Cute Dog Names

4,669 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all temperament categories.

Nurmie

Nuschka

Nutella

An Italian brand of sweetened hazelnut cocoa spread

Nuti

Nutka

A variant of Nootka, a former name for the Nuu-chah-nulth people

Nutt

A playful term used for a nut, suggesting smallness or cuteness

Nuzzle

Nuzzles

Nydia

A name of Greek origin meaning 'sea nymph'.

Nye

An African name meaning 'to be' or 'exist'.

Nyla

Probably a feminine form of Niles

Nyusha

A term of endearment in Russian, often used for a little girl or a cute creature.

Nyxie

Oaklynn

A variant of the name Oaklyn

Obi

Means "heart" in Igbo

Obie

A nickname or award name; also a lighting term named after Merle Oberon.

Oby

A variant of the name 'Obi', meaning heart in some African languages.

Oddy

An English surname from Middle English Ode, a short form of Germanic names in *aud, 'riches'

Odelia

Form of Odilia; also a modern Hebrew name meaning "I will thank Yahweh"

Odessa

From the Ukrainian city of Odesa, itself named after the ancient Greek city of Odessos

Odett

Hungarian form of odette

Odette

French diminutive of oda or odilia

Oeli

Ofelia

Spanish and Italian form of Ophelia, from Greek ὠφέλεια, "help" or "benefit".

Oggie

A given name recorded in English, used as a masculine name

Ogie

Recorded as a given name in the southern United States

Ohana

Hawaiian term meaning "family", in an extended sense

Okie

A shortening of Oklahoma, formed with the suffix -ie

Okki

Oky

Ola

A short form of Olaf, Aleksandra, or Yoruba names containing ọlá, meaning wealth or honour

Olaf

From Old Norse elements meaning "ancestor" and "inheritance, legacy"

Olana

The name of a historic estate in Greenport, New York

Olea

Means 'olive tree' in Latin.

Olee

Olessa

Oleta

An Old English name meaning "winged one"

Oletta

Derived from the Italian word 'oletta' meaning 'little olive' or 'olive branch'

Oli

Short form of Oliver

Oliana

Recorded as a given name in Swedish (rare) and Italian

Olie

Recorded as a given name in English (rare) and Indonesian (rare)

Olima

Recorded as a given name in American (rare, archaic) and Uzbek use

Olina

A variation of the name 'Olive', which symbolizes peace and beauty

Olinda

The name Olinda is of Spanish origin, meaning 'a place of beauty'.

Oliv

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Oliva

Latin name meaning "olive"; used in english and french

Olivia

From Latin oliva, "olive"; an early saints' name

Oliviana

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Romanian

Oliwia

Polish form of Olivia

Olka

Polish diminutive of Aleksandra, formed with the suffix -ka

Olle

Swedish diminutive of olaf or oliver

Olley

An English habitational surname of Norman origin, from villages called Ouilly in Normandy

Olli

Finnish variant of Olavi, from Swedish Olle.

Ollie

A diminutive of Oliver, which means 'olive tree' in Latin.

Olly

A diminutive of Oliver

Oly

Hungarian, from the demonstrative pronoun az ("that") plus the ablative suffix -l

Omaira

A name of Arabic origin meaning 'long-lived' or 'prosperous'.

Omira

From Yoruba omi (water, liquid) + ara (body)

Ommi

Omo

Abbreviation of English 'O sum' with o as a placeholder

Omu

Onari

Spirits of the rice fields in Japanese mythology

Ondee

Ondi

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in American usage

Ondy

Onie

A diminutive or affectionate form of a name, often used for endearment

Onita

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

Onja

A given name recorded in Malagasy

Onka

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese

Onna

A Dutch place name first attested as unne in 1313; also a Nigerian local government area

Onnie

Afrikaans informal word for a teacher, from onderwyser plus -ie.

Onny

Onya

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare feminine given name in English

Ookii

Oonagh

Anglicised form of the Irish name Úna

Opalia

Recorded as a rare, archaic given name in the American South; also a Roman harvest festival

Ophelia

Derived from greek ὠφέλεια (opheleia), meaning "help, advantage"

Ophelie

Ophie

Derived from the Greek word 'Sophia', meaning wisdom.

Opie

A diminutive form of the name 'Ophelia' or 'Opie' itself can be used as an affectionate term.

Opsie

Orabella

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Orabelle

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Oralee

Possibly a variant of aurélie

Orange

English word for the colour between red and yellow, or the fruit of Citrus × sinensis

Orby

English, formed from orb plus the suffix -y

Orella

Aragonese word inherited from Latin ōricula, a variant of auricula.

Oreo

A brand of sandwich cookie made by Nabisco

Oria

Italian form of Aurea.

Orio

Orli

Hebrew feminine given name meaning "my light"; also a Polish adjective from orzeł.

Orlie

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hebrew

Orly

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹרְלִי (Orli); also a French place name from Latin Aureliacum

Ornela

Recorded as a feminine given name in Albanian

Orpie

Orrie

Derived from the Gaelic name 'Orry', meaning 'the calm one'.

Orro

Orry

Recorded as a masculine given name in Manx

Orsi

Italian variant of 'bear'

Orsina

Feminine form of Orsino