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Dog names starting with O

Every name in our list that starts with O, 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 (46)

O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe, the American painter of flowers and desert
Oakley
After Annie Oakley, sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Oasis
A green fertile spot with water in a desert
Ocarina
A small clay wind instrument · Italian · small dogs
Octavia
Roman name meaning the eighth · Latin
Oda
Norwegian name meaning point of a blade · Norwegian
Odessa
Black Sea port city
Odette
French, from a Germanic root meaning wealth · French
Ofra
Means fawn in Hebrew · Hebrew
Oighrig
Old Gaelic name built on breac, speckled · Scottish
Okanagan
A sunny lake valley in British Columbia of fruit and wine
Okika
Hawaiian for orchid · Hawaiian
Okra
A green pod vegetable, also called ladies' fingers
Oksana
Russian and Ukrainian form of Xenia · Russian
Ola
Old Norse for ancestor's relic, a Scandinavian favourite · Old Norse
Olga
Russian form of the Norse Helga, holy · Russian
Olive
A small Mediterranean fruit, also a name from the olive tree
Olivia
Latin rooted name meaning olive tree · Latin
Olivine
The green mineral behind the gem peridot · Latin
Olwen
Welsh name meaning white footprint · Welsh
Olympia
The sanctuary where the ancient games were held · Greek
Olympias
The queen of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great · Greek
Omija
Five flavour berry, made into a Korean tea · Korean · small dogs
Onaona
Means sweet fragrance or gentle in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Onda
Italian and Portuguese for wave · Italian
Ondina
Italian for a little water spirit · Italian
Oni
Means today in Yoruba · Yoruba
Onyinye
Means gift in Igbo · Igbo
Oona
Irish name meaning lamb · Irish
Opal
A stone that flashes many colours
Opera
A layered almond sponge cake with coffee and chocolate · French
Operetta
A light, short opera · Italian · small dogs
Ophelia
The tragic figure of Hamlet
Ophelie
French form of Ophelia, from the Greek for help · French
Orchid
An exotic flowering plant, from the Greek orkhis
Orecchiette
Pasta shaped like little ears · Italian · small dogs
Orizaba
Mexico's highest mountain, a snow capped volcano · Nahuatl
Orla
Irish name meaning golden princess · Irish
Orli
Means light for me in Hebrew · Hebrew
Ornella
Italian name from the flowering ash tree · Italian
Orpington
A big, fluffy and friendly chicken breed
Ottavia
Italian form of Octavia, meaning the eighth · Italian
Ottilie
German form of Odilia, meaning wealth · German
Overture
The orchestral opening of an opera · French
Oya
Yoruba goddess of storms and change · Yoruba
Ozma
The rightful princess of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books

Boy names (97)

Oak
A slow growing hardwood · big dogs
Oba
The title of a Yoruba or Benin king · Yoruba
Oban
A Scottish harbour town, meaning little bay · Scottish
Obbe
Frisian name, sturdy and strong · Dutch
Obelisk
Tall four sided stone pillar of Egyptian temples · Egyptian · big dogs
Oberon
The king of the fairies in old romance and in Shakespeare
Obersten
Norwegian for the colonel, a Greenland dog on Amundsen's South Pole expedition · Norwegian · big dogs
Obi
Igbo for heart · Igbo
Obsidian
Natural volcanic glass
Oceanus
Greek titan of the great river that circles the world · Greek · big dogs
Ocker
A broad, true blue Australian character
Ocotillo
A spiny desert shrub with red flower tips · Spanish
Octavius
Roman name meaning eighth · Latin
Odell
English place name, woad hill
Odie
Pet form of Odin or Otis, a simple happy name
Odin
The one eyed all father of Norse myth · Norse · big dogs
Odysseus
Greek hero of the ten year voyage home · Greek
Ofek
Means horizon in Hebrew · Hebrew
Ofer
Means fawn or young deer in Hebrew · Hebrew
Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach, the composer of the can can · French
Og
Irish for young · Irish · small dogs
Oghab
Means eagle in Persian · Persian
Ognyan
Bulgarian name meaning fire · Bulgarian
Ohm
Georg Ohm, the German physicist of electrical resistance · German
Oisin
Poet warrior of Irish legend, the name means little deer · Irish
Ojas
Means energy and vigour in Sanskrit · Sanskrit
Olaf
Norse, ancestor descendant · Norse
Old Drum
A hunting dog whose court case inspired the famous Eulogy of the Dog in 1870
Oleg
Russian form of the Norse Helgi, holy · Russian
Oliver
Latin rooted name meaning olive tree · Latin
Olivier
French name meaning olive tree · French
Ollie
Short for Oliver
Olmo
Spanish for elm tree · Spanish
Olympus
Mountain home of the Greek gods · Greek · big dogs
Omar
Arabic Umar, flourishing, long lived · Arabic
Omid
Means hope in Persian · Persian
Ondal
A folk tale hero who rose from nothing · Korean
Onni
Finnish word for luck and happiness · Finnish
Ontario
Canada's most populous province, and one of the Great Lakes · Iroquoian
Onyx
A banded stone, from the Greek word for fingernail · Greek
Oort
The distant cloud that comets come from
Opie
A fond nickname with an old American small town feel
Opus
A numbered work in a composer's catalogue · Latin
Orca
The killer whale, a dolphin despite the name · big dogs
Orcus
A dwarf planet beyond Neptune, named for the Roman god of the underworld · Latin
Oregano
The dried herb of Greek and Italian kitchens
Orel
Ukrainian for eagle · Ukrainian
Oren
Means pine tree in Hebrew · Hebrew
Orfeas
Modern Greek form of Orpheus, the legendary musician · Greek
Ori
Means my light in Hebrew · Hebrew
Origano
Italian for oregano · Italian
Orinoco
A great river of Venezuela, full of river dolphins · Spanish
Orion
The hunter constellation, and a hunter of Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Orlando
Young lover in Shakespeare's As You Like It · Italian
Orman
Means forest in Turkish · Turkish
Oro
Spanish for gold · Spanish
Orpheus
Greek musician whose songs charmed the underworld · Greek
Orrin
Of uncertain origin, perhaps Irish odhran, pale green · Irish
Orsetto
Italian for little bear or teddy · Italian · small dogs
Orsino
The lovesick Duke of Illyria in Twelfth Night
Orso
Italian for bear · Italian · big dogs
Orson
Norman French, little bear · French
Orthrus
The two headed guard dog of Geryon's cattle, brother of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Orval
Germanic, perhaps from an old word for spear, also a Belgian abbey · French
Orvieto
An Umbrian hill town in Italy perched on a cliff of volcanic rock · Italian
Orville
Orville Wright, one of the two brothers who made the first powered flight
Orwell
George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm
Oscar
Irish origin, long popular in the UK and Australia
Osgar
Scottish Gaelic form of Oscar · Scottish
Osiris
Egyptian god of the afterlife and rebirth · Egyptian
Osito
Spanish for little bear · Spanish · small dogs
Oskar
Swedish form of Oscar · Swedish
Oso
Spanish for bear, for a big fluffy dog · Spanish · big dogs
Osprey
The fish hawk · big dogs
Ostler
A stableman at an old coaching inn
Oswald
Old English name meaning divine power · English
Otho
Latin form of Otto, wealth, a Roman emperor · Latin
Otis
Germanic derived surname name of the 1900s · German
Otso
Finnish word for bear · Finnish · big dogs
Ottavio
Italian form of Octavius · Italian
Otto
German, wealth · German
Otway
A rainforest cape and ranges on Victoria's Great Ocean Road
Oud
The pear shaped lute of the Middle East · Arabic
Ouray
Mount Ouray in Colorado, named after a Ute chief · Ute
Ourson
French for bear cub · French · small dogs
Outlaw
A fugitive beyond the protection of the law · big dogs
Ouzo
A Greek anise spirit · Greek
Ovid
The Roman poet of the Metamorphoses · Latin
Owain
Welsh, well born · Welsh
Owen
Welsh form of Eugene, well born, or Owain, young warrior · Welsh
Owens
After Jesse Owens, who won four Olympic golds in 1936
Owney
Terrier mascot of the American railway mail service
Ox
A big working bull, a byword for strength · big dogs
Oxford
English university city on the Thames
Oz
Means strength in Hebrew · Hebrew
Ozark
The Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas
Ozzy
Short for Oswald or Osbourne

Names for either (61)

Oahu
Hawaiian island of Honolulu and Waikiki · Hawaiian
Oamaru
A New Zealand town of white stone buildings and little blue penguins · Maori
Oatcake
A Scottish oat cracker
Oatmeal
The soft speckled beige of oats
Oats
The grain in porridge and horse feed
Oaxaca
A Mexican city famous for mole sauce, crafts and colourful festivals · Spanish
Oboe
A reedy woodwind with a clear, nasal tone · French
Ocean
The great sea, for a dog with blue eyes or a love of water
Ocelot
A small spotted wild cat of the Americas
Ochre
An earthy yellow brown pigment, one of the oldest paints · Greek
Ocre
Spanish for ochre · Spanish
Octave
The span of eight notes in a scale · Latin
Octopus
A clever sea creature with eight arms
Odyssey
A long, eventful journey, after Homer's epic of Odysseus · Greek
Oha
Means joy or affection in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Ohana
Means family in Hawaiian · Hawaiian
Okapi
A forest giraffe of the Congo with stripy legs · Lingala
Okavango
Inland river delta of Botswana, rich in wildlife
Okey Dokey
A cheerful way of saying okay
Okinawa
Japan's southern island chain, known for beaches and long lives · Japanese
Oleander
Tough Mediterranean shrub covered in pink flowers
Oliang
Thai iced black coffee · Thai
Oliebol
A Dutch doughnut ball eaten on New Year's Eve · Dutch
Olympian
An athlete who has competed at the Olympic Games · Greek
Omurice
Fried rice wrapped in a golden omelette · Japanese
Onigiri
Japanese rice ball wrapped in seaweed · Japanese · small dogs
Onion
The kitchen bulb at the start of every stew
Ono
Hawaiian, delicious · Hawaiian
Oolong
Partly oxidised Chinese tea, the name means black dragon · Chinese
Ooty
A cool hill station in south India among tea gardens · Tamil
Opua
Means puffy clouds in Hawaiian, for a fluffy dog · Hawaiian
Oracle
The voice that spoke prophecy at Delphi · Greek
Orange
The sweet citrus fruit, a fine name for a ginger coat
Orb
The jewelled golden globe held by a crowned monarch
Orbit
The path a moon takes around its planet
Orchard
A planted grove of fruit trees
Oregon
A Pacific Northwest state of forests, rain and rugged coast
Orichalcum
A legendary metal of Atlantis, Greek for mountain copper · Greek
Origami
The Japanese art of paper folding · Japanese · small dogs
Oriole
A golden yellow songbird of tall trees
Orkney
Windswept island group north of Scotland · Norse
Orleans
French city on the Loire · French
Oryx
A desert antelope with long straight horns · Greek
Orzo
Tiny rice shaped pasta, the name means barley · Italian · small dogs
Osaka
Japan great merchant city on the Inland Sea · Japanese
Osher
Means happiness in Hebrew · Hebrew
Oslo
Capital city of Norway · Norwegian
Osmium
The densest natural element on Earth
Osoyoos
A desert lake town in British Columbia, the warmest lake in Canada · Okanagan
Otago
A gold rush region in the south of New Zealand · Maori
Otap
An oval Filipino puff pastry biscuit · Filipino
Ottawa
Capital city of Canada
Otter
A playful swimmer of rivers and coasts
Outback
Australia's remote bush country
Ouzel
The ring ouzel, a mountain blackbird with a white collar
Overcast
A sky covered in grey cloud
Overlook
A high place with a sweeping view
Owl
A night hunting bird with large forward facing eyes
Owlet
A young or small owl · small dogs
Oyster
A rough shellfish that can hold a pearl
Oystercatcher
A black and white shorebird with a bright orange bill

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