Pet names
130 Male Dog Names, With Meanings
Boy-dog names for every kind of dog — Max, Cooper, Rocky, Zeus and more, with meanings where they're real.
This is the biggest list here, because boy-dog names cover the most ground — from the tough (Bruno, Rocky, Zeus, Titan) to the gentlemanly (Winston, Oliver, Henry, Duke). Max, Latin for greatest, and Cooper are about as popular as a dog name gets; Leo means lion and never goes out of style.
You'll find the mythology-heavy end too: Apollo, Odin, Thor and Loki all sit on this list, each pulled from a real pantheon rather than invented. Meanings are given wherever a name genuinely has one — Axel is Scandinavian for father of peace, Hunter says what it means — and the word-names like Bear, Tank and Diesel are left to stand on their own. A to Z below.
All 130 male dog names, A–Z
Latin · one, unity
Greek myth
English · elf counsel
Egyptian myth
Greek myth
German · bold, genuine
Greek myth
Greek myth
Greek · star
Greek myth
Scandinavian · father of peace
Word name
Norse myth
English · outlaw
English · baker
Word name
French · handsome
Hebrew · son of the right hand
Hebrew · son of the right hand
English · meadow of bent grass
English · flame
Scottish
German · brown
Latin · heavy
English · brother
English · friend
English
Latin
English
Persian · treasurer
Greek myth
English · champion
English · good fortune
Latin · fortress
English
Scottish
English · barrel maker
English · the metal copper
Greek · order, universe
Latin · skilled, right-handed
Spanish · devil
Word name
Latin · dragon
English · noble rank
English · wealthy guardian
Norse myth
Irish · fair
English · hard grey stone
German · peaceful ruler
Old Norse · wand-elf
Greek · farmer
Greek myth
English · grove dweller
Norse · bold warrior
Greek myth
English · home ruler
Greek myth
Germanic · home ruler
Greek myth
Greek myth
Word name
English · one who hunts
English · God is gracious
Persian · treasurer
English
Roman myth
English
Native American · friend
Word name
Greek myth · strength
German · brave lion
Latin · lion
Norse myth
German · famous warrior
Scottish · son of
English
English · pleasant wood
Roman myth
Latin · greatest
Latin · greatest
Latin · the god Mercury; quicksilver
Germanic
Word name
Irish · sea warrior
Word name
Roman myth
Italian · black
Norse myth
Latin · olive tree
Greek myth
Irish · deer lover
German · wealthy
Greek · the panther
French
Greek myth
Roman myth
English
Word name
English · forest guardian
French · oarsman
Latin · king
English · rock
Latin · citizen of Rome
Latin · red-haired
English · reddish-brown
Hebrew · God has heard
Swahili · lion
Hebrew · he has heard
English · the metal steel
English · of the highest quality
Word name
Word name
Greek · gift of God
Greek · gift of God
Norse myth · thunder
English · thunder
English
Word name
Greek myth
Hebrew · God is good
English · cloth softener
Norse myth
English · firebrand
Latin · conquering
Slavic · ruler
Germanic · ruler of the army
English · joy stone
German · the wolf
English · row of houses by a wood
Greek myth
Every name here is one people genuinely use for a pet, and each is drawn from the same hand-checked list behind our full names finder. Where a name has a real, settled meaning we give it; word-names like Biscuit or Shadow are marked as word-names rather than dressed up with an invented origin. The count in the title is the real number on the page, and we add to it over time.
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