Top 48 Famous Horse Names Inspired By Literature

If you love to read books, horses are your true passion and want to give your horse a famous name, here’s the list of the most famous horse names from literature. Check the list and make your choice.

•     Hwin – The Horse and His Boy (C. S. Lewis)
•     Tornac – Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
•     Castor – The Dark Is Rising Sequence (Susan Cooper)
•     Hatatitla – Winnetou (Karl May)
•     Cadoc – Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
•     Gunpowder – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
•     Capilet – Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
•     Binky – Discworld novels (Terry Pratchett)
•     Miramis – Mio, My Son (Astrid Lindgren)
•     Florian -Florian, the Emperor’s Horse (Felix Salten)
•     Flame – The Black Stallion series
•     Sir Chess – Castle Waiting (Linda Medley)
•     Smoky -Smoky the Cow Horse (Will James)
•     Black Gold – Black Gold (arguerite Henry)
•     Pylon – Dark Tower series (Stephen King)
•     Blaze – Billy and Blaze (Clarence William Anderson)
•     Azarax – The Byerley Turk (Jeremy James)
•     Greatheart – Beauty (Robin McKinley)
•     Thowra – Silver Brumby (Elyne Mitc)
•     Nara – The Dark Horse series  (Mary H. Herbert)
•     Ferd – This is Reality (Bertil Mårtensson)

•     Sunchaser  – The Unicorns Of Balinor (Mary Stanton)
•     Dagobaz – The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
•     Cigarette – My Friend Flicka (Mary O`Hara)
•     Pilgrim  -The Horse Whisperer (Nicholas Evans)
•     Athansor – A Winter’s Tale (Mark Helprin)
•     Porkpie – Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan)
•     Fru-Fru – Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
•     Banner – My Friend Flicka (Mary O’Hara)
•     Watch Eyes – Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
•     Pildarlick – Valley of Wild Horses” (Zane Grey)
•     Red Hare – the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms
•     Thunderhead – My Friend Flicka (Mary O’Hara)
•     Wings – Misty’s Foal (Marguerite Henry)
•     Roach – The Witcher series (Andrzej Sapkowski)
•     Blackjack -Percy Jackson series (Rick Riordan)
•     Whirlwind  – Shadow Horse (Alison Hart)
•     The Houyhnhnms – Gulliver’s Travels (Jonathan Swift)
•     Misty of Chincoteague – Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
•     Rocinante – Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes)
•     Cloud – The Immortals quartet (Tamora Pierce)
•     Condor – Green Rider series (Kristen Britain)
•     Ginger – Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
•     Pips – Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)
•     Lukas – Emil i Lönneberga series (Astrid Lindgren)
•     Gypsy – Gypsy from Nowhere (Sharon Wagner)