6000+ Dog Names

Name with genuine roots that nevertheless feels synthetic.

Stiff and sedate surname name, despite its salty start.

Name with an Asian feel, thanks to a Japanese city and Imari porcelain.

This Danielle/Monique hybrid offers a new twist on an old favorite.

Diminutive of names beginning with the element liob "dear, beloved".

Naming babies for personal heroes is the cool contemporary trend followed by Woody Allen when he honored New Orleans jazz clarinetist Sidney Bechet in his daughter's name--adding the middle name Dumaine after a cornet player who was another of his musical heroes. Bechet has a nice, catchy Gallic feel.

A variant spelling of Charis or Carys, relatively popular in the Netherlands.

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A modern invention that's been in use since the 80s and in the charts since the 90s, which combines the sounds of Jasmine (or Jasper or just the word jazz) with the popular suffix, -lyn. Inspiration might also have come from Joslyn, Jocelyn, or Roslyn. Trendy but snazzy too, Jazlyn remains in the US Top 600.

A unisex cultural crossover that has seen a little use from the 1990s onwards. In Japanese mythology, Inari is an androgynous deity associated with rice, tea and foxes. In Finland, it is the name of a region, lake and village which is a center of Sami culture.

The inclusion of the trendy "z" doesn't do much for this variant of Jasmine. We recommend the original spelling.

We've had Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, and Berries added to the fruit basket: you could be the first to pick a Tangerine.

A seriously classic name meaning love, Adelpha is also the name for a genus of butterflies.

Whether you pronounce it Mac-cleen or Mac-clayn, this is one of the crispest and most appealing of the Mac names. The Scottish clan Maclean is one of the oldest of the Highland Scottish clans. Trivia tidbit: Sir Fitzroy Maclean is said to have been an inspiration for the Ian Fleming James Bond character.

Morty is a masculine name primarily used as a familiar diminutive of Morton or Mortimer, both of which have Old English and French origins meaning 'dead water' or 'still water.' With its friendly, approachable sound, Morty projects a warm, unpretentious character. The name gained some recognition through various pop culture references, including characters in television shows and films. Though rarely used as a formal given name on birth certificates, Morty has maintained modest recognition as a nickname throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. It carries a somewhat vintage quality that evokes mid-20th century Americana, often associated with a friendly, avuncular personality. The name has experienced occasional small surges in interest connected to popular media characters.

This soulful musical name was introduced to the lexicon by Glee actor Darren Criss, who named his daughter Bluesy Belle in 2022. It's a saucy choice that owes something to Beyoncé's Blue, and something to the retro nickname Susie. For the daughter of a musician, Bluesy is a rare yet accessible name.

If you want to move beyond Maya, you might consider this distinctive last name of poet Maya Angelou. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, Angelou was given the nickname Maya by her brother and adopted Angelou from her first husband, whose last name was Angelos.

This authentic form of the name of an Irish mythological hero with the power to make women fall instantly in love with him would work far better here as the Anglicized Dermot.

Mesa is both the term for a flat-topped mountain, derived from the Spanish word for "table", and the Thai variation of April.