6000+ Dog Names

Gently appealing, a floral choice in Japanese.

A light and lovely short form of Helena, also used in its own right in Latvia and the Netherlands.

A bit pharmaceutical, not to mention hatlike.

Cowboyish occupational name that's one of the hottest choices below the Top 1000, increasing in rank more than 5000 places since the year 2000. Roper may not be a unique choice much longer.

Dropping the H off hot surnames gets you a whole new name. The trend is multiplying: Hadley becomes Adley, Harley become Arley, Harlow becomes Arlowe, and now Halston becomes Alston.

While several meanings are possible depending on the characters used, prosperity and peace are certainly lovely meanings for a name to have.

The Spanish Alonso and the Italian Alonzo are both widely used in the US, so you may meet more guys named Lonny than you expect.

A word that carries a broad range of connotations across Europe, all of which ultimately derive from the Roman term for a country estate. Villa is well established as a surname, especially in Spanish-speaking countries, and has also occasionally been used as a first name for girls.

Sparkling unisex name that skews masculine in its native Japan.

Though unrelated, this would probably be taken as a fanciful spelling of Patsy.

Feisty floral name that would work better as a middle name than as a first, so called because of the flower's resemblance to a dragon's open mouth.

Highly unusual water name -- and actor Colin surname -- with a Scottish burr. Firth derives from the Old Norse word fjord.

The name of cities in Mexico and Colorado, Durango is a pleasant, fresh option from the atlas.

Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.

Norwegian city name heard much more often as a last name than a first.

Common botanical choice in Japan.

Adds some spunk and Latin rhythm to mundane Martin.