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Cowboy Names

Cowboys and cowgirls have unique and image-evoking names that we remember. Cowboy names are cool, whether it was a comic character like Howdy Doody or a strong lawman like Marshall Dillon.

They make us think about simpler times and the great black-and-white movies of the ’50s and ’60s. A cowboy like Roy Rogers singing a western song makes you smile.

Good Cowboy Names

A good cowboy name should make you think about the wild west and the exciting and dangerous time it represents. Here is a list of good fictional cowboys:

Edward “Blaze” Cody

Ramblin’ Todd Jenkins

Canyon John Kempler

Ryder Dawson

Shane Swanson

River Trenton

Cliff Barton

Skyler McGillicuddy

Black Bart McCallister

Mack Browning

Zeke Featherwood

Tripp Weatherall

Levi Manchester

Gamblin’ Bill Simpson

Goodman Springfield

good cowboy names.

Cowboy Names for Boys

Weston Steele

Spurs McGavin

Jed Hardbottom

Randy Bowslinger

Jonas Grumby

Cooper Bushmaster

Jumpin’ Jack Curtiss

Wayne Watterson

Bullet Bronson

Gripp Tightly

August Hard weather

Rocky Blacksmith

Gun Happy Harrison

Chaps Quentin

Gentry Killman

Zeb Marshall

Justice Gustafson

Wylie Wilson

Blackie Whitman

Brooks McCarthy

Cheyenne Skysong

Cole Fowler

Archer Chessman

Trigger Guard

Reno Riley

Kit Carson

Wild Eyes Wilson

Luke Hardscrabble

Chase Goodfellow

Outlaw Jimmy Newman

Cash Muzzle

Jericho Joe Gardener

Blaze Firecracker

Webb Beretta

Black Bart McCallister

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Funny Cowboy Names

A funny cowboy name will make you laugh and chuckle. Some of these names are just plain ridiculous. Enjoy.

Rusty Nails

Dusty Rhodes

Busted Bronco Butkus

Lasso Jones

Clint Flint

Bad Cold Bill Rudolph

Gopher Urgun

Mangy Polecat

Dirty Spittoon

Pappy Rottencrotch

Flinch Rimkist

Stinky Roadkill

Wheezy Williamson

Mumbles Saddlebags

Not Too Quick Shooterson

funny cowboy names

Famous Cowboy Lawmen’s Names

Many famous real-life cowboys and lawmen in the American West, as the railroads made it easier for people to move out west, law, and order needed to be maintained. These are the men that handled that duty:

Buffalo Bill Cody

Wyatt Earp

Morgan Earp

Virgil Earp

James Earp

John Henry “Doc” Holiday

Bat (Bartholomew) Masterson

Ed Masterson

Jim Masterson

Doc Scurlock

James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok

Harry Love

William H. “High Water Bill” Moorhead

Henry Nash

Montie Montana

Bill Picket

William Owen “Buckey” O’Neill

John Selman

Max Ventura

Bill Tilghman

Pat Garret

James Franklin “Bud” Ledbetter

William Brady

Jefferson “Keno” Wilson

Frank Canton

Charles Francis Colcord

Dallas Stoudamire

Steve “Big Steve” Long

Mysterious Dave Mather

Longhair Jim Courtright

Henry Andrew “Heck” Thomas

John King Fisher

Alan Pinkerton

Lot Smith

Tolbert “Tol” Fannin McKinney

Alexander Ramsey

William Fletcher Wheeler

Notable gunslingers

Famous Cowgirl Names

Although not as numerous as the cowboys, outlaws, and lawmen of the Wild West, cowgirls made their mark. Here is a list of famous cowgirls. Some were shooting specialists in Wild West Shows, some were outlaws, and some were skilled riders. But all of them were original characters.

Annie Ralston

Zerelda Samuel

Belle Starr (Myra Belle Shirley)

Ella Watson

Calamity Jane

Annie Oakley

Dale Evans

Lottie Dunn

Lucille Marshal

Connie Douglas Reeves

Kitty Canutt

Slue Foot Sue

Pearl Hart

Laura Bullion

Elanor Dumont

Goldie Griffith

Mary Fields

Rose Dunn

Katherine Haroney (Big Nose Kate)

Lillian Smith

cowgirl names

The Story Behind the Gunslinger

It was far more common in the Wild West to hear gunman, gunfighter, pistoleer, or shootist. The word gunslinger made its way into the early movies, and its popularity spread thanks to writer Zane Grey. Today, a gunslinger could even be a hired expert in a specific field. “The gunslinger is here to fix our computer.”

Cowboy Nicknames

A strong nickname could strike fear in an opponent’s heart or, at the very least, make them think twice. Here is a collection of classic cowboy nicknames.

Houston

Cotton Mouth

Itchy Trigger Finger

Whisky Breath

Rattle Snake

Remington

Cactus

Saddle Sore

Alamo

Sharp Spurs

Flap Jack

Stetson

Texas

Bull Trash

Two-Gun

Greasy

Ranger

Oklahoma

Big Toe

Pistol Whipped

El Paso

Gunner

Boot Hill

Grave Digger

Skunk

Dallas

Six-Gun

Arizona

Bandolero

Oklahoma

Little Head

Winchester

No Nose

Three Eared

Austin

Pigeon Toed

Shotgun

Dynamite

Judge Roy Bean: The Law

Judge Roy Bean was a saloonkeeper and gambler appointed a justice of the peace by the State of Texas. Bean had difficulty reading by all accounts, and he made up for what he lacked in legal training with his audaciousness. He would routinely pause a trail to sell liquor to the lawyers, the defendant(s), and onlookers. Any fines that were levied were paid directly to the Judge who kept the money.

Judge Roy Bean billed himself as “The Law West of the Pecos. He was the only judge for miles, and his law was swift if inconsistent. In one case, an Irish railroad worker killed a Chinese railroad laborer. Two hundred Irish workers showed up to support their friend. The good Judge surveyed the crowd, picked up one of his law books, thumbed through it, and made a declaration. “homicide is a crime, but I can find nothing that says you can’t kill a Chinaman.”

Outlaws

There were many lawmen in the Wild West because there were a lot of Outlaws. Making money is easy when you steal it from others by robbing banks, rustling cattle, and stealing horses. Here is a list of the worst of the worst:

Clay Allison

Butch Cassidy

Texas Kid

Emmet Dalton

Bill Doolin

Jesse James

Billy, the Kid

Frank James

Charlie Pitts

John Wesley Hardin

Turkey Creek Jack Johnson

James “Dog” Kelley

Buckskin Frank Leslie

Tom McLaury

Three Fingered Jack Dunlop

Billy Stiles

Apache Kid

BlackJack Bill

Cockeyed Frank Loving

George Parker

John Ringo

Luke Short

Six Toed Pete

Three-Legged Willie Williamson

Cole Younger

Bob Younger

Jim Younger

John Younger

Sundance Kid

Ben Thompson

Tom BlackJack Samuels

Frank Dalton

Frightening Cowboy Names

As we said earlier, a nickname could strike fear, and hear a list of fictional cowboy names that are frightening:

Deadeye McGurk

Shootout Samuels

Ghost Maker Billings

Edgar “Hunt You Down” Manchester

Snake Eyes Simpson

Insane Wayne Newsome

Bullseye Bailey

Mad Dog Madison

Leatherface Pearce

No Teeth Johnson

Edgar “Pigs Eye” Watson

Three-Toed Sammy Gregson

Dead Cold Tom Nelson

Blood Sucking Roger Wilson

Big Gun Bobby Fields

Famous TV and Movie Cowboys

Western T.V. Shows and Movies are very popular. This list of some of the classic characters (and some real cowboys, too) from the small and silver screens.

Roy Rodgers

James West

Ben Cartwright

Gene Autry

John McCabe

Rooster Cogburn

Matt Dillon

Artemus Gordon

Liberty Vallance

Yosemite Sam

Will Kane (High Noon)

Hopalong Cassidy

Josey Wales

Slim Whitaker

Hank Worden

Ben Johnson

Will Rogers

Quickdraw McGraw

William Munny

Ethan Edwards

Hoss Cartwright

Curly Bill Brocious

Nasty Canasta

Ben Wade

Sam Chisholm

John Ruth

Ranger Cordell Walker

Rick O’Shay

Django

Sheriff Woody

Dan Evans

Charlie Prince

Pecos Bill

Nasty Canasta

Western TV Shows

The Western has always been a popular genre of the television show and has seemingly stood the test of time. Here’s a partial list of Western T.V. Series from the ’50s until today:

Bonanza

Have Gun Will Travel

Wild Wild West

Maverick

The Cisco Kid

Bat Masterson

The Rifleman

Gunsmoke (On the air for 20 years)

Davy Crocket

Daniel Boone

Sugarfoot

The High Chaparral

The Roy Rogers Show

The Lone Ranger

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Zorro

Laramie

Dusty’s Trail

26 Men

The Big Valley

Cheyenne

Wagon Train

The Virginian

Rawhide

Rango

The Deputy

Hondo

The Range Rider

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Cimarron Strip

Yancy Derringer

Death Valley

The Americans

Casey Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Classics

Nichols

Hec Ramsey

Kung Fu

Dirty Sally

Barbary Coast

Yellowstone

How the West was Won

The Oregon Trail

The Quest

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

The Chisholm’s

Young Maverick

Best of the West

Outlaws

Paradise

Border Town

The Young Riders

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Hawkeye

Lonesome Dove

Legend

The Lazarus Man

Dead Man’s Gun

The Magnificent Seven

The Cherokee Kid

Walker Texas Ranger

Crossfire Trail

Coyote Waits

Justified

Longmire

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Godless

Deadwood

Wild West Chronicles

Hell on Wheels

The Son

Strong Empire

Streets of Laredo

Vigilante Justice

Vigilante justice was common in the Wild West. If citizens felt the long arm of the law was moving too slowly, they took matters into their own hands. In a ruthless example, Montana ranchers lynched 35 rustlers and horse thieves. Some historians say that vigilante groups were responsible for dispatching over 700 ne’er do wells.

By Tombstone Tim Moodie

Tim Moodie has never been a cowboy. As a matter of fact, he is scared of horses. In college, he and his friends toured a horse stud farm. He still has psychological scars to this day. But, he has worked professionally naming products, brands, and companies.

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