Dog Names That Mean Loyal Friend

Loyal has history as a boy name—most popular in the late 19th century, later falling off the charts in 1948. This was back when loyalty suggested faithfulness to one's country, rather than fidelity to others. Today it would likely be interpreted as the latter.

Modern virtue names are rapidly rising in popularity—could Loyal be the next True?

An ancient name belonging to several medieval English clergymen, also spelt Leofwin or Leobwin.

Singer-actress Queen Latifah -- born Dana Owens -- makes this North African Muslim name sing.

This name of a subtribe in the Great Sioux Nation could make an inventive twist on the overused Dakota.

Commonly used in Japanese families.

Faunia is more often rendered as Fauna, who was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing. Faunia was the downtrodden yet loving heroine of Philip Roth's Human Stain. Faunia and Fauna have more gravitas than the doe-like Fawn.

Edin is a variant on the name Edwin from the Isle of Man. It may get confused as a misspelling of Eden in the US, but the pronunciation is different..

In ancient Mesopotamia, Dumuzid was the god of shepherds and fertility and husband of the goddess Inanna. Tammuz, the Semitic transcription of the name, is more likely to be used today.

Dutch form of Baldwin

Friendly option: has also been defined as "drinking companion".

This more elaborate version of the name is heard occasionally, but Samira or the related Samara is simpler and just as rhythmic.

One step up from Irwin, and that's not nearly enough.

A kind of French virtue name, an affectionate form of Fidele.

In Greek Mythology, Herophile was Aphrodite and Poseidon's daughter and a sibyl who predicted the fall of Troy.

Affirmative adjective occasionally used as a name.