6000+ Dog Names

Has the energetic-Irish-slightly-boyish image that many modern parents love.

Depending on the kanji characters used, this attractive and energetic Japanese name can have a variety of meanings relating to nature.

Extreme cool possibilities in either of these modern categories, like a postmodern Linc.

Raiden is a powerful choice for a baby girl. The Japanese god of thunder’s name is traditionally pronounced RYE-den, but most children named Raiden in the US pronounce it to rhyme with familiar choices Aiden, Jayden, and Hayden.

Junot, which sounds like the goddess and indie movie name "Juno" and the Alaskan place name Juneau, is actually someting completely different. The literati will recognize the unusual name of writer Junot Diaz.

Icelynn is a modern smoosh name which rose 300 places in the popularity charts in 2023.

Can be shortened to Nova. Appeared on the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.

We can't account for the popularity of this name, for either a boy or a girl, given the first syllable, the tacky connotations with a luxury car, and the range of other options which are more harmonious to the ear. Nonetheless, nearly 200 girls were names Bentley in the US in 2015.

Earthy but ethereal Spanish word name that sounds a lot fresher than its sister Sierra.

Delmer is kind of a smoosh of two dated names, Delmar and Elmer, that does not improve on either. While Elmer is making a return as a Geek Chic name, Delmar was given to only 14 baby boys last year while Delmer is extinct.

Tazu has a certain snazzy appeal.

Sarah Palin spelled it Trig, as in the nickname for trigonometry, but Trygg is a genuine Norwegian word name for boys.

This Welsh surname might be an interesting alternative to the popular Evan, though that Bev beginning conjures up a fifty-five-year-old woman named Beverly.

This name might be too, well, triggering.

Mango might be cute as a short form of a related name like Manuel, or for a pet name. But we're not feeling it as a full baby name for a child of any gender.

Adds a modern spin to old-fashioned Mary.

Many African tribes have a tradition of naming children for the day or time they were born -- Friday, Afternoon -- a practice finding new life in the Western world as word names become more popular.

An outdated feminine form of David sometimes heard in the UK, though Davina is more usual..