Dog Names That Start With A

  1. Ayleen
    • Origin:

      Variation of Aileen or Ayla
    • Description:

      The rise of Ayla seems to have revived this variation.
  2. Amore
    • Origin:

      Italian
    • Meaning:

      "love"
    • Description:

      Loving Italian choice with a built-in lullaby.
  3. Arpi
    • Origin:

      Armenian
    • Meaning:

      "sun, ether"
    • Description:

      Arpi is a rising ethereal name in Armenia, where it is a poetic word for "sun".
  4. Aroha
    • Origin:

      Maori
    • Meaning:

      "love"
    • Description:

      A simple gender-neutral name.
  5. Addilynn
    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Adeline, French
    • Meaning:

      "noble, nobility"
    • Description:

      The sweet old-fashioned Adeline is one of the prime up-and-coming vintage baby names; Addilynn is a phonetic spelling.
  6. Ashwina
    • Origin:

      Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "light; possessed of horses"
    • Description:

      A feminine form of Ashwin, linked to the twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset, the Ashwini. Ashvini is also the name of the first star that appears in the evening sky in Hindu astronomy.
  7. Akiba
    • Origin:

      Variation of Akiva, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "to protect, shelter"
  8. Amadej
    • Origin:

      Slovene variation of Amadeus, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "lover of God"
    • Description:

      Amadej is the Slovene version of Amadeus, perhaps best known as the middle name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  9. Archangel
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "high-ranking angel"
    • Description:

      When Angel meets the trend for superlative names, this is what happens. Archangel (or Arkhangelsk) is also a town in northern Russia, named after a monastery dedicated to Archangel Michael.
  10. Akeno
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "bright"
    • Description:

      Dazzling Japanese name featured in the 2021 reboot of Gossip Girl as the given name of Aki Menzies.
  11. Ahuva
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "beloved"
    • Description:

      This modern Hebrew name has a great meaning and is trending upwards.
  12. An
    • Origin:

      Chinese or Vietnamese
    • Meaning:

      "peace or safe, secure"
    • Description:

      A gender-neutral Chinese name that originated as a surname, An can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. An may also be a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. Its equivalence to the English article an may make it feel slight in an English-dominant culture.
  13. Ata
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "gift"
    • Description:

      Typically a masculine name in Turkey and Arabic countries.
  14. Aurex
    • Origin:

      Invented literary name
    • Description:

      Lady Aurex is a character in L. Frank Baum's Glinda of Oz, a sequel to The Wizard of Oz.
  15. Akiba
    • Origin:

      Variation of Akiva, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "to protect, shelter"