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Dogs

Dogs are deeply enthusiastic about being called things. Anything, really. Dog hears "foot," dog comes running.

So the middle name doesn't have to do the work it does for a person — it doesn't have to honor a grandmother or balance a flat-sounding first. The middle name is for you. It's for the moment your dog sneaks the dish towel off the rack and sprints, and you yell everything you've got at the back of his head.

The list below: fifty first names, dog-tested. Each one with its middle.

Pick a first name

BuddyMaxCharlieCooperRockyBearDukeTuckerBellaDaisyLucyMollySadieLolaStellaPennyMurphyFinnBaileyRileyZeusApolloThorAthenaBiscuitWafflePancakeBagelPickleOliveHazelWillowBeauBanjoDollyScoutRangerHunterSageCedarTankBrutusGoliathHerculesPepperMustardToastCookieOtisBowieRoscoeEarlGoosePirateCaptainAtlasGizmoBingoBrisketMeatball

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ruggedMiddles for dogs who roll in mud unrepentantly.sweetFor the lap dog with the soul of a librarian.outdoorBuilt for trails, lakes, and trucks.vintageOld-school. Hank, Otis, the works.