Mustangs have a heritage of connection with the American west. They are free and tough. The best names reflect and honor that heritage.
Let’s find the perfect name for your mustang horse!
Here is the lengthy list of mustang horse names:
Lots of these names evoke images of nature and the elements; perfect for a wild (or wild-ish) horse.
Many on the list are inspired by the names of geographic areas where wild horses can be found.
Some are names of historic people or characters who were important in the history of the mustang or the American West.
You can even combine a couple of these one-word names to make a longer name or a show-stopping show name.
List of best male mustang horse names
Amigo
Apollo
Austin
Balaam
Bandit
Big Bear
Bill Pickett
Billy the Kid
Black Jack
Brave
Braveheart
Brawny
Bruiser
Buck
Buffalo Bill
Bulldog
Bullet
Burns
Butch
Butler
Captain
Carter
Caspian
Chemehuevi
Chicago
Chico
Chocolate
Cliff
Cody
Cowboy
Danger
Deputy
Diego
Dobbin
Doc
Douglas
Drifter
El Dorado
Ellsworth
Flame
Gambler
Gunner
Grifter
Hardin
Hardtrigger
Hombre
Howie
Hunter
Jackson
Jefferson
Jesse James
Johnny
Jose
Kid
Kiger
Loco
Locomotive
Lone Wolf
Maverick
Mcgavin
Medicine Man
Monte
Monte Christo
Murphy
Nacho
Orion
Outlaw
Overdrive
Pablo
Paco
Padre
Pedro
Pierre
Powell
Rancher
Ram
Riddle
Rifle
Roamer
Rusty
Sergeant
Sheriff
Shotgun
Smith
Smokey Joe
Soldier
Spike
Steel
Steeltoe
Strayer
Titan
Trapper
Trigger
Twister
Vaquero
Whiplash
Wrangler
List of best female mustang horse names
Annie
Annie Oakley
Augusta
Aurora
Beaty
Bianca
Blanca
Bonita
Burlesque
Cali
Cassidy
Charisma
Challis
Cherry
Cheyenne
Chicoma
Cinderella
Dawn
Desatoya
Destiny
Diamond
Feather
Foxy
Helena
Ida
Idaho
Jade
Jicarilla
Kitty
Linda
Luna
May
Meadow
Mona Lisa
Moondance
Moriah
Mystic
Mystique
Night Mare
Nova
Olympia
Paloma
Paradise
Quinn
Ramona
Rosa
Saffron
Sage
Saline
Sally
Sailor
Saylor
Serenade
Sierra
Sioux
Sister
Spring
Topeka
Vida
Viva
Wild Honey
Willow
Zelda
List of best unisex mustang horse names
Adobe
Aero
Alamo
Algonquin
Alpine
Amargosa
Antelope
Apache
Area 51
Arizona
Arrow
Ash
Avalanche
Black
Blade
Blaze
Blue
Blue Wing
Buffalo
Callaghan
Calico
California
Canyon
Cedar
Cigar
Cigarette
Cloudy
Coal
Colorado
Copper
Coyote
Dakota
Deer
Deluge
Dusty
Eagle
Earthquake
Echo
Ember
Falcon
Fearless
Firelight
Flanigan
Flood
Forest
Fox
Gold Dust
Gunsmoke
Granite
Harper
Hustler
Journey
Kelly
Lee
Liberty
Lightning
Little Book
Meteor
Midnight
Monitor
Montana
Montosa
Mythic
Navajo
Nevada
North
Oklahoma
Onaqui
Patriot
Pebbles
Pegasus
Phoenix
Pick
Pines
Piper
Poker Face
Pony Express
Prairie
Pryor
Quake
Ransom
Ravendale
Rain
Raincloud
Ranger
Red
Red Hawk
River
Rio
Roamer
Rocky
Rowdy
Rustler
Sacramento
Saguaro
Salem
Sand
Sandy
Santa Fe
Scout
Scrappy
Scrapper
Shadow
Shocker
Shoshone
Silver
Silverado
Silver Bullet
Sky
Smokey
South
Spirit
Stagecoach
Star
Starlight
Storm
Stormbreaker
Stormcloud
Stormy
Sundance
Sunny
Swift
Tahoe
Takoda
Terror
Tex
Texan
Texas
Thunder
Thunderbird
Tierney
Toiyabe
Torque
Tomahawk
Toquima
Tungsten
Utah
Valley
Valor
Volcano
Washout
Whinny
Whirlwind
Whiskey
Whisper
Wildfire
Win
Windrunner
Windy
Winny
Wyoming
Zephyr
The mustang breed of wild horses
Mustangs are free-roaming horses in western America. They are wild horses (or more appropriately feral horses, since they are descended from domestic animals).
The mustang breed is descended from horses brought by Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500s.
Some of the horses brought by the Spanish explorers escaped. Some were left behind when the Conquistadors returned to Spain. Others were stolen by Native Americans.
They ended up on the plains of western America.
There they became feral and eventually mixed with horses of other breeds brought by Europeans.
Today the mustang population contains horses with known descent from domestic Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stallions kept in the area. There are also descendants of draft horses and other breeds.
Wild Mustang horse populations are managed by the Bureau of Land Management and also the United States Forest Service.
Each of these United States government entities has a number of individual areas for which they are responsible for managing the mustang population.
Different mustang horse breeds
There are different types of mustang living in different areas, which each have unique characteristics and conformation. Examples are the Spanish Mustang, Pryor Mountain Mustang, and Kiger Mustang.
Spanish mustangs
Spanish mustangs are a breed of horse descended from the original horses brought to North America from Spain. The breed was founded by enthusiasts who were concerned by the dwindling population of feral mustangs and wanted to preserve horses of the Spanish type.
Spanish mustangs are domestic mustangs with Spanish characteristics under the larger category of Colonial Spanish Horse.
Pryor Mountain Mustangs
Pryor Mountain Mustangs are a population of feral mustangs in the Pryor Mountain Horse Range of Montana and Wyoming, USA. This is one of few feral groups to have been verified by DNA testing to be descended from the original horses brought from Spain to the New World.
Kiger Mustang
This is a unique strain of mustang horse that lives in the Burns District in Southeastern Oregon, USA. They are commonly dun in color. Many are gaited.
The Bureau of Land Management rounds up horses from the two Kiger Mustang herds to help manage the herd populations. When they do, they often return individuals with the special Kiger coloring and physical attributes to the wild.
This helps preserve the uniqueness of this special kind of mustang.
Famous mustang horses
Mesteño – Mesteño was the foundation stallion of the Kiger Mustangs in Southeastern Oregon. There are several Breyer models of Mesteño at different life stages.
Donner – Donner was a Kiger mustang who served as the artist’s model for Spirit, the fictional horse in the 2002 Disney movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.
Fledge– The first famous mustang trained by Elisa Wallace. He won the 2012 Mustang Makeover competition after performing bareback and bridleless with Elisa.
Rune– Rune is another mustang trained by Elisa Wallace. Elisa performs bareback and bridleless with Fledge and Rune all over the country.
Hwin – Hwin is a beautiful grey mustang and one of the most famous mounts of Elisa Wallace. She competes in three day eventing.
Poncho – Poncho is a performing mustang who does wild west themed shows. He was adopted out of the wild at age 6 by Bobby Kerr. In Bobby’s shows he often jumps over a car or climbs into the front seat with Bobby.
Picasso -Picasso was a strikingly colored pinto stallion living in the area of the Sand Wash Basin in Northwest Colorado. He is estimated to have lived over 30 years roaming free. He is presumed to have died in 2021, although remains were never found.
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