Boy Dog Names

Devo

American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973

Devon

Variant of Devin

Dewey

Probably a variant of the Welsh name Dewi (David)

Dezik

Recorded as a feminine given name in Armenian

Diego

Spanish masculine given name, possibly a shortened form of Santiago

Diemo

A name derived from the Germanic meaning 'famous protector'

Dieno

Diesel

German surname of Rudolf Diesel, the engineer who invented the diesel engine

Diezel

Recorded as a masculine given name in modern English, where it is rare

Digby

From the Old Norse, meaning 'by the ditch' or 'a farm near a ditch.'

Diggory

A name of uncertain origin.

Digo

Masculine given name recorded in Portuguese

Digor

Dillan

English variant of Dylan

Dillon

A variant of Dylan, spelled after the unrelated Irish surname Dillon

Dimitri

Russian variant of Dmitriy and the Georgian form of the name.

Dimka

Diminutive of Dmitriy

Dimo

A diminutive of the name Dimitar, which means 'earth' or 'follower of the earth'.

Dimon

A variant of the name 'Damon', meaning 'to tame' or 'to subdue'

Dingo Starr

Dino

Italian, meaning "little sword" or "little bear"; Bosniak, from Arabic din "faith"

Dio

Italian word for God, from Latin Deus; also an Esperanto calque of Latin Deus.

Dioji

Dion

Derived from the greek element Διός (Dios), meaning "of zeus"

Dirko

Diro

Dixon

From an English surname meaning "Dick's son"

Djambo

Djanko

Djego

Djerry

Djura

A name of Slavic origin meaning 'gifted' or 'doer'

Dmitri

Russian form of Demetrios, meaning "devoted to Demeter"

Dobby

A given name recorded in popular culture, masculine

Dobi

A Hungarian surname

Doby

A fictional house-elf character from the Harry Potter series known for his loyalty and dedication

Dodger

An English given name, recorded as rare and masculine

Dogiego

Doguinho

Dolf

Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Adolf

Dolfy

Dom

Short form of Dominic; also from Portuguese dom, from Latin dominus

Domingo

Spanish form of Dominicus, the Latin name behind Dominic

Don

A title of respect or nobility in Spanish and Italian culture.

Donal

Anglicised form of Domhnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos, "world-ruler"

Donaldo

A variant of the name Donald, meaning 'ruler of the world'

Donatello

Diminutive of Donato, an Italian name

Donato

From the Latin name Donatus, meaning "given"

Donko

Donn

From Irish donn, meaning 'noble' or 'prince'; also 'the dark one' in Irish mythology.

Donnie

Diminutive of Donald, meaning 'ruler of the world'

Donny

A diminutive form of Donald, meaning 'world ruler'.

Donovan

Anglicised form of Irish Ó Donndubháin, "descendant of the brown-black one"

Doogan

Derived from the Irish surname meaning 'dark' or 'black'.

Dooley

Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Dubhlaoich, "descendant of Dubhlaoch"

Dorado

From Italian dorato, 'gilded, golden', ultimately from Latin deauratus

Dorano

Dorian

From the name of the ancient Greek tribe the Dorians

Dorro

Dorus

A name derived from ancient Greek, meaning 'gift' or 'gifted'.

Dotson

A Welsh surname, a patronymic of the Middle English name Dodde

Doug

A nickname for Douglas, which means 'dark water' or 'from the dark stream'.

Dougal

Anglicised form of Scottish Gaelic Dubhghall, "dark stranger"

Dougie

Diminutive of Douglas

Douglas

From a Scottish surname, from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"

Doyle

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill, 'descendant of Dubhghall'

Draco

From the Greek Drakon, meaning "dragon, serpent"

Drago

Short form of Slavic names formed from dorgŭ, "precious"

Dragus

Drak

Drake

From Old Norse Draki or Old English Draca, both meaning "dragon"

Drako

Drako is a variant spelling of Draco, the Greco-Latin word for serpent or dragon.

Drasko

Derived from the Slavic name, meaning 'brave', 'strong'.

Drasso

Derived from the Italian word meaning 'to drag' or 'to pull'.

Draven

A variant of 'brave' or 'dark'.

Dravin

Drax

Recorded as a masculine given name in Popular Culture; also a surname

Dre

Short form of Andre

Drifty Dan

Drigo

A name of uncertain origin.

Drogo

Frankish name, possibly from Gothic dragan 'to carry, to pull' or Old Saxon drog 'ghost, illusion'

Dru

Variant of Drew; as a feminine name, sometimes short for Drusilla

Duco

Trade name for a DuPont automotive lacquer of the 1920s

Dudley

A surname of English origin, historically a place name in Staffordshire

Duff

Scottish, from the Gaelic 'dubh' — dark or black.

Dugan

Reduced anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhagáin, "descendant of Dubhagán"

Duke

From the noble title duke, from Latin dux, "leader".

Duke Dog

The official mascot of the James Madison University Dukes, an English bulldog

Duke Droolington

Duncan

Anglicized form of Donnchadh, from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle"

Dundee

Dunjo

Duque

Spanish surname meaning "duke"

Duro

Sturdy, strong in Italian

Dustan

A modern English masculine given name; no meaning is documented in the sources checked

Dutch

A nickname given to Americans of German descent, related to German deutsch, "German"

Dux

Latin for "leader" or "general"; later also duke and its variant forms.

Dwayne

Variant of Duane, with the spelling altered under the influence of Wayne

Dyami

Recorded as a masculine given name in African American usage

Dylon

Of English origin meaning 'the valley'