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Dog names starting with F

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Girl names (110)

Fabia
Roman name from faba, bean · Latin
Fah
Means sky in Thai and Lao · Thai
Faience
The glazed blue-green ceramic of ancient Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Fairy Bread
Buttered bread covered in hundreds and thousands
Fairywren
A tiny bright blue wren of Australia · small dogs
Faisca
Portuguese for spark · Portuguese
Faith
Two legged dog who learned to walk upright
Fajita
Grilled strips of meat with peppers · Mexican Spanish
Falak
Means sky or heavens in Urdu and Hindi · Hindi
Falooda
A rose syrup drink with vermicelli and ice cream · Hindi
Faloodeh
A Persian sorbet of rice noodles and rose water · Persian
Fancy
Elaborate and decorative, for a dog with a touch of glamour
Fanny
Pet form of Frances, an old English favourite
Fantine
Cosette's mother in Les Miserables
Faoileann
Scottish Gaelic for seagull · Scottish
Farah
Means joy or happiness in Arabic · Arabic
Farfalle
Bow tie pasta, the name means butterflies · Italian
Farrah
Arabic for joy · Arabic
Fatira
A sweet flaky Ethiopian pancake · Amharic
Fauna
Latin for the animals of a place · Latin
Fausta
Feminine of Faustus, meaning lucky · Latin
Fava
A Greek dip of yellow split peas, also the broad bean · Greek
Fawn
A young deer, and a pale tan colour · small dogs
Faye
Middle English for fairy, or Old French for faith
Fayruz
Means turquoise in Arabic · Arabic
Feather
A soft bird feather, for a light little dog · small dogs
Feijoa
A fragrant green fruit loved in New Zealand
Felicitas
Latin for good luck, the Roman spirit of happiness · Latin
Felicite
French for happiness and bliss · French
Felicity
Latin name meaning happiness and good fortune · Latin
Felucca
A wooden sailing boat that still glides along the Nile · Ancient Egyptian
Femke
Frisian name meaning peace · Dutch
Fenghuang
The Chinese phoenix, a sign of virtue and harmony · Chinese
Fenna
Frisian and Dutch name meaning peace · Dutch
Fermata
A pause held as long as the player likes · Italian
Fern
A leafy green plant that grows in shade and damp
Fernie
A snowy ski town in the Rockies of British Columbia
Fettuccine
Flat ribbon pasta, meaning little ribbons · Italian
Ffion
Welsh, foxglove · Welsh
Fflur
Welsh for flowers · Welsh
Fiadh
Irish name meaning wild, and also deer · Irish
Fidda
Means silver in Arabic, for a silvery coat · Arabic
Fien
Dutch short form of Josefien · Dutch
Fifi
French pet name · French · small dogs
Figue
French for fig · French
Fika
The Swedish coffee and cake break · Swedish
Filigree
Delicate lacework made from fine twisted metal threads
Filipa
Portuguese feminine form of Philip · Portuguese
Filly
A young female horse
Finger Lime
An Australian citrus full of tiny pearls
Fiona
Gaelic, fair
Fionnuala
White shoulder, the daughter of Lir who became a swan · Irish
Fiorella
Italian for little flower · Italian · small dogs
Firecrest
A tiny bird with a flame orange crown stripe · small dogs
Firouzeh
Means turquoise in Persian · Persian
Flamingo
A tall pink wading bird, from the Latin flamma, flame
Flamme
French for flame · French
Flauta
A rolled fried taco, meaning flute · Mexican Spanish
Flavia
Roman name meaning golden · Latin
Flaxen
The pale gold of flax fibre
Fleur
French word for flower · French
Flo
Short form of Florence, flourishing
Flocke
German for flake, as in snowflake · German
Floortje
Dutch pet form of Flora, little flower · Dutch
Flor
Portuguese and Spanish for flower · Portuguese
Flora
Latin, flowers
Florence
Latin, flourishing
Florrie
Pet form of Florence, flourishing
Flos
Latin for flower · Latin
Flossie
Pet form of Florence, flourishing
Fluffy
Covered in soft, light fur or down
Flummery
A soft sweet pudding, also a word for nonsense
Flurry
A brief fall of snow · small dogs
Flute
The silvery woodwind played sideways
Focaccia
Flat Italian oven bread dimpled with oil and salt · Italian
Fofinha
Portuguese for little fluffy one · Portuguese · small dogs
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
Fortaleza
A Brazilian beach city whose name means fortress · Portuguese
Fortitudo
An exoplanet named from the Latin for strength · Latin
Fortuna
Latin for luck, the Roman goddess of fortune · Latin
Fotini
Greek name meaning light · Greek
Fougasse
A leaf shaped bread from Provence · French
Fougere
French for fern · French
Foxy
Traditional name for a dog with a fox like face
Fragola
Italian for strawberry · Italian
Fraise
French for strawberry · French
Framboise
French word for raspberry · French
Frances
Latin name meaning free one · Latin
Francesca
Italian name meaning free one · Italian
Frangipani
Tropical tree with fragrant creamy flowers
Franny
Pet form of Frances, free woman
Freckle
A small brown spot on the skin · small dogs
Freda
Germanic fridu, peace
Freesia
Scented South African flower on an arching stem
Fresa
Spanish for strawberry · Spanish
Freya
Norse goddess of love, her chariot drawn by cats · Norse
Freyda
Means joy in Yiddish · Yiddish
Frida
Germanic fridu, peace, after the painter Frida Kahlo · German
Frieda
German, peace · German
Frigg
Means beloved, the wise wife of Odin and queen of Asgard · Old Norse
Frigga
Norse goddess and wife of Odin · Norse
Frimousse
French for a cute little face · French
Fritzi
German feminine pet form of Friedrich · German
Froso
Greek pet form of Efrosyni, meaning cheerfulness · Greek
Fubuki
The Japanese word for a snowstorm · Japanese
Fuchsia
A hanging flower like a pink and purple ballerina
Fumi
Writing, a letter or story · Japanese
Furaha
Swahili for joy and happiness · Swahili

Boy names (157)

Faber
Latin for smith or craftsman · Latin
Fabian
Latin family name meaning bean grower · Latin
Fabien
French form of Fabianus · French
Fabio
Italian name from Latin faba, bean · Italian
Fabrizio
Italian form of Fabricius, meaning craftsman · Italian
Fadhili
Means kindness or favour in Swahili · Swahili
Fado
The soulful folk song of Portugal · Portuguese
Fagiolo
Italian for bean · Italian · small dogs
Fahd
Means panther in Arabic · Arabic
Fahrenheit
Daniel Fahrenheit, the inventor of the mercury thermometer · German
Faithful
The Newfoundland of President Ulysses S. Grant · big dogs
Faiz
Means victorious in Arabic · Arabic
Fajar
Means dawn in Malay and Indonesian, for an early riser · Malay
Fala
Scottish terrier who went everywhere with President Roosevelt · small dogs
Falbo
Italian for tawny or fawn · Italian
Falco
Latin for falcon · Latin
Falcon
A fast hunting bird, from the Latin falco
Falconer
Someone who trains and flies falcons
Falk
German word for falcon · German
Falke
German for falcon · German
Falstaff
The large, boastful knight in Shakespeare's Henry IV · big dogs
Fang
A long pointed tooth, from the Old English fang, catch
Fangio
After Juan Manuel Fangio, the Argentine motor racing champion
Faolan
Irish name meaning little wolf · Irish
Faraday
Michael Faraday, the pioneer of electricity and magnetism
Fargo
City on the Red River in North Dakota
Faris
Means knight or horseman in Arabic · Arabic
Farley
English place name, fern clearing
Farmhand
A hired helper on a farm
Faro
The sunny capital of the Algarve in Portugal; the word also means lighthouse · Portuguese
Farrier
A craftsman who shoes horses
Farrokh
Means fortunate and happy in Persian · Persian
Fat Rascal
A fruity Yorkshire scone with cherry eyes
Fateh
Means victory in Punjabi · Punjabi
Fauji
Means soldier in Hindi, for a loyal guard dog · Hindi
Faunus
A Roman god of forests, fields and wild things · Latin
Fausto
Italian for lucky or fortunate · Italian
Faustus
Roman name meaning lucky · Latin
Fearghas
Scottish Gaelic form of Fergus, man of vigour · Scottish
Fedele
Italian for faithful · Italian
Federer
After Roger Federer, winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles
Federico
Italian form of Frederick, peaceful ruler · Italian
Feidhlim
Irish name possibly meaning ever good · Irish
Felipe
Spanish form of Philip, friend of horses · Spanish
Felix
Latin, lucky, and the silent film cartoon cat · Latin
Feller
A Cocker Spaniel puppy given to President Harry Truman
Fenrir
The great wolf of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Fenway
English for a path through the fens, and Boston's ballpark
Ferdinand
German name meaning bold voyager · German
Ferdowsi
The Persian poet who wrote the Shahnameh, the Book of Kings · Persian
Fergus
Gaelic, man of vigour
Fermi
Enrico Fermi, the Italian physicist of the first nuclear reactor · Italian
Fermin
Spanish form of Firminus, meaning firm · Spanish
Fernando
Spanish name meaning bold traveller · Spanish
Ferox
Latin for fierce · Latin
Ferris
The truant of a famous day off film
Ferryman
Someone who rows people across a river
Feste
The wise fool and singer of Twelfth Night
Feynman
Richard Feynman, the playful Nobel physicist
Fez
Walled city in northern Morocco · Arabic
Fezziwig
The jolly, dancing employer of young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Fiain
Irish for wild · Irish
Fibonacci
The Italian mathematician of the famous number sequence · Italian
Fiddler
A player of the fiddle
Fido
Tuscan dog who met the same bus stop for fourteen years · Italian
Fidus
Latin for faithful, the root of the classic dog name Fido · Latin
Fiero
Spanish for fierce or proud · Spanish
Figaro
Quick thinking barber in Rossini's opera · Italian
Filbert
An old name for the hazelnut, ripe around St Philibert's day
Filou
French for a rascal or scamp · French
Financier
A small almond cake shaped like a gold bar · French · small dogs
Finlay
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh, meaning white warrior · Scottish
Finn
Irish, fair · Irish
Finnegan
Irish surname meaning fair haired · Irish
Finnigan
Irish surname from Fionnagan, little fair one · Irish
Fintan
Irish name meaning white fire · Irish
Fionn
Old Irish for white or fair, the great hunter Fionn mac Cumhaill · Irish
Firetower
A lookout tower where rangers watch for forest fires
Firmin
French form of Firminus, meaning firm and steady · French
Firouz
Means victorious in Persian · Persian
Firtina
Means storm in Turkish, for a whirlwind of a dog · Turkish
Fisher
English occupational surname for a fisherman
Fisi
Means hyena in Swahili, for a loud, cheeky dog · Swahili
Fitz
Anglo Norman prefix meaning son of
Fitzgerald
Norman Irish surname, son of Gerald · Irish
Fitzwilliam
Mr Darcy's first name in Pride and Prejudice
Fjell
Norwegian for mountain · Norwegian · big dogs
Flan
Spanish caramel custard dessert · Spanish
Flanker
A fast, hard tackling rugby forward
Flapjack
Chewy British oat and syrup traybake · English
Flash
A sudden burst of light, for a dog who is quick off the mark
Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert, the author of Madame Bovary · French
Flavius
Roman name meaning golden haired · Latin
Fleming
Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin · Scottish
Fletcher
One who fits feathers to arrows
Flinders
Matthew Flinders, the navigator who sailed around Australia with his cat Trim
Flint
Hard stone that throws a spark
Floke
Norwegian for a tangle, for a shaggy coat · Norwegian
Florey
Howard Florey, the Australian who turned penicillin into a medicine
Florian
Latin Florianus, flowering · Latin
Florin
An old British two shilling coin
Floris
Dutch name from Latin florens, meaning flowering · Dutch
Floyd
Welsh derived name popular a century ago · Welsh
Flugelhorn
A warm toned brass instrument like a wide trumpet · German
Flush
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel
Flynn
Irish surname from Flann, Irish for blood red · Irish
Fofo
Portuguese for fluffy, soft and cuddly · Portuguese
Fogo
A rugged island off Newfoundland
Fomalhaut
A lone bright autumn star, Arabic for mouth of the fish · Arabic
Footy
Aussie slang for football, whatever the code
Forrest
English surname for someone who lived by a forest
Forte
Italian for strong, and loud in music · Italian · big dogs
Fortinbras
The Prince of Norway in Hamlet
Fortis
Latin for brave and strong · Latin
Fortissimo
Italian for very loud, for a dog with a big bark · Italian
Fortress
A heavily protected stronghold · big dogs
Foster
English surname for a forester or a foster parent
Fotis
Greek name meaning light · Greek
Fox
A small wild dog with a red coat and a bushy tail
Fragonard
Jean Honore Fragonard, the painter of The Swing · French
Francis
Latin Franciscus, Frenchman, after Saint Francis, friend of animals · Latin
Francisco
A moon of Uranus named after a lord in The Tempest · Spanish
Franco
Italian for free, from the name of the Franks · Italian
Francois
French form of Francis · French
Franek
Polish pet form of Franciszek · Polish
Frank
Germanic, from the Franks, a people whose name came to mean free and honest
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's scientist of 1818, whose creature now carries his name · big dogs
Franklin
Middle English for a free landowner
Franz
German form of Francis · German
Fraoch
Irish for heather · Irish
Fraser
The longest river in British Columbia, famous for salmon
Frasier
Scottish surname of Norman origin, perhaps linked to strawberry · Scottish
Fred
E B White's dachshund, written about with great affection
Freddo
An iced espresso, Italian for cold · Italian
Freddy
Great Dane recorded as the tallest dog in the world · big dogs
Frederick
Germanic name meaning peaceful ruler · German
Freeman
English surname for a free man
Freki
Greedy one, the second of Odin's two loyal wolves · Old Norse
Fremantle
A historic port city near Perth, known to locals as Freo
Freo
The local nickname for Fremantle in Western Australia
Freyr
Norse god of harvest and peace · Norse
Friar
A travelling brother of a religious order, like Friar Tuck
Friedrich
German name meaning peaceful ruler · German
Frio
A cold clear Texas Hill Country river; Spanish for cold · Spanish
Frisco
A nickname for San Francisco, or a pet form of Francisco · Spanish
Fritz
German pet form of Friedrich · German
Frode
Norse name meaning wise · Norse
Fromage
French for cheese · French
Fuego
Spanish for fire · Spanish
Fugui
Means rich and honoured in Mandarin, an old style dog name · Chinese
Fujin
Japanese god of the wind · Japanese
Fulgur
Latin for lightning · Latin
Fulmine
Italian for lightning, for a fast dog · Italian
Furdinand
A furry pun on the name Ferdinand
Furlong
An eighth of a mile, the distance unit of horse racing
Fusilli
Spiral pasta twisted around a rod · Italian
Fyodor
Russian form of Theodore, meaning gift of God · Russian

Names for either (128)

Faff
British slang for fussing about
Fai Lok
Means happy or joyful in Cantonese · Cantonese
Fairway
The smooth mown grass between the golf tee and the green
Fairweather
Mount Fairweather in Alaska, named for a calm day
Faiyum
A lush oasis region of Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Falafel
Fried chickpea patty from the Middle East · Arabic
Fallon
Irish surname meaning leader · Irish
Fallow
Land left to rest, also a pale golden brown
Fandango
A lively Spanish dance with castanets · Spanish
Fanfare
A short brass flourish that announces an arrival · French
Fantail
A tiny bird that spreads its tail like a fan · small dogs
Farai
Means rejoice or be happy in Shona · Shona
Faroe
A group of grassy North Atlantic islands between Scotland and Iceland · Faroese
Farthing
The smallest old British coin, a quarter of a penny · small dogs
Fastbreak
A quick rush down the court in basketball
Fathom
A unit of depth at sea, six feet
Fauve
French for wild beast, from Fauvism, the movement of wild colour · French
Feathertop
Mount Feathertop in the Victorian Alps, often topped with snow
Featherweight
A light weight class in boxing, for a small dog with big fight · small dogs
Fei
Means to fly or soar in Mandarin · Chinese
Feldspar
The most common mineral in the Earth's crust · German
Fell
A hill or high moor in northern England, from Old Norse fjall, mountain · Norse
Fen
Low marshy wetland full of reeds · small dogs
Fennec
A tiny desert fox with enormous ears · Arabic · small dogs
Fennel
A bulb and seed with an anise flavour
Fenugreek
Bittersweet seed that smells of maple syrup
Ferret
Small hunter used to flush out rabbits
Feta
The brined Greek cheese · Greek
Fetch
The best game there is
Feverfew
Small daisy herb once taken for headaches
Ficus
The fig genus, from garden trees to house plants · Latin
Fiddle
Another word for the violin, from the Old English fithele
Fiddlehead
The curled tip of a young fern · small dogs
Fidelis
Latin for faithful · Latin
Fidget
A dog who can never sit still
Fieldfare
A large thrush that visits Britain in winter
Fiesta
Spanish, party · Spanish
Fife
A small, shrill flute of marching bands · small dogs
Fig
Soft sweet fruit of the Mediterranean fig tree · small dogs
Figbird
An Australian bird that feeds on figs
Fiji
Pacific island nation
Finale
The last movement of a work, often the grandest · Italian
Finch
A small seed eating songbird, from the Old English finc · small dogs
Findik
Turkish for hazelnut · Turkish
Finley
Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh, fair haired warrior · Scottish
Fiordland
A wild New Zealand region of deep fiords and rainforest
Fiore
Italian for flower · Italian
Fir
Evergreen conifer with upright cones · big dogs
Firebird
Glowing bird at the heart of Slavic folk tales · Slavic
Firecracker
A small explosive that goes off with a bang · small dogs
Firefly
A beetle that flashes light at night · small dogs
Firelight
The flickering light of a fire
Firetail
A small Australian finch with a red rump · small dogs
Fireweed
A tall pink wildflower that springs up after forest fires
Firth
A Scottish word for a long narrow sea inlet · Scots
Fistik
Turkish for pistachio · Turkish
Fistiki
Greek for pistachio, a sweet pet name · Greek · small dogs
Fiver
British slang for a five pound note
Fizz
The sound and bubbles of a sparkling drink · small dogs
Fjord
A deep sea inlet cut by a glacier · Norse
Flagon
Large jug used for serving cider or ale
Flame
The fiery orange red of a flame
Flamenco
The passionate music and dance of Andalusia · Spanish
Flannel
A soft woollen cloth, as in grey flannel
Flannery
Irish surname meaning red eyebrows · Irish
Flapdoodle
Old slang for nonsense
Flat White
An espresso with velvety steamed milk
Flauschi
German for fluffy one · German
Flax
Plant grown for linen, and the pale blond colour of its fibres
Fleck
A small spot or speck · small dogs
Fledgling
A young bird just learning to fly, for a puppy finding their feet · small dogs
Fleece
A sheep's coat of wool
Flick
A film, named for the flicker of early projectors
Flicker
A quick unsteady light, like a candle
Floccus
Small tufted clouds like wool, Latin for tuft · Latin · small dogs
Floof
Internet slang for a very fluffy pet · small dogs
Floof Monster
A huge ball of fluff · big dogs
Flotsam
Floating wreckage on the sea, a fun pair with Jetsam
Fluorite
A glassy mineral that glows under ultraviolet light · Latin
Foal
A baby horse · small dogs
Foam
The white froth left by a breaking wave
Foehn
A warm dry wind that sweeps down the lee side of the Alps · German
Fog
Thick low cloud sitting on the ground
Fogbow
A pale white rainbow that forms in fog
Folk
Traditional music passed down by ear
Fondant
A smooth sugar icing, from the French for melting · French
Forest
A large area of dense woodland, from the Latin foris, outside · big dogs
Forester
One who looks after woodland
Forza
Italian for force and power · Italian
Fossil
The preserved remains of ancient life, for a dog who loves to dig
Foxglove
Tall spire of bell flowers in hedgerows and woods
Foxtail
A wild grass with a soft brushy head
Fractal
A pattern that repeats at every scale, like a fern or a snowflake
Frankie
Pet form of Frank or Frances
Frappe
Iced whipped coffee drink, the name means chilled · French
Freckles
Small brown spots, from the Old Norse freknur · small dogs
Frenchie
A fond nickname for a French bulldog or anything French
Fresco
Painting onto fresh wet plaster, as on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Freycinet
A Tasmanian peninsula of pink granite and Wineglass Bay · French
Friarbird
A bald headed Australian honeyeater
Friday
The best day of the week, as in Robinson Crusoe's companion
Frieze
A long band of carved or painted decoration
Frisky
Old fashioned name for a playful, bouncy dog
Frisson
French for a shiver or thrill · French
Fritter
Fried battered fruit or dough
Frog
A jumping amphibian, for a dog who leaps
Frogmouth
A wide mouthed night bird that looks like a broken branch
Frond
The feathery leaf of a fern or a palm
Frontier
The edge of settled land in the Old West
Frost
A thin white layer of ice, used for pale coated dogs
Frosty
Covered in bright white morning rime
Frothy
Topped with a head of foam, like a milky coffee
Fuchs
German word for fox · German
Fudge
A soft brown sweet made from sugar, butter and milk
Fugue
A piece where one theme chases another · Latin
Fuji
The sacred volcano of Japan · big dogs
Fulmar
A grey and white seabird of northern cliffs · Old Norse
Funghi
Italian for mushrooms · Italian
Funk
A groovy, rhythm heavy style of music
Funnel Cake
A fair favourite of fried batter swirls dusted in sugar
Fuoco
Italian for fire, as in con fuoco, with fire · Italian
Furikake
A savoury Japanese seasoning sprinkled over rice · Japanese
Furrow
The trench cut by a plough
Fury
Wild anger, from the Latin furia
Fusion
The joining of atoms that powers the Sun
Fuyu
Means winter in Japanese, for a snowy white dog · Japanese
Fuzzball
A small round ball of fluff · small dogs
Fuzzy Navel
A peach schnapps and orange juice cocktail

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