Pet names
66 Cute Dog Names, With Meanings
Sweet dog and puppy names — Teddy, Ollie, Biscuit, Peanut and more, with real meanings where they exist.
Cute suits a small dog or a soft-natured big one, and the names below lean sweet without tipping into silly. Teddy, Ollie, Gracie, Penny and Rosie are the human-sounding end; Biscuit, Waffles, Peanut and Pumpkin are the snack-drawer end, and both work on a puppy.
Real meanings are given where they exist — Rosie traces to the Latin for rose, Nala and Koda are the film names people still love — and the word-names like Marshmallow and Noodle are marked as such rather than given a fake origin. A to Z below; a couple of them said aloud usually settles it.
All 66 cute dog names, A–Z
Hebrew · father's joy
English · elf counsel
Latin · messenger
Hebrew · grace
French · handsome
French · beautiful
Hebrew · son of the right hand
Hebrew · son of the right hand
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Scottish · pretty, cheerful
English · brother
Persian · treasurer
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Greek · gift of God
German · pledged to God
Hebrew · life
English · the fern plant
Latin · free
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Latin · grace
English · the holly tree
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Hebrew · pledged to God
Persian · the jasmine flower
Hebrew · God will add
Native American · friend
Greek · defender
Spanish · sorrows
Arabic · pearl
Word name · the maple tree
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Greek · shining light
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Latin · olive tree
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Greek · weaver
English · seed
English · the poppy flower
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Latin · rose
Hebrew · God has heard
Scottish · the Isle of Skye
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English · a star
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Greek · gift of God
Greek · to harvest
Latin · bringer of joy
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English · the willow tree
Swahili · beautiful
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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