5 Letter Dog Names

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

Bonzo

A nickname, and the name of several fictional characters and a band

Boogy

Boone

From an English surname, either from Old French bon, "good", or from Bohon, France

Booto

Boots

English word for a type of footwear that covers the foot and ankle

Boris

A name of Slavic origin meaning 'to fight' or 'battle'

Borzo

Bosbo

Bosco

From the Italian surname Bosco, given in honour of Saint John Bosco

Bosko

From the Serbo-Croatian personal name Boško

Bosky

Bosse

Swedish diminutive of Bo 1.

Bossi

A diminutive form of 'boss', often used affectionately or jokingly.

Bossk

A bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe known for his reptilian features and fierce demeanor.

Bouba

Boudy

Recorded as a given name in Dutch, for either gender

Bowen

From a Welsh surname meaning "son of Owain"

Bowie

A name of Scottish origin meaning 'blonde' or 'fair-haired'

Boysi

Bozto

Bradi

Brady

From an Irish surname, an anglicised form of Ó Brádaigh, from the byname Brádach

Bragi

The Norse god of poetry and music

Brako

Bralu

Brams

A surname; also an East Central German word compared to German Bremse

Brana

A given name recorded in Jewish, Old Norse and Croatian use

Brann

A name of Old Norse origin meaning 'spear' or 'fire'

Brano

Italian name meaning 'brave'

Brava

Esperanto word meaning "valiant, brave"

Bravo

A surname, from Spanish or Italian bravo

Braxi

Breck

Not documented as a word with a meaning in the sources checked

Bresa

Bresa is a Venetian name for the Italian city of Brescia.

Brett

A name of English origin meaning 'a Brit' or 'a Breton'.

Brian

Uncertain; possibly from a Celtic root meaning "hill, high" or "might, power"

Briar

English word for the thorny plant

Brida

Perhaps from a contracted form of the Italian personal name Brigida.

Brigg

English surname and rare given name, from Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ, "bridge".

Brina

Feminine form of Brin

Brisa

Spanish for "breeze".

Brisk

The Yiddish name (בריסק) for the city of Brest, Belarus

Brite

Not documented as a name with a meaning in the sources checked

Britt

Scandinavian short form of Birgitta.

Brixe

Brixi

A Czech surname, derived from the Latin name Brikcius

Brixy

Broni

Brook

From an English surname for one who lived near a brook

Brown

The English word for the colour of soil and wood

Bruce

A name of Scottish origin meaning 'from the brushwood thicket'.

Bruin

A term used for a bear, often resembling strength and courage.

Bruna

Feminine form of Bruno

Bruni

Derived from the Italian word for 'brown'.

Bryce

Variant of Brice

Bryer

Recorded as a rare modern american masculine given name

Brynn

Feminine variant of the Welsh name Bryn

Bubby

A nickname

Bubsy

The anthropomorphic bobcat in the Bubsy video game series

Bucky

Recorded as a masculine given name in the Popular Culture category

Buddy

From the English word meaning "friend"; probably a nursery form of "brother"

Buffi

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in American English

Buggy

An Irish surname

Bugsy

From a slang term bugsy, meaning "crazy, unstable"

Bulli

Recorded as a masculine given name in Old Norse

Bumby

Bunji

A masculine Japanese given name

Bunky

Bupsi

Bushy

Butch

From English slang butch, "manly, masculine", itself from butcher.

Butzi

A nickname of the German-Austrian designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

Byron

Derived from an Old English word meaning 'place where cows graze'

Bysia

BäRli

BöRdi

BöRny

Cabbo

Cabby

Cacao

Caddo

English name of a Native American people, their language, and a town in Oklahoma

Caddy

English caddie, a golfer's assistant; also recorded as a rare given name in English

Caden

Anglicised form of Irish Gaelic Mac Cadáin, from the given name Cadán, of unknown meaning

Cadia

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in English; no meaning is documented

Cadie

An English given name recorded for both feminine and masculine use

Caggy

Caine

An anglicised Irish given name; also a surname, in some cases a variant of Cain

Caira

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Cairo

From the name of the city of Cairo in Egypt, called القاهرة (al-Qāhira) in Arabic, meaning "the victorious".

Caisy

Caius

Latin origin meaning 'rejoice' or 'to be glad'

Cajun

A term for the descendants of Acadian exiles in Louisiana.

Cajus

Of Latin origin, meaning 'rejoice'

Caleb

From Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), probably from כֶּלֶב (kelev), "dog"

Calia

Calie

A variant of Callie, probably a French form of Callie or Kaylee

Calix

Archaic spelling of calyx

Calla

The name of a white-flowered plant; also linked to Greek kallos, beauty

Calli

Callo