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Dog names that mean beautiful

Names whose recorded root means beautiful — the Latin bellus names (Bella, Belle), Gaelic Bonnie and Fiona. The gloss is shown for each; the ranking is real licensed dogs.

42 names in our data, ranked by how many real licensed dogs carry each.

NameGenderTrend
1Bonnie

bonnie — “fine, beautiful”

Girl
2Belle

belle — “beauty, beautiful”

Girl
3Fiona

fionn — “fair, white”

Girl
4Frida

fríðr — “beautiful, beloved”

Girl
5Kenny

via Kenneth — “handsome”

Boy
6Becky

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

Girl
7Mei

měi — “beautiful”

Girl
8Gwen

via Gwendolen — “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow, hair, brow”

Girl
9Shayna

sheyn — “beautiful”

Girl
10Becca

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

Girl
11Calliope

kăllĭ- — “beautiful”

Girl
12Belinda

bella — “beautiful”

Girl
13Finlay

Fionnlagh — “fair warrior/hero”

Boy
14Ken

via Kenneth — “handsome”

Boy
15Rebecca

Rivka — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

Girl
16Boyd

buidhe — “blond, yellow, fair”

Boy
17Shaq

via Shaquille — “handsome”

Boy
18Bellamy

bel + ami — “fair + friend”

Either—
19Nefertiti

nfrt-jj.tj — “The Beautiful One has Come”

Girl—
20Bel

via Belle — “beauty, beautiful”

Girl—
21Zayn

zayn — “beauty”

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22Becks

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

Either
23Calista

Kállistos — “most beautiful”

Girl—
24Fee

via Fiona — “fair, white”

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25Kenneth

Cainnech — “handsome”

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26Manju

mañju — “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”

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27Bec

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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28Bex

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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29Christabel

Crist + -bel — “Christ + beauty”

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30Eileen

oíph — “radiance, beauty”

Girl—
31Becka

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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32Beckie

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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33Fi

via Fiona — “fair, white”

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34Finnian

fionn — “fair”

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35Hasan

ḥasan — “fine, good, good-looking, handsome, manly; strong”

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36Jamal

jamāl — “beauty”

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37Jamila

jamīla — “beautiful”

Girl—
38Aglaia

aglaḯa — “splendour, beauty”

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39Ayleen

via Eileen — “radiance, beauty”

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40Beki

via Rebecca — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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41Glenda

glân — “holy, fair”

Girl—
42Rebekah

Riḇqāh — “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”

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Membership here is computed, not curated: a name is listed when its documented root meaning fits the theme, and the literal gloss is shown so you can see exactly why. Meanings are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); every count is real license data. A “via” note means the name inherits its meaning through a base form (Maggie via Margaret), never that the name itself carries that root. Names whose etymology isn't documented don't appear.

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