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Dog names starting with I

Every name in our list that starts with I, for girls, boys and either, with the meaning of each. A name that starts with a hard sound carries further across a park than a soft one.

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Girl names (75)

Ibiza
Balearic island and city off the coast of Spain · Spanish
Ida
Germanic, industrious
Ide
Irish name of a saint, meaning thirst for goodness · Irish
Idella
An elaboration of Ida, work
Idun
Norse goddess who guards the apples of youth · Norse
Ife
Means love in Yoruba · Yoruba
Iga
Polish pet form of Jadwiga · Polish
Igraine
The mother of King Arthur · Welsh
Ikura
Glistening salmon roe served on sushi · Japanese · small dogs
Ilaria
Italian name from Latin hilaris, meaning cheerful · Italian
Illimani
The snowy mountain that watches over La Paz in Bolivia · Aymara
Ilse
German short form of Elisabeth · German
Ilta
Finnish word for evening · Finnish
Imarti
A swirled fried lentil sweet in syrup · Hindi
Imli
Hindi for tamarind · Hindi
Imogen
Steadfast princess in Shakespeare's Cymbeline · Welsh
Impala
An African antelope famous for huge leaps · Zulu
Inanna
Sumerian goddess of love and war · Sumerian
Inbar
Means amber in Hebrew · Hebrew
Inci
Means pearl in Turkish · Turkish
Incir
Turkish for fig · Turkish
India
After the country, named for the River Indus
Indira
Sanskrit, beauty, a name of the goddess Lakshmi · Sanskrit
Indu
A bright drop, the moon · Sanskrit
Ines
Portuguese form of Agnes, a name tied to a famous Portuguese love story · Portuguese
Inez
Spanish form of Agnes, meaning pure · Spanish
Infanta
A Spanish or Portuguese royal daughter · Spanish · small dogs
Inga
Norse name taken from the god Ing · Norse
Ingrid
Norse, fair and beloved · Norse
Iniya
Means sweet in Tamil · Tamil
Injeolmi
A soft rice cake rolled in roasted soybean powder · Korean · small dogs
Injera
The spongy sourdough flatbread of Ethiopia · Amharic
Inky
As black as ink · small dogs
Io
The volcanic innermost large moon of Jupiter · small dogs
Ioanna
Greek feminine form of John · Greek
Iolana
To soar like a hawk · Hawaiian
Iolite
A violet blue gem also called water sapphire · Greek
Iona
Small holy island in the Scottish Hebrides · Scottish
Ione
Greek, violet, a sea nymph in myth · Greek
Ipo
Hawaiian, sweetheart · Hawaiian · small dogs
Irene
Greek name meaning peace · Greek
Irina
Russian form of Irene, peace · Russian
Iris
Greek, rainbow, and the messenger goddess · Greek
Irma
Germanic irmin, whole or great
Irmak
Means river in Turkish · Turkish
Iro
Modern Greek form of Hero · Greek
Isabeau
Medieval French form of Isabel, rare and romantic · French
Isabel
Spanish form of Elizabeth, God is my oath · Spanish
Isabella
Italian form of Elizabeth · Italian
Isabelle
French form of Elizabeth · French
Isabelline
A pale greyish yellow, the colour of parchment · French
Isadora
Greek, gift of Isis, after dancer Isadora Duncan · Greek
Ischia
A volcanic Italian island in the Bay of Naples, known for hot springs · Italian
Iseul
Korean for dew · Korean
Iseult
The Irish princess in the tale of Tristan and Iseult · Old French
Isfahan
A Persian city of tiled domes and gardens · Persian
Ishtar
Mesopotamian goddess of love and war · Mesopotamian
Isis
Egyptian goddess of magic and healing · Egyptian
Iskierka
Polish for a little spark · Polish
Iskra
Russian for spark · Russian
Isla
Scottish, after the isle of Islay
Islay
The whisky island of the Inner Hebrides · Scottish
Isle
A small island, a poetic word
Islet
A very small island · small dogs
Isobel
Scottish form of Isabel · Scottish
Isolde
The Irish princess of the medieval Tristan legend
Ithaca
The island home Odysseus took ten years to reach · Greek
Itsy
As in itsy bitsy, very tiny · small dogs
Itzel
Mayan name meaning rainbow lady · Mayan
Iva
Croatian and Serbian name meaning willow tree · Croatian
Ivory
The creamy white material of an elephant tusk
Ivy
A climbing evergreen plant, long used as a girls name
Ixchel
Mayan goddess of the moon and weaving · Mayan
Izumi
Japanese name meaning fountain or spring of water · Japanese
Izzy
Pet form of Isabel, the Spanish form of Elizabeth

Boy names (55)

Iah
Egyptian god of the moon, from the word for moon · Egyptian
Iain
Scottish form of John · Scottish
Ian
Scottish form of John, God is gracious · Scottish
Ianto
Welsh short form of Ifan · Welsh
Iapetus
Moon of Saturn with one pale side and one dark side
Ibex
A wild mountain goat with great curved horns
Icarus
Greek youth who flew too near the sun · Greek
Ichabod
Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster chased by the Headless Horseman
Idris
Welsh, ardent lord, and a mountain in Snowdonia · Welsh · big dogs
Ifan
Welsh form of John · Welsh
Igel
German for hedgehog · German · small dogs
Iggy
Pet form of Ignatius, Latin for fiery · Latin
Igloo
Fox terrier who travelled to both poles with Admiral Byrd
Ignatius
Roman family name Egnatius, later linked to Latin ignis, fire · Latin
Ignis
Latin for fire · Latin
Igor
Russian form of the Norse name Ingvar · Russian
Ikaika
Means strong in Hawaiian, for a powerful dog · Hawaiian · big dogs
Ike
Short form of Isaac, Hebrew for he will laugh · Hebrew
Ilan
Means tree in Hebrew · Hebrew
Ilios
Greek for sun · Greek
Ilmarinen
The immortal smith of the Kalevala who forged the sky · Finnish
Imhotep
Egyptian architect later honoured as a god · Egyptian
Imp
A small mischievous demon of folklore · small dogs
Inferno
A raging fire · big dogs
Ingleborough
One of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, with a flat top
Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, the French portrait painter · French
Inigo
Spanish name from the Basque Eneko, meaning my little one · Spanish
Innkeeper
Someone who runs an inn
Innsbruck
An alpine city in Austria whose name means bridge over the Inn river · German
Insam
Korean for ginseng · Korean
Inspector
A police officer who leads investigations, or checks things closely
Intef
A king of Thebes who kept named hunting dogs · Ancient Egyptian
Inti
Inca god of the sun · Quechua
Inverness
The capital of the Scottish Highlands, on the River Ness
Invictus
Latin for unconquered · Latin · big dogs
Iolair
Scottish Gaelic for eagle · Scottish
Iolo
Welsh name meaning worthy lord · Welsh
Ira
Hebrew for watchful, one of King David's men · Hebrew
Iron
The strong grey metal that steel is made from · big dogs
Ironbark
A tough Australian eucalypt with hard dark bark
Ironclad
A steam warship protected by iron plates · big dogs
Ironside
A tough, unyielding person, a nickname of old warrior kings
Irvin
Scottish surname, green river · Scottish
Irving
Scottish surname from a place name, green river · Scottish
Isaac
Hebrew name meaning he will laugh · Hebrew
Isamu
Courage, bravery · Japanese
Ishan
The sun, and a ruler · Sanskrit
Ishmael
Narrator of Herman Melville's Moby Dick · Hebrew
Issun
From Issun Boshi, the one inch boy who beat an ogre with a needle · Japanese · small dogs
Itsuki
A standing timber tree · Japanese
Itzamna
The Maya creator god of writing and the sky · Maya
Ivan
Russian form of John, God is gracious · Russian
Ivar
Old Norse Ivarr, possibly from yr, yew or bow, and herr, warrior · Norse · big dogs
Iwan
Welsh form of John · Welsh
Izumrud
Russian for emerald · Russian

Names for either (32)

Ibis
A long billed wading bird of the Nile · Egyptian
Iceberg
A huge floating block of ice, for a big white dog · big dogs
Iceland
A North Atlantic island of glaciers, geysers and volcanoes · Icelandic
Ichi
Means one in Japanese, for a first dog or a number one pal · Japanese
Ichigo
Japanese for strawberry · Japanese
Icicle
A spike of ice hanging from an edge · small dogs
Idaho
A western US state of mountains, rivers and potatoes
Idli
A soft steamed South Indian rice cake · Tamil · small dogs
Iguana
A big green lizard of the tropics · Taino
Iguazu
Thundering waterfalls on the Brazil Argentina border · Spanish
Iiwi
Named after the bright red i'iwi honeycreeper bird of Hawaii · Hawaiian
Iki
Means small in Hawaiian, for a tiny dog · Hawaiian · small dogs
Ilio
Hawaiian for dog · Hawaiian
Imai
A star of the Southern Cross with a Mursi name · Mursi
Imani
Swahili for faith · Swahili
Impasto
Paint laid on so thickly the brush marks stand out · Italian
Inari
Japanese deity of rice whose messengers are foxes · Japanese
Inazuma
Means lightning in Japanese, for a dog who zooms · Japanese
Indiana
A US state name, meaning land of the Indians
Indie
Short for independent, or a nod to India and indigo
Indigo
A deep violet blue dye from the indigo plant · Greek
Ink
The deep black of writing ink
Inkwell
A small pot of ink · small dogs
Inlet
A narrow arm of sea reaching into the land
Inukshuk
A stone landmark built by Inuit people across the Arctic · Inuktitut
Inuvik
An Arctic town in the Northwest Territories · Inuvialuktun
Ion
An atom with an electric charge, from the Greek for going · small dogs
Ionian
The sea between Greece and Italy · Greek
Iridium
A hard precious metal named for the rainbow goddess Iris · Greek
Isik
Means light in Turkish · Turkish
Issa
Kobayashi Issa, the haiku poet who loved small creatures · Japanese · small dogs
Iwiw
The ancient Egyptian word for dog, imitating the sound of a bark · Ancient Egyptian

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