100 Weird and Great Medieval Dog Names

You would possibly consider your canine as the most effective canine of all. One medieval canine proprietor truly known as theirs that. No, actually—the canine’s title was Best-of-all.

Per Open Culturethe moniker comes from a Fifteenth-century manuscript containing an inventory of greater than 1000 names of hounds (particularly looking dogs). David Scott-Macnab, an English literature professor at South Africa’s North-West University, revealed all of the names in a 2013 article for the journal Viator.

There are a shocking variety of parallels between immediately’s hottest canine names and this centuries-old choice. We have Bella; that they had Belle. They had Compaynowne (companion) and Felowewhich maps onto our Buddy. We have Bear; that they had Foxe and Mouse (and, OK, Salmon). Our Daisy isn’t so totally different from their Flowre.

That stated, you’d be hard-pressed to discover a canine nowadays named Brainless (or, Braynelesbecause it was spelled). Medieval folks habitually christened their dogs with phrases that described them. Some had been complimentary, certain—Amyable, Harmeles, Trusty, Joliboye, Pretyman—however loads others had been hilariously harsh: Helpeles, Filthe, Little wit, Synfulland plain old Badde.

There’s additional proof that these bygone pet homeowners had a humorousness about their fees: Somewhere on the market had been canines named Lewde, Lusty, Ribawdeand Nameles. Not to say Spowse (partner) and Hosewife (housewife).

One particularly prevalent development, unsurprisingly, is names associated to looking—together with Bryngehome, Fyndewell, Goodynowze, Kilbuckeand Makehitgood. But it’s the random ones which can be most enjoyable, from Argument and Bryan to Feet and Garlik.

You can discover our 100 favourite names from the manuscript beneath. (And in the event you’re hoping to choose one out in your subsequent pet, Tom Killeen constructed a name generator that options all 1065 of them.)

1. Achilles
2. Amyable
3. Argument
4. Baby
5. Badde
6. Barefoot
7. Belle
8. Best-of-all
9. Birdismowthe
10. Blameles
11. Bones
12. Brayneles
13. Bryan
14. Bryngehome
15. Careles
16. Champion
17. Charlemayne
18. Chawnseler
19. Christabell
20. Compaynowne
21. Cowntirfette
22. Cruell
23. Cunnynge
24. Dawngere
25. Dolphin
26. Dragon
27. Dredefull
28. Duchesse
29. Dyamound
30. Ercules
31. Ergo
32. Farewell
33. Feet
34. Felowe
35. Filthe
36. Flame
37. Flowre
38. Foxe
39. Fyndewell
40. Garlik
41. Gaweyne
42. Go-bifore
43. Go-byhynde
44. Goodynowze
45. Happy
46. Harlet
47. Harmeles
48. Havegoodday
49. Helpeles
50. Holding quick
51. Holy
52. Polished
53. Hosewife
54. Joliboye
55. Kilbucke
56. Kynysman
57. Letego
58. Lewde
59. Liberall
60. Litilboye
61. Little wit
62. Litilman
63. Lusty
64. Makehitgood
65. Monk
66. Mouse
67. The music
68. Mustard
69. Mynstrell
70. Nameles
71. Nero
72. No possibly
73. Nosewise
74. Oribull
75. Pretiboy
76. Pretyman
77. Quycke
78. Radissche
79. Rage
80. Ribawde
81. Rumbile
82. Salmon
83. Scathelok
84. Shakbagge
85. Spowse
86. Swepestake
87. Simple
88. Synfull
89. Thought
90. Trusty
91. Tullymully
92. Vengeabull
93. Violet
94. Wantone
95. Welcome
96. Get properly
97. Wenche
98. Whiteberde
99. Wrecche
100. Wise man