Dog Names
Browse dog names by letter, gender, meaning, and origin.
125 names
Name
Gender
Meaning
Origin
Vachel
Male
one who raises cows
French
Vada
Female
knowledge, rule
English, Sanskrit, German
Vaeda
Female
-
-
Vaiana
Female
sea cave
Tahitian
Vail
Female
-
-
Vaino
Male
wide river, backwater
Finnish
Vala
Female
singled out
German
Valencia
Female
brave, strong
Spanish
Valentia
Female
healthy
Latin
Valentina
Female
strength, health
Latin
Valentine
Unisex
strength, health
Latin
Valentino
Male
strength, health
Latin
Valeria
Female
strength, health
Latin
Valerie
Female
strength, health
French variation of Valeria
Valero
Male
strong
Spanish
Valery
Female
strength, health
Variation of Valerie, French
Valiant
Unisex
brave
English from Latin
Valkyrie
Female
chooser of the slain
From Norse
Vallis
Male
from Wales
French
Valo
Unisex
light; eight, unique
Finnish; Malagasy
Valor
Unisex
-
Word name
Valora
Female
courageous
Latin
Van
Male
of
Dutch
Vance
Male
someone who lives near marshland
English and Irish
Vander
Male
-
-
Vanellope
Female
-
Invented name
Vanille
Female
vanilla
French
Vanina
Female
bringer of good news
Portuguese and Spanish diminutive of Evangelina,"bringer of good news"
Vanita
Female
-
Modern invented name
Vardon
Male
green knoll
French
Varo
Female
-
Spanish
Varuna
Male
-
Hindu God of water and the ocean
Vasant
Male
spring
Sanskrit
Vasco
Male
someone from the Basque region
Spanish
Vashti
Female
lovely
Persian
Vaughan
Male
small
Welsh
Vaughn
Male
small
Welsh
Veda
Female
knowledge
Sanskrit
Vedette
Female
star, leading actor
French
Veer
Male
brave
Sanskrit
Vega
Unisex
swooping eagle; meadow
Arabic, Spanish
Vegas
Unisex
meadows
Spanish
Vego
Male
-
-
Vela
Female
shore, sail
Sanskrit, Latin
Velada
Female
-
-
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