A shortbread filled with dates or nuts · Arabic
Means rain in Tamil · Tamil
Egyptian goddess of truth and balance · Egyptian
Means spring of water in Hebrew · Hebrew
A small moon of Uranus named after Queen Mab of the fairies
Welsh form of Mabel, meaning lovable · Welsh
A soft jelly like coconut, made into sweets · Filipino
A chewy coconut biscuit, not to be confused with the macaron · small dogs
Irish goddess linked to horses and battle · Irish
Dorothea Mackellar, the Australian poet of My Country
Scottish surname, son of the fair one · Scottish
English surname from a French place, Matthew's estate · French
A grand and very fluffy lady
Pet form of Madeline, from Magdalene, a woman of Magdala
Fortified wine from a Portuguese island · Portuguese
Small shell shaped French sponge cake · French · small dogs
French form of Magdalene, woman of Magdala · French
Pet form of Margaret, pearl
Sanskrit for honey · Sanskrit
English surname, son of Maud
Old form of May, the spring month
Irish, she who intoxicates, a legendary queen of Connacht · Irish
Italian form of Matilda, mighty in battle · Italian
A vivid purple pink named after a town in Italy · Italian
Short for Margaret, pearl
A long Italian lake with island palace gardens · Italian
An ancient flowering tree
Means oryx in Arabic, a symbol of beauty in Arabic poetry · Arabic
Great queen in the courts of India · Sanskrit
Hawaiian for the moon · Hawaiian
Means like the moon in Persian · Persian
Means moonlight in Persian · Persian
Means moon-like in Persian · Persian
Means water in Arabic · Arabic
Eldest of the Pleiades sisters in Greek myth · Greek
The fragrant vine woven into leis · Hawaiian
Welsh form of Mary · Welsh
Scottish Gaelic form of Mary · Scottish
Scottish pet form of Margaret
Basque name meaning beloved · Spanish
Breton name joining Mai and gwenn, white and blessed · Breton
Scandinavian and Slavic form of Maria or Maia · Swedish
Bright tin glazed Italian pottery · Italian
A sunny Spanish island in the Mediterranean · Spanish
Hawaiian name meaning heavenly eyes · Hawaiian
Means precious or cherished in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
The Ethiopian name of the Queen of Sheba · Amharic
A historic port city in Malaysia on the busy Strait of Malacca · Malay
Sunny port city on the south coast of Spain · Spanish
Swahili for angel · Swahili
A sugar coated doughnut from Portugal, beloved in Hawaii · Portuguese
Means flower, often jasmine, in Thai · Thai
Hawaiian form of Maria · Hawaiian
Means calm or serene in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
A deep blue lake in Jasper National Park · French
Arabic for queen · Arabic
Slovak, Czech and Polish for raspberry · Slovak
A coastal town in Kenya known for coral reefs and white sand · Swahili
Means queen in Hebrew · Hebrew
Pet form of Mary or Mallory
Means jasmine in Kannada · Kannada
Norman surname, unlucky, a playful twist for a lucky dog · French
A sweet Indian pancake soaked in syrup · Hindi
A small sunny island nation in the Mediterranean, home of the Maltese dog · Maltese · small dogs
Means peace or peaceful in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Spanish for mallow, a soft mauve · Spanish
An ancient family of Mediterranean grapes · Italian
Coined in Ossian's poems, perhaps smooth brow · Scottish
Russian for little one, a Soviet space dog of 1955 · Russian · small dogs
A fond name for a mother dog or a motherly one
Victorian pet form of Mary or Margaret
A Levantine flatbread topped with herbs or cheese · Arabic
Means lighthouse or beacon in Arabic · Arabic
A small easy peeling citrus fruit
A small stringed instrument, from the Italian mandolino
Pet form of Amanda, Latin for lovable · Latin
Malay for mangosteen · Malay
The queen of fruits, purple outside and white within · Malay
Capital city of the Philippines
Means sweet in Malay and Indonesian · Malay
A Canadian prairie province of wheat fields and thousands of lakes · Cree
French pet form of Marie · French
Finnish for strawberry · Finnish
Spanish form of Emmanuelle · Spanish
A New Zealand tea tree whose flowers give a famous honey · Maori
A delicate dry sherry, also Spanish for chamomile · Spanish
A red barked shrub of California, Spanish for little apple · Spanish
A broad leaved tree known for red autumn colour
Hebrew for bitter, a name Naomi took in the Book of Ruth · Hebrew
A rattle filled with seeds, shaken in pairs · Spanish
A sour cherry preserved in syrup, the bright cherry on top
A pale brassy mineral, the name given to small sparkling stones in old jewellery
Italian name from the Roman family Marcellus · Italian
The wife or the equal of a marquis · French
Spanish and Italian for tide · Spanish
A Shetland word for the glow of the sea at night · Scots
German and Danish name from Latin for of the sea · German
Portuguese for the salty sea breeze · Portuguese
A small West Texas art town famous for mystery lights
Means pearl in Hebrew · Hebrew
Greek name meaning pearl · Greek
Portuguese for daisy · Portuguese
A tequila and lime cocktail, Spanish for daisy · Spanish
French form of Margaret, pearl, after the Bordeaux wine region · French
Short form of Margaret, pearl, a comfortable old name
Pet form of Margaret, pearl
French pet form of Marguerite, pearl or daisy · French
French pet form of Marguerite · French
Margaret I of Denmark, who united three Nordic kingdoms · Danish
French word for a daisy · French
A ball, also truth and reason · Japanese
Spanish form of Mary · Spanish
Figure who stands for the French republic · French
French form of Mary · French
Italian diminutive of Maria · Italian
A bright orange garden flower, from Mary and gold
A percussion instrument of tuned wooden bars · Bantu
A sheltered mooring for boats
A dark blackberry bred in Oregon
Spanish for butterfly · Spanish
Spanish name joining the sea and the sun · Spanish
Means coral in Persian · Persian
A sweeter cousin of oregano
Medieval English name revived around 1920 · English
Form of Marlene, Mary Magdalene
German blend of Maria and Magdalene · German
The loving mother of the March sisters in Little Women
Scottish form of Marina, of the sea · Scottish
A rolled crisp crepe from Yucatan · Mexican Spanish
Scottish Gaelic form of Marjory · Scottish
A soft, spongy white sweet · small dogs
Form of Martha, Aramaic for lady · Aramaic
Aramaic name meaning lady of the house · Aramaic
Feminine of Martin, from Mars · Latin
A French Caribbean island with a volcano and flower gardens · French
An African fruit beloved by elephants
A Filipino banana fritter · Filipino
Hebrew Miriam, of uncertain meaning, perhaps beloved · Hebrew
A blend of Mary and Belle
A rich Italian cream cheese used in tiramisu · Italian
Russian pet form of Mariya, Mary · Russian
A liqueur flavoured with mastic resin from Chios · Greek
French form of Matilda, meaning strength in battle · French
From the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda
A senior woman in charge, from the Latin matrona
Russian nesting doll · Russian · small dogs
Pet form of Martha or Matilda
Means flowers in Swahili · Swahili
German name meaning mighty in battle · German
Medieval form of Matilda, big around 1900 · English
Pet form of Maud, a medieval form of Matilda
Irish form of Mary · Irish
German for little mouse · German · small dogs
A pale purple, French for mallow · French
An old English word for the song thrush
A sweet Greek red wine, meaning black laurel · Greek
Means rose in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian
Feminine of Max, the greatest · Latin
The month of May, named for the Roman goddess Maia · Latin
Used in several languages, including Sanskrit and Hebrew
A small pink blossom of spring, also the name of a famous ship
Means gentle or modest in Tagalog · Tagalog
A playful spelling of Maisie, pearl
Pet form of Margaret, pearl
Means milk in Swahili, for a creamy white dog · Swahili
A lively Polish folk dance · Polish
The thumb piano of the Shona people of Zimbabwe · Shona
A field of grass and wild flowers
A yellow breasted songbird of prairies and farmland
A frothy cream flower of damp meadows
Russian for dream · Russian
Sorceress of Greek legend who helped Jason · Greek
Welsh for September and harvest · Welsh
Snake haired figure of Greek myth · Greek
Sanskrit for fish, and Arabic for harbour · Sanskrit
After Meerabai, a 16th century devotional poet · Hindi
Short form of Margaret, Greek for pearl, a long standing sheepdog name
Welsh pet form of Margaret · Welsh
Sanskrit for cloud · Sanskrit
Chinese for beautiful, or for the Chinese plum · Chinese
La Meije, a jagged peak of the French Alps · French
Means little sister in Mandarin, a sweet nickname · Chinese
Means dewdrop in Hebrew · Hebrew
Lise Meitner, the Austrian physicist who explained nuclear fission · German
Portuguese for honey · Portuguese
The paperbark tea tree of Australia · Greek
From the Greek melaina, black or dark · Greek
A black garnet, from the Greek melas, black · Greek
Means jasmine in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian
After the Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba
The capital of Victoria, known for laneway coffee and four seasons in a day
Hawaiian for song or chant · Hawaiian
Greek word for honey · Greek
Greek word for honey bee · Greek
A small keyboard you blow into
A tune, from the Greek melodia, singing
A coffee sweetened with honey and cocoa
Means violet, the flower, in Turkish · Turkish
Chinese for dream · Chinese
A quiet Spanish island of coves and stone villages · Spanish
Means coral in Turkish · Turkish
Compassion and kindness, a Puritan virtue name
Dutch for blackbird, also a Dutch girls name · Dutch
An Old Kingdom queen of Egypt, her name means she loves life · Ancient Egyptian
Finnish for sea · Finnish
Colonial city in the Yucatan of Mexico · Spanish
Whipped egg white and sugar baked until crisp · French
A sea maiden with a fish's tail from folklore
One of the first queens of Egypt, perhaps a ruler in her own right · Ancient Egyptian
One of the seven sisters in the Pleiades
An Irish mermaid of folklore · Irish
Name of an early Cornish saint · Cornish
Form of Muriel, Irish for bright sea · Irish
Spanish for a flat topped steep sided hill · Spanish
The innermost moon of Jupiter, named for the Titan of wisdom · Greek
The Aztec goddess of the moon · Nahuatl
Scottish Gaelic form of Mary · Scottish
Italian and Scandinavian short form of Maria · small dogs
A glittery mineral that peels into thin sheets · Latin
Pet form of Margaret, and a tiny flying insect · small dogs
Japanese for green · Japanese
Dutch pet form of Maria · Dutch
Spanish for honey · Spanish
Italian for honey · Italian
The Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt · Finnish
Dutch pet form of Maria · Dutch
Beautiful fragrance · Japanese
The Japanese mandarin orange · Japanese · small dogs
Means quick or nimble in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
From the Slavic for gracious or dear · Russian
Spanish for miracle · Spanish
Old English, gentle strength
Serbian name meaning gracious · Serbian
A girl who milks the cows
Germanic amal and swintha, strong worker
Short for Millicent or Amelia
French pet form of Marie · French · small dogs
A round bright orange cheese from Lille · French
Orange juice drink named after the yellow blossom
Short form of Wilhelmina, and Persian for blue glass · German
Pet form of Melinda, sweet and gentle
The Roman goddess of wisdom and crafts · Latin
Small, for the tiniest member of the family · small dogs
An old word for a small, dainty creature · small dogs
Polish pet form of Wilhelmina, resolute protector · Polish
German pet form of Wilhelmina, also Old German for love · German
Short form of Wilhelmina, popular in 1900 · English · small dogs
One of the three stars in Orion's belt
An elegant dance in three time · French
Slavic for peace, Latin for wonderful · Slavic
Small golden French plum · French
Latin for wonderful and astonishing · Latin
Korean for the future · Korean
A shimmering illusion seen in the desert heat · French
From the Latin mirandus, admirable, coined by Shakespeare
Means chilli pepper in Hindi, for a fiery little dog · Hindi
Italian form of Mireille, meaning to admire · Italian
Luganda for peace · Luganda
Hebrew name linked to wished for child · Hebrew
A sweet Japanese rice wine used in cooking · Japanese
Means apricot in Arabic, for an apricot coloured dog · Arabic
Means sweet in Bengali, for a sweet-natured dog · Bengali
A Montana river town where five valleys meet
Old fashioned affectionate name for a female dog
Covered in mist, used for soft grey and silver coats
Means sweet in Hindi and Sindhi · Hindi
German pet form of Maria · German · small dogs
A feathery Japanese mustard green · Japanese
Polynesian, ocean · Hawaiian
Means fragrant breeze in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Coffee blended with chocolate, named after a Yemeni port
Japanese pounded rice cake
A Chinese name meaning free of sadness · Chinese
An Italian city known for balsamic vinegar and fast red cars · Italian
Means jasmine in Marathi · Marathi
Means to bloom or unfold in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Irish form of Mary, tied to the idea of fate · Irish
Slavic earth goddess who spins and weaves · Slavic
Russian for lightning · Russian
Hawaiian for pearl · Hawaiian
Japanese maple leaf in its red autumn colour · Japanese
Japanese, peach · Japanese · small dogs
Means sweet or plump in Hawaiian, for a cuddly dog · Hawaiian
Irish Muadhnait, noble, and the subject of the Mona Lisa · Irish
Crisp wafers sandwiching sweet bean jam · Japanese · small dogs
Latin name meaning adviser · Latin
Means I am lucky in Yoruba · Yoruba
The big split leaved Swiss cheese plant · Latin
A rainbow made by moonlight
A white flower that opens at night
The silver light of the Moon
A heart shaped island near Tahiti; the name means yellow lizard · Tahitian
A black water bird with a red bill
An old pet name for a small child · small dogs
Scottish name meaning great · Scottish
Slavic goddess of winter and frozen fields · Slavic
Spanish for dark haired or brown · Spanish
A Welsh word for a coastal marsh or sea meadow · Welsh
A form of Morgan le Fay, the enchantress of Arthurian legend · Old French
A peachy pink form of the mineral beryl · English
Berthe Morisot, a founding painter of Impressionism · French
Irish battle goddess who took the shape of a crow · Irish
A large smooth Bologna sausage · Italian
Means pearl in Persian · Persian
Western Highland region whose Gaelic name means the big gap · Scottish
Cornish and Welsh name meaning maiden · Cornish
A baked Greek dish of aubergine, meat and bechamel · Greek
American slang for courage and spirit
An American name from Moselle, the French river, or Moses · French
A soft white Italian cheese · Italian
Ukrainian for dream · Ukrainian
Means rain in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
A small round baked cake, from the Old French moufflet, soft · small dogs
Traditional name for a small, fluffy coated dog · small dogs
Scottish name meaning sea bright · Scottish
Irish name meaning sea white · Irish
Means rainbow in Korean · Korean
Dark sweet berry that grows on a spreading tree
Mumtaz Mahal, the empress for whom the Taj Mahal was built · Persian
Spanish for doll · Spanish · small dogs
Japanese for purple · Japanese
Celtic name meaning bright sea · Irish
The Greek goddesses of the arts, and anyone who inspires an artist
Lively singer in Puccini's La Boheme · Italian
Ontario's cottage country of lakes, granite and pines · Ojibwe
Finnish for bilberry · Finnish
Egyptian mother goddess, her name means mother · Egyptian
Means pearl in Tamil · Tamil
Means rain in Swahili · Swahili
Means moon in Swahili · Swahili
Welsh name meaning my darling · Welsh
Feminine of Milo, perhaps soldier or merciful
Coined by the poet Fulke Greville, perhaps from Latin myrrh
Irish Muirne, beloved or festive · Irish
Fragrant resin, one of the three gifts of the wise men
French for bilberry · French
An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean
Polish for little mouse · Polish · small dogs
Welsh god of youth and hunting · Welsh
Means blessed or happy in Arabic, also used for congratulations · Arabic
Gaelic for son, short for any Mac surname · Scottish
Real king of Scotland in the eleventh century · Scottish
Scottish thane who confronts Macbeth · Scottish
Ernst Mach, whose name measures the speed of sound · German
Spanish for male, now English for showy toughness · Spanish
An old slang word for a strong man
A river, harbour and lake named after an early governor of New South Wales
Welsh form of Maximus · Welsh
Scottish Gaelic for wolf · Scottish
Welsh surname, from Madog, fortunate · Welsh
Italian for majestic · Italian · big dogs
Title of respect for a great conductor · Italian
Spacecraft that mapped the surface of Venus
Molten rock beneath the Earth's crust · big dogs
Old Norse for strength, the mighty son of Thor · Old Norse · big dogs
Latin for great, also a wine bottle twice the usual size · Latin · big dogs
Latin taken into Scandinavian use, great · Norse · big dogs
Rene Magritte, the Belgian surrealist of bowler hats and apples · French
Escaped convict benefactor in Great Expectations · English
Great king in the courts of India · Sanskrit · big dogs
Gustav Mahler, the composer of vast symphonies · German
Means friend of the moon in Persian · Persian
A pale strong lager brewed for May · German
German shepherd, the first shelter dog in the White House · big dogs
Hawaiian for toward the sea · Hawaiian
A high pyramid shaped Himalayan peak · big dogs
Dwarf planet out in the Kuiper belt
Means dashing or handsome in Tagalog · Tagalog
The fastest shark in the sea · Maori
Hawaiian, fearless · Hawaiian · big dogs
Hebrew for my messenger · Hebrew
Name of two medieval Irish kings · Irish
Form of Malachi, Hebrew for my messenger · Hebrew
Dark red grape now most at home in Argentina · French
The name of four kings of Scotland · Scottish
Belgian Malinois decorated after an assault in Kabul
The common wild duck with a green head
Multi stemmed eucalypt of dry inland Australia
Stern steward in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night · Italian
Russian for little one or baby · Russian · small dogs
A lively Cuban dance and rhythm · Spanish
A high Sierra peak buried in deep snow · big dogs
To protect, to guard · Japanese · big dogs
The Irish god of the sea who rode a chariot over the waves · Irish
The eighth highest mountain, Sanskrit for mountain of the spirit · Sanskrit · big dogs
A firm sheep's milk cheese from La Mancha · Spanish
A Hungarian rescue dog who found a little girl after the 1999 Izmit earthquake · Hungarian
Means strength or power in Zulu · Zulu
Plant with a forked root that legend says screams when pulled up
Edouard Manet, the French painter who paved the way for Impressionism · French
German name meaning man of peace · German
A whiskey and vermouth cocktail with a cherry
The Norse god who drives the moon across the night sky · Old Norse
A Sydney beach suburb reached by ferry, named for the manly look of the locals
Pet form of Manuel or Emmanuel, Hebrew for God is with us · Spanish
Means shark in Hawaiian, for a fearless swimmer · Hawaiian
Greek form of Emmanuel · Greek
Spanish pet form of Manuel, God is with us · Spanish
A soft creamy Greek whey cheese · Greek
The title of the emperors of Mali · Mandinka
The fabulously rich emperor of Mali · Mandinka
Means a light in Hebrew · Hebrew
A raider who roams in search of plunder
French form of the Roman Marcellus · French
Italian form of Marcellus, little warrior · Italian
Latin, little warrior, from Marcus · Latin
After Rocky Marciano, the heavyweight boxing champion who never lost a fight · Italian
Italian form of Marcus · Italian
The Venetian merchant who travelled to China · Italian
Guglielmo Marconi, the pioneer of radio · Italian
Latin name meaning of Mars · Latin
Chief god of Babylon who slew the sea dragon · Babylonian · big dogs
Spanish for a dark charcoal grey · Spanish
A German noble who guarded a border march · German
Means coral in Swahili · Swahili
The young student who loves Cosette in Les Miserables
English form of Marcus, from Mars, the Roman god of war · Latin
Greek form of Mark · Greek
A big billfish of warm seas · big dogs
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from French Marc or Merlin · French
An English surname, borne by the playwright Christopher Marlowe
A noble rank between a duke and an earl
A noble ranking above an earl · French
French for chestnut, as in candied marron glace · French
Soft wet ground at the edge of water
A high ranking officer, from the Old German marah, horse
A stuffed pan fried bread sold by Indonesian street vendors · Malay
Portuguese form of Martin · Portuguese
Latin Martinus, from Mars, the Roman god of war · Latin
The time travelling teenager of Back to the Future
Welsh Merfyn, from an old word for marrow or sea hill · Welsh
An amber lager brewed in March · German
A rich, mild Thai curry with peanuts and potato · Thai
A compact block of mountains · French · big dogs
Italian for greatest · Italian · big dogs
The giant, gentle guard dog breed · big dogs
An ancient woolly cousin of the elephant · big dogs
Spanish bullfighter · Spanish
Black pine, a native conifer of New Zealand · Maori
Spanish form of Matthew · Spanish
Henri Matisse, the French master of colour and paper cut outs · French
Means pine tree in Japanese, a symbol of long life · Japanese
A prized autumn pine mushroom · Japanese
The pyramid peak above Zermatt · big dogs
German form of Matthew · German
Means mountain in Hawaiian, for a big dog · Hawaiian · big dogs
Te reo Maori for mountain · Maori · big dogs
Latin name meaning dark skinned · Latin
American English, an unbranded calf, so an independent sort
Douglas Mawson, the Australian Antarctic explorer
Short for Maximilian, a long running number one for male dogs
Latin Maximus with Aemilianus, the greatest · Latin
Spanish form of Maximus, the greatest · Spanish
Latin for greatest · Latin · big dogs
Scottish surname, Mack's stream · Scottish
Germanic magin and hard, strong and brave
The head of a town, for a dog who runs the street
Means rain clouds in Arabic · Arabic
A tangy red Canadian apple
A ball of minced meat, used for round, sturdy dogs
Minced meat baked in the shape of a loaf · big dogs
Croatian and Serbian for bear, a pet word for a teddy · Croatian
Russian for bear · Russian · big dogs
Czech for little bear · Czech
Means cloud in Sanskrit and Hindi · Sanskrit
The Emperor Meiji, who opened Japan to the modern world · Japanese
One of the three wise men who brought gifts to the infant Jesus
Short and soft, from mellow or from Carmelo
Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick · Scottish
Scottish surname, perhaps from Malvin, smooth brow · Scottish
Spanish quince paste, served with cheese · Spanish
Spanish pet form of Guillermo, William · Spanish
Tennessee home of the blues
Gregor Mendel, the monk who discovered how traits pass down through peas · German
Menelik II, the emperor of Ethiopia who won at Adwa · Amharic
The legendary first king to unite Egypt, his name means he who endures · Ancient Egyptian
Means he is a shepherd, an ancient Egyptian working dog's name · Ancient Egyptian
The pharaoh who built the third pyramid at Giza · Ancient Egyptian
The wise friend who guided Telemachus, giving us the word mentor · Greek
One of the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper · Arabic
A dealer in fine fabrics like silk
The smallest planet and the fastest Roman god · Roman · small dogs
Quick witted friend of Romeo in Shakespeare's play · Italian
The wizard of Arthurian legend, from the Welsh Myrddin
English surname from Muriel, bright sea
English place name, boundary gate
English place name, lake town
After Lionel Messi, the Argentine footballer who won the 2022 World Cup · small dogs
Said in Genesis to have lived 969 years, Hebrew for man of the dart · Hebrew
An agave spirit from Oaxaca · Mexican Spanish
Italian for half or middle · Italian
Hebrew for who is like God, an Old Testament prophet · Hebrew
Ever hopeful friend in David Copperfield · English
Hebrew for who is like God, the archangel · Hebrew
The Renaissance master of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and the statue of David · Italian
Italian for kitty, a soft pet name · Italian
Greyhound who won the English Greyhound Derby twice
The king of Greek myth whose touch turned things to gold · Greek
Polish name of the first ruler of Poland · Polish
French for cute or sweet · French · small dogs
Spanish form of Michael, who is like God · Spanish
Short form of Michael, Hebrew for who is like God
Pet form of Michael, Hebrew for who is like God
The Italian name for Milan, the city of fashion and design · Italian
Latin name meaning soldier · Latin
After Milford Sound, the famous fiord in New Zealand
The early morning milk deliverer
English occupational surname for a mill keeper
Latin roots, consistently in the global top ten
French pet name, from Emile or Marie Louise · French
English place name, mill town, after the poet John Milton
A cratered moon of Saturn · Greek
Norse keeper of the well of wisdom · Norse
Japanese for harbour · Japanese
Scottish surname, after jazz bassist Charles Mingus · Scottish
Means bright or clever in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Clever and brave · Korean
Legendary king of Crete · Greek
Bull headed creature at the centre of the Greek labyrinth · Greek · big dogs
A travelling medieval singer
An old Korean word for dragon · Korean
Spanish for blackbird · Spanish
Italian for blueberry · Italian
A Persian title for a prince · Persian
The herald star in the Great Dog, rising before Sirius · Arabic
Russian pet form of Mikhail, who is like God · Russian
Polish pet name meaning teddy bear, from mis, bear · Polish
Japanese fermented soybean paste
A formal title, funny for a scruffy little dog
The cold north wind of southern France · French
English surname, a medieval form of Michael
Mitre Peak, the pointed mountain rising from Milford Sound
Russian pet form of Dmitriy · Russian
Double star in the handle of the Plough
The hammer of Thor, for a dog who hits like thunder · Old Norse · big dogs
A Utah desert town of red rock arches and slickrock trails
After Moby Dick, the great white whale of Melville's novel · big dogs
Amedeo Modigliani, the painter of long, elegant faces · Italian
Short form of Morris or Moses, a cheerful no nonsense name
British slang for an ordinary household cat
Charming, one who enchants · Sanskrit
A charm or magic spell, for a pup with plenty of swagger
Means island in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
The great French playwright of comedies · French
Russian for hammer · Russian · big dogs
Peach Boy, the folk hero who set off with a loyal dog, a monkey and a pheasant · Japanese
Tiny principality on the French Riviera
A king or a queen who reigns alone · Greek · big dogs
Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter of grids and primary colours · Dutch
Italian for a street urchin or little scamp · Italian
Norman surname, pointed hill, Romeo's family in Shakespeare · French
Italian and Spanish for mountain · Italian
After Montego Bay, a sunny resort town on Jamaica's north coast
A mild white Californian cheese
The capital of Uruguay, known for its long riverside promenade · Spanish
Aztec emperor of ancient Mexico · Nahuatl · big dogs
Norman surname from a French place, Gumarich's mountain · French · big dogs
A French speaking island city in Quebec famous for bagels
Falcon headed Egyptian god of war, meaning nomad · Egyptian
A lone pyramid peak of the Cottian Alps in Italy · Italian
A fond American nickname with a bouncy sound
A feldspar with a floating blue sheen
Jack Russell terrier who played a sitcom dog for ten years
Spanish for purple · Spanish
A honeycombed wild spring mushroom · French
Spanish for dark or brown haired · Spanish
A very dark, nearly opaque smoky quartz
German form of Maurice · German
Old man Frost of Russian fairy tales · Russian
Greek god who shapes our dreams · Greek
Medieval form of Maurice, Latin for dark skinned
Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code
Norman surname name of the old days · French
Breton name possibly meaning great sea · Breton
A vodka and ginger beer cocktail in a copper mug
Short form of Moses, drawn out · Hebrew
Prophet who led the Exodus, probably from Egyptian mes, son · Hebrew
A soft green plant that grows on damp ground and stone
Means fire or hot in Swahili, for an energetic dog · Swahili
Hindi nickname meaning chubby, for a dog who loves food · Hindi · big dogs
Czech for little butterfly · Czech
A wild mountain sheep with curling horns · French
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A brave poodle like Barbet who marched with French soldiers in Napoleonic times · French
The gentle, kite flying friend of Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield
Means river in Swahili · Swahili
Chinese for shepherd, or for tree and wood · Chinese
Alphonse Mucha, the Czech master of Art Nouveau posters · Czech
An old nickname for a lovable rogue with a crumpled face
Gaelic for the sea · Gaelic
A strong, sure footed cross of a donkey and a horse
A rugged island of the Scottish Inner Hebrides
A free extra shot in friendly golf
Edvard Munch, the Norwegian painter of The Scream · Norwegian
For a dog who always wants a snack
Nickname of Saint Kentigern of Glasgow, possibly meaning my dear · Scottish
Memory, one of the two ravens who fly the world for Odin · Old Norse
A Scottish mountain over three thousand feet · Scottish
English surname, son of the monk
Scottish Gaelic name meaning sea warrior · Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Murchadh, meaning sea battle · Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Muireadhach, meaning lord or master · Scottish
The most common surname in Ireland · Irish
Scottish surname from Moray, Gaelic for seaboard settlement · Scottish
A soldier armed with a musket, like the three musketeers
The muskellunge, a big fierce North American pike
A shaggy Arctic ox that stands firm in blizzards · big dogs
The wild horse of the American West, from the Mexican Spanish mestengo, stray · Spanish · big dogs
A hot yellow paste made from crushed seed
To round up livestock, a job for a working dog
Means rock in Swahili, for a solid, steady dog · Swahili
The hero of the Mwindo epic of the Nyanga people, born able to walk and talk · Nyanga
Sherlock Holmes's clever older brother
Germanic Milo, or Latin miles meaning soldier
Greek myron, sweet oil or perfume · Greek
Ukrainian name meaning peace and glory · Ukrainian
Finnish for storm · Finnish
Small French almond meringue sandwich biscuit · French · small dogs
Peninsula city on the south coast of China
A large brilliantly coloured rainforest parrot
Espresso marked with a spot of milk · Italian
Lacy outer coat of the nutmeg seed
Low grassy coastal plain of the Scottish islands, full of flowers in summer · Scottish Gaelic
A striped silver fish of cold seas
A sky of small rippled clouds like mackerel scales
A huge island off Africa, home of lemurs and baobab trees · Malagasy
Capital city of Spain · Spanish
An unaccompanied song for several voices · Italian
A Pacific coast tree with peeling red bark · Spanish
A white mineral, often dyed to look like turquoise
An object that pulls iron towards it, for a dog everyone is drawn to
A black magnetic iron mineral, nature's lodestone
A black and white bird known for hoarding
Means love or dear in Tagalog, the classic Filipino term of endearment · Tagalog
Hawaiian, thanks · Hawaiian
A bright fish of warm Pacific water · Hawaiian
A rich red brown hardwood
A twisted, crunchy fried dough snack · Chinese
A tiki rum cocktail, from the Tahitian for good · Tahitian
A rugged New England state of lighthouses and lobster
The Japanese name for the hen of the woods mushroom · Japanese
The title given to a monarch, from the Latin maiestas · big dogs
Means gift in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Hawaiian, wind · Hawaiian
A milky Korean rice wine · Korean
A banded green mineral used in jewellery
Means night in Indonesian, for a dark-coated dog · Indonesian
Means free in Tagalog · Tagalog
Means newcomer in Hawaiian, for a new arrival · Hawaiian
Sprouted barley that gives beer and shakes their flavour
Milkshake thickened with malt powder
Peace, shade and shelter · Hawaiian
The black tree fern, New Zealand's tallest fern · Maori · big dogs
A fast, venomous African snake, named black mamba for the inky inside of its mouth
Means bean in Japanese, often used for tiny things · Japanese · small dogs
Pouch shaped clouds that hang under a storm · Latin
Spiritual power and strength · Hawaiian
Thai for lime, the sour heart of Thai cooking · Thai
A Hawaiian steamed pork bun · Hawaiian · small dogs
A slow gentle sea cow of warm coasts · Carib · big dogs
A sweet East African fried dough, like a doughnut · Swahili
Korean dumplings · Korean · small dogs
Means mango in Tagalog and Indonesian · Tagalog
A sweet tropical fruit, from the Tamil mankay
Means tiny in Hawaiian, also a small striped reef fish · Hawaiian · small dogs
A soft steamed bun with a sweet bean filling · Japanese · small dogs
A lush valley in Honolulu · Hawaiian
The great ray that glides like a wing · big dogs
Little Turkish dumplings served with yoghurt · Turkish · small dogs
A plain fluffy Chinese steamed bun · Chinese
Hawaiian for bird · Hawaiian
A long doughnut with maple icing
Maori for moon or month · Maori
A long distance race named after the Greek town of Marathon · Greek · big dogs
Veined stone, from the Greek marmaros, shining
Small glass balls, for a dog who may have lost theirs
A small spotted wild cat of Central and South American forests · Tupi · small dogs
Medieval French diminutive of Marie, also a 1900s boys' name · French
An English surname meaning pleasant wood
Form of Marlowe, English for remnants of a lake
Old English place name meaning land by a lake · English
A tiny monkey of South America · French · small dogs
A big ground squirrel of the mountains that whistles an alarm
A river and beach area on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland · Kabi Kabi
Moroccan city of red walls
A tough grass that holds sand dunes together
Sicilian fortified wine used in cooking · Italian
Old port city on the French Mediterranean · French
Tree climbing cousin of the weasel
A cocktail of gin and vermouth, served very cold
Means round or circle in Japanese, for a roly-poly pup · Japanese
Sweet almond paste moulded into shapes · German
Hindi, a blend of spices · Hindi
Japanese, powdered green tea · Japanese
South American brew shared from a gourd · Quechua
The Australasian bittern, a reed bird of New Zealand · Maori
Hawaiian island, and a demigod of Polynesian myth · Hawaiian
German word for mouse · German · small dogs
Means blue in Turkish · Turkish
Pet form of Max or Maxine, Latin for greatest · Latin
Smart district of central London
A delicate insect that dances over rivers in May · small dogs
Wilful chaos, from an old legal word for maiming · big dogs
A wild county on Ireland's west coast
Means luck in Yiddish and Hebrew, as in mazel tov · Yiddish
Means seed in Swahili, for a small pup with big potential · Swahili · small dogs
Means ostrich in Swahili, for a leggy dog · Swahili
Ancient honey drink of the halls and sagas · Old English
The royal county of Ireland, home of the Hill of Tara
The city of eternal spring in Colombia's mountains · Spanish
The great banking family of Florence who became dukes · Italian
A mysterious, ghost-like figure from the ancient Book of the Dead · Ancient Egyptian
An old orchard fruit eaten when soft and brown
A small African mongoose that stands on guard on their back legs · Dutch · small dogs
From the Greek for great, a million of something · Greek · big dogs
Means kindness, love and friendship in Persian · Persian
Great river of Southeast Asia
Calm, soft and easy going
A large sweet juicy fruit
A sweet bun with a crisp biscuit crust, shaped like a melon · Japanese · small dogs
The strong dry summer wind of the Aegean Sea · Turkish
Limestone hills in Somerset with caves and gorges
A California coast of cliffs, redwoods and fog · Spanish
Argentine city below the high Andes · Spanish
A lemon growing town on the French Riviera, right by the Italian border · French
Greek word for doing something with soul and love · Greek
Welsh name meaning great lord · Welsh
A diving duck with a saw toothed bill
A line of longitude, and the highest point the sun reaches each day · Latin
Sheep breed with famously soft wool · Spanish
A mottled coat pattern seen in herding breeds
Meriadoc Brandybuck of the fellowship · small dogs
The cheerful little grey pony in Black Beauty · small dogs
River flowing through Liverpool to the Irish Sea
A tough desert tree whose wood gives barbecue its smoky flavour · Nahuatl
A rock that burns bright as it enters the atmosphere
The small shared plates of a Greek table · Greek · small dogs
Means bread in Mandarin, for a golden, loaf shaped dog · Chinese
A living thing too small to see without a microscope · small dogs
One millionth of a metre, for the smallest pup · small dogs
Middle earth, the world of humans in Norse myth · Old Norse
Classic name for a dog with a jet black coat
Japanese for shrine maiden, or a form of Michael · Japanese
Greek for small · Greek · small dogs
Czech for darling · Czech
Northern Italian city known for design and fashion · Italian
Whipped milk and ice cream drunk through a straw
Chinese for bright, light and clear · Chinese
A sleek dark water weasel · small dogs
A small sleek baleen whale · Norwegian
A very small fish, also the little one · small dogs
A cool green herb, from the Latin menta
A bourbon and mint cocktail of the American south
Japanese for the future · Japanese
A New Zealand conifer whose red fruit feeds the kereru · Maori
The tomtit of New Zealand · Maori · small dogs
Russian for teddy bear, a fond word for a bear · Russian
The great river of the United States, from Minnesota to New Orleans · Ojibwe
Fine damp haze hanging in the air
The berry sprig people kiss under at Christmas
Rice dumplings on a stick in a sweet soy glaze · Japanese
Means parrot, a sweet chatterbox name, in Gujarati and Hindi · Gujarati
Japanese wild parsley, the name means three leaves · Japanese
Gloves without separate fingers, used for white paws
Mist and drizzle together, an old dialect word · English
Means bread in Swahili · Swahili
The giant flightless bird of ancient New Zealand · Maori · big dogs
A cappuccino with chocolate · Italian
A songbird that copies the songs of other birds
A sweet rice dumpling filled with coconut and jaggery · Marathi · small dogs
After the Cliffs of Moher on Ireland's west coast
The yellowhead, a golden songbird of South Island beech forests · Maori · small dogs
Desert of southern California and Nevada
A Cuban rum and mint cocktail
After mocha coffee, for a coffee brown coat
A striped fish of New Zealand reefs · Maori
The burrower of The Wind in the Willows · small dogs
Two or more atoms joined together · small dogs
A quiet, rural Hawaiian island with tall sea cliffs · Hawaiian
Old coastal port city of Kenya · Swahili
The start of the week, made better by a wagging tail
French painter of water lilies · French
A fluffy Korean nickname for soft-coated pups · Korean
A small fearless carnivore of Africa and Asia · Marathi · small dogs
For a cheeky climber who gets into everything
Scottish surname, mouth of the River Roe · Scottish
The seasonal rain bearing wind of south Asia
The tip of Long Island in New York, with a famous lighthouse
A California bay town of sea otters and canneries · Spanish
The sound a cow makes, perfect for a black and white patched pup
The bright night light, for a pale coat
A rich round pastry made for the Mid Autumn Festival · Chinese
High open land left to heather and grass
Dutch pet name for a sweetheart · Dutch
The rubble a glacier leaves behind
A big reef eel with a toothy grin
The New Zealand owl, named after their call · small dogs
Welsh name meaning sea born · Welsh
Norwegian for morning · Norwegian
Means forest in Japanese, for a dog who loves a woodland walk · Japanese
A small bite of food · small dogs
A picture made from small pieces of stone, glass or tile
The Spanish and Portuguese name for the Muscat grape · Spanish
Sweet fragrant Italian muscat wine · Italian
Covered in soft green moss
Means sweetie in Hebrew, a common term of endearment · Hebrew
A soft winged night insect, for a dog drawn to the lamp · small dogs
Hindi for pearl, a classic Indian dog name · Hindi
A repeated shape or idea in a work of art
The Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland, granite peaks by the sea
A small grey rodent, from the Old English mus · small dogs
Light whipped French dessert · French
French for mosquito, a funny name for a tiny dog who buzzes about · French · small dogs
The boy raised by wolves in the Jungle Book · small dogs
Aussie slang for a mosquito, for a small buzzy dog · small dogs
Means gift in Sotho and Tswana · Sotho
For the dog who finds every puddle on the walk
A wine and honey town in central New South Wales
Means beloved or darling in Shona · Shona
What a farm dog is made of after rain
Swiss breakfast mix of raw oats, fruit and nuts · Swiss
Warm and sticky weather, for a dog who loves the heat
Means barley or wheat in Japanese, for a wheaten dog · Japanese
Roasted barley tea, drunk cold through Japanese summers · Japanese
A soft, warm fur lined boot from the Arctic · Yupik
Means water in Korean, for a dog who loves a splash · Korean
A hardy outback acacia tree
A preserved body wrapped in linen, a fun name for a dog who loves blankets · Ancient Egyptian
A very small person, from the 1900 Wizard of Oz books · small dogs
A popular Korean dog name meaning a bundle or little lump · Korean
Capital city of Bavaria · German
Small red berries native to Australia · small dogs
A heavier cousin of the electron · small dogs
British slang for a lovable fool
A large painting made directly on a wall
A black and white seabird that nests on cliffs
Finnish for crumb, also a word for sweetheart · Finnish · small dogs
An ancient sweet scented grape · French
A big American duck breed with a red face
A northern Canadian bog of moss and water · Cree
A shellfish with a blue black shell · small dogs
One of Titania's fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream · small dogs
Cycladic island of whitewashed houses · Greek
Swedish for cosiness, the warm feeling of a quiet night in · Swedish
An Indian palace city famous for silk and sandalwood · Kannada
A Connecticut seaport known for tall ships