Updated September 2009: Readers have added 70-plus more wiener dog names. Just scroll down to the comments to see them all.
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Favourite wiener dog names
For Female Dachshunds
Anka, (Mini-) Cooper, Sissy, Elfie, Elke, Elsa, Elsie, Freda, Greta, Gretchen, Heidi, Lexi, Lulu, Maddie, Millie, Mitzi, Riley, Sammy, Schnapps, Sophie, Susie
For Male Dachshunds
Arnold, Axel, Barry, Baxter, Benson, Bentley, (Mini-)Cooper, Dieter, Duncan, Felix, Frank, Fritz, Gavin, Günter, Jasper, Kaspar, Klaus, Luther, Marty, Max, Murphy, Oscar, Otis, Riley, Rusty, Sammy, Schnapps, Siegfried, Spencer, Tucker, Viktor, Willie
Almost 10 years ago, the Canadian Dachshund site, WienerDogs.org, did a survey of Doxie owners and found Oscar to be the most popular Dachshund name. If you want something Germanic influenced and didn’t find anything to your taste in the selection above, here’s a complete list of German names. The Daily Dachshund and Dog News especially likes Frieda for girls and Sigmund for boys. We’re also partial to Fritz, which is as classic as Oscar although less cerebral. And as this wedding photo of Fritz and Frieda demonstrates, timeless names and traditions just never go out of style.
Bride and groom, originally uploaded by jacksonpe.
If you need some good Scottish Terrier names, check out our sister site, the Scottie News.
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I happen to think that MY name, Bratwurst (or Brat for short) is perhaps the best and most clever name for a dachshund… unless it be Link, a friend of mine.
Sniffs,
Bratwurst
http://www.diaryofadachshund.blogspot.com
Link, Brat — excellent original choices, but it definitely takes a certain self-confidence to pull them off.
We have a tradition of naming our dachshunds with both german and royal names. We have been owned by Kleine Schwarz PRINCE von Lazo; Blackloch’s Galant BARON and Blackloch’s Lachen DUCHESS. Galant is the german spelling for gallant and Lachen means laughing in german. We think it is both appropriate and dignified for these wonderful hounds.
Ja Wohl!!!
Baronness Hundfrau
Check out Cooper’s blog at http://www.cooperstew.blogspot.com
Check out Cooper’s blog at http://www.cooperstew.blogspot.com
My boy’s name is Frederick Frytog… Freddie for short. He has a sister named Hannah Banana.
I think our name is the best-Banjo!
Of course, for short he’s Banjie, Banjwa (Banjo in a not-very-good-French accent), and Bandito!
Mine is named Rolfe, but almost everyone calles him Rolfie…
I have three….They are Shrinks, Dinks, and Blinks.
My wiener’s named Frank. It’s less audacious than Brat(wurst) but it has the same double entendre.
Pretentious professor,
Is that your wiener’s name or your wiener dog’s name.
Tootsie!
My dach is named Romo after our favorite Dallas Cowboy!
my doxie’s name is Heidi and her mothers is Birgette
My little boy’s full name is Prince Otto von Weiner but we just call him Otto and my kids, adults mind you, call him Weiner.
Otto was particularly disgusting on one of our walks – eating deer poop, chewing on a roadkill squirrel and picking up an old porkchop bone, so he had an alias just for the day – the most disgusting sausage I could think of – Haggis.
We have six long dogs, Weenie, Willie, Shaft, Peter, Froderick Von Frankensteen, and Frau Blucher.
We love the pitter patter of little feet!
dachsie mom
And apparently you also love the literary licentiousness of phallic names.
Did Shaft live up to his name?
Sorry everyone I have THE most clever and original name for my doxie…
Johnson Slim the first or Johnson for short..
Its subtle and yet direct, We do get asked lots why we gave him such a serious name
I beg to differ. My dachshund has the most excellent name: Maximillian Von Hotdog!
Hi, my very first dachshund I got was a boy and my daughter told me she would look up cool boy dog names on the internet, the first name she told me was “Romeo” and I said thats it! Hes my little Romeo.
Our pup’s name is Pretzel
I have Romeo, my 2nd dog is Juliet, and my 3rd is Dolce.
My boy is called Sizzle cause here in Australia we have sausage sizzles… bbq sausages… he seems to love it
My dachshund is named Nathan like the hot dog brand.
Longfellow
My doxies are Anna and Gustav. Annie and Gus. Someday, number three has a lot of possibilities – I really like ‘Pretzel’. ‘Cooper’is great too. Maybe ‘Lily’ or ‘Phoebe’ for girls?
My first Dacshund is named Sauerkraut. He is a standard red.
We have an 18 year old dachshund named Bucky. He ate a rat, cat poop, and a box of chocalates; and he’s still going strong. Although he has weight issues, we love him to death.
My dachsie’s name is Mandy. Heidi would be a cute dachshund name if it wasn’t already MY name
LOL!
My childhood doxie’s names were Sam and Gus. Samantha Noel (a 10 year old’s favorite christmas gift) and her son Gustov von Leibling (supposedly Leibling means little one in German). Sam had puppies (Gus) and Oscar (Meyer of course), Frank (furter), Noodle, Sophie, and Gert. My in-laws named their doxie girl Friedl.
I've always grown up with dachshunds and over the years we've had some great names and even better dogs! Willie was our first, Murray & his son Mackie next. My parents currently have Nathan (after the hotdog), Gus and Charlie both of which are named after very popular hotdog "dives" in our area. Everyone from around here always gets a big kick out of the names because they know their meaning right away : ) My husband and I were married two years ago and got a piebald black and white doxie named Jackson… Michael Jackson was my childhood idol and the whole black/white thing just fit into the mix. They are the little friends in the world!
I think my little wiener has the best name of all. His name’s “Bob Barker”!
I just posted my dog's name "Bob Barker". We're getting two more doxies; brother & sister & we're naming them "Mini-Pearl" and "Longjohn".
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Have to give a mention to my miniature Dachshund, when I was growing up : "Tina"….RIP
What a brightly intelligent and hilarious dog she was.
My cousin's male toy Dachshund is named "Gus" . I don't know why that's funny to me…it just is.
Signed,
SB Smith –
Dog & Cat Lady in Texas
my little man is named Slinky, for the dog from Toy Story. Plus he kinda looks like a slinky coming down the stairs!!!
My dachshund’s name is Woody. He’s a sweetheart.
When, I got my boy I looked him in the eye calling him one name after another but nothing seem to fit. Then I said,”Eddie”. His tail went crazy. He’s my special Eddie. When he is in trouble I use his full name, Edmond Levi Jefferson, it is as long as he is.
I loved reviewing all the german names for everyone’s dachshunds. But our “JaegerMeister” is the most special long hair black doxie that you could find. A personality that matches his name. Mellow and inspirational.
Full AKC name: JaegerMeister Von Stablein.
We have five miniature dachshunds in our family. Of all of them I like the name of our little brown female, which is Tootsie Roll. Also the runt of the litter, who is not the largest, came out backwards and we didn’t think he would make it. We named him Reverse. All of them were named by my daughter and we think she did a great job!
I have a tiny mini-doxie, only six pounds, red short hair, hazel eyes and liver nose. I happen to think she’s the cutest thing EVER. She was so small when I got her that she fit on a washcloth!
Her name is Amelia Jellybean…but we call her Weenee, Weenee-Beenee, or Beenee Baby!
(no, that isn’t her in my profile picture there, teehee!)
I’ve had five since the age of 10. I am now in my late 50′s. First Pepper, Chipper, Skeeter, Heidi, Pasta. Just lost my beloved Pasta at 15+ years in October. That one crushed my heart when he left me.
I have had five doxies since 1960. Pepper, Chipper, Skeeter, Heidi, Pasta. The last one was Pasta, whom I lost this past October to heart failure. He was 15 plus years and a sweetheart. A red dilute that was a stand up comedian. The loss really crushed my heart.
“Boris” is a great name for a dachshund. I should know, I named my boy dachshund that!
Mi perro salchicha se llama Cubanito…je…
I have a 15-year-old standard smooth-coated red dachshund named Daisy! Her middle name is Golightly, which is extra funny since she resembles a watermelon with legs. I also had a mini smooth black-and-tan named Stinkerbelle who died a few years ago.
Wow your Dachshund names are crazy…LOL but cool I have 2 dachshunds i have a 3 month old named khloe & a 1 yr old named MochaChino but Mochi for short very simple names…My aunt has 7 Dachshunds theres mochi's sister Jojo,Peanut,Cappi,Lil frank,noah,jasmine,Benny all ranges from 3 months 1 1/2 years old…
i think maxamillion von hotdog was THE best name on here! by far!! what a cool dog he must be!! i am getting my first dachshund in a few wks and we have decided to call her Lola!
Luv all your names. I am only on my 2nd and 3rd. My 1st was named “Mork”, yes it belies my age, #2 is ‘Rudy” and #3 is “Stretch” so practical for this one a beloved rescue boy.
Our Prissy (Priscilla von Cauthen)had to be put down this past Saturday. She was 15 years old, and my hubby and I are so very lonesome. This house is too quiet. I ‘hear’ her everywhere still. I look forward to the next one, but know she will have to be very different from our girlie. It just hurts….
We have a Kaiser and a Sophie. We thought that Kaiser, our first, would rule the roost, but no, he’s a real pushover.
We have 2 dachs now -Cosquare (Coco)a chocolate doll and J-Lo,a sweetheart I adopted with heavy hips.
I have a skinny black and tan “slinky” aka “barkzilla for rilla” and a chubby dapple “hans”
We have two mini doxies (boys) and they are the loves of our lives:) Don’t know what I’d do without them! Their names are Chilly Cowboy Joe, aka Cowboy and Taco the Love Dog, aka Taco. I’d really like to get another one, just need to convince my hubby that I need a third one:0 I don’t think I’ll have to try too hard, he loves the dogs too.
My owner named me Schnitzel (first name) Pierogi (middle name) because of our family’s German/Polish heritage.
Signed,
Schnitzel
Recently adopted a female mini, short red haired, and we named her, Vienna. Like the sausage.
Our 9 month old male is “Willi Wigglebottom”, but since I noticed his habit of lying under the covers with just the tip of his nose peeking out, his nicknamee has been “Schnorkel” (German spelling of Snorkel)
Our little guy is named Dick – my husband thought it was a great play on words and it gets a funny reaction from people. Since we have to children and our home backs up to a city park – we call him Dickie most of the time.
We have a mostly black female we named Hershey Belle (“Belly”) and a dark tan male we called Peanut Butter (“Nutty”). Their first child will be given the name Reeses.
We have a four year old red long haired mini dachshund named Little Red Baron, we call him Baron.
We are owned by “NAPOLEON”.
We call him Polie [like rollie polie] for short.
I also have a Schnitzel. His Daddy’s name is Hotwheels and his Momma is Lulu.
If I ever get another doxie, it will be Jaeger.
Growing up with doxies we had several and a multiple dogs with the same name Fritz, Schwepsey (parents must have liked the german origin), Hannah, Charlie (a girl) and my current weenie is a black and tan Xena the Warrior Princess. She even has a fan club on Facebook. Pathetic I know…We are in debate over a name for our new black and tan piebald male that we get in 3 wks. Hoping this page will spark some ideas!
My dachshunds are named Schnitzel and Noodle.
we need help with a name for a mini- dachshund black & tan dapple we are rescuing today. she's very calm…. which we hope will balance out our very active mini-doxie Lola that we already have. we're latino so we'd like a name that reflects that… were leaning to Frida, Mia or Josie.
i have two wonderful doxies.
my long haired black, tan and silver dapple is named Jameson Jagger, James for short (i won the breed battle, so my husband named the puppy). Then about a year later we rescued a female long haired piebald. After days of name consideration, I named her Kishka Bel. Kishka after the slavic sausage, and Bel meaning ‘white.’
Some great names but I love mine!!.. Hector who is 13 and Rory who is 6. Both ‘Scotsmen’ and great boys!
We have a beautiful wire-haired dachshund who we call Finnigan. Our breeder thought it was interesting that we gave him a celtic name, but then one of Finn’s brothers went to a client in Texas and they named him Seamus. What ever we call them they are wonderful dogs, and we feel blessed to have ours. We may get a new pup in June and we are thinking of Angus or Dermot.
Slainte
My dachshund's name is Blackie!! He is our darlin!! We wouldnt know what to do without him!! My daughter named him when she was in the first grade!!!The reason is he is black and tan!!
I have a mini named Mason & a full size named Scooter :]
I didn't pick the names, but they were absolutely perfect for them!
we need help with a name for a mini- dachshund black & tan dapple we are rescuing today. she's very calm…. which we hope will balance out our very active mini-doxie Lola that we already have. we're latino so we'd like a name that reflects that… were leaning to Frida, Mia or Josie.
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my weenie is Wiener Schnitzel
she gets called just schnitzel or her nickname is Nitzy. which is adorable, because on the simpsoms, marge tries to get a vanity license plate that says mitzy, but its already taken. the clerk suggests nitzy. im a simpsons nerd as well as a doxie nerd so the name is perfect for my dog
My mini's name is Newmie we wanted a dog named Neuman of sienfield fame be we also wanted a female, so Nemwie was decided
Current haus is populated with Gretel, Heidi & Winnie II. Sibling has Helga III und Freida. Parental unit has a little red Portia. We always stick with good German names for our hounds. But I will admit, the best non-German names for a pair I met, were for a red girl & black boy: Lucy & Ricky.
My dachshund chihuahua mix is named Renaldo the Red.
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Our favorite wiener was our beloved Beanie. She was the best (rest her soul) but we are ready to get another very soon.
Strudel Von Schelindorf
The dackel we had growing up–Heinie. The dackel my wife and I had from 1979 to 1984 (Best Dog Ever)–Waldi.
We have now lost our Baron and Duchess (17 and 14 respectively). Though they can Never be replaced we have now been adopted by Barkerville Angel Baby "Mylee" and "Kleine Odie von Auguston."
Our previous dachshunds were given royal titles but nothing seem to fit my 10lb red female so I called her Qwienie. Like all dachshunds she has a mind of her own so sometimes I call her 'The Qwiener'.
We named our Hans der Wunderpup. he's a little wired haired and a trouble maker but we love him
I have 2 mini wieners mr.p (peanut) and mrs.wiggles penut is a black and tan and mrs.wiggles is a mini red we also have a great dane they are all best friends
they are the greatest dogs they are excelent with my kids im a very proud wieny mama Jolene from Mississippi
my doxies names are Rodgie & Murfy:)
our 4 year old is male named [sir longfellow whittingham johnson] long for short. just got a mini dach f saturday. trying to figure a perfect name. also have a dach- chiauau named shiva [hindu goddess of mischief.
We have a smooth red male called Chilli Rat Rose, he is very naughty and his best friend is a doberman.
I thought about it a long time and decided my Doxie would be Sidney. He’s the best! But if I had picked out a “she”, it still would have been Sydney!