You might guess of yourdogas the best blackguard of all . One medieval weenie possessor really bid theirs that . No , literally — the dog ’s name wasBeste - of - all .
PerOpen Culture , the moniker comes from a fifteenth - century holograph containing a list of more than 1000 names of dog ( specifically hunt down dogs ) . David Scott - Macnab , an English lit professor at South Africa ’s North - West University , release all the name in a2013 articlefor the journalViator .
There are a surprising number of analogue between today’smost popular andiron namesand this centuries - old selection . We haveBella ; they hadBelle . They hadCompaynowne(companion ) andFelowe , which maps onto ourBuddy . We haveBear ; they hadFoxeandMouse(and , OK , Salmon ) . OurDaisyisn’t so dissimilar from theirFlowre .
That said , you ’d be hard - compress to determine a dog these days namedBrainless(or , Brayneles , as it was spelled ) . gothic people habitually christened their dogs with intelligence that distinguish them . Some were complimentary , sure — Amyable , Harmeles , Trusty , Joliboye , Pretyman — but plenty others were hilariously harsh : Helpeles , Filthe , Litillwitte , Synfull , and plain oldBadde .
There ’s further evidence that these bygonepetowners had a mother wit of humor about their charges : Somewhere out there were cuspid namedLewde , Lusty , Ribawde , andNameles . Not to mentionSpowse(spouse ) andHosewife(housewife ) .
One especially dominant trend , unsurprisingly , is names tie in to hunting — includingBryngehome , Fyndewell , Goodynowze , Kilbucke , andMakehitgood . But it ’s the random ones that are most fun , fromArgumentandBryantoFeeteandGarlik .
you could search our 100 preferred names from the manuscript below . ( And if you ’re hop to pick one out for your next pet , Tom Killeen built aname generatorthat boast all 1065 of them . )
