Cute Dog Names

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

Meera

Alternate transcription of the Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada name Mira

Megan

Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from Greek margarítēs, "pearl"

Meggi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Meggy

Medieval diminutive of Margaret.

Megi

Albanian and Georgian form of Maggie

Megumi

Japanese, from megumi, written 恵 "favour, benefit" or 愛 "love, affection"

Mei

From Chinese 美 "beautiful" or 梅 "Chinese plum", or from Japanese 芽 "bud" with 依, 生 or 衣

Meika

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in German

Meike

A German name derived from 'Margarete,' meaning 'pearl'.

Meiko

Japanese given name, borrowed into English from Japanese めいこ (Meiko).

Meina

A comune in the Province of Novara, in the Italian region of Piedmont

Meira

Feminine form of the Hebrew name Meir

Meischa

Meisha

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Mekki

Mel

Short form of Melvin, Melanie, Melissa and other names beginning with Mel

Mela

A feminine given name recorded in English, Galician and Polish; also a Sanskrit word for a fair or gathering.

Melani

An Italian name recorded in Spanish, Albanian and ecclesiastical use

Melany

Variant of Melanie, from the Greek melania, "blackness"

Melba

From the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba, a stage name taken from the city of Melbourne

Meli

Not documented as a word with a meaning in the sources checked

Melia

Means "ash tree" in Greek, from μέλι (meli) meaning "honey".

Melin

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Melina

Elaboration of Mel, from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey"

Melissa

From greek μέλισσα (mélissa), "bee", from μέλι (meli), "honey"

Melita

Latinized form of the Greek name Melite; also the Latin name of Malta

Mell

Plautdietsch for "dust", from Middle Low German mül; also a rare American given name

Mella

Meaning 'a honey bee' in Italian

Melli

Italian for honey or sweet

Mellie

Variant of Melly, recorded as a given name in English

Mello

User-submitted: recorded as a masculine given name in Estonian (archaic) and Italian

Melly

Recorded as an English feminine given name; no meaning documented

Melo

A Portuguese surname, and a nickname; also a place name and other uses

Melon

A plant of the gourd family with sweet, fleshy fruit; from Greek mēlopepōn

Melora

Melvina

Recorded as a given name in English (feminine)

Mendi

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hungarian

Mendy

A given name and surname; also a place, a comic and a restaurant chain

Menni

Meray

Recorded as a masculine given name in Turkish

Merci

French for "thank you"; Hungarian diminutive of Mercedes-Benz or Mercédesz

Mercie

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Meri

Means "sea" in Finnish; also a Georgian, Armenian and Greek form of Mary

Merilee

Recorded as a feminine given name in popular culture

Merla

Blackbird in Italian

Merlyna

Merri

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indigenous Australian use

Mette

Danish diminutive of Margaret

Mezy

Mia

Diminutive of Maria; also the Italian word mia, meaning "mine"

Miah

Anglicised form of Bengali মিঞা, from Persian میان; also a modern variant of Mia.

Mica

Short form of Michaela, from Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)

Micco

Michell

English variant of Mitchell

Michi

From Japanese 道 (michi) meaning "path"; also a German diminutive of Michael or Michaela.

Michika

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese

Mickey

A diminutive form of the name Michael, meaning 'who is like God?'

Micki

A given name recorded in various languages, feminine

Micko

A variation of the name Michael, meaning 'who is like God'.

Mico

Recorded as a rare masculine given name in Medieval Italian

Middy

A rare English given name, recorded as feminine; also a word for several unrelated things.

Midori

From japanese 緑 (midori), meaning "green"

Mieke

Diminutive form of the name Maria, often used in Dutch

Mieko

From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 恵 (e) "favour, benefit" and 子 (ko) "child".

Mielle

English given name (modern, rare), feminine, on a user-submitted record

Miette

French for 'crumb', often referring to small and adorable things.

Miffy

A fictional rabbit in Dick Bruna's picture books, called nijntje in Dutch

Miga

Recorded as a masculine given name in Afrikaans

Mignon

French for 'cute' or 'delicate'

Mignonne

French word meaning cute or adorable

Migo

A playful term for a friend or buddy

Mijo

Diminutive of Milan or Mihovil

Mik

Recorded as a given name in Medieval Polish and Danish

Mika

A common name meaning 'beautiful teal' or 'new moon'

Mikaela

Swedish and Finnish feminine form of Mikael, meaning "who is like God?"

Mikali

Mikasi

Miki

From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 紀 (ki) "chronicle"; other kanji possible

Mikie

Diminutive of Michael, recorded as a given name in English and Japanese

Mikis

A diminutive form of the name Michael, meaning 'who is like God?'

Miko

Variant of Mikko; Japanese 巫女, a shrine maiden

Mikumi

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese

Miky

Mila

From the Slavic element milŭ, meaning "gracious, dear"

Milana

Feminine form of Milan, used in Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak and Slovene

Milani

Italian and Iranian surname, from the city of Milan or a variant of Melanie

Milanka

Feminine form of the Slavic male name Milan, from the element mil, kind or loving

Milaya

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in African American usage

Milda

Meaning unknown; a Lithuanian goddess of love, per Teodor Narbutt

Milena

Feminine form of Milan, from Proto-Slavic *milъ, "dear, kind"

Miley

Miley is often associated with the word 'smiley', suggesting a cheerful personality.

Mili

Galician shortening of milicia

Milian

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Maximilian; also a Spanish and Polish surname from Aemilianus.

Milkshake

English, a sweet cold beverage of milk, ice cream and flavourings

Milky

Millala

Millaray

Means "golden flower" in Mapuche, from milla "gold" and rayen "flower"

Mille

Italian for thousand

Miller

From the English occupational surname for one who worked a mill

Milli

Recorded as a given name in English, Estonian, Nahuatl and Icelandic

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