Emily Walker
Looking for the perfect name for your Rasta pup? Check out our list of cool Rasta dog names! From Bob Marley to Sizzla, we’ve got all the classics covered.
But we didn’t stop there – we’ve also included some unique names inspired by Rastafarian culture and music.
So whether you’re looking for a reggae-themed name for your chill dog or a fiery name for your guard dog, there’s sure to be something on this list that’s perfect for your furry friend.
Male Rasta Dog Names
| Names | Notes |
| Mento | An early genre of Jamaican folk music that preceded ska |
| Bob |
After Bob Marley, the most famous reggae artist of all time
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| Dub |
A subgenera of reggae that emphasized remixing rhythm sections and sometimes adding time-based effects
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| Dread |
After dreadlocks, a common hairstyle to Rastafarian followers
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| Romeo |
After Max Romeo, a roots reggae recording artist
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| Buster |
After Prince Buster, one of Jamaican music’s greatest pioneers; influenced many genres
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| Desmond |
After Desmond Dekker, who had one of the earliest reggae hits
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| Dunbar |
After Sly Dunbar, one of Jamaica’s greatest drummers
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| Roy |
After I-Roy and U-Roy, both prominent reggae artists
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| Tubby |
After King Tubby, who had significant influence on many styles of music including reggae
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| Congo |
After the Jamaican musical group The Congos
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| Banton |
After Buju Banton, a prominent dance hall musician
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| Barrington |
After Barrington Levy, a tenured dance hall and reggae artist
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| Spear |
After Burning Spear, Rastafarian and roots reggae artist
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| Shaggy |
A modern Jamaican reggae artist and DJ
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| Professor |
After Mad Professor, an Afro-Caribbean dub music producer
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| Linton |
After Linton Kwesi Johnson, a Jamaican-British dub poet
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| Rocksteady |
The evolving genre that fell between ska and reggae
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| Kingston |
The birthplace of reggae music
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| Alton |
After Alton Ellis, The Godfather of Rocksteady
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| Ranks |
After Shabba Ranks, who grew in recognition due to his rapping instead of singing
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| Cliff |
After James Chambers, aka Jimmy Cliff, a famous multi-instrumentalist reggae artist
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| Prince |
After Prince Buster, a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
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| Wailer |
After the Wailers, who featured Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and Bunny Wailer
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| King |
After King Tubby, a Jamaican sound engineer
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| Damian |
After Damian Marley, Bob’s youngest son, the only with Cindy Breakspeare as his mother
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| Sly |
After Sly Dunbar, a prominent drummer in the Jamaican music scene
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| Steel |
After Steel Pulse, the first non-Jamaican band to win a reggae album Grammy
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| Scratch |
After Lee “Scratch” Perry, innovator of dub reggae
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| Dekker |
After Desmond Dekker, a reggae pioneer
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Female Rasta Dog Names
| Names | Notes |
| Perry |
After Lee “Scratch” Perry, a highly-talented Jamaican music producer
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| Maytal |
After Toots and the Maytals, who coined the term “Reggae” in their hit “Do the Reggay”
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| Rasta |
The short name for Rastafarian, a religious and social movement developed in Jamaica in the 1930s
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| Blue |
After “Blue Beat”, a term used to describe early reggae-style music
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| Buju |
After Buju Banton, a Grammy-award winning reggae musician
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| Aitken |
After Laurel Aitken, The Godfather of Ska
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| Blondy |
After Alpha Blondy, reggae artist and political activist
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| Robbie |
After Robbie Shakespeare, the talented Jamaican bass player
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| Jah |
The Rastafarian name used to refer to Lord God
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| Levy |
After Barrington Levy, a reggae artist with a considerable discography
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| Alpha |
After Alpha Blondy, an international musical artist from the Ivory Coast
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| Shabba |
After Shabba Ranks, a dancehall/reggae musician who surfaced in the mid-80s
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| Yellow |
After Yellowman, a popular reggae artist in the 1980s
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| Ragga |
AKA Raggamuffin music, a subgenre of dancehall and reggae
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| UB |
After UB40, a popular pop/reggae band formed in the late 70s
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| Matis |
After Matisyahu, a modern Jewish American reggae artist
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| Bunny |
After Bunny Wailer, a core member of the Wailers band
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| Ziggy |
After Ziggy Marley, one of the famous musical sons of Bob and Rita
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| Marley |
After Bob Marley, one of the earliest and most prolific reggae artists ever
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| Tosh |
After Peter Tosh, a core member of the Wailers
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| Ellis |
After Alton Ellis, a Hall of Fame singer-songwriter who helped pioneer the rocksteady genre
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| Rudie |
After “Rudie Blues”, an early term for dancehall/reggae/ska music
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| Toots |
After Toots and the Maytals, an early ska and rocksteady band
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| Calypso |
A style of Afro-Caribbean music
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| Kwesi |
After Linton Kwesi Johnson, who performs/reads poetry over dub reggae
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| Uhuru |
After Black Uhuru, a reggae band from the 70s still playing today
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We hope this list of Rasta dog names has inspired you. If not, there are plenty of other exotic Caribbean dog names to choose from on our website if you are looking for more ideas.
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