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Animal dog names

Bears, foxes, otters, wombats and more: names borrowed from the rest of the animal kingdom, for a puppy who reminds you of another creature.

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Girl names (11)

Butterfly
A bright winged insect, for a dainty dog · small dogs
Damselfly
A slender cousin of the dragonfly · small dogs
Dragonfly
A shimmering winged insect that zips over ponds
Ermine
A stoat in their snow white winter coat · small dogs
Gazelle
A small fast graceful antelope · Arabic
Genet
A slender spotted cat like animal of Africa · French · small dogs
Impala
An African antelope famous for huge leaps · Zulu
Javelina
The collared peccary of the American South West · Spanish
Nyala
A striped spiral horned antelope of southern Africa · Venda
Tamarin
A small monkey of South America, some with golden manes · Tupi · small dogs
Vicuna
A slender wild relative of the llama with the finest wool · Quechua

Boy names (29)

Arctos
Greek for bear, the root of the word Arctic · Greek · big dogs
Burro
A small donkey, Spanish for donkey · Spanish
Caribou
The wild reindeer of North America · Mikmaq · big dogs
Eland
The biggest antelope in Africa · Afrikaans · big dogs
Gnu
A wildebeest, a short and funny name · Khoekhoe
Groundhog
A burrowing marmot famous for forecasting spring
Guanaco
A wild llama of the Andes and Patagonia · Quechua
Hart
An old word for a male red deer
Hornet
A big buzzing wasp, for a dog with a sting in the tail
Ibex
A wild mountain goat with great curved horns
Jackal
A wild dog of Africa and Asia · Persian
Kudu
A big African antelope with spiral horns · Khoekhoe
Mastodon
An ancient woolly cousin of the elephant · big dogs
Mouflon
A wild mountain sheep with curling horns · French
Muskox
A shaggy Arctic ox that stands firm in blizzards · big dogs
Orsetto
Italian for little bear or teddy · Italian · small dogs
Ourson
French for bear cub · French · small dogs
Pronghorn
The fastest land animal of North America
Springbok
A leaping antelope of southern Africa · Afrikaans
Stallion
A grown male horse, for a strong proud dog · big dogs
Takin
The golden goat antelope of the Himalaya · Mishmi · big dogs
Ursinho
Portuguese for little bear or teddy · Portuguese · small dogs
Urso
Portuguese for bear · Portuguese
Ursus
Latin for bear · Latin · big dogs
Wapiti
A big North American elk, Shawnee for white rump · Shawnee · big dogs
Warthog
An African wild pig with tusks and a tough look
Wildebeest
The gnu of the African plains, Afrikaans for wild beast · Afrikaans
Woodchuck
The groundhog of North America · Cree
Yak
A shaggy long haired ox of the Himalaya · Tibetan · big dogs

Names for either (71)

Aardvark
An African burrowing animal, Afrikaans for earth pig · Afrikaans
Alpaca
A fluffy South American relative of the llama · Aymara
Armadillo
A small armoured animal, Spanish for little armoured one · Spanish · small dogs
Axolotl
A smiling salamander of Mexican lakes · Nahuatl · small dogs
Bandicoot
A small long snouted Australian marsupial · Telugu · small dogs
Bettong
A tiny hopping marsupial of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Bilby
A big eared desert marsupial of Australia · Yuwaalaraay · small dogs
Binturong
The bearcat of Asia that smells like popcorn · Malay
Bonobo
A peaceful great ape of the Congo · Lingala
Caiman
A small crocodile of Central and South America · Taino
Camel
A desert animal with a hump, for a sandy coloured dog
Capuchin
A clever monkey named after the hooded robes of friars · Italian
Capybara
The world's biggest rodent, calm and friendly · Tupi · big dogs
Caracal
A wild cat with long black ear tufts · Turkish
Chameleon
A lizard that changes colour, for a dog of many moods · Greek
Chamois
A nimble goat antelope of the Alps, said sham-wah · French
Civet
A spotted cat like animal of Africa and Asia · Arabic
Coati
A ring tailed relative of the raccoon · Tupi
Cottontail
An American rabbit with a fluffy white tail · small dogs
Cub
A baby bear, lion or fox, for a fluffy puppy · small dogs
Dhole
The red whistling wild dog of Asia
Dormouse
A tiny sleepy rodent that hibernates half the year · small dogs
Duiker
A small shy African antelope that dives into bushes · Afrikaans · small dogs
Echidna
The spiny egg laying anteater of Australia · Greek
Elephant
The biggest land animal, for a gentle giant of a dog · big dogs
Fennec
A tiny desert fox with enormous ears · Arabic · small dogs
Frog
A jumping amphibian, for a dog who leaps
Gecko
A small lizard that climbs walls · Malay · small dogs
Gibbon
A small ape that swings through the trees and sings · French
Goanna
An Australian monitor lizard
Hedgehog
A small spiny animal of British gardens · small dogs
Iguana
A big green lizard of the tropics · Taino
Kangaroo
The bounding marsupial of Australia · Guugu Yimithirr · big dogs
Kinkajou
A honey bear of the rainforest with a gripping tail · French · small dogs
Lemur
A big eyed primate of Madagascar · Latin
Llama
A woolly South American pack animal · Quechua
Loris
A slow moving big eyed primate of Asia · Dutch · small dogs
Margay
A small spotted wild cat of Central and South American forests · Tupi · small dogs
Marmoset
A tiny monkey of South America · French · small dogs
Marmot
A big ground squirrel of the mountains that whistles an alarm
Mayfly
A delicate insect that dances over rivers in May · small dogs
Meerkat
A small African mongoose that stands on guard on their back legs · Dutch · small dogs
Mink
A sleek dark water weasel · small dogs
Mongoose
A small fearless carnivore of Africa and Asia · Marathi · small dogs
Moth
A soft winged night insect, for a dog drawn to the lamp · small dogs
Nalle
A Finnish and Swedish word for teddy bear · Finnish
Okapi
A forest giraffe of the Congo with stripy legs · Lingala
Oryx
A desert antelope with long straight horns · Greek
Pademelon
A small forest wallaby of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Pangolin
A scaly anteater that rolls into a ball · Malay
Platypus
The duck billed egg laying mammal of Australia · Greek
Porcupine
A big rodent covered in sharp quills · French
Potoroo
A small hopping rat kangaroo of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Puma
A big wild cat of the Americas, also called cougar · Quechua
Rabbit
A soft long eared burrowing animal, for a bouncy dog · small dogs
Raccoon
A masked bandit of North America · Powhatan
Reindeer
An Arctic deer that pulls Father Christmas's sleigh in folklore
Ringtail
A small bandit faced animal of the American South West · small dogs
Roe
A small graceful deer of European woods
Skink
A smooth shiny lizard · small dogs
Sloth
A slow tree dwelling animal, for the laziest dog in the house
Snail
A slow shelled creature, for a dog who takes their time · small dogs
Tapir
A gentle forest animal with a short trunk · Tupi
Tarsier
A tiny primate with huge round eyes · small dogs
Thylacine
The striped Tasmanian tiger, now extinct · Greek
Toad
A warty amphibian, a cheeky name for a squat little dog · small dogs
Topi
A glossy African antelope that stands on termite mounds for a lookout · Swahili
Tortoise
A slow land turtle, for an unhurried dog
Tuatara
An ancient reptile of New Zealand, a living fossil · Maori
Wallaroo
A stocky Australian kangaroo of rocky hills · Dharug
Weta
A giant cricket of New Zealand · Maori

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