Dog names by meaning
17 themes, drawn from the 1,795 dog names in our data with a documented root meaning. Each name is placed by what its etymology literally says — the gloss is shown on every page — and ranked by how many real licensed dogs carry it.
Jack · Sam · Sammy · Joey …
Sadie · Rex · Abby · Walter …
Lucy · Rocky · Abby · Phoebe …
Jack · Hank · Annie · Nina …
Archie · Millie · Milly · Ricky …
Bonnie · Belle · Fiona · Frida …
Leo · Oscar · Lenny · Arthur …
Nico · Niko · Jay · Vinny …
Lily · Zara · Susie · Lil …
Louie · Walter · Louis · Zelda …
Frida · Amy · Mandy · Jed …
Kai · Pearl · Merlin · Murray …
Freddie · Freddy · Humphrey · Sol …
Trixie · Felix · Bebe · Beatrice …
Star · Birdie · Arnold · Arnie …
George · Georgie · Terra · Gaia …
Vivian · Chaya · Viv · Enid …
Meanings are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); license counts are our own. Only names with a documented root meaning appear — a name's absence means its etymology isn't recorded, not that the name is wrong.