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Names for big dogs

Names big enough for a dog that ends up heavier than you: strong, grand or gently ironic.

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Girl names (22)

Alaska
The biggest US state, land of glaciers, bears and huskies · Aleut · big dogs
Annapurna
A great Himalayan peak, giver of food · Sanskrit · big dogs
Bertha
Germanic, bright · big dogs
Black Beauty
The black horse of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel · big dogs
Bounce
Alexander Pope's Great Dane and constant companion · big dogs
Brolga
A tall grey crane of Australia famous for their dancing · Gamilaraay · big dogs
Brunhilde
Warrior queen of German legend · German · big dogs
Brynhild
A shield maiden of the Volsunga saga, bold and proud · Old Norse · big dogs
Chesapeake
The great bay of Maryland and Virginia, home of a retriever breed · big dogs
Croquembouche
A tower of cream puffs bound with spun caramel · French · big dogs
Etna
The great volcano of Sicily · big dogs
Kahikatea
White pine, New Zealand's tallest native tree · Maori · big dogs
Kimberley
Vast red rock region of Western Australia · big dogs
Lucky
Bouvier des Flandres who lived in the Reagan White House · big dogs
Pacific
The largest ocean on earth · big dogs
Pomelo
The largest citrus fruit · big dogs
Simurgh
A giant wise bird of Persian legend · Persian · big dogs
Swan
A large white water bird with a long curved neck · big dogs
Taweret
Hippopotamus goddess of childbirth, meaning the great female · Egyptian · big dogs
Thrud
Old Norse for strength, the daughter of Thor and Sif · Old Norse · big dogs
Tiamat
Babylonian sea dragon goddess of salt water · Babylonian · big dogs
Ursa
The bear constellation of the northern sky · big dogs

Boy names (501)

Aconcagua
The highest mountain in the Americas, in the Andes of Argentina · Quechua · big dogs
Admiral
The senior officer of a fleet · big dogs
Agamemnon
Greek commander at Troy in the Iliad · Greek · big dogs
Agung
Means grand or great in Indonesian · Indonesian · big dogs
Ahab
Obsessed whaling captain in Moby Dick · Hebrew · big dogs
Ajax
Towering Greek warrior of the Trojan war · Greek · big dogs
Akbar
Mughal emperor who ruled much of India · Persian · big dogs
Alborz
A mountain range in northern Iran · Persian · big dogs
Ali
After Muhammad Ali, three time world heavyweight boxing champion · big dogs
Amarok
A giant lone wolf of Inuit legend · Inuit · big dogs
Anchor
The heavy hook that holds a ship in place · big dogs
Anubis
Jackal headed Egyptian god of the dead · Egyptian · big dogs
Anvil
The heavy iron block a blacksmith hammers on · big dogs
Aoraki
The highest mountain in New Zealand, also called Mount Cook · Maori · big dogs
Apis
The sacred bull of ancient Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
Apollo
Greek god of light, music and prophecy · Greek · big dogs
Ararat
The mountain where the ark is said to have landed · big dogs
Arctos
Greek for bear, the root of the word Arctic · Greek · big dogs
Argus
The hundred eyed giant who never slept, the perfect watchdog · Greek · big dogs
Arieh
Means lion in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Arktos
Greek word for bear · Greek · big dogs
Asad
Means lion in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Aslan
Means lion in Turkish · Turkish · big dogs
Atlas
The titan who holds up the sky · Greek · big dogs
Attila
King of the Huns in the 5th century · big dogs
Augustus
The first emperor of Rome · Latin · big dogs
Avalanche
A mass of snow sliding off a mountain · big dogs
Ayi
Means bear in Turkish, for a big fluffy dog · Turkish · big dogs
Baekho
Means white tiger in Korean, a guardian of Korean legend · Korean · big dogs
Baffin
Canada's biggest island, in the Arctic · big dogs
Balam
Mayan word for jaguar · Mayan · big dogs
Balor
One eyed giant of Irish myth · Irish · big dogs
Balto
Sled dog who led the last leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome · big dogs
Balu
Means bear in Hindi, for a big furry dog · Hindi · big dogs
Bamboo
The fastest growing grass on earth · big dogs
Bamse
St Bernard mascot of the free Norwegian forces in the war · Norwegian · big dogs
Barbarossa
Red bearded Holy Roman emperor · Italian · big dogs
Barn
The big shed where the hay and animals live · big dogs
Barracuda
A long, fast predatory fish with fang like teeth · big dogs
Barry
Alpine hospice dog credited with over forty mountain rescues · big dogs
Basalt
Dark rock left behind by volcanoes · big dogs
Bass
The lowest range of sound, from the Latin bassus, low · big dogs
Bastion
A strong part of a fortress, a stronghold · big dogs
Beast
A big wild animal, funny on a soft natured dog · big dogs
Behemoth
A huge beast in the Book of Job, now a word for anything giant · Hebrew · big dogs
Beinn
Scottish Gaelic for mountain · Scottish · big dogs
Bellator
Latin for warrior · Latin · big dogs
Ben
From Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain · big dogs
Benedictine
A Saint Bernard recognised as the heaviest dog ever, at 162 kg · big dogs
Beowulf
The hero of the Old English epic poem of the same name · big dogs
Bernhard
German name meaning brave as a bear · German · big dogs
Beruang
Means bear in Malay, for a big cuddly dog · Malay · big dogs
Betelgeuse
Red supergiant star on the shoulder of Orion · big dogs
Bheem
A hero of the Mahabharata famed for his strength · Hindi · big dogs
Bigfoot
Another name for Sasquatch, for a pup with huge paws · big dogs
Bighorn
A Wyoming range named for its wild sheep · big dogs
Bison
The heavy shouldered wild ox of North America and Europe · big dogs
Bjorn
Scandinavian, bear · Norse · big dogs
Black Forest
The chocolate, cherry and cream cake from southern Germany · big dogs
Blackbeard
Nickname of Edward Teach, the pirate who died in 1718 · big dogs
Blackjack
A card game, also a short leather club · big dogs
Blackout
A total loss of light, for a solid black dog · big dogs
Blizzard
A heavy snowstorm driven by strong wind · big dogs
Boar
A wild male pig with tusks · big dogs
Boatswain
Lord Byron's Newfoundland, honoured with a long epitaph · big dogs
Bogatyr
The great warrior hero of Russian legend · Russian · big dogs
Bors
From Old French for jousting, a knight who found the Holy Grail · Old French · big dogs
Boss
The one in charge, from the Dutch baas, master · Dutch · big dogs
Bouncer
The doorman who keeps the peace at a club · big dogs
Bran
Giant king of Welsh legend · Welsh · big dogs
Brawler
Someone who loves a rough and tumble · big dogs
Brawn
Physical strength and muscle · big dogs
Breadfruit
A large starchy tropical fruit · big dogs
Breaker
A wave that crashes into white water · big dogs
Brick
A solid block of fired clay, for a dog built like one · big dogs
Brisket
A slow cooked cut of beef · big dogs
Brock
The Old English name for the badger · English · big dogs
Bronco
An unbroken range horse · big dogs
Bronson
English surname meaning son of Brown · English · big dogs
Brontes
Greek for thunder, one of the Cyclopes who forged lightning · Greek · big dogs
Bruiser
A large, tough person or animal, from bruise · big dogs
Brumby
Australia feral horse · big dogs
Brute
A big strong creature, for a gentle giant with a tough name · big dogs
Brutus
The Roman senator of the ides of March · Latin · big dogs
Brynmor
Welsh name meaning great hill · Welsh · big dogs
Bubba
Southern American nickname for brother, a big soft lump of a name · big dogs
Buffalo
The water buffalo and the Cape buffalo, heavy black horned cattle · big dogs
Bulldozer
A powerful earth moving machine, for a dog who barrels through · big dogs
Bulwark
A strong defensive wall · big dogs
Burg
German for castle · German · big dogs
Buzzard
A broad winged bird of prey · big dogs
Caber
The long log tossed at the Highland games · Scottish · big dogs
Caesar
The Roman family name that became a title · Latin · big dogs
Cairngorm
A high windswept plateau range in Scotland · Scottish · big dogs
Cannon
A big black iron gun, for a dog that launches after the ball · big dogs
Canyon
A deep river cut gorge · big dogs
Capercaillie
The giant grouse of Scottish pine forests · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Captain
The commander of a ship · big dogs
Caribou
The wild reindeer of North America · Mikmaq · big dogs
Carlo
Emily Dickinson's Newfoundland and writing companion · big dogs
Cathal
Irish name meaning strong in battle · Irish · big dogs
Cello
A large, deep toned stringed instrument, from the Italian · big dogs
Celsus
Roman name meaning tall · Latin · big dogs
Centurion
A Roman officer who commanded a century of soldiers · Latin · big dogs
Cerberus
The three headed hound at the gate of the underworld · Greek · big dogs
Cernunnos
The great horned one, a Celtic god of wild animals · Celtic · big dogs
Cetus
The sea monster constellation · Latin · big dogs
Champ
Short for champion · big dogs
Charlemagne
Frankish king crowned emperor of the west · French · big dogs
Charolais
A big cream coloured French cattle breed · French · big dogs
Chief
Long used name for the dog who leads the pack · big dogs
Chimborazo
An Ecuadorian volcano whose summit is the farthest point from Earth's centre · Quechua · big dogs
Chunk
A thick, solid lump of something · big dogs
Churchill
Winston Churchill, the British wartime prime minister, a classic name for a bulldog · big dogs
Citadel
A fortress guarding a city · big dogs
Claymore
The great two handed Scottish sword · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Clydesdale
Giant Scottish draught horse · Scottish · big dogs
Colosseum
The great stone arena of ancient Rome · big dogs
Colossus
From the Greek kolossos, giant statue, as in the Colossus of Rhodes · Greek · big dogs
Combin
Grand Combin, a huge glacier covered Swiss massif · French · big dogs
Commander
German shepherd who lived in the Biden White House · big dogs
Conall
Irish name meaning strong as a wolf · Irish · big dogs
Condor
The great vulture of the Andes · big dogs
Congo
Great river of central Africa · big dogs
Constable
A police officer, from the Latin comes stabuli, officer of the stable · Latin · big dogs
Coolabah
The eucalypt in Waltzing Matilda · big dogs
Cormac
Legendary high king of Ireland · Irish · big dogs
Cougar
The mountain lion of the Americas · big dogs
Crusher
Someone or something that crushes, for a toy destroyer · big dogs
Cu Sith
The Cu Sith, a huge green fairy hound of Scottish and Irish folklore · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Cuchulainn
Hound of Culann, the greatest hero of Ulster, who took the place of a guard dog · Irish · big dogs
Cyclone
A rotating storm, from the Greek kyklos, circle · big dogs
Cyclops
A one eyed giant of Greek myth, for a big dog with a big stare · Greek · big dogs
Cypress
A tall narrow evergreen · big dogs
Dagda
The good god, a chief of the Tuatha De Danann with a magic club · Irish · big dogs
Dahuang
Means big yellow in Mandarin, the classic name for a village dog · Chinese · big dogs
Daichi
Japanese, great earth · Japanese · big dogs
Daiki
Great radiance, great glory · Japanese · big dogs
Daikon
A large white winter radish, from the Japanese for big root · Japanese · big dogs
Damavand
The tallest mountain in Iran, a snowy volcanic peak · Persian · big dogs
Darragh
Irish name meaning oak · Irish · big dogs
Denali
The highest peak in North America · big dogs
Dhaulagiri
A Himalayan giant whose name means white mountain · Sanskrit · big dogs
Diesel
A heavy engine fuel, named after Rudolf Diesel · big dogs
Donner
German word for thunder · German · big dogs
Dormarch
The finest hound of Gwyn ap Nudd, king of the Otherworld, in Welsh legend · Welsh · big dogs
Dov
Means bear in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Dozer
Short for bulldozer, for a dog who plows through everything · big dogs
Draco
The dragon constellation coiled round the pole · big dogs
Dreadnought
A giant battleship that feared nothing · big dogs
Droolius Caesar
Pun on Julius Caesar, for a dog that drools · big dogs
Duke of Drool
A noble title for a slobbery big dog · big dogs
Dunder
Swedish for thunder · Swedish · big dogs
Durian
The spiky king of fruits, famous for its smell · big dogs
Eagle
The great bird of prey of cliffs and crags · big dogs
Eiger
The Bernese Alps peak with the famous north face · big dogs
Eland
The biggest antelope in Africa · Afrikaans · big dogs
Elbrus
The highest peak in Europe · Russian · big dogs
Elk
One of the largest deer · big dogs
Elm
A broad crowned shade tree · big dogs
Emperor
The ruler of an empire · Latin · big dogs
Ercole
Italian form of Hercules · Italian · big dogs
Erez
Means cedar tree in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Everest
The highest mountain above sea level · big dogs
Faithful
The Newfoundland of President Ulysses S. Grant · big dogs
Falstaff
The large, boastful knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV · big dogs
Fenrir
The great wolf of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Fjell
Norwegian for mountain · Norwegian · big dogs
Forte
Italian for strong, and loud in music · Italian · big dogs
Fortress
A heavily protected stronghold · big dogs
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's scientist of 1818, whose creature now carries his name · big dogs
Freddy
Great Dane recorded as the tallest dog in the world · big dogs
Gajah
Means elephant in Indonesian and Malay, for a big dog · Indonesian · big dogs
Galleon
A great sailing ship of the old oceans · big dogs
Gander
Newfoundland who carried a grenade away from Canadian troops · big dogs
Ganymede
Largest moon in the solar system · Greek · big dogs
Gargantua
A giant from Rabelais' tales, for a truly huge dog · French · big dogs
Gargoyle
A carved stone spout, from the Old French gargouille, throat · French · big dogs
Gator
Short for alligator · big dogs
Genghis
Founder of the Mongol empire · Mongolian · big dogs
Gilgamesh
Hero king of the oldest surviving epic poem · Mesopotamian · big dogs
Gladiator
Latin for swordsman, from gladius, sword · Latin · big dogs
Golem
A clay giant brought to life in Jewish folklore · Hebrew · big dogs
Goliath
The giant of the biblical duel · big dogs
Gom
Means bear in Korean, for a big fluffy dog · Korean · big dogs
Gorae
Means whale in Korean, for a very big dog · Korean · big dogs
Gorilla
The largest living ape · big dogs
Goshawk
A powerful hawk that hunts in woodland · big dogs
Granite
Hard speckled rock · big dogs
Grant
Norman nickname from grand, large · French · big dogs
Grenadier
A tall elite foot soldier · big dogs
Grendel
The monster Beowulf fights in the Old English poem · English · big dogs
Grit
Courage and staying power, also fine hard grains of stone · big dogs
Grizz
Short for grizzly bear · big dogs
Grizzly
The big brown bear of North America · big dogs
Grom
Russian for thunder · Russian · big dogs
Grouper
A big heavy reef fish · Portuguese · big dogs
Guardian
A protector, for a loyal watchdog · big dogs
Guerreiro
Portuguese for warrior · Portuguese · big dogs
Gulliver
The traveller in Jonathan Swift's 1726 Gulliver's Travels · big dogs
Gunmetal
A bronze once used for guns, and the name of a dark blue grey · big dogs
Gunnar
Norse name meaning bold warrior · Norse · big dogs
Gunung
Means mountain in Indonesian · Indonesian · big dogs
Haboob
A violent wall of desert dust driven by a storm, a word from Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Haidar
Means lion in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Halibut
A huge flat fish of cold northern seas · big dogs
Hammer
The striking tool, for a dog that plays hard · big dogs
Hannibal
The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants in 218 BC · big dogs
Hapuku
A big groper fish of New Zealand waters · Maori · big dogs
Harimau
Means tiger in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian · big dogs
Harlequin
Torn black patches on white, a Great Dane colour named after the clown's costume · big dogs
Hathi
Hindi for elephant · Hindi · big dogs
Heavyweight
The biggest weight class in boxing · big dogs
Hector
Prince of Troy and its finest defender · Greek · big dogs
Heimdall
Norse watchman who guards the rainbow bridge · Norse · big dogs
Hekili
Hawaiian for thunder · Hawaiian · big dogs
Hercules
The hero of the twelve labours · Greek · big dogs
Heron
A tall grey wading bird with a long neck and beak · big dogs
Hickory
A tough North American nut tree · big dogs
Horand
Horand von Grafrath, the first registered German Shepherd and father of the breed · German · big dogs
Hoss
Dialect form of horse, a nickname for a big man · big dogs
Huascaran
The highest mountain in Peru · Quechua · big dogs
Hulk
An old ship stripped to its hull, also a large, heavy thing · big dogs
Humpback
The singing whale that leaps from the sea · big dogs
Huracan
The Maya god of wind and storm who gave his name to the hurricane · Maya · big dogs
Hurricane
A violent tropical storm, from the Taino hurakan · big dogs
Hyperion
Greek titan of light · Greek · big dogs
Idris
Welsh, ardent lord, and a mountain in Snowdonia · Welsh · big dogs
Ikaika
Means strong in Hawaiian, for a powerful dog · Hawaiian · big dogs
Inferno
A raging fire · big dogs
Invictus
Latin for unconquered · Latin · big dogs
Iron
The strong grey metal that steel is made from · big dogs
Ironclad
A steam warship protected by iron plates · big dogs
Ivar
Old Norse Ivarr, possibly from yr, yew or bow, and herr, warrior · Norse · big dogs
Jabal
Means mountain in Arabic, for a big, steady dog · Arabic · big dogs
Jackfruit
The biggest tree fruit in the world · big dogs
Jaguar
The heaviest spotted cat of the Americas · big dogs
Jagungal
A big lone peak in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales · Aboriginal Australian · big dogs
Jindo
The island home of Korea's native Jindo dog · Korean · big dogs
Jokull
Icelandic for glacier · Icelandic · big dogs
Jowls
Loose, droopy cheeks · big dogs
Juggernaut
From Jagannath, lord of the world, whose huge temple carts gave English the word · Sanskrit · big dogs
Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system · Roman · big dogs
Just Nuisance
A Great Dane who was the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy · big dogs
Kaiser
German, emperor, from the name Caesar · German · big dogs
Kaleva
The mythical ancestor of the Finns, father of heroes · Finnish · big dogs
Kamehameha
Kamehameha the Great, who united the Hawaiian Islands · Hawaiian · big dogs
Kaminari
Japanese for thunder · Japanese · big dogs
Kangchenjunga
The third highest mountain on Earth, Tibetan for five treasures of snow · Tibetan · big dogs
Kaplan
Means tiger in Turkish · Turkish · big dogs
Karabas
Means black head in Turkish, a traditional Turkish dog name · Turkish · big dogs
Karakoram
A severe range of the highest Asian peaks · big dogs
Karhu
Finnish for bear · Finnish · big dogs
Karloff
The stage name of the horror film actor Boris Karloff · big dogs
Kastro
Greek for castle · Greek · big dogs
Kekoa
The brave one, the warrior · Hawaiian · big dogs
Kemp
From the Middle English kempe, champion or warrior · English · big dogs
Kerberos
A moon of Pluto named for the three headed dog of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Khafre
The pharaoh who built the second pyramid at Giza · Ancient Egyptian · big dogs
Khers
Means bear in Persian, for a big shaggy dog · Persian · big dogs
Khufu
Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza · Egyptian · big dogs
Kibo
The highest summit of Kilimanjaro · Swahili · big dogs
Kiboko
Swahili for hippopotamus · Swahili · big dogs
Kifaru
Means rhinoceros in Swahili, a symbol of strength · Swahili · big dogs
Kilimanjaro
Africa's highest mountain, a snow capped volcano in Tanzania · Swahili · big dogs
King
A male ruler, from the Old English cyning · big dogs
Knockout
The punch that ends a fight · big dogs
Knucklehead
A lovable dimwit · big dogs
Koa
Hawaiian, brave, and a native hardwood · Hawaiian · big dogs
Komodo
Indonesian island home of the giant monitor lizard · big dogs
Kong
A Chinese surname, that of Confucius, Kong Fuzi · big dogs
Kosciuszko
Australia's highest mountain, in the Snowy Mountains · Polish · big dogs
Kranich
German for crane, the tall wading bird · German · big dogs
Kratos
Greek, strength, and the god of war of the games · Greek · big dogs
Krieger
German word for warrior · German · big dogs
Kruger
Great safari park in northeast South Africa · big dogs
Kuma
Japanese, bear · Japanese · big dogs
Lamassu
A winged bull with a human head that guarded Assyrian gates · Akkadian · big dogs
Landseer
Edwin Landseer, the Victorian painter of dogs, who gave his name to a Newfoundland coat · big dogs
Lavi
Means lion in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Layth
Means lion in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Leeu
Means lion in Afrikaans · Afrikaans · big dogs
Leon
French name meaning lion · French · big dogs
Leonidas
Spartan king who held the pass at Thermopylae · Greek · big dogs
Leopard
The spotted big cat of Africa and Asia · big dogs
Leshy
Guardian spirit of the forest in Slavic folklore · Slavic · big dogs
Leviathan
A vast sea monster in the Hebrew Bible, now anything huge · Hebrew · big dogs
Lhotse
A Himalayan giant standing beside Everest · big dogs
Linden
A broad lime tree of European avenues · big dogs
Linebacker
A tough defensive player in American football · big dogs
Lion
The big cat known as the king of beasts · big dogs
Llew
Welsh word for lion · Welsh · big dogs
Loa
A vast Hawaiian shield volcano · Hawaiian · big dogs
Lobo
Spanish, wolf · Spanish · big dogs
Long
Chinese for dragon · Chinese · big dogs
Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the American poet, for a dog with long legs · big dogs
Longhorn
The long horned cattle of the Texas trail drives · big dogs
Loup
French word for wolf · French · big dogs
Lumberjack
Tree feller of the northern forests · big dogs
Lunker
An angler's word for a really big fish · big dogs
Maestoso
Italian for majestic · Italian · big dogs
Magma
Molten rock beneath the Earth's crust · big dogs
Magni
Old Norse for strength, the mighty son of Thor · Old Norse · big dogs
Magnum
Latin for great, also a wine bottle twice the usual size · Latin · big dogs
Magnus
Latin taken into Scandinavian use, great · Norse · big dogs
Maharaja
Great king in the courts of India · Sanskrit · big dogs
Major
German shepherd, the first shelter dog in the White House · big dogs
Makalu
A high pyramid shaped Himalayan peak · big dogs
Makoa
Hawaiian, fearless · Hawaiian · big dogs
Mammoth
A high Sierra peak buried in deep snow · big dogs
Mamoru
To protect, to guard · Japanese · big dogs
Manaslu
The eighth highest mountain, Sanskrit for mountain of the spirit · Sanskrit · big dogs
Marduk
Chief god of Babylon who slew the sea dragon · Babylonian · big dogs
Marlin
A big billfish of warm seas · big dogs
Massif
A compact block of mountains · French · big dogs
Massimo
Italian for greatest · Italian · big dogs
Mastiff
The giant, gentle guard dog breed · big dogs
Mastodon
An ancient woolly cousin of the elephant · big dogs
Matterhorn
The pyramid peak above Zermatt · big dogs
Mauna
Means mountain in Hawaiian, for a big dog · Hawaiian · big dogs
Maunga
Te reo Maori for mountain · Maori · big dogs
Maximus
Latin for greatest · Latin · big dogs
Meatloaf
Minced meat baked in the shape of a loaf · big dogs
Medved
Russian for bear · Russian · big dogs
Minotaur
Bull headed creature at the centre of the Greek labyrinth · Greek · big dogs
Mjolnir
The hammer of Thor, for a dog who hits like thunder · Old Norse · big dogs
Moby
After Moby Dick, the great white whale of Melville's novel · big dogs
Molot
Russian for hammer · Russian · big dogs
Monarch
A king or a queen who reigns alone · Greek · big dogs
Montezuma
Aztec emperor of ancient Mexico · Nahuatl · big dogs
Montgomery
Norman surname from a French place, Gumarich's mountain · French · big dogs
Motu
Hindi nickname meaning chubby, for a dog who loves food · Hindi · big dogs
Muskox
A shaggy Arctic ox that stands firm in blizzards · big dogs
Mustang
The wild horse of the American West, from the Mexican Spanish mestengo, stray · Spanish · big dogs
Nahang
Means whale in Persian, for a very big dog · Persian · big dogs
Nanook
Inuit master of the bears · Inuit · big dogs
Narwhal
An Arctic whale with a long spiral tusk · big dogs
Ndovu
Another Swahili word for elephant, for a large dog · Swahili · big dogs
Nepal
The Himalayan kingdom · big dogs
Neptune
The eighth planet, named for the god of the sea · Roman · big dogs
Neukdae
Means wolf in Korean · Korean · big dogs
Nevis
The highest mountain in Britain · Scottish · big dogs
Nui
Hawaiian for big · Hawaiian · big dogs
Nuisance
Great Dane formally enlisted by the Royal Navy in South Africa · big dogs
Nyati
Means buffalo in Swahili, for a resilient dog · Swahili · big dogs
Oak
A slow growing hardwood · big dogs
Obelisk
Tall four sided stone pillar of Egyptian temples · Egyptian · big dogs
Obersten
Norwegian for the colonel, a Greenland dog on Amundsen's South Pole expedition · Norwegian · big dogs
Oceanus
Greek titan of the great river that circles the world · Greek · big dogs
Odin
The one eyed all father of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Olympus
Mountain home of the Greek gods · Greek · big dogs
Orca
The killer whale, a dolphin despite the name · big dogs
Orion
The hunter constellation, and a hunter of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Orso
Italian for bear · Italian · big dogs
Orthrus
The two headed guard dog of Geryon's cattle, brother of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Oso
Spanish for bear, for a big fluffy dog · Spanish · big dogs
Osprey
The fish hawk · big dogs
Otso
Finnish word for bear · Finnish · big dogs
Outlaw
A fugitive beyond the protection of the law · big dogs
Ox
A big working bull, a byword for strength · big dogs
Pangu
The first being of Chinese myth, who pushed earth and sky apart · Chinese · big dogs
Panhu
A dragon dog who won the hand of a princess in Chinese myth · Chinese · big dogs
Panther
A big cat, and the usual name for a black leopard or jaguar · big dogs
Patrasche
The loyal working dog of Ouida's A Dog of Flanders · Flemish · big dogs
Pawl Bunyan
A pun on Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack of American folklore · big dogs
Pendragon
Title of Britain's legendary high kings · Welsh · big dogs
Percheron
Big draught horse from the Perche region of France · French · big dogs
Perun
Slavic god of thunder and lightning · Slavic · big dogs
Pharaoh
Title of the kings of ancient Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
Phelan
Irish surname meaning wolf · Irish · big dogs
Pilot Whale
A big, dark dolphin that travels in pods · big dogs
Polar
Of the icy poles, as in polar bear · big dogs
Porthos
The big, hearty, boastful musketeer · big dogs
Poseidon
Greek god of the sea and earthquakes · Greek · big dogs
Pungsan
A large white Korean hunting dog breed · Korean · big dogs
Quarterback
The American football player who calls the plays · big dogs
Rab
The great mastiff of John Brown's Rab and his Friends · big dogs
Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian pianist and composer · Russian · big dogs
Rainier
The glaciated volcano south of Seattle · big dogs
Raja
Sanskrit for king · Sanskrit · big dogs
Rampage
A spell of wild, reckless charging about · big dogs
Rampart
A broad defensive wall around a fort · big dogs
Ramses
The name of eleven pharaohs of Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
Rhino
Short for rhinoceros, Greek for nose horn · Greek · big dogs
Riese
German for giant · German · big dogs
Robur
Latin for oak strength · Latin · big dogs
Rockies
The Rocky Mountains of North America · big dogs
Rolf
German name meaning famous wolf · German · big dogs
Rostam
The great hero of the Persian epic, the Shahnameh · Persian · big dogs
Ruapehu
The biggest active volcano in New Zealand, with ski fields on its slopes · Maori · big dogs
Ruck
The contest over the ball in rugby · big dogs
Rudra
The fierce form of Shiva · Sanskrit · big dogs
Saguaro
The giant cactus of the Sonoran Desert, said sa-wah-ro · Spanish · big dogs
Saja
Means lion in Korean · Korean · big dogs
Sakhr
Means solid rock in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Sampson
Form of Samson, Hebrew for sun, the biblical strong man · Hebrew · big dogs
Samson
Biblical strong man, a long standing name for big dogs · big dogs
Samurai
The warrior class of feudal Japan · Japanese · big dogs
Sasquatch
The big, hairy ape like giant of North American folklore · big dogs
Saturn
The ringed planet · Roman · big dogs
Scafell
The highest fell in England · big dogs
Schooner
A swift two masted sailing ship · big dogs
Scrum
The forward pack contest in rugby · big dogs
Sealion
An eared seal with a loud bark · big dogs
Seaman
Newfoundland who crossed America with Lewis and Clark · big dogs
Sentinel
A guard who keeps watch · big dogs
Sergeant
A military or police rank, from the Latin serviens, serving · Latin · big dogs
Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer of the Endurance · big dogs
Shakespeare
England's most performed playwright · English · big dogs
Shark
The ocean's top predator, most of them grey backed · big dogs
Sher
Hindi for lion · Hindi · big dogs
Shir
Means lion in Persian · Persian · big dogs
Shire
England's giant among farm horses · big dogs
Shishi
The guardian lion of Japanese temples · Japanese · big dogs
Shizi
Means lion in Mandarin · Chinese · big dogs
Shogun
The military ruler of old Japan · Japanese · big dogs
Siegfried
Dragon slaying hero of German legend · German · big dogs
Silverback
An adult male gorilla, named for the silver saddle of hair on his back · big dogs
Slam Dunk
A basketball shot rammed through the hoop from above · big dogs
Sledge
A big heavy sledgehammer · big dogs
Sleipnir
Odin's eight legged horse in Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Slugger
A heavy hitter in baseball · big dogs
Sobek
Crocodile god of the Nile in Egyptian myth · Egyptian · big dogs
Sousaphone
The giant brass tuba that wraps around the player · big dogs
Spartacus
The gladiator who led a great slave revolt against Rome · Latin · big dogs
Spartan
A warrior of ancient Sparta, now anyone tough and plain living · Greek · big dogs
Stag
A male deer · big dogs
Stallion
A grown male horse, for a strong proud dog · big dogs
Steel
Hard iron alloy, for a dog with nerves of it · big dogs
Stomper
A dog with heavy, thumping feet · big dogs
Stout
A dark heavy beer · big dogs
Strongheart
A German Shepherd film star of the 1920s, the first dog billed above the title · big dogs
Suleiman
Ottoman sultan known as the magnificent · Turkish · big dogs
Sultan
Arabic, ruler · Arabic · big dogs
Sumo
Japan's traditional heavyweight wrestling · Japanese · big dogs
Taiga
Big river · Japanese · big dogs
Takeshi
Fierce warrior · Japanese · big dogs
Takin
The golden goat antelope of the Himalaya · Mishmi · big dogs
Talos
Bronze giant who guarded Crete in Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Tank
An armoured tracked vehicle, used for heavy, solid dogs · big dogs
Tannenbaum
German for fir tree, as in the carol O Tannenbaum · German · big dogs
Tapio
Finnish god of the forest · Finnish · big dogs
Taranaki
A cone shaped New Zealand mountain and the region around it · Maori · big dogs
Tarpon
A big silver game fish of warm coasts · big dogs
Tatsu
Japanese for dragon · Japanese · big dogs
Taurus
The bull constellation of the zodiac · big dogs
Tawil
Means tall in Arabic, for a leggy dog · Arabic · big dogs
Tembo
Swahili for elephant · Swahili · big dogs
Teton
A sharp granite range rising in Wyoming · big dogs
Texas
The Lone Star State, from a Caddo word for friends · big dogs
Thunder
The loud sound that follows a lightning flash · big dogs
Thunderbolt
A flash of lightning with its crash of thunder · big dogs
Thunderchunk
A big, solid dog who shakes the floor when they land · big dogs
Thunderclap
A single loud crash of thunder, for a dog with a big bark · big dogs
Thundercloud
A towering dark storm cloud · big dogs
Timber
Wood cut for building, also the call given as a tree falls · big dogs
Titanium
A strong, light, grey metal named after the Titans · Greek · big dogs
Tongariro
A volcano and New Zealand's first national park · Maori · big dogs
Torden
Norwegian for thunder · Norwegian · big dogs
Tornado
A violent spinning column of wind · big dogs
Toro
Spanish, bull · Spanish · big dogs
Torpedo
A self propelled underwater missile, named after the electric ray · Latin · big dogs
Torr
Scottish Gaelic for a hill · Scottish · big dogs
Tosun
Means a sturdy young bull in Turkish, for a strong, solid dog · Turkish · big dogs
Tractor
The farm's hardest worker · big dogs
Trebuchet
A huge medieval siege engine · French · big dogs
Troll
A giant of Norse folklore living in hills and caves · Norse · big dogs
Trovao
Portuguese for thunder · Portuguese · big dogs
Trueno
Spanish for thunder · Spanish · big dogs
Tuba
The deep voiced giant of the brass family · Latin · big dogs
Tungsten
A very dense grey metal, Swedish for heavy stone · Swedish · big dogs
Tusk
The long tooth of an elephant, boar or walrus · big dogs
Typhon
The monstrous storm giant of Greek myth, father of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Typhoon
The Pacific name for a tropical cyclone · big dogs
Tyson
Strong sounding surname long given to powerful dogs · big dogs
Ulf
Norse word for wolf · Norse · big dogs
Ursus
Latin for bear · Latin · big dogs
Vercingetorix
The Gaulish chieftain who stood against Julius Caesar · Gaulish · big dogs
Vesuvius
The volcano above the bay of Naples · Italian · big dogs
Volcano
A mountain that pours out lava and ash, for a fiery dog · big dogs
Wagter
Means guard or keeper in Afrikaans · Afrikaans · big dogs
Wainwright
English surname for a wagon maker · English · big dogs
Walrus
A huge tusked seal of northern ice · big dogs
Wapiti
A big North American elk, Shawnee for white rump · Shawnee · big dogs
Wedgetail
Australia's biggest eagle, with a wedge shaped tail · big dogs
Werewolf
A person who turns into a wolf at the full moon, from Old English wer, man · Old English · big dogs
Whale
The biggest animals on Earth, for a big gentle dog · big dogs
Whale Shark
The largest fish in the sea, grey with white spots · big dogs
Wojtek
Polish pet form of Wojciech, and the name of the soldier bear of World War Two · Polish · big dogs
Wolf
German word for wolf · German · big dogs
Xerxes
King of the great Persian empire · Persian · big dogs
Xiong
Means bear and also heroic in Mandarin · Chinese · big dogs
Yak
A shaggy long haired ox of the Himalaya · Tibetan · big dogs
Yama
Means mountain in Japanese, for a big, solid dog · Japanese · big dogs
Yamato
The ancient name for Japan itself · Japanese · big dogs
Ymir
First giant of Norse myth, the world was made from him · Norse · big dogs
Yowie
The Australian bush version of Bigfoot · big dogs
Yukon
A wild northern land of ice and high peaks · big dogs
Zeev
Means wolf in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Zorba
English mastiff recorded as the heaviest dog on record · big dogs
Zubr
Ukrainian for bison · Ukrainian · big dogs

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Albatross
The great wanderer of the southern seas · big dogs
Alps
The great mountain range of central Europe · big dogs
Andes
The long mountain chain of South America · big dogs
Appaloosa
A spotted horse breed, the name usually linked to the Palouse country · big dogs
Asgard
Home of the gods in Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Banyan
Spreading fig tree that drops roots from its branches · Hindi · big dogs
Baobab
Vast African tree with a swollen water storing trunk · Arabic · big dogs
Beech
Smooth barked woodland tree with copper autumn leaves · big dogs
Beluga
A pale white whale of Arctic seas · big dogs
Capybara
The world's biggest rodent, calm and friendly · Tupi · big dogs
Cassowary
A huge flightless bird of the Queensland rainforest · Malay · big dogs
Cheetah
The fastest land animal, a spotted cat · big dogs
Chonk
Internet slang for a gloriously round animal · big dogs
Connemara
Wild region on the west coast of Ireland · Irish · big dogs
Crane
A tall elegant bird known for its dancing · big dogs
Dara
Irish name meaning oak tree · Irish · big dogs
Elephant
The biggest land animal, for a gentle giant of a dog · big dogs
Fir
Evergreen conifer with upright cones · big dogs
Floof Monster
A huge ball of fluff · big dogs
Forest
A large area of dense woodland, from the Latin foris, outside · big dogs
Fuji
The sacred volcano of Japan · big dogs
Galaxy
A vast system of stars, from the Greek gala, milk · big dogs
Giga
From the Greek for giant, a billion of something · Greek · big dogs
Giraffe
The tallest animal, with a patched coat · big dogs
Glacier
A slow river of mountain ice · big dogs
Goalie
The player who guards the goal · big dogs
Gotham
The city of the caped crusader · big dogs
Griffin
Eagle headed lion of medieval heraldry · big dogs
Haystack
A big pile of hay in the field · big dogs
Himalaya
The highest mountain range on Earth, Sanskrit for abode of snow · Sanskrit · big dogs
Hippo
Short for hippopotamus, Greek for river horse · big dogs
Hydra
The many headed serpent Hercules fought · Greek · big dogs
Hyena
The spotted hyena, the largest hyena, famous for its whooping laugh · big dogs
Iceberg
A huge floating block of ice, for a big white dog · big dogs
Kaboom
A comic book sound effect · big dogs
Kangaroo
The bounding marsupial of Australia · Guugu Yimithirr · big dogs
Karri
Towering pale eucalypt of south west Australia · Noongar · big dogs
Katmai
An Alaska park famous for brown bears catching salmon · big dogs
Kauri
A giant forest tree of New Zealand that can live for 2,000 years · Maori · big dogs
Kili
Short for Kilimanjaro, the roof of Africa · big dogs
Komainu
The lion dogs who guard the gates of Japanese shrines in pairs · Japanese · big dogs
Kraken
The sea monster of Nordic sailors tales · Norse · big dogs
Kurrajong
Broad Australian shade tree with a bottle shaped trunk · Australian · big dogs
Leopard Seal
An Antarctic seal with a spotted grey coat · big dogs
Lighthouse
A tower with a light that guides ships, for a loyal guiding dog · big dogs
Lightning
The bright flash at the heart of a storm · big dogs
Majesty
The title given to a monarch, from the Latin maiestas · big dogs
Mamaku
The black tree fern, New Zealand's tallest fern · Maori · big dogs
Manatee
A slow gentle sea cow of warm coasts · Carib · big dogs
Manta
The great ray that glides like a wing · big dogs
Marathon
A long distance race named after the Greek town of Marathon · Greek · big dogs
Mayhem
Wilful chaos, from an old legal word for maiming · big dogs
Mega
From the Greek for great, a million of something · Greek · big dogs
Moa
The giant flightless bird of ancient New Zealand · Maori · big dogs
Nile
The longest river in Africa · big dogs
Palomino
A golden horse with a pale mane, from the Spanish for young dove · Spanish · big dogs
Pegasus
The winged horse of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Pelican
A large white water bird with a deep throat pouch · big dogs
Pemberley
Mr Darcy's grand estate in Pride and Prejudice · English · big dogs
Poplar
Tall fast growing tree with fluttering leaves · big dogs
Pyramid
One of the great stone tombs of ancient Egypt · big dogs
Redwood
The tallest tree on earth, native to California · big dogs
Sequoia
The tallest tree in the world · big dogs
Serengeti
Great plain of Tanzania, crossed by the migration · Swahili · big dogs
Shan
Chinese for mountain · Chinese · big dogs
Shasta
Volcano in northern California · big dogs
Shepherd
One who tends sheep, from the Old English sceaphierde · big dogs
Slobber
Drool from the mouth, common in heavy jowled breeds · big dogs
Snowdon
The highest mountain in Wales · Welsh · big dogs
Spruce
Tall evergreen conifer of northern forests · big dogs
Stonehenge
The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain in England · big dogs
Stork
A tall long legged bird that nests on roofs · big dogs
Subak
Korean for watermelon · Korean · big dogs
Sunflower
Tall golden flower that follows the sun · big dogs
Sycamore
Broad maple whose seeds spin down like helicopters · big dogs
Throne
The ceremonial seat of a monarch · Greek · big dogs
Timpani
The big tuned kettledrums of the orchestra · Italian · big dogs
Titan
The elder gods who came before the Olympians · Greek · big dogs
Toroa
The albatross in Maori · Maori · big dogs
Totara
A great native tree of New Zealand, prized for carving · Maori · big dogs
Twiga
Swahili for giraffe · Swahili · big dogs
Uluru
The great sandstone monolith in central Australia · big dogs
Versailles
Grand palace outside Paris · French · big dogs
Watermelon
A big striped melon with sweet red flesh · big dogs
Whooper
The whooper swan, a big white swan with a trumpeting call · big dogs
Yeti
The legendary snow creature of the Himalaya · big dogs
Yosemite
California valley of granite walls · big dogs
Zeppelin
The German rigid airship · German · big dogs

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