5 Letter Dog Names

3,814 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all letter count categories.

Dulce

Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish

Dundy

Derived from an Old Scottish word meaning 'a hill or mound'

Dunja

Means "quince" in the South Slavic languages.

Dunjo

Duque

Spanish surname meaning "duke"

Dusha

Dusky

From English 'dusky', meaning dark or shadowy in colour

Dusti

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

Dutch

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

Dyami

Recorded as a masculine given name in African American usage

Dyani

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Dylon

Of English origin meaning 'the valley'

Dymka

A name of Slavic origin meaning 'little mist or fog'.

Dymon

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

Eamon

Irish form of Éamann, a borrowing of the name Edmund

Ebony

From the English word for the black wood of the ebony tree

Edgar

From Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear"

Edgey

Edith

From Old English elements meaning "wealth, fortune" and "battle"

Edric

From Old English ead "wealth, fortune" and ric "ruler, king"

Eilidh

Scottish Gaelic feminine name, a diminutive of Eilionoir and usually anglicised as Helen

Einar

From the Old Norse Einarr, from einn "one, alone" and herr "army, warrior"

Elara

Possibly from Greek ἄλαρα, "hazelnut, spear-shaft"

Eldin

A masculine given name and surname, a modification of the suffix component ad-Din

Eldon

From an old english place name meaning "ella's hill"

Elena

Form of Helen used in various languages

Elfie

A feminine given name; a short form of Elfriede

Elian

Dutch variant of names beginning with eli, such as elijah or elisabeth

Elias

Form of Elijah used in several languages

Elina

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen

Eliot

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott

Elisa

Short form of Elisabeth

Eliza

Short form of Elizabeth, a name of Hebrew origin

Ellee

Inari Sami word formed from the verb eelliđ with the suffix -ee.

Ellei

Finnish univerbation of dialectal ellä, "if", and ei, "no".

Ellie

Derived from 'Elizabeth', meaning 'pledged to God'

Ellis

From an English surname derived from Elis, a medieval form of Elias, and an anglicised form of Welsh Elisedd

Elmer

From the Old English Æþelmǣr, æþel "noble" + mǣre "famous"

Elora

Probably an invented name, borne by the infant girl in the 1988 film Willow

Elroy

The name Elroy means 'God is my King' in Hebrew.

Elska

From Old Norse elska, to love

Elton

From an English surname, originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town"

Elvie

Derived from the name 'Elvira', meaning truth or life

Elvis

Meaning 'all wise' or 'noble' in Old English

Elwyn

A variant of Alvin

Embla

The name of the first woman in Norse mythology

Emery

Norman french form of emmerich; also a hard black substance

Emiko

From japanese 恵 (e) "favour, benefit", 美 (mi) "beautiful", 子 (ko) "child"

Emory

Variant of emery

Enoch

From Hebrew Ḥanoḵ, meaning "dedicated"

Eoghan

Possibly "born from the yew tree", from Old Irish e "yew" and the suffix gan "born"

Eowyn

Fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Erica

Feminine form of Eric; also coincides with the Latin word for heather

Erika

From the Old Norse Eiríkr — 'ei', ever, and 'ríkr', ruler; 'ever ruler'.

Ernie

A diminutive form of Ernest, meaning serious or determined.

Esmae

Feminine form of Esm

Ethan

From the Hebrew name אֵיתָן (ʾEṯan), meaning "solid, enduring, firm"

Ethel

Short form of Old English names beginning with the element ele, "noble"

Eydis

A name of Norse origin meaning 'island goddess'

Faber

Latin word for "smith", adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany

Fabia

Derived from the Latin word for 'bean', also related to the Fabaceae family of plants.

Fabio

A masculine name of Italian origin.

Fairy

A type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore

Falco

Recorded as a masculine given name in Germanic; also a surname

Fancy

From the English word fancy, meaning "like, love, inclination" or "ornamental"

Fango

Italian for mud; borrowed into French from Italian fango.

Faris

Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic

Faroe

From Danish Færø and Faroese Føroyar, the name of the Faroe Islands

Fedor

Alternate transliteration of Russian Фёдор, from Greek Theodoros, "God's gift"

Feebs

A diminutive form of an affectionate name, often used for pets

Feeny

English surname from Irish

Felix

From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin

Feliz

Spanish for "happy"; recorded as a rare masculine given name in Spanish.

Fendi

A luxury fashion brand known for its leather goods, shoes, and ready-to-wear clothing.

Fenix

Fenix, Fénix and Fênix are the Spanish and Portuguese words for phoenix.

Fenna

Feminine form of Fen 2.

Fenne

Feminine form of Fen 2

Fenya

Russian феня (fenja), a cant language; also recorded as a feminine given name in Armenian and West Frisian.

Fermi

A surname of Italian origin, associated with the physicist Enrico Fermi.

Ferra

Not documented as a word or name in the sources checked

Fetch

English word for an act of fetching data, or the object of fetching

Fiadh

Irish name meaning "wild, wild animal, deer" or "respect"

Fidel

From the Latin name Fidelis, meaning "faithful", a derivative of fides "faith"

Fifer

American (rare) given name; also a word for a person who plays the fife

Figgy

Filip

The meaning of Filip is 'lover of horses' or 'friend of horses'.

Fiona

Feminine form of Fionn, from Irish fionn, meaning fair or white

Fionn

From Old Irish finn, meaning "white, blessed"

Fiore

Italian word for flower

Fiske

A surname of Scandinavian origin, from the old Norse name Fiskr

Fjord

Flame

A flame, from Latin flamma: the visible, gaseous part of a fire

Flann

Means "blood red" in Irish

Flare

Flash

English word for a sudden burst of light

Fleck

A surname

Fleur

Means "flower" in French

Flick

Diminutive of Felicity, or a nickname from the English word flick

Flint

From the English vocabulary word, from Old English flint

Fliss

English given name (feminine), recorded as a surname