Yellow, Orange, and Gold Dog Names

  1. Emzar
    • Origin:

      Georgian
    • Meaning:

      "cohabitant; gold"
    • Description:

      This Georgian name is of unclear meaning, but it may derive from Persian zar "gold".
  2. Zorina
    • Origin:

      Slavic
    • Meaning:

      "golden dawn"
    • Description:

      Both a first and last name, Zorina has a pretty, ballerina-like quality.
  3. Salana
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "sun"
    • Description:

      Related to the more common Solana, Salana has a pleasantly rhythmic pan-cultural feel.
  4. Pazel
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "peace"
    • Description:

      Pazel's abbreviated version, Paz, is far more modern and attractive.
  5. Rumo
    • Origin:

      Cornish
    • Meaning:

      "red"
    • Description:

      Ancient martyr name that sounds totally modern, but perhaps too close to rumor.
  6. Zarin
    • Origin:

      Persian
    • Meaning:

      "golden"
    • Description:

      More often heard in the West as a surname, Zarin could work as a first for boys or girls.
  7. Tangerine
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      We've had Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, and Berries added to the fruit basket: you could be the first to pick a Tangerine.
  8. Kyo
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "village; capital city; apricot; unite"
    • Description:

      Simple and sweet name for a son that feels on-trend in this era of Kai.
  9. Rosaura
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "golden rose"
    • Description:

      A combination of Spanish rosa "rose" and aurea "gold". This name was used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635), and more recently by Mexican author Laura Esquivel in her 1989 novel Como agua para chocolate.
  10. Oriole
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "golden"
    • Description:

      A bird name from the same Latin root as Aurelia, Oriole is extremely rare as a name: No babies were given the name in the US in 2022. But most people are aware of the Oriole bird, which makes this name uncommon yet possible.
  11. Zehava
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "gold, golden"
    • Description:

      The more dignified and attractive Hebrew equivalent of Golda or Goldie.
  12. Flavio
    • Origin:

      Italian, Spanish variation of Flavius, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "yellow, blond"
    • Description:

      Flavio is derived from Flavius, a surname used in Ancient Rome. These family names, or cognomens, were given to distinguish branches of the clan and were chosen based on a characteristic of an important bearer. In this case, the Flavius family patriarch was likely blond-haired.
  13. Kalindi
    • Origin:

      Hindi, variation of Kalinda
    • Meaning:

      "sun"
    • Description:

      Kalindi is a lovely, rhythmic name refers to one of the seven sacred rivers of India.
  14. Mango
    • Origin:

      Fruit name
    • Description:

      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.
  15. Apricot
    • Origin:

      Fruit name
    • Description:

      A very unique fruit name heard more often on peachy-colored dogs than on baby girls.
  16. Sunehra
    • Origin:

      Urdu
    • Meaning:

      "golden"
    • Description:

      Sunehra is an Indian name that is largely unknown in English-speaking countries, except maybe via its friendly short form Sunny.
  17. Hobbes
    • Origin:

      English variation of Robert
    • Meaning:

      "bright fame"
    • Description:

      All varieties of Hob are antiquated nicknames for Robert, though this one is saddled with the "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoon association.
  18. Garfield
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "triangular field"
    • Description:

      Despite the presidential pedigree, it's still hard to shake the image of the cartoon cat (named after his creator Jim Davis's grandfather). However, there are other Garfields, such as Barbadian cricket player Sir Garfield Sobers, who carries it with gravitas.
  19. Xanthippe
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "yellow horse"
    • Description:

      Famous as the long-suffering wife of the philosopher Socrates.
  20. Chartreuse
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "charterhouse"
    • Description:

      Chartreuse is the name of a French liqueur, named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery of the Carthusian Monks that produce it. The monastery was built in the Chartreuse mountains of southeastern France. Chartreuse is also familiar as a color name, a yellow-green hue that matches the color of the highest-quality liqueur.