Girl Dog Names
3,609 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all gender categories.
Donnella
Donni
Recorded as a rare English given name, used for both girls and boys
Dora
Short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isidora
Dorabella
Recorded as a feminine given name used in the theatre
Doralee
A feminine given name recorded in American English
Doria
Possibly a feminine form of Dorian or an elaboration of Dora
Dorina
Feminine form of Dorin; also an elaboration of Dora, related to "gift"
Doris
A gift or a sea breeze in Greek.
Dorit
Strictly feminine variant of Dor; also a Danish diminutive of Dorothea
Dorle
German given name, feminine (user-submitted); also a surname
Dorleen
English feminine given name, recorded as rare.
Dorli
A given name recorded in Swiss German, used for women
Dorothy
Usual English form of Dorothea, in use since the 16th century
Dorra
Recorded as a feminine given name in Maghrebi Arabic
Dorrie
A given name and surname
Dorris
Variant of Doris
Dorrit
Danish diminutive of Dorothea
Doscha
A name of Slavic origin meaning 'gift' or 'present'
Dosie
Recorded as an English feminine given name
Dottie
English diminutive of Dorothy
Dotty
Diminutive of Dorothy
Douce
French feminine given name, recorded as rare
Dovey
Recorded as a given name in the American South (archaic), feminine
Dovie
No documented meaning; recorded as a given name
Draga
Feminine form of Drago, from Slavic drag, meaning "dear, beloved"
Drea
Short form of Andrea
Drina
Diminutive of Adriana or Alexandrina
Drixie
Duchess
English feminine form of duke, a rank of royalty or nobility
Duchess Daintywoof
Duchesse
Dulce
Spanish word for "sweet" or "candy"
Dulcie
From Latin dulcis, meaning "sweet"
Dunja
South Slavic word for "quince"; a Serbo-Croatian feminine given name
Durina
Duscha
German-language surname from Polish dusza, "soul"; archaic Romansh given name
Duschka
A surname of the Austrian iron worker Reinhold Duschka
Dusha
Dutchess
An English spelling of duchess, the female rank of nobility.
Dyani
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Dylana
Dyleila
Dymka
A name of Slavic origin meaning 'little mist or fog'.
Dyna
Recorded as a feminine given name in English; also short for "dynamic"
Dyra
A feminine given name recorded in Swedish, where it is rare.
Ebba
Feminine form of Ebbe, from the Germanic Eberhard, meaning "strong"
Edda
Italian form of Hedda; also possibly from Old Norse "great-grandmother".
Edel
From German edel, "noble", in the compound edelweiss.
Edie
Diminutive of Edith
Edith
From Old English elements meaning "wealth, fortune" and "battle"
Edna
Means "pleasure" in Hebrew, from a root meaning "to delight"
Edwina
Feminine form of Edwin, an Old English name meaning "rich friend"
Effie
Diminutive of Euphemia; in Scotland an anglicised form of Oighrig
Eilidh
Scottish Gaelic diminutive of Eilionoir, usually anglicised as Helen
Eireann
Eirene
Ancient Greek form of Irene, from Εἰρήνη, literally "peace"
Eirwen
Welsh, from eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed"; means "white snow"
Ela
Diminutive of El- names; Turkish for "hazel"; Hebrew form of Elah
Elaine
An Old French form of Helen
Elara
Possibly from Greek ἄλαρα, "hazelnut, spear-shaft"
Elda
An old word meaning 'elf' or 'magical being'
Eldora
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Eleanor
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor
Electra
Latinized form of greek Ἠλέκτρα, from ἤλεκτρον, meaning "amber"
Elektra
Greek form of Electra
Elena
Form of Helen used in various languages
Elfie
English feminine given name, from elf plus the suffix -ie.
Eliana
Hebrew: "my God has answered"
Elin
Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.
Elina
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen
Elinor
Variant of Eleanor, a female given name
Elisa
Short form of Elisabeth; also recorded as of Phoenician origin
Elise
Short form of Elizabeth
Eliska
Eliza
Short form of Elizabeth, a name of Hebrew origin
Elizaveta
Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta)
Elke
Low German and Frisian diminutive of Adelheid; also a Yiddish feminine form of Elkanah
Ella
Short form of Germanic names with the element alles, "other"
Elle
French pronoun meaning 'she'
Ellee
Inari Sami word formed from the verb eelliđ with the suffix -ee.
Ellei
Finnish univerbation of dialectal ellä, "if", and ei, "no".
Elli
Modern Greek form of Helle; also a diminutive of names beginning with El, and an Old Norse word meaning "old age".
Ellie
Derived from 'Elizabeth', meaning 'pledged to God'
Ellie Mae
Ellie Rose
Elly
Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth, and other names beginning with El
Elma
Short form of Wilhelmine and of names ending in -elma, such as Anselma
Elmira
Possibly a shortened form of Edelmira, or from Turkic el and Arabic amir
Elodie
English form of Élodie, a French feminine given name
Eloise
From the Old French Héloïse, probably from the Germanic Helewidis: heil "healthy, whole" and wit "wide"
Elora
Probably an invented name, borne by the infant girl in the 1988 film Willow
Elowen
Means "elm tree" in Cornish
Elsa
Short form of Elisabeth, used independently
Elsie
Diminutive of Elizabeth; also a Scottish diminutive of Alison and Elspeth
Elska
From Old Norse elska, to love
Elspeth
Scottish form of Elizabeth
Elva
Anglicized form of Ailbhe; feminine form of Alf
Elvie
Derived from the name 'Elvira', meaning truth or life
Elvina
Portuguese and Spanish variant of Alvina
Elvira
Spanish form of a Visigothic name, of uncertain meaning