Dog Names Meaning Life
53 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all meaning categories.
Abea
Greek initials of Anatoli Industries S.A., an olive oil company
Aela
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Aicha
Recorded as a feminine given name in Maghrebi Arabic
Aischa
Variant spelling of Aisha, an Arabic given name meaning "living" or "alive"
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
Ayse
Recorded as a feminine given name in Turkish (Anglicized)
Aysha
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة, Urdu عائشہ or Kazakh Айша
Ayvi
Buri
Recorded as an Old Norse masculine given name
Djanka
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
Evy
Diminutive of Eva or Evelina
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
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
Vivienne
French form of Viviana, a feminine Latin name of the Roman Empire period
Waki
Wiva
Xiro
Xoe
A variant of Zoe, meaning life
Yasar
Turkish form of Yasir
Yenja
Yeva
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Eve
Yve
Masculine or French feminine given name of Germanic origin, related to Yvonne and Yves
Zallie
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
Zooey
User-submitted: recorded as a given name in modern English, for girls and boys
Zoya
Russian, ukrainian, belarusian and bulgarian form of zoe, from greek zoē, "life"
Zoë
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ), meaning "life".