Spanish Dog Names

Nina

Short form of names ending in -nina; also means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara

Noche

Chavacano word for "night", inherited from Spanish noche

Noelia

Spanish feminine form of Noël.

Nunita

Ocho

Ola

A short form of Olaf, Aleksandra, or Yoruba names containing ọlá, meaning wealth or honour

Olalla

Galician variant of Eulalia

Olinda

The name Olinda is of Spanish origin, meaning 'a place of beauty'.

Orres

Ortega

A Spanish surname, from a place name derived from Latin urtica, 'nettle'.

Osita

Short form of Ositadimma

Oso

Spanish for "bear"; in Albanian, from Osman plus the suffix -o

Ozeta

Pablo

Spanish form of the latin name Paulus, from Paul

Pachanga

Spanish word for a genre of music and its accompanying dance

Packo

Paco

A Spanish diminutive of Francisco, used as a nickname.

Pago

Pako

Palo

Spanish for stick or pole; in Finnish, a burnt clearing or beacon fire

Paloma

Spanish for "dove, pigeon".

Palomino

A breed of horse known for its golden color.

Pamigo

Panama

A country in Central America known for the Panama Canal.

Panchito

A diminutive form of 'Pancho'.

Pancho

Spanish diminutive of Francisco

Papaya

The fruit of Carica papaya, a tropical plant species

Papi

A term of endearment in Spanish, from papa, meaning 'daddy'.

Papito

Paquita

Diminutive of Francisca

Paquito

Diminutive of Francisco, from Paco plus the Spanish suffix -ito

Pardo

Means 'brown' in Spanish and also refers to a certain type of deer.

Paso

A Finnish surname, a variant of Pasanen

Pato

Spanish word for duck; recorded as a given name in Spanish

Patz

A surname; also a Hebrew-origin word recorded by Wiktionary

Pecos

Recorded as a masculine given name in Comanche

Pedro

Spanish form of Peter, meaning 'rock' or 'stone'.

Pelusa

Spanish, formed from pelo ("hair") with the suffix -uza

Pepa

Recorded as a given name in Croatian and Spanish; no meaning documented

Pepi

Given name in Spanish and Greek (feminine) and Ancient Egyptian (masculine)

Pepita

Spanish feminine diminutive of Joseph

Pepito

Spanish diminutive of Joseph

PequeñO

Spanish word for small

Perfecto

Spanish form of the Latin name Perfectus, meaning "achieved, completed, perfected".

Pero

Diminutive of Petar, recorded as a given name in many languages

Perrito

Spanish diminutive of perro, dog: little dog

Pilar

Means "pillar" in Spanish, from the title of the Virgin Mary, María del Pilar

Pincho

A small snack from northern Spain, named for the toothpick or skewer spiked through it

Pinto

A Portuguese surname, from Latin pictus, meaning "coloured" or "painted"

Poncho

A type of outer garment originating from Latin America

Potato

Preciosa

Spanish and Portuguese word meaning precious or beautiful

Precioso

Galician, from Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus

Princesa

Spanish and Portuguese word for "princess"

Pucho

Pura

Spanish pura, "pure"; also a diminutive of Purificación

Quena

Hispanicized spelling of Quechua qina, the traditional flute of the Andes

Queso

Quico

Recorded as a masculine given name in Spanish

Quida

Quila

A name of uncertain origin that may refer to a place or a geographic feature.

Quino

Galician word of onomatopoeic origin; recorded as a Spanish given name

Quinto

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

Quira

Quivira

Rafa

Spanish short form of Rafael.

Rajo

User-submitted entry: recorded as a given name in Malagasy

Ramiro

Spanish and portuguese form of a visigothic name, from gothic rana "wedge" or ragin "law" with mers "famous"

Ramona

Spanish and Old German, the feminine of Ramon and Raymond — 'wise protector'.

Ranco

Derived from 'branch' or 'bough'

Rango

A name meaning 'a place of living' or 'one who is strong'

Rasco

A bacronym for "Realistic, Ambitious, Serious, Cautious, and Organized"

Reilo

Reina

Spanish for "queen"; also a Yiddish name from "clean, pure" and a Japanese name from 怜 "wise" + 奈.

Renita

Feminine form of Renatus.

Rey

Short form of Reynaldo; also the Spanish word for "king"

Reyna

Variant of Reina, a name meaning 'queen'

Ria

Short form of Maria

Rica

Rico

Short form of Ricardo, Enrico and other names ending in rico

Rinda

A given name recorded in Popular Culture, Korean and Japanese use; also a Karelian word from Proto-Finnic *rinta

Rio

The Spanish and Portuguese word for "river"

Risa

Laughter in Spanish and a name that evokes joy.

Rivera

User-submitted: given name in American English, used for girls and boys

Roca

Romanian surname from Hungarian róka, "fox"; also a Spanish surname

Roja

Romero

Spanish surname from Late Latin romaeus, from Greek rhōmaios, meaning Roman.

Rosalinda

Latinate form of Rosalind

Rosalita

Rosita

Spanish diminutive of Rosa

Rubi

From Slovene rubin "ruby", ultimately from Latin rubeus "red"

Rumba

A term for Cuban secular music styles, and later for various music and dance styles

Ruso

Spanish for 'Russian'

Sacko

Meaning related to 'sack' or 'bag' in Spanish.

Salsa

Sanora

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare feminine given name in American usage

Santana

From a contraction of Santa Ana, referring to Saint Anna, or a Spanish and Portuguese surname

Santi

Short form of Santiago or a variant of Santo

Santo

A surname from the Romance languages

Santos

Spanish for "saints"; used in reference to All Saints' Day