Dog Names That Start With N

Naava

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hebrew

Nabi

Arabic word for prophet; recorded as a given name in Arabic, Japanese and Korean

Naboo

A planet in the Star Wars franchise

Nacho

A diminutive form of Ignacio, meaning 'fiery' or 'ardent'.

Nacho Nibbler

Naddi

Nade

A given name recorded in Macedonian

Nadia

French spelling of the Russian pet form of Nadezhda, "hope"; also an Arabic name meaning "tender".

Nadine

French diminutive of Nadia

Nadinka

A diminutive form of 'Nadia', which means hope

Nadira

Feminine form of Nadir, an Arabic given name

Nado

Galician for "born", from Latin nātus

Nadoo

Nael

Naemah

Recorded as a feminine given name in Malay

Nahinni

Nahko

An indigenous term meaning 'to sing'

Nahla

Arabic feminine given name meaning "drink of water" or "honey bee"

Nahoa

Naia

Basque word meaning "wave, sea foam"

Naica

Naiqa means 'the hollow of a tree' in some interpretations.

Naico

Naikie

Naiko

Japanese name meaning 'child of the south'

Naila

Feminine form of Nail, used in Azerbaijani, Bosnian and Turkish

Naji

Means "intimate friend" in Arabic, from najā, "to save, to entrust, to confide in"

Najo

Nakita

A modern English feminine given name, recorded as a variant of Nikita

Nako

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Georgian and as a feminine given name in Japanese

Nakoa

From Hawaiian nakoa, meaning 'brave'.

Nakoma

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

Nakona

Recorded as a rare given name in American usage

Nakotah

Nala

Sanskrit for "stem"; a king of the Nishadha people in the Mahabharata

Nalby

Naldo

Derived from the Germanic name 'Arnwald', meaning 'eagle power' or 'strong as an eagle'.

Naledi

Means "star" in Tswana and Sotho

Nali

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hmong

Nalla

A name that can mean 'successful' or 'prosperous' in various cultures

Nalli

Nallo

A mountain in Sweden, in Northern Sami Njállu, meaning "the needle"

Nalo

From the Hawaiian word meaning 'to be in good health, to be prosperous'

Nalu

Recorded as a given name in Hawaiian (rare, masculine) and Brazilian Portuguese (feminine)

Nami

Meaning 'wave' in Japanese

Namo

A term used in various contexts, including Sanskrit meaning 'salutation' or 'to bow down'

Namor

A Marvel Comics character, also known as the Sub-Mariner

Namu

Korean given name; also a Māori word for a mosquito.

Namur

Recorded as a masculine given name in Arabic

Nana

A term of endearment for a grandmother or an affectionate name for a close female friend.

Nanci

Variant of Nancy, and the form of that name most common in Brazil

Nanco

A surname

Nando

Short form of Fernando or Ferdinando

Nandor

A name of Hungarian origin meaning 'brave warrior'.

Nandy

Nanea

Hawaiian word meaning "fascinating"; also a Hawaiian name for the beach pea vine

Nanela

Nanko

Nano

From Latin nānus and Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), both "dwarf"

Nanook

Variant of Nanuq, the Inuktitut word for "polar bear"

Nanou

A playful and affectionate term often used in French-speaking regions

Nantje

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Nanto

Nanu

Recorded as a masculine given name in Greenlandic

Nanuk

The polar bear in Inuit mythology

Nanuq

The polar bear in Inuit language

Nanzo

Naoki

A Japanese name meaning 'honest' or 'straightforward'

Naomi

From the Hebrew נָעֳמִי (Naʿomi), "my pleasantness", from נָעַם (naʿam), "to be pleasant"

Napa

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

Napper

An English surname

Nappo

Italian term meaning 'nappy' or 'nap'

Nara

Recorded as a given name in several languages, including Japanese and Hungarian

Naras

Nardo

Recorded as a masculine given name in medieval Italian

Narfi

A character from Norse mythology

Nari

A name of various meanings in different cultures, often relating to the sound of nature or a sense of serenity

Narilla

Narla

A name derived from the Aboriginal Australian language meaning 'a place of water'.

Naron

A rare masculine given name in American usage (user-submitted entry)

Narron

Naruto

Probably from 鳴門, a strait in Tokushima, Japan: 鳴 "to roar, to sound" + 門 "gate"

Narvi

A given name recorded in Norse mythology, masculine

Nascha

Recorded as a feminine given name in Navajo

Naschka

Nash

English surname from Middle English atten ash, "at the ash tree"

Nashoba

Recorded as a masculine given name in Choctaw

Nasira

Feminine form of the Arabic masculine name Nasir, literally "helper, victorious"

Naska

A name meaning 'to spark' or 'to ignite'.

Nasko

A Bulgarian masculine given name

Nassan

Nassie

Nasso

Italian diminutive of a name or nickname.

Nasya

Recorded as a given name in modern English (feminine); also a Sanskrit word meaning "related to nose"

Natalya

Russian and Ukrainian form of Natalia

Natan

Hebrew and Polish form of Nathan

Natara

Recorded as a feminine given name in African American usage

Nate

Short form of Nathan or Nathaniel

Nathan

From the Hebrew name נָתָן (Naṯan), meaning "he gave"

Nati

A name meaning 'born' or 'to be born' in various contexts

Nats

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