500+ Spanish Dog Names

Ventura started life as a shortening of Bonaventura, Spanish for good luck or good fortune, but now stands on its own. It has a pleasant sound and the stylish 'V' ending, but Angelenos would associate it with the Valley's main stem--Ventura Boulevard, and others might think of Ace or Jesse Ventura.

Lively and joyful. Jovie could be a cute short form.

The unique O-ending makes this name memorable, especially for someone with ties to Texas.

Common Spanish surname that can work as a first.

Sassy but slight nickname name.

This name of a California desert town, used by Deborah Falconer and Robert Downey, Jr. for their son, makes a much livelier and more individual – not to mention more masculine – improvisation on the themes of India and Indiana.

The meaning makes this name interesting, but the sound is too related to nemesis.

As Nerea, in the Spanish Top 100, but this streamlined version is one of those golden choices that's both supremely simple and intriguingly rare.

This Spanish spelling of Marquis is popular in its own right.

A nickname-name made famous by the uni-named Spanish singer Charo, whose full name was María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Gutiérrez de los Perales Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Hinojosa Rasten.

This evocative Spanish surname would make an unusual but lively choice for a girl.

After your first little Primo, you could always call the next Segundo -- though that's like naming them number one and number two.

The forerunner of Cynthia is all but unknown these days, but deserving of import and revival.

Inspired by the Mexican singer who uses it as her single name.

If Bear and Fox can make it as baby names, why not Tiger. The Spanish Tigre has a more gender-neutral feel.

This legendary Andalusian city, according to myth founded by Hercules, is an undiscovered baby name destination.