Boy Dog Names That Start With Z

More often heard in the West as a surname, Zarin could work as a first for boys or girls.

See Zac.

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

Masculine short form of the Berber name Tiziri, meaning "moonlight" in Tamazight.

Zaiden grafts the fashionable first letter z onto the Aiden/Kaiden/Jaiden group of names, to popular effect. Soundalike Zayden is even more popular.

Derived from Slavic zlato "gold", this strong and dynamic name has a fitting namesake in Swedish professional footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. It is used in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Slovenia.

A rarely heard biblical name, Zadok is borne by no less than nine Old Testament men.

Two Zells of note: conservative southern senator Zell Miller, and video-game character Zell, a hero of "Final Fantasy."

This version is a bit more in tune with modern tastes.

A super quirky and upbeat choice, if it can ever shake off its ubiquitous-guy Woody Allen identity.

A strong name with a strong meaning, like its cousin Zafir.

One of the most unusual of the "iah" names, it comes with the appealing and usable nickname Zev.

Yiddish form of Alexander.

Zolten is a variant spelling of Zoltan, which is currently in the Top 50 in Hungary, its country of origin. We recommend you stick with the original spelling, which remains extremely rare.

A male take on the feminine name Zoe, it's hard to give an attractive pronunciation.

Zosimos or Zosimus are Ancient Greek names with several saints, a pope, and an author of Roman history to their credit. The female form is Zosime.

With its sharp Z initial and similar sound to Ryan, Zion has shot up the charts in singer Lauryn Hill used it for her son in 1997. Following on in its footsteps, spelling variant Zyon entered the Top 1000 in 2019 and was given to around 270 babies in a recent year.

Name invented for a spirit fox character on the Disney Channel TV show Sofia the First.

Not to be confused with the identically spelt Greek feminine form, which is pronounced with three syllables, Zosime is the French form of the male name Zosimus. Zosime or Zosimus is a quirky Z starting name with a long history. It has been the name of several early saints and a pope, as well as the Byzantine author of a history of the Roman Empire, published in the sixth century CE.