6000+ Dog Names

This Swedish surname is a a great name for those looking for a quiet nod to arachnids. Tamerlan Thorell was a notable arachnologist who described over 1,000 species of spiders and gave his name to the genus of Orb-weaver spiders.

This Japanese name is used for both boys and girls.

Sounds more like a car than a baby name. Some sources related it to the English surname Carter, which would be more stylish these days.

Cool tropical Latin word name.

Corky was a sitcom moniker of the fifties, Corcoran a better fit for these times.

This name of eight popes might appeal to confirmed city-dwellers, but Urbana would be more feminine.

An is a gender-neutral Chinese name, originally a surname, that can be used for girls or boys and means peace or quiet. It is also a Vietnamese name meaning safe and secure. In the English-speaking world, it may feel slight due to its equivalence to the article an.

For remembrance of books past, Proust might be a meaningful middle name.

The name of a minor character in Game of Thrones, Balon Greyjoy, the ancient lord of the Iron Islands and father to lead character Theon Greyjoy.

Forever Dickens's con artist in Oliver Twist.

Josephe is much less well-known in the English-speaking world than Josephine or Joanna.

But what happens when Jeune grows vieille.

A historical name with pagan roots that belonged to Aldona, a 14th-century Queen consort of Poland and princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Rongo is a masculine Maori name stemming from both the name of a god and also the Maori word for peace, "rangimarie", which itself is occasionally used as a feminine name. Rongo was the name of the Maori god of cultivated food and of peace. In Maori culture the two ideas are closely linked - food can only be cultivated and plentiful when communities are at peace and working together. If Ringo, Rango and Rocco can get a look in, why not Rongo?

Pronounced GHEED, this surname of Nobel Prizewinning novelist Andre could make a smooth, sleek middle name choice.