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Name Biscuit

Dog names that mean bird

Names that trace to a recorded bird root — doves, ravens, eagles (Arnold, 'eagle power') and the bird itself (Birdie). The literal gloss is shown for each name.

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

NameGenderTrend
1Star

Star — “starling”

Girl
2Birdie

birdie — “little bird”

Girl
3Arnold

arô + waldą — “eagle + power”

Boy
4Arnie

via Arnold — “eagle + power”

Boy
5Starr

via Star — “starling”

Girl
6Jonah

yônâh — “dove”

Boy
7Jem

via Jemima — “dove”

Either
8Jonas

yônâh — “dove”

Boy
9Fulton

fuġol + tūn — “bird + dwelling”

Boy
10Jemima

יְמִימָה — “dove”

Girl—
11Bertram

berhtaz + hrabnaz — “bright + raven”

Boy—
12Callum

via Calum — “dove”

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13Calum

Columba — “dove”

Boy
14Arne

arn- — “eagle”

Boy—
15Columbus

columbus — “a dove”

Boy—
16Ingram

Ingwaz + hrabnaz — “a Germanic god + raven”

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17Lum

via Columbus — “a dove”

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18Zipporah

ṣippōr — “bird”

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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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