One of the most important (and fun!) part of getting a dog is picking a name. Sometimes a dog has such a distinctive look or behavior that they practically name themselves, but sometimes it’s up to you to put your unique spin on things. When you work in tech, coming up with a cool techie dog names becomes a bragging right.
If you are a tech geek or are just a big nerd, here are 25 names for both doggos and doggettes that have a uniquely techy appeal. Some might require some explanation when you tell your friends, but that’s part of the fun!
25 Techie Dog Names for Boy Dogs
- Einstein: (works for both the scientist and Back to the Future reference–#meta)
- Mack: (short for Carmack—John Carmack is one of the fathers of modern gaming)
- Swot: (instead of Spot, get it?)
- Krypto: (both a reference to cryptocurrency, and Superman’s dog!)
- Bunsen
- Beaker: These last two work together, so it’s great if you have a home and heart big enough to adopt a pair! These are the scientists on the Muppets whose experiments often go hilariously wrong.
- Neo: Keanu Reeves character in the sci-fi/cyberpunk classic The Matrix
- Riker: Second-in-command of Captain Picard Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Mal: Short for Malcom Reynolds, cult favorite space pirate and captain of the Serenity on Firefly.
- Kirk: The captain of the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek, famously played by William Shatner
- Bradbury (Brad for short): Reference to Ray Bradbury, one of the greatest sci-fi authors/screenwriters of all time.
- Flop: A computing term for processing speed. Also great for a dog with big, floppy ears.
- Byte: Computing term for a unit of data. Also great for big chewers.
- Newton: As in Isaac. Also the name given to Apple’s first line of PDA’s, the forunner of smartphones.
- Joss: As in Whedon, pretty much the father of modern pop sci-fi
- Satoshi: Reference to Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, who may or may not be a real person.
- Rico: For Johnny Rico, main character of Starship Troopers
- Ben: (works for both Franklin and Kenobi)
- Bones: Nickname of the ship’s doctor on the Enterprise, Bones McCoy. And, you know…dogs love bones.
- Scotty: The engineer of the Enterprise. Great if your lazy pup needs more power!
- Tribble: A great name for a fluffy little pup, these are the creatures on one of the most famous early Star Trek episodes, “The Trouble with Tribbles”
- Fang: Hagrid’s dog in the Harry Potter books. Great if your dog is huge but a “bloody coward”
- Bernie: Short for Tim Berners-Lee, cited as the inventor of the world wide web.
- Cerf: Vinton Cerf, another one of the “fathers of the internet”, worked at DARPA to develop TCP/IP.
- Parker: As in Shawn Parker, founder of Napster and investor in many other apps.
25 Techie Dog Names for Girl Dogs
- Ava: The name of the robot who (spoiler alert!) passes the Turing Test in Ex Machina
- Ruby: As in On Rails, the web framework
- Laika: The first dog in space!
- Curie: As in Marie, the famous female scientist who discovered radiation.
- Ripley: Famously played by Sigourney Weaver, the heroine of the Alien movie franchise
- Leela: Cycloptic heroine of Futurama
- Zelda: Video game princess and namesake of one of the most famous game franchises of all time.
- Scully: Dana Scully, FBI agent on The X-Files.
- Ada: As in Lovelace, who worked on Charles Babbage’s original computing machine
- Margaret: For Margaret Hamilton, one of the most (if not the most) important women in the history of technology, who invented software engineering.
- Clara: As in Oswald, the doctor’s assistant on Doctor Who
- Trinity: The heroine/love interest of the Matrix film series
- Zilla: Popular suffix on loan words in tech
- Penny: Noted dog lover Kaley Cuoco’s character on The Big Bang Theory
- Nyota: First name of Uhura, a revolutionary female character on the original Star Trek
- Troi: As in Deanna Troi, commander and ship’s counselor of the Enterprise on Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Janeway (Jane for short): Ship’s doctor on Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Ripley: Famously played by Sigourney Weaver, the heroine of the Alien movie franchise
- Easley: As in Annie Easley, a barrier-breaking African-American female computer scientist and mathematician
- Adele: For Adele Goldberg, computer scientist who was integral to the development of early PC’s (it might be easier to say it’s for the singer!)
- Arwen: Half-elven heroine of The Lord of the Rings books
- Randi: For Randi Zuckerberg, former CEO of Facebook
- Sandy: Short for Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook.
- Oro: Oro Munro is the real name of Storm of the X-Men.
- Elektra: Awesome female ninja and counterpart to Daredevil
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Check out our other nerdy pet name lists including geeky cat names and geeky dog names.
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