Cute Dog Names

4,758 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all temperament categories.

Lucille

French form of Lucilla.

Lucinda

An elaboration of Lucia, from the Latin for light

Lucy

English form of Lucia, from the Latin Lucius, meaning 'as of light'.

Lucy Lu

Lucyloo

Ludde

Swedish diminutive of Ludvig

Luella

English given name, a modern coinage of uncertain origin

Luisa

Feminine form of Luis, from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat"

Lula

Diminutive of Louise, Luiz, and names beginning with Lu.

Lulu

A diminutive of names beginning with Lou or Lu, such as Louise or Lucinda; also the Arabic word for "pearls"

Lumi

Finnish for "snow"

Lumiya

Recorded as a feminine given name in popular culture; no meaning documented

Luna

Latin, Italian and Spanish word for "the moon"

Lunita

Recorded as a Spanish feminine given name (user-submitted)

Lura

Recorded as a feminine given name in English (American)

Lusie

A diminutive form of the name Lucia, meaning light.

Luvy

Lychee

English word for the fruit of the tree Litchi chinensis

Lykke

Danish word meaning "good fortune, happiness"

Lyla

Variant of Leila or a feminine form of Lyle

Lynn

From a surname derived from Welsh llyn, "lake"

LíA

Italian, Portuguese, Georgian and Greek form of Leah; also short form of Rosalia

Maara

Recorded as a feminine given name in Estonian

Mabel

English female name from Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear".

Mabeline

Derived from the name Mabel, which means 'lovable' or 'amiable'.

Mabelyn

Mable

Variant of Mabel

Mabli

A name of Welsh origin that means 'a young woman' or 'a young girl'

Maca

Maca is another name for Lepidium meyenii, an edible plant of the Andes

Macaron

Macaroon

Macey

Variant of Macy, recorded in Old French, French, Slovak and Polish

Maci

English variant of Macy

Macky

A diminutive form of the name 'Mack', often used affectionately

Macy

From an English surname, from French towns called Massy, from the Latinised name Maccius

Madalyn

Feminine variant of Madeline

Maddalena

Italian form of Magdalene, a name formed from Magdala

Maddison

Variant spelling of Madison

Maddy

Diminutive of Madeline or Madison

Madeline

English form of Madeleine

Madelyn

A variant of Madeline

Madi

A name of uncertain origin, often associated with the word 'gift'.

Madison

English surname meaning "son of Matthew" or "son of Maud"

Mado

A given name recorded in Georgian and French

Mady

A given name and surname, rarely a nickname; considered unisex

Madyla

Mae

Variant of May

Maeby

Recorded as a feminine given name in modern English

Maelyn

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Maelys

French feminine name of Breton origin, a feminine form of Maël, meaning "chief" or "prince"

Maerry

Maffin

Maggie

A diminutive of Margaret, and a short form of Magdalena, Magnolia or Marigold

Maggie Mae

Maggy

A diminutive form of Margaret meaning 'pearl'.

Mahpee

Mai

Chinese surname, from the character 麥 meaning wheat or barley

Maia

From Greek μαῖα, "good mother, dame, foster mother"

Maika

Maiko

A young woman in traditional Japanese performing arts

Maiky

Mailo

Mailys

Variant of Maylis

Maisey

Variant of Maisie

Maisie

Scottish diminutive of Mairead, from May, a pet form of Margaret

Maisy

Variant of maisie, a scottish feminine name from a pet form of mary or margaret

Maiya

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Maja

Maji

A Bengali surname, also spelled Majee

Makayla

Variant of Michaela, a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, meaning "who is like God"

Makenzie

A derivative of MacKenzie, meaning 'son of the fair one' or 'born of fire'

Maki

From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, genuine" with 希 (ki) "hope" or 紀 (ki) "record, chronicle"

Maky

Malaia

Malaika

Means "angel" in Swahili, from Arabic malak

Malaya

Recorded as a given name in African American (modern, rare) and Filipino use

Malayah

A variation of the name Malaya, which means free or liberated.

Maleah

A variant of the name Malia

Mali

A city in West Africa, also means 'to make' in several languages

Mali Kai

Malia

Hawaiian form of Maria

Malie

Recorded as a given name in Hawaiian (Anglicized), feminine

Malin

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Magdalene

Maline

A given name recorded in Hindi and, rarely, in French; also a French noun from Latin malina.

Malley

A surname; recorded as an English given name for either sex

Mallo

Mallow

Mally

Recorded as an archaic Manx feminine given name

Malou

Short form of Marie-Louise

Malto

A prefix referring to maltose; also a Dravidian language and people of India

Malu

A Samoan word for a women's tattoo, and a Romanian form of the noun mal

Maly

From Czech, Slovak and Polish surnames meaning 'small'

Mamo

A Hawaiian name for two extinct species of nectarivorous finches.

Manami

Japanese given name, from 愛 (mana) "love, affection" with 美 (mi) "beautiful" or 海 (mi) "sea, ocean"