Classic Literature Pet Names - Timeless Book Character Names

Meaning: Term of endearment; also a ghost sound

For a tiny, fearless toddler-energy pet who wanders into terrifying situations and finds them delightful.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Suits a graceful, quietly formidable pet who would wait forever for the right person.

The Lord of the Rings

For a sleek, serious pet who tolerates a great deal of chaos while pretending not to.

The Jungle Book

For a pet who loudly wants nothing to do with you and never leaves your side.

Much Ado About Nothing

For a small, comfort-loving homebody who is occasionally talked into something inadvisable.

The Hobbit

For a brave, well-meaning pet who makes one bad decision and never quite lives it down.

The Lord of the Rings

For a beautiful, trusting pet who deserves far better than she gets.

Othello

For a devoted, quietly grieving pet who has lost the most important thing and carries it gracefully.

The Iliad

For a clever, light-fingered pet who helps themselves to things that aren't theirs.

Oliver Twist

Meaning: Lion

For a large, majestic pet whose entrance commands silence in any room.

The Chronicles of Narnia

For a wise, composed pet who has seen everything before and remains unimpressed.

The Lord of the Rings

For a fierce, overlooked pet who turns out to be the most capable one in the room.

The Lord of the Rings

Suits an affable, immediately likeable pet who gets along with absolutely everyone.

Pride and Prejudice

For a small, unassuming pet who somehow ends up responsible for everything.

The Lord of the Rings

For an ancient, knowing pet who disappears for weeks and returns with no explanation.

The Lord of the Rings

Meaning: From the Caspian Sea

Suits a noble, seafaring sort of pet — best on one with a faraway look.

The Chronicles of Narnia

For a sulky, perceptive pet who finds most things phony and refuses to say so directly.

The Catcher in the Rye

Best on a short, stocky pet with a loud bark and tremendous loyalty.

The Lord of the Rings

A resilient name for a pet who has been through a lot and remains cheerful anyway.

David Copperfield

Meaning: Gurgling sound; J.R.R. Tolkien creation

For a gaunt, obsessive pet who has one treasured object and will not share it.

The Lord of the Rings

For a small, hardworking pet who remains impossibly good-natured despite everything.

A Christmas Carol

For a brooding, indecisive pet who overthinks every trip to the food bowl.

Hamlet

For a street-smart, charming pet who is always somewhere he shouldn't be.

Oliver Twist

For a small, determined pet who is frequently underestimated and always proves them wrong.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Suits a pet who is visibly disappointed by most things and still loveable.

Winnie-the-Pooh

For a fierce, single-minded pet who has not forgotten, and will not, until it is settled.

Electra

Beautiful and deliberately withholding — suits a pet who makes you earn every moment of affection.

Great Expectations

For an aging pet who is increasingly dramatic about minor inconveniences.

King Lear

For a self-possessed, quietly principled pet who will not be condescended to.

Jane Eyre

Suits a lithe, effortlessly graceful pet who moves without making a sound.

The Lord of the Rings

For a proud, initially standoffish pet who comes around eventually, at great personal effort.

Pride and Prejudice

Meaning: Mischievous fairy; spirit

For a small, sprite-like pet of enormous power who is best described as situationally helpful.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

For an ambitious pet whose desire for the highest spot in the house will be his undoing.

Macbeth

For a glamorous, striving pet who throws himself entirely into impressing one specific person.

The Great Gatsby

For a witty, charismatic pet who gets into fights that were never really his business.

Romeo and Juliet

For a feral-raised pet who navigates between two worlds and fully belongs to neither.

The Jungle Book

For a pet who stopped the clocks on a bad day and has been strange about it since.

Great Expectations

For a noble, passionate pet who is undone by jealousy over something that was never a threat.

Othello

For a free-ranging, resourceful pet who views fences as suggestions.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Meaning: White witch; from Narnia

For a cold, imperious pet who insists on eternal winter and rules by intimidation.

The Chronicles of Narnia

For a well-behaved pet during the day who becomes a different animal entirely at night.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

For a dependable, sensible pet who has quietly been the best option all along.

Emma

Meaning: Small apple variety; also a hobbit name

For a cheerful, accident-prone pet who means well and causes chaos anyway.

The Lord of the Rings

For a well-mannered, respectable pet who is outmaneuvered by everyone around him and takes it gracefully.

Wuthering Heights

For a clever, quick-witted pet who wins every argument by changing the terms.

The Merchant of Venice

For an enormously strong, unconventional pet who does things in the wrong order and is delightful.

Pippi Longstocking

For a commanding pet who appears to control the environment entirely through sheer will.

The Tempest

For a calculating pet who is always three steps ahead and never does the damage himself.

Sherlock Holmes

For a loyal, steadfast pet who does all the real work and asks for nothing.

The Lord of the Rings

A cheerful, decent name for a pet who tries to do right by everyone and mostly succeeds.

Nicholas Nickleby

Meaning: Man of craft (Tolkien invention)

For a pet who was trustworthy once and has since developed his own agenda.

The Lord of the Rings

For a pet who did something drastic, regrets it deeply, and has since been slightly haunted.

The Oresteia

For a pet whose single eye is always watching, always judging, always wanting.

The Lord of the Rings

Meaning: Miser; named after Ebenezer Scrooge

Best on a pet who hoards objects, tolerates affection reluctantly, and softens slowly with time.

A Christmas Carol

For a small, polite, marmalade-colored bear of a pet who arrives in your life unexpectedly.

Paddington Bear

For a small, anxious pet who is braver than he looks when it matters.

Winnie-the-Pooh

For an absurdly strong, independently living pet who answers to no one.

Pippi Longstocking

For a loyal, well-meaning pet who follows instructions without questioning whether they are a good idea.

Peter Pan

For an older pet who seems past his prime until something calls him back to greatness.

The Lord of the Rings

For a relentlessly optimistic pet who finds the bright side of the empty food bowl.

Pollyanna

For a round, contented pet with simple needs and an unshakeable love of snacks.

Winnie-the-Pooh

For a reclusive pet who never comes outside but leaves small gifts by the door.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Meaning: Brave mouse warrior; from Narnia

Best on a tiny, exceptionally courageous pet with an outsized sense of honor.

The Chronicles of Narnia

For an adaptable pet who fits in anywhere and is inexplicably more charming in disguise.

Twelfth Night

Best on a large, striped pet who regards everything in their territory as a personal threat.

The Jungle Book

For a two-faced pet who is sweet one moment and feral the next, depending on the snack.

The Lord of the Rings

For a patient, searching pet who keeps waiting for someone to come home.

The Odyssey

The obvious choice for a bouncy, high-energy pet who cannot be in one place for longer than three seconds.

Winnie-the-Pooh

For a tiny, jealous, luminous pet who requires your complete attention at all times.

Peter Pan

For a stiff, loyal pet who turns out to have more heart than anyone expected.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

For a large, terrifying pet who throws things and should not be in charge of anything.

Matilda

For a nervous, hospitable pet who offers you tea when you weren't planning to stay.

The Chronicles of Narnia

For a handsome, charming pet who is welcome everywhere until people compare notes.

Pride and Prejudice

For a dashing, affectionate pet who turns out to be less reliable than first advertised.

Sense and Sensibility