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Ily  Well, my husband got me my little female BT for Valentine's Day and so I named her Ily, which means "I love you". 2 cute 2 pass up!

Guinness  My husband named our male boston Guinness because he was dark and stout, just like the beer. :) We called him "Little G" for short. RIP G, we love you....

Sassy (Boston Terrier)  The name says it all! What a great dog; she was with us for 16 great years, and we will get another Boston.

bonzo  because he just looks like a bonzo

Appa  We named our Boston terrier Appa after a fictional character from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Appa is a flying Bison, a ...

Dickens  We got our rescued Boston around Christmas, so we named him Dickens after Charles Dickens. He has turned out to be quite the Dickens. We always get positive ...

Pegisu  Pegisu "Pigs" for short was a wonderful 9 pound black and white BT, I owned for 8 years. She had the sole of a warrier and the heart of a princess. She ...

Bosco  I've heard of the name Roscoe and our last name is collins so Boston + Collins = Bosco

Prince Soxamillion  We knew as a Boston he should have the name Sox in his name.

Help! Can't find the perfect Boston terrier name  I have 3 days until my girl Boston puppy is coming home and I can't decide on a name. Any ideas?

Bandit  My Boston is very mischievous. So I thought Bandit was the perfect name him!!

Winston Biggs  Winston because it suited him. Because I knew he would be a small dog full grown I thought he needed a big name so I added Biggs as that is the name of ...

Meeko  I named my BT Meeko, after the raccoon in Disney's Pocahontas! It's a great name for both males and females. My baby is a girl =)

Armani  Well, the nickname for the Boston Terrier is the american gentleman so I started to think about suits and then for some reason I started thinking about ...

Dublin   Do to the large amount of Irish heritage in Boston I thought Dublin fit perfectly.

Weeble  Weeble was so head heavy as a baby he kept tipping over. SO I just started calling him weeble wobble like the toy.

Stanley   LOL the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup :)and i got my pup , the day after the cup was won

Oreo  My Boston Terrier just passed away. She was a darker brindle and white. It was a simple name, but it fit her perfectly.

Bugsey  well when we got him his name was tank, then we re named him bugsey because one eye went right and the other went left.HE WAS SUCH A CUTE DOG!!!!!!!!!!...

Quincy  My first dog at 18 yrs old. He just turned 1. When I got him I had a hard time picking a name but I settled on Quincy. This way I can call him Quincy, Quin,...

Bones  No story we just thought that would be a good name.

Harry James  My kids named him Harry after the childrens book series, "No, Roses for Harry". They just came up with James. Most peoples' reaction was, "He isn't a ...

Sir  Since BT's are known as the American Gentlemen... I thought that Sir was definitly befitting.
I was away on a short field trip to NYC last spring and ...

Marvin  I knew his name the day I brought him home. It just fit. He was full of spunk and tenacity and attitude. I loved every inch of that little stinker and ...

jigsaw  because my male boston is like a puzzle piece...didnt like the name puzzle though lol so jigsaw was the best

Riley  When I get my Boston, I'm going to name him Riley =)

Mya  This is the name I am thinking about for my next Boston.

annabell  i realy dont know it just popped up in my head

HEMINGWAY  MY FAVORITE AUTHOR ERNEST HEMINGWAY...

Sydney Lee  My heart a BT named Sherry Lynn passed away a year ago. Her brother that I also had Passed 1 year before
Sherry Lynn, his name was General Wallace Lee....

Callie Celeste  Callie is a 6 week old chocolate with blue eyes. She's extremely intellegent and lovable. I wanted a name unique and fun.

Waffles  My favorite thing in the world are waffles!

Kayti  When I called the vet hospital to inquire about adopting her they told me her name was Kay which happens to also be my name. I did not want any confusion ...

Stavo  Afetr going over at least 100 names Stavo was the winner. Its unique!

D'Artagnan  My Sister owns D'Artagnan's parents. He will be 4 tomorrow August 28th,2010!
Glenn my siter's boyfriend is good at coming up with names for dogs. They ...

Stubby  Bringing him home (he was an 8 year old rescue now he's 9) I started with names of BU (terriers) football players- Flutie etc. But I am a 49ers fan and ...

Marlon Brando (Brando)  I got my Boston the day MB died. Unfortunately my boy passed on 7/11/10. Miss him lots but hope the name can carry on.

Tyler  We lost Tyler years ago, but he was a great Boston Terrier. We remembered Buster Brown and his dog on the commercials but weren't sure if the dog's name ...

Koby Toby  we thought it was catchy and cute, and since we couldnt decide on the 2 we combined them.


TIP: we call our dog Kobe adobe or corn on the kobe as ...

Count Basie or Basie   We named our BT Count Basie but call him Basie. We named him for the jazz band leader and pianist because he looks like he's wearing a tuxedo. Also they ...

Wishbone  Named after the famed University of Texas football backfield formation called the Wishbone. Also, had an in-law that had the nickname Wishbone. Seemed ...

Moses  We adopted him with this name already and use it with many variations Mo-Mo, Mo.

Asia  I don't really remember how the name got picked but I absolutely love it, not many other Asia's out there! Rest in Peace Asia.

O'Dooley  I picked up O'Dooley for the boston rescue I foster for and he had several different names. None of them seemed to fit. He had the funniest laugh and what ...

Bossley  First of all Bostons are very loyal companions and very protective so that makes them the boss of the house. My boston Bossley ruled. He was very protective ...

Johnny boy  Named him after me.

BeaJay  We lost our beloved Barney only 7 yrs. old. He was always a very large Boston with a stout, solid body and beautiful dark nicely shaped eyes (not the ...

Pugsley  We decided since BTs have a smushy face like a pug we would name our female pugsley and it really suits her.

Colonel   The Colonel is named after Colonel Sanders. The little old lady who gave him to us, when he was seven months old, worked as a Hostess at Kentucky Fried ...

Stud  While we were at the cashier at the pet store purchasing our BT, we saw a t-shirt that had a name tag that said "Hello! My name is STUD" so we named him ...

bugs  i have a boston terrier i adopted from the shelter, the first thing i saw on him was his big bug eyes and that names just stuck to well with him.

Dottie  my Boston Terrier puppy has a black dot in the white spot on her head, so my 5 year old nephew said we should name her Dottie. But he says he is just gonna ...

Bridgette  because we thought it was a great name for our little girl since we know some one who has that name and we thought it was pretty

sheena babe  I don't really know it just came to me, she is a little fighter. When I got her she was very small (the runt)and the last one they had, she seemed so lifeless ...

Catfish  He was adopted with ridiculous name of "Conner". My sister and I decided he is hard headed and that his whiskers make him look like a catfish. We called ...

Bear  He is mostly black and looks like a little baby black bear.

kandi  I have always wanted a baby boston terrier. Me and my husband found this breeder that lived about fifteen minutes from us, and we went to look at some ...

Bruizer  i dont really know how i came up with the name. when i got my new boston terrier i just knew it was the right name for him

tallon  talon is the sweetest puppy i love him. He loves loves loves his name:)

Homer  From the time we brought Homer into our home he seemed to have a very intelligent look. Almost like Sherlock Holmes, he looked like he should have a pipe ...

crash  As a small pup she would run through the house and bump into things she would also when jumping fall just short of her target thus crashing into the side ...

Tiger  My boston is black and white with brindle stripes down the back which reminds me of a tiger so I named him Tiger. He was born January 1, 2009 and I didn'...

Angus  We are naming out Boston Terrier/French Bulldog puppy Angus, because his brindle pattern reminded me of meat :p.
He is a beefy fellow, he is 4 weeks old ...

Butch  After losing my first Boston I just had to get another. I was interested in no other breed. Bostons are cute, handsome, and playful. The well-marked ...

Knox  1)Knox is Scottish for "from the Hills." Our pup is from the Ozarks in Missouri (the hill region).
2)Also, liked one syllable names that end in X, but ...

Piper  my baby girl is named piper

Major  i have the sweetest puppy major and we could not think of a good name for him so we kept thinking and when he barks it sounds like major

Harvard  We wanted a name of something associated with Boston.

Jackman & Mae  I love Hugh Jackman and my friend thought he looked an Austrilian wolverine when he was a puppy.
My new puppy (Jackman's li'l girl) is named Raven Mae....

Beaufort   You look at him and it just fits! It is a county in South Carolina.

Tootie  My husband & I had thought of names for months before we had her, and even a couple of weeks once she joined our family. Naturally, Tootie stuck....she ...

Sir Wallace Biggs  AKA WALLY

Percy  Percy is our youngest Boston terriers name. I decided on his name because it just came to me when I picked him up. The name just really fits him.

Matilda  I named my little girl Matilda because I thought it totally suited her. She's tiny. Still 7 lbs at 9 months. She is so mellow and gets along with cats ...

Maggie Mae  Was just Maggie at first, then e started Maggie Mae. It was either that or Bailey, and Maggie just fit.

Shiloh  I went to the breeders house and she was hiding behind a scratching post. I picked her up and shiloh it was, cuz she was just so shy!

P-Oui  ...and Minnie

Tag  When he gets out, it is a game of tag your it !!!

Tag  When he gets out, it is a game of tag your it !!!

Pandie  Her birth name was KungFu Panda.
Her sister a Boxer named Winnie the Pooh. (aka Pooh Bear)
Another dog with a bear named seemed just right.

Dottie ...

Domino  She has a white muzzle with one black dot on her forehead.

Gidgit  Our very first boston terrier was a male and his name was Gizmo. When we decided to get our second boston terrier we were going to call him Gadgit. However,...

Moxie  My new female Boston Terrier is full of "moxie" therefore that should be her name. And she fits it soooo well....!

Piper  Wanted something different but simple

Bentley  I wanted a little puppy I could spoil like crazy. I came across my baby "Bentley" and she was so tiny and precious, being the major runt of the litter....

Catfish  My Boston Terrier is hard-headed and stubborn and his face and whiskers resemble a catfish.

Tyson  Mine BT is named Tyson :) Everyone seems that funny, because he's small but seems to have something like Tyson's character :)

Oreo  He is sweet like an oreo, and has the same colors.

Bugsy  I have a Boston Terrier named Bugsy. I didn't name him but his bug-eyes obviously had apart in the previous owners name choice. Since the huge eyes are ...

Tyson  When we first met our BT we first noticed his big paws so we thought of boxer names. We didn't want to call him Rocky since so many are named Rocky so ...

Murray  We had a Boston that we named Murray. He was named after the Lake that we lived on...Lake Murray.

Boss  One of my fav mustangs :)

Maddie  Just got our 8 week old puppy!!! We were gonna go with Chloe, but we decided the name Madison, "Maddie" for short.

Marcus Bruttius Rex  We call him Brutus for short, so Marcus Brutus, and Rex means "King".

Caesar   Cause he is the king.

Don Vito  I name my BT this because I am a huge fan of The Godfather and the name just seemed to fit.

Virgil  From a song lyric, 'Virgil Caine was his name', and so it was. :)

Minion  I decided on naming my BT Minion because the breed is known for being gentle, alert, very intelligent, well-mannered and enthusiastic. A minion is defined ...

marley  My family and me love bob Marley and she only comes to this name.

Sully  good boston name

Gracie  Ladylike and graceful. She lived up to the name.

Sumo  I have a "certified pre-owned" Boston, and I found his first name (Sumo) my favorite...the family I got him from had kids and called him Oreo. He is a ...

Sarg   Because the little man acts like he is the boss.

Boxer  My Son and I went through hundreds of names, Boxer just seemed to fit perfect!

Diesel  After the clothing line

Chowdah  Named for one of the best seafood sides.

Mi`la  We saw a photo and decide between mi`la and nina.

Rascal  HE IS ONE!!!!!!!!

Penny Lane  The beatles song.

Vaspro  a fiction name after the first 3 letter of the greek words Vasilis=royalty and aspro=white so Vaspro = white royalty

Enzo  We decided to name our dog Enzo because we thought it was a cute and unique name. Some friends helped us choose the name.

Fenway  He is a Boston Terrier - he needed a boston name - as in Fenway Park

Mugsy  Because mine looks like such a tough guy!

Storm or Blaze  i like the name storm & blaze because they stand out , i dont know many dogs with the name storm or blaze ! (:

Popeye   Well I always loved Popeye when I was growing up and it fits a Boston Terrier so well cause thier eyes pop out of thier head.

Sawyer  Named after 'Sawyer' on LOST, so I can say 'Yeah, I sleep with Sawyer every night!'

Mona  From pretty little liars I love that how and name I also like Hannah Spencer Emily and aria

Indiana Jones  My husband and I wanted that "perfect" name for an amazing, adventurous and active puppy we were getting. We ran through hundreds of names, from famous ...

Honey  I named my Boston Terrier Honey because she is so sweet.

Skooter  He just looks like a Skooter. He is white with a black face, two large black spots on each side and black polkadots every where. Of course, his nickname ...

Magee  This was a thought about what to name my blind boston puppy, I am an NCIS fan, and bostons are smart, I have had 2. But since the breeder decieded to ...

Meatloaf  We found this Boston, well it's kinda like he found us. Anyway, a lady nearby lost a Pug named Meatloaf. We weren't very smart so we started calling him ...

Boston Terrier - Elsie May  I loved my Elsie May, Elsie after the cow & May due to she was born May 1st.

Frosty  We got her Christmas eve so we were thinking cold names!

Beans  Because of Boston baked beans and when we first got him you would have thought that's all he ate if you know what I mean....

phiz  helen kellers boston terriers name was phiz and it is just a cute little name for such a cute dog!

Chewy  I have had 4 BT's but only named one myself. Chewy was his name. Its not rocket science, he chewed on everything in the beginning and throughout his life....

COOTER  I resuced a 2yr old boston. He is just sooo cute!! The word cute just kept turning into other words especially "Cutie". Then on the other hand my boston ...

SPUNKY  My first Boston I aquired. His name at the time was Sparky. Hate that name. Sparky turned into Spunky real quick, due to his personality right off the ...

Rana  Rana is Spanish for frog and with her big eyes and smiling face she looks like a cute frog. (We prefer to promounce it Ray-na rather than Rah-na)

Frank and Ernest (Ernie)  Twins, named after my favorite comic strip. The names fit because they were stocky, rough-and-tumble little boys. And handsome too!

Scooter  We have a 9 yr old Boston named Slugger and we have always known that we would get a second so we decided on Scooter and Scooter around he does. He is ...

Diesel  Because they are so stocky =)

Biff  The character from "Back to the Future"

Lager  Sam Adams Boston Lager is absolutely delicious and what a perfect name for a dark pup with a nice cream white head!

Bindi  We named our tiny little female boston Bindi after Steve Irwin's daughter. It means little girl and fits her perfectly.

Frodo  Bostons always remind me of hobbits. They are small, funny and full of courage.

Pudge  He just looked so pudgy around the face when he was a pup. Plus I was younger and thought that Pudge was a great name for anything.

Dobby  He looks like Dobby from Harry Potter.

Bug  My boston's original name was Bug but we changed it to Belle. She still responds to both sometimes. This is also where the nickname belle-bug came from....

boston rob  we have a bt named boston rob after the survivour winner boston rob :)

Abbie  She was a great family dog. Going on 13 years old she was still a great family dog!!!

Petunia, Spencer, Bulldozer and Peepers  Beauty, detective personality, jumps right into everything and big, big eyes!!

shakespeare  my daughter and i got the puppy and for two weeks he din't have a name.we couldn't decide.all of a sudden i said he looks like shakespeare!

Elbee  Couldn't figure out what to call our BT. When he was a pup we kept calling him Little Buddy or Little Boy, so instead we made a name of the initials LB,...

Jersey  My Bugg is Brindle and Jersey reminds me of the color brown and I like the name and it"s different.

Roston  My son when he was a toddler got a stuffed Boston terrier and named it Roston the Boston. The name stuck so our first Boston who is now 7 is named Roston ...

Lola  when i first got my boston, i just knew her name was lola. i dont know why, but it was natural... my boston is on the skinnier side but at first i thought ...

Magma  I got this name from watching the X.men evolution shows and i thought it was cute.

Spots  Because my Boston T has those amazing black spots , like many of them do !

leonard  Named after a Catholic priest friend of the family. Was the best dog ever.

Tequila:)   When Teq was a puppy, he use to stagger around trying to catch his balance... just like someone drunk on Tequila;)

Casey  we were undecided with a name, But once we got her home we soon realized we had a CASE!!

#1 Yeager, #2 Rutger, #3 Summer, #4 Peppy, #5 Flo #6 Earl  Yeager after Chuck Yeager, Rutger just liked it, Summer got her on my birthday -the 1st day of summer, Peppy I was 5, Flo & Earl named after my grandparents....

Owen  It sounds distinguished!

Fenway  Go Boston Red Sox! It would fit a boston perfect:)

Mimzy   She was going to be called angel but when she was a puppy it just seemed too common of a name! And we watched the movie 'The Last Mimzy' and we decided ...

Booker  It just popped into my head! Now he's our bookie man!

Violet  She is so cute and we love Purple

Iris  My girl BT is named Iris Cornea Pupil- Iris for short because I work at an eyecare office

Jackson  the keel boston terrier toy is called this,
i love the name and when i heard it, i just got a spark telling me this. JACKSON is a name for Bostons!

Maestro  if your a musician or just beacause BT's look like thier wearing a tux the name fits perfectly

Chunky  Well, my dogs names is Chunky and he just loves this name so much, and everytime I call him by that name he always listens!

Suki  It had nothing yo do with True Blood....I had a married into family member who's name is Natsuki. She is Japanese. I saw my little Suki and the name just ...

Scooter  Have a boston i named scooter because he would tuck his hind in like he was scooting.

Florence, Flo [Female]  The Story of This Name is that my friends have a female boston terrier that is the sweetest thing ever. ok maybe a little rambunctious. She's still the ...

gertrude mae  gertrude was my dear aunt who passed at age 97, the only dog we ever had growing up and in her generation was the boston. truly the greatest. she would ...

Tippi  when we got our boston terrier she was about 3 months old. she fell over all the time. she always fell in her food bowl and water bowl and whenever she ...

Piglet  My previous BT looked like a little pig. And when she ate she snorted. so i thought of the name Piglet!!!

Olive  I don't have my female boston terrier puppy yet but i'm getting her tommorrow! I was looking at the dog supplies booklet and i saw a BT in a little carrying ...

Porkchop  Porkchop is 5 now, He got his name because he about bit my finger off to get at a porkchop bone.

Cookie  My Boston is 9 years of age, my kids wanted to name her oreo, because the black and white, But she was the meaniest, playfullest, puppy ever so we decided ...

Nibbles  As all puppies do she is a chewer and nibbles on you collar when you hold her.

Rockstar!  My husband always wanted a boston named Rocky. That wasn't original enough. I made the comment one day, "he's a little Rockstar". It stuck, and he has ...

Ramone  Ramone suggests an image of a swarthy, sophisticated playboy & this pup looked the complete opposite.

snuggle bunny and snuggles  because she likes to snuggle

Annie  Because she was a stray we called her Orphan Annie.

Olivier  I don't have a boston yet, but I thought this would be a good name since the boston is called the Gentlemen's breed. Laurence Olivier was a great Shakespearean ...

Beansie  Named after a character on of our favorite tv shows "The Sopranos"...Beansie Gaeta.

Thurston  He's tiny (12 lbs) and deserved a distinguished name.

Blue Boo  He's A Blue Boston Terrier and We wanted Too Name Him Boo Boo So Some One Said Name Him Blue, and I Said BLUE BOO!

Zoe Kiss a Lot  After I lost my beloved Brandy this past summer, I adopted Zoe. She loves to kiss all the time so we came up with the name Zoe Kiss a Lot. Zoe do!

BoBo Skiwantntotn  Bo Bo is 15yr and still rolling. We got her as a puppy, and she already had the name BoBo. My daughters thought of a hand jive that they learned in school ...

Winne and Rocky  Winnie is so skinny and minnie and Rocky is a big bully

Fenway  Probably not very original?? but we are from Boston Ma. love our new Boston Terrier and of course the Boston Redsox and the greatest ball park still around ...

Minnie  when i was little and i got my boston terrier my parents let me choose the name and i liked minnie mouse so i chose that name. i have had minnie for ten ...

KEYSER SOZE  NAME OF A CHARACTER THAT kEVIN SPACEY PLAYS IN THE MOVIE "THE USUSAL SUSPECTS"

Buzz  Because he always buzzing around the house ready to play! Going on 10 years old and buzzing strong.

Gnarls Barkley  Speaks for itself

Chloe'   She was the runt of our litter, and i thought of names for awhile, and it suited our little Chloe'. She was so tiny and still is! This is Dakota and Chloe'...

Dakota   because we had a dodge dakota and we liked the name.

China Doll  When China was bought as a puppy, the first thing that her new owner said,"You're as pretty as a China Doll." Thus the name stuck to a pretty little girl,...

Jasper  after 2 months my sis and i were trying to figure out a name for this precious boston. off the top of her head my sis said...Jasper! and it fit her perfectly ...

TJ  The boston terrier is an american breed. Me and my husband met at a high school named Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson is about as american as it gets....

Tonka  My good friends have a male Boston named Tonka. He's our Boston's (Dudley) best bud :)

sParky and Lucy  We named our male dog sParky or call him Parky for short nick name. Just thought it was a great name for a male dog. And our female dog...we named Lucy,...

Veruca  She is a little brat just like the girl for Willi Wonka!

Levi  My Boston's name is Levi, which fits his personality perfectly. He is fun, energetic and is glued to my side at all times.

Buddy  Well my dad just came up with the name! I said Bud and then my dad said buddy and we all agreed.

Miley  I wanted a female Boston Terrier but wasn't sure of the name. Finally I thought of Miley. So that day came when I was going to pick her up and I carefuly ...

Brewster  When he was a baby we called him Punky - as he grew Punky didn't fit and progressed in to Brewster.

Punjab  Our four year old triplets were obsessed with ANNIE. Punjab was the name of Daddy Warbuk's guard. He did magical things, so the kids loved him. From ...

Bosco  We were having trouble deciding on a name for our new little boy. As we were talking my husband called him boss man. I then said that's it, Bosco. He liked ...

Toonie  Toonie got her name from my little boy, he loves the show yo gabba gabba, the character toodie, but he is 6 and says toonie instead, so when we picked ...

Percy  I had intended to call our new puppy Bosley after the special agent in Charlies Angels, One night I dreamed that I got a new dog and his name was Percy,...

Onyx  We had a black lab (female) that I thought needed a "black name" and I thought Onyx was perfect!

Tibby  My parents got her for christmas for me and my sister and my parents named her after a person in a movie i think!! :) LOVE HER!! :D

Fenway & Wrigley  I'm from Boston and love the Sox, my wife is from Florida. She understood naming our first Fenway!.. When she was 8months with our son we went out for ...

Jazz  Because he is jazzy

Bos  BOS--short for Boston, also can be confused as the name "boss", which I suprissingly find funny..A short name that is appealing.


We just added a ...

pepperoni  because it is such a yummy food:) i love meat. but not dog meat of course!

Beanie  small like a Beanie Baby stuffed toy

Giles  Giles, the strong and patient watcher of the Vampire Slayer from the "Buffy, the vampire slayer" series!!

Tulip  I got a baby boston terrier; I named her after my favorite flower!

Montez  A male friend of mine suggest this name. He said it sounds really cool and makes the dog's name sound really distinguished. Like royalty.

Beaufort  My dad just loves the wind and dogs. Beaufort is a tool to calculate the wind power. It's a funny name and sound's french, give it a try!

Onyx  Thought it was pretty cool. They're black sometimes like an onyx.

Parker  I just watched my Boston terrier for a few days before finally coming up with a name and one day i just looked at her and said Parker. I think it is the ...

Meatball  We were trying to be ironic because he was actually very small and sickly when we bought him...but he eventually lived up to his tough-guy name!

Pickles  My son loves pickles and the BT was for him so it only suited her to be named after his favorite treat. Welcome Pickles :)

Luna  boston terrier has a moon shaped head and "luna" is "moon" in spanish.

Fenway  I'm from mass born and raised and Cape Cod and a HUGE Red Sox fan, Fenway just seemed right. Granted I have a female dog, the name fits.

Muggsy  We decided to name our boston muggsy, because he was a runt and he reminded us of the basketball player muggsy bogues.

Buster  My dad had a Boston when he was a kid named "Buster". He always said he looked like a tough little guy but was such a lover...and always looked like he ...

Gizmo  My dog just reminded me of the movie with the character Gizmo.

Jjalan  It sounded very regal:)

Trey  I think that name is cute!!

Trey  I think that name is cute!!

Lucian  It is just a strong manly name. It is a character name in a movie and Lucian is the strongest of them all.

Dutch  Named after "The Flying Dutchman"

Jervis  Named after the guy on Survivors.

Kenzo  The breeder we got my sweet boy from named him this, but spelled it Kenso. We just changed the "S" to a "Z." I think she named him for the designer, Kenzo ...

Bella  Bella the boston. Bella means beautiful and she is!!

JD "Jay Dee"  Our first Boston was given to us by my wife's parents. Their names were Johnny and Diane, sooooo.

Cisco & Drexl  I'm a fan of suspense action flix, i get a kick out of the villians names, it's an ongoing thing for me to identify catchy villian names?! however we are ...

Tuxedo  Looks like a tuxedo

Jimmy  Named after a very nice man that passed away. He was very charming and handsome, and so is my boston, Jimmy.... I call him JimmyBoy.

Frodo  Frodo is a great name for a Boston. In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo (played by Elijah Wood) wears a white shirt and black vest, giving him the ...

Beckett  We were looking for our first Boston and one of the breeders had named all of the puppies after Boston Redsox players, one of which is Josh Beckett. Although ...

Forrest  Forrest Gump! Best movie ever!

jenson  the boston terrier is a real gent and ours races around the furniture so we called him after jenson button.

Knuckles Magee and Mugsy Malone  We decided that these names fit our Boston. They are little con men.

Bleau (blue)  my dog was born in louisiana, so we decided to spell it in a cajun fashion. But it is pronounced BLUE

Harper  I thought of how pretty my dog is and thought of how pretty a harp sounds. And the word harp is in the name Harper.

Boston  i bought a webkinz boston terrier and i just thought of boston.

Neecie  My mother suffered a stroke the same weekend I was to get the dog. She was already named Tippy since she tipped over when she ate. My mom's nickname is ...

Zeke  My husband thought this would be a great name for a Boston Terrier.

Harvard  related to Boston and reflects how smart our dog is

oreo  i decided to name my boston terrier oreo because she is black and white

oreo  i decided to name my boston terrier oreo because she is black and white

Clarence  Because he looked like a Clarence

Brasco  He was named when we adopted him, but it suits him perfectly. We like to call him "Doggy Brasco".

Myrtle  While researching the breed to confirm that was the right choice for my family I saw a character on a Harry Potter movie named Moaning Myrtle...that is ...

Gizmo  since my boston terrier looks like a gremlin. but hes so adorable i named him gizmo. hehe

Stitch  i bought a dog and i was a kid obsessed with Lilo and Stitch. and he looked a lil bit like the little alien. so cute!

Navi  she was give to me Dec 12, 2009 by my sister it was around xmas so we name her Navi short for Navida Xmas

wiggels  it was my 16th birthday and i got a boston terrier and the second i seen him his tail never stopped moving and now every time he sees me his tail goes ...

Grizzly  My friends boston terrier is brindle and can be cute and "ferocious" A.K.A playful all into a small package.

buster  i decied this name becuse dogs are a handful and buster means the one who breaks things.

Coco  I just like my boston terrier to have a good name and i thought that someone else might like this name so yeah enjoy

blake  well i think Blake is a very good name for a male Boston terrier because i was thinking so much that i could come up with a very good idea and i thought ...

Bagel  just a lovely name

Georgia  part bulldog and part white terrier. UGA are the bulldogs. colors are black and red. I lived in Georgia for 10 yrs.

TORIE  WELL I LOVE THE NAME VICTORIA SO I CALL HER TORIE FOR SHORT

Ripp  Had Boston named Patch - Died same day Ripp {Rest In Peace Patch) was born; Ripp was the only pup.

claire  she has a special sparkle in her eyes!

Huckleberry  My two little grandkids chose the name.

Catfish  My male BT is named Catfish. He is hard headed and kinda looks like a Catfish. His name was "Conner", which was stupid and did not suit him. He answered ...

Marlee  We were trying to think of a name while bringing her home and that name was mentioned and it stuck. We wanted it to look like a girls name so we spelled ...

Becky  We adopted Becky & the name she had was perfect.

Murphy  Well, Murphy seems like and Adventerous name. My dog sure is adventerous. Also Murphy seems like a name that you would give a Brachycephalic dog(dog with ...

Leona  It was my great aunts name. I think she looks like my aunt!!

Auley  Irish boys name!

Tai  Tai - (pronounced ty or tie!) my first choice was originally tyler. but i figured i would call him "ty" for short - so i decided his name would be TAI!...

TATER  LARRY THE CABLE GUY

Boomer  It was my dogs name when we adopted him

jayli  it means a gift from god

isaac  I looked at my bostons big round eyes and isaac came to mind i called him isaac a few times and he sat and cocked his head then ran towards me.

Bruce  bruce... like bruce wayne. Because his ears look like Batmans. We also call him bruce-bruce, bunnygoat, and junkyard dog.

Bounder  When I was a child my parents had a Boston Terrier Named Bounder. He was the best dog I have ever owned. I think this name should be entered into your ...

Bert  This was our first Boston, and he lived to be 17 ears old. We just thought he should have a name starting with the letter B.

Bubba  Big guys are usually called Tiny and little guys are often called a name to reflect the opposite, hence the name Bubba.

Pickles  I have known 3 Bostons named Pickles.

Torque  The grip of his jaws on his favorite toy is as strong as a torque wrench. Also he has the energy of a "Super Torque High Performance Engine." He does ...

BeeGee  B is for Boston and G is for Girl, we just changed the spelling so it would be more fun

HARLEE  Our boston is black and white and we decided to name her after the harley davidson motorcycles. they are the best money can buy , just like her! she is ...

Fenway  We named our female Boston Fenway because we felt it only fitting to name her after one of the best Boston places! We are from Boston and have moved to ...

Kikoo  It is a lively-sounding, pretty name. It means Chrysanthemum in Japanese.

Oscar  love the name

Tyrus  My dad had a neighbor growing up that had a dog named Tyrus.

Patches  our dog has a white streak down her face but she is mostly black with small brown 'patches' we also had a cat that was white, black, and brown and her ...

Corky  Another great Boston. While Dad was stationed in the Marines a friend of his gave him to us. We weren't that old but remember him well. He was of the bigger ...

Tucker  Name of a great Boston. He was smart, loveable and a very exceptional boy.

georgia  from the movie hotel for dogs

Inca  I decided when Inca was a puppy that her nose looked like an ink blot and the name inca just popped into my name. I get tons of compliments on the unusual ...

Gomez  Adams Family!

Nigel  He is a little gentlemen and needed a proper name to go with his disposition.

Lovey/Lovee  English term, meaning sweetie or honey. Ideal for a sweet Boston girl!

Ditto  One of my Toller pups was named Ditto because he looked exactly like his Dad.

Rory  English spelling of a Gaelic name Ruardhi, meaning Red.

Dior  My boston's name is Dior. My friend has a pug/yorkie mix male whose name is Gucci. And I said man I like that name I have to name my dog something cute ...

Higgins  I'm a huge Magnum PI fan and I just always thought this would make a great male dog name, especially for a Boston.
Higgins was always very stately and ...

Mars  He looked like a cute little alien when we got him as a pup. So we named him Mars, because he looked liked a little Martian.

zoe  we named our dog zoe because zoe means life

Chipper   My boo boo's name is chipper and she is just the cutest little baby

alvin  we picked alvin because we kept arguing so my mother just yelled alvin to make us happy and that day forward his name is alvin

Bugsy Malone  His face reminded us of Edgar G. Robinson who played a mobster so Bugsy was a perfect mobster name (he is now 13.8 yrs old). Then we got a female and ...

Rex  Well we got Rex on April 4, 2007 and he was born Dec. 29, 2006 so he was just over 3 months when we got him. And I was 9 years old and my younger sister,...

Paisley  I was listening to a Brad Paisley song on the way home from getting my puppy and it came to my mind and I loved it!

motsie  the lady we bought Motsie from. Motsie means love

Bob  The "kennel name" that our breeder gave to our Boston was "Bob." We thought it fit, but wanted to name him ourselves, so went with Teddy, or Ted. Theodore ...

Jasmine  She is a princess off the Alladin movie and she acts like one.

Varley  It is the nickname of Semyon Varlomov, my favorite goaltender for the Washington Capitals.

Sabio  We named our boston Sabio, because we didn't want a standard name, so we searched on the web, at google translate. And we searched voor the name of intellect,...

gizmo  our new puppy Boston terrier looks exactly like a little gizmo.

Sherman  Because he's built like a little tank.

cheyenne  well my screen name is native american and her being my first dog ever at 40 yrs old i figured a name like cheyenne would get her noticed.

ryder  little boy name. what males do. have 3 females so all he done was try and ride each even though they was not in heat

Quimby  the character on the Simpson's (Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby) has a Kennedy like heavy Boston accent.

Our female Boston is registered with the AKC as Diamond ...

Britches  The markings on his hind legs looks like he is wearing britches.

brady wane  well we were outside when we first got him.
and i said go to the potty brady wane.
and that is how he got the name brady wane.

Maverick  Funny thing is we actually named him after a co workers son because we loved the name so much. Just a strong Boston name and he is truly a Maverick.

Godfrey  My first Boston was named when I got him at 5 months old. He was born deaf, and his first elderly owner couldn't handle his special training needs. He ...

lindsay/ lindsey  It just sounds like a good name for a female dog

Domino  coloring/pattern of coat

Sabre  My family adopted Sabre when he was a year old from a family that could not handle this high strung bundle of love. The night we brought him home, the ...

Judge  based on the gent that founded the breed.

no picture of my Judge yet. still looking for him.

1- Fenn 2-Yaz  Being a BOSTON Terrier, what better names than shortened forms of Fenway or Yastrzemski, the ball park of and one of the greatest players of the Red Sox....

Miley  We named our Boston Terrier puppy Miley after Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. Her nickname is Miley Montana, as she gets the best of both worlds!!

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Pookie  we decided on this name because it sounds cute and has a nice ring to it. we are about to adopt a BT puppy and thought it would be suitable for him. his ...

Beans  BT's come from beantown, soooo Beans!

Pierre  I have a 1 yr old Male Boston. When I got him I couldn't decide on a name and I only drink Vodka, The Brand Smirnoff is my favourite and the founder was ...

Ozzie/Auzzie  I just watched a movie and a lab retriever was called ozzie, so i thought it would be a great name for a boston terrier!
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Cordelia  I LOVE THIS NAME <3 I named my black and white boston terrier it and I love her and her name so much. From the moment she was born I knew she was a Cordelia....

Newton  Looking for a great name for the new puppy, we decided that we should name him after someone famous. After passing through names like Leonidas, Einstein,...

Tootsie  Me, my mom and sister had just bought a new red boston terrier female puppy, she was so cute. and we were for some reson talking about tootsie rolls and ...

Sapphire  i think it's a great name for a boston terrier girl.

diego  my name is Stan--I love San Diego---I use stan diego as my screen name--it just fit

Jolly Roger  we named our first boston Jolly Roger after the flag. It fits him since he's black & white too!

Miley  We have a beautiful Boston Terrier girl named Miley. My husband had
a wonderful Boston Terrier growing up who's name was Coco-Bean. When we get another ...


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