The Mindy Project Dog Names

Introduction

Mindy Kaling has totally taken Hollywood by storm! Nowhere is this more present than on her hit show, The Mindy Project, where countless viewers have gotten completely sucked into the goings-on of Mindy Lahiri, an alter-ego of Kaling, herself, who mixes smarts with shallowness while living in the city of New York.

If you are one of these shameless followers, it may have already crossed your mind that it would bring you oodles of satisfaction to name your next furbaby after the beloved series. Whether you're Team Danny, Team Ben, or even Team Casey, we've got you covered with our very comprehensive list of pawesome pooch names inspired by the tales of Ms. Lahiri.

The Mindy Project Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog With a The Mindy Project Name

Danny

In The Mindy Project, Danny Castellano is a small but macho OBGYN who works in the same office as Mindy and wears his proud Italian heritage for all to see. He is one of the only people in her life that has no problem telling her when she's being completely self-absorbed and knows how to get under her skin like no one else.

Switch to real life, and the Danny we're going to tell you about today is a little bit different. Danny's life didn't start easy, as he was abandoned on the streets of the Irish city of Cork. He walked up and down, scavenging for food and whimpering when the weather turned cold, having only a thin white and grey coat to protect him.

If you haven't guessed yet, Danny is a dog - and not just any dog! He is an incredible Greyhound who has proven to people all over the UK that rescue dogs are capable of so much good. Since being saved some years ago, Danny now has a very important job. He travels from school to school as a part of the R.E.A.D. program - an organization that uses the positive power of puppers to get kids back into reading.

Danny's duty is to do what he does best, sit silently and share the warm feeling that only woofers can with children who are struggling with reading. The kiddos get to practice their skills by reading to the best audience ever - a sweet pooch! The youngsters are both calmed and amused by the arrangement, which puts them in the perfect mindset for sounding out those tricky words. And the best part about reading to a canine friend - they never interrupt!

Our nation has a severe pet overpopulation problem and, unfortunately, thousands of barky buddies just like Danny sit alone in shelters, some never to find their happy-ever-after. The makers of The Mindy Project know this all too well, which is why they made sure to include TONNES of doggos in the show. Morgan, one of the nurses at the clinic, has a huge soft spot for stray canines and, at the end of the series, has rescued 40 dogs (which he realizes is too many, so he finds many of them suitable homes outside of his own).

The moral of both of these tails is that a woofer's worth has nothing to do with how ruff their beginnings were. All furry pals deserve a chance to love and be loved - something our four-legged friends are totally pawesome at!

The Mindy Project Dog Name Considerations

When choosing the name of any fur baby, it's worth going over a few things before you settle on their official title. One point to consider is how your pupper will feel about the moniker. Did you know that dogs actually respond best to 2 or 3 syllable names? It's true! They also prefer harsher sounding consonants over soft ones. This all has to do with how our woofers interpret our language, and the more definite a sound is, the easier it is for a dog to distinguish. With that in mind, it may be kinder to your pooch to pick a name like "Jody" than it would be to choose "Deslaurier".

But don't let us stop you! Most canines can get used to whatever name they are given. The next question you're going to want to ask is can you get comfortable saying it! While the idea of practicing dog names out loud without any doggo present may strike you as odd, it's a great way to really see if the name feels right as it comes out of your mouth.

For fans of The Mindy Project, the consideration of characters can be a big influence as to your name choice. Along with Jody, consider Danny or Collette, or Leo, or maybe Dot. The possibilities with this theme are endless!

Remember - you're going to have to say this name around friends, at the vet's, in a baby voice, and in an angry tone, too. Make sure it's one that rolls off the tongue, for everyone's sake!

Male The Mindy Project Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Danny After Danny Castellano, Mindy's main love interest and baby-daddy
0	Morgan After Morgan Tookers, an ex-con nurse that works at the clinic
0	Tookers After Morgan Tookers, a friend and co-worker of Mindy's
0	Jody After Jody Kimble-Kinney, a wealthy co-worker of Mindy's
0	Petey After Peter Prentice, one of the OBGYNs that work at the clinic
0	Ben After a nurse that Mindy marries
0	Casey After a minister/DJ that Mindy is connected to for a time
0	Jeremy After Jeremy Reed, one of the OBGYNs that Mindy works with
0	Leo After Mindy and Danny's son
0	Reed After Jeremy Reed, a coworker and friend of Mindy's
0	Brendan After Brendan Deslaurier, one of the midwives that works in the clinic below Mindy's
0	Rishi After Mindy's brother, Rishi Lahiri
0	Bones The name of a small puppy that Morgan wants to adopt
0	Tarun After Tarun Lahiri, Mindy's father
0	Jamie One of Mindy's love interests
0	Novak After BJ Novak, an actor, co-collaborator, and co-director of the show
0	Ike After Ike Barinholtz, the actor that plays Morgan
0	Adam After Adam Pally, the actor that plays Peter
0	Anders After Anders Holm, the actor that plays Casey
0	Josh After Josh Daniels, a dysfunctional love interest of Mindy's
0	Tommy After Tommy Dewey, the actor that plays Josh
0	Dewey After Tommy Dewey, the actor that plays Mindy's bad-news boyrfriend
0	Chris After Chris Messina, the actor that plays Danny
0	Garret After Garret Dillahunt, the actor that plays Jody
0	Mark After Mark Duplass, the actor that plays Brendan
0	Bryan After Bryan Greenberg, the actor that plays Ben
0	Max After Max Minghella, an actor that plays a relative of Danny's
0	Doug After Tom McDougall, a love interest of Mindy's
0	Billy After Bill Hader, the actor that plays Tom
0	T.J. After T.J. Gigak, one of Mindy's mentees

Female The Mindy Project Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Mindy After both Mindy Kaling and Mindy Lahiri, the creator and lead character, respectively
0	Tamra After Tamra Webb, one of the nurses at the clinic
0	Kali A derivative of Kaling, the creator of the show's last name
0	Colette After Colette Kimble-Kinney, a nurse and the sister of Jody
0	Bev After Beverly, one of the admin workers at the clinic
0	Annette After Annette Castellano, Danny's mother
0	Dot After Annette's close friend
0	Anna One of the OBGYNs that comes to work at the clinic
0	Karen The name of Colette's girlfriend
0	Lindsay After Mindy's stepdaughter for a time
0	Sonu After Sonu Lahiri, Mindy's mother
0	Xosha After Xosha Roquemore, the actress that plays Tamra
0	Beth After Beth Grant, the actress that plays Beverly
0	Fortune After Fortune Feimster, the actress that plays Colette
0	Pearl After Rhea Perlman, the actress that plays Danny's mother
0	Rhea After Rhea Perlman, the actress that plays Annette Costellano
0	Betsy One of the workers at the clinic
0	Jenny After Jenny O'Hara, the actress that plays Dot
0	Zoe After Zoe Jarman, the actress that plays Betsy
0	Gwen After Gwen Grandy, one of Mindy's oldest friends
0	Riley The name of Mindy's goddaughter
0	Tipper After Tipper Newton, the actress that plays Karen
0	Newton After Tipper Newton, the actress that plays Colette's girlfriend
0	Becky After Rebecca Rittenhouse, the actress that plays Anna
0	Shauna After Shauna Dicanio, an office worker at the clinic
0	Mandy After Amanda Sutton, the actress that plays Shauna
0	Maggie One of Mindy's friends from college
0	Mary After Mary Grill, the actress that plays Maggie
0	Whitney A woman that works in the same building as Mindy
0	Cristin After Cristin Milioti, the actress that plays Whitney