Dog name lists / By Language & Origin
German Dog Names
German shepherds, dachshunds, rottweilers, schnauzers, boxers — an enormous share of American dogs are German breeds, and the names follow. Kaiser and Sarge over-index hard among shepherds in the license data; Schnitzel and Strudel cover the delicious end.
| Name | Gender | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Germanic for brown — a top-200 name in our data. | Boy | ||
| 2 | Otto Palindromic, imperial, excellent to shout. | Boy | ||
| 3 | Heidi The Alps' most famous heroine. | Girl | ||
| 4 | Axel Scandinavian-German crossover with rockstar edge. | Boy | ||
| 5 | Greta Strong, classic, no-nonsense. | Girl | ||
| 6 | Fritz The most German dog name there is. | Boy | ||
| 7 | Kaiser Emperor — 8× over-indexed among German shepherds. | Boy | ||
| 8 | Sarge 9× over-indexed among German shepherds — the working-dog name. | Boy | ||
| 9 | Pretzel For dogs that sleep in knots. | Either | ||
| 10 | Gunther Battle-warrior origins, teddy-bear execution. | Boy | ||
| 11 | Wolfgang Literally 'wolf's path' — Mozart approved. | Boy | ||
| 12 | Klaus Nicholas, compressed to one efficient syllable. | Boy | ||
| 13 | Baron Minor nobility, major attitude. | Boy | ||
| 14 | Blitz Lightning — for the zoomies. | Boy | ||
| 15 | Hans The classic. | Boy | ||
| 16 | Gretchen Diminutive of Margarete, sweet and sturdy. | Girl | ||
| 17 | Schnitzel Breaded, fried, beloved. | Boy | ||
| 18 | Ludwig Beethoven's own. | Boy | ||
| 19 | Heinz 57 varieties of good boy. | Boy | ||
| 20 | Berlin The capital, as a name. | Either | ||
| 21 | Strudel The sweetest thing in the bakery case. | Either | ||
| 22 | Helga Holy, formidable, unforgettable. | Girl | ||
| 23 | Liesel The Book Thief made it beloved. | Girl | ||
| 24 | Emil Gentle classic from the storybooks. | Boy | ||
| 25 | Franz Kafka, Schubert, and a very good dog. | Boy | — | |
| 26 | Ilsa Casablanca's German-accented heart. | Girl | ||
| 27 | Dieter Warrior of the people, napper of couches. | Boy |