Fat Dog Names

Having a large breed is one thing, but having an outright fatso as a dog is something that needs recognizing. Look through these hilarious fat dog names for your chubby mutt!

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Bacon
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
Barney
Short for barnacle.
Belly
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
Biggy
Large or important person.
Blimpy
Fat and jolly person.
Bowser
Fictional villain from Nintendo's Mario franchise.
Burly
muscular and heavily built
Butcher
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Butterfinger
Crispy peanut butter candy.
Butterworth
Buttery worthiness.
Cannoli
Italian pastry tube.
Chalupa
Specialty dish of south-central mexico
Cheeseburger
a hamburger with melted cheese on it
Chew
Biting or gnawing, especially of food.
Chunk
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
Crisco
Vegetable shortening product.
Doughboy
an American infantryman in World War I
Eggo
Waffle breakfast food.
Fatsy
Cuddly, chubby, sweetheart.
Hefty
large in amount or extent or degree
Hulk
A fictional characterr.
Hurley
Brave sea warrior.
Jelly Roll
Jazz musician nickname.
Jupiter
The king of the gods in roman mythology.
Kong
Bright
Magnus
A 16-year-old demigod in Greek mythology.
Meatball
ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
Meaty
being on topic and prompting thought
Norm
Man From The North
Paddy
Pet Name of Patrick
Pie
A baked dish of fruit, meat or vegetables.
Poof
offensive term for a homosexual man
Pookie
Cute nickname for child.
Pork Chop
Fried pork cutlet.
Pudge
Cuddly, chubby person.
Pudgy
short and plump
Pumba
Wise warthog friend.
Shrek
Big green ogre.
Stimpy
Happy, silly, goofy, fun.
Sulley
Big, friendly monster.
Sumo
a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
Supersize
Large portion size.
Teletubby
Children's television show.
Tyson
Firebrand; son of Denis.
Wallop
hit hard
Wheezer
Asthmatic child nickname.
Wobbles
move sideways or in an unsteady way

• Smartie

  Small, round chocolate candy; colloquial for an intelligent person.
• Strawberry

  a soft red birthmark
• Guinness

  Famous dark beer
• Chestnut

  any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
• Cheerio

  Cereal
• Flapjack

  pancakes
• Grits

  boiled cornmeal
• Asiago

  cheese
• Crisp

  pleasantly cold and invigorating
• Stout

  Another dark beer
• Wedge

  a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
• Caviar

  delicacy consisting of salt-cured roe

• Strawberry

  a soft red birthmark
• Oats

  annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
• Krimpet

  Crispy pastry treat.
• Knickerbocker

  Old-style trousers.
• Malts

  a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer
• Scotch

  a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
• Fondue

  cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
• Figs

  a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
• Jello

  fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
• Fluff

  something of little value or significance
• Ganache

  Chocolate truffle filling.
• Morsels

  a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

• Recess

  A break.
• Andy

  Man-like, or brave
• Lounge

  Lazy manner.
• Meander

  Slow pace walking.
• Shikimaru Nara

  From Naruto.
• Shut Eye

  Always sleeping.
• Dormant

  Inactive.
• Lounger

  Does nothing but lounge.
• Oblomov

  A sloth.
• Slow Mo

  Lazy.
• Stroll

  Hates running.
• Broyhill

  Popular sofa and couch brand.

Fat Dog Names currently rank in 37th place out of all PupNames.com categories.

As of November 2024, fat dog names are trending down with new puppy owners. Our stats suggest that they are less fashionable than they were at this time last year.

We've seen quite a lot of variation for this category, which suggests its popularity could be seasonal or based on cultural events.

Which are the cutest and most unique Fat Dog Names?

These fat dog names range from cute to badass, and from traditional to unique. Click each circle to see the name.

Pookie is among the cutest of these. If you prefer tougher, edgier dog names, the one considered the most badass is Hulk.

Curvy scored high for its uniqueness, which would help your dog to stand out. But if you prefer more common, old-fashioned names, the more traditional option here is Peggy.

How does interest compare across the United States for Fat Dog Names?

The map below compares each state by the number of people browsing Fat Dog Names.

The states that love fat dog names the most are Maine, California and Virginia.

The least amount of interest in this category was registered in Rhode Island, South Dakota and Mississippi.

Which countries have the most love for Fat Dog Names?

Here's a world map showing the popularity in each country of fat dog names.

Who'd have thought?! Some of the countries you might not have thought about that LOVE fat dog names are Uzbekistan, Bolivia and Macao.

On the flip, PupNames data shows there's not much interest in Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Denmark.