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Names for spotted and merle dogs

Names for a spotted, patched, dappled or merle puppy, from Domino to Freckles.

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Girl names (23)

Breccia
A rock of broken angular fragments cemented together · Italian
Confetti
Tiny scraps of coloured paper thrown at a celebration · small dogs
Dot
A small round spot · small dogs
Freckle
A small brown spot on the skin · small dogs
Genet
A slender spotted cat like animal of Africa · French · small dogs
Holstein
Black and white patched dairy cow
Kropka
Polish for dot, a classic Polish dog name for a spotty pup · Polish
Ladybird
The British and Australian name for the small spotted beetle · small dogs
Ladybug
The US name for the small red beetle with black spots · small dogs
Oighrig
Old Gaelic name built on breac, speckled · Scottish
Opal
A stone that flashes many colours
Paisley
Scottish town that gave its name to the swirling teardrop pattern · Scottish
Perdita
The dalmatian mother of the hundred and one
Pestraya
Russian for spotted, a Soviet space dog of 1958 · Russian
Pintinha
Portuguese for little spot · Portuguese
Polka Dot
A pattern of evenly spaced round dots · small dogs
Punktchen
German for little dot · German · small dogs
Quail
A small speckled ground bird, from the Old French quaille · small dogs
Soroka
Ukrainian for magpie · Ukrainian
Speckles
Covered in small spots
Stracciatella
Italian vanilla ice cream flecked with chocolate shards · Italian
Tabby
A striped and mottled coat pattern
Thrush
A songbird with a speckled breast · small dogs

Boy names (20)

Baduk
The Korean name for the board game Go, behind the classic dog name Badugi · Korean
Bryce
Scottish form of Brice, a saint of Tours, perhaps Gaulish for speckled · Scottish
Dice
The spotted cubes used in games, for a spotted pup
Harlequin
Torn black patches on white, a Great Dane colour named after the clown's costume · big dogs
Iapetus
Moon of Saturn with one pale side and one dark side
Jaguar
The heaviest spotted cat of the Americas · big dogs
Landseer
Edwin Landseer, the Victorian painter of dogs, who gave his name to a Newfoundland coat · big dogs
Leopard
The spotted big cat of Africa and Asia · big dogs
Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian poet · Italian
Palang
Means leopard in Persian · Persian
Pars
Means leopard in Turkish · Turkish
Pepper Jack
Monterey Jack studded with peppers
Pollock
After Jackson Pollock, who dripped and splattered paint
Ruswarp
A Border Collie who guarded his owner for eleven weeks in the Welsh mountains in 1990
Sensation
The English Pointer on the logo of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Seurat
After Georges Seurat, who painted in tiny dots
Signac
Paul Signac, the painter of dots of colour · French
Tiger
A large striped Asian cat, from the Greek tigris
Trout
Speckled fish of cold streams
Whale Shark
The largest fish in the sea, grey with white spots · big dogs

Names for either (67)

Agate
A banded form of chalcedony
Allsorts
Liquorice allsorts, colourful layered sweets
Appaloosa
A spotted horse breed, the name usually linked to the Palouse country · big dogs
Batik
An Indonesian art of dyeing cloth with wax patterns · Indonesian
Battenberg
A pink and yellow checked sponge cake
Calico
A three colour coat pattern
Cheetah
The fastest land animal, a spotted cat · big dogs
Choc Chip
A biscuit dotted with chocolate chips · small dogs
Chui
Swahili for leopard · Swahili
Civet
A spotted cat like animal of Africa and Asia · Arabic
Collage
Art made by sticking scraps of paper and fabric together
Dalmatian Jasper
A cream stone with black spots, named for the Dalmatian's coat
Dapple
A mottled pattern of light and dark
Diandian
Means little dots in Mandarin, for a spotted dog · Chinese
Domino
A black tile marked with white spots
Duma
Swahili for cheetah · Swahili
Fleck
A small spot or speck · small dogs
Freckles
Small brown spots, from the Old Norse freknur · small dogs
Giraffe
The tallest animal, with a patched coat · big dogs
Goma
Means sesame in Japanese, for a small speckled pup · Japanese · small dogs
Hagelslag
Dutch chocolate sprinkles eaten on bread · Dutch
Humbug
A striped peppermint boiled sweet · small dogs
Hyena
The spotted hyena, the largest hyena, famous for its whooping laugh · big dogs
Kkachi
Korean for magpie, a bird of good news · Korean
Leopard Seal
An Antarctic seal with a spotted grey coat · big dogs
Mackerel Sky
A sky of small rippled clouds like mackerel scales
Magpie
A black and white bird known for hoarding
Marble
Veined stone, from the Greek marmaros, shining
Marbles
Small glass balls, for a dog who may have lost theirs
Margay
A small spotted wild cat of Central and South American forests · Tupi · small dogs
Merle
A mottled coat pattern seen in herding breeds
Moo
The sound a cow makes, perfect for a black and white patched pup
Moray
A big reef eel with a toothy grin
Mosaic
A picture made from small pieces of stone, glass or tile
Ocelot
A small spotted wild cat of the Americas
Pardalote
A tiny spotted Australian bird, from the Greek for leopard like · Greek · small dogs
Patch
A small area of different colour on a coat
Patches
Uneven areas of colour across a coat
Pecas
Spanish for freckles, for a freckled dog · Spanish
Pepperoni
A spicy salami that spots a pizza
Piebald
Patched in black and white
Pinto
A horse patched in white and another colour, Spanish for painted · Spanish
Pointillism
Painting with tiny dots of pure colour, perfect for a spotty dog
Polkagris
A red and white Swedish peppermint rock · Swedish
Quoll
A spotted meat eating marsupial of Australia · small dogs
Roan
A coat with white hairs mixed evenly through the colour
Rocky Road
Chocolate studded with marshmallows and nuts
Salamander
An amphibian, the fire salamander black with yellow spots · small dogs
Salt and Pepper
A fine mix of grey and black hairs, a Schnauzer coat colour
Serval
A long legged African wild cat with a spotted coat
Simsim
Means sesame in Arabic, for a tiny speckled dog · Arabic · small dogs
Skewbald
Patched in white and any colour except black
Smudge
A soft blurred mark, used for dogs with a patch of colour
Snowflake Obsidian
Black volcanic glass flecked with white
Speckle
A small spot or fleck of colour on a surface
Spikkel
Dutch for a speckle, for a speckled coat · Dutch
Splodge
British word for a messy blob
Spot
Traditional name for a dog with a patch of contrasting fur
Spotty
Covered in spots · small dogs
Starling
A speckled black bird that flies in huge flocks · small dogs
Tagpi
Means patch or spot in Tagalog, a classic name for a patchy dog · Tagalog
Thylacine
The striped Tasmanian tiger, now extinct · Greek
Tippy
For a dog with a white tip on their tail or nose
Turnstone
A wader that flips over stones looking for food, like a dog on the beach
Tutti Frutti
Mixed candied fruit, meaning all fruits · Italian
Unakite
A mottled green and pink stone · English
Wobbegong
A carpet shark of Australian reefs with a shaggy beard · Aboriginal Australian

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