Dog Names Meaning Bear

Aludra

From Arabic العذراء (al-ʿadhrāʾ), "the maiden"; the name of a star in Canis Major

Arcas

A figure from Greek mythology.

Arcturus

From greek arktos "bear" and ouros "guardian"; the name of a star

Arkas

Derives from a Greek word meaning 'the bear'.

Arktos

Artus

Breton surname or name meaning "bear"; Old French nominative of Artur

Baloo

From Hindi भालू bhālū, "bear"

Bamse

A Swedish given name, recorded as rare and masculine

Bear

English word for the animal, from Old English bera, probably "brown"

Benno

A name of German origin meaning 'bear'.

Beran

Recorded as a masculine given name in Kurdish

Bern

Alemannic German Bärn, the de facto capital of Switzerland

Bjorn

Scandinavian male given name meaning "bear"

BjöRn

Scandinavian male given name meaning "bear"

BjøRn

From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from bjǫrn, "bear"

BäRchen

German diminutive of Bär, 'bear'; equivalent to Old Norse Bjarki.

BäRi

BäRli

Grizzly

The grizzly bear, a North American subspecies of brown bear

Innuk

Mischka

Mishka

Russian diminutive of Mikhail

Nanook

Variant of Nanuq, the Inuktitut word for "polar bear"

Nanuk

The polar bear in Inuit mythology

Nanuq

The polar bear in Inuit language

Nokosi

Onno

A name of Dutch origin meaning 'bear cub'.

Oriska

Borrowed from Oneida; also the name of a town in North Dakota

Orsen

Orsi

Italian variant of 'bear'

Orsina

Feminine form of Orsino

Orsino

Derived from Italian, often interpreted as 'bear cub'

Orso

Italian form of Ursus, from Latin ursus, meaning "bear".

Ortessa

Osita

Short form of Ositadimma

Oso

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

Teady

Toklo

The name means 'a young bear' in Inuit languages

Ursa

Feminine form of the Latin Ursus, meaning bear

Ursel

German diminutive of Ursula.

Urso

User-submitted: a masculine given name recorded in Medieval German

Uschi

A German diminutive of Ursula, from Latin ursa, "bear".