Emily Walker
If you’re lucky enough to own a monkey, you’ll need to give him or her a name.
While there are many classic monikers to choose from, why not consider naming your pet after a character from the planet of apes series?
Here are some suggestions that will help get you started.
Male Planet Of Apes Inspired Monkey Names
| Names | Notes |
| Aldo | The general of the Gorilla Militia and main antagonist of Battle |
| Lawgiver |
An orangutan with a nearly mythical identity, who acts as the colony’s great mind
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| Davidson |
After Captain Leo Davidson, the Air Force astronaut in the ‘1 remake
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| Werner |
An ally of Dreyfus in Dawn
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| Rodman |
After Charles Rodman, the father of Will Rodman whose Alzheimer’s spawned much of the franchise storyline
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| MacDonald |
After Mr. MacDonald, a government hand to several members
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| Mendez |
The human mutant from a long line of leaders
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| Otto |
After Dr. Otto Hasslein, the main antagonist of Escape
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| Maximus |
After Dr. Maximus, the Commissioner for Animal Affairs
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| Luca |
The virtuous lowland gorilla who operates under Caesar
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| Caesar |
The leader and eventual ruler of the apes
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| Bonobo |
A type of simian that embodies several characters in the franchise
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| Dodge |
After Dodge Landon, the malicious secondary antagonist in Rise
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| Simian |
Relating to apes or monkeys
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| Malcolm |
The leader of the group that backed Caesar
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| Schaffner |
After Franklin Schaffner, the original film’s director
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| Pierre |
After Pierre Boulle, the original writer/creator of the Planet of the Apes
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| Armando |
The circus-owning human friend of Cornelius and Zira
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| Cornelius |
After Dr. Cornelius, the chimp anthropologist and fiancé to Zira
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| Boyle |
The ape-racist human solider
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| McCullough |
After Colonel McCullough, who aims to wipe Caesar out
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| Mandemus |
The elderly pacifistic orangutan
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| Virgil |
The orangutan genius who acts as a theoretical thinker and scientist in Battle
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| Charlton |
After Charlton Heston, who has some of the most iconic lines in the original film
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| Ape |
The title species of the franchise
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| Breck |
After Governor Breck, the main antagonist of Conquest
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| Maurice |
Caesar’s benevolent orangutan advisor
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| Heston |
After Charlton Heston, who plays Taylor
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| Zaius |
After Dr. Zauis, the Minister of Science and Defender of the Faith
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| Milo |
The name Caesar was born with
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Female Planet Of Apes Inspired Monkey Names
| Names | Notes |
| Blue |
Eyes Caesar’s oldest son
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| Nova |
The primitive girl captured by the apes
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| Veska |
A one-eyed, pragmatic chimp from the television series
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| Landon |
After John Landon, one of the three astronauts to land on the ape planet
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| Attar |
After Colonel Attar, the leader of the Ape Armies in the remake
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| Chimp |
One of the most commonly intelligent species of the franchise (and real life)
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| Preacher | A human solider |
| Lake | Blue Eyes’ mate |
| Dreyfus |
The leader of the human resistance and an antagonist in Dawn
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| Taylor |
After George Taylor, the central astronaut to the original film
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| Zira |
The chimp psychologist and vet, fiancé to Dr. Cornelius
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| Cornelia | Caesar’s wife |
| Genesys |
After the experimental Gene Sys pharmaceutical company
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| Gorilla |
The largest and strongest of the simians
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| Red |
The gorilla traitor to Caesar
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| Hasslein |
After Dr. Otto Hasslein, the physicist associated with the space flight that sends astronauts to the ape planet
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| Skipper |
The American astronaut who leads the rescue mission in Beneath
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| Spear |
A common chimp enslaved by the Colonel
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| Wilson |
After Michael Wilson, who helped to adapt the screenplay
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| Bright |
Eyes What Zira originally names Taylor
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| Galen |
The chimp surgeon from the original film
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| Ursus |
After the Gorilla General Ursus, one of the main antagonists of Beneath
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| Kolp |
The government official and main antagonist of Battle
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| Serling |
After Rod Serling, who co-wrote the original film’s screenplay
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| Thade |
After General Thade, the often brutal leader and antagonist of the 21 remake
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| Koba |
The resentful scarred bonobo who was experimented on in Rise and Dawn
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| Ari |
The idealistic ape daughter of Senator Sandar
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| Winter |
The albino gorilla who mistakenly betrays Caesar
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| Rocket |
Caesar’s brother who holds second in command
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| Boulle |
After French author Pierre Boulle, who came up with The Planet of the Apes
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With so many different options to choose from, you’re sure to find the perfect moniker for your little simian.
And if you need more inspiration, be sure to check out some of the other great monkey names lists on our pet monkey names.
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