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When you welcome a furry friend into your family, one of the biggest decisions you'll have to make is choosing their name. Of course, there are the (possibly overdone) classics like Princess, Fido, and Lassie, but they're still cute. Other, more modern names, such as Luna, Milo, and Cooper, have also risen in popularity.
However, have you ever met someone who picked a pet name that left you seriously scratching your head? Plenty of people on Reddit have, and they recently shared the worst dog names they've ever heard (some of which have unfortunate or bizarre backstories).
Scroll to see some of the worst dog names you could pick in 2025...
1. Scooter
"Scooter because when they got him, he would drag his [behind] on rugs because he had worms," one user revealed.
2. Cat
"I've never been fond of highly normal-named dogs (David, Katie, Tom, Sarah, etc). But then there are also people like my [derpy] old roommate who, for some special reason, named his dog Cat," another user said.
3. Hashtag
"My sister-in-law named her dog Hashtag. Not even kidding. She thought it was trendy and unique," shared a user.
4. Joachim (Multiple Times)
"My husband's family likes to get the same types of dogs and give that dog the same name as the dog before it. They've had generations of Shih Tzus named Joachim starting in, like, the 1950s, and there was also a series of Portugues water dog duos all named the same thing," one user explained.
5. Kaiser Koenig der Schnitzel Fritz
"I adopted a dachshund from a lady who was getting divorced and was going to submit him. His name was Kaiser Koenig der Schnitzel Fritz... We just called him Fritz," recalled another user.
6. Dave
"A colleague called her dog Dave. When I started at the job, I couldn't figure out who the [heck] she was talking about when she 'took Dave for a walk.' I was too scared to ask who Dave was," detailed a user.
7. Girl & Boy (But In Reverse)
"There was this old lady that would take her two chihuahuas to the dog park. I'd also see them occasionally on walks around the neighborhood. They were both white and looked very similar," one user remembered.
"The male dog was named Girl, and the female dog was named Boy. They were nasty little dogs. Girl peed on my shoes once, too."
8. Chair
"I once heard someone name their dog Chair. The poor pup must have been so confused," added a user.
9. Aye
"My brother named his dog Aye because he wouldn't respond to anything else except 'Aye!' Come to find out, the former owners were Haitian, and the dog understood more Creole than English," a user said.
"They still got the dog. He's 15 years old, and my brother's family has learned some Creole phrases for him. He understands English now, but his name still remains Aye."
10. Joshua
"My dad never had a son to name him Joshua, so he named our dog Joshua," joked a final user.
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