Baghdad Dog Names

Introduction

Baghdad is the capital city of Iraq and the largest city of the country. It is a cultural hub and the melting pot of history, commercial activity, and it is an intellectual center of the Islamic world. Baghdad is nicknamed The City of Peace and it was the largest city in the Middle Ages. It was destroyed during the Mongol Empire era, but was rebuilt to become a prominent center of the Arab culture, art, and politics. In the recent history, the city suffered severe damage in the Iraq War, and as a result, has been dubbed the city with the worst quality of life. However, Baghdad is a fascinating place, and if you decide to honor it by naming your dog after one of the neighborhoods of famous people who lived there, you won’t be mistaken.

Baghdad Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog with a Baghdad Name

Eli

Some dogs are just braver than the rest of us. Some of them are heroes, some of them are protectors, and some of them are both. Some dogs inspire us humans to be better people and to invest ourselves in helping our friends and families, and some of them remind us just how precious life is. One of those dogs is Eli, the brave and beautiful Black Labrador Retriever. The adorable doggo who always seems to have a smile on his face is a bomb sniffing dog, partner to Colton Rusk, a Marine.

Colton and Eli were serving together in Afghanistan, risking their lives and dreaming of going home when tragedy struck. Colton was hit by the Taliban sniper fire in 2010, on December 6^th, and fell straight to the ground. Eli, the wonderful, brave pup, ran to his aid, crawled on top of Colton’s body, and protected him while other Marines were running towards him to help him. Eli protected his best friend with his life, not thinking about his own safety, and he was ready to take all the bullets the enemy fires, just to keep his friend safe. Sadly, Colton did not make it.

But the legend of Eli lives on. After Colton’s death, many articles were published about the pair and all of them had one thing to say – that they were the best of friends. Colton’s family recalls that Rusk broke protocol so he could take Eli and be with him at all times. They slept in the same cot instead of in a kennel, and every time Colton called home he always talked about Eli. She felt safer knowing that her son was with his best friend, even in a dangerous place like Afghanistan. After their son’s death, they petitioned the military to allow them to adopt Eli, so they could have their son’s best bud with them to remind them just how great their son was. And even though Eli was just at the beginning of his career, the military allowed the Rusk family to adopt him, granting Eli the permission to retire from the service.

Eli, the brave doggo shares his name with a great artist born in Baghdad, Eli Amir, a writer and a civil servant. He is famous for his works such as Scapegoat, The Dove Flyer (also known as Farewell, Baghdad), Jasmine, and Saul’s Love.

Baghdad Dog Name Considerations

Searching for a perfect name for your dog is quite the task, especially if you take Baghdad as an inspiration. Why, you ask? Well, you must take into account the pronunciation of Baghdad neighborhoods, the somewhat unusual names of famous people who lived and worked there, and just the different culture that most people in the western world are probably not familiar with. However, this is a great thing, as any multiculturalism is good, since it inspired conversation and opens our minds. Whenever you meet someone with an unusual name, most of the time you want to ask them about their roots, and by doing so, you are expanding your world views and becoming more educated on other nations and other customs.

That is why choosing the name such as Raad, after Raan Ghantous, an interior designer, or Rusafa, after the Rusafa District in Bagdad, or even Sha’ab, after another neighborhood of this city is great since it will definitely prompt your friends, family, and acquaintances in your dog park to ask you about the origins of the name. You can then explain that you were inspired by Baghdad and talk about its rich history and incredible art scene of the old days and the new. By doing that, you can bring Baghdad closer to people and allow them to see it as more than just a war stricken city with a bad quality of life. We are all more than what media portrays us to be, and people of Baghdad would surely agree with that.

Male Baghdad Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Baghdad After the name of the city
0	Karkh A western half of Baghdad
0	Mansour One of the nine districts in Baghdad
0	Iskan A neighborhood of Baghdad
0	Yarmouk Neighborhood in Mansour district in Baghdad
0	Al Rashid An administrative district in Baghdad
0	Sulaikh A neighborhood of Baghdad
0	Ilaam A smaller neighborhood just outside of Baghdad
0	Sadr After Sadr City, a suburb district of Baghdad
0	Rusafa After Rusafa District, an administrative district in Baghdad
0	Fadhil The oldest neighborhood in Baghdad
0	Risafi A neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad
0	Taji Area 20 miles north of Baghdad
0	Faraj After Faraj Abbo, an Iraqi artist, designer, and author born in Baghdad
0	Modhir After Modhir Ahmed, an Iraqi-Swedish artist born in Baghdad
0	Ayad After Ayad Alkadhi, an Iraqi born artist
0	Usama After Usama Alshaibi, an Iraqi-American filmmaker and visual artist
0	Shakir After Shakir Hassan Al Said, an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer
0	Dia After Dia Azzawi, an Iraqi born painter and sculptor
0	Raad After Raad Ghantous, an interior designer born in Baghdad
0	Nida After Nida Kadhim, an Iraqi sculptor
0	Hassan After Hassan Massoudy, an Iraqi painter and calligrapher
0	Sarane After Sarane Alexandrian, a French philosopher and essayist born in Baghdad
0	Eli After Eli Amir, an Iraqi-born writer
0	Shelomo After Shelomo Bekhor Hussein, one of the Babylonian rabbis in the 19th century, born in Baghdad
0	Raed After Raed Jarrar, an Arab-American architect and blogger
0	Jamal After Jamal Jumá, an Iraqi poet and writer
0	Naïm After Naïm Kattan, a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic born in Baghdad
0	Elie After Elie Kedourie, a British historian of the Middle East born in Baghdad
0	Safa After Safa Khulusi, an Iraqi historian, novelist, and poet

Female Baghdad Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Suad After Suad al-Attar, an Iraqi painter
0	Hurriya After Al-Hurriya, a neighborhood of Baghdad
0	Utafiyah A Shia neighborhood in Baghdad
0	Amel After Hayy Al-A'amel, a neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad
0	Baiyaa A middle-class neighborhood in western Baghdad
0	Dora A neighborhood in Al Rashid district in southern Baghda
0	Saydiya After Al-Saydiya, a neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad
0	Sha'ab A neighborhood of Adhamiyah district in Baghdad
0	Hayy After Hayy Ur, a neighborhood in Baghdad
0	Dilfiya A neighborhood outside the Baghdad Wall
0	Maghrib A neighborhood outside the Baghdad Wall
0	Kasra A neighborhood outside the Baghdad Wall
0	Qahira A neighborhood outside the Baghdad Wall
0	Sadriya A neighborhood in Rusafa District
0	Zayouna A neighborhood in New Baghdad
0	Karrada A district in Baghdad
0	Khalis A northeastern part of Baghdad
0	Kamaliya A neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad
0	Amani After Amani Alaa, an Iraqi actress
0	Layla After Layla Al-Attar, an Iraqi artist and painter
0	Halla After Halla Ayla, an Iraqi American artist
0	Hayv After Hayv Kahraman, an Iraqi artist
0	Nuha After Nuha al-Radi, an Iraqi diarist, ceramicist and painter
0	Susanne After Susanne Ayoub, an Austrian-Iraqi writer
0	Kenza After Kenza Braiga, a French actress born in Baghdad
0	Amira After Amira Hess, an Israeli poet and artist
0	Alia After Alia Mamdouh, an Iraqi novelist, author and journalist
0	Dunya After Dunya Mikhail, an Iraqi-Chaldean poet
0	Hana After Hana Sadiq, an Iraqi fashion designer
0	Rena After Rena Kirdar Sindi, an Iraqi author