Pet Names Inspired by Hollywood Movies & Movie Stars

Actors and movies provide such great entertainment and joy! It’s no wonder they can provide the inspiration to help us select the perfect name for our new dog, cat, puppy, kitten, or other furry friend! Check out the list below – do you see your favorite? If not, leave me a comment.

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with A

Abu (Aladdin)
Ace (Ace Ventura)
Alfre (Alfre Woodard)
Alfred (Alfred Hitchcock)
Alfie (movie)
Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
Amadeus (Amadeus movie)
Andre (Andrea Crouch – Oscar winner for best musical score – The Color Purple)
Andy (The Shawshank Redemption)
Angelina
Annie (Sleepless in Seattle, Annie Get Your Gun, Annie Hall)
Apollo (Rocky)
Apollonia (Purple Rain)
Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
Ashley (Ashley Olsen)
Ashton (Ashton Kutcher)
Atticus (Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird)
Audrey (Audrey Hepburn)
Austin (Austin Powers)
Axel (Axel Foley – Beverley Hills Cop)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with B

Babe (Babe)
Baby (Dirty Dancing)
Bailey (George Bailey – It’s a Wondeful Life)
Baloo (The Jungle Book)
Barberella
Beethoven
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Benedict (Benedict Cumberbatch)
Benjamin (Bemjamin Bratt)
Benji
Bert (Bert the cop – It’s a Wonderful Life)
Bette (Bette Davis)
Beyonce’ (Foxy Cleopatra – Austin Powers)
Bingo
Bo Bandit (Smokey and the Bandit)
Bobo (A Rasin in the Sun)
Bogart (Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca)
Bogie (Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca)
Bonzo (Bedtime for Bonzo)
Boris (Boris Karloff)
Brady (Brady Bunch)
Brandon (Marlon Brandon)
Bridget (Bridget Jones Diary)
Brittany (Brittany Murphy)
Brody (Adrien Brody)
Bronson (Pierce Bronson)
Brooks (Mel Brooks – Blazing Saddles)
Bruce (Bruce Lee, Bruce Willis, Bruce Almighty)
Bruno (Bruno Kirby)
Bueller (Ferris Bueller)
Burt (Burt Lancaster, Burt Reynolds)
Buzz (Buzz Lightyear – Toy Story)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with C

Cagney (Butch Cagney)
Cameron (Cameron Diaz)
Cassidy (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
Cary (Cary Grant)
Chan (Jackie Chan)
Channing (Channing Tatum)
Charlie (Charlie Sheen)
Charlize (Charlize Theron)
Cheech (Cheech Marin)
Chloë Grace (Chloë Grace Moretz)
Clarence Oddbody (It’s a Wonderful Life)
Clark (Clark Gable)
Clint (Clint Eastwood)
Creed (Apollo Creed – Rocky)
Cruise (Tom Cruise)
Cruz (Penélope Cruz)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with D

DeVito (Danny Devito)
DeNiro (Robert DeNiro)
Denzel (Denzel Washington)
Digby
Diggs (Taye Diggs)
Dolly (Dolly Parton)
Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz)
Dory (Finding Nemo)
Drew (Drew Barrymore, Nancy Drew)
Dustin (Dustin Hoffman)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with E

Ernie (Ernie the taxi driver – It’s a Wonderful Life)
Eddie (Eddie Murphy)
Elsa (Frozen)
Elizabeth (Elizabeth Taylor)
Elle (Elle Woods – Legally Blonde)
Elliott (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
Emma (Emma Stone or Emma Watson)
Emmanuelle
Emillio (Emillio Estevez)
Eva (Eva Longoria)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with F

Fargo (Fargo)
Farouk (Aladdin)
Faye (Faye Dunaway)
Felix (The Odd Couple, Felix the Cat)
Ferris (Ferris Bueller)
Fievel (An American Tail)
Finch (Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird)
Fiona (Shrek)
Fisher (Antwone Fisher)
Foley (Axel Foley – Beverley Hills Cop)
Fonda (Henry Fonda)
Foxx (Jamie Foxx)
Forrest (Forrest Gump, Forest Whitaker)
Frank (Frank Capra)
Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror)
Franz (Sound of Music)
Frenchy (Grease)
Friedrich (Sound of Music)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with G

Gabriella (High School Musical)
Garfield
George (George Bailey – It’s a Wondeful Life, George Clooney)
Goldie (Goldie Hawn)
Goose (Top Gun)
Gordie (Stand By Me)
Grace (Grace of Monaco)
Grant (Cary Grant)
Gretl (Sound of Music)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with H

Haley (Haley Joel Osment)
Halle (Halle Berry)
Han Solo (Star Wars)
Harrison (Harrison Ford – Star Wars)
Harry (Harry Bailey – It’s a Wonderful Life, When Harry Met Sally, Harry Connick, Jr., and Harry Potter)
Heath (Heath Ledger)
Héctor (Héctor Elizondo)
Hercules
Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock)
Hoffman (Dustin Hoffman)
Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)
Hooch (Turner and Hooch)
Hope (Hope Floats)
Hopper (Dennis Hopper)
Humphrey (Humphrey Bogart – Casablanca)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with I

Iman
Indie (Indian Jones)
Ingrid (Ingrid Bergman)
Isabella (Isabella Rossellini)
Isla (Isla Fisher)
Issac (Issac Hayes – Oscar winner for best musical score – Shaft)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with J

Jack (Jack Nicholson, Titanic)
Jackie Chan
James Dean
Jamie (Jamie Foxx)
Jasmine (Aladdin)
Jedi (Star Wars)
Jenny (Forrest Gump)
Jimmy (Jimmy Stewart)
John Wayne
Johnny Depp
Jonah (Sleepless in Seattle)
Joy (Joy Mangano – Joy)
Judd (Judd Nelson)
Jules (St. Elmo’s Fire)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with K

Kane (Citizen Kane)
Katherine Hepburn
Keanu (Keanu Reeves)
Keenen (Kenen Ivory Wayans)
Kelly (Gene Kelly)
Kenickie (Grease)
Kerry Washington
Keyser (The Usual Suspects)
Kingsley (Ben Kingsley)
Kirk (Captain Kirk, Kirk Douglas)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with L

Lady (Lady and the Tramp)
Lassie
Leonardo (Leonardo DiCaprio, (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Liam (Liam Neeson)
Liesel (Sound of Music)
Lilo (Lilo and Stitch)
Lionel (Lionel Barrymore)
Louisa (Sound of Music, Me Before You)
Louise (Thelma and Louise)
Louis (Louis Gossett, Jr.)
Lt. Dan (Forrest Gump)
Lucy (Lucille Ball)
Lucy Liu
Lupita (Lupita Nyong’o)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with M

M’Lynn (Steel Magnolias)
Macy (William H Macy)
Madea
Maggie (Maggie Smith)
Marcel (Marcel Marceau)
Marge (Fargo)
Maria (Sound of Music)
Marisa Tomei
Marlon (Marlon Brandon, Marlon Wayans)
Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe)
Marley (Marley and Me)
Martin (Riggs – Lethan Weapon, Martin Lawrence)
Marty (Back to the Future)
Mary-Kate (Mary Kate Olsen)
Maverick (Top Gun)
Max (Max)
Mercedes (Mercedes Ruehl)
Meryl (Meryl Streep)
Mia (The Princess Diaries)
Mila (Mila Kunis)
Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Mikhail (Mikhail Baryshnikov – Sex in the City)
Miss Daisy (Driving Miss Daisy)
Miyagi (The Karate Kid)
Molly (Molly Ringwald)
Monroe (Marilyn Monroe)
Morgan (Morgan Freeman)
Morris (Morris Day – Purple Rain, Morris the Cat)
Mowgli (The Jungle Book)
Mozart (Amadeus movie)
Mufasa (The Lion King)
Murphy (Brittany Murphy)
Murray (Bill Murray)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with N

Nala (The Lion King)
Napoleon (Napoleon Dynamite)
Natalie (Natalie Wood)
Nelson (Judd Nelson)
Nemo
Newman (Paul Newman)
Nicholas (Nicolas Cage)
Nicole (Nicole Kidman)
Norma Rae (Norma Rae – Marilyn Monroe)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with O

Obba (Obba Babatundé)
Octavia (Octavia Spencer)
Olaf (Frozen)
Oliver (Oliver & Co, Oliver Stone)
Olivier (Laurence Kerr Olivier)
Orlando (Orlando Bloom)
Orson (Orson Wells, Citizen Kane)
Ouiser (Ouiser Boudreaux – Steel Magnolias)
Owen (Owen Wilson)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with P

Pacino (Al Pacino)
Penélope (Penélope Cruz)
Perry (Perry Mason, Tyler Perry)
Pesci (Joe Pesci)
Phoenix (River Phoenix)
Piccolo (Brian Piccolo – Brian’s Song)
Pierce (Pierce Bronson)
Philomena
Prince (The Artist)
Princess Leia (Star Wars)
Prinze (Freddie Prinze, Freddie Prinze, Jr.)
Pumbaa (The Lion King)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with Q

Queen
Queen Latifa
Quinton (Quinton Tarantino)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with R

Rafiki (The Lion King)
Rain (Douglas Rain – A Space Odyssey)
Rapheal (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Raquel (Raquel Welch)
Redford (Robert Redford)
Reese (Reese Witherspoon)
Rex (Rex Harrison)
Rhett (Rhett Butler – Gone with the Wind)
Ricardo (Ricky Ricardo, Ricardo Montalbán)
Rico (Penguins of Madagascar)
Riggs (Martin Riggs – Lethan Weapon)
Rin Tin Tin
River (River Phoenix)
Rizzo (Grease)
Rock (Chris Rock)
Rocky (Rocky Balboa)
Romy (Romy and Michelle)
Rose (Titanic)
Rupert (Rupert Everett)
Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with S

Sally (When Harry Met Sally, Sally Field)
Sam (Sam Shephard)
Samuel (Samuel L. Jackson)
Sandy (Grease)
Scarlett (Scarlett O’Hara – Gone with the Wind)
Scooby Do
Sebastian (The Little Mermaid)
Sean (Sean Connery)
Selena (Selena)
Shatner (William Shatner)
Shelby  (Steel Magnolias)
Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes)
Shrek (Shrek)
Sidney (Sidney Poitier)
Simba (The Lion King)
Simon (Simon Birch)
Smokey (Smokey and the Bandit)
Sophia (Sophia Loren)
Sophie (Sophie’s Choice)
Soze (The Usual Suspects)
Spacey (Kevin Spacey)
Spicoli (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Spike (Spike Lee)
Spielberg (Steven Spielberg)
Spoke (Star Trek)
Stallone (Sylvester Stallone)
Steel (Steel Magnolias)
Stella (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Stewart (Jimmy Stewart)
Stone (Emma Stone)
Stryker (X-Men)
Sulu (George Takei – Sulu, Star Trek)
Sylvester (Sylvester Stallone, Sylvester the Cat)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with T

Takei (George Takei – Sulu, Star Trek)
Tai (Clueless)
Taye (Taye Diggs)
Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor)
Thelma (Thelma and Louise)
Tiffany (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Timon (The Lion King)
Tommy (Tommy rock opera)
Tootsie
Toto (The Wizard of Oz)
Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)
Tyler (Tyler Perry)
Tyson (Cicely Tyson, Mike Tyson)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with U

Uma (Uma Thurman)
Urhua (Star Trek)
Ursla (The Little Mermaid)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with V

Vin Diesel
Viola (Viola Davis)
Vivian (Pretty Woman)
Vivien (Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with W

Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda)
Watson (Sherlock Holmes)
Wells (Citizen Kane)
Wesley (Wesley Snipes)
Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me)
Wilder (Gene Wilder, Billy Wilder)
Willis (Bruce Willis)
Wilson (Cast Away)
Wolfgang (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart movie)

Dog & Cat Names Inspired by Movies Beginning with Z

Zac (Zac Efron)
Zack (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Zazu (The Lion King)
Zeke (High School Musical)
Zhivago (Dr. Zhivago)
Zuko (Danny Zuko – Grease)
ZuZu (It’s a Wonderful Life)
Zuzu’s Petals (It’s a Wonderful Life)

Did your favorite movie-inspired pet name make the list? If not, please add below in Comments! Want to continue researching a little further before selecting a name for your new dog or cat? Find more theme inspired pet names here!

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