My dog
Country

Schedules, units and retailers all change with this.

Puppy names / Themes

Australian dog names

Australian places, slang and native plants and animals, for a dog with an Aussie accent.

141 names. Filter, shuffle and save them in the name finder.

Swipe these namesKeep or pass each of the 141, then send your shortlist to your partner and see the names you both liked.

Girl names (32)

Acacia
The botanical name for the wattle
Adelaide
Capital of South Australia
Alice
For Alice Springs in the Red Centre
Banksia
Native shrub with bottlebrush cones
Bindi
The little burr that hides in Australian lawns
Canberra
The capital of Australia, a planned city by a lake
Esperance
A town in Western Australia with some of the whitest beaches in the world · French
Jacaranda
Purple flowering tree that lines Australian streets
Jindabyne
A lakeside town at the foot of the Snowy Mountains
Kanga
Short for kangaroo
Katoomba
The main town of the Blue Mountains, near the Three Sisters rocks
Kiama
A coastal town south of Sydney with a famous blowhole
Kimberley
Vast red rock region of Western Australia · big dogs
Kirra
Beach on the Gold Coast in Queensland
Kylie
Australian name linked to an Aboriginal word for boomerang
Leura
A pretty Blue Mountains village of gardens and cafes
Lorne
Beach town on the Great Ocean Road
Marlee
Town in New South Wales
Matilda
From the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda
Melba
After the Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba
Melbourne
The capital of Victoria, known for laneway coffee and four seasons in a day
Nellie
Also for Dame Nellie Melba
Noosa
Beach town on the Sunshine Coast
Pavlova
Meringue dessert claimed by both Australia and New Zealand
Quokka
Small smiling marsupial of Rottnest Island · small dogs
Sapphire
For the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales
Sheila
Australian slang for a woman
Snowgum
A white trunked eucalypt of the Australian high country
Sydney
Australia largest harbour city
Tilba
Historic village on the New South Wales south coast
Waratah
Red floral emblem of New South Wales
Wattle
Australia golden national flower

Boy names (64)

Arnhem
A vast wild region in the Top End of the Northern Territory
Ballarat
A Victorian gold rush city of grand old buildings
Banjo
After the bush poet who wrote Waltzing Matilda
Barra
Short for barramundi
Bathurst
Australia's oldest inland city, famous for its mountain race track
Battler
An Aussie who keeps going against the odds
Bendigo
A Victorian gold rush city, named after a bare knuckle boxer's nickname
Bluey
Australian nickname, often given to a redhead
Bonzer
Old Aussie slang for great or excellent
Bruce
A stock Australian bloke name
Brumby
Australia feral horse · big dogs
Bunya
Queensland pine that drops enormous cones
Bunyip
A creature of Australian folklore said to lurk in billabongs and swamps
Chook
Australian slang for a chicken
Cobber
Australian slang for a close friend
Cooktown
A far north Queensland town where Captain Cook beached his ship
Coolabah
The eucalypt in Waltzing Matilda · big dogs
Croc
Short for crocodile
Damper
A simple bush bread baked in the coals of a campfire
Derwent
The river that flows through Hobart in Tasmania
Digger
Australian slang for a soldier or a mate
Dingo
Australia native wild dog
Dinkum
Aussie slang for true or genuine, as in fair dinkum
Dubbo
A country city in New South Wales with an open range zoo
Dundee
Queensland flavoured nickname from the film Crocodile Dundee
Emu
Tall flightless bird on the coat of arms
Footy
Aussie slang for football, whatever the code
Fremantle
A historic port city near Perth, known to locals as Freo
Freo
The local nickname for Fremantle in Western Australia
Geelong
A bayside city in Victoria, home of the Cats footy club
Grommet
Surfie slang for a young surfer
Gundagai
A New South Wales town famous for the dog on the tuckerbox statue
Huon
A river valley in Tasmania famous for apples and Huon pine
Ironbark
A tough Australian eucalypt with hard dark bark
Jarrah
Western Australian hardwood eucalypt
Jumbuck
An old Aussie word for a sheep, from Waltzing Matilda
Kelpie
Australian working sheepdog breed
Kosci
The local nickname for Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in mainland Australia
Larrikin
An Aussie word for a cheeky, fun loving rascal
Macquarie
A river, harbour and lake named after an early governor of New South Wales
Mallee
Multi stemmed eucalypt of dry inland Australia
Manly
A Sydney beach suburb reached by ferry, named for the manly look of the locals
Muster
To round up livestock, a job for a working dog
Ned
For the bushranger Ned Kelly
Nullarbor
The huge flat treeless plain along the Great Australian Bight; the name means no tree · Latin
Numbat
Small striped termite eating marsupial · small dogs
Ocker
A broad, true blue Australian character
Otway
A rainforest cape and ranges on Victoria's Great Ocean Road
Ripper
Aussie slang for excellent, as in you little ripper
Roo
Short for kangaroo
Smoko
Aussie slang for a short work break with a cuppa
Snag
Aussie slang for a sausage on the barbie
Swaggie
Australian slang for a swagman
Thredbo
A ski village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales
Tinnie
Australian slang for a small aluminium boat · small dogs
Torquay
A Victorian surf town at the start of the Great Ocean Road
Torrens
The river that runs through the heart of Adelaide
Wagga
Short for Wagga Wagga, a big country city in the Riverina
Wallaby
Small cousin of the kangaroo
Warrigal
An Aboriginal word for the dingo
Winton
An outback Queensland town where Waltzing Matilda was first performed
Wombat
Stocky burrowing marsupial
Yakka
Aussie slang for hard work, as in hard yakka
Yowie
The Australian bush version of Bigfoot · big dogs

Names for either (45)

Albany
The oldest town in Western Australia, on a whale watching harbour
Arvo
Aussie slang for afternoon
Barossa
South Australian wine valley
Beaut
Aussie slang for something great, as in you beauty
Bega
A dairy town on the south coast of New South Wales, famous for cheese
Bicheno
A Tasmanian fishing town with a blowhole and penguins
Birdsville
A tiny outback town in Queensland famous for its races
Bluegum
A tall eucalyptus tree with blue grey leaves
Bondi
Sydney most famous beach
Boomerang
A curved throwing stick that comes back, for a dog who always returns
Bourke
Outback town, as in the back of Bourke
Brekkie
Aussie slang for breakfast
Brisbane
The sunny river city capital of Queensland
Broome
Pearling town on the Kimberley coast
Bruny
An island off Tasmania known for cheese, oysters and white wallabies
Cairns
Tropical city in far north Queensland
Cooee
The long call used to find someone in the bush
Coogee
Sydney beach suburb
Coorong
A long lagoon where the Murray meets the sea, full of pelicans
Crikey
An Aussie cry of surprise
Daintree
Ancient rainforest in far north Queensland
Darwin
Capital of the Northern Territory
Freycinet
A Tasmanian peninsula of pink granite and Wineglass Bay · French
Gidgee
A tough outback wattle tree with very hard wood
Grampians
Rugged sandstone ranges in western Victoria
Hahndorf
A German settler village in the Adelaide Hills
Kakadu
National park in the Northern Territory
Maroochy
A river and beach area on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland · Kabi Kabi
Mozzie
Aussie slang for a mosquito, for a small buzzy dog · small dogs
Mudgee
A wine and honey town in central New South Wales
Mulga
A hardy outback acacia tree
Ningaloo
A long coral reef off Western Australia where whale sharks swim
Paperbark
An Australian tree with soft, peeling papery bark
Perth
Capital of Western Australia
Possum
Short for opossum, a tree dwelling marsupial · small dogs
Rotto
The local nickname for Rottnest Island, home of the smiling quokka
Spinifex
A spiky grass that covers much of inland Australia
Tanami
A red desert in the Northern Territory · Warlpiri
Tassie
Australian nickname for Tasmania
Tinny
Aussie slang for a small aluminium boat
Uluru
The great sandstone monolith in central Australia · big dogs
Whitsunday
A group of islands off Queensland with white silica sand
Yallingup
A surf town in Western Australia; the name is said to mean place of love · Noongar
Yamba
A fishing and surf town on the north coast of New South Wales
Yarra
The river that runs through Melbourne

Breeds that suit these names

Places

By coat colour

By size and sex

Every name list · Suggest a name we are missing

Next