Dog Names That Start With W

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

Wacho

A term of endearment in several Spanish-speaking cultures, often used informally

Wacky

Waddles

Waffi

Waffle

Waffle Wigglesworth

Waffles

Wag

Wagas

Tagalog word for "pure", used as the title of a Philippine television series

Waggers

Waggio

Waggle

Waggletail

Waggy

Recorded as a masculine given name in the obscure category

Wago

Wahoo

English name of the wahoo, a scombrid fish of tropical and subtropical seas

Wailani

Hawaiian: wai (water) + lani (sky), "heavenly water"

Waimea

In Hawaiian, reddish water; in Māori, forgotten or hidden stream

Waka

A Japanese poetic form; also a given name in Japanese and Polynesian mythology

Wakan

A Lakota word meaning "powerful" or "sacred"

Wakana

Japanese feminine given name, written with various kanji such as 若菜, 和可菜 or 和佳奈

Wakanda

A fictional African nation known for its advanced technology and rich culture.

Wakela

Wakely

Variant of Wakeley, an English surname

Waki

Wakiza

Wakka

Wako

Recorded as a feminine Japanese given name; no meaning is documented in the sources checked.

Wald

German word for forest; also a German surname meaning "forest"

Walda

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Walden

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in American English

Waldena

A variation of the name Walden, meaning 'valley of the Welsh'

Waldi

A German given name, recorded for both men and women

Waldo

From a Germanic element meaning "power, authority"; also a surname form of Waltheof

Waldon

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in American English

Waldy

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

Walena

Walentino

Waleska

Meaning 'a place of safety' or 'healing'

Walfred

Variant of Alfred, meaning 'wise counselor'

Walko

A surname; also recorded as a given name in English

Wallace

Welsh for 'foreigner' or 'Welshman'

Wallo

Wally

A diminutive of Walter or Wallace.

Walt

Short form of Walter

Waltie

Walwin

Recorded as a masculine given name in the Arthurian Cycle

Waly

Wamba

A character from Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', known for his humorous and playful nature

Wamos

Wanco

Wanda

Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", a Slavic people of eastern Germany

Wanderer

English, one who wanders or travels; not recorded as a personal name

Wandi

Wando

Wandra

Recorded as a given name in American English and Indonesian

Wandy

A given name; also formed in English from wand + -y

Wanette

Wangchuk

Means "mighty" in Tibetan, from དབང (dbang) "power" and ཕྱུག (phyug) "wealthy, possessing"

Wanika

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hawaiian

Wanja

A German borrowing of the Russian diminutive Ваня (Vanya), of Ivan and Ivanna

Wanjana

Wanjo

Wanko

Wanni

Recorded as a feminine given name in Thai

Wannie

Wanno

Wanny

Wara

Recorded as a masculine given name in Thai

Warda

Means "rose" in Arabic, ultimately a borrowing from an Iranian language

Wardo

Wargo

A variation of 'warg', which refers to a mythical wolf-like creature from folklore.

Warina

Recorded as a feminine given name in medieval english

Warinka

Warisa

Warrek

Warrior

English word for a person who fights in combat or warfare

Warta

Wasa

Ancient Japanese term for 'flour' or 'powder'.

Wasabi

Wasabi is the Japanese name for the wasabi plant, also called Japanese horseradish

Wasco

A type of native American dog name meaning "wolf"

Wasil

A name derived from the Arabic word meaning 'to connect' or 'to approach'.

Wasja

Wasko

A Polish surname, from Polish Waśko

Wasso

A variant spelling of Wosso, the name of a 19th-century Ojibwa leader

Watari

Wati

From an Indonesian suffix meaning "woman", ultimately from Sanskrit

Wato

Watson

From an English surname meaning "son of Wat"

Waubi

Wauzi

Wave

The English word for a propagating disturbance that travels through a medium

Wawa

Recorded as a rare given name in Chinese

Waya

Wayda

Wayde

A variation of the name Wade, which means 'to go' or 'to ford a river'.

Wayko

Wayla

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in english

Waylee

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Waylen

No documented meaning in the sources checked