Female Dog Names inspired by Science

1. Ada – Named after Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
2. Astrid – Derived from “astral,” meaning related to stars.
3. Curie – Inspired by Marie Curie, the pioneering physicist and chemist.
4. Diana – Roman goddess of the moon.
5. Franklin – After Rosalind Franklin, a key figure in DNA discovery.
6. Galatea – In Greek mythology, a statue brought to life, symbolizing scientific creation.
7. Helene – One of Saturn’s moons, meaning “shining one.”
8. Laika – The first animal to orbit Earth.
9. Luna – Latin for moon.
10. Marie – After Marie Curie, a Nobel Prize winner.
11. Nova – Meaning “new” in Latin, often used to describe a bright explosion in space.
12. Rosalind – After Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist.
13. Ruby – Short for ribulose biphosphate, a molecule in photosynthesis.

Male Dog Names Inspired by Science

14. Albert – After Albert Einstein, a renowned physicist.
15. Archimedes – Ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.
16. Bohr – Named after Niels Bohr, a theoretical physicist.
17. Copernicus – After Nicolaus Copernicus, who proposed the heliocentric model.
18. Darwin – Inspired by Charles Darwin, the father of evolution.
19. Edison – After Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb.
20. Einstein – Perfect for a dog with a wild and intelligent personality.
21. Galileo – After Galileo Galilei, an astronomer and physicist.
22. Hawking – Inspired by Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist.
23. Heisenberg – After Werner Heisenberg, known for the uncertainty principle.
24. Hubble – After Edwin Hubble, an astronomer who discovered the expanding universe.
25. Kepler – After Johannes Kepler, who discovered planetary motion laws.
26. Newton – After Sir Isaac Newton, a foundational physicist.
27. Pascal – After Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and physicist.
28. Pasteur – After Louis Pasteur, a pioneer in vaccination.
29. Pythagoras – Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
30. Tesla – After Nikola Tesla, an inventor and engineer.

Other Science Related Words

31. Abby – Short for Absolute Zero, the lowest possible temperature.
32. Amu – Atomic Mass Unit, a fundamental unit in chemistry.
33. Amp – Short for Ampere, a unit of electric current.
34. Atom – The basic building block of matter.
35. Avogadro – After Amedeo Avogadro, who formulated Avogadro’s Law.
36. Baryon – A type of subatomic particle.
37. Byte – A unit of digital information.
38. Coulomb – After Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, who studied electric charge.
39. Crystal – A solid material with a repeating structure.
40. Doppler – After Christian Doppler, who discovered the Doppler effect.
41. Entropy – A measure of disorder or randomness.
42. Hadron – A type of subatomic particle.
43. Joule – After James Joule, who studied energy.
44. Kappa – A Greek letter used in various scientific contexts.
45. Planck – After Max Planck, a founder of quantum theory.
46. Sigma – A Greek letter used in statistics and mathematics.
47. Valence – Refers to the combining capacity of an atom.
48. Vector – A quantity with both magnitude and direction.

Latin

49. Aurum – Latin for gold, perfect for a golden retriever.
50. Cosmos – Latin for universe.
51. Litho – Short for lithosphere, the Earth’s outer layer.
52. Nebula – Latin for cloud, often used in astronomy.
53. Nova – Latin for new, often describing a bright explosion in space.
54. Orion – A constellation named after a mythological hunter.
55. Sirius – Latin for “glowing,” the brightest star in the night sky.

Other Languages

56. Chi – A Greek letter used in various scientific contexts.
57. Delta – A Greek letter used in mathematics and science.
58. Krebs – German for “crab,” also referring to the Krebs cycle in biology.
59. Linus – After Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.
60. Pi – A Greek letter representing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

Unique & Ironic Names

61. Ajax – A name that sounds like a programming term.
62. Atese – A playful name inspired by thermodynamics.
63. Bones – Ironic for a dog, reminiscent of Indiana Jones.
64. Et al. – A humorous reference to academic citations.
65. Gizmo – Perfect for a quirky dog.
66. Indiana Bones – A playful take on Indiana Jones.
67. Pixel – Great for a dog with a technologically inclined owner.
68. Rufferford – A pun on Rutherford, a physicist.

Characters

69. Doc Brown – After the character from “Back to the Future.”
70. Neil Pawstrong – A play on Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon.
71. Schrödinger – After Erwin Schrödinger, though more commonly associated with cats.

Disney Characters

72. Buzz Pawldrin – A play on Buzz Aldrin, inspired by Disney’s “Toy Story.”

Nature-inspired

73. Ariel – Inspired by the moon of Uranus.
74. Comet – A celestial body that orbits the sun.
75. Fortuna – Latin for luck, inspired by a moon of Uranus.
76. Helix – A spiral shape found in DNA.
77. Iris – The Greek goddess of the rainbow.
78. Kalypso – A moon of Jupiter.
79. Pandora – A moon of Saturn.
80. Phoebe – A moon of Saturn.
81. Titania – A moon of Uranus.

Animal Inspired

82. Canis – Latin for dog.
83. Golgi – After the Golgi apparatus in cells.
84. Hox – A gene involved in animal development.
85. Petri – After the Petri dish used in microbiology.

Gods & Goddesses

86. Athena – Greek goddess of wisdom.
87. Diana – Roman goddess of the moon.
88. Helios – Greek god of the sun.
89. Luna – Roman goddess of the moon.
90. Sol – Latin for sun.

Biblical

91. Adam – The first man in the Bible, fitting for a dog with a “first” personality.
92. Eve – The first woman in the Bible, symbolizing creation.

Other Names

93. Agar – A substance used in microbiology.
94. Ammonia – A chemical compound.
95. Aurora – The dawn, inspired by the aurora borealis.
96. Baryon – A type of subatomic particle.
97. Cobalt – A chemical element.
98. Copper – A chemical element.
99. Cosmo – Short for cosmology, the study of the universe.
100. Xenon – A chemical element.
101. Zeta – A Greek letter used in mathematics.