Dog Names
Browse dog names by letter, gender, meaning, and origin.
309 names
Name
Gender
Meaning
Origin
Dabney
Male
from Aubigny
French
Dacey
Female
from the south
Irish
Daenerys
Female
-
Literary name
Daffodil
Female
asphodel
Flower name, from Greek
Dag
Male
daylight
Scandinavian
Dagger
Male
-
Word name
Dagny
Unisex
new day
Scandinavian
Dagr
Male
daylight
Norse
Dahlia
Female
Dahl's flower
Flower name, from Swedish surname
Dai
Female
to shine
Japanese
Daia
Female
-
Spelling variation of Daya
Daisy
Female
day's eye
Diminutive of Margaret or flower name, English
Dakari
Male
rejoice
African
Dakota
Unisex
friendly one
Native American tribe and place name; Sioux
Dale
Female
valley
English
Daleyza
Female
-
Invented name
Dali
Female
dahlia
Variation of Dalia, Spanish, or Georgian
Dalia
Female
branch; dahlia; gentle
Hebrew, Spanish, or Swahili
Dallas
Unisex
skilled
Place-name and Irish
Dalton
Male
the settlement in the valley
English
Damar
Unisex
resin; light
Indonesian
Damaso
Male
to tame
Spanish from Greek
Damica
Female
open-spirited, friendly
French
Damien
Male
to tame, subdue
French from Greek
Damir
Male
give peace; iron
Slavic, Turkish, Russian
Damita
Female
little noblewoman
Spanish
Damon
Male
-
English variation of Damian
Dana
Unisex
from Denmark, gift, or wise
English, Slavic, Persian, Arabic
Dancer
Female
someone who dances, unique
English word name
Dandelion
Female
lion's tooth
Flower name, from French
Dane
Male
from Denmark
English
Dangelo
Male
-
Spelling variation of Deangelo
Danger
Male
exposure to injury, pain, harm, or loss
English word name
Dani
Female
-
Hebrew and Italian, diminutive of Daniella, Danielle, Danita
Danica
Female
morning star
Slavic
Danice
Female
-
-
Danique
Female
morning star
French variation of Danica
Danna
Female
-
Modern invented name
Danny
Male
-
-
Dante
Male
enduring
Latin diminutive of Durant
Danton
Male
-
French variation of Dante
Danube
Male
-
River name
Daphne
Female
laurel tree, bay tree
Greek
Dara
Female
pearl of wisdom; gift; or oak tree
Hebrew, Slavic or Irish
Darby
Female
free from envy, or, from the deer estate
Irish or Norse, "free from envy, or, from the deer estate"
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