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Names for golden and yellow dogs

Names for a golden, yellow or fawn puppy: honey, sunshine and everything gold.

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Girl names (230)

Aine
Irish for radiance, a goddess of summer and the sun · Irish
Alani
Hawaiian for the orange tree · Hawaiian
Algieba
A golden double star in the mane of Leo · Arabic
Amaretto Sour
An almond liqueur and lemon cocktail
Amaterasu
Japanese sun goddess and ancestor of the emperors · Japanese
Ambasha
A sweet Ethiopian celebration bread · Amharic
Amber
Fossilised tree resin
Ambra
Italian for amber · Italian
Anzu
Japanese for apricot · Japanese
Aprikos
Swedish for apricot · Swedish
Arancia
Italian for orange · Italian
Areia
Portuguese for sand · Portuguese
Arnica
A yellow mountain daisy used in soothing balms
Asal
Means honey in Persian · Persian
Asali
Swahili for honey · Swahili
Aurelia
Latin, from aureus, golden · Latin
Aurelie
French name meaning golden · French
Aureolin
A bright golden yellow pigment, from the Latin for golden · Latin
Aurore
French for dawn · French
Austeja
From Lithuanian for to weave, the goddess of bees · Lithuanian
Autumn
The season between summer and winter, from the Latin
Ayva
Turkish for quince · Turkish
Baklava
Layered filo pastry with nuts and syrup · Turkish
Bal
Means honey in Turkish, short and sweet · Turkish
Bangaram
Means gold in Telugu, used as darling for loved ones · Telugu
Banh Flan
Vietnamese caramel custard · Vietnamese
Basbousa
A sweet semolina cake soaked in syrup · Arabic
Bebinca
A layered coconut cake from Goa · Konkani
Bee's Knees
A gin, honey and lemon cocktail from the 1920s
Betty
The girl next door of Riverdale
Bibingka
A Filipino rice cake baked in banana leaves · Filipino
Biscotte
French for a crisp rusk, a sweet name for a crunchy little golden pup · French · small dogs
Blonde
Pale golden, the fair colour of hair
Blondie
A golden bar like a brownie, made without chocolate
Bolacha
Portuguese for a biscuit or cracker · Portuguese
Bougatsa
A Greek custard filled filo pastry · Greek
Bretagne
Last surviving search dog from the Ground Zero response
Briallen
Welsh for primrose · Welsh
Brioche
Rich buttery French bread · French
Broa
A Portuguese cornbread · Portuguese
Brulee
From creme brulee, French for burnt cream · French
Butter
Churned from fresh cream
Buttercup
Glossy yellow meadow flower of childhood games · small dogs
Calendula
Pot marigold used in salves and salads · Latin
Candlelight
The warm glow of a candle
Cantaloupe
A sweet orange fleshed melon
Capella
Bright golden star in the charioteer constellation
Carambola
Another name for the star fruit
Caramel
Sugar heated until it turns golden brown, from the Spanish
Celandine
A small glossy yellow flower of early spring · Greek · small dogs
Cezerye
A carrot and nut sweet from Mersin · Turkish
Champagne
The sparkling wine of the Champagne region · French
Chanterelle
A golden trumpet shaped wild mushroom · French
Chardonnay
A white wine grape
Chick
A fluffy yellow baby chicken · small dogs
Chrysa
Greek name meaning golden · Greek
Cider
A drink fermented from apples, from the Greek sikera
Citrine
The yellow variety of quartz
Cloudberry
A golden berry of the far north · small dogs
Comice
A sweet buttery pear, the Doyenne du Comice
Coreopsis
Tickseed, a cheerful golden daisy of the prairies · Greek
Cowslip
A small yellow spring flower of English meadows · small dogs
Crema
Golden foam that sits on a good espresso · Italian
Croquembouche
A tower of cream puffs bound with spun caramel · French · big dogs
Custard
A thick yellow sauce of milk, eggs and sugar
Daffodil
Yellow trumpet flower and the emblem of Wales
Dalgona
A crunchy Korean honeycomb toffee · Korean · small dogs
Diya
A small oil lamp lit at Diwali · Hindi · small dogs
Duna
Spanish for sand dune · Spanish
Dune
A wind built ridge of sand
Ensaimada
A coiled sugar dusted pastry from Majorca · Spanish
Ensaymada
A soft coiled brioche topped with butter, sugar and cheese · Filipino
Eorna
Scottish Gaelic for barley · Scottish
Espiga
Spanish for an ear of wheat · Spanish
Fatira
A sweet flaky Ethiopian pancake · Amharic
Fava
A Greek dip of yellow split peas, also the broad bean · Greek
Flavia
Roman name meaning golden · Latin
Flaxen
The pale gold of flax fibre
Foi Thong
Golden threads, a Thai sweet of egg yolk spun in syrup · Thai
Fontina
A nutty melting cheese from the Aosta Valley · Italian
Forsythia
The shrub that turns bright yellow in early spring
Fougasse
A leaf shaped bread from Provence · French
Gaenari
Means forsythia in Korean, the bright yellow spring flower · Korean
Galette
A flat round French cake or buckwheat pancake · French
Galleta
Spanish for biscuit · Spanish
Gazelle
A small fast graceful antelope · Arabic
Genmaicha
Green tea mixed with toasted brown rice · Japanese
Genoise
A light French sponge cake · French
Ginko
The ginkgo tree, whose leaves turn gold · Japanese
Godiva
Lady Godiva, the Anglo Saxon noblewoman of the famous ride
Golda
Yiddish for gold · Yiddish
Goldcrest
Britain's smallest bird, with a golden crown stripe · small dogs
Golde
Means gold in Yiddish · Yiddish
Golden Dream
A creamy orange and vanilla liqueur cocktail
Goldie
From golden, long used for golden coated dogs
Grainne
Possibly from grain, a princess who eloped with Diarmaid · Irish
Graviera
A sweet nutty Cretan cheese · Greek
Grian
Irish for sun · Irish
Guernsey
A golden and white dairy cow from the Channel Islands
Helva
A sweet Turkish confection of sesame or semolina · Turkish
Heulwen
Welsh word for sunshine · Welsh
Heuning
Means honey in Afrikaans · Afrikaans
Hilla
Finnish for cloudberry · Finnish
Honeybee
The bee that makes honey · small dogs
Honeybun
A sweet glazed bun, and a pet name · small dogs
Hopia
A flaky Filipino pastry with bean filling · Filipino
Houska
A Czech plaited bread roll · Czech
Hunny
A sweet spelling of honey, the golden syrup bees make
Impala
An African antelope famous for huge leaps · Zulu
Inbar
Means amber in Hebrew · Hebrew
Jericalla
A baked custard from Guadalajara · Mexican Spanish
Jessamine
Older name for jasmine, a scented climbing shrub
Jonquil
A sweet scented yellow daffodil · French
Kabocha
Japanese for pumpkin, a sweet squash with deep golden flesh · Japanese
Kasutera
Japanese honey sponge cake, first brought by Portuguese traders · Japanese
Kayisi
Turkish for apricot · Turkish
Kehribar
Means amber in Turkish · Turkish
Kela
Hindi for banana · Hindi
Kiiro
Japanese for yellow · Japanese
Kinako
Roasted soybean flour, a sweet Japanese topping and a top dog name in Japan · Japanese
Knafeh
A sweet cheese pastry soaked in syrup · Arabic
Koeksister
A plaited South African doughnut soaked in syrup · Afrikaans
Komugi
Means wheat in Japanese, a top dog name in Japan for golden pups · Japanese
Kowhai
A New Zealand tree with golden flowers, the Maori word for yellow · Maori
Krumkake
A Norwegian rolled waffle cookie · Norwegian
Kumsal
Means sandy beach in Turkish · Turkish
Kunafa
A golden, syrupy cheese pastry loved across the Arab world · Arabic
Kunefe
A hot cheese pastry soaked in syrup · Turkish
Lemon
The sharp yellow citrus fruit
Lemon Drop
A sugary lemon sweet, and a lemony vodka cocktail · small dogs
Leona
Feminine of Leon, lioness · Latin
Lokma
Small fried dough balls in syrup · Turkish · small dogs
Lussekatt
A Swedish saffron bun for St Lucia's Day · Swedish
Lyonesse
Middle English for lioness, a lady rescued by Gareth · Middle English
Maamoul
A shortbread filled with dates or nuts · Arabic
Madhu
Sanskrit for honey · Sanskrit
Maize
Corn on the cob
Malasada
A sugar coated doughnut from Portugal, beloved in Hawaii · Portuguese
Malpua
A sweet Indian pancake soaked in syrup · Hindi
Mandarin
A small easy peeling citrus fruit
Manuka
A New Zealand tea tree whose flowers give a famous honey · Maori
Marmalade
Bitter orange preserve
Marula
An African fruit beloved by elephants
Maruya
A Filipino banana fritter · Filipino
Meadowlark
A yellow breasted songbird of prairies and farmland
Mel
Portuguese for honey · Portuguese
Meli
Greek word for honey · Greek
Melissa
Greek word for honey bee · Greek
Miel
Spanish for honey · Spanish
Miele
Italian for honey · Italian
Mikan
The Japanese mandarin orange · Japanese · small dogs
Mimolette
A round bright orange cheese from Lille · French
Mimosa
Orange juice drink named after the yellow blossom
Mirabelle
Small golden French plum · French
Mirin
A sweet Japanese rice wine used in cooking · Japanese
Mishmish
Means apricot in Arabic, for an apricot coloured dog · Arabic
Naranja
Spanish for orange · Spanish
Nashi
Japanese for pear, the crisp round Asian pear · Japanese
Nectarine
A smooth skinned peach
Nurit
Means buttercup in Hebrew · Hebrew
Orla
Irish name meaning golden princess · Irish
Orpington
A big, fluffy and friendly chicken breed
Paella
A golden Valencian rice dish cooked in a wide pan · Spanish
Paratha
A flaky layered Indian flatbread · Hindi
Pasteli
A Greek sesame and honey bar · Greek
Peach
The soft fuzzy summer fruit
Peaches
The soft golden fruit, long used as a term of affection
Peachy
Like a peach, soft and golden, also slang for fine · small dogs
Pear
A sweet juicy orchard fruit
Peche
French for peach · French
Pepite
French for a nugget, as in a gold nugget · French
Pesca
Italian for peach · Italian
Physalis
A golden berry wrapped in a papery husk · small dogs
Pizzelle
Thin patterned Italian waffle biscuits · Italian
Pogaca
A soft Turkish breakfast bun · Turkish · small dogs
Polenta
Golden Italian cornmeal porridge · Italian
Pomelo
The largest citrus fruit · big dogs
Porchetta
A savoury rolled roast pork from central Italy · Italian
Prairie
Wide open grassland
Pulla
Finnish cardamom bun · Finnish
Purin
Japanese caramel custard pudding, wobbly and sweet · Japanese · small dogs
Quesadilla
A folded tortilla with melted cheese · Mexican Spanish
Quiche
A savoury French custard tart · French
Raclette
A melting cheese scraped over potatoes · French
Revani
A semolina sponge cake soaked in syrup · Turkish
Rosette
A crisp fried flower shaped cookie · small dogs
Saffran
Swedish for saffron · Swedish
Sahara
The great desert of north Africa
Sandy
The pale golden colour of sand, also short for Alexander
Sangkaya
A Thai coconut custard · Thai
Saule
Lithuanian for sun, the Baltic sun goddess · Lithuanian
Sauternes
A golden sweet wine from Bordeaux · French
Savanna
Open grassland with scattered trees, home of lions and zebras · Taino
Seftali
Turkish for peach · Turkish
Shahd
Means honey in Arabic · Arabic
Shona
Means gold in Bengali, used for a darling · Bengali
Sif
Golden haired wife of Thor in Norse myth · Norse
Sohan
A saffron brittle from Qom · Persian
Sol
Spanish, sun · Spanish
Soleil
French, sun · French
Sona
Means gold in Hindi, also a term of endearment · Hindi
Sonne
German for sun · German
Sopaipilla
A puffy fried pastry with honey · Spanish
Souffle
French for puffed, a baked egg dish that rises in the oven · French
Sponge
A light, airy cake · small dogs
Starfruit
A golden fruit that slices into stars
Sufganiyah
A jam doughnut eaten at Hanukkah · Hebrew
Sultana
Golden dried grape used in baking · Turkish
Sunbeam
A ray of sunlight breaking through cloud
Sunniva
Norwegian saint whose name means gift of the sun · Norwegian
Sunshine
Bright direct light from the sun
Tablet
A crumbly Scottish sugar fudge · Scottish
Tamarin
A small monkey of South America, some with golden manes · Tupi · small dogs
Tanpopo
Means dandelion in Japanese, for a bright yellow dog · Japanese
Tansy
Herb with button yellow flowers and a sharp scent
Thong Yip
Pinched gold, a flower shaped Thai egg yolk sweet · Thai · small dogs
Topaz
A golden gemstone, from the Greek topazos
Tostada
A flat crisp fried tortilla · Mexican Spanish
Tsoureki
A braided Greek Easter bread · Greek
Tuile
A thin curved biscuit shaped like a roof tile · French · small dogs
Tulumba
A ridged fried dough sweet in syrup · Turkish
Valletta
The golden stone capital of Malta, built by the Knights of St John · Maltese
Vicuna
A slender wild relative of the llama with the finest wool · Quechua
Viognier
A fragrant white grape from the Rhone · French
Xanthe
Greek, golden or fair haired · Greek
Xoai
Vietnamese for mango · Vietnamese
Yaara
Means honeycomb in Hebrew · Hebrew
Yuja
Korean for yuzu, made into a honeyed citrus tea · Korean
Zabaione
A light whipped custard of egg yolks, sugar and wine · Italian
Zlata
From the Slavic word for gold · Russian

Boy names (136)

Abricot
French for apricot · French
Advocaat
A creamy Dutch egg liqueur · Dutch
Amaretto
An Italian almond flavoured liqueur · Italian
Amarillo
The Texas Panhandle city, Spanish for yellow · Spanish
Applejack
An American apple brandy
Arieh
Means lion in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Armagnac
An old French brandy from Gascony · French
Arrowtown
A gold rush village near Queenstown, New Zealand
Asad
Means lion in Arabic · Arabic · big dogs
Asiago
A mild Italian cow's milk cheese · Italian
Aslan
Means lion in Turkish · Turkish · big dogs
Augie
Golden retriever who held five tennis balls in his mouth
Aurelio
Italian name from Latin aureus, golden · Italian
Baker
One who bakes bread, an English occupational surname
Balder
Means brave or bold, the handsome and much loved son of Odin · Old Norse
Ballarat
A Victorian gold rush city of grand old buildings
Barkerville
A restored gold rush town in British Columbia, a fitting name for a dog
Barleycorn
An old word for a grain of barley
Bear Claw
A large almond pastry shaped like a paw
Beaufort
A firm Alpine cheese from Savoie · French
Belenus
Possibly bright or brilliant, a Celtic god of light · Celtic
Bendigo
A Victorian gold rush city, named after a bare knuckle boxer's nickname
Berliner
A jam doughnut named after Berlin · German
Bhanu
Sanskrit for the sun · Sanskrit
Biscoito
Portuguese for biscuit · Portuguese
Biscotto
One twice baked Italian biscuit · Italian
Blaine
Scottish Gaelic blian, yellow · Scottish
Blinchik
Russian for a little pancake · Russian
Bolillo
A crusty Mexican bread roll · Mexican Spanish
Bolle
Norwegian for a sweet bun · Norwegian
Bombolone
An Italian filled doughnut, its name means big bomb · Italian
Borek
A flaky filled filo pastry · Turkish
Brewster
English occupational surname for a brewer
Bublik
Russian for a ring shaped bread roll · Russian
Bulle
Swedish for a bun, as in a cinnamon bun · Swedish
Bunuelo
A crisp fried dough fritter dusted with sugar · Spanish
Calvados
An apple brandy from Normandy · French
Cobbler
A baked fruit dessert under a scone like crust
Cognac
A fine French brandy from the town of Cognac · French
Comte
A nutty mountain cheese from the Jura · French
Cougar
The mountain lion of the Americas · big dogs
Croesus
The king of Lydia whose name means fabulously rich · Greek
Dahuang
Means big yellow in Mandarin, the classic name for a village dog · Chinese · big dogs
Damper
A simple bush bread baked in the coals of a campfire
Dorado
Spanish for golden · Spanish
Duin
Dutch for dune · Dutch
Elio
Italian form of Helios, the sun · Italian
Emmental
The Swiss cheese with big holes · German
Falbo
Italian for tawny or fawn · Italian
Financier
A small almond cake shaped like a gold bar · French · small dogs
Flan
Spanish caramel custard dessert · Spanish
Flapjack
Chewy British oat and syrup traybake · English
Flavius
Roman name meaning golden haired · Latin
Girassol
Portuguese for sunflower · Portuguese
Gruyere
A nutty Swiss cheese · French
Hari
A name of Vishnu, also tawny coloured · Sanskrit
Heliodor
A golden yellow beryl named for the sun · Greek
Helios
Greek god who drives the sun across the sky · Greek
Hem
Means gold in Sanskrit and Hindi · Sanskrit
Honig
German for honey · German
Hornet
A big buzzing wasp, for a dog with a sting in the tail
Ilios
Greek for sun · Greek
Inti
Inca god of the sun · Quechua
Jackal
A wild dog of Africa and Asia · Persian
Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera, the Spanish home of sherry · Spanish
Jinlong
Means golden dragon in Mandarin, strong and lucky · Chinese
Jonagold
A golden apple, a cross of Jonathan and Golden Delicious
Kaas
Dutch for cheese · Dutch
Katmer
A flaky Turkish pastry with pistachio · Turkish
Keks
German for biscuit · German
Kfir
Means lion cub in Hebrew · Hebrew
Kintaro
Golden Boy, a super strong child of Japanese folklore who wrestled bears · Japanese
Klimt
Gustav Klimt, the Viennese painter of The Kiss, famous for gold leaf · German
Klondike
The Yukon river and gold rush region of the 1890s
Kolsch
A pale crisp beer from Cologne · German
Kroket
A crispy Dutch croquette · Dutch
Lavi
Means lion in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Leao
Portuguese for lion · Portuguese
Leeu
Means lion in Afrikaans · Afrikaans · big dogs
Leeuw
Dutch for lion · Dutch
Leonado
Spanish for tawny, lion coloured · Spanish
Leone
Italian for lion · Italian
Limon
Spanish for lemon · Spanish
Lion
The big cat known as the king of beasts · big dogs
Lleu
The nearly invincible son of Arianrhod in the Mabinogi · Welsh
Llew
Welsh word for lion · Welsh · big dogs
Long John
A long bar doughnut
Maibock
A pale strong lager brewed for May · German
Manchego
A firm sheep's milk cheese from La Mancha · Spanish
Mansa Musa
The fabulously rich emperor of Mali · Mandinka
Midas
The king of Greek myth whose touch turned things to gold · Greek
Mustard
A hot yellow paste made from crushed seed
Nous
Yellow retriever behind the first golden retriever line
Nugget
A small lump of gold, also a small piece of fried chicken · small dogs
Oro
Spanish for gold · Spanish
Palmier
A crisp pastry shaped like a palm leaf · French
Pandoro
A tall golden star shaped Christmas cake from Verona · Italian
Parmesan
The king of Italian hard cheeses · Italian
Patrasche
The loyal working dog of Ouida's A Dog of Flanders · Flemish · big dogs
Pedrocchi
A minty coffee from the Caffe Pedrocchi in Padua · Italian
Pekko
The Finnish god of fields and barley · Finnish
Pithivier
A round puff pastry pie with almond filling · French
Platano
Spanish for banana or plantain · Spanish
Pronghorn
The fastest land animal of North America
Provolone
A smooth Italian cheese often shaped like a pear · Italian
Queso
Spanish for cheese · Spanish
Ravi
Sanskrit, sun · Sanskrit
Rubio
Spanish for fair or blond · Spanish
Sanford
English place name, sandy ford
Scotch
Of Scotland, or the amber whisky
Screwdriver
A vodka and orange juice cocktail
Shamash
Babylonian god of the sun and of justice · Babylonian
Sher
Hindi for lion · Hindi · big dogs
Shir
Means lion in Persian · Persian · big dogs
Sidecar
A cognac, orange and lemon cocktail
Skoll
The wolf who chases the sun each day in Norse myth · Old Norse
Springbok
A leaping antelope of southern Africa · Afrikaans
Suraj
Means sun in Hindi, for a golden, sunny dog · Hindi
Surya
Sanskrit for the sun · Sanskrit
Taeyang
Korean for the sun · Korean
Tahdig
The crispy golden rice from the bottom of the pot · Persian
Takin
The golden goat antelope of the Himalaya · Mishmi · big dogs
Tepache
A fizzy fermented pineapple drink · Mexican Spanish
Thar
The Great Indian Desert on the border of India and Pakistan · Hindi
Thatcher
English surname for a roofer who worked with straw or reeds · English
Thong
Means gold in Lao and Thai · Lao
Tonatiuh
The Aztec god of the sun · Nahuatl
Tonkatsu
A breaded and fried Japanese pork cutlet · Japanese
Tripel
A strong golden Belgian ale · Dutch
Veld
The open grassland of southern Africa · Afrikaans
Waffles
Sweet breakfast cakes cooked in a ridged iron · small dogs
Walleye
A North American freshwater fish with big glassy eyes
Workneh
Amharic for you are gold · Amharic
Xanthus
Greek for yellow, a talking horse of Achilles · Greek
Yellowstone
The first national park in the world, home of Old Faithful
Yvain
The Knight of the Lion, who was followed everywhere by a loyal lion · Old French

Names for either (246)

Aam
Hindi for mango · Hindi
Ale
A beer brewed without hops, from the Old English ealu
Altin
Means gold in Turkish · Turkish
Apricot
Small golden stone fruit related to the plum
Arancini
Fried rice balls from Sicily, their name means little oranges · Italian · small dogs
Aurum
Latin for gold · Latin
Bale
A tightly bound bundle of hay or straw
Banana
The curved yellow fruit, for a golden pup with a bendy body
Banana Pepper
A mild long yellow pepper
Banh Tieu
A hollow Vietnamese sesame doughnut · Vietnamese · small dogs
Banh Xeo
A crisp Vietnamese pancake, named for the sizzle in the pan · Vietnamese
Barazek
Thin sesame and pistachio biscuits · Arabic
Barley
Ancient grain used in bread, soup and malt
Bbang
Means bread in Korean, for a golden, bready dog · Korean
Beach
The sandy edge of the sea, for a dog who loves a swim
Beeswax
The golden wax that bees make their honeycomb from
Beige
A soft pale sandy brown · French
Bhaji
A spiced vegetable fritter, onion bhaji the famous one · Hindi
Bonanza
A rich vein of ore, Spanish for fair weather or prosperity · Spanish
Boondi
Tiny fried droplets of gram flour batter · Hindi · small dogs
Bori
Korean for barley · Korean
Boterkoek
A dense Dutch butter cake · Dutch
Boule
A round loaf of French bread, meaning ball · French
Brass
A gold coloured metal of copper and zinc
Buckle
A big shiny belt buckle, the rodeo prize
Buckskin
A tan horse with a black mane and tail, named after deer hide
Buff
A pale yellow brown, the colour of soft leather
Bullion
Gold or silver in bars, for a dog worth their weight in gold
Bungeoppang
A fish shaped Korean pastry with sweet bean filling · Korean · small dogs
Burekas
Flaky filled pastries, a favourite Israeli snack · Hebrew
Butterball
Something round and plump · small dogs
Butternut
A sweet golden squash, and a nut of the white walnut tree
Butterscotch
Toffee made from brown sugar and butter · English
Camel
A desert animal with a hump, for a sandy coloured dog
Canary
A little yellow bird famous for singing · small dogs
Cashew
The curved, pale nut, for a small cream or golden dog · small dogs
Cha Yen
Thai iced milk tea, bright orange and sweet · Thai
Cheese
The dairy treat every dog begs for
Chicken Nugget
A small piece of fried chicken · small dogs
Chikki
An Indian peanut and jaggery brittle · Hindi · small dogs
Civciv
Means chick in Turkish, for a fluffy yellow pup · Turkish · small dogs
Cotswold
The English hills of honey coloured stone villages and sheep
Croissant
Flaky French crescent pastry · French
Crostini
Little toasts topped with savoury spreads · Italian · small dogs
Cruller
A twisted fried pastry
Curry
A spiced dish, from the Tamil kari, meaning sauce
Dan Tat
Cantonese for egg tart, a golden custard pastry · Cantonese
Dandelion
The yellow flower that becomes a fluffy seed clock, French for lion's tooth · French
Danish
A flaky sweet pastry
Dekopon
A sweet Japanese mandarin with a bump on top · Japanese
Dhokla
A spongy steamed savoury cake from Gujarat · Gujarati
Dormouse
A tiny sleepy rodent that hibernates half the year · small dogs
Dosa
A crisp South Indian pancake of fermented rice and lentils · Tamil
Doughnut
A ring of sweet fried dough
Duckling
A baby duck · small dogs
Duku
A small round tropical fruit · Malay · small dogs
Dun
A sandy horse coat with a dark stripe down the back
Dvash
Means honey in Hebrew · Hebrew
Eldorado
The legendary city of gold, Spanish for the golden one · Spanish
Electrum
A natural blend of gold and silver used for the first coins · Greek
Elote
Grilled corn on the cob with toppings · Mexican Spanish
Emas
Means gold in Malay and Indonesian, for a golden dog · Malay
Esquites
Corn kernels in a cup with lime and chilli · Mexican Spanish
Fallow
Land left to rest, also a pale golden brown
Fennec
A tiny desert fox with enormous ears · Arabic · small dogs
Flax
Plant grown for linen, and the pale blond colour of its fibres
Fritter
Fried battered fruit or dough
Funnel Cake
A fair favourite of fried batter swirls dusted in sugar
Fuzzy Navel
A peach schnapps and orange juice cocktail
Gam Gwat
Cantonese for kumquat, the little golden citrus of good luck · Cantonese · small dogs
Ggul
Means honey in Korean, for a sweet, golden cuddler · Korean
Ghevar
A honeycomb disc of fried flour soaked in syrup · Hindi
Gilt
A thin layer of gold
Ginger Nut
A crunchy ginger biscuit · small dogs
Ginkgo
Ancient tree with fan shaped leaves that turn gold · Japanese
Gobi
The great cold desert of Mongolia and northern China · Mongolian
Gold
The precious yellow metal, for a golden dog
Golden
The colour of gold, a natural fit for a golden coat
Golden Monkey
A golden tipped Chinese black tea · Chinese
Goldenrod
A tall wildflower with plumes of golden yellow
Goldfinch
A finch with gold flashes across its wings · small dogs
Gorse
Spiny yellow shrub that smells of coconut in the sun
Gosling
A fluffy baby goose · small dogs
Gouda
Mellow Dutch cheese named after the town of Gouda · Dutch
Gozinaki
A walnut and honey brittle for New Year · Georgian
Granola
Baked oats, nuts and honey eaten at breakfast
Grapefruit
A large tangy citrus fruit
Grissini
Thin crisp Italian breadsticks · Italian
Gunes
Means sun in Turkish · Turkish
Haldi
Turmeric, the golden spice of Indian kitchens · Hindi
Halwa
A sweet, dense Indian dessert · Hindi
Hamster
A small burrowing rodent with cheek pouches · small dogs
Harvest Moon
The bright full moon closest to the autumn equinox
Hash Brown
Fried grated potato, crisp and golden
Hay
Dried grass that feeds the animals through winter
Haystack
A big pile of hay in the field · big dogs
Helles
A pale golden Munich lager, meaning bright · German
Hobak
Korean for squash or pumpkin · Korean
Hokey Pokey
A Kiwi honeycomb toffee ice cream flavour
Honeycomb
A crunchy aerated toffee, named for its look
Honnu
Means gold in Kannada · Kannada
Hotteok
A sweet Korean pancake filled with brown sugar and nuts · Korean · small dogs
Jalebi
Coiled Indian sweet soaked in syrup · Hindi
Jamu
A traditional Indonesian herbal tonic · Indonesian
Jin
Chinese for gold · Chinese
Kachori
A flaky fried pastry stuffed with spiced lentils · Hindi
Karaage
Bite sized Japanese fried chicken · Japanese
Kesar
Hindi for saffron · Hindi
Khachapuri
Georgian cheese filled bread · Georgian
Kham
Means golden in Lao · Lao
Khao Soi
A northern Thai curry noodle soup · Thai
Khorshid
Means shining sun in Persian · Persian
Kin
Means gold in Japanese, for a golden-coated dog · Japanese
Kinglet
A tiny bird with a golden crown · small dogs
Kinkajou
A honey bear of the rainforest with a gripping tail · French · small dogs
Kkul
Means honey in Korean, a sweet name for a sweet dog · Korean
Kluay
Thai for banana · Thai
Koekje
Dutch for biscuit · Dutch
Kohaku
Japanese for amber · Japanese
Korokke
A crumbed Japanese potato croquette · Japanese · small dogs
Koulouri
A sesame bread ring sold on Greek streets · Greek
Kulta
Finnish for gold, also a word for darling · Finnish
Laddu
A round Indian sweet · Hindi · small dogs
Laelaps
The golden hound of Greek myth who never failed to catch what he chased · Greek
Lager
A pale beer, from the German Lagerbier, stored beer
Langsat
A small sweet fruit in grape like bunches · Malay · small dogs
Latke
Crisp fried potato pancake · Yiddish
Loonie
The Canadian one dollar coin, with a loon on it
Loquat
A small golden fruit from China with a sweet tang · small dogs
Loukoumades
Little Greek honey doughnuts · Greek · small dogs
Lumpia
A crisp Filipino spring roll · Filipino
Mahua
A twisted, crunchy fried dough snack · Chinese
Malt
Sprouted barley that gives beer and shakes their flavour
Mamuang
Thai for mango · Thai
Mandazi
A sweet East African fried dough, like a doughnut · Swahili
Mangga
Means mango in Tagalog and Indonesian · Tagalog
Maple Bar
A long doughnut with maple icing
Mead
Ancient honey drink of the halls and sagas · Old English
Melon
A large sweet juicy fruit
Melonpan
A sweet bun with a crisp biscuit crust, shaped like a melon · Japanese · small dogs
Mianbao
Means bread in Mandarin, for a golden, loaf shaped dog · Chinese
Mkate
Means bread in Swahili · Swahili
Mohua
The yellowhead, a golden songbird of South Island beech forests · Maori · small dogs
Mooncake
A rich round pastry made for the Mid Autumn Festival · Chinese
Moscatel
The Spanish and Portuguese name for the Muscat grape · Spanish
Moscato
Sweet fragrant Italian muscat wine · Italian
Mugi
Means barley or wheat in Japanese, for a wheaten dog · Japanese
Muscat
An ancient sweet scented grape · French
Mustardseed
One of Titania's fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream · small dogs
Naicha
Means milk tea in Mandarin, for a creamy tan dog · Chinese
Nankeen
The nankeen kestrel and night heron, named for a buff cotton cloth · Chinese
Nankhatai
A crumbly Indian butter biscuit · Hindi · small dogs
Nog
Creamy egg and nutmeg drink served at Christmas
Oatcake
A Scottish oat cracker
Oatmeal
The soft speckled beige of oats
Ochre
An earthy yellow brown pigment, one of the oldest paints · Greek
Ocre
Spanish for ochre · Spanish
Oliebol
A Dutch doughnut ball eaten on New Year's Eve · Dutch
Omurice
Fried rice wrapped in a golden omelette · Japanese
Orb
The jewelled golden globe held by a crowned monarch
Oriole
A golden yellow songbird of tall trees
Otago
A gold rush region in the south of New Zealand · Maori
Otap
An oval Filipino puff pastry biscuit · Filipino
Paczki
Rich Polish doughnuts eaten before Lent · Polish
Palila
A yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper bird · Hawaiian
Palomino
A golden horse with a pale mane, from the Spanish for young dove · Spanish · big dogs
Pampas
The wide grassy plains of South America · Quechua
Pandesal
A soft Filipino bread roll eaten at breakfast · Filipino · small dogs
Panko
Light, flaky Japanese breadcrumbs that fry up golden · Japanese
Parhelion
The scientific name for a sundog, Greek for beside the sun · Greek
Pawpaw
A sweet tropical fruit, also called papaya
Picarones
Peruvian sweet potato doughnuts · Spanish
Pilsner
Pale crisp lager first brewed in Plzen · Czech
Pineapple
A spiky tropical fruit with golden flesh
Pisang
Malay and Indonesian for banana · Malay
Pollen
The golden dust carried between flowers
Prosecco
Sparkling wine from north east Italy
Puff Puff
West African fried dough balls · small dogs
Puma
A big wild cat of the Americas, also called cougar · Quechua
Puri
A small puffed fried bread · Hindi · small dogs
Pyramid
One of the great stone tombs of ancient Egypt · big dogs
Pyrite
Fool's gold, with a bright metallic shine · Greek
Quince
Hard golden fruit cooked into jelly and paste
Quindim
A glossy Brazilian coconut and egg yolk custard · Portuguese
Riesling
Aromatic white grape of the Rhine valley · German
Roti Canai
A flaky Malaysian flatbread · Malay
Rum Baba
A small yeast cake soaked in rum syrup
Saganaki
Greek cheese fried in a small pan · Greek
Sandalwood
A tree with sweet scented wood, native to Australia and India
Sandbank
A ridge of sand under shallow water
Sandstone
A golden rock made of sand grains pressed together
Sari
Means yellow or blond in Turkish · Turkish
Scone
The bake at the centre of a British cream tea
Senbei
A crunchy Japanese rice cracker, often glazed with soy · Japanese · small dogs
Shams
Means sun in Arabic, warm and radiant · Arabic
Shemesh
Means sun in Hebrew · Hebrew
Shortbread
Crumbly Scottish butter biscuit · Scottish
Simit
A sesame crusted Turkish bread ring · Turkish
Siskin
A small yellow green finch · small dogs
Slonko
Polish for sunshine · Polish
Sole
Italian for sun · Italian
Solntse
Russian for sun · Russian
Sonu
Golden one, a common Indian pet name · Hindi
Sourdough
Bread raised with a wild yeast starter
Sovereign
A supreme ruler, and an old gold coin · French
Spelt
An ancient wheat grain
Spinifex
A spiky grass that covers much of inland Australia
Straw
Dry golden stalks for bedding
Stroopwafel
A thin Dutch waffle sandwich of caramel syrup · Dutch
Sunburst
Sun breaking suddenly through cloud
Sunflower
Tall golden flower that follows the sun · big dogs
Sunny
For a pup with a bright temper
Sunray
A single ray of sunlight
Sunstone
A feldspar that glitters with tiny mineral flecks
Sussex
A south coast English county of chalk downs, and a spaniel breed
Sweetcorn
Sweet golden kernels on the cob
Tahini
Creamy sesame paste, for a sandy coloured dog · Hebrew
Taiyaki
A fish shaped cake filled with sweet bean paste, a street favourite · Japanese · small dogs
Tamago
Japanese for egg, also a sweet rolled omelette · Japanese · small dogs
Tamarack
A North American larch that turns gold in autumn · Algonquian
Taralli
Crunchy ring shaped Italian crackers · Italian · small dogs
Teh Tarik
Pulled milk tea, poured back and forth until frothy · Malay
Tej
Ethiopian honey wine · Amharic
Tempura
Japanese batter fried prawns and vegetables · Japanese
Tiger's Eye
A banded golden brown quartz that shimmers like a cat's eye
Tigereye
A golden striped stone with a silky shine
Toonie
The Canadian two dollar coin
Trophy
A cup won for victory
Turmeric
The root that stains everything yellow
Turon
A sweet banana spring roll fried in caramel · Filipino
Tussock
The golden bunch grass that covers New Zealand high country
Vada
A savoury lentil doughnut from South India · Hindi · small dogs
Vaffel
Norwegian for waffle · Norwegian
Vang
Means gold in Vietnamese, for a golden coat · Vietnamese
Vetkoek
Means fat cake, a fried dough bread loved in South Africa · Afrikaans
Wheat
The grain behind bread, golden in late summer
Wheaten
The pale gold of ripe wheat, and a terrier coat colour
Yakgwa
A Korean honey biscuit fried and soaked in syrup · Korean · small dogs
Yellow
The colour of sunshine and buttercups
Yellowhammer
A bright yellow bunting that sings a little bit of bread and no cheese · small dogs
Youtiao
A golden fried dough stick eaten with congee · Chinese
Yunnan
A golden tipped black tea from Yunnan province · Chinese
Yuzu
Fragrant Japanese citrus used for its peel and juice · Japanese
Zlaticko
Czech for little golden one · Czech
Zolotko
Ukrainian for little golden one · Ukrainian
Zon
Dutch for sun · Dutch

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