Large Dog Names

Daxton

Meaning 'town of the Daks' or 'village of the Daks'

Daytona

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Defender

Dempsey

Anglicised form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh, from díomasach, "proud, arrogant"

Denahi

No documented meaning; recorded as a masculine given name in popular culture

Denali

The Koyukon name for the highest mountain peak in North America

Deputy Dawg

Derrik

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Destan

Turkish word for epic or legendary story

Diemo

A name derived from the Germanic meaning 'famous protector'

Dieno

Diesel

German surname of Rudolf Diesel, the engineer who invented the diesel engine

Diezel

Recorded as a masculine given name in modern English, where it is rare

Digby

From the Old Norse, meaning 'by the ditch' or 'a farm near a ditch.'

Digor

Dingo

English word for the dingo, a lineage of dog found in Australia

Diro

Ditka

A diminutive form of the masculine name 'Dmitry'.

Dobi

A Hungarian surname

Dolf

Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Adolf

Donal

Anglicised form of Domhnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos, "world-ruler"

Donaldo

A variant of the name Donald, meaning 'ruler of the world'

Doogan

Derived from the Irish surname meaning 'dark' or 'black'.

Dougal

Anglicised form of Scottish Gaelic Dubhghall, "dark stranger"

Douglas

From a Scottish surname, from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"

Dozer

Draco

From the Greek Drakon, meaning "dragon, serpent"

Drago

Short form of Slavic names formed from dorgŭ, "precious"

Dragon

The word for the mythical creature of folklore

Dragus

Drak

Drako

Drako is a variant spelling of Draco, the Greco-Latin word for serpent or dragon.

Drasso

Derived from the Italian word meaning 'to drag' or 'to pull'.

Draven

A variant of 'brave' or 'dark'.

Dravin

Drax

Recorded as a masculine given name in Popular Culture; also a surname

Drogo

Frankish name, possibly from Gothic dragan 'to carry, to pull' or Old Saxon drog 'ghost, illusion'

Duff

Scottish, from the Gaelic 'dubh' — dark or black.

Duke

From the noble title duke, from Latin dux, "leader".

Duke Dog

The official mascot of the James Madison University Dukes, an English bulldog

Duncan

Anglicized form of Donnchadh, from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle"

Dundee

Duro

Sturdy, strong in Italian

Dustan

A modern English masculine given name; no meaning is documented in the sources checked

Dutch

A nickname given to Americans of German descent, related to German deutsch, "German"

Dux

Latin for "leader" or "general"; later also duke and its variant forms.

Dwayne

Variant of Duane, with the spelling altered under the influence of Wayne

Dyami

Recorded as a masculine given name in African American usage

Eamon

Irish form of Éamann, a borrowing of the name Edmund

Earl

From the aristocratic title, Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"

Eddard

A given name recorded in literature; no meaning is documented in the sources checked

Ellington

English surname, from Old English Ella or ǣl ('eel') plus -ing and tūn

Elmer

From the Old English Æþelmǣr, æþel "noble" + mǣre "famous"

Elwood

From an English surname derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest"

Emmitt

English variant of Emmett, from a Middle English diminutive of Emma

Emperor

From Latin imperator via Old French empereor; the male ruler of an empire

Enrico

Italian form of Heinrich, from Germanic heim 'home' + rihhi 'ruler'

Esmond

A variant of a name meaning 'grace' or 'protection'

Estevan

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Ettore

Brave and strong, a legendary hero from Italian folklore.

Everett

From an English surname derived from the given name Everard

Falco

Recorded as a masculine given name in Germanic; also a surname

Falcon

A bird of prey known for its speed and hunting skill

Falcor

A luck dragon from the book 'The Neverending Story'.

Falkor

The luckdragon in Michael Ende's 1979 novel The Neverending Story

Fang

From Chinese 芳 (fāng), meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful"

Faraday

Faris

Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic

Farrell

Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Fearghail, from the given name Fearghal

Fenrir

Old Norse Fenrir, usually explained as "fen-dweller"

Fenris

A mythological wolf from Norse mythology.

Fenton

From an English surname taken from a place name meaning "marsh town"

Ferrari

Italian car manufacturer known for its luxury sports cars

Ferris

An English given name and surname, also spelled Ferriss

Fezz

A fictional character's name from the book 'The Princess Bride'.

Fierro

Fierro is the Spanish and Italian word for iron

Filippo

Italian form of Philip, from Greek Philippos, meaning "horse lover".

Finley

Variant of Finlay, a medieval scottish name

Finn

Old Irish form of Fionn; also from Old Norse Finnr, meaning Sami or person from Finland

Finn Mccool

Fintan

The name is of Irish origin, meaning 'little white one' or 'white fire.'

Fletcher

From a surname meaning "maker of arrows" in Middle English, from Old French flechier

Flicka

A term of endearment for a girl in Swedish

Flint

From the English vocabulary word, from Old English flint

Floyd

Anglicised form of the Welsh name Lloyd, from llwyd, meaning "grey, grey-haired"

Forrest

From an English surname meaning "forest", for one who lived near a forest

Fredrick

Variant of Frederick

Freki

Wolf, associated with Odin's wolf in Norse mythology.

Frey

God of love, fertility, and prosperity in Norse mythology

Freyr

God of fertility and the sun in Norse mythology

Frode

From the Old Norse name Fróði, meaning "learned, wise"

Fulco

Old German form of Fulk

Furiosa

Means "full of rage, furious" in Latin

Gaja

Means 'earth' or 'land' in Sanskrit

Galahad

A knight of the Round Table renowned for his purity and nobility, associated with the quest for the Holy Grail.

Gallan

A variant of the name Gallen, which can mean 'little' or 'young'.

Gallo

Italian form of Gallus, a Roman name

Galos

Gandolph

A variant of the Germanic name 'Gandalf', meaning 'elf' or 'wand' and 'help'.

Ganon

A character in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series