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Dog names starting with G

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Girl names (148)

Gabby
Pet form of Gabrielle, or for a chatty dog who never stops talking
Gabi
A guard dog at Belgrade Zoo who stood up to an escaped jaguar · Serbian
Gabija
The Lithuanian goddess of fire and the home · Lithuanian
Gabriella
Italian form of Gabrielle · Italian
Gabrielle
French name meaning God is my strength · French
Gaenari
Means forsythia in Korean, the bright yellow spring flower · Korean
Gaeul
Korean for autumn · Korean
Gaia
Greek goddess of the earth · Greek
Gala
A sweet red and yellow apple from New Zealand
Galatea
A moon of Neptune named for a sea nymph · Greek
Galena
A heavy, shiny grey lead ore
Galene
Greek word for calm seas · Greek
Galette
A flat round French cake or buckwheat pancake · French
Gali
Means my wave in Hebrew · Hebrew
Galina
Russian name from the Greek for calm · Russian
Galini
Greek for calm, the stillness of a quiet sea · Greek
Galleta
Spanish for biscuit · Spanish
Gamayun
A prophetic bird with a woman's face in Slavic folklore · Slavic
Ganda
Means beauty in Tagalog · Tagalog
Ganga
The sacred river of northern India · Sanskrit
Garda
The largest lake in Italy, ringed by lemon groves · Italian
Gardenia
Waxy white flower with a heavy sweet scent
Garnacha
The Spanish name for the Grenache grape · Spanish
Garnet
A deep red gemstone, from the Latin granatum, pomegranate
Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell, the author of North and South and Cranford
Gauri
The fair one, a name of Parvati · Sanskrit
Gaviota
Spanish for seagull · Spanish
Gavotte
A lively French dance of the Baroque · French
Gazelle
A small fast graceful antelope · Arabic
Gece
Means night in Turkish, for a black dog · Turkish
Gefen
Means grapevine in Hebrew · Hebrew
Gem
A precious stone, for a dog who is a real gem
Gemma
Italian for gem or precious stone · Italian
Genet
A slender spotted cat like animal of Africa · French · small dogs
Geneva
Swiss city on the lake
Genevieve
Patron saint of Paris · French
Genie
Pet form of Eugenie, well born, also a magic spirit
Genmaicha
Green tea mixed with toasted brown rice · Japanese
Genoa
Old seafaring port city in northwest Italy · Italian
Genoise
A light French sponge cake · French
Georgette
French feminine of George, farmer · French
Georgia
Southern US state
Georgiana
Georgiana Darcy, Mr Darcy's shy younger sister
Georgianna
Elaboration of Georgia, farmer
Georgina
Feminine of George, farmer
Geraldine
Feminine form of Gerald, big in the 1920s · German
Geranium
A cottage garden flower named from the Greek for crane · Greek
Gerbera
A big bright daisy from South Africa
Gerd
Old Norse for enclosure, a beautiful giantess who married the god Freyr · Old Norse
Gerda
Norse giantess who married the god Freyr · Norse
Germaine
French feminine of Germanus, brother · French
Gertie
Pet form of Gertrude, spear strength
Gertrude
Germanic name widely used in the early 1900s · German
Ggomi
A Korean nickname meaning little one, for a tiny dog · Korean · small dogs
Ghadir
Means stream in Arabic · Arabic
Ghoncheh
Means flower bud in Persian · Persian
Gia
Short for Gianna · Italian · small dogs
Gianna
Italian short form of Giovanna, God is gracious · Italian
Gidget
A blend of girl and midget, from 1950s surf slang
Giggles
Little bursts of laughter · small dogs
Gigi
French pet name from Georgine · French · small dogs
Gilas
Means cherry in Persian · Persian
Gilda
Devoted daughter in Verdi's Rigoletto · Italian
Gina
Short form of Georgina or Regina · Italian
Ginevra
Italian form of Guinevere, and the Italian name for Geneva · Italian
Gingera
Mount Gingera in the Brindabella Ranges · Ngunnawal
Gingham
A checked cotton fabric of country dresses
Ginjinha
A Portuguese sour cherry liqueur from Lisbon · Portuguese
Ginko
The ginkgo tree, whose leaves turn gold · Japanese
Ginny
Pet form of Virginia, maidenly
Gioia
Italian for joy · Italian
Giorgia
Italian form of Georgia · Italian
Gippeum
Means joy in Korean, for a dog who is pure happiness · Korean
Gisela
German name meaning pledge · German
Giselle
German name meaning pledge · German
Giulia
Italian form of Julia · Italian
Gladiolus
A tall flower named from the Latin for little sword · Latin
Gladys
Welsh, from the name Gwladus · Welsh
Glendalough
A glacial valley in Wicklow with two lakes and an old monastery
Glenna
Feminine of Glenn, valley · Scottish
Glenys
Welsh name meaning pure and holy · Welsh
Glicine
Italian for wisteria, a soft lilac · Italian
Glinda
The Good Witch of the South in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Glisten
To shine with a wet sparkle
Gloria
Latin name meaning glory · Latin
Glory
Great honour and praise
Gocciola
Italian for a little drop · Italian · small dogs
Godiva
Lady Godiva, the Anglo Saxon noblewoman of the famous ride
Gohar
Means jewel or gemstone in Persian · Persian
Goiabada
A Brazilian guava paste · Portuguese
Golbahar
Means spring flower in Persian · Persian
Golda
Yiddish for gold · Yiddish
Goldcrest
Britain's smallest bird, with a golden crown stripe · small dogs
Golde
Means gold in Yiddish · Yiddish
Golden Dream
A creamy orange and vanilla liqueur cocktail
Goldie
From golden, long used for golden coated dogs
Golnar
Means pomegranate flower in Persian · Persian
Golshan
Means rose garden in Persian · Persian
Gonca
Means rosebud in Turkish · Turkish
Gooseberry
A tart green berry from hedgerow bushes
Gordita
A stuffed corn cake, meaning little chubby one · Mexican Spanish
Gorgonzola
A blue veined Italian cheese · Italian
Gosia
Polish pet form of Malgorzata · Polish
Gouldian
The rainbow coloured Gouldian finch of northern Australia
Gozleme
A thin stuffed Turkish flatbread cooked on a griddle · Turkish
Graca
Portuguese for grace · Portuguese
Grace
Latin gratia, grace, a Puritan virtue name · Latin
Gracie
English, grace
Grainne
Possibly from grain, a princess who eloped with Diarmaid · Irish
Granada
Spanish for pomegranate · Spanish
Grania
Heroine of the Fionn stories in Irish legend · Irish
Granita
A Sicilian crushed ice dessert · Italian
Granny Smith
The tart green apple first grown by Maria Ann Smith in the 1860s
Granuaile
Grace O'Malley, the Irish pirate queen of the 16th century · Irish
Grasmere
A Lake District village famous for gingerbread and Wordsworth
Gratia
Latin for grace · Latin
Graviera
A sweet nutty Cretan cheese · Greek
Greengage
A sweet green dessert plum
Greer
Scottish surname from Gregor, meaning watchful · Scottish
Grenache
Warm climate red grape of Spain and the Rhone · Spanish
Grenada
The spice island of the Caribbean, known for nutmeg
Greta
German short form of Margarete · German
Gretchen
German pet form of Margarete · German · small dogs
Gretel
German pet form of Margarete · German · small dogs
Grevillea
Australian shrub with spidery nectar rich flowers · Australian
Grian
Irish for sun · Irish
Griet
Dutch short form of Margriet, meaning pearl · Dutch
Grimalkin
An old word for a grey cat, as in Graymalkin, the first witch's cat in Macbeth
Grizel
Scottish form of Griselda, meaning grey battle · Scottish
Groza
Russian for thunderstorm · Russian
Grulla
A mouse grey horse colour, Spanish for crane · Spanish
Guadalupe
A Texas river and mountain range · Spanish
Guava
Fragrant tropical fruit with pink or white flesh
Gudiya
Means doll in Hindi, a classic affectionate name · Hindi · small dogs
Gudrun
A heroine of the Norse sagas and wife of Sigurd · Old Norse
Guernsey
A golden and white dairy cow from the Channel Islands
Guinevere
Queen of Arthurian legend
Gula
The Sumerian goddess of healing, often shown with a dog at her side · Sumerian
Gula Melaka
Palm sugar from Malaysia · Malay
Gurke
German for cucumber · German
Gussie
Pet form of Augusta, venerable
Gwen
Welsh, white or blessed · Welsh
Gwendolyn
Welsh roots, white ring · Welsh
Gwenllian
Welsh name of a warrior princess · Welsh
Gwenni
Welsh pet form of Gwen, little white one · Welsh
Gwiazdka
Polish for a little star · Polish
Gwyneth
Welsh name meaning blessed · Welsh
Gyeoul
Korean for winter · Korean

Boy names (211)

Gabbro
A dark coarse rock from deep in the Earth · Italian
Gabriel
Hebrew name meaning God is my strength · Hebrew
Gabru
Means a strapping young lad in Punjabi · Punjabi
Gacrux
The red giant star at the top of the Southern Cross
Gad
Hebrew for fortune or luck · Hebrew
Gagan
Means sky in Hindi and Punjabi · Hindi
Gagarin
First person to orbit the Earth · Russian
Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough, the English painter of portraits and landscapes
Gaius
Roman name possibly meaning to rejoice · Latin
Gajah
Means elephant in Indonesian and Malay, for a big dog · Indonesian · big dogs
Galahad
The purest knight of the Round Table, who found the Holy Grail · Old French
Galbi
Korean marinated grilled beef ribs · Korean
Galen
Greek galene, calm, the physician of ancient Rome · Greek
Galileo
Astronomer who found the big moons of Jupiter · Italian
Galleon
A great sailing ship of the old oceans · big dogs
Galloway
A region of southwest Scotland, and a hardy breed of black cattle
Galveston
A Texas island city on the Gulf, known for its seawall
Gamay
The bright red grape of Beaujolais · French
Gambit
The card throwing Cajun of the X Men
Gamekeeper
Someone who looks after the wildlife on a country estate
Gander
Newfoundland who carried a grenade away from Canadian troops · big dogs
Ganymede
Largest moon in the solar system · Greek · big dogs
Garbuz
Ukrainian for pumpkin · Ukrainian
Gareth
A knight of the Round Table · Welsh
Gargantua
A giant from Rabelais' tales, for a truly huge dog · French · big dogs
Gargoyle
A carved stone spout, from the Old French gargouille, throat · French · big dogs
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian unification · Italian
Garland
English surname for a maker of garlands
Garth
Old Norse gardr, enclosure or garden · Old Norse
Gaspar
Portuguese and Spanish form of Jasper, meaning treasurer · Portuguese
Gaspard
French form of Jasper, meaning treasurer · French
Gaston
French, from a Gascon name · French
Gateau
French for cake · French
Gator
Short for alligator · big dogs
Gatsby
The host of the green light and the big parties
Gaucho
Cowboy of the Argentine plains · Spanish
Gaudi
Antoni Gaudi, the architect of the Sagrada Familia · Catalan
Gauguin
Paul Gauguin, the French painter of bold colour · French
Gauntlet
A heavy armoured glove, thrown down as a challenge
Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss, the prince of mathematicians · German
Gautier
French form of Walter, meaning ruler of the army · French
Gavin
Welsh name meaning white hawk · Welsh
Gavroche
The brave street boy of Les Miserables
Gawain
The nephew of King Arthur who faced the Green Knight · Old French
Gazpacho
A cold Spanish tomato soup · Spanish
Geb
The Egyptian god of the earth, often shown with a goose · Egyptian
Geelong
A bayside city in Victoria, home of the Cats footy club
Gehrig
After Lou Gehrig, the New York Yankees great known as the Iron Horse
Geiger
Hans Geiger, the inventor of the clicking radiation counter · German
Gelert
Hound of Welsh legend, mourned too late by Prince Llywelyn · Welsh
Gene
Short form of Eugene, well born
Genghis
Founder of the Mongol empire · Mongolian · big dogs
Genji
Hero of the classic Tale of Genji · Japanese
Geordie
A person from Newcastle upon Tyne
George
Greek Georgios, meaning farmer or earth worker · Greek
Geraint
A knight of the Round Table and husband of Enid · Welsh
Gerard
French form of a Germanic name meaning brave spear · French
Geri
Ravenous, one of the two wolves who sit at Odin's side · Old Norse
Gethin
Welsh name meaning dark skinned · Welsh
Geyser
A hot spring that shoots water and steam into the air, from Icelandic · Icelandic
Ghaith
Means rain in Arabic · Arabic
Ghent
A Belgian city of canals, guild houses and a famous castle · Dutch
Ghillie
Scottish hunting and fishing guide, from Gaelic gille, a lad · Scottish
Giacomo
Italian form of James · Italian
Gianni
Short Italian form of Giovanni, John · Italian
Gibbs
English surname, son of Gilbert
Gibby
Short form of Gilbert, Germanic for bright pledge
Gibor
Means hero or brave in Hebrew · Hebrew
Gibson
English surname meaning son of Gilbert
Gideon
Hebrew for feller or hewer, a judge who led 300 men · Hebrew
Gijs
Dutch short form of Gijsbert, meaning bright pledge · Dutch
Gil
Means joy in Hebrew · Hebrew
Gilbert
Germanic name meaning bright pledge · German
Giles
Greek name meaning young goat · Greek
Gilgamesh
Hero king of the oldest surviving epic poem · Mesopotamian · big dogs
Gilles
French form of Giles, from a Greek word for young goat · French
Gimli
An Icelandic settled town on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba · Old Norse
Ginga
Means galaxy, the Milky Way in Japanese, for a starry dog · Japanese
Gino
Italian pet name ending, as in Luigino · Italian · small dogs
Gio
Short form of Giovanni or Giorgio · Italian
Giorgio
Italian form of George, farmer · Italian
Giorgos
Greek form of George, meaning farmer · Greek
Giotto
The Florentine painter who began the Renaissance · Italian
Giovanni
Italian form of John, God is gracious · Italian
Girassol
Portuguese for sunflower · Portuguese
Giuseppe
Italian form of Joseph, he will add · Italian
Gizmo
For a pup who is all gadget and no off switch
Gladiator
Latin for swordsman, from gladius, sword · Latin · big dogs
Gladius
The short sword of the Roman legions · Latin
Glazier
Someone who fits glass into windows
Gleb
Russian name from Old Norse, meaning heir of God · Russian
Glen
Gaelic for a narrow wooded valley · Gaelic
Glendower
Owen Glendower, the Welsh rebel who could call spirits in Henry IV
Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck, the reformer of opera · German
Glyn
Welsh word for a valley · Welsh
Glyndwr
Owain Glyndwr, the last native Welsh Prince of Wales · Welsh
Gnocchi
Italian potato dumplings · Italian · small dogs
Gnu
A wildebeest, a short and funny name · Khoekhoe
Goatherd
Someone who looks after a flock of goats
Gobbo
Launcelot Gobbo, the clown of The Merchant of Venice
Goblin
Mischievous little creature of European folklore · small dogs
Gochujang
A spicy red Korean chilli paste · Korean
Godfrey
Germanic for God's peace
Goethe
German poet who wrote Faust · German
Gogol
Nikolai Gogol, the Russian author of The Nose · Russian
Golem
A clay giant brought to life in Jewish folklore · Hebrew · big dogs
Goliath
The giant of the biblical duel · big dogs
Golu
Hindi nickname meaning chubby or round, for a plump puppy · Hindi
Gom
Means bear in Korean, for a big fluffy dog · Korean · big dogs
Goncalo
Portuguese name of Visigothic origin meaning battle genius · Portuguese
Gong
A large bronze disc that rings when struck
Gonzalo
The kind old counsellor of The Tempest
Gonzo
Slang for wild or eccentric, from gonzo journalism
Goober
US word for a peanut, from the Kikongo nguba, and slang for a goofball · small dogs
Googly
A cricket ball that spins the opposite way to what the batter expects
Goose
The wingman of Top Gun
Gorae
Means whale in Korean, for a very big dog · Korean · big dogs
Goran
South Slavic name meaning mountain man · Croatian
Gordan
South Slavic name meaning proud · Croatian
Gordo
Spanish for chubby, for a round and much loved dog · Spanish
Gordon
Scottish clan name
Gorg
Means wolf in Persian · Persian
Gorge
A deep narrow valley with steep rocky walls, often cut by a river
Gorilla
The largest living ape · big dogs
Goro
Classic Japanese name for a fifth son, sturdy and friendly · Japanese
Goshawk
A powerful hawk that hunts in woodland · big dogs
Goya
Francisco Goya, the great Spanish painter · Spanish
Grady
Irish surname, Gaelic grada meaning noble · Irish
Graham
Scottish surname meaning gravelly homestead · Scottish
Grange
A country farmhouse with outbuildings
Granit
Russian for granite · Russian
Granite
Hard speckled rock · big dogs
Granizo
Spanish for hail · Spanish
Grant
Norman nickname from grand, large · French · big dogs
Granville
Norman place name, large town · French
Graphite
The soft dark grey carbon in pencils
Gravel
Loose small stones underfoot
Grayson
English surname, son of the steward
Greenhorn
A newcomer who has a lot to learn, for a new pup
Greenwich
A London riverside town where time is measured from
Greg
Short form of Gregory, Greek for watchful · Greek
Gremlin
Imaginary imp that RAF pilots blamed for mechanical faults · small dogs
Grenadier
A tall elite foot soldier · big dogs
Grendel
The monster Beowulf fights in the Old English poem · English · big dogs
Gretzky
After Wayne Gretzky, the ice hockey star known as The Great One
Grieg
Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer of Peer Gynt · Norwegian
Griff
Short form of Griffith, Welsh for strong lord · Welsh
Grigio
Italian for grey, as in Pinot Grigio wine · Italian
Grillo
A white Sicilian grape, also Italian for cricket · Italian
Grim
The church grim, the ghostly black dog of English folklore
Grisha
Russian pet form of Grigoriy · Russian
Grissino
Italian breadstick, for a long skinny dog · Italian
Grit
Courage and staying power, also fine hard grains of stone · big dogs
Grits
Border collie given to Amy Carter at the White House
Grizz
Short for grizzly bear · big dogs
Grizzly
The big brown bear of North America · big dogs
Grocer
A shopkeeper who sells food
Grog
A sailor's drink of watered rum
Grom
Russian for thunder · Russian · big dogs
Grommet
Surfie slang for a young surfer
Gros Morne
A Newfoundland national park of fjords and flat topped mountains · French
Grosbeak
A finch with a big heavy beak
Groucho
The stage name of the comedian Groucho Marx
Groucho Barks
A pun on the comedian Groucho Marx
Groundhog
A burrowing marmot famous for forecasting spring
Grouper
A big heavy reef fish · Portuguese · big dogs
Grouse
Game bird of the heather moors
Grove
A small group of trees, from the Old English graf
Gruff
Short form of the Welsh name Gruffudd · Welsh
Grullo
A smoky mouse grey horse coat with dark points · Spanish
Grumpy
Bad tempered and easily annoyed
Gruyere
A nutty Swiss cheese · French
Gryphon
The Gryphon who dances the Lobster Quadrille in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Guacamole
An avocado dip from the Aztecs · Mexican Spanish
Guajillo
A mild dried red chilli · Mexican Spanish
Guanaco
A wild llama of the Andes and Patagonia · Quechua
Guang
Means light in Mandarin, bright and cheerful · Chinese
Guapo
Spanish for handsome · Spanish
Guardian
A protector, for a loyal watchdog · big dogs
Guerreiro
Portuguese for warrior · Portuguese · big dogs
Guido
Italian form of Guy, wood or wide · Italian
Guillaume
French form of William · French
Gulliver
The traveller in Jonathan Swift's 1726 Gulliver's Travels · big dogs
Gumbo
Louisiana stew
Gumshoe
US slang for a private detective, after quiet rubber soled shoes
Gundagai
A New South Wales town famous for the dog on the tuckerbox statue
Gunmetal
A bronze once used for guns, and the name of a dark blue grey · big dogs
Gunnar
Norse name meaning bold warrior · Norse · big dogs
Gunner
Kelpie whose ears warned Darwin of incoming air raids
Gunpowder
A green tea rolled into tiny pellets
Gunsmoke
The smoke from a fired gun
Gunther
German, battle warrior · German
Guntur
Means thunder in Indonesian · Indonesian
Gunung
Means mountain in Indonesian · Indonesian · big dogs
Gur
Means lion cub in Hebrew · Hebrew
Gus
Short for Angus or Augustus
Gust
A sudden hard rush of wind
Gustav
The name of six kings of Sweden · Swedish
Gustavo
Spanish and Italian form of Gustav, staff of the Goths · Spanish
Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg, who brought the printing press to Europe · German
Guto
Welsh pet form of Gruffudd · Welsh
Guvnor
British slang for the boss
Guy
Germanic for wood or wide, now simply a fellow
Gwendal
Breton name meaning white blessed brow · Breton
Gwilym
Welsh form of William · Welsh
Gwydion
Magician and trickster of Welsh myth · Welsh
Gwyn
Welsh for white or blessed, king of the Otherworld and leader of the Wild Hunt · Welsh
Gwynfor
Welsh name meaning fair lord · Welsh
Gyokuro
A prized Japanese green tea grown in the shade · Japanese
Gyro
Short for gyroscope, a spinning top that keeps its balance
Gyros
Greek meat cooked on a turning spit · Greek

Names for either (150)

Gadwall
A grey brown dabbling duck
Gadzooks
An old fashioned cry of surprise
Gal
Means wave in Hebrew · Hebrew
Galah
A pink and grey cockatoo, and Aussie slang for a silly person · Yuwaalaraay
Galangal
Peppery root related to ginger, used in Thai curries · Thai
Galapagos
Pacific islands of giant tortoises and finches · Spanish
Galaxy
A vast system of stars, from the Greek gala, milk · big dogs
Gale
A strong sustained wind
Galiano
A quiet Gulf Island of British Columbia · Spanish
Galle
A walled fort town on the south coast of Sri Lanka · Sinhala
Galway
City and county on the west coast · Irish
Gam Gwat
Cantonese for kumquat, the little golden citrus of good luck · Cantonese · small dogs
Gamja
Means potato in Korean, for a round, cuddly couch potato · Korean
Gamma
The third Greek letter, and a kind of powerful ray · Greek
Ganache
Glossy mix of chocolate and cream · French
Gangaji
Means puppy in Korean · Korean
Ganges
Great sacred river of northern India · Hindi
Ganjeshk
Means sparrow in Persian · Persian · small dogs
Gannet
A seabird that dives hard, also a greedy eater
Gaon
The centre of the world · Korean
Garam
The warming half of garam masala, the word means hot · Hindi
Gaspe
A rugged peninsula of Quebec reaching into the Gulf of St Lawrence · Mikmaq
Gavazn
Means deer in Persian · Persian
Gavi
A crisp white wine from Piedmont · Italian
Geal
Irish for bright or white · Irish
Gecko
A small lizard that climbs walls · Malay · small dogs
Gelato
Italian churned ice cream · Italian
Gemelli
Twisted pasta, its name means twins · Italian
Gemini
The twins constellation, and an early space programme
Genki
Means lively and full of energy in Japanese · Japanese
Gentian
A mountain flower of deep true blue
Geode
A plain looking stone full of crystals
Georgie
Pet form of George or Georgina
Gesso
The chalky white primer painted onto a canvas before the picture · Italian
Ggul
Means honey in Korean, for a sweet, golden cuddler · Korean
Gherkin
A small pickled cucumber, from the Dutch gurkkijn · small dogs
Ghevar
A honeycomb disc of fried flour soaked in syrup · Hindi
Ghost
A pale figure, used for dogs with a white, silent coat
Ghoul
A grave haunting spirit of Arabic folklore · Arabic
Giang
Means river in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Gibbon
A small ape that swings through the trees and sings · French
Gibbous
The bulging shape of the Moon between half and full · Latin
Giddyup
What a rider says to get the horse moving
Gidgee
A tough outback wattle tree with very hard wood
Giga
From the Greek for giant, a billion of something · Greek · big dogs
Gigglepaws
A dog who makes everyone laugh
Gili
Means my joy in Hebrew · Hebrew
Gilt
A thin layer of gold
Gimbap
Korean rice and vegetables rolled in seaweed · Korean
Gimlet
A gin and lime cocktail
Gin
A spirit flavoured with juniper, from the Dutch genever
Gin Fizz
A frothy gin, lemon and soda cocktail
Ginan
A star of the Southern Cross named by the Wardaman people · Wardaman
Ginger
Hot fragrant root used in baking and curries
Ginger Nut
A crunchy ginger biscuit · small dogs
Gingerbread
Spiced ginger biscuit baked into houses and little men at Christmas
Ginkgo
Ancient tree with fan shaped leaves that turn gold · Japanese
Giocoso
Italian for playful and merry · Italian
Giraffe
The tallest animal, with a patched coat · big dogs
Giza
Home of the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx · Egyptian
Glacier
A slow river of mountain ice · big dogs
Glade
An open sunny space in a wood
Glasgow
Largest city in Scotland · Scottish
Glastonbury
A Somerset town of legend, tor and festival
Glaze
The glassy coating fired onto pottery
Gleam
A soft bright glow
Glencoe
A steep sided glen under Scottish peaks · Scottish
Glimmer
A faint wavering light through cloud
Glitch
A small sudden fault, from the Yiddish glitsh, a slip · small dogs
Gloaming
An old Scots word for evening twilight · Scottish
Globetrotter
Someone who travels all over the world
Glockenspiel
German for bell play, a set of tuned metal bars · German
Glogg
Swedish spiced mulled wine · Swedish
Glow
A steady warm light
Glowworm
A beetle whose females give off a soft green glow · small dogs
Gluon
The particle that glues quarks together, for a dog who sticks close · small dogs
Glyko
Greek for sweet · Greek
Gnarly
Surfer slang for extreme or rad
Gneiss
A banded rock made under great heat, said nice, for a very nice dog · German
Goa
Coastal state on the west of India · Hindi
Goalie
The player who guards the goal · big dogs
Goanna
An Australian monitor lizard
Gobbledygook
Nonsense talk, for a dog with a lot to say
Gobi
The great cold desert of Mongolia and northern China · Mongolian
Gobsmacked
British slang for utterly astonished
Gobstopper
A hard jawbreaker sweet that changes colour as you suck it · small dogs
Goby
A tiny fish of rock pools and reefs · small dogs
Godwit
A long billed wader that flies nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand
Gogo
Always on the move
Goguma
Korean for sweet potato, roasted on street carts in winter · Korean
Goji
A small red berry dried and eaten as a snack · Chinese · small dogs
Gold
The precious yellow metal, for a golden dog
Golden
The colour of gold, a natural fit for a golden coat
Golden Monkey
A golden tipped Chinese black tea · Chinese
Goldeneye
A diving duck with bright golden eyes
Goldenrod
A tall wildflower with plumes of golden yellow
Goldfinch
A finch with gold flashes across its wings · small dogs
Goma
Means sesame in Japanese, for a small speckled pup · Japanese · small dogs
Goofball
A silly, fun loving character
Gordi
Spanish nickname for a chubby little one · Spanish
Gorp
American hiker slang for trail mix
Gorse
Spiny yellow shrub that smells of coconut in the sun
Gosling
A fluffy baby goose · small dogs
Gospel
Joyful choral music of the church · English
Gotham
The city of the caped crusader · big dogs
Gouache
An opaque watercolour paint
Gouda
Mellow Dutch cheese named after the town of Gouda · Dutch
Goulash
Hungarian paprika stew of beef and onions · Hungarian
Gower
Peninsula on the south Welsh coast · Welsh
Gozinaki
A walnut and honey brittle for New Year · Georgian
Gozo
Malta's quieter sister island, known for farms and dive spots · Maltese
Grackle
A glossy black American songbird
Grampians
Rugged sandstone ranges in western Victoria
Grand Slam
Winning all four major titles in a year, or a home run with the bases loaded
Granola
Baked oats, nuts and honey eaten at breakfast
Grapefruit
A large tangy citrus fruit
Grappa
An Italian grape brandy · Italian
Grasshopper
A minty green after dinner cocktail
Graupel
Soft little pellets of snow, a German word · German · small dogs
Gravy
A brown sauce made from meat juices
Grayling
A silver freshwater fish with a big sail fin
Grazie
Italian for thank you · Italian
Grebe
A diving water bird with lobed feet
Green
The colour of grass and leaves
Greenstone
Another name for New Zealand jade
Grey
The plain colour of ash and cloud
Greylag
The grey goose that is the ancestor of farmyard geese
Griffin
Eagle headed lion of medieval heraldry · big dogs
Gris
French for grey · French
Grissini
Thin crisp Italian breadsticks · Italian
Grizzle
A grey or roan mix of light and dark hairs
Groove
The feel of a rhythm that makes you move
Grotto
A small picturesque cave · Italian
Grus
The crane, a constellation of the southern sky · Latin
Guddu
A Hindi nickname for an innocent, sweet child · Hindi
Guksu
Means noodles in Korean, for a long, wiggly dog · Korean
Gulab
Hindi for rose · Hindi
Gull
A seabird of every coast
Gully
A channel cut into the land by running water
Gumboot
Rubber boot, as they say in Australia and New Zealand
Gumdrop
A small, chewy, sugar coated sweet · small dogs
Gumus
Means silver in Turkish · Turkish
Gundog
A dog bred to find and retrieve game
Gunes
Means sun in Turkish · Turkish
Guoguo
Means fruit fruit in Mandarin, bright and bouncy · Chinese
Guppy
A tiny bright fish of warm shallow water · small dogs
Gureum
Korean for cloud · Korean
Gyeol
Means grain or texture in Korean, calm and mature · Korean
Gyoza
Japanese pan fried dumpling with a crisp base · Japanese · small dogs
Gyul
Means mandarin orange in Korean, for a bright orange dog · Korean

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