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Dog names starting with T

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Girl names (159)

Tabbouleh
A parsley and bulgur salad · Arabic
Tabby
A striped and mottled coat pattern
Tabitha
Aramaic name meaning gazelle · Aramaic
Tablet
A crumbly Scottish sugar fudge · Scottish
Taca
A Siberian Husky of President Ronald Reagan
Taghrid
Means the singing or chirping of a bird in Arabic · Arabic
Tagliatelle
Long ribbon pasta from Emilia Romagna · Italian
Tahiti
A Pacific island of coral and lagoon
Tahoma
The native name for Mount Rainier · Lushootseed
Tala
Means bright star in Tagalog, the morning star of Filipino tales · Tagalog
Tali
Means my dew in Hebrew · Hebrew
Talia
Hebrew for dew of God · Hebrew
Tallinn
The capital of Estonia, with a fairytale medieval old town · Estonian
Tallulah
Waterfall gorge in north Georgia
Tally
Pet form of Natalie or Talia, also a running count
Tamar
Hebrew for date palm · Hebrew
Tamarillo
The tree tomato, a tangy egg shaped fruit
Tamarin
A small monkey of South America, some with golden manes · Tupi · small dogs
Tambourine
A hand drum ringed with jingling discs · French · small dogs
Tamsin
Cornish form of Thomasina · Cornish
Tangelo
A juicy cross of tangerine and pomelo
Tangerine
A small sweet orange citrus fruit
Tangtang
Means sweetie or sugar sugar in Mandarin · Chinese
Tangyuan
Sweet glutinous rice balls in syrup · Chinese · small dogs
Tanit
The Phoenician goddess of Carthage · Phoenician
Tanne
German for fir tree · German
Tanpopo
Means dandelion in Japanese, for a bright yellow dog · Japanese
Tansy
Herb with button yellow flowers and a sharp scent
Tanya
Russian pet form of Tatiana, from the Roman name Tatius · Russian
Tanzanite
A violet blue gem found only in Tanzania · Tanzanian
Taonga
Te reo Maori for a treasure · Maori
Tapestry
A picture woven in thread on a loom
Tara
The hill in County Meath, seat of the high kings · Irish
Tarantella
A whirling Italian dance · Italian
Tarkhuna
Georgian for tarragon, also a bright green tarragon soda · Georgian
Tarot
The deck of fortune telling cards
Tasha
Pet form of Natasha, a dog name favourite for decades
Tatiana
Grand duchess of the Russian imperial court · Russian
Tatra
The Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia, also a sheepdog breed · Polish
Tattie
Scots word for potato · Scottish
Taupe
A brownish grey, from the French for mole · French
Tausret
A queen who ruled Egypt as pharaoh, her name means mighty lady · Ancient Egyptian
Taweret
Hippopotamus goddess of childbirth, meaning the great female · Egyptian · big dogs
Taygeta
A star of the Pleiades, named for a mountain nymph · Greek
Taytu
Empress Taytu Betul of Ethiopia, a sharp strategist · Amharic
Teeny
Very small, a playful form of tiny · small dogs
Tefnut
The ancient Egyptian goddess of moisture and rain · Ancient Egyptian
Tegwen
Welsh name meaning fair and blessed · Welsh
Tella
A home brewed Ethiopian barley beer · Amharic
Tempera
Paint made with egg yolk, used by medieval and early Renaissance painters · Italian
Tempesta
Italian for storm or tempest · Italian
Tenerife
The biggest of Spain's Canary Islands, home of a volcano called Teide · Spanish
Teodora
Italian form of Theodora, meaning gift of God · Italian
Tequila Sunrise
A tequila and orange cocktail that glows like dawn
Terlingua
A West Texas ghost town near Big Bend, famous for chilli cook offs
Terra
Latin for the earth · Latin
Tess
Short form of Teresa, Thomas Hardy's heroine Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tessa
Greek short form of Theresa, meaning harvester · Greek
Tessie
Pet form of Teresa
Tethys
Greek titan of fresh water and rivers · Greek
Thalassa
Greek word for the sea · Greek
Thalia
Greek, to blossom · Greek
Thandeka
Means loved in Zulu · Zulu
Thandiwe
Zulu and Xhosa for loving one · Zulu
Thea
Greek for goddess, also short for Dorothea · Greek
Thebe
A small inner moon of Jupiter · Greek
Theda
Short form of Theodora, gift of God · Greek
Thelma
Victorian invention from a popular novel · English
Themis
The Titan goddess of law and fairness · Greek
Theodora
Byzantine empress who ruled beside Justinian · Greek
Theta
The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, used for angles · Greek
Thetis
Sea nymph and mother of Achilles · Greek
Thimble
The tiny cap that protects a finger when sewing · small dogs
Thistledown
The soft fluffy seeds of the thistle that drift on the wind · small dogs
Thong Yip
Pinched gold, a flower shaped Thai egg yolk sweet · Thai · small dogs
Thora
Norse, a feminine form built on the god Thor · Norse
Thrud
Old Norse for strength, the daughter of Thor and Sif · Old Norse · big dogs
Thrush
A songbird with a speckled breast · small dogs
Thumbelina
The thumb sized girl of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale · Danish · small dogs
Thuraya
The Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster · Arabic
Thuy
Means water in Vietnamese · Vietnamese
Tia
Spanish and Portuguese for aunt, also short for names ending in tia · Spanish
Tiamat
Babylonian sea dragon goddess of salt water · Babylonian · big dogs
Tiantian
Means sweet in Mandarin, for an affectionate lap dog · Chinese
Tiara
A jewelled headband, from the Greek for a Persian cap · small dogs
Tich
A Dickin Medal winner who served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps · small dogs
Tieguanyin
Iron Goddess oolong, a famous Chinese tea · Chinese
Tierra
Spanish for earth or land · Spanish
Tiffany
Medieval form of Theophania, Greek for appearance of God · Greek
Tikva
Means hope in Hebrew · Hebrew
Tilba
Historic village on the New South Wales south coast
Tilda
Short form of Matilda, mighty in battle
Tilly
Short for Matilda
Tina
Short form of Christina or Martina
Tindra
Swedish for to twinkle · Swedish
Tine
Irish for fire · Irish
Tineke
Dutch pet form of Christina · Dutch
Tinker
A travelling mender of pots and pans · small dogs
Tipperary
A county in Munster, from the old marching song
Titania
The fairy queen in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titli
Means butterfly in Hindi · Hindi · small dogs
Tiye
A powerful great royal wife of ancient Egypt · Egyptian
Tkemali
A sour cherry plum sauce · Georgian
Toccata
A showy keyboard piece full of quick runs · Italian
Toffee
A hard brown sweet made from boiled sugar and butter
Toggenburg
A Swiss dairy goat breed
Tokki
Means rabbit in Korean, for a bouncy little dog · Korean · small dogs
Tootsie
An old fond word for a sweetheart or darling
Topaz
A golden gemstone, from the Greek topazos
Tori
Short form of Victoria, and Japanese for bird · Japanese
Tormenta
Spanish for storm · Spanish
Tortilla
Flat Mexican maize or wheat bread · Spanish
Tosca
Italian name meaning from Tuscany · Italian
Tosia
Polish pet form of Antonina · Polish
Tostada
A flat crisp fried tortilla · Mexican Spanish
Toula
Greek pet form of names ending in toula · Greek
Tourmaline
A gem that comes in more colours than any other · Sinhalese
Tova
Means good in Hebrew · Hebrew
Tove
Danish name taken from the god Thor · Danish
Tracer
One who tracks or follows a trail
Tralee
A town in County Kerry famous for its Rose festival
Trang
A Vietnamese name, here meaning white, for a snowy dog · Vietnamese
Treacle
British dark sugar syrup, and an old term of endearment
Tres Leches
A sponge soaked in three milks, Spanish for three milks · Spanish
Trinity
Latin, a group of three
Trixie
Pet form of Beatrix · small dogs
Trotwood
Betsey Trotwood, firm aunt in David Copperfield · English
Trudy
Pet form of Gertrude, spear strength
Truffe
French for truffle · French
Truffle
The prized fungus dogs are trained to sniff out
Truus
Dutch pet form of Geertruida · Dutch
Tsarina
A Russian empress
Tsoureki
A braided Greek Easter bread · Greek
Tsubaki
Japanese camellia, prized for its winter flowers · Japanese
Tsuki
Japanese for the moon · Japanese
Tsuru
Means crane in Japanese, a bird of long life and luck · Japanese
Ttalgi
Means strawberry in Korean, for a sweet little dog · Korean
Tucana
The toucan constellation of the southern sky
Tufa
A soft porous limestone formed in springs · Italian
Tuile
A thin curved biscuit shaped like a roof tile · French · small dogs
Tula
Short form of Gertrud or Tallulah, and Sanskrit for balance · Sanskrit
Tulip
The bulb flower that once bankrupted Dutch traders
Tulsa
City on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma
Tulsi
Holy basil, a sacred Indian plant · Sanskrit
Tulumba
A ridged fried dough sweet in syrup · Turkish
Tuppence
Two pence in old British money, a sweet name for a small dog · small dogs
Turandot
Icy princess in Puccini's final opera · Italian
Turna
Means crane, the bird, in Turkish · Turkish
Turquesa
Spanish for turquoise · Spanish
Tuscany
Rolling region of hill towns and vineyards in Italy · Italian
Tutu
A ballerina's short, stiff skirt · small dogs
Tuuli
Finnish word for wind · Finnish
Tuulikki
Finnish for little wind, a forest goddess · Finnish · small dogs
Tuva
Swedish and Norwegian name from Thor · Swedish
Twiggy
Covered in twigs, for a dog who brings home half the forest · small dogs
Twillingate
A Newfoundland fishing town where icebergs float past
Twinkle
A small, bright flicker of light · small dogs
Twyla
An American name, perhaps from twilight
Tyche
Greek goddess of luck and good fortune · Greek

Boy names (277)

Tabriz
A historic city in Iran famed for its bazaar and carpets · Persian
Taco
A folded Mexican corn tortilla with a savoury filling
Tadhg
Old Irish for poet, a warm and very Irish name · Irish
Taeyang
Korean for the sun · Korean
Taffy
An old nickname for a Welshman, from Dafydd · Welsh
Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet and Nobel winner · Bengali
Tahdig
The crispy golden rice from the bottom of the pot · Persian
Taiga
Big river · Japanese · big dogs
Tailor
Someone who makes and fits clothes
Taipan
A large, fast Australian snake
Taiyo
Means sun in Japanese, for a bright, warm-hearted dog · Japanese
Taj
After the Taj Mahal; taj means crown in Persian and Hindi · Persian
Taka
Means hawk in Japanese, for a sharp-eyed, quick dog · Japanese
Takeshi
Fierce warrior · Japanese · big dogs
Takin
The golden goat antelope of the Himalaya · Mishmi · big dogs
Taleggio
A soft washed rind cheese from Lombardy · Italian
Taliesin
Legendary Welsh bard, the name means shining brow · Welsh
Talon
The hooked claw of a bird of prey
Talos
Bronze giant who guarded Crete in Greek myth · Greek · big dogs
Talus
The loose rock heaped below a cliff
Tam
Scots short form of Thomas, as in Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter · Scottish
Tamarindo
A tamarind drink and sweet · Spanish
Tamir
Means a date, the fruit, in Arabic · Arabic
Tammuz
The Hebrew form of Dumuzi, the shepherd god · Hebrew
Tamworth
Ginger pig breed from Tamworth in England
Tane
Maori god of forests and birds · Maori
Tanguy
Breton name meaning fire dog, borne by a sixth century saint · Breton
Tank
An armoured tracked vehicle, used for heavy, solid dogs · big dogs
Tankard
Heavy handled mug for drinking ale
Tannenbaum
German for fir tree, as in the carol O Tannenbaum · German · big dogs
Tanner
One who turns hide into leather
Tanuki
Shape shifting raccoon dog of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Tao
Chinese for large waves · Chinese
Tapio
Finnish god of the forest · Finnish · big dogs
Taquito
A small rolled taco, for a little long dog · Spanish · small dogs
Taran
Welsh for thunder · Welsh
Taranaki
A cone shaped New Zealand mountain and the region around it · Maori · big dogs
Taranis
Celtic god of thunder · Celtic
Taras
A legendary Ukrainian name, carried by the poet Taras Shevchenko · Ukrainian
Tarawera
A volcano near Rotorua famous for its great eruption of 1886 · Maori
Taro
Japanese, eldest son · Japanese
Tarpon
A big silver game fish of warm coasts · big dogs
Tarragon
A soft anise flavoured herb of French cooking
Tartufo
Italian for truffle, and an ice cream dessert · Italian
Tarun
Young, youthful · Sanskrit
Tashan
Means style or swagger in Hindi slang · Hindi
Tasman
The sea between Australia and New Zealand, named after the explorer Abel Tasman · Dutch
Tasos
Greek pet form of Anastasios · Greek
Tate
Old English Tata, meaning cheerful
Tatsu
Japanese for dragon · Japanese · big dogs
Tau
Tswana and Sotho for lion · Tswana
Taurus
The bull constellation of the zodiac · big dogs
Tawil
Means tall in Arabic, for a leggy dog · Arabic · big dogs
Tay
Scotland's longest river · Scottish
Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the composer of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker · Russian
Teak
A strong golden brown hardwood of tropical Asia
Ted
Short form of Edward or Theodore, old English and Greek favourites
Teddy
UK number one male dog name in the 2025 National Dog Survey
Teide
The volcano of Tenerife, Spain's highest mountain · Guanche
Teja
Means radiance or brilliance in Telugu · Telugu
Tejas
Means brilliance and radiance in Sanskrit · Sanskrit
Tektite
Natural glass formed by meteorite impacts, often black
Telemachus
Son of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey · Greek
Tembo
Swahili for elephant · Swahili · big dogs
Tempeh
A firm cake of fermented soybeans · Indonesian
Templeton
The rat of Charlotte Web
Tempo
Italian, the speed of a piece of music
Tempranillo
Spain's great red grape, meaning little early one · Spanish
Ten Gallon
The big cowboy hat
Tengu
Mountain spirit of Japanese folklore · Japanese
Tennyson
The Victorian poet laureate
Tenor
The high male singing voice · Italian
Teo
Short form of Teodoro or Mateo · Spanish
Teodoro
Spanish and Italian form of Theodore · Spanish
Tepache
A fizzy fermented pineapple drink · Mexican Spanish
Tesoro
Italian for treasure · Italian
Teti
An Old Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Teton
A sharp granite range rising in Wyoming · big dogs
Tetsu
Means iron in Japanese, for a strong, steady dog · Japanese
Tex
Nickname for a Texan
Texas
The Lone Star State, from a Caddo word for friends · big dogs
Thabani
Means be happy in Zulu · Zulu
Thabo
Sotho and Tswana for joy · Sotho
Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray, the author of Vanity Fair
Thad
Short form of Thaddeus
Thaddeus
Aramaic, perhaps heart, one of the twelve apostles · Aramaic
Thales
Thales of Miletus, the first Greek philosopher of nature · Greek
Thane
A Scottish lord, as Macbeth was Thane of Cawdor · Scottish
Thar
The Great Indian Desert on the border of India and Pakistan · Hindi
Thatcher
English surname for a roofer who worked with straw or reeds · English
Thebes
The great ancient capital of Upper Egypt · Ancient Egyptian
Theeran
Means brave soldier in Tamil · Tamil
Themba
Zulu for trust and hope · Zulu
Theo
Greek, gift of god · Greek
Theodore
Greek Theodoros, gift of God · Greek
Theron
Greek, hunter · Greek
Theseus
Greek hero who found his way out of the labyrinth · Greek
Thibault
French form of Theobald, meaning bold people · French
Thijs
Dutch short form of Matthijs, meaning gift of God · Dutch
Thomas
Aramaic for twin, the doubting apostle · Aramaic
Thong
Means gold in Lao and Thai · Lao
Thor
Norse god of thunder
Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, who lived simply by Walden Pond
Thorn
A sharp spine on a plant stem, from the Old English thorn
Thornton
English place name, thorn bush settlement
Thorpe
After Jim Thorpe, the all round Olympic and football great
Thoth
Ibis headed Egyptian god of wisdom and writing · Egyptian
Thrasher
A long tailed songbird that thrashes through leaves
Thredbo
A ski village in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales
Thresher
A machine that separates grain from straw
Thuban
A star in Draco that was the pole star when the pyramids were built · Arabic
Thumper
One who thumps, for a dog with a happy tail
Thunder
The loud sound that follows a lightning flash · big dogs
Thunderbolt
A flash of lightning with its crash of thunder · big dogs
Thunderchunk
A big, solid dog who shakes the floor when they land · big dogs
Thunderclap
A single loud crash of thunder, for a dog with a big bark · big dogs
Thundercloud
A towering dark storm cloud · big dogs
Thutmose
Pharaoh name meaning born of Thoth · Egyptian
Tiago
Portuguese form of James · Portuguese
Tiber
The river that flows through Rome · Latin
Tiberius
Roman name from the River Tiber, the second Roman emperor · Latin
Tibs
Sauteed meat, an Ethiopian favourite · Amharic
Tico
Spanish pet form of names ending in tico, a fond name in Costa Rica · Spanish
Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, the Venetian painter of ceilings · Italian
Tiger
A large striped Asian cat, from the Greek tigris
Tigris
One of the two great rivers of ancient Mesopotamia · Greek
Tikhon
Russian name meaning quiet and lucky · Russian
Tillman
Bulldog who set a skateboarding speed record
Tilney
Kind hero of Austen's Northanger Abbey · English
Tim
Short form of Timothy, Greek for honouring God
Timahoe
King Timahoe, President Nixon's Irish Setter, named after an Irish village · Irish
Timber
Wood cut for building, also the call given as a tree falls · big dogs
Timmy
Pet form of Timothy, Greek for honouring God
Timothy
Greek Timotheos, honouring God · Greek
Timur
Russian and Turkic name meaning iron · Russian
Tind
Norwegian for a mountain peak · Norwegian
Tinku
A Hindi nickname for a tiny, lively one · Hindi · small dogs
Tinnie
Australian slang for a small aluminium boat · small dogs
Tintagel
A Cornish clifftop castle linked to King Arthur
Tinto
Spanish for red wine, as in tinto de verano · Spanish
Tintoretto
Jacopo Tintoretto, the Venetian painter, whose name means little dyer · Italian · small dogs
Tiny Tim
The brave little Cratchit boy of A Christmas Carol, for a small dog with a big heart
Tiro
Latin for a recruit or beginner, also the name of Cicero's loyal secretary · Latin
Titanium
A strong, light, grey metal named after the Titans · Greek · big dogs
Titian
The Venetian painter whose name became a word for a rich auburn red · Italian
Tito
Spanish and Italian form of Titus, an old Roman name · Spanish
Titus
Roman praenomen, a Roman emperor who completed the Colosseum · Latin
Tiziano
Italian for Titian red, the auburn of the painter's portraits · Italian
Tjeld
Norwegian for oystercatcher, the black and white shore bird · Norwegian
Tlaloc
Aztec god of rain and storms · Nahuatl
Tobermory
An Ontario harbour village with shipwrecks in clear water
Tobias
Greek form of Tobiah, Hebrew for God is good · Hebrew
Toby
Short for Tobias
Toby Belch
Sir Toby Belch, the merry, mischief making uncle of Twelfth Night
Todd
English surname from a dialect word for fox
Toff
British slang for a posh, well dressed gent
Togo
Siberian husky who ran the longest leg of the 1925 serum run
Toivo
Finnish name meaning hope · Finnish
Toledo
Hilltop Spanish city famous for its steel · Spanish
Toliman
An old name for Alpha Centauri · Arabic
Tolstoy
Russian author of War and Peace · Russian
Tom
The word for a male cat
Tom Collins
A gin, lemon and soda cocktail
Tom Yum
A hot and sour Thai soup · Thai
Tomas
Spanish form of Thomas, meaning twin · Spanish
Tombstone
The Arizona silver town of the gunfight at the OK Corral
Tomer
Means palm tree in Hebrew · Hebrew
Tommaso
Italian form of Thomas · Italian
Tommy
Pet form of Thomas, Aramaic for twin · Aramaic
Tomos
Welsh form of Thomas · Welsh
Tonatiuh
The Aztec god of the sun · Nahuatl
Tongariro
A volcano and New Zealand's first national park · Maori · big dogs
Tonkatsu
A breaded and fried Japanese pork cutlet · Japanese
Tonn
Irish for wave · Irish
Tony
Short form of Anthony, from the Roman family name Antonius · Latin
Toots
The sweet natured, bumbling Mr Toots of Dombey and Son
Toprak
Means soil or earth in Turkish, for a brown dog · Turkish
Tor
A rocky hill top, common on Dartmoor
Torden
Norwegian for thunder · Norwegian · big dogs
Torin
Irish name meaning chief · Irish
Tornado
A violent spinning column of wind · big dogs
Toro
Spanish, bull · Spanish · big dogs
Toronto
Canada's biggest city, on the shore of Lake Ontario
Torpedo
A self propelled underwater missile, named after the electric ray · Latin · big dogs
Torquay
A Victorian surf town at the start of the Great Ocean Road
Torque
Turning power, for a dog with plenty of pull
Torquil
From the Norse name Thorketill, meaning Thor's cauldron · Scottish
Torr
Scottish Gaelic for a hill · Scottish · big dogs
Torrens
The river that runs through the heart of Adelaide
Torrent
Rain and water rushing down in force
Torridon
An ancient red rock range in the Highlands · Scottish
Torsten
Norse name meaning stone of Thor · Swedish
Torvald
Norse name meaning ruler of Thor · Norse
Toshi
Japanese short form of names like Toshiro, often meaning wise or year · Japanese
Tosun
Means a sturdy young bull in Turkish, for a strong, solid dog · Turkish · big dogs
Tota
Means parrot in Hindi, for a noisy dog · Hindi
Toubkal
The highest peak in north Africa
Touchdown
The big scoring play in American football
Touchstone
The clever court fool of As You Like It
Tracker
Follows a trail by scent and sign
Tractor
The farm's hardest worker · big dogs
Traddles
Tommy Traddles, David Copperfield's loyal and cheerful school friend
Trajan
Roman emperor at the empire's greatest extent · Latin
Trakr
Shepherd who found the last survivor at Ground Zero
Tramonto
Italian for sunset · Italian
Trapper
A frontier fur trapper
Travis
English surname from Old French traverser, a toll collector · French
Trebuchet
A huge medieval siege engine · French · big dogs
Trefor
Welsh name meaning large village · Welsh
Trelawney
Squire Trelawney, who funds the voyage in Treasure Island
Trent
One of the great rivers of central England
Treo
Labrador who found roadside bombs in Afghanistan
Trevally
A strong fast fish of Australian seas
Trevor
Welsh place name meaning large village, from tref and mawr · Welsh
Trey
Old French trei, three, a nickname for the third of a name
Trident
The three pronged spear of the sea god
Trigger
Traditional name for a quick reacting dog
Triglav
Slovenia's highest mountain, Slavic for three heads · Slovene
Trinculo
A moon of Uranus named after the jester in The Tempest
Tripel
A strong golden Belgian ale · Dutch
Tripp
Nickname for the third of a name, or a traveller
Tristan
Old French form of Drustan, the knight of Tristan and Isolde · Cornish
Triton
Largest moon of Neptune, and it orbits backwards
Trojan
A person of ancient Troy, a byword for hard work · Greek
Troll
A giant of Norse folklore living in hills and caves · Norse · big dogs
Trollope
Anthony Trollope, the author of the Barsetshire novels
Trombone
The brass instrument with a slide, for a loud and happy dog
Trooper
Long used name for a dog who keeps going
Troubadour
A wandering poet musician of medieval France · French
Trout
Speckled fish of cold streams
Trovao
Portuguese for thunder · Portuguese · big dogs
Troy
The ancient city of the Trojan War, also an Irish surname · Greek
Trueno
Spanish for thunder · Spanish · big dogs
Truman
English surname, trusty man
Trumper
After Victor Trumper, the stylish Australian batter of the 1900s
Trumpet
A bright voiced brass instrument · French
Truro
The only city in Cornwall
Tryfan
A rocky Welsh peak climbed by scrambling · Welsh
Trystan
Welsh form of Tristan · Welsh
Tsar
The title of the emperors of Russia · Russian
Tshepo
Means hope in Sotho and Tswana · Sotho
Tuba
The deep voiced giant of the brass family · Latin · big dogs
Tubby
A Cocker Spaniel who was on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge when it fell in 1940
Tucano
Portuguese for toucan · Portuguese
Tuck
Short form of Tucker, and British slang for food
Tucker
Long standing name for a dog with a hearty appetite
Tudor
Welsh name of a royal dynasty · Welsh
Tuff
A rock made of volcanic ash, said like tough
Tuffy
A little tough guy · small dogs
Tuisku
Finnish for blizzard · Finnish
Tulikettu
Finnish for fire fox, the fox whose tail lights the northern lights · Finnish
Tungsten
A very dense grey metal, Swedish for heavy stone · Swedish · big dogs
Turbo
Short for turbocharger, from the Latin turbo, spinning top
Ture
Swedish name from Old Norse Thor · Swedish
Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev, the Russian author who wrote about hunting dogs · Russian
Turing
Alan Turing, the codebreaker and father of computer science
Turner
English occupational surname for a lathe worker
Turron
Spanish almond nougat eaten at Christmas · Spanish
Turul
The great falcon of Hungarian legend · Hungarian
Tusk
The long tooth of an elephant, boar or walrus · big dogs
Tut
Short for Tutankhamun, the boy king · Egyptian · small dogs
Tutankhamun
The boy pharaoh, his name means living image of Amun · Egyptian
Tutoko
Mount Tutoko, the highest peak of Fiordland · Maori
Tux
Short for tuxedo, for a black dog with a white shirt front · small dogs
Tuxedo
A black dinner jacket, for a black dog with a white shirt front
Twain
The American humourist of the Mississippi
Twister
American word for a tornado
Ty
Short form of Tyler or Tyrone
Tycho
Astronomer Tycho Brahe, and a bright crater on the Moon
Tyler
English occupational surname for a tile maker
Tyne
The river that flows through Newcastle in England
Typhon
The monstrous storm giant of Greek myth, father of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Typhoon
The Pacific name for a tropical cyclone · big dogs
Tyr
One handed Norse god of war and oaths · Norse
Tyrone
Irish county, Gaelic Tir Eoghain, land of Owen · Irish
Tyson
Strong sounding surname long given to powerful dogs · big dogs
Tzvi
Means gazelle or deer in Hebrew · Hebrew

Names for either (202)

Tabla
Paired hand drums of Indian classical music · Hindi
Tadpole
A young frog, usually black · small dogs
Tagine
Moroccan stew named after its conical clay pot · Moroccan
Tagpi
Means patch or spot in Tagalog, a classic name for a patchy dog · Tagalog
Tahini
Creamy sesame paste, for a sandy coloured dog · Hebrew
Taho
Silken tofu with brown sugar syrup and pearls · Filipino
Tahoe
Deep blue lake on the California Nevada line
Taiko
The big Japanese drum · Japanese
Taipei
The capital of Taiwan, famous for night markets and bubble tea · Chinese
Taiyaki
A fish shaped cake filled with sweet bean paste, a street favourite · Japanese · small dogs
Takahe
A rare flightless New Zealand bird once thought extinct · Maori
Takapu
The Australasian gannet · Maori
Takara
Japanese for treasure · Japanese
Tako
Means octopus in Japanese, for a dog who gets into everything · Japanese
Takoyaki
Small round fried balls of batter and octopus · Japanese · small dogs
Tal
Means dew in Hebrew · Hebrew
Tally Ho
The cry of the hunt when a fox is seen
Tama
A jewel or round gem · Japanese
Tamago
Japanese for egg, also a sweet rolled omelette · Japanese · small dogs
Tamale
Mexican masa parcel steamed in a corn husk · Nahuatl
Tamarack
A North American larch that turns gold in autumn · Algonquian
Tamarind
Sour sticky pod used in sauces and chutneys · Arabic
Tamarisk
A feathery shrub of dry coasts with pink flowers
Tan
A light yellow brown
Tanager
A brightly coloured songbird of the Americas · Tupi
Tanami
A red desert in the Northern Territory · Warlpiri
Tangawizi
Swahili for ginger · Swahili
Tangent
A line that touches a curve, for a dog who wanders off topic
Tangier
Moroccan port city facing Spain · Arabic
Tango
The Argentine dance
Tanis
An ancient city in the Nile Delta, home of hidden royal tombs · Ancient Egyptian
Taos
A New Mexico art town with an ancient adobe pueblo
Tapas
Small Spanish plates shared with drinks · Spanish · small dogs
Tapioca
Cassava starch pearls used in puddings and bubble tea · Tupi
Tapir
A gentle forest animal with a short trunk · Tupi
Tapsi
German for a clumsy little stomper · German
Taralli
Crunchy ring shaped Italian crackers · Italian · small dogs
Tarcin
Means cinnamon in Turkish, for a warm brown dog · Turkish
Tarn
A small mountain lake in a hollow left by a glacier, from Old Norse tjorn · Old Norse
Tarsier
A tiny primate with huge round eyes · small dogs
Tartan
The woven check of the Highland clans · Scottish
Tassie
Australian nickname for Tasmania
Tatenda
Means thank you in Shona · Shona
Tater
Short for potato
Tattler
A grey wader named after their noisy alarm call
Tauhou
The silvereye of New Zealand, Maori for stranger · Maori · small dogs
Taupo
New Zealand's biggest lake, in a huge volcanic crater · Maori
Tavsan
Means rabbit in Turkish · Turkish · small dogs
Tawny
The tawny owl, the hooting owl of British woods
Taylor
From tailor, one who cuts cloth
Teacake
A light spiced bun with dried fruit
Teacup
A small cup, for a dog small enough to sit in one · small dogs
Teal
Small dabbling duck, and the blue green colour of its wing
Teeny Bean
A very small bean of a dog · small dogs
Tegan
Welsh, fair or lovely · Welsh
Teh Tarik
Pulled milk tea, poured back and forth until frothy · Malay
Tej
Ethiopian honey wine · Amharic
Tejate
A cacao and maize drink from Oaxaca · Mexican Spanish
Tekapo
A turquoise alpine lake in New Zealand under dark starry skies · Maori
Tekir
Means tabby in Turkish, a classic name for a striped pet · Turkish
Telluride
A Colorado mining town turned ski resort in a box canyon
Teman
Means friend in Indonesian and Malay · Indonesian
Tempe
A firm Indonesian cake of fermented soybeans · Indonesian
Tempest
An old word for a violent storm
Tempura
Japanese batter fried prawns and vegetables · Japanese
Tenby
Seaside town in Pembrokeshire · Welsh
Tenderfoot
A newcomer to the rough life of the West
Tenner
British slang for a ten pound note
Teriyaki
A shiny sweet soy glaze for grilled meat or fish · Japanese
Tern
A slender seabird with a forked tail
Terracotta
Italian for baked earth, the warm orange clay of pots and tiles · Italian
Terry
Cairn terrier who played the little dog in a 1939 musical · small dogs
Tesem
The ancient Egyptian word for a hunting dog with pricked ears and a curled tail · Ancient Egyptian
Thames
River running through London to the sea
Thando
Means love in Zulu and Xhosa · Zulu
Thanh Long
Vietnamese for dragon fruit · Vietnamese
Theremin
An electronic instrument played without touching it · Russian
Thermal
A rising column of warm air
Thermos
A flask that keeps tea hot on a cold hike
Thicket
A dense tangle of shrubs and small trees
Thingamajig
A word for something whose name escapes you
Thistle
The prickly flower of Scotland
Thornbill
A tiny brown Australian bird · small dogs
Throne
The ceremonial seat of a monarch · Greek · big dogs
Thylacine
The striped Tasmanian tiger, now extinct · Greek
Thyme
A tiny leaved Mediterranean herb · small dogs
Tiddler
British word for a very small fish or a small child · English · small dogs
Tide
The daily rise and fall of the sea
Tiebreak
The deciding game when a tennis set is level
Tieke
The saddleback, a New Zealand bird with a chestnut saddle · Maori
Tierney
Irish surname meaning lord · Irish
Tiger's Eye
A banded golden brown quartz that shimmers like a cat's eye
Tigereye
A golden striped stone with a silky shine
Tiki
Polynesian carved figure, a fun island name · Maori
Tikka
Spiced pieces of meat cooked on skewers · Hindi
Tilki
Means fox in Turkish · Turkish
Timbuktu
Ancient trading city on the edge of the Sahara in Mali
Timpani
The big tuned kettledrums of the orchestra · Italian · big dogs
Tin
A soft silvery metal, short and sweet
Tin Star
A lawman's badge
Tinderbox
A box of flint and tinder for lighting fires
Tinny
Aussie slang for a small aluminium boat
Tinsel
Shiny strands hung on the Christmas tree to catch the light
Tiny
Old favourite for the smallest dog in the litter · small dogs
Tippy
For a dog with a white tip on their tail or nose
Tippytoes
Walking on tiptoe, for a dainty dog · small dogs
Tiramisu
Italian coffee and mascarpone dessert · Italian
Titan
The elder gods who came before the Olympians · Greek · big dogs
Titch
British word for a small person, from the music hall star Little Tich · English · small dogs
Titi
The sooty shearwater of New Zealand, also called muttonbird · Maori
Toad
A warty amphibian, a cheeky name for a squat little dog · small dogs
Toadstool
Mushroom of fairy rings and witches' tales
Toast
Bread browned by heat, used for golden and tan coats
Tobago
The quieter, beachy sister island of Trinidad
Toddy
Hot drink of sugar, spice and lemon
Toebeans
Internet slang for the pads on a pet's paws
Tofino
A surf town on the wild west coast of Vancouver Island
Tofu
Pressed soybean curd
Togs
Kiwi slang for swimwear
Tokyo
Capital of Japan · Japanese
Tomah
Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains, home of a botanic garden · Darug
Tomato
The red fruit that thinks it is a vegetable
Tomo
Means friend in Japanese, a short and friendly name · Japanese
Tompouce
A Dutch cream slice with pink icing · Dutch
Tomtit
A small native New Zealand bird, black and white or yellow · small dogs
Tonga
Kingdom of islands in the South Pacific
Tonic
A bitter mixer flavoured with quinine, from the Greek tonos
Tonka
A wrinkled black bean that smells of vanilla
Toonie
The Canadian two dollar coin
Topak
Means a round lump in Turkish, for a roly-poly pup · Turkish
Topi
A glossy African antelope that stands on termite mounds for a lookout · Swahili
Toque
The Canadian word for a knitted winter hat · French
Tora
Japanese, tiger · Japanese
Torea
The oystercatcher in Maori · Maori
Toroa
The albatross in Maori · Maori · big dogs
Tortellini
Small filled pasta rings from Bologna · Italian · small dogs
Tortoise
A slow land turtle, for an unhurried dog
Tortuga
A Caribbean island, Spanish for turtle · Spanish
Totara
A great native tree of New Zealand, prized for carving · Maori · big dogs
Toto
The small dog in the 1900 Wizard of Oz books
Toucan
A tropical bird with a huge, colourful beak
Touche
French for touched, the call when a fencer scores a hit · French
Toulouse
French city built of rose coloured brick · French
Toutou
French nursery word for a doggy, like bow wow in English · French
Toutouwai
The New Zealand robin · Maori · small dogs
Towhee
A large sparrow named after their call · small dogs
Tradie
Australian slang for a tradesperson · Australian
Trafalgar
London square named for the 1805 sea battle
Trail
A path through the woods
Trailblazer
Marks a new trail for others to follow
Trailhead
The start of a hiking trail, where every good walk begins
Tramontane
A cold north wind from over the mountains of Spain and France · Italian
Tranquillo
Italian for calm and peaceful · Italian
Traquinas
Portuguese for a little troublemaker · Portuguese
Treat
As in trick or treat, and every good dog's reward
Treble
The high voice in music · small dogs
Treecreeper
A small brown bird that spirals up tree trunks · small dogs
Tremblant
A Quebec ski resort in the Laurentian mountains · French
Tremolo
A rapid trembling repetition of a note · Italian
Tresor
French for treasure, a classic French term of endearment · French
Trieste
Italian port city on the Adriatic · Italian
Trifle
Layered English pudding of sponge, custard and cream · English
Trill
A rapid flutter between two notes
Trillium
Woodland flower with everything in threes · Latin
Trinidad
A Caribbean island famous for carnival and steel pans · Spanish
Troika
Russian sleigh pulled by three horses abreast · Russian
Trophy
A cup won for victory
Tropic
The warm regions either side of the equator · Greek
Trouble
Fair warning about the puppy you just brought home
Tsubasa
Japanese name meaning wing, for a dog who seems to fly · Japanese
Tteok
A chewy Korean rice cake · Korean · small dogs
Tteokbokki
Spicy Korean stir fried rice cakes · Korean
Tuatara
An ancient reptile of New Zealand, a living fossil · Maori
Tuatua
A small surf clam of New Zealand beaches · Maori · small dogs
Tucson
Desert city in southern Arizona
Tui
A New Zealand songbird with a white throat tuft · Maori
Tulum
Mayan walled town on the coast of Mexico
Tumaini
Swahili for hope · Swahili
Tumbili
Means monkey in Swahili, for a playful, energetic dog · Swahili
Tumbleweed
Dry plant that rolls across the plains in the wind
Tuna
A fast powerful fish of the open ocean
Tundra
The treeless plain of the far north
Tupelo
A swamp tree whose flowers give a famous honey · Creek
Turin
Elegant city at the foot of the Italian Alps · Italian
Turmeric
The root that stains everything yellow
Turnip
A round white root vegetable · small dogs
Turnstone
A wader that flips over stones looking for food, like a dog on the beach
Turon
A sweet banana spring roll fried in caramel · Filipino
Turquoise
A blue green stone prized across the American southwest
Turtle
The slow and steady shelled reptile, for a dog in no rush
Tussock
The golden bunch grass that covers New Zealand high country
Tutor
A private teacher
Tutti
Italian for all together, when the whole orchestra plays · Italian
Tutti Frutti
Mixed candied fruit, meaning all fruits · Italian
Tweed
Scottish river, and the woollen cloth
Twig
A slender shoot growing from a branch · small dogs
Twiga
Swahili for giraffe · Swahili · big dogs
Twilight
The dim light between day and night
Twinkletoes
Someone light and quick on their feet
Tyrian
The royal purple dye of ancient Tyre
Tyrrhenian
The sea between Italy, Corsica and Sicily · Greek
Tzatziki
A yoghurt, cucumber and garlic dip · Greek

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