German Dog Names

389 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all language categories.

Gerwin

Dutch masculine given name from Germanic ger (spear) and win (friend)

Gery

A diminutive form of the name Gerald, meaning 'rule of the spear'

Gesa

A name of Germanic origin meaning 'pledge' or 'oath'.

Gisela

German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese form of Giselle

Gisell

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Gitzi

Gizelle

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Greta

Short form of Margareta

Grete

German, Danish and Norwegian short form of Margaret.

Gretel

A character in a German fairy tale who is known for her cleverness

Gretl

Upper German given name; also the name of an econometrics software package

Gretta

A name derived from the Old High German 'grāto', meaning pearl.

Grimm

A surname derived from an old Germanic word that means 'fierce' or 'grim'.

Gundo

Recorded as an Old Swedish masculine given name

Gunter

Variant of Gunther, from Germanic elements gund (battle) and heri (army)

GäRy

GüNnie

GüNter

From Old High German gund (battle) and heri (army)

Hagen

From the Old German element hag, meaning "enclosure"

Haidy

A variant of the name Heidi, which means 'noble one' or 'of noble descent'

Hank

Short form of Hankin, a medieval diminutive of John; also a diminutive of Henry

Hanka

A Finnish name from farm place names, and a Polish clipping of Hanna

Hans

A famous German name meaning 'God is gracious.'

Harbo

Harriet

English form of Henriette, a feminine form of Harry

Harro

A name derived from the Old Germanic elements meaning 'warrior' or 'army'

Hasso

A name often associated with a strong and loyal dog, derived from Germanic roots.

Heddi

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Danish

Heddy

A Scandinavian feminine given name

Hedy

A diminutive of Hedwig, used in Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, Germanic, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene

Heid

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Norwegian

Heida

German diminutive of adelheid

Heidi

German diminutive of adelheid

Heido

A variation of the name 'Heidi', which means 'noble one' or 'of noble birth' in German.

Heidschi

Heidy

No documented meaning; recorded as an English feminine given name

Heiko

Low German and Frisian diminutive of Henrik.

Heinzi

Helmie

A given name recorded in Dutch, feminine

Helmo

Short form of Germanic names beginning with helm, "helmet, protection"

Hemie

Henni

A form of the name Henrietta, meaning 'home ruler'

Hennie

A diminutive form of Henrietta, meaning 'ruler of the estate'

Henrey

A surname; no documented meaning in the sources checked

Henry

From the Germanic Heimirich, "home ruler", from heim "home" and rih "ruler"

Herzchen

Heydi

Recorded as a given name in Latin American Spanish

Heyko

Hilda

Short form of Germanic names containing the element hild, "battle"

Hilde

German, dutch and norwegian variant of hilda

Hildie

Recorded as a given name in English, rare and archaic

Hilka

A given name recorded in Hungarian and Low German, feminine in both

Hilla

Short form of names beginning with Hil; also Finnish for cloudberry.

Hoppel

Hubert

From the Old German elements hugu "mind, thought, spirit" and beraht "bright"

Hugh

From the Germanic element hugu, meaning "mind, thought, spirit"

Ida

From the Germanic element id, possibly meaning "work, labour"

Ilka

Ilsa

Variant of Ilse

Ilse

German and dutch diminutive of elisabeth, used independently

Immi

A Finnish variant of Impi

Ina

A short form of names ending in -ina, such as Martina, Christina and Carolina

Ingo

Derived from Germanic origins, meaning 'protected by Ing', which is a god in Germanic mythology.

Irmina

Diminutive of Irma

Irmy

Ivo

Germanic name from the element iwa, meaning "yew"

Izolde

Jager

Dutch occupational surname meaning "hunter"

Jens

A variant of the name 'John', meaning 'God is gracious'

Jockel

A diminutive of Jakob, Jörg or Joachim

Johann

German form of Iohannes, from Hebrew Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious"

Josch

Joschi

Joschka

The name Joschka is often associated with the German name Joschua, which means ‘God is salvation’.

Jupp

German diminutive of joseph

Kaethe

Kaizer

Kaizer is a variant spelling of kaiser, the German title for an emperor

Kann

Kapitan

Kapitan is the equivalent of the English word captain in some European languages

Karl

German and Scandinavian form of Charles

Karla

Feminine form of Karl, Karel or Karlo

Karle

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Karli

A variant of Carly

Karlie

Variant of Carly, a feminine form of Karl

Kasch

A surname from German

Katrin

German, swedish and estonian short form of katherine

Kepler

A German surname, borne by the astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Kiefer

From a German surname meaning "pine tree" or "barrel maker"

Kiel

A given name recorded in English (American) and Medieval Dutch; also a German city

Kino

Kino means cinema or film in many European languages

Klaus

German short form of nicholas, now used independently

Klee

A surname of German origin, associated with the artist Paul Klee or a reference to 'clover' in some contexts.