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Names for brown dogs

Names for a brown, chocolate or liver coloured puppy, from Cocoa to Hazel.

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Girl names (59)

Arabica
The finer of the two main coffee species
Avellana
Spanish for hazelnut · Spanish
Ayala
Means doe in Hebrew · Hebrew
Babka
Swirled sweet bread, the name means grandmother · Polish
Beverly
English place name, beaver stream
Brandy
A spirit distilled from wine, from the Dutch brandewijn
Buna
Amharic for coffee, poured in a long Ethiopian ceremony · Amharic
Cajeta
A goat's milk caramel · Mexican Spanish
Canela
Spanish for cinnamon · Spanish
Capivara
Portuguese for capybara, the laid back giant rodent · Portuguese
Cassia
Bark spice sold as the bolder kind of cinnamon · Greek
Chesapeake
The great bay of Maryland and Virginia, home of a retriever breed · big dogs
Chikoo
The sweet brown sapodilla fruit, a very popular Indian dog name · Hindi
Churchkhela
Walnuts strung and dipped in thickened grape juice · Georgian
Dulce de Leche
Spanish for sweet made from milk, a thick caramel · Spanish
Fawn
A young deer, and a pale tan colour · small dogs
Gula Melaka
Palm sugar from Malaysia · Malay
Halva
Dense sesame sweet eaten across the Middle East · Arabic
Havana
Capital of Cuba, and a warm brown
Hazelnut
The small round nut of the hazel tree · small dogs
Imli
Hindi for tamarind · Hindi
Kanela
Greek for cinnamon · Greek
Kanelbulle
A Swedish cinnamon bun · Swedish
Kladdkaka
A gooey Swedish chocolate cake, meaning sticky cake · Swedish
Kurumi
Means walnut in Japanese, for a little brown dog · Japanese
Linnet
A small brown finch of open country · small dogs
Madeira
Fortified wine from a Portuguese island · Portuguese
Melya
A coffee sweetened with honey and cocoa
Mocha
Coffee blended with chocolate, named after a Yemeni port
Morena
Spanish for dark haired or brown · Spanish
Nocciola
Italian for hazelnut · Italian
Noisette
French word for hazelnut · French
Ofra
Means fawn in Hebrew · Hebrew
Opera
A layered almond sponge cake with coffee and chocolate · French
Pacoca
A Brazilian peanut sweet · Portuguese
Penuche
A brown sugar fudge
Pepparkaka
A thin Swedish ginger biscuit · Swedish
Praline
A sugared nut confection · French
Quokka
Small smiling marsupial of Rottnest Island · small dogs
Robusta
Strong hardy coffee species used in espresso blends
Sadb
Probably sweet, a woman turned into a deer and mother of Oisin · Irish
Samra
Means brunette or dusky in Arabic, for a brown dog · Arabic
Sapodilla
A brown tropical fruit tasting of malt and brown sugar
Sepia
A warm brown ink made from cuttlefish
Sherry
Fortified wine from Jerez in Spain
Shika
Japanese for deer · Japanese
Siena
Tuscan city, and the reddish brown earth pigment · Italian
Sienna
A warm red brown earth pigment from Siena in Italy · Italian
Skylark
A small brown bird that sings while soaring high · small dogs
Sparrow
A small brown garden bird, from the Old English spearwa · small dogs
Star Anise
A star shaped spice with a liquorice scent · Chinese
Suzume
Means sparrow in Japanese, for a chirpy little dog · Japanese · small dogs
Taupe
A brownish grey, from the French for mole · French
Tella
A home brewed Ethiopian barley beer · Amharic
Tierra
Spanish for earth or land · Spanish
Toffee
A hard brown sweet made from boiled sugar and butter
Toggenburg
A Swiss dairy goat breed
Treacle
British dark sugar syrup, and an old term of endearment
Ursa
The bear constellation of the northern sky · big dogs

Boy names (143)

Adobo
Meat braised in vinegar, soy and garlic, a Filipino favourite · Filipino
Americano
Espresso lengthened with hot water · Italian
Amontillado
An amber sherry, famous from the Poe story · Spanish
Antler
The branching bony horn of a deer or elk
Arctos
Greek for bear, the root of the word Arctic · Greek · big dogs
Arktos
Greek word for bear · Greek · big dogs
Ayal
Means stag in Hebrew · Hebrew
Ayi
Means bear in Turkish, for a big fluffy dog · Turkish · big dogs
Bacon
Cured pork, also an English surname from the Germanic bacho
Barraquito
A layered coffee from the Canary Islands · Spanish
Beaver
Busy dam builder of the river
Bigfoot
Another name for Sasquatch, for a pup with huge paws · big dogs
Bison
The heavy shouldered wild ox of North America and Europe · big dogs
Boar
A wild male pig with tusks · big dogs
Bock
A strong German lager, also German for billy goat · German
Bosc
A brown russeted pear with a long neck
Bourbon
American corn whiskey from Kentucky
Bracken
Coarse fern that covers hillsides
Brezel
German for pretzel · German
Brigadeiro
A Brazilian chocolate truffle rolled in sprinkles · Portuguese · small dogs
Bronco
An unbroken range horse · big dogs
Bronson
English surname meaning son of Brown · English · big dogs
Bronzino
The Florentine court painter, whose name hints at his bronze complexion · Italian
Bronzo
Italian for bronze · Italian
Bruin
An old name for a bear, from Dutch for brown · Dutch
Brumby
Australia feral horse · big dogs
Brunello
A Tuscan red wine grape, meaning little dark one · Italian
Bruno
Italian and Germanic, brown · Italian
Buckeye
A tree whose shiny brown nut looks like the eye of a deer
Burl
A rounded knotty growth on a tree trunk, prized by woodworkers
Cajon
A box drum from Peru that you sit on and slap · Spanish
Canelo
Spanish for cinnamon coloured · Spanish
Cappuccino
Espresso with steamed milk, named after Capuchin robes
Carajillo
Espresso with a splash of brandy or liqueur · Spanish
Caribou
The wild reindeer of North America · Mikmaq · big dogs
Cernunnos
The great horned one, a Celtic god of wild animals · Celtic · big dogs
Champurrado
A thick chocolate atole · Mexican Spanish
Chandan
Means sandalwood in Hindi, fragrant and precious · Hindi
Chaps
Leather leg coverings worn by cowboys in the brush
Chestnut
A glossy red brown
Chippendale
Thomas Chippendale, the cabinet maker of elegant furniture
Cioccolato
Italian for chocolate · Italian
Clay
Heavy earth shaped and fired into pottery
Colosseum
The great stone arena of ancient Rome · big dogs
Conker
The glossy brown seed of a horse chestnut
Copperfield
David Copperfield, the hero of Dickens's most personal novel
Cordovan
A rich burgundy brown of fine leather from Cordoba · Spanish
Cortado
Spanish espresso cut with warm milk · Spanish
Cubby
A little cub, for a round bear like puppy · small dogs
Cumin
A warm earthy seed used across Asia and Mexico
Datil
Spanish for date, the sweet fruit · Spanish
Dobhar
From the Dobhar chu, the water hound of Irish lakes, part dog and part otter · Irish
Dov
Means bear in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Dubbel
A dark Belgian abbey ale · Dutch
Duncan
Scottish Gaelic name meaning brown warrior · Scottish
Dunkel
A dark German lager, meaning dark · German
Eachann
Old Gaelic name meaning brown horse · Scottish
Espressino
A small espresso with cocoa and milk · Italian · small dogs
Faunus
A Roman god of forests, fields and wild things · Latin
Filbert
An old name for the hazelnut, ripe around St Philibert's day
Freddo
An iced espresso, Italian for cold · Italian
Geb
The Egyptian god of the earth, often shown with a goose · Egyptian
Grizz
Short for grizzly bear · big dogs
Grizzly
The big brown bear of North America · big dogs
Groundhog
A burrowing marmot famous for forecasting spring
Guanaco
A wild llama of the Andes and Patagonia · Quechua
Haboob
A violent wall of desert dust driven by a storm, a word from Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Hart
An old word for a male red deer
Haywood
English place name, enclosed wood
Hershel
Yiddish for deer · Yiddish
Hirsch
Means deer in Yiddish · Yiddish
Hot Dog
A sausage in a bun, and a joke for a long, low dog · small dogs
Ibex
A wild mountain goat with great curved horns
Jerry
A pet form of Gerald or Jeremy · small dogs
Khers
Means bear in Persian, for a big shaggy dog · Persian · big dogs
Kvass
A Russian rye bread drink · Russian
Laddie Boy
The Airedale Terrier of President Warren Harding, a White House favourite
Lebkuchen
German gingerbread · German
Loam
Rich dark soil that everything grows in
Marron
French for chestnut, as in candied marron glace · French
Massaman
A rich, mild Thai curry with peanuts and potato · Thai
Mastodon
An ancient woolly cousin of the elephant · big dogs
Matsutake
A prized autumn pine mushroom · Japanese
Meatloaf
Minced meat baked in the shape of a loaf · big dogs
Medved
Russian for bear · Russian · big dogs
Morel
A honeycombed wild spring mushroom · French
Moreno
Spanish for dark or brown haired · Spanish
Mouflon
A wild mountain sheep with curling horns · French
Mule
A strong, sure footed cross of a donkey and a horse
Muskox
A shaggy Arctic ox that stands firm in blizzards · big dogs
Nighthawk
A night flying nightjar of the Americas
Numbat
Small striped termite eating marsupial · small dogs
Ofer
Means fawn or young deer in Hebrew · Hebrew
Orsetto
Italian for little bear or teddy · Italian · small dogs
Orson
Norman French, little bear · French
Oso
Spanish for bear, for a big fluffy dog · Spanish · big dogs
Ourson
French for bear cub · French · small dogs
Ox
A big working bull, a byword for strength · big dogs
Panforte
A dense spiced Sienese cake of nuts and honey · Italian
Pardo
Spanish for brown or dun · Spanish
Peat
Dark earth cut from bogs and burned for fuel
Porthos
The big, hearty, boastful musketeer · big dogs
Profiterole
A small cream filled choux bun, usually topped with chocolate · French · small dogs
Pryanik
Russian spiced gingerbread · Russian
Rawhide
Untanned cattle hide
Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master of light and shadow · Dutch
Rendang
A slow cooked spicy coconut beef curry · Indonesian
Rikki
From Rikki Tikki Tavi, the brave mongoose of The Jungle Book · small dogs
Ristretto
Short concentrated pull of espresso · Italian
Roadrunner
A desert cuckoo of the American South West that runs at speed
Rum
A spirit distilled from sugar cane molasses
Sailor Boy
A Chesapeake Bay Retriever of Theodore Roosevelt
Sasquatch
The big, hairy ape like giant of North American folklore · big dogs
Seabiscuit
The small, knobbly racehorse who became an American champion
Sealion
An eared seal with a loud bark · big dogs
Shakerato
Espresso shaken with ice · Italian
Snag
Aussie slang for a sausage on the barbie
Sticky Toffee
From sticky toffee pudding, a date sponge in toffee sauce
Taipan
A large, fast Australian snake
Tamarindo
A tamarind drink and sweet · Spanish
Tamir
Means a date, the fruit, in Arabic · Arabic
Tanner
One who turns hide into leather
Tanuki
Shape shifting raccoon dog of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Taquito
A small rolled taco, for a little long dog · Spanish · small dogs
Tartufo
Italian for truffle, and an ice cream dessert · Italian
Teak
A strong golden brown hardwood of tropical Asia
Thrasher
A long tailed songbird that thrashes through leaves
Timber
Wood cut for building, also the call given as a tree falls · big dogs
Toprak
Means soil or earth in Turkish, for a brown dog · Turkish
Ursinho
Portuguese for little bear or teddy · Portuguese · small dogs
Urso
Portuguese for bear · Portuguese
Ursus
Latin for bear · Latin · big dogs
Walnut
A hardwood tree with rich brown timber
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
Whiskey
A grain spirit, from the Gaelic uisce beatha, water of life
Whitetail
The white tailed deer of North America
Wiener
A Vienna sausage, a long time nickname for Dachshunds · German · small dogs
Woodchuck
The groundhog of North America · Cree
Woodcock
Well camouflaged bird of the woodland floor
Woodrow
English surname, row of houses by a wood
Woody
Pet form of Woodrow or Elwood, or simply of the woods
Yowie
The Australian bush version of Bigfoot · big dogs

Names for either (188)

Aardvark
An African burrowing animal, Afrikaans for earth pig · Afrikaans
Allspice
Berry that tastes of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once · Jamaican
Almond
The oval nut, warm and pale brown
Anpan
A soft sweet roll filled with red bean paste · Japanese · small dogs
Assam
Malty black tea from north east India · Indian
Badem
Means almond in Turkish · Turkish
Bandicoot
A small long snouted Australian marsupial · Telugu · small dogs
Banoffee
A banana and toffee pie
Bariloche
A Patagonian lake town in Argentina famous for chocolate and skiing · Spanish
Bay
A reddish brown horse coat with black mane and tail
Beech
Smooth barked woodland tree with copper autumn leaves · big dogs
Bettong
A tiny hopping marsupial of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Biko
A sweet sticky rice cake with coconut caramel · Filipino
Bittern
A shy reed bed heron with a booming call
Boobook
A small brown Australian owl named after their call · small dogs
Braun
German word for brown · German
Brindle
A coat of dark stripes on a lighter brown base
Bronze
A golden brown metal of copper and tin
Brownie
Old fashioned name for a brown coated dog
Browning
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Victorian poets in love
Buckwheat
A grain like seed used for pancakes and noodles
Cacao
The bean chocolate and cocoa are made from · Nahuatl
Capuchin
A clever monkey named after the hooded robes of friars · Italian
Capybara
The world's biggest rodent, calm and friendly · Tupi · big dogs
Ceviz
Means walnut in Turkish · Turkish
Chai
Hindi, tea · Hindi
Chairo
Japanese for brown, literally tea colour · Japanese
Chamois
A nimble goat antelope of the Alps, said sham-wah · French
Champorado
A Filipino chocolate rice porridge · Filipino
Chiku
A pet form of chikoo, the sweet sapodilla fruit · Hindi
Chipmunk
A small striped North American squirrel · small dogs
Chipotle
Smoke dried jalapeno chilli · Nahuatl
Choc Top
Australian name for a chocolate dipped ice cream cone sold at cinemas · Australian · small dogs
Choco
Short for chocolate, for a rich brown coat
Chocolat
French word for chocolate · French
Chocolate
Rich hot drink made from cacao and milk · Nahuatl
Ciku
Malay for sapodilla, a brown sugary fruit · Malay · small dogs
Clove
The dried flower bud of a tropical tree · small dogs
Coati
A ring tailed relative of the raccoon · Tupi
Cobnut
A Kentish hazelnut
Coffee
The roasted bean drink, a natural pick for a dark brown coat
Coffee Bean
The roasted seed of the coffee plant · small dogs
Cola
Dark fizzy drink flavoured with the kola nut
Cold Brew
Coffee steeped slowly in cold water
Conkers
A British playground game with horse chestnuts on strings
Cottontail
An American rabbit with a fluffy white tail · small dogs
Crumble
Fruit baked under a rubbly topping of flour, butter and sugar
Cub
A baby bear, lion or fox, for a fluffy puppy · small dogs
Daram
From daramjwi, the Korean word for squirrel · Korean · small dogs
Darchin
Means cinnamon in Persian · Persian
Date
The sweet brown fruit of the date palm · small dogs
Dipper
A bobbing bird that walks underwater in fast streams · small dogs
Dodol
A sticky coconut toffee · Indonesian
Dorayaki
Two small pancakes sandwiched around sweet red bean paste · Japanese · small dogs
Duiker
A small shy African antelope that dives into bushes · Afrikaans · small dogs
Dunlin
A small busy wader of mudflats · small dogs
Dunnock
A small brown hedge sparrow of British gardens · small dogs
Echidna
The spiny egg laying anteater of Australia · Greek
Findik
Turkish for hazelnut · Turkish
Fudge
A soft brown sweet made from sugar, butter and milk
Funghi
Italian for mushrooms · Italian
Furrow
The trench cut by a plough
Ganache
Glossy mix of chocolate and cream · French
Ganjeshk
Means sparrow in Persian · Persian · small dogs
Gavazn
Means deer in Persian · Persian
Gingerbread
Spiced ginger biscuit baked into houses and little men at Christmas
Goanna
An Australian monitor lizard
Godwit
A long billed wader that flies nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand
Gravy
A brown sauce made from meat juices
Hedgehog
A small spiny animal of British gardens · small dogs
Hessian
Rough brown sacking cloth
Hiran
Means deer in Hindi, for a graceful, leggy dog · Hindi
Hodu
Korean for walnut · Korean · small dogs
Hojicha
Roasted Japanese green tea with a toasty flavour · Japanese
Jackrabbit
The long eared hare of the western plains
Java
Coffee, named after the island it was shipped from · Indonesian
Jeera
Cumin, the earthy backbone of Indian cooking · Hindi
Kahawa
Swahili for coffee · Swahili
Kahu
The swamp harrier hawk of New Zealand · Maori
Kahve
Turkish for coffee · Turkish
Kaka
A cheeky forest parrot of New Zealand · Maori
Kanel
Swedish for cinnamon · Swedish
Kangaroo
The bounding marsupial of Australia · Guugu Yimithirr · big dogs
Karanga
Means peanut in Swahili · Swahili · small dogs
Karearea
The New Zealand falcon, fast and fierce · Maori
Katmai
An Alaska park famous for brown bears catching salmon · big dogs
Kelp
The seaweed that forms undersea forests
Kestane
Means chestnut in Turkish, for a chestnut coat · Turkish
Khaki
A dull yellow brown, Urdu for dusty · Urdu
Killdeer
A plover named after their loud call
Kiwi
The flightless bird of New Zealand · small dogs
Koffie
Means coffee in Afrikaans, for a brown dog · Afrikaans
Kofte
Turkish meatballs, for a dog with a big appetite · Turkish
Kolo
Roasted barley and peanuts, an Ethiopian snack · Amharic · small dogs
Kopi
Malay for coffee · Malay
Kuaka
The bar tailed godwit, which flies from Alaska to New Zealand · Maori
Kuri
Japanese for chestnut · Japanese · small dogs
Kwang
Means deer in Thai · Thai
Lamington
Australian sponge squares dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut · Australian · small dogs
Liver
The rich brown coat colour of many spaniels and pointers
Longan
A small fruit called dragon eye in Chinese · Chinese · small dogs
Lyrebird
An Australian bird with a lyre shaped tail and a gift for mimicry
Macchiato
Espresso marked with a spot of milk · Italian
Mahogany
A rich red brown hardwood
Maitake
The Japanese name for the hen of the woods mushroom · Japanese
Marmot
A big ground squirrel of the mountains that whistles an alarm
Marsala
Sicilian fortified wine used in cooking · Italian
Marten
Tree climbing cousin of the weasel
Matuku
The Australasian bittern, a reed bird of New Zealand · Maori
Medlar
An old orchard fruit eaten when soft and brown
Mesquite
A tough desert tree whose wood gives barbecue its smoky flavour · Nahuatl
Mishka
Russian for teddy bear, a fond word for a bear · Russian
Mochaccino
A cappuccino with chocolate · Italian
Moka
After mocha coffee, for a coffee brown coat
Mongoose
A small fearless carnivore of Africa and Asia · Marathi · small dogs
Morepork
The New Zealand owl, named after their call · small dogs
Muddy
For the dog who finds every puddle on the walk
Mudpie
What a farm dog is made of after rain
Mugicha
Roasted barley tea, drunk cold through Japanese summers · Japanese
Mushroom
A soft grey brown
Muskeg
A northern Canadian bog of moss and water · Cree
Nalle
A Finnish and Swedish word for teddy bear · Finnish
Nanaimo
A Vancouver Island city that gave its name to a layered chocolate bar
Nightjar
A night bird with a churring call and wonderful camouflage
Noix
French for walnut · French
Okapi
A forest giraffe of the Congo with stripy legs · Lingala
Oolong
Partly oxidised Chinese tea, the name means black dragon · Chinese
Pademelon
A small forest wallaby of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Pangolin
A scaly anteater that rolls into a ball · Malay
Parkin
A sticky ginger and oat cake from northern England
Pateke
The brown teal, a small duck of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Pecan
The sweet nut of the pecan tree, a good brown dog name
Pekoe
Grade of black tea made from young leaves
Pinecone
The woody seed cone of a pine tree · small dogs
Pipipi
The brown creeper, a small New Zealand songbird · Maori · small dogs
Pipit
A small streaky brown bird of fields and moors · small dogs
Platypus
The duck billed egg laying mammal of Australia · Greek
Porcini
Prized wild mushrooms whose Italian name means like a pig · Italian
Potato
A starchy root vegetable, from the Spanish patata · small dogs
Potoroo
A small hopping rat kangaroo of Australia · Dharug · small dogs
Poutine
The Quebec dish of chips, gravy and cheese curds · French
Prune
A dried plum
Qahwa
Arabic for coffee, the spiced kind poured for guests · Arabic
Rabbit
A soft long eared burrowing animal, for a bouncy dog · small dogs
Ratty
The water vole of The Wind in the Willows
Raupo
A New Zealand bulrush that grows in wetlands · Maori
Redshank
A wader with bright red legs
Reindeer
An Arctic deer that pulls Father Christmas's sleigh in folklore
Roe
A small graceful deer of European woods
Rugelach
Small rolled crescent pastries with jam and nuts · Yiddish · small dogs
Ruru
The little New Zealand owl, also called morepork · Maori · small dogs
Russet
An old apple with rough reddish brown skin
Rye
The cereal grain, warm and brown
Saddle
The leather seat on a horse's back
Sardonyx
A banded stone of brown and white layers · Greek
Sarsaparilla
A root beer style drink of the Old West
Satay
Grilled skewers served with peanut sauce · Malay
Sausage
Minced meat in a skin, also British slang for a silly one · small dogs
Seckel
A tiny sweet pear, sometimes called the sugar pear · small dogs
Serce
Means sparrow in Turkish · Turkish · small dogs
Shiitake
A savoury brown mushroom grown on logs · Japanese
Shoyu
Japanese soy sauce, for a deep brown dog · Japanese
Skua
A bold seabird that chases gulls for their catch · Faroese
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
Sorghum
A tall grain crop also made into a sweet syrup
Speculaas
A spiced Dutch windmill biscuit · Dutch
Squirrel
A bushy tailed tree rodent, from the Greek skiouros · small dogs
Sudal
Means otter in Korean, for a dog who loves to swim · Korean
Tamarind
Sour sticky pod used in sauces and chutneys · Arabic
Tan
A light yellow brown
Taos
A New Mexico art town with an ancient adobe pueblo
Tarcin
Means cinnamon in Turkish, for a warm brown dog · Turkish
Tarsier
A tiny primate with huge round eyes · small dogs
Tater
Short for potato
Tawny
The tawny owl, the hooting owl of British woods
Teriyaki
A shiny sweet soy glaze for grilled meat or fish · Japanese
Thornbill
A tiny brown Australian bird · small dogs
Tiramisu
Italian coffee and mascarpone dessert · Italian
Toad
A warty amphibian, a cheeky name for a squat little dog · small dogs
Tortoise
A slow land turtle, for an unhurried dog
Treecreeper
A small brown bird that spirals up tree trunks · small dogs
Umber
A brown earth pigment
Wattleseed
A roasted Australian acacia seed tasting of coffee
Waxwing
A silky crested bird with wax red wing tips
Weasel
A small, long bodied hunting mammal · small dogs
Weta
A giant cricket of New Zealand · Maori
Woodlark
A small lark with a sweet fluting song · small dogs

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