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