About dogs (canidae) & hyaenidae names
Feral picks like "Claw" sit next to human names like "Seamus" and tail-thumping ones like "Wags", covering the whole span from wolf to lapdog. The split helps because a hyena in a grim fantasy needs a different register than the family retriever. Decide first whether the animal is a predator, a partner or a pet, then choose accordingly.
How dogs (canidae) & hyaenidae names are built
Canine names draw whole from a primary 1200-entry pet-name bank plus several smaller themed pools, from wolf-derived and human names to a mineral list, with one compound track joining a nature word to a body part. "Hall", "Heather" and "Chelly" all come from these banks, landing on tidy, callable forms rather than assembled fragments.
Hall
drawn whole from the name banks
Heather
drawn whole from the name banks
Chelly
drawn whole from the name banks
Naming notes
The blend of a large general bank with smaller specialised pools means output leans toward familiar, human-adjacent pet names (Heather, Chelly) with the occasional blunt one-syllable hit (Hall). Short results read best as a working dog's call-name. Because the pools span registers, from mineral names like Chromite to compound coinages, length and ending vary freely; reroll if a result drifts too far from a name you could shout in a field.
Questions about dogs (canidae) & hyaenidae names
- Why do dog names sound like human names?
- The main 1200-entry bank holds real pet names, many borrowed from people, so draws land on familiar forms like "Heather" and "Chelly" that owners actually use.
- Why are some results very short?
- The pools mix registers and lengths, so a draw can land on a blunt one-syllable form like "Hall", which works well as a quick call-name.
- What makes a good working-dog name from these?
- Favour short, hard-ending results you can shout across a field. "Hall" carries better than a long, soft string at distance.