Naming a new dog [1] can be tough — especially when you want to move away from things like Rover or Max — which is where pop culture can come in to save the day. With each new year, new pop-culture moments make their marks on our memories — for 2019, the final season of Game of Thrones, Disney's lineup of new movies including Toy Story 4 and the live-action The Lion King, and shows like Riverdale [2], The Handmaid's Tale [3], and Killing Eve come to mind. And even though they're not current, per se, the hype lives on with franchises like Harry Potter [4] and movies like Legally Blonde (even Ariana Grande [5] made a nod to the iconic film in her "Thank U, Next" music video [6]).
Scroll through for some of our favourite names for dogs in 2019 [7] that come from all different pop-culture references [8] — some very new and some a bit older, but all totally hyped by fans.
Dog Names From Pop Culture
A
Archie (Riverdale)
Arlo (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Arya (Game of Thrones)
B
Betty (Riverdale)
Bruiser (Legally Blonde)
Buzz (Toy Story)
C
Chewbacca (Star Wars)
Cosmo (Guardians of the Galaxy)
D
Dobby (Harry Potter)
Drogon (Game of Thrones)
Duke (Toy Story)
E
Eleven (Stranger Things [10])
Elsa (Frozen)
F
Fang (Harry Potter)
Fleabag (Fleabag)
Frodo (The Lord of the Rings)
G
Ghost (Game of Thrones)
Godzilla (Godzilla)
Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)
Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy)
H
Hedwig (Harry Potter)
Hiccup (How to Train Your Dragon)
Hopper (Stranger Things)
Hulk (The Hulk)
J
Jackson (A Star Is Born)
Jasmine (Aladdin)
Jughead (Riverdale)
June (The Handmaid's Tale)
K
Khaleesi (Game of Thrones)
L
Leia (Star Wars)
Loki (Thor)
Luke (Star Wars)
M
Marvel
Mowgli (Jungle Book)
N
Nagini (Harry Potter)
Nala (The Lion King)
Nymeria (Game of Thrones)
P
Pearson (This Is Us)
Pikachu (Detective Pikachu)
Piper (Orange Is the New Black [11])
Pumbaa (The Lion King)
R
Rex (Toy Story)
S
Scar (The Lion King)
Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
Simba (The Lion King)
Skywalker (Star Wars)
Slinky (Toy Story)
Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
T
T'challa (Black Panther [12])
Thanos (The Avengers)
Thor (Thor)
V
Villanelle (Killing Eve)
Y
Yoda (Star Wars)