Italian Dog Names

Pilo

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Pinga

A playful term often used for a small, energetic animal

Pingo

Pino

Short form of names ending in -pino

Pio

A common Italian name meaning 'pious' or 'devout'

Pippa

Diminutive of Philippa

Pippino

Pippo

Italian diminutive of Filippo or Giuseppe

Pira

Recorded as a masculine given name in Thai

Pirlo

A surname of Italian origin, famously associated with the footballer Andrea Pirlo.

Pistachio

Pisto

Pitto

A short, affectionate term often used for a small dog

Poco

Italian for 'a little' or 'little', from Latin paucus.

Poldo

Cebuano clipping of Leopoldo

Poldy

Poli

Short form of Polina or, in Faroese, of Napoleon

Polpetta

Pona

Ponto

Pozza

Italian, formed from pozzo

Prello

Presto

Primavera

Italian and other Romance languages word for "spring"

Primo

Italian form of the Latin name Primus, from primo, 'firstborn'.

Principessa

Italian word for princess

Prissa

Puchi

Pupi

Derived from the Italian word for 'puppy' or 'little doll'

Qiana

English, from the word for a silk-like material introduced by DuPont in 1968

Quandro

Querena

Italian variant of Quarena.

Querro

Quessa

Quido

Czech form of wido

Quilli

Quillina

Quinci

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American English given name

Quini

Derived from the Italian word for 'five'

Quinto

Italian form of the Latin name Quintus, from Latin quintus, fifth

Quinzi

A diminutive form of 'Quintus'.

Quirina

Feminine form of Quirinus

Quista

Radella

Raffael

Italian form of Raphael, meaning 'God has healed'

Raffi

A diminutive of Raphael, which means 'God has healed'

Raggi

An Italian surname; also recorded as a given name in Old Norse

Rago

Italian for 'to rake' or 'to gather'.

Ragu

Romanian clipping of Dragu, from drag

Randoro

Ranno

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in Estonian

Rastina

Rasto

Rebello

A Portuguese surname, also spelled Rebello

Reis

Turkish form of Rais; German for rice

Renato

Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of the Latin name Renatus.

Renda

Italian surname from a derivative of Latin Laurentius, or from a feminine form of Rando.

Rezzo

Recorded as a rare modern German masculine given name

Ribella

Ricca

Italian for rich or wealthy

Riccardo

Italian form of Richard, meaning 'brave ruler'.

Ricco

Rich or wealthy in Italian

Ricoso

Rieno

Rigo

Slovak, derived from Hungarian rigo

Rimma

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian feminine name of uncertain meaning

Rini

A diminutive of Marinus, Marina or Catharina

Rino

Short form of names ending in rino

Ritmo

Italian and Spanish word for "rhythm"

Rizzi

An Italian surname

Rizzo

Recorded as a given name in modern English, used for both boys and girls

Roberta

Feminine form of Robert, from Germanic *hrod "famous" and *berht "bright"

Roberto

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.

Roccia

Rocco

From a Germanic name, possibly from hruoh, "crow, rook"

Roccos

Rochi

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hebrew

Roco

Recorded as a masculine given name in Spanish and Venetian

Rodi

Karelian, Kurdish and Greek given name; Italian name for Rhodes

Rodolfo

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Rudolf, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz, "glorious wolf".

Rolli

Romano

Italian for 'Roman', a reference to Rome or its citizens.

Romeo

Italian form of the Late Latin Romaeus, meaning "from Rome" or "Roman".

Romika

Ronda

Variant of Rhonda

Rondi

Rosalia

Late Latin name from rosa, "rose"; also a doublet of Rosalie.

Rosalina

Latinate form of Rosaline

Rosalinda

Latinate form of Rosalind

Rosaline

Medieval variant of Rosalind; also an elaborate form of Rosalie

Rosaria

Meaning 'rose' in Latin, symbolizing beauty and love.

Rosella

Italian diminutive of rosa

Rosemarie

Derived from the Latin 'rosmarinus', meaning 'dew of the sea', associated with the rosemary herb

Rosetta

Italian diminutive of Rosa

Roza

Means "rose" in Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian

Russo

Italian for 'red' or 'rusty'

Sabina

Feminine form of Sabinus, a Latin cognomen meaning "a Sabine"

Saffi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Safiro

Sala

Italian for room or hall