History ADogNamedDog / Literature

* ''Literature/In the short story The Emissary by Ray Bradbury'':
** The titular character is literally a dog named "Dog."

* ''Literature/{{Survivors}}'' has Alpha himself, who's been called Pup, Dog, and Wolf all his life due to being a wolf-dog.

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' there's the sentient, [[TheQuietOne rarely-talking]] hound Huan that plays a big role in the tale of Beren and Lúthien (going so far as to fight the [[ShapeShifting wolf-shaped]] then-[[TheDragon Dragon]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] face to face [[BadAss and make him retreat]]). Yes, his name means "hound" in Quenya.

* Coyote, the BigBad from ''Literatre/TheWildOnesMoonlightBrigade'', is a coyote.

* In ''Literature/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'', the Farthing Wood animals are all called by what animal they are such as Fox, Owl, and Badger; animals in the past, when things were more plentiful, had names like Lean Fox. But when we meet more animals, they're given different names of their own.

** Piglet, Owl, and Rabbit. Played with via mother and joey kangaroo pair Kanga and Roo, and narrowly averted with Tigger.
** Not averted in the other adaptations; Tigger is a tigger and he's the only one of his kind.
** Also in some translations (such as the Hungarian), Tigger is named (the local equivalent of) Tiger.

* In ''The Animals of Farthing Wood'', the Farthing Wood animals are all called by what animal they are such as Fox, Owl, and Badger; animals in the past, when things were more plentiful, had names like Lean Fox. But when we meet more animals, they're given different names of their own.
* In ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys'', Holly Golightly's cat is simply called Cat.
** In the [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys film adaptation]], Holly [[DiscussedTrope explains]] to Paul that she just didn't feel like she had the ''right'' to give the cat a name because she didn't have any right to ''own'' the cat, instead seeing him as something more like a flatmate.

* There is a tomcat named Tom in ''Literature/WarriorCatsDawnOfTheClans'': ''Thunder Rising'', who eventually becomes the father of Turtle Tail's kits. Gray Wing finds it really weird that someone would name an animal their own species name.
** This continues in ''The First Battle'', where after a scuffle, Thunder is introduced to Tom. The latter introduces himself, and Thunder thinks he's dumb, saying "I ''know'' you're a tom. What's your name?"
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Septon Meribald, a wandering priest in the Riverlands, is accompanied by a dog which he only calls Dog, claiming that he can't name it as the dog doesn't belong to him, and it has not bothered to tell him its name.

* Tod in ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'' by Creator/RichardAdams, tod being an old English word for a fox.

* As well as one specific horse in the ''{{Belgariad}}''.

* ''TheWindInTheWillows''. Mole, Rat, and Badger. Mr. Toad himself is a borderline case between this and SpeciesSurname; we're not sure if he has a forename or not.
* ''TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'' features a wolf called Wolf.

* Almost everyone in the ''{{Franklin}}'' children's books, [[OddNameOut except for the title character]].

* ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Aslan is Turkish for "lion".

* Played with in ''LukaAndTheFireOfLife''. Presumably, the dog had originally been named Dog and the bear Bear, but they came to Luka with their collars swapped, so the book refers to them as Bear the Dog and Dog the Bear.
* Mouse from the sequels to ''IfYouGiveAMouseACookie''.
* Subverted in WaysideSchoolGetsALittleStranger where one student has a cat named "Dog" and another has a dog named "Cat."

* In the rabbit mythology of ''WatershipDown'', there's a hedgehog character named Yona. "Yona" is Lapine for "hedgehog".

* There is a Russian nursery thyme, in which old couple wants to name their kitten after something great and mighty. Following a long sequence of ''Main/TacticalRockPaperScissors'' logic, they decide to call the cat "Cat".

* Justifed in ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', since the characters are mutated insects who presumably didn't have names when they were normal insects, and they apparently haven't seen the need for a name more descriptive than their own species. After all, anyone can tell the difference between the only giant spider in the world and the only giant earthworm in the world, without needing to give them any kind of personal name.

* Inverted in Young Wizards, where a [[spoiler: dog]] turns out to be a [[spoiler: {{god}}]].

* There is a Russian nursery thyme, in which old couple wants to name their kitten after some great and mighty. Following a long sequence of {{Main/TacticalRockPaperScissors}} logic, they decide to call the cat "Cat".

* Literature/AFeastforCrows features a septon (equivalent to a priest) with his pet dog named... you guessed it. (Dog)
** There's also Shaggydog, but he's a wolf. The name is explained by the fact that Rickon Stark was only three when he named him.

* In ''MortalEngines'' there is a pet called Dog, although technically he's a wolf.

* AFeastforCrows features a septon (equivalent to a priest) with his pet dog named... you guessed it. (Dog)

* ''RaptorRed'': The eponymous character -- a Utah ''raptor'' of the ''Red''-Snout species -- comes from a species with no names or real language, so the author gives her this nickname for reference. Other characters have similar "names" like "Raptor Red's sister" and "the old dactyl".

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' there's the sentient, talking hound Huan that plays a big role in the tale of Beren and Lúthien (going as far as to fight the then-[[TheDragon Dragon]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] face to face [[BadAss and make him retreat]]). His name means "hound" in Quenya.

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' there's the sentient, talking hound Huan that plays a big role in the tale of Beren and Lúthien (going as far as to fight the then-[[TheDragon Dragon]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] [[BadAss face to face]]). His name means "hound" in Quenya.

* Huan in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' is a hound named "Hound" in Quenya.