles
4	Clayton For Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw
3	Fairfax A neighborhood in the central Los Angeles region of the city; has been a center of the Jewish community and is known for its Farmer’s Market and CBS Television City
2	Cypress For Cypress Park, a Los Angeles neighborhood in the Northeast part of the city
1	Sherman For Sherman Oaks, a neighborhood that is in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles
1	Dolby The Dolby Theatre is where the Academy Awards are held
1	Griffith For Griffith Park, a large park in the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains
1	Scully Vin Scully spent 67 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a broadcaster
1	Utley For Chase Utley, a player on the Los Angeles Dodgers
0	Getty The common name of the J. Paul Getty Museum, located in Brentwood, a Los Angeles neighborhood
-1	Dodger For the Los Angeles Dodgers, a major league baseball team
-1	Laker For the Los Angeles Lakers, an NBA team
-1	Larchmont A central Los Angeles neighborhood with historic homes
-1	Runyon For Runyon Canyon park, located in Los Angeles, consisting of 160 acres
-1	King For the Los Angeles Kings, an NHL team
-2	Kareem Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was a basketball player with both UCLA and the Los Angeles Lakers
-2	Bruin For the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins
-3	Staples For the Staples Center, which is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Los Angeles; home of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings (NHL team) and the Sparks, WNBA team

Female Los Angeles Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
8	Echo For Echo Park, a neighborhood in central Los Angeles
7	Cheviot For Cheviot Hills, an affluent neighborhood on Los Angeles’ west side
7	Tokyo For Toyko Rose, a radio personality who was born in Los Angeles
6	Feliz For Los Feliz, a hillside neighborhood located in the central part of Los Angeles
5	Valencia A neighborhood in the northwest corner of the Santa Clarita Valley in the county of Los Angeles
5	Beverly A city in Los Angeles county, Beverly Hills, is also a famous tourist attraction
5	Sunset For Sunset Boulevard, a famous street in Los Angeles
5	Garcetti For Eric Garcetti, the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
4	Venice A beachfront neighborhood within Los Angeles
4	Playa Means “beach” in Spanish
4	Pacific For the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
4	Shirley Shirley Temple, an actress born in Santa Monica, which is in Los Angeles county
4	Pink A landmark hot dog restaurant in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles
4	Wilshire For a well-known street that runs east to west in the city
4	America For America Ferrera, an actress born in Los Angeles
2	Vista For Playa Vista and Mar Vista, neighborhoods located in the western part of Los Angeles, near the ocean
2	Jodie For Jodie Foster, actress, producer and director from Los Angeles
2	Carrie For Carrie Fisher, who was born in Los Angeles county
1	Monica For Santa Monica, a beachfront city located in western Los Angeles county
1	Angel For the city of Angels, a nickname for Los Angeles
1	Pacoima One of the oldest neighborhoods in the northern part of the San Fernando valley area of Los Angeles
0	Odyssey For Sparks player Odyssey Sims
0	LACMA For the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is the largest art museum in the West
0	Windsor For Windsor Square, a small historic neighborhood in central Los Angeles
0	Holly Short for Hollywood
0	Mar Means “ocean” in Spanish
-1	Brady For the Brady Bunch, which took place in the Los Angeles area
-1	Rose For the Rose Bowl, which is where the football team of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) plays their games
-1	Maimouna Maimouna Diarra is a player on the Sparks, a WNBA team in Los Angeles
-1	Margaret For Margaret Q. Adams, the first female deputy sheriff in Los Angeles