Dog name lists / By Coat Color

Brown Dog Names

Brown-dog names are basically a dessert menu: Hershey, Cocoa, Brownie, Snickers. The data agrees — the most over-indexed names for brown dogs in license records are nearly all chocolate.

	Name	Why it belongs	Gender	Trend
1	Teddy As in bear — the cuddliest brown there is.	As in bear — the cuddliest brown there is.	Boy
2	Bear The big-brown-dog default, and a top-10 name overall.	The big-brown-dog default, and a top-10 name overall.	Boy
3	Bruno From the Germanic root for brown — the name IS the color.	From the Germanic root for brown — the name IS the color.	Boy
4	Hazel Brown with golden flecks.	Brown with golden flecks.	Girl
5	Peanut Small, brown, everywhere.	Small, brown, everywhere.	Either
6	Mocha Coffee plus chocolate — double brown.	Coffee plus chocolate — double brown.	Girl
7	Moose For brown dogs of unreasonable size.	For brown dogs of unreasonable size.	Boy
8	Brownie The most literal brown name — and a top over-indexer.	The most literal brown name — and a top over-indexer.	Either
9	Maple Syrup-brown and rising fast in our trend data.	Syrup-brown and rising fast in our trend data.	Girl
10	Cocoa Warm, sweet, and the data's favorite brown name.	Warm, sweet, and the data's favorite brown name.	Either
11	Hershey America's chocolate bar, on four legs.	America's chocolate bar, on four legs.	Either
12	Whiskey Barrel-aged brown — and climbing the rankings.	Barrel-aged brown — and climbing the rankings.	Either
13	Cinnamon Warm spice for red-brown coats.	Warm spice for red-brown coats.	Girl
14	Snickers Nutty, sweet, satisfying.	Nutty, sweet, satisfying.	Either
15	Coffee For the dog that gets you up at 6am anyway.	For the dog that gets you up at 6am anyway.	Either
16	Toffee Golden-brown and sticky-sweet.	Golden-brown and sticky-sweet.	Either
17	Latte Brown with a foamy topcoat.	Brown with a foamy topcoat.	Either
18	Truffle The fanciest brown thing a dog can dig for.	The fanciest brown thing a dog can dig for.	Either
19	Nutmeg The spice-drawer deep cut.	The spice-drawer deep cut.	Girl
20	Sable Dark brown fur, by its furrier's name.	Dark brown fur, by its furrier's name.	Girl
21	Java Coffee by its island name.	Coffee by its island name.	Either
22	Chestnut Glossy autumn brown.	Glossy autumn brown.	Either
23	Fudge Dense, rich, impossible to resist.	Dense, rich, impossible to resist.	Either
24	Rolo Caramel in a chocolate shell.	Caramel in a chocolate shell.	Boy
25	Bourbon Kentucky's contribution to brown-dog naming.	Kentucky's contribution to brown-dog naming.	Boy
26	Espresso Small, dark, intense.	Small, dark, intense.	Either	—
27	Godiva Chocolate at its most luxurious.	Chocolate at its most luxurious.	Girl
28	Acorn Small and brown with big-oak potential.	Small and brown with big-oak potential.	Boy	—