6000+ Dog Names

Spelling variation of Ava, perhaps influenced by the biblical-style, ends-in-H names currently trending: Delilah, Alayah, Aniyah, et al. It entered the US Top 1000 in 2008 where it remained for 14 years, peaking in 2018 when it was given to nearly 680 girls. Now in decline, it was given to around 230 girls in 2023.

Diago is sure to be confused with the more common Diego, the Spanish form of James.

Older Japanese name given new life in the anime series One Piece.

Charlie in all its forms has been a popular gender neutral name since the early 2000s and is now given almost equally to girls and boys. While it did once lean more (statistically) masculine, it has been used on girls too since the before the 20th century.

Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat highlighted this sophisticated, chignon-wearing choice for literate parents.

We like Matti in theory, but in practice it’s likely to get confused for the girlish Maddie.

Though the accent falls on the second syllable, people will mistake this name of the first month of the Jewish calendar or for the Japanese car.

If you use this for a boy, it had better be a family name, hidden away in the middle.

The final n makes this choice infinitely more modern than Gail.

Stormy is on the rise following the birth of Kylie Jenner's daughter Stormi, although the starbaby's spelling has taken over the lead.

Worldly, artistic and attractive Slavic version of the name of the Greek god of fertility and farming.

Sleek and sophisticated.

This French feminine version of Germain is a unisex choice in the U.S., also spelled Jermaine, Jemaine, and Germain. Rooted in the ancient Latin Germanus, which may mean sprout or brother, it's no longer a fashionable choice in any version.

Popular in the Hispanic world, in honor of Saint Augustine. It peaked at Number 561 in 2001.

Though Embry became famous as the name of a boy werewolf in Twilight, we think its Em- beginning and -y ending make it perfectly appropriate for a girl. You might consider it as an alternative to Emma, Emily, or Aubrey. Embry or Embury is an established English surname. 

With Tillie a new favorite of avant-garde parents, the British music-hall Tessie might conceivably follow.

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.

Calloway is more popular among boys, while Callaway takes the title for girls. Perhaps it's the built-in floral nickname Calla.

This Roman family — whose most famous bearer was Emperor Hadrian, of wall fame — possibly derives from Greek helios, meaning sun.

The ultimate ethereal name for lovers of fairies, pixies, and sprites.