Cerberus roughly translates into "Spotted One/Spot" or "Speckled" (debatedly). Was naming a dog "Spot" already a trope in ancient Greece, or is Cerberus the first of a long list of dogs named "Spot".

by Color_blinded
Iphikrates

You might be interested in this post I wrote about Ancient Greek dog names. Spot (StiktĂȘ) gets a mention. The name wasn't necessarily the stereotypical dog name, however. I'm no expert on mythology so I don't know how old the first reference to Kerberos is.