Our Favorite Chicken Names

Chicken keepers are a creative and clever bunch of folks and that is especially evident when we name our flocks! If you are on the hunt for some “namespiration” for your feathered friends, look no further! This list of our favorite chicken names is definitely not exhaustive so please feel free to leave a comment below with your own additions.

Famous Duos:

Bonnie & Clyde, Lucy & Ethel, Fred & Wilma, Sugar & Spice, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, Batman & Robin, Bert & Ernie, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Yogi & Boo Boo, Barbie & Ken, Sonny & Cher, Anna & Elsa.

Famous Chicken or Egg Dishes:

Omelet, Nugget, Quiche, Drumstick, Taco, Noodles, Dumpling, Alfredo, Curry, Pot Pie, Custard.

Favorite Cartoon Characters:

Tinker Bell, Thumbelina, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, Cruella Deville (especially fitting for a breed with top hat feathers such as Polish or Sultan), HeiHei, Colonel Sanders.

Star Wars Inspired:

Jabba the Cluck, Luke Skybocker, Millennium Falkhen, Kylo Hen, Princess Lay-a, Darthlayer, Chew-Bok Bok.

Honorable Mentions:

Cluck Norris, Henrietta, Henny Penny, Hennifer, Frankhen Stein,

Pecky, Tyrannosaurus Pecks, King Louie, Amelia Egghart, Caesar, Grace Shell-y, Cluck Kent, Mary Poopins, Slippers (fitting for a breed with feathered legs such a Brahma or Cochin).

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Karen L Inman on March 11, 2021 at 1:02 pm
I am the proud owner of 58 chickens most of them purchased from you folks love them all. Here are a few of the names I have a rose comb leghorn roosternamed MOJO! A black austrulorpe,LURCH,HE is a very tall dazzling rooster. Mudflap for a white leghorn. Seems to show a lot of dust and dirt. Sussex girls dolly and daisy duke, huckleberry my lavender blue Orpington, golden polish hen “RASTAFARI”,ANNIE ANCONA,Goldiflock goldenlaced Wyandotte hen,and two speckled maran sisters,Dottie and sprinkles!