Dog Names That Start With E
181 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.
Eamon
Irish form of Éamann, a borrowing of the name Edmund
Earl
From the aristocratic title, Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"
Easton
A name of English origin meaning 'from the east town'.
Ebba
A name of Scandinavian origin, often considered a diminutive of Elizabeth.
Ebony
From the English word for the black wood of the ebony tree
Eclair
The French word for a choux pastry filled with cream and iced
Edda
Italian form of Hedda; possibly from Old Norse "great-grandmother".
Eddard
A given name recorded in literature; no meaning is documented in the sources checked
Eddie
Diminutive of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed
Eddy
Diminutive of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed
Edel
From German edel, "noble", in the compound edelweiss.
Eden
From the biblical place name, possibly Hebrew for "pleasure, delight" or Sumerian for "plain"
Edgar
From Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear"
Edgey
Edie
Diminutive of Edith
Edison
From an English surname meaning "son of Eda" or "son of Adam"
Edith
From Old English elements meaning "wealth, fortune" and "battle"
Edmund
From Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and mund "protection"
Edna
Means "pleasure" in Hebrew, from a root meaning "to delight"
Edric
From Old English ead "wealth, fortune" and ric "ruler, king"
Edward
From Old English ead "wealth, fortune" and weard "guard"
Edwina
Feminine form of Edwin, from Old English, meaning "rich friend"
Eero
Finnish and Estonian form of Eric.
Eevee
A Pokémon species, known in Japan as Eievui
Effie
Diminutive of Euphemia; in Scotland an anglicised form of Oighrig
Egan
A form of the Irish name 'Eoghan', which means 'born of the yew tree'.
Eggy
Recorded as a rare modern English given name for boys and girls
Eiffel
A surname, usually a reference to Gustave Eiffel
Eilidh
Scottish Gaelic feminine name, a diminutive of Eilionoir and usually anglicised as Helen
Einar
From the Old Norse Einarr, from einn "one, alone" and herr "army, warrior"
Eireann
Eirene
Ancient Greek form of Irene, from Εἰρήνη, literally "peace"
Eirwen
From Welsh eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed"; white snow
Ela
A Hebrew feminine name, the Hebrew form of Elah; also a Turkish word meaning "hazel (colour)".
Elaine
From an Old French form of Helen
Elan
A word with several unrelated uses; not documented as a name in the sources checked
Elara
Possibly from Greek ἄλαρα, "hazelnut, spear-shaft"
Elda
An old word meaning 'elf' or 'magical being'
Eldin
A masculine given name and surname, a modification of the suffix component ad-Din
Eldon
From an old english place name meaning "ella's hill"
Eldora
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Eldorado
The golden one; a mythical city of gold in South America
Eleanor
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor
Electra
Latinized form of greek Ἠλέκτρα, from ἤλεκτρον, meaning "amber"
Elektra
Greek form of Electra
Elena
Form of Helen used in various languages
Elf
A humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore; the word seems originally to have meant 'white being'
Elfie
A feminine given name; a short form of Elfriede
Eli
Means "ascension" in Hebrew, from ʿala, "to ascend"
Elian
Dutch variant of names beginning with eli, such as elijah or elisabeth
Eliana
Hebrew: "my God has answered"
Elias
Form of Elijah used in several languages
Elijah
From the Hebrew name ʾEliyyahu, meaning "my God is Yahweh"
Elin
Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.
Elina
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen
Elinor
Variant of Eleanor, a female given name
Eliot
From a surname that was a variant of Elliott
Elisa
Short form of Elisabeth
Eliska
Eliza
Short form of Elizabeth, a name of Hebrew origin
Elizaveta
Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta)
Elke
Low German and Frisian diminutive of Adelheid; also a Yiddish feminine form of Elkanah
Ella
Short form of Germanic names with the element alles, "other"
Elle
French pronoun meaning 'she'
Ellee
Inari Sami word formed from the verb eelliđ with the suffix -ee.
Ellei
Finnish univerbation of dialectal ellä, "if", and ei, "no".
Ellery
A place name of English origin
Elli
Modern Greek form of Helle; also a diminutive of names beginning with El, and an Old Norse word meaning "old age".
Ellie
Derived from 'Elizabeth', meaning 'pledged to God'
Ellie Mae
Ellie Rose
Ellington
From the English surname Ellington, from Old English elements meaning 'Ella's settlement' or 'eel settlement'
Elliott
English surname from a diminutive of the medieval name Elias, meaning "my God is Yahweh"
Ellis
From an English surname derived from Elis, a medieval form of Elias, and an anglicised form of Welsh Elisedd
Elly
Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen and Elizabeth, and other names beginning with El
Elma
Short form of Wilhelmine and of names ending in -elma, such as Anselma
Elmer
From the Old English Æþelmǣr, æþel "noble" + mǣre "famous"
Elmo
A short form of names ending in the Old German element helm, "helmet, protection"
Elodie
English form of Élodie, a French feminine given name
Eloise
From the Old French Héloïse, probably from the Germanic Helewidis: heil "healthy, whole" and wit "wide"
Elon
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew
Elora
Probably an invented name, borne by the infant girl in the 1988 film Willow
Elouan
Possibly from a Breton word meaning "light"
Elowen
Means "elm tree" in Cornish
Eloy
The name Eloy is of Spanish origin and means 'the chosen one'.
Elroy
The name Elroy means 'God is my King' in Hebrew.
Elsa
Short form of Elisabeth, used independently
Elsie
Diminutive of Elizabeth, and a Scottish diminutive of Alison or Alexander
Elska
From Old Norse elska, to love
Elton
From an English surname, originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town"
Elva
Anglicized form of Ailbhe; feminine form of Alf
Elvi
Short form of Elviira
Elvie
Derived from the name 'Elvira', meaning truth or life
Elvina
Variant of Alvina
Elvira
The name Elvira is of Spanish origin meaning 'truth' or 'white'.
Elvis
Meaning 'all wise' or 'noble' in Old English
Elwood
From an English surname derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest"
Elwyn
A variant of Alvin
Ely
Variant of Eli 1
Elysia
Blissful, from Elysium, the abode of the blessed after death in Greek mythology