50+ Horse Names from Literature

Horse names can be difficult to choose. Continue reading to see a lot of horse names from literature.

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Horse Names from Literature

• Pollux (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
• Ferd (This is Reality)
• Blessing (“The Secret Horse” by Gina Bertaina)
• Greatheart (from Robin McKinley’s novel “Beauty”)
• Black Beauty (“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell)
• Glue-Boy (Dark Tower series by Stephen King)
• Cadoc (Eragon)
• Pips (Wheel of Time)
• Angharrad (Chaos Walking trilogy)
• Ginger (“Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell)
• Pilgrim (The Horse Whisperer)
• Oberon (The Mystery of Pony Hallow)
• Figure (Justin Morgan Had a Horse)
• Fury (from John Steinbeck’s novel “The Red Pony”)
• Guido (a Pegasus from Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson”)
• Black Boy and Rapide (ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson)
• Shadowfax (Lord of the Rings)
• Acorn (Chaos Walking series)
• Monarch (from Jodie’s Journey)
• The Black (The Black Stallion)
• Glory (from Gene Markey’s short story)
• Trojan Horse (Homer’s The Odyssey)
• Bless (Narcissus and Goldmund)
• Snowfire (from Christopher Paolini’s “Eragon”)
• The Phantom (Misty of Chincoteague)
• Boxer, Mollie, and Clover (from “Animal Farm” by George Orwell)
• Jim (Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz)

Other Horse Names from Literature

• Sunfire (Ravenheart and Sorrowheart)
• Joey (“War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo)
• Flame (The Black Stallion series)
• Sam and David (Little House on the Prairie)
• Bela (The Wheel of Time series)
• Black Gold (from “Black Gold” by Marguerite Henry)
• Thowra (Silver Brumby)
• Smiler (warhorse from “A Song of Ice and Fire”)
• Moonlight (the horse in the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce)
• Florian (Florian, the Emperor’s Horse)
• Athansor (A Winter’s Tale)
• Binky (Discworld novels)
• Bronze (Creatures of Light and Darkness)
• Capilet (William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”)
• Stayer and Stepper (The Wheel of Time series)
• Persephone (House of Night)
• Pied Piper (Misty of Chincoteague)
• Artax (The Neverending Story)
• Kate and Bill (Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The First Four Years)
• Secret (Gina Bertaina’s “The Secret Horse”)
• Sunstorm (Ashleigh’s Hope)
• Faran (The Elenium and The Tamuli)
• Sunchaser (The Unicorns Of Balinor)
• Nara (The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert)
• Whinney, Racer and Grey (from the Earth’s Children books)