Names for a golden coat (15)
Names tagged for golden coats, for a breed with golden in its name.
A Greek sesame and honey bar · Greek
A minty coffee from the Caffe Pedrocchi in Padua · Italian
An oval Filipino puff pastry biscuit · Filipino
A baked custard from Guadalajara · Mexican Spanish
The Knight of the Lion, who was followed everywhere by a loyal lion · Old French
Cantonese for kumquat, the little golden citrus of good luck · Cantonese · small dogs
The great desert of north Africa
A flaky filled filo pastry · Turkish
Creamy egg and nutmeg drink served at Christmas
Small fried dough balls in syrup · Turkish · small dogs
Welsh word for lion · Welsh · big dogs
Czech for little golden one · Czech
Roasted soybean flour, a sweet Japanese topping and a top dog name in Japan · Japanese
German for biscuit · German
Tiny fried droplets of gram flour batter · Hindi · small dogs
From Great Britain (12)
British names, because the breed guide gives Great Britain as its country of origin.
A Yorkshire spa town famous for tea rooms
A market town of the northern Lake District
British slang for the fish and chip shop
Pet form of Dorothy · small dogs
A tiny Yorkshire cathedral city with a nightly hornblower
British slang for a bit mad
The largest natural lake in England, in the Lake District
For the duke, and the boot named after him
A tiny cathedral city in the Cambridgeshire fens
Germanic, peaceful warrior · Germanic
British slang for very pleased
Names for a big dog (12)
Names tagged for big dogs, because the breed guide puts them in the large size class.
A great Himalayan peak, giver of food · Sanskrit · big dogs
A high windswept plateau range in Scotland · Scottish · big dogs
Swahili for giraffe · Swahili · big dogs
The largest citrus fruit · big dogs
Scottish Gaelic for mountain · Scottish · big dogs
The highest mountain range on Earth, Sanskrit for abode of snow · Sanskrit · big dogs
A shield maiden of the Volsunga saga, bold and proud · Old Norse · big dogs
A thick, solid lump of something · big dogs
Wild region on the west coast of Ireland · Irish · big dogs
Hippopotamus goddess of childbirth, meaning the great female · Egyptian · big dogs
The pyramid peak above Zermatt · big dogs
The elder gods who came before the Olympians · Greek · big dogs
Names for an active dog (12)
Outdoors and sport names, because the breed guide rates their energy high.
Plump brown game bird of the fields
Thorny hedge shrub that bears sloes
The fastest land animal, a spotted cat · big dogs
A small chirping insect, also the bat and ball game · small dogs
A lawn game of mallets, balls and hoops · French
One under par in golf · small dogs
A short oar for a canoe or kayak
Blue black berry of the blackthorn
After Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games · French
A high place with a sweeping view
Popular classics (12)
Classic names, the list built on the AKC, Agria and Pet Insurance Australia popularity data.
Short form of Edward or Theodore, old English and Greek favourites
The soul or lively energy within
English surname from Old French bon meaning good · French
Short form of Nicole or Nicholas, long popular on dogs
Short form of Dorothy or Theodora, Greek for gift · Greek
Latin for younger, for the youngest of the pack · Latin · small dogs
Old fashioned name for a brown coated dog
Arabic for night, the heroine of the Persian poem Layla and Majnun · Arabic
Old fashioned name for a friendly, game dog
English, one who goes ahead and explores
The breed
How these were picked
No name here was written for the breed. Each list above comes from the name data by one rule, shown under its heading, using only what the Golden Retriever breed guide says: country of origin, size class and energy rating, plus any link in the breed's own name. A name appears once on the page. The 30 breeds with a page like this are the American Kennel Club's top 30 for 2025 by registrations; the Golden Retriever is number 3. The rules only narrow the choice: any name on the site suits any dog.
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