Dog Names That Start With N

427 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Niamh

Irish, from the noun niamh, meaning "brightness, lustre, sheen"

Niaran

Nibbles

Niblet

Nic

Short form of Nicholas, or sometimes of Dominic

Nica

Recorded as a feminine given name in several languages; no meaning is documented

Nicco

A diminutive form of the name Nicholas, meaning 'victory of the people.'

Niccy

Nicholas

From Greek Nikolaos, "victory of the people"

Nici

Nick

A common diminutive for Nicholas, meaning 'victory of the people'.

Nickel

A Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas

Nicki

A diminutive of Nicole

Nickie

English given name for boys and girls, a variant of Nicky

Nickili

Nicklaus

Recorded as a given name in English

Nickor

Nickos

Nicky

Diminutive of Nicholas or Nicole, also used of Dominic

Nicla

No documented meaning; recorded as an Italian feminine given name

Nico

Short form of Nicholas, or sometimes of Nicodemus

Nicol

Medieval English and Scottish form of Nicholas; also a Spanish and Czech form of Nicole

Nicolai

Danish and Norwegian variant form of Nicholas

Nicole

French feminine form of Nicholas

Nicolette

French diminutive of Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas

Nicos

A diminutive form of Nicholas, meaning 'victory of the people'

Nidra

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indian usage

Niecy

A feminine given name recorded in English (user-submitted)

Nieko

Niel

A French and Dutch name, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime in France

Niels

Danish form of Nicholas; Dutch short form of Cornelius

Niena

Nieve

Variant of the name Nieves, from Latin nix, meaning snow.

Nieves

Spanish plural of nieve, "snow"; from the title Nuestra Señora de las Nieves

Nifty

An informal term meaning clever or stylish

Night

English word for the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon

Nighthawk

Nightwing

A DC Comics codename used by multiple characters.

Nihal

Arabic for "drink"; Hindi for "content, happy"; Turkish, from Persian, for "sapling"

Nike

Greek goddess of victory

Niki

A form of the word 'victory' or 'people's victory'

Nikie

Nikita

The name Nikita is of Slavic origin and means 'victor' or 'conqueror'.

Nikki

Diminutive of Nicole; also a Punjabi name meaning "little one".

Nikko

Recorded as a masculine given name in English

Niklas

Swedish and German form of Nicholas

Niko

Finnish form of Nicholas; also Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.

Nikolas

Variant of Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas (English)

Nikos

Greek short form of Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people"

Niky

Short form of Nichola; also a nickname and given name

Nila

From Sanskrit नील (nīla), meaning "dark blue"

Nilda

Short form of Brunilda or Leonilda

Nile

Name of the famous river in Egypt

Niles

An English surname derived from the given name Neil

Nilla

A shortened form of vanilla, used as a brand name by Nabisco

Nilo

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Neilos, and of the Nile River

Nilos

Nils

Scandinavian form of nicholas

Nimba

Nimbus

From the Latin for "dark cloud", an outdated term for the nimbostratus cloud

Nimitz

Nimmy

Nimo

Recorded as a feminine given name in Somali

Nimra

Recorded as a feminine given name in Pakistani use

Nimue

Meaning unknown; name of an Arthurian sorceress, also called the Lady of the Lake

Nina

Short form of names ending in -nina; also means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara

Ninana

Ninda

Niner

Recorded as a given name in English (rare), feminine; also the pronunciation of the number nine in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Ninette

Little girl or small girl in French

Ninie

A given name recorded in Gallo, used as a feminine name

Ninja

Japanese 忍者, a spy and infiltrator in pre-modern Japan

Ninjia

Ninka

Derived from various sources, often interpreted as 'a form of endearment' or 'little one'.

Ninna

A variant of Nina, a female given name of uncertain deeper origin.

Ninni

A given name and nickname

Nino

Short form of names ending in -nino, such as Giannino and Antonino

Ninon

A name of French origin.

Nintja

Ninya

Niobe

The name refers to a figure in Greek mythology, known for her grief and transformation into stone.

Niola

Nipper

English agent noun from the verb nip, one who or that which nips

Nippy

English word for a J. Lyons & Co tea shop waitress

Nisa

From Arabic نساء (nisāʾ), meaning "women"

Nissa

A name that means 'helper' or 'friend' in Hebrew.

Nissi

A variation of 'Nikki,' meaning victory or the people's victory

Nita

Short form of Anita and other names ending in nita; means "bear" in Choctaw

Nito

A name derived from various cultures, often meaning 'little' or 'small'

Nitra

User-submitted: a feminine given name in various languages; also a city in Slovakia