Latin Dog Names

Lucie

French and Czech form of Lucia

Lucille

French form of Lucilla.

Lucius

Roman praenomen derived from Latin lux, "light"

Lucy

English form of Lucia, from the Latin Lucius, meaning 'as of light'.

Lucy Lu

Ludo

Short form of Ludovicus or Ludolf

Luella

English given name, a modern coinage of uncertain origin

Luke

English form of Latin Lucas, from Greek Loukas, probably meaning "from Lucania".

Lumen

Latin for light; also the SI unit of luminous flux

Lumos

Recorded as a masculine given name in Finnish

Luna

Latin, Italian and Spanish word for "the moon"

Lunar

English word meaning "of or relating to the Moon"

Lupin

A type of flowering plant known for its tall spikes of colorful flowers

Lupine

Relating to a wolf, or the plant genus Lupinus

Lux

Latin lux, "light"

Macey

Variant of Macy, recorded in Old French, French, Slovak and Polish

Maco

A name derived from the Latin word for 'mighty' or 'brave'

Magni

From Old Norse magn, meaning "might, strength".

Magnum

Latin word meaning "great"

Magnus

Latin cognomen meaning "great"

Mailo

Maks

Short form of Maksim, Maksym or Maksimilijan

Maline

A given name recorded in Hindi and, rarely, in French; also a French noun from Latin malina.

Manda

Diminutive of Magdalena

Mandie

Feminine given name recorded in English (user-submitted entry)

Manus

Irish form of Magnus.

Marc

French, Catalan and Welsh form of Marcus

Marceline

French feminine form of Marcellinus

Marcie

A diminutive of Marcia, the feminine of the Roman name Marcus.

Marcus

Latin Mārcus, borrowed into English, where it is a doublet of Mark

Maren

Danish diminutive of Marina or Maria

Marian

Variant of Marion, a medieval form of Mary, or a combination of Mary and Ann

Mariana

Roman feminine form of Marianus

Maribelle

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Marilla

Possibly a diminutive of Mary or a variant of Amaryllis

Marin

Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and French form of Marinus

Marina

Feminine form of Marinus, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"

Marine

French, Armenian and Georgian form of Marina

Maris

Diminutive of Maria; also "of the sea", from the Latin Stella Maris

Marita

Diminutive of Maria, or a Scandinavian variant of Margaret

Markus

German, Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Marcus

Maro

A given name recorded in Croatian, Galician, Greek and ecclesiastical use

Marsa

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indonesian

Marscha

Marsha

Variant of Marcia

Marti

Derived from the Latin name Martinus, meaning 'of Mars' or 'warlike'

Martin

From the Roman name Martinus, derived from the god Mars

Marty

Diminutive of Martin

Maryn

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Maurice

From Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus, meaning "Moor; dark, swarthy"

Maury

A variant of the name Maurice, meaning 'dark-skinned' or 'moorish'.

Max

Short form of Maximilian, Maxim, Maxwell, or maximum

Maxi

Spanish short form of Maximiliano, German short form of Maximiliane or Maximilian

Maxie

Diminutive of Maximilian, Maxwell, Maxine and other names beginning with Max

Maxime

French form of Maximus.

Maximillian

Variant of Maximilian, a male name of Latin origin

Maximus

Roman cognomen meaning "greatest"; the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest"

Maxine

English feminine elaboration of Max

Maxon

Recorded as a given name in English (American), masculine

Maxx

A given name recorded in English, masculine

Melita

Latinized form of the Greek name Melite; also the Latin name of Malta

Mendor

Mercury

Swift messenger; the winged messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.

Mica

Short form of Michaela, from Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)

Migo

A playful term for a friend or buddy

Miles

From the Germanic name Milo; associated with Latin miles, "soldier"

Milian

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Maximilian; also a Spanish and Polish surname from Aemilianus.

Milo

Masculine given name and surname; Latin miles, "soldier"; Greek milos, "yew tree"

Milvi

An Estonian given name coined by Mats Tõnisson in 1914, of uncertain meaning

Minerva

Latin, possibly from mens "intellect", or of Etruscan origin; the Roman goddess of wisdom and war

Mira

Sanskrit mīra, "sea, ocean"; also short for Slavic names beginning with Mir

Mirabel

Variant of Mirabelle, used in French, Italian and Spanish

Miranda

Latin mirandus, "admirable, worthy of being admired"

Moli

Recorded as a feminine given name in Welsh

Monica

Meaning unknown, probably Berber or Phoenician; linked to Latin moneo "to advise"

Monik

A variant of the name Monica, which means 'advisor' or 'alone' in Latin.

Monika

Form of Monica used in various languages

Mora

Variant of Maura 2

Moris

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in Georgian

Moritz

German form of Maurice

Morris

Usual medieval form of Maurice

Morrys

Morticia

The name is derived from the Latin word 'mors', meaning death.

Nardo

Recorded as a masculine given name in medieval Italian

Natalya

Russian and Ukrainian form of Natalia

Nati

A name meaning 'born' or 'to be born' in various contexts

Navia

Recorded as a given name in Galician, African American (rare) and Hebrew

Nebula

Latin for 'cloud, fog'; a luminescent part of the interstellar medium

Nelcy

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Nemo

Latin word meaning "nobody"

Nemor

Neptune

Latin Neptunus, of unknown meaning; perhaps from a root meaning "wet"

Nesto

Recorded as a masculine given name in Piedmontese

Neva

Short form of Geneva; also the name of a river in Russia

Nimbus

From the Latin for "dark cloud", an outdated term for the nimbostratus cloud

Nitus

Noely

Recorded as a given name in Latin American Spanish, feminine

Nolina

A genus of plants named after the French arboriculturist Abbé C. P. Nolin

Nova

From Latin novus, "new"; used as a given name since the 19th century

Novah

A variant of nova, used in Dutch, Italian and Swedish