Dog Names Meaning Life
51 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all meaning categories.
Abea
No meaning available
Aela
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Aicha
Recorded as a feminine given name in Maghrebi Arabic
Aischa
A variant of Aisha, meaning 'alive' or 'living'.
Arisha
Diminutive of Arina
Ascha
Derived from the Hebrew word 'Ash', meaning 'life' or 'living one'.
Ava
Variant of Eve; also Persian for "voice, sound"
Awi
No meaning available
Ayse
Recorded as a feminine given name in Turkish (Anglicized)
Aysha
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة or Urdu عائشہ, or Kazakh Айша
Ayvi
No meaning available
Buri
Recorded as an Old Norse masculine given name
Djanka
No meaning available
Dyra
A feminine given name recorded in Swedish, where it is rare.
Eve
From Hebrew Ḥawwa, derived from ḥawa "to breathe" or ḥaya "to live"
Evee
Recorded as a feminine given name in modern American English
Evie
Diminutive of Eve or Evelyn
Eyak
The name of an Alaska Native people
Haya
Means "hurry, come quickly" in Arabic
Hayat
Means "life" in Arabic, from حيي (ḥayiya) meaning "to live"
Ksana
No meaning available
Nye
An African name meaning 'to be' or 'exist'.
Omar
Alternate transcription of Arabic Umar; also a Hebrew name meaning "speak, say"
Siya
A name of Indian origin, often meaning 'to be' or 'exist'.
Vianne
Meaning unknown; perhaps from Vi and Anne, or short for Vivianne
Vita
Feminine form of Vitus; also a Ukrainian and Belarusian short form of Viktoriya
Viv
Short form of Vivian or Vivienne
Vivaldi
To live, derived from Italian 'vivere'
Vivi
Scandinavian diminutive of names beginning with Vi, and of Olivia and Sofia
Vivian
From the Latin name Vivianus, derived from vivus, "alive"
Viviana
Feminine form of Vivianus, from the Latin vivus, alive
Vivienne
French form of Viviana, a feminine Latin name of the Roman Empire period
Waki
No meaning available
Wiva
No meaning available
Xiro
No meaning available
Xoe
A variant of Zoe, meaning life
Yenja
No meaning available
Yeva
Russian, ukrainian and armenian form of eve
Yve
A masculine or French feminine given name of Germanic origin
Zallie
No meaning available
Zeva
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Zhivka
Feminine form of Živko
Ziven
Derived from the word meaning 'alive' or 'lively'
Zo
Recorded as a given name in english, used for both boys and girls
Zoe
Means "life" in Greek
Zoey
Variant of Zoe, a feminine name of Greek origin meaning "life"
Zoi
Modern Greek transcription of Zoe, the Greek word for life
Zoltano
No meaning available
Zooey
Recorded as a given name in modern English, for both girls and boys
Zoya
Russian, ukrainian, belarusian and bulgarian form of zoe, from greek zoē, "life"
Zoë
From ancient greek ζωή (zōḗ), life