Dog Names Meaning Wise

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

Aldrin

A name of English origin meaning 'old and wise'.

Alfie

A diminutive of Alfred

Atena

Goddess of wisdom and warfare in Greek mythology

Athena

Ancient Greek goddess name of unknown meaning, likely derived from the city of Athens

Athina

Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare

Aydin

Turkish word meaning light, clarity, shining, bright, enlightened, educated, intelligent

Budi

A name of Indonesian origin meaning 'wise' or 'intelligent'.

Chie

Japanese feminine given name, from 千 (chi) "thousand" plus 枝, 恵 or 絵 (e)

Conroy

A surname of Irish origin meaning 'wise' or 'knowledgeable'.

Dabir

A Persian title for a secretary or scribe, from Middle Persian dibīr

Edda

Italian form of Hedda; possibly from Old Norse "great-grandmother".

Elvis

Meaning 'all wise' or 'noble' in Old English

Feeny

English surname from Irish

Frigga

In Norse mythology, Frigga is the goddess of love and fertility, associated with wisdom and knowledge.

Frode

From Old Norse Fróði, meaning "learned, wise"

Frodo

From Old English froda, "wise"; Tolkien's name for the hobbit hero

Fynneus

Irta

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Albanian and Lithuanian

Jada

Elaborated form of Jade; also a Hebrew name meaning "he knows"

Jeck

A Central Franconian (Ripuarian) form of Geck, meaning "dandy" or "crazy".

Kavi

A poetic name derived from Sanskrit meaning 'wise' or 'poet'

Konan

A Breton spelling of Conan; an Akan male name given to boys born on Wednesday

Letta

Italian surname and African given name

Metis

Means "wisdom, skill, cunning" in Greek

Minerva

Latin, possibly from mens "intellect", or of Etruscan origin; the Roman goddess of wisdom and war

Miroku

A character known for spiritual powers and wisdom

Nakoma

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

Nestor

A wise old man; a King of Pylos in Greek mythology.

Nokomis

From Ojibwe nookomis, "my grandmother"

Odin

Norse god of wisdom, poetry, death, divination, and magic.

Odini

Odiny

Ophie

Derived from the Greek word 'Sophia', meaning wisdom.

Osamu

From japanese 修 (osamu), meaning "discipline, study", and other kanji with the same pronunciation

Owly

Phinn

Quinn

From the Irish surname Ó Coinn, 'descendant of Conn'

Quinny

A diminutive of Quinn formed with the suffix -y

Rainer

German form of rayner

Raylee

A given name recorded in English (American, Modern)

Renaldo

A variant of the name Ronaldo, meaning 'wise ruler' or 'counselor' in Spanish and Italian.

Saffi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Savio

Means "wise" in Italian

Savva

Russian form of Sabas, from Aramaic sāḇā, 'wise'.

Senan

Anglicized form of senán

Senga

A Scottish name meaning 'the old one' or 'the wise one'

Senny

Shasa

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indonesian

Skenna

Sobie

A variant of the name 'Sophie', meaning wisdom.

Soffi

A diminutive form of Sofia, meaning wisdom

Soffie

Recorded as a Limburgish feminine given name

Sofi

Armenian form of Sophie, and a Swedish and Spanish short form of Sofia.

Sofia

Form of Sophia used in various languages

Sofie

Form of Sophie in several languages

Sofiya

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Sophia.

Sofus

A Danish masculine form of Sophus, from Ancient Greek for "wisdom"

SofíA

Form of Sophia used in various languages

Sonia

Variant of Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom

Sonja

Sonja is derived from the Hebrew word for 'wisdom' or 'knowledge'.

Sonya

Russian diminutive of Sophia, from Greek sophía, wisdom

Sophia

Means "wisdom" in Greek

Sophie

French form of Sophia, from the Greek word for wisdom

Toshi

A Japanese given name, also a short form of names beginning with Toshi-

Veda

Sanskrit for "knowledge"

Walfred

Variant of Alfred, meaning 'wise counselor'

Weiser

From German Weiser, from weise ('wise') + -er

Yakari

A name of Native American origin meaning 'he who knows' or 'he who is wise'

Yoda

A name devised for its sound, with no meaning, for a Star Wars character

Zofi

Zofia

Polish form of Sophia, from Greek sophia, wisdom.

Zondra