From Great Britain (18)
British names, because the breed guide gives Great Britain as its country of origin.
Riverside district of London
A county of Northern Ireland, home of the Giant's Causeway
A Dorset peninsula of chalk cliffs and a ruined castle
A grand district of west London with palaces and museums
Old British slang for wonderful
Welsh roots, white ring · Welsh
A Welsh market town under the Brecon Beacons
A Wiltshire village inside a great stone circle
A Yorkshire spa town famous for tea rooms
A Scottish region of sea lochs and islands
Limestone hills in Somerset with caves and gorges
A Lake District village famous for gingerbread and Wordsworth
Germanic, peaceful warrior · Germanic
A tiny cathedral city in the Cambridgeshire fens
An old English name and a long standing British favourite
British slang for fussing about
Names for a big dog (12)
Names tagged for big dogs, because the breed guide puts them in the large size class.
The great volcano of Sicily · big dogs
Great Dane formally enlisted by the Royal Navy in South Africa · big dogs
California valley of granite walls · big dogs
A giant wise bird of Persian legend · Persian · big dogs
A Great Dane who was the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy · big dogs
Broad Australian shade tree with a bottle shaped trunk · Australian · big dogs
The black horse of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel · big dogs
A solid block of fired clay, for a dog built like one · big dogs
A huge ball of fluff · big dogs
The largest ocean on earth · big dogs
Title of the kings of ancient Egypt · Egyptian · big dogs
The city of the caped crusader · big dogs
Names for a dog with energy to burn (12)
Sport and outdoors names, because the breed guide rates their energy very high.
One under par in golf · small dogs
A lob pass caught and slammed in mid air in basketball
Small sticks that get the campfire going
After Suzanne Lenglen, the French tennis star of the 1920s · French
Long tailed game bird of fields and woods
Tree climbing cousin of the weasel
After Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles
Striped digger of the woods
The three stumps in cricket · small dogs
A small, steep sided valley · French
The big brown bear of North America · big dogs
A wicker basket for carrying fish
Popular classics (12)
Classic names, the list built on the AKC, Agria and Pet Insurance Australia popularity data.
Of the Netherlands, also an old nickname for a trusted friend · Dutch
Traditional name for a dog with a patch of contrasting fur
Spanish and Portuguese for aunt, also short for names ending in tia · Spanish
Old fashioned name for a friendly, game dog
English surname, Old Norse for ridge farm · Old Norse
Pet form of Anne, Hebrew for grace · Hebrew
Short for Albert or Bertram
Traditional name for a small white dog · small dogs
Arabic for blooming flower, or a form of Sarah meaning princess · Arabic
Pet form of Ronald, Old Norse for ruler's counsel
Short form of Louis or Louise, Germanic for famous warrior
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 Labrador 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 Labrador Retriever is number 2. The rules only narrow the choice: any name on the site suits any dog.
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