5 Letter Dog Names

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

Leora

Hebrew female given name, possibly from ליאורה "my light"

Leota

A surname and given name; the sources checked record no further meaning

Letta

Italian surname and African given name

Letty

Diminutive of Lettice

Lewis

Medieval English form of Louis

Lexie

Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis

Liana

Short form of Juliana and Liliana; also a jungle vine

Liath

Means 'gray' or 'slate' in Irish

Liebe

German for love; recorded as a feminine given name in Yiddish.

Lilac

From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa)

Lilah

Variant of Leila or a short form of Delilah.

Lilja

Icelandic, Faroese and Finnish cognate of Lily

Lilla

Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia

Lilly

English variant of Lily, also used in Scandinavia as a form of Lily or a diminutive of Elisabeth.

Lilou

French feminine given name, a diminutive of Lily or a blend of Lily and Louise

Linda

Medieval short form of Germanic names with the element lind, "soft, tender"; also the Spanish and Portuguese word for "beautiful"

Lindo

An English surname, from the place name Lindow

Lizzo

A stage name; not recorded as a given name in the sources checked.

Ljuba

From the Slavic element ľuby, meaning "love", or a short form of names beginning with it

Lloyd

From a Welsh surname derived from llwyd, meaning "grey"

Loala

Logan

From a Scottish surname, from Gaelic lag, "little hollow"

Lolah

Lolli

An Italian surname; recorded as a feminine given name in Romani

Lolly

A hypocorism for given names such as Laura, formed by substituting l for r

Lomax

A variation of the name meaning 'from the land of lakes'.

Lorne

A name derived from the Scottish place name, meaning 'from the land of the lorn'.

Lotta

Short form of Charlotta, used in Swedish and Finnish

Lotus

From the name of the lotus flower or the mythological lotus tree, from Greek λωτός (lotos)

Louie

Diminutive of Louis

Louis

French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of Ludwig

Loula

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Louna

Possibly a variant of Luna

Lovie

A given name, nickname and surname

Loyce

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Lubov

Russian and ukrainian given name meaning "love"

Lucas

Latin form of the greek name Λουκᾶς, related to Luke

Lucia

Feminine form of the Latin name Lucius, from lux, light

Lucie

French and Czech form of Lucia.

Lucio

Italian and Spanish form of Lucius, a Latin name

Lucky

From a nickname given to a lucky person; sometimes a diminutive of Luke

Ludde

Swedish diminutive of Ludvig

Luffy

The name of a popular character from the anime and manga series 'One Piece'.

Lugia

Luisa

Feminine form of Luis, from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat"

Lumen

Latin for light; also the SI unit of luminous flux

Lumos

Recorded as a masculine given name in Finnish

Lunar

English word meaning "of or relating to the Moon"

Lundy

An English island in the Bristol Channel, in the district of Torridge, Devon

Lupin

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

Lusie

A diminutive form of the name Lucia, meaning light.

Lutza

Luxor

A city in Egypt known for its ancient temples and monuments.

Maara

Recorded as a feminine given name in Estonian

Mabel

English female name from Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear".

Mable

Variant of Mabel

Mabli

A name of Welsh origin that means 'a young woman' or 'a young girl'

Macca

Macey

Variant of Macy

Machu

Macky

A diminutive form of the name 'Mack', often used affectionately

Maddy

A diminutive form of the name Madeline, meaning 'high tower' or 'woman of Magdala'.

Maeby

Recorded as a feminine given name in modern English

Maggy

A diminutive form of Margaret meaning 'pearl'.

Magic

English word for supernatural forces, conjuring tricks, or the magic of games and fiction.

Magni

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

Magoo

Maico

Recorded as a masculine given name in Brazilian Portuguese

Maika

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in Japanese and Basque

Maiko

A young woman in traditional Japanese performing arts

Maiky

Mailo

Maisy

Variant of maisie, a scottish feminine name from a pet form of mary or margaret

Maiya

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Makka

Greenlandic form of Danish Margrethe, and Swahili borrowing of Arabic مَكَّة (makka)

Makya

A Hopi given name, recorded for both feminine and masculine use

Malak

Means "angel" in Arabic

Maldo

Malia

Hawaiian form of maria

Malie

Recorded as a given name in Hawaiian (Anglicized), feminine

Malik

Means "king" in Arabic; also means "wave, sea" in Greenlandic

Malin

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Magdalene.

Malko

Mallo

Mally

Recorded as an archaic Manx feminine given name

Malon

A variant of 'Malo', which means 'bad' or 'evil' in French

Malou

Short form of Marie-Louise

Malto

A prefix referring to maltose; also a Dravidian language and people of India

Mambo

Spanish (Latin American) given name; also a Cuban musical form and its dance

Manda

Diminutive of Magdalena

Mandi

A diminutive of Amanda

Mando

A short form of names and words beginning with Mando-, including Mandolin and Mandarin.

Mandy

A diminutive of Amanda

Mango

The fruit of the tree Mangifera indica

Manja

Diminutive of Marija, used independently

Manju

From Sanskrit मञ्जु (manju), meaning "lovely, beautiful"

Manna

An edible substance God gave the Israelites in the desert

Manni

A Finnish given name, from medieval forms of Hermanni, Immanuel or Maunu

Manny

A diminutive form of Emmanuel or a term for a male caregiver.

Manou

A variant of the Hebrew name Menachem meaning 'comforter'