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:
Gabby - given to talk
Galahad - the purest knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
(a good name for a noble pet)
Galore - abundant
Garcon - a boy or waiter
Gemini - the twins in the Zodiac
Giblet - as in the stuffings from a turkey
Gimlet - a cocktail with lime juice, to bore into something, piercing
Ginger - spicy root stock of a tropical plant, a reddish-brown color
Gin Gin - a colorless alcoholic drink or a card game
Ginkgo - a Chinese tree with fan-shaped leaves
Gipsy - wandering, bohemian
Godfrey - masculine, personal name
Grant - to give permission, a request
Grits - has connotation of ‘courageous’ and ‘plucky’
Grizzly - grayish, somewhat gray
Grumbles - to mutter
Gusto - keen enjoyment
(for an enthusiastic pet, full of vitality)
Guy - slang for fellow
Haggis - a Scottish dish like a sausage made from a sheep’s stomach
(a great name for a Scottish Terrier)
Handy - useful, convenient or skillful, good to have around
Hardy - robust, courageous or daring
Harlow - a famous movie star named Jean Harlow
Harmony - friendly agreement, a pleasing combination of sounds, notes sung or played together
Harvey - a masculine name, also the name of an invisible rabbit in a famous movie starring Jimmy Stewart
Haywood - a masculine name, or the last name of a famous movie star Rita Haywood
Hazel - color of a hazelnut shell
Hemmingway - a literary name after Ernest Hemmingway
Henna - varying from reddish-orange to coppery-brown; from an oriental shrub or small tree
Henry - a personal, masculine name
Hercules - in Greek mythology renowned for his strength and endurance
Hero - distinguished fro valor, fortitude or bold enterprise
Hodge-Podge - a jumbled mixture
Hoopla - means a gay or rowdy commotion
(for a feisty pet)
Hors d’oevres - an appetizer
Huey - from the famous cartoon duck trio of ‘Huey, Duey and Luey’
Hula - a native Hawaiian dance
Humphrey - a personal, masculine name
Imp - mischievous
Indie - independent; also could be from the Indiana Jones movies
I.Q. - intelligence
(for a particularly smart or intelligent pet)
Itsy-Bitsy - baby talk for ‘little bit’
(could be used for a tiny pet or ironically for a large one)
Ivory - almost white
Jabber - chatter or talking excessively
Jangles - from Middle English; means ‘one who babbles or chatters’
Jazz - originated by New Orleans musicians
Jig-Saw - like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, pieces that fit together
Jugs - large container for liquids, a prison or jail
Ju-Jube a lozenge or candy
Junk - trash, rubbish, cheap stuff
Juno - Roman mythology, wife of Jupiter
Keno - a game of chance
Kismet - fate or destiny; from Turkish ‘kismet’ literally means ones ‘portion’ or ‘lot’
Lily - any of numerous liliaceous plants, type of flower
Lingo - slang language
Longfellow - literally means ‘tall fellow’; also the name of an American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lu Lu - Swahili name meaning ‘a pearl’
Lunar - pertaining to the moon
Luxe - superfine quality, luxury
Lyric - lyric poem with a musical quality, a song verse
Macaroon - a dumpling or small cake
(good for a small, sweet pet)
Macrame - knotted work
Magic - supernatural art
Max - a masculine name
Maya - mother of the world
Merlin - the magician in Arthurian legend
Mew Mew - plaintive sound of a cat
Mica - colorless to jet-black silicates
Mischief - a calamity; tendency for naughty behavior
(for a pet full of spunk)
Midget - anything very small of its kind
Midnight - dark; middle of the night
Missy - a female name or term of address for a girl often expressing affection (or even reprimand)
Mishmash - a jumble or hodge-podge
(a good name for a mutt)
Mister - title of address
Mon Cher - French for ‘my dear’
Morning Star - any of the planets Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Mercury, or especially Venus, when rising shortly before the Sun
Mosaic - inlaid work composing of bits of stone or glass forming a pattern or picture
Mouser - an animal that catches mice
Mozart - Austrian composer of music
Muffin - cakes or dessert baked in small, cup-shaped tins
Mugs - to make faces
Munchkin - character from the Wizard of Oz, small person
Mystic - of mysterious meaning or character
Mystique - enigmatic character of a person, idea or thing