Gromit

Named after Gromit, the long-suffering, brilliantly intelligent dog companion of Wallace in the Aardman animated series — whose name has no particular etymology but carries connotations of patience and genius.

Gromit is one of animation's great achievements: a dog who communicates volumes through eyebrow movement alone, who reads books and builds rockets, and who repeatedly saves his oblivious owner from disaster. Naming your dog Gromit is a declaration that you love thoughtful, clever pets and also that you have excellent taste in cinema.