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Dog names starting with U

Every name in our list that starts with U, 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 (24)

Ube
A purple yam used in Filipino sweets · Filipino
Ugla
Icelandic for owl · Icelandic
Ulani
Cheerful and lighthearted · Hawaiian
Ulla
Swedish name meaning will and power · Swedish
Ultramarine
A rich deep blue, Latin for beyond the sea · Latin
Uma
A name of the goddess Parvati · Sanskrit
Umbra
Latin for shadow · Latin
Umbria
The green heart of Italy, a region of hills and towns · Italian
Ume
Japanese, plum blossom · Japanese
Umeshu
Japanese plum wine, sweet and fruity · Japanese
Umi
Japanese for the sea · Japanese · small dogs
Una
Irish Una, perhaps lamb, also Latin for one · Irish
Upendo
Swahili for love · Swahili
Urania
Greek muse of astronomy · Greek
Ursa
The bear constellation of the northern sky · big dogs
Ursula
Latin and German name meaning little bear · German
Usagi
Means rabbit in Japanese, for a bouncy little dog · Japanese · small dogs
Usha
Sanskrit for dawn · Sanskrit
Ushas
Vedic goddess of the dawn · Sanskrit
Ushuaia
The southernmost city in the world, at the tip of Argentina · Spanish
Usva
Finnish for mist · Finnish
Ute
German name from a word meaning riches · German
Utopia
An imagined perfect place, from Thomas More's book · Greek
Uvita
Spanish for little grape · Spanish · small dogs

Boy names (29)

Uasal
Irish for noble · Irish
Uccello
Paolo Uccello, the painter whose nickname means bird · Italian
Uggie
Jack Russell terrier who charmed audiences in a silent film
Ugo
Italian form of Hugo, meaning mind · Italian
Ugolyok
Russian for little ember, who spent 22 days in orbit with Veterok in 1966 · Russian
Ugur
Means good luck in Turkish · Turkish
Ukko
Finnish god of thunder and sky · Finnish
Ulf
Norse word for wolf · Norse · big dogs
Ulises
Spanish form of Ulysses · Spanish
Uljas
Finnish for gallant and noble · Finnish
Ulrich
German name meaning prosperity and power · German
Ultan
Irish name meaning man of Ulster · Irish
Ulua
A powerful jack fish prized by Hawaiian fishers · Hawaiian
Ulysses
Latin form of Odysseus, the wandering hero of Homer · Latin
Umberto
Italian form of Humbert, meaning bright warrior · Italian
Umbriel
The darkest of the large moons of Uranus
Unas
The last pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, whose pyramid holds the oldest Pyramid Texts · Ancient Egyptian
Uno
Spanish and Italian for one, for an only dog · Spanish
Uppercut
An upward punch in boxing
Ural
The range dividing Europe from Asia
Urho
Finnish name meaning brave · Finnish
Uri
Means my light in Hebrew · Hebrew
Uriel
Hebrew for God is my light, an archangel · Hebrew
Uroczy
Polish for charming · Polish
Ursinho
Portuguese for little bear or teddy · Portuguese · small dogs
Urso
Portuguese for bear · Portuguese
Ursus
Latin for bear · Latin · big dogs
Usher
Someone who shows people to their seats
Uther
Legendary British king, father of Arthur · Welsh

Names for either (22)

Ubud
A town in the hills of Bali, known for rice terraces and monkeys · Balinese
Uche
Means wisdom or mind in Igbo · Igbo
Udaipur
The city of lakes in Rajasthan, India, full of white palaces · Hindi
Udo
Means peace in Igbo · Igbo
Udon
Thick chewy Japanese wheat noodle · Japanese
Udu
A clay pot drum of Nigeria · Igbo · small dogs
Uila
Means lightning in Hawaiian, for a fast dog · Hawaiian
Uisge
Scottish Gaelic for water · Scottish
Uke
Short for ukulele, the little four stringed instrument of Hawaii · Hawaiian · small dogs
Ukiyo
Japanese for floating world, from ukiyo e woodblock prints · Japanese
Ukulele
Hawaiian, jumping flea · Hawaiian · small dogs
Uli
Hawaiian for dark or deep blue · Hawaiian
Uluru
The great sandstone monolith in central Australia · big dogs
Umber
A brown earth pigment
Umeboshi
A pickled Japanese plum, sour and salty · Japanese · small dogs
Unakite
A mottled green and pink stone · English
Underdog
The one not expected to win, the favourite of every crowd
Uni
Japanese for sea urchin, also short for unicorn · Japanese
Upepo
Means wind in Swahili, for a fast, restless dog · Swahili
Uraeus
The rearing cobra worn on the brow of the pharaoh · Ancient Egyptian
Urchin
A spiny ball that lives on the sea floor · small dogs
Utah
A western US state of red rock arches and canyons · Ute

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