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Dog names starting with D

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Girl names (118)

Dacquoise
A cake of almond meringue layers and cream · French
Daeun
Great grace, great kindness · Korean
Daffodil
Yellow trumpet flower and the emblem of Wales
Dafna
Means laurel in Hebrew · Hebrew
Dagny
Norse name meaning new day · Norse
Dahlia
A tuberous flower named for the botanist Dahl
Daiquiri
A Cuban rum, lime and sugar cocktail named after a beach near Santiago · Spanish
Daisy
English flower name
Daisy May
Two old favourites together: the daisy flower and the month of May
Daiyu
Means black jade, the heroine of the classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber · Chinese
Dalga
Means wave in Turkish · Turkish
Dalgona
A crunchy Korean honeycomb toffee · Korean · small dogs
Dalia
From Lithuanian for portion, the goddess of weaving and fate · Lithuanian
Dalisay
Means pure in Tagalog · Tagalog
Dalpit
Means moonlight in Korean · Korean
Dalva
From the Portuguese for the morning star · Portuguese
Damask
A soft rose pink named after the damask rose
Dame
The female equal of a knight · French
Dame Dandelion
A grand lady of the lawn
Damka
A Soviet space dog of 1954, from the Russian for little lady · Russian
Damselfly
A slender cousin of the dragonfly · small dogs
Dana
Irish for bold or daring · Irish
Danae
Greek princess and mother of the hero Perseus · Greek
Danbi
Sweet rain after a dry spell · Korean
Dancer
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
Dani
Short form of Danielle, God is my judge
Danica
Slavic name meaning morning star · Croatian
Danu
Mother goddess of the old Irish gods · Irish
Dao
Means star in Thai and Lao · Thai
Daphne
Greek name meaning laurel tree · Greek
Daria
A deadpan cartoon heroine
Darla
From darling, someone dearly loved
Darya
Means sea or ocean in Persian · Persian
Dasha
Russian pet form of Darya, possessing goodness · Russian
Dasom
An old Korean word for love · Korean
Dawn
The first light of the morning
Deborah
Hebrew for bee, a prophetess and judge of Israel · Hebrew
DeeDee
A doubled pet form of names starting with D
Deirdre
Tragic heroine of Irish legend · Irish
Delara
Means adorning the heart in Persian · Persian
Delia
Greek, from the island of Delos, a name of Artemis · Greek
Delilah
Hebrew name meaning delicate · Hebrew
Dell
A small wooded valley or hollow
Della
Short form of Adela, popular around 1900 · German
Delphi
The ancient Greek oracle site · Greek
Delphine
French name meaning dolphin · French
Delphinium
Tall spires of blue flowers, named from the Greek for dolphin · Greek
Delyth
Welsh name meaning neat and pretty · Welsh
Demelza
Cornish name from a place name, made famous by the Poldark novels · Cornish
Demeter
Greek goddess of the harvest · Greek
Dendera
An Egyptian town famed for its temple and starry ceiling · Ancient Egyptian
Denebola
The star at the tip of the lion's tail · Arabic
Deryn
Welsh for bird · Welsh
Desdemona
Othello's wife in Shakespeare's tragedy · Greek
Despina
A moon of Neptune named for a daughter of Poseidon · Greek
Despoina
Greek for lady or mistress of the house · Greek
Dessie
Pet form of Desiree, desired
Desta
Amharic for joy · Amharic
Devi
Sanskrit for goddess · Sanskrit
Dew
Water droplets that settle on grass overnight · small dogs
Dewberry
A trailing wild cousin of the blackberry · small dogs
Dewdrop
A single drop of morning dew · small dogs
Diadem
A jewelled band worn as a crown · Greek
Diana
Roman goddess of the hunt · Roman
Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, the American poet who owned a Newfoundland called Carlo
Didi
A doubled pet name, Hindi for big sister · Hindi
Dido
The founding queen of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid · Phoenician
Dilys
Welsh name meaning genuine · Welsh
Dima
Means downpour of rain in Arabic · Arabic
Dimitra
Greek feminine form of Dimitrios · Greek
Dimma
Swedish for mist · Swedish
Dimple
A small dent in the cheek when smiling · small dogs
Dinah
Alice cat in Alice in Wonderland
Dione
Bright icy moon of Saturn
Diva
A celebrated female singer, Italian for goddess
Divinity
A fluffy white nougat sweet from the American south
Diwata
A fairy or nature spirit of Filipino folklore · Tagalog
Dixie
Nickname for the American south
Diya
A small oil lamp lit at Diwali · Hindi · small dogs
Dizzy
Giddy and spinning, for a dog who chases their tail
Dokmai
Means flower in Thai · Thai
Doli
Welsh for doll · Welsh
Dolly
Pet form of Dorothy
Dolores
Spanish, from Maria de los Dolores, Mary of sorrows · Spanish
Dominica
The nature island of the Caribbean, with hot springs and rainforest
Donatella
Italian diminutive of Donata, meaning given · Italian
Dondurma
Stretchy Turkish ice cream · Turkish
Donna
Italian for lady · Italian
Dora
Short form of Dorothy or Theodora, Greek for gift · Greek
Dorcas
Greek for gazelle · Greek
Doris
Greek, a sea nymph of ancient myth · Greek
Dorothea
Greek name meaning gift of God · Greek
Dorothy
Greek name meaning gift of God · Greek
Dot
A small round spot · small dogs
Dotty
Pet form of Dorothy · small dogs
Douce
French for soft and sweet · French
Dove
A small white pigeon, long a symbol of peace
Dragee
A sugar coated almond given at weddings · French · small dogs
Dragonfly
A shimmering winged insect that zips over ponds
Dream
A wish or vision, for a dream come true
Drusilla
Roman diminutive of Drusus · Latin
Druzy
A sparkling crust of tiny crystals
Dryad
A tree nymph of Greek myth · Greek
Duan
Means moon in Thai · Thai
Dubhe
Brightest star of the Plough
Duchess
British noble title
Dulce
Spanish for sweet · Spanish
Dulce de Leche
Spanish for sweet made from milk, a thick caramel · Spanish
Dulcie
Latin dulcis, sweet · Latin
Dulcimer
A sweet sounding stringed instrument struck or plucked
Dulcinea
The lady Don Quixote imagines and adores · Spanish
Dulzura
Spanish for sweetness · Spanish
Duna
Spanish for sand dune · Spanish
Dune
A wind built ridge of sand
Dunia
Means world in Swahili, for a dog who is your whole world · Swahili
Dunja
Croatian and Serbian for quince · Croatian
Dunya
Russian pet form of Avdotya · Russian
Dusya
Russian pet form of Evdokia, sweet and soft · Russian

Boy names (203)

D'Artagnan
The bold young Gascon who joins the Three Musketeers
Daan
Dutch short form of Daniel · Dutch
Dachs
German word for badger, root of dachshund · German · small dogs
Daedalus
Greek inventor who built the labyrinth · Greek
Dag
Old Norse name meaning day · Old Norse
Dagda
The good god, a chief of the Tuatha De Danann with a magic club · Irish · big dogs
Daguerre
Louis Daguerre, the inventor of an early form of photography · French
Dahuang
Means big yellow in Mandarin, the classic name for a village dog · Chinese · big dogs
Dai
Welsh pet form of Dafydd · Welsh
Daichi
Japanese, great earth · Japanese · big dogs
Daiki
Great radiance, great glory · Japanese · big dogs
Daikon
A large white winter radish, from the Japanese for big root · Japanese · big dogs
Daire
Irish name meaning fruitful · Irish
Dakar
Coastal capital of Senegal
Dakila
Means great or noble in Tagalog · Tagalog
Daktari
Means doctor in Swahili · Swahili
Dale
A broad open valley between hills
Dalibor
Slavic name meaning to fight far away · Czech
Dallas
North Texas city
Dalton
English place name, valley town
Damavand
The tallest mountain in Iran, a snowy volcanic peak · Persian · big dogs
Damian
Greek Damianos, from damazo, to tame · Greek
Damien
French form of Damian, from Greek for to tame · French
Damon
Greek, to tame, from the legend of Damon and Pythias, true friends · Greek
Damper
A simple bush bread baked in the coals of a campfire
Daniel
Hebrew for God is my judge, the prophet in the lions' den · Hebrew
Danny
Pet form of Daniel, Hebrew for God is my judge · Hebrew
Dante
Short for Durante, enduring · Italian
Daphnis
A tiny moon that makes waves in Saturn's rings · Greek · small dogs
Darius
Persian king who built the royal road · Persian
Darragh
Irish name meaning oak · Irish · big dogs
Dartmoor
The wild granite moorland of Devon, home of hardy ponies
Daryl
Norman surname from Airelle in France · French
Dasher
One of Santa's reindeer in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
Dashiell
French surname De Chiel, after crime writer Dashiell Hammett · French
Datil
Spanish for date, the sweet fruit · Spanish
Dauphin
The title of the heir to the French throne · French
Dave
Short form of David, Hebrew for beloved, funny because it sounds like a bloke from the pub · Hebrew
Davey
Pet form of David, Hebrew for beloved · Welsh
Davi
Brazilian Portuguese form of David, meaning beloved · Portuguese
David
Hebrew for beloved, the shepherd boy who became king · Hebrew
Davie
The Airedale Terrier of President Woodrow Wilson
Davor
Croatian name from an old Slavic war cry · Croatian
Davos
A Swiss mountain town known for skiing and crisp alpine air · German
Dawson
English surname, son of Daw, a pet form of David
Dax
French place name, from a town in Gascony · French
Daxia
Means great hero in Mandarin, the noble swordsman of wuxia tales · Chinese
Deacon
A church officer, from the Greek diakonos, servant · Greek
Deadwood
The Dakota gold rush town of the Old West
Dean
English surname, valley
Debussy
French composer of Clair de Lune · French
Deckhand
A sailor who works on deck
Declan
The name of an early Irish saint · Irish
Defender
One who protects and guards
Defoe
Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe
Degas
Edgar Degas, the French painter of ballet dancers · French
Deimos
The smaller of the two moons of Mars · small dogs
Deke
Hockey slang for faking out a defender
Dekel
Means palm tree in Hebrew · Hebrew
Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix, the French Romantic painter · French
Delbert
Short form of Adelbert, noble and bright
Delmar
Spanish del mar, of the sea · Spanish
Delphinus
The dolphin, a small bright constellation · Latin
Deluge
An overwhelming fall of rain
Demi
Meg's little son in Little Women
Democritus
The Greek thinker who first imagined atoms · Greek
Dempsey
Irish surname, Gaelic for proud · Irish
Denali
The highest peak in North America · big dogs
Deneb
Brilliant distant star in the swan constellation
Dennis
From Dionysius, the Greek god of wine, a cheeky name for a mischief maker · Greek
Denny
Pet form of Dennis, from Dionysius
Denver
The mile high city in Colorado
Deputy
The sheriff's right hand helper in an Old West town
Derby
A famous horse race, and a local football rivalry
Derek
Dutch form of Theodoric, ruler of the people · Dutch
Deri
Welsh for oak trees · Welsh
Derwent
The river that flows through Hobart in Tasmania
Desmond
Irish surname, man from South Munster · Irish
Desperado
A bold, reckless outlaw of the Old West · Spanish
Detective
An investigator who solves mysteries, for a dog with a great nose
Dev
Sanskrit, god · Sanskrit
Devil's Food
A dark, rich chocolate cake
Dewey
Welsh form of David, beloved, also a surname · Welsh
Dewi
Welsh form of David, patron saint of Wales · Welsh
Dex
Short form of Dexter, dyer
Dexter
Latin name meaning right handed or skilful · Latin
Dezik
One of the first two dogs to reach space and come home safely, in 1951 · Russian
Dhaulagiri
A Himalayan giant whose name means white mountain · Sanskrit · big dogs
Dhaval
Means white in Gujarati, for a pale dog · Gujarati
Dhruv
The pole star, steadfast and fixed · Sanskrit
Diablo
Spanish, devil · Spanish
Diarmuid
Irish form of Diarmaid, a hero of the Fianna · Irish
Dice
The spotted cubes used in games, for a spotted pup
Dickens
The Victorian novelist
Didgeridoo
The long wooden wind instrument of Aboriginal Australians, Didge for short
Diego
Spanish form of James · Spanish
Diesel
A heavy engine fuel, named after Rudolf Diesel · big dogs
Dieter
German name meaning warrior of the people · German
Digby
English place name, the town by the ditch
Digger
Australian slang for a soldier or a mate
Dillon
Irish surname, perhaps from Gaelic dile, faithful · Irish
DiMaggio
After Joe DiMaggio, the graceful Yankees centre fielder
Dimitri
Greek, follower of Demeter · Greek
Dingo
Australia native wild dog
Dinis
Portuguese form of Denis, the name of a medieval poet king · Portuguese
Dinkum
Aussie slang for true or genuine, as in fair dinkum
Dino
Italian short form of names like Bernardino and Corradino · Italian
Diogenes
Ancient Greek philosopher who lived very simply · Greek
Diogo
Portuguese form of Diego · Portuguese
Diomedes
A bold Greek hero of the Trojan War · Greek
Dionysus
Greek god of the vine and of celebration · Greek
Dirk
Dutch short form of Diederik, meaning ruler of the people · Dutch
Discus
A heavy disc thrown in athletics, the Olympic ancestor of the frisbee · Greek
Django
Romani for I awake, after jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt · Romani
Djet
A king of Egypt's First Dynasty, his name means serpent · Ancient Egyptian
Djoser
Pharaoh of the Step Pyramid, his name means splendour · Egyptian
Dmitri
Russian form of Demetrius, from the Greek goddess Demeter · Russian
Dobhar
From the Dobhar chu, the water hound of Irish lakes, part dog and part otter · Irish
Doc
Short for doctor, an old Western nickname
Docinho
Portuguese for little sweet, a term of endearment · Portuguese · small dogs
Dodger
Artful pickpocket in Dickens's Oliver Twist · English · small dogs
Dogberry
The bumbling constable of Much Ado About Nothing, a perfect name for a dog
Doge
The elected ruler of Venice for over a thousand years · Italian
Dogstoyevsky
A pun on Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist
Dokkaebi
A mischievous goblin of Korean folklore · Korean
Doksuri
Means eagle in Korean · Korean
Dolcetto
A Piedmont red grape, its name means little sweet one · Italian
Dominic
Latin name meaning of the Lord · Latin
Domovoi
Household spirit who guards a Slavic home · Slavic · small dogs
Don
Short form of Donald, Gaelic for world ruler · Scottish
Donal
Irish name meaning world ruler · Irish
Donald
From Scottish Gaelic Domhnall, ruler of the world · Scottish
Donatello
The Renaissance sculptor of Florence · Italian
Donkey
Faithful long eared farm helper
Donner
German word for thunder · German · big dogs
Donnie
Pet form of Donald, Gaelic for world ruler · Scottish
Donovan
Irish surname, dark chieftain · Irish
Dookie
First royal corgi, brought home by the Duke of York
Doolin
A County Clare village famous for traditional music
Doppio
A double shot of espresso · Italian
Doppler
Christian Doppler, the physicist of the Doppler effect · German
Dorado
Spanish for golden · Spanish
Dormarch
The finest hound of Gwyn ap Nudd, king of the Otherworld, in Welsh legend · Welsh · big dogs
Dormilon
Spanish for sleepyhead · Spanish
Dorminhoco
Portuguese for sleepyhead · Portuguese
Doron
Means gift in Hebrew · Hebrew
Dost
Means friend in Turkish · Turkish
Doug
Short form of Douglas, Gaelic for dark river, a deadpan name for a dog · Scottish
Dougal
Scottish Gaelic, dark stranger
Dougie
Pet form of Douglas, Scottish Gaelic for dark river · Scottish
Douglas
From Gaelic dubh glas, dark river · Scottish
Doux
French for soft, gentle or sweet · French
Dov
Means bear in Hebrew · Hebrew · big dogs
Downpour
Heavy rain falling all at once
Dozer
Short for bulldozer, for a dog who plows through everything · big dogs
Draco
The dragon constellation coiled round the pole · big dogs
Dracula
Bram Stoker's vampire count of 1897, from Romanian for son of the dragon · Romanian
Dragoon
A mounted soldier of old armies
Drake
A male duck
Draper
A seller of cloth
Dreadnought
A giant battleship that feared nothing · big dogs
Drongo
A glossy black bird, and Australian slang for a fool
Droolius Caesar
Pun on Julius Caesar, for a dog that drools · big dogs
Dror
Means freedom, and also a swallow, in Hebrew · Hebrew
Drumheller
An Alberta badlands town famous for dinosaur fossils
Drummond
Scottish name meaning ridge · Scottish
Drusus
Roman family name, possibly from a Celtic word for oak · Latin
Druzhok
Russian for little friend, a classic dog name · Russian
Duamutef
A jackal-headed son of Horus in ancient Egyptian belief · Ancient Egyptian
Duarte
Portuguese form of Edward, with old world dignity · Portuguese
Dubbel
A dark Belgian abbey ale · Dutch
Dubbo
A country city in New South Wales with an open range zoo
Dubh
Scottish Gaelic for black · Scottish
Dubrovnik
A walled city on the Croatian coast, often called the pearl of the Adriatic · Croatian
Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp, the artist who turned everyday things into art · French
Dude
Laid back American slang for a guy
Dudley
English surname, from a town meaning Dudda's clearing
Duende
Spanish for a mischievous sprite · Spanish
Duffy
Irish surname long used as an easy going dog name · Irish
Dufy
Raoul Dufy, the French painter of bright seaside scenes · French
Dug
Scots word for dog · Scottish
Duin
Dutch for dune · Dutch
Duke
English noble title
Duke of Drool
A noble title for a slobbery big dog · big dogs
Duke Wiggleworth
A duke with a famous waggle
Duman
Means smoke in Turkish, for a grey dog · Turkish
Dumas
Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers · French
Duncan
Scottish Gaelic name meaning brown warrior · Scottish
Dundee
Queensland flavoured nickname from the film Crocodile Dundee
Dunder
Swedish for thunder · Swedish · big dogs
Dunkel
A dark German lager, meaning dark · German
Durban
Warm harbour city on the east coast of South Africa
Durer
Albrecht Durer, the German master of woodcuts and engravings · German
Durian
The spiky king of fruits, famous for its smell · big dogs
Dustin
English surname from the Norse Thorsteinn, Thor's stone · Old Norse
Dusty
Covered in dust, also a pet form of Dustin
Dutch
Of the Netherlands, also an old nickname for a trusted friend · Dutch
Duuk
Dutch name probably from the word for duke · Dutch
Dux
Latin for leader · Latin
Dvorak
Antonin Dvorak, the Czech composer of the New World Symphony · Czech
Dwight
English surname from the medieval name Diot, a form of Dionysia
Dynamo
A machine that makes electricity, for a dog with endless energy
Dzok
The faithful dog of Krakow who waited a year for his late owner, honoured with a statue · Polish

Names for either (125)

Dada
Yoruba for curly hair · Yoruba
Daechu
Korean for jujube, a small red date · Korean · small dogs
Daeng
Means red in Lao and Thai, for a red-coated dog · Lao
Daifuku
A soft round rice cake filled with sweet bean paste · Japanese · small dogs
Daintree
Ancient rainforest in far north Queensland
Dakota
Sioux word meaning friend or ally
Dal
Korean for the moon · Korean
Dalkey
A seaside village south of Dublin
Dalmatian Jasper
A cream stone with black spots, named for the Dalmatian's coat
Damai
Means peace in Indonesian, for a calm dog · Indonesian
Damson
A small dark wild plum of old hedgerows
Dan
Chinese for cinnabar, a vermilion red · Chinese
Dan Tat
Cantonese for egg tart, a golden custard pastry · Cantonese
Danburite
A clear crystal first found in Connecticut · English
Danchu
Means button in Korean, cute as one · Korean · small dogs
Dandan
Means little egg in Mandarin, playful and round · Chinese
Dandelion
The yellow flower that becomes a fluffy seed clock, French for lion's tooth · French
Dango
Sweet rice dumplings served on a skewer · Japanese · small dogs
Danish
A flaky sweet pastry
Danube
Great river crossing ten countries of Europe
Dapple
A mottled pattern of light and dark
Dara
Irish name meaning oak tree · Irish · big dogs
Daram
From daramjwi, the Korean word for squirrel · Korean · small dogs
Darby
English surname from Derby, Old Norse for deer farm · Old Norse
Darchin
Means cinnamon in Persian · Persian
Darcy
The proud gentleman of Pride and Prejudice
Darjeeling
Delicate black tea from the Himalayan foothills · Indian
Dark Matter
The unseen matter thought to make up most of the universe's mass
Darwin
Capital of the Northern Territory
Dash
A short sprint
Dashwood
Family surname in Austen's Sense and Sensibility · English
Dasik
A traditional Korean tea biscuit, small and pretty · Korean · small dogs
Date
The sweet brown fruit of the date palm · small dogs
Daybreak
The first light coming after the night
Dayo
Means joy arrives in Yoruba · Yoruba
Decaf
Coffee with the caffeine taken out
Deco
Short for Art Deco, the sleek style of the 1920s and 1930s
Decoy
A wooden duck used by hunters to draw birds in
Dekopon
A sweet Japanese mandarin with a bump on top · Japanese
Delaney
Irish surname meaning dark challenger · Irish
Delft
The blue and white pottery of the Dutch city of Delft · Dutch
Delhi
Capital territory of India · Hindi
Delshad
Means happy heart or cheerful in Persian · Persian
Delta
Where a river fans out to the sea
Dene
A narrow wooded valley, a word from the north of England
Denim
The faded blue of jeans · French
Deniz
Means sea in Turkish · Turkish
Destin
A Florida beach town with sugar white sand and emerald water
Deuce
A tied score of 40 all in tennis, from the French for two · French
Devon
English place name for the county of Devon · English
Dhania
Coriander, used as both leaf and seed · Hindi
Dhokla
A spongy steamed savoury cake from Gujarat · Gujarati
Dhole
The red whistling wild dog of Asia
Diamond
The hardest and most prized of all gemstones · Greek
Diandian
Means little dots in Mandarin, for a spotted dog · Chinese
Dijon
French city famous for its mustard · French
Dill
A feathery herb used with fish and pickles
Dillydally
To dawdle and take your time
Dim Sum
Small Cantonese dishes served with tea · Chinese · small dogs
Dimples
Little dents in the cheeks, for a smiley pup
Dinghy
A small rowing or sailing boat · small dogs
Dingle
Fishing town on the Kerry coast · Irish · small dogs
Dinky
British slang for small and neat · small dogs
Dipper
A bobbing bird that walks underwater in fast streams · small dogs
Disco
A dance music style, short for the French discotheque
Dizi
A Chinese bamboo flute · Chinese
Djed
The pillar symbol of stability in ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Djembe
A goblet shaped hand drum from West Africa · Mandinka
Dodol
A sticky coconut toffee · Indonesian
Dogie
A motherless calf on the cattle trail, as in git along little dogie · small dogs
Dogo
Means small in Swahili, for a little dog · Swahili · small dogs
Dogwood
A tree with bright spring blossom, the perfect tree for a dog
Dolce
Italian for sweet · Italian
Dolma
Stuffed vine leaf, the name means filled · Turkish
Dolomite
The pale rock of the Italian alps · Italian
Dolphin
A clever sea mammal, from the Greek delphis
Dominique
French name meaning of the Lord · French
Domino
A black tile marked with white spots
Donegal
County in the north west of Ireland · Irish
Doodle
A rough, absent minded drawing, also used for poodle crosses · small dogs
Doohickey
A thingamajig whose name you forgot
Doolally
British slang for gone a bit mad
Dorayaki
Two small pancakes sandwiched around sweet red bean paste · Japanese · small dogs
Dormouse
A tiny sleepy rodent that hibernates half the year · small dogs
Dorset
An English county of chalk downs and the Jurassic Coast
Dosa
A crisp South Indian pancake of fermented rice and lentils · Tamil
Dotterel
A small plump plover · small dogs
Doudou
French for a child's cuddly comfort toy · French
Doufu
Means tofu in Mandarin, soft and pale · Chinese
Doughnut
A ring of sweet fried dough
Dover
Kentish port under the white cliffs
Doxie
A fond nickname for a dachshund · German · small dogs
Doyle
Irish surname meaning dark stranger · Irish
Dragonfruit
A bright pink cactus fruit with speckled flesh
Drama Llama
For a dog who makes a scene about everything
Dreich
Scots for a dull, grey, drizzly day · Scottish
Dresden
German city known for its porcelain · German
Drew
Greek rooted name meaning manly and brave · Greek
Drift
Snow heaped up by the wind
Driftwood
Wood washed up and smoothed by the sea
Drizzle
Fine, light rain that falls steadily · small dogs
Dropje
Dutch for a little piece of liquorice · Dutch · small dogs
Drover
One who drives stock along a road
Dublin
Capital of Ireland, from the black pool · Irish
Dubu
Korean for tofu · Korean
Duckie
A sweet nickname, and a little duck · small dogs
Duckling
A baby duck · small dogs
Ducky
An old British endearment, like duck or love
Dugong
A gentle sea cow of the warm coasts of Australia · Malay
Dugout
The sheltered bench where baseball players wait
Duiker
A small shy African antelope that dives into bushes · Afrikaans · small dogs
Dukkah
Egyptian mix of crushed nuts, sesame and spice · Arabic
Duku
A small round tropical fruit · Malay · small dogs
Duma
Swahili for cheetah · Swahili
Dumpling
A ball of dough cooked in soup, also a term of affection
Dun
A sandy horse coat with a dark stripe down the back
Dungarees
Farm overalls with a bib and braces
Dunlin
A small busy wader of mudflats · small dogs
Dunnock
A small brown hedge sparrow of British gardens · small dogs
Duoduo
Means more more in Mandarin, for a dog who always wants more · Chinese
Duri
Means two in Korean, sweet for a second dog · Korean
Dusk
The last soft light at the end of the day
Dusky
Dark and soft like dusk
Dvash
Means honey in Hebrew · Hebrew
Dylan
Welsh, son of the sea · Welsh

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