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