Dog Names That Start With V

A modern virtue name possibility.

Creative surname choice, associated with the great French postimpressionist Edouard Villard.

This French version of Viridiana and Viridis lacks the charm of similar and more familiar French names like Vivienne and Adrienne.

Part Verna, part Bernice, Vernice saw use as a girls' name during the heyday of both those names. Both entered the Top 200 in the 1880s, where Verna lasted until 1940 and Bernice a decade longer.

Used in Italy and Spain, but in non-Latin countries could be confused with Valencia.

Name with aristrocratic overtones.

A winning unisex word name, fresher than Victoria or Victor.

You're so vain, I bet you think this name is about you.

An energetic Spanish surname with serious first name potential, thanks to its trendy initial V and -o ending. A famous bearer is Spanish surrealist artist Remedios Varo (1908-1963).