400+ Japanese Dog Names

  1. Mochi
    • Chie
      • Minako
        • Origin:

          Japanese
        • Meaning:

          "beautiful child"
        • Description:

          Common Japanese choice with a covetable meaning.
      • Masa
        • Mama
          • Origin:

            English word name
          • Description:

            Very confusing choice, even for your cat.
        • Tarin
          • Akeno
            • Origin:

              Japanese
            • Meaning:

              "bright"
            • Description:

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

                Japanese
              • Meaning:

                "field village"
              • Description:

                Japanese surname occasionally heard as a first.
            • Nobu
              • Origin:

                Japanese
              • Meaning:

                "prolong; stretch"
            • Mea
              • Genkei
                • Origin:

                  Japanese
                • Meaning:

                  "to be honored"
              • Sakae
                • Origin:

                  Japanese
                • Meaning:

                  "prosperity"
                • Description:

                  Unisex Japanese name used by the singer Thalia as her daughter Sabrina's middle.
              • Chouko
                • Origin:

                  Variation of Choko, Japanese
                • Meaning:

                  "butterfly child"
                • Description:

                  A more unusual romaji spelling of Choko.
              • Kiba
                • Nozomi
                  • Origin:

                    Japanese
                  • Meaning:

                    "wish, hope"
                  • Description:

                    In Japanese, Nozomi is typically written with the kanji for "wish" or "hope."
                • Sumomo
                  • Origin:

                    Japanese
                  • Meaning:

                    "plum"
                  • Description:

                    Refers to a particular variety of Japanese plum, the Prunus salicina, although in a literal translation it would mean "sour peach."
                • Tama
                  • Chika
                    • Origin:

                      Japanese
                    • Meaning:

                      "one thousand flowers; scattering flowers; beautiful wisdom"
                  • Koshoo