Introduction
As we enter the odd and dysfunctional neighborhood on Cherry Tree Lane, soon after, in floats Mary Poppins with her magical umbrella. She charmed many generations with her talking parrot umbrella hat and the weird and wonderful characters she introduced. Many a child would have wanted a nanny that could just snap her fingers to get everything in a messy room to order, even get the beds to make themselves! Then thereafter go on unimaginable adventures, playing on London’s rooftops, visiting floating laughing uncles, and best of all, jumping into a cartoon wonderland. Let’s relive this adventure and get naming!
Mary Poppins Inspired Dog Names In Pop Culture
Bert is described as calm and having lots of introspective. But that doesn’t stop him from being lively and cute. He goes with her to work daily and loves fooling around, playing and travelling with his Mommy and everyone who visits. Now get this - Bert is a bit of a performance artist himself. Dancing around for attention and treats is his number one trick, and people actually go to the art gallery to see him. Remind you of Bert the sidewalk artist? Not? Well, when Mary and the kids showed up on their walk, what did Bert do? Apart from inviting them to jump in, he danced quite a bit himself. On the rooftops, to make his chimney sweeping job a little less depressing, and in the streets - Bert dances a lot. Granted, he got no treats, but then, again, he is not a fluffy little doggy. Bert (the dog) also sits up like a human, and gives away kisses. He even criticises the occasional piece of artwork with a cheeky glare. Now, being part of the art community (and if our opinion counts, the best outcome of all) he has a life very different from most rescue dogs out there. And now he is kind of famous too.
Mary Poppins Inspired Dog Name Considerations
Who needs a pet with a name that just points to the markings on his fur when you can look into the really fascinating world of our favorite nanny of all time? Think back to the memory of that classic film that jumps out immediately, and you will probably find a name below to match! We imagined names for the serious and pretentious, like the bank staff or the corporation itself. We also thought of the crazy little munchkins that just act out for the fun - there are names to perfectly match from the bouncy to the flighty. Also, a few mentions of what happened in the movie, a few iconic scenes to make you smile everytime you talk to poochie.
Because, really, there are few movies with quite so much of the outlandish, bizarre (maybe just two come to mind) and colorful. Curl up with your pup, get comfy and maybe even catch up on the movie before choosing. Look at the characters that are relatable, or even your favorite scenes. No time for the movie? Fear not, we mention the origin on the factoid section. We even chucked in an age-appropriate name, just for fun!
Male Mary Poppins Inspired Dog Names
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Mr. Binnacle
Admiral Boom's first mate
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Admiral
The crazy admiral
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Boom
Admiral’s surname
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Andrew
The dog that runs away all the time
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VanDyke
Surname of the lead male role
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Bert
Main male character
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Dawes Sr.
The old banker
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Tomes
In the bank name
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Mousley
In the bank name
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Grubbs
In the bank name
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Jones
After Constable Jones, the police officer
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Michael
The Banks boy
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Albert
The Uncle that floats when he laughs
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Jolly Gent
There are quite a few of them!
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Chim Chim
After the song: Chim Chim Cheree
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Cheree
Another play on the song
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Banks
After the Banks Family
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Tuppence
The one that caused the bank ruin
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Kite
After the happy ending
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Travers
After the original author, P.L.Travers
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Skippy
Skippy portrayed Andrew the dog
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Andrews
After Julie Andrews
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Richard
After Dick van Dyke
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Don
Don Barclay portrayed Admiral Boom
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Barclay
Don’s surname
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Screever
What Bert works as in one of his roles
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Sherman
Richard M. Sherman voices the penguin waiter
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Thurl
Thurl Ravenscroft voices ram
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Bobbins
Because the Simpsons made a spoof Poppins episode with a Shary Bobbins
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Chuck
An era appropriate name in 1964 we chucked in
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Female Mary Poppins Inspired Dog Names
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Mary
Mary Poppins
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Poppins
Mary’s surname
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Winnifred
The easily distracted mom and wife
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Julie
The actor playing the main character
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Ellen
The grumpy maid
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Miss Lark
Owner of the dog that always runs away
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Corry
After Mrs. Corry, the old shopkeeper
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Robin
The one whistling with Mary in the song “A spoonful of sugar”
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Sugar
After the song “A spoonful of sugar”
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Pearly
In the cartoon part of the ’64 release
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Brill
After Mrs. Brill, the cook
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Jane
The Banks girl
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Cherry
After Cherry Tree Lane, where the Banks family lives
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Katy Nanna
The last Nanny before Mary
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Emily
Chosen to portray the new Mary Poppins
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Emme
A play on Emily
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Maya
Mrs. Maya Persimmon
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Persi
A play on Persimmon
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Dotrice
Karen Dotrice portrayed Jane Banks
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Dot
A play on Dotrice
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Annabel
Annabel Banks from the 2018 version coming up!
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Pixie
Portraying Annabel in the adaptation
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Angie
After Angela Lansbury in the adaptation
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Marni
Marni Nixon voices the geese
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Ginny
Ginny Tyler voices lambs
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Tyler
Ginny’s surname
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London
Where the film was set
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Shary
Mary Poppins’ name in the Simpsons episode
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Bobbi
A play on Shary’s surname in the Simpsons
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Poppi
A play on Poppins
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