Dog Names Meaning Forest

29 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all meaning categories.

Bosco

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

Bosko

From the Serbo-Croatian personal name Boško

Bosky

Bosley

Recorded as a masculine given name in English

Forest

An English word for a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth

Forrest

From an English surname meaning "forest", for one who lived near a forest

Holt

From Old English holt, a small wood or grove

Jungle

Keith

Derived from the Scottish surname meaning 'forest' or 'wood'.

Ling

A Chinese word meaning 'forest' or 'gem'.

Mori

Japanese surname, from 森 (forest) or 毛利 (Mōri)

Odell

A surname of English origin, meaning 'from the grove'

Shaw

From an English surname, from Old English sceaga, "thicket"; or a Scottish surname from the Gaelic byname Sitheach, "wolf"

Shino

Japanese, from 篠 (shino) — dwarf bamboo.

Silva

Latin for forest or wood

Silvana

Feminine form of Silvanus; Latin for 'one who lives in the forest'

Silvi

An Italian surname derived from the personal name Silvio

Silvia

Feminine form of Silvius, from the Latin for forest

Silvo

A Finnish given name and surname, mainly from a vernacular form of Sylvester

Sylvan

From the Latin silva, "wood, forest"; a variant of Silvanus

Sylvia

Variant of Silvia; the most common English spelling since the 19th century

Sylvo

Taiga

From Japanese 大 (tai) "big, great" and 雅 (ga) "elegant, refined"

Timber

The English word for wood processed into beams and boards, or unprocessed logs

Timberlee

Recorded as a rare modern american english given name for girls

Wald

German word for forest; also a German surname meaning "forest"

Woodland

English word for land covered with trees and shrubs

Woodley

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Yabu