Dog Names Meaning Bright

Ailbe

Old irish form of ailbhe

Ailbhe

A name of Irish origin meaning 'bright' or 'white'.

Akhiro

Aki

Japanese name from aki, meaning "autumn", "bright, light, clear", or "clear, crystal"; also a short form of Joakim

Akia

Recorded as a given name in African American (Modern, Rare) and Japanese, both feminine

Akimo

Akio

Japanese masculine given name, from 昭 (aki) "bright, luminous" plus 夫, 男 or 雄 (o) "man"

Akis

A Bislama word from English "axe"; also a given name and other things

Akito

Japanese masculine given name; from aki, "chapter", with to, "person" or a constellation

Akkira

Albe

German noun borrowed from Latin albus; a feminine given name in East Prussian German

Albin

Swedish, French, English, Slovene and Polish form of Albinus

Aranja

Arika

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese, English, Indigenous Australian and Hungarian

Bara

Croatian short form of Barbara; also Arabic "innocence" and Old Norse "wave"

Birta

Icelandic diminutive of Birgitta.

Blazley

Bob

Short form of Robert, from a medieval rhyming nickname

Bobbi

Diminutive of Roberta or Barbara

Bobbie

Variant of Bobby; as a feminine name a diminutive of Roberta or Barbara

Bobby

Diminutive of Bob, from Bob + -y

Bobi

A given name recorded in English, used for both girls and boys

Boby

A diminutive form of 'Robert', meaning 'bright fame'.

Brighton

Recorded as a given name in English (American, Modern)

Brilius

Brinn

Meaning 'pure' or 'bright'

Casy

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

Clair

French form of Clarus, from Latin meaning clear or bright

Clara

Feminine form of the Latin Clarus, meaning "clear, bright, famous"

Clarabelle

A feminine given name recorded in English

Clare

Medieval english form of clara, from latin, meaning bright or clear

Clarence

From the Latin title Clarensis, ultimately from the town of Clare in Suffolk

Clarette

A diminutive of Clara

Clarisa

Spanish form of Clarissa

Clarissa

Latinate form of Clarice

Clarisse

French form of Clarice

Electra

Latinized form of greek Ἠλέκτρα, from ἤλεκτρον, meaning "amber"

Ellie Rose

Gilby

A given name recorded in English, where it is rare and masculine.

Glenny

A surname

Guinn

Heela

Recorded as a feminine given name in Pashto

Hiska

Hubert

From the Old German elements hugu "mind, thought, spirit" and beraht "bright"

Iako

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Ilaria

Italian feminine form of Hilarius

Ilina

Feminine form of Iliya

Ilvy

No documented meaning; recorded as a German given name

Jorna

Related to George, from the Greek 'georgos' — an earth worker or farmer.

Kalea

Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian

Kiara

Variant of Ciara 1 or Chiara

Kiele

A name of Hawaiian origin meaning 'bright' or 'clear'

Klara

Form of Clara in various languages

Klarissa

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Leanne

Combination of Lee and Anne

Malaki

Recorded as a given name in English (Modern) and Filipino

Mayco

Merli

Italian surname; also recorded as a feminine given name in Estonian

Milvi

An Estonian given name coined by Mats Tõnisson in 1914, of uncertain meaning

Neila

A name of uncertain origin.

Nele

Diminutive of Cornelia, from a Middle Low German pet form

Nellie

A diminutive form of Eleanor, meaning 'bright, shining one'.

Nevin

Rare anglicization of Irish Naomhán, a diminutive of naomh, "saint"

Nia

Welsh form of Niamh; also Swahili for "purpose, aim"; also a short form of Antonia and Sidonia.

Niamh

Irish, from the noun niamh, meaning "brightness, lustre, sheen"

Norbe

Norbert

From the Old German elements nord "north" and beraht "bright"

Norbie

Nory

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

Olira

Phaedra

From the Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā), derived from φαιδρός, "bright"

Philbert

A name of Germanic origin meaning 'very bright' or 'brilliant.'

Phoebe

Latinized form of the greek name Φοίβη, meaning "bright, pure"

Rakita

Rhupert

Rob

Short form of Robert; in Dutch, of Robert or Robrecht

Robbi

Derived from Robert, meaning 'bright fame'

Robbie

Diminutive of Robert or Roberta

Robby

Diminutive of Robert; English clipping of Robert or Roberta

Roberta

Feminine form of Robert, from Germanic *hrod "famous" and *berht "bright"

Roberto

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Robert, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.

Robina

Feminine form of Robin

Roby

Medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert

Roxy

Diminutive of Roxana

Rupert

German variant of Robert, from Old German Hrodperht

Scarlette

Variant of Scarlett.

Shirley

From an English surname derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing"

Slara

Solene

Sonnie

A variant of Sonny

Sparky

A common nickname for people and animals

Sunny

From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful"

Warina

Recorded as a feminine given name in medieval english

Xabina

Xanter

Xarina

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Xaver

German form of Xavier

Xavi

Catalan diminutive of Xavier.

Xavia

A name of uncertain origin, often associated with the meaning of 'bright' or 'radiant'.

Xavian

A modern African American given name, used mainly in English-speaking countries