Have you been wondering what to name your new puppy? Here are a number of name suggestions (with their meanings) for fun and loveable names for pets of any size, shape or color:
Acrobat - one who performs gymnastic feats
Is your pet athletic?
Addy - one who is concerned in an act or action
Aero - of the air
Airy - of or pertaining to the air
Ajax - in the Illiad: the son of Teleman and the bravest of all the Greeks who besieged Troy, except Achilles
Allure - that which attracts or entices
Ally - any friendly associate or helper
Alpha - the beginning or first of anything
Amber - a reddish yellow
Amour - a love affair
Amulet - a charm
Angel - a heavenly guardian
Apricot - a reddish yellow color; fruit
Arabesque - a ballet position
Is your pet graceful?
Aria - an elaborate solo for a single voice
Ariel - an African gazelle
Arrow - from Middle English “arewe” meaning ‘arrow-like one’
Arty - creative: of the arts
Atlas - a Titan supporting the pillars of heaven on his shoulders
Audio - of or pertaining to characteristics associated with sound waves
Auto - self propelled
Autumn - the third season of the year
Avant-Garde - those who support the most recent trends
Baby - an infant
Bangles - from Hindu “bangri” meaning a bracelet or anklet. Contemporary meaning is ‘bright and heavy’
Batik - a process for coloring fabrics to obtain multi-colored designs
This name would suit a multi-colored cat or dog well.
Bauble - a showy trinket
Bazooka - a tubular missile weapon that fires an explosive rocket
Beacon - something that serves as a conspicuous warning or guide
Bear - from Old English “brun”; ‘brown-haired one’
Beauty - a special grace or charm
Biscuit - from Middle English “bisquite”, twice-baked bread. For a pet, the golden brown color of a freshly baked biscuit
Blackberry - black fruit of certain rose family
Blackjack - a card game
Blade - a rakish young man; wild, reckless fellow
Blaze - to burn brightly; to blare forth
Bliss - heavenly joy
Blitz - to attack with sudden overwhelming force
Blossom - a flower
Blue - devoted, faithful as in “true-blue”
Bogie - famous actor, as in Humphrey Bogart
Bolero - Spanish dance usually accompanied by castanets
Bon-Bon - a sugared candy
Boogie-Woogie – a style of jazz
Boomer - one who pushes a boom; one who is active in promoting an enterprise
Boots - pet with white paws
Boss - an employer or director or work for others
Bounce - a bounding or elastic motion
Bravo - well done; good
Buckwheat - a plant yielding triangular seeds used as folder and for flour
Bud - a term of direct address
(also Buddy)
Buffoon - a clown
Buffy - a yellowish or grayish color
Buttercup - yellow cup-shaped flower
Butterscotch - candy or extract made with sugar, butter and flavoring
Button - a fastener (or ‘as cute as a button’)
Calypso - a type of song originally improvised and sung by natives of Trinidad
Candy - sugar or molasses crystallized by evaporation
Captain - one at the head or command of others
Caramel - a confection variously colored and flavored composed of sugar, butter and other ingredients
Cato - name of two Roman statesmen
Cavalier - gallant, haughty
C’est la Vie - ‘that is life’
Champion - one who fights on behalf of another
Chaos - a condition of confusion
Chap - a fellow
Charcoal - black, porous substance
Charisma - one who has grace and is able to obtain favors
Chase - to pursue with intent
(also Chaser)
Chenille - soft, fluffy type of yarn
Chocolate - cacao nuts roasted, ground, sweetened and flavored
Cinders - from Middle English, cinder means ‘ashy one’; in a pet, the purplish, gray of ashes
Cinderella - heroine of a Fairy Tale
Cinnamon - a spice, a shade of light, reddish brown
Cocoa - a powder made from cacoa, a beverage; with a chocolatey taste
Coquette - a flirt
Crumpet - from Middle English, ‘crompid’ meaning a ‘curled-up cake’. Pet names often come from small or sweet foods. Muffin, Cupcake or Cookie would be similar
Daffodil - flower name
Dandy - a particularly fine specimen of its kind
Dapper - trim, neat, smartly dressed
Darling - one tenderly loved
Dart - a pointed missile such as a javelin or arrow
Dash - impetuosity, spirited, vigor
Dawn - beginning or unfolding
Dazzle - for a pet with a sparkling personality
Dingle - as in the sound of a bell or telephone
Ditto - the same thing repeated or copied
Dolly - child’s word for doll
Doodle - to draw pictures abstractly
Dot - a speck, point or spot; also Dotty
Duke - ranking above a marquis or bishop
Dumpling - originally meant ‘little lump’; could mean short or fat or ‘precious darling’
Ebony - a hard, heavy wood usually black
Echo - a close imitation
Éclair - pastry shell filled with custard or whipped cream
Edgy - brought out sharply
Ember - from Middle English ‘eyemore’ and means ‘fiery one’
(an especially good name for a feisty pet)
Emery - used as an abrasive
Emmy - statuette awarded annually for exceptional performance and production in television
Einstein - name for an extraordinarily intelligent pet
Fidget - name for a restless or impatient pet
Flash - to break forth with light or fire suddenly or briefly
Flashback - a break in continuity
Fiddles - a musical instrument or one who cannot sit still
Flora - a feminine, personal name having to do with nature and flowers
Frizzle - blend of ‘fry’ and ‘sizzle’
Frou-Frou - affected elegance
Freaky - strange or unusual
Fuzzy - covered with a soft covering or fuzz