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Tough dog names

Strong names with hard consonants that carry across a field. Good for a big guardian breed, and funny on a Chihuahua.

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Girl names (4)

Harley
English place name, the hare meadow
Jinx
A run of bad luck, from a bird once used in spells · small dogs
Roxanne
Persian roots, dawn · Persian
Vixen
A female fox

Boy names (110)

Anvil
The heavy iron block a blacksmith hammers on · big dogs
Attila
King of the Huns in the 5th century · big dogs
Barracuda
A long, fast predatory fish with fang like teeth · big dogs
Bastion
A strong part of a fortress, a stronghold · big dogs
Behemoth
A huge beast in the Book of Job, now a word for anything giant · Hebrew · big dogs
Bison
The heavy shouldered wild ox of North America and Europe · big dogs
Blackbeard
Nickname of Edward Teach, the pirate who died in 1718 · big dogs
Blackjack
A card game, also a short leather club · big dogs
Blackout
A total loss of light, for a solid black dog · big dogs
Blade
The cutting edge of a knife, from the Old English blaed
Boar
A wild male pig with tusks · big dogs
Boss
The one in charge, from the Dutch baas, master · Dutch · big dogs
Bouncer
The doorman who keeps the peace at a club · big dogs
Brawler
Someone who loves a rough and tumble · big dogs
Brawn
Physical strength and muscle · big dogs
Brick
A solid block of fired clay, for a dog built like one · big dogs
Brigadier
A senior army officer
Broadsword
A big wide bladed sword
Brock
The Old English name for the badger · English · big dogs
Bronson
English surname meaning son of Brown · English · big dogs
Bruiser
A large, tough person or animal, from bruise · big dogs
Brute
A big strong creature, for a gentle giant with a tough name · big dogs
Brutus
The Roman senator of the ides of March · Latin · big dogs
Buccaneer
A pirate of the Caribbean
Buffalo
The water buffalo and the Cape buffalo, heavy black horned cattle · big dogs
Bulldozer
A powerful earth moving machine, for a dog who barrels through · big dogs
Bulwark
A strong defensive wall · big dogs
Cannon
A big black iron gun, for a dog that launches after the ball · big dogs
Catapult
A siege machine that hurls stones, for a dog who launches off the couch
Centurion
A Roman officer who commanded a century of soldiers · Latin · big dogs
Citadel
A fortress guarding a city · big dogs
Claymore
The great two handed Scottish sword · Scottish Gaelic · big dogs
Colossus
From the Greek kolossos, giant statue, as in the Colossus of Rhodes · Greek · big dogs
Commando
A soldier trained for daring raids
Commodore
A senior naval officer
Crusher
Someone or something that crushes, for a toy destroyer · big dogs
Cutlass
A short curved pirate sword
Defender
One who protects and guards
Diesel
A heavy engine fuel, named after Rudolf Diesel · big dogs
Dragoon
A mounted soldier of old armies
Dreadnought
A giant battleship that feared nothing · big dogs
Enforcer
A tough player who protects teammates
Fang
A long pointed tooth, from the Old English fang, catch
Fortress
A heavily protected stronghold · big dogs
Gargantua
A giant from Rabelais' tales, for a truly huge dog · French · big dogs
Gargoyle
A carved stone spout, from the Old French gargouille, throat · French · big dogs
Gauntlet
A heavy armoured glove, thrown down as a challenge
Gladiator
Latin for swordsman, from gladius, sword · Latin · big dogs
Golem
A clay giant brought to life in Jewish folklore · Hebrew · big dogs
Goliath
The giant of the biblical duel · big dogs
Gorilla
The largest living ape · big dogs
Grenadier
A tall elite foot soldier · big dogs
Grendel
The monster Beowulf fights in the Old English poem · English · big dogs
Grizz
Short for grizzly bear · big dogs
Guardian
A protector, for a loyal watchdog · big dogs
Gunmetal
A bronze once used for guns, and the name of a dark blue grey · big dogs
Halberd
A long medieval axe and spear
Hammer
The striking tool, for a dog that plays hard · big dogs
Hannibal
The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants in 218 BC · big dogs
Hussar
A dashing light cavalry soldier · Hungarian
Iron
The strong grey metal that steel is made from · big dogs
Ironclad
A steam warship protected by iron plates · big dogs
Ironside
A tough, unyielding person, a nickname of old warrior kings
Ivar
Old Norse Ivarr, possibly from yr, yew or bow, and herr, warrior · Norse · big dogs
Jaguar
The heaviest spotted cat of the Americas · big dogs
Juggernaut
From Jagannath, lord of the world, whose huge temple carts gave English the word · Sanskrit · big dogs
Knockout
The punch that ends a fight · big dogs
Kong
A Chinese surname, that of Confucius, Kong Fuzi · big dogs
Lancer
A cavalry soldier armed with a lance
Leopard
The spotted big cat of Africa and Asia · big dogs
Leviathan
A vast sea monster in the Hebrew Bible, now anything huge · Hebrew · big dogs
Lion
The big cat known as the king of beasts · big dogs
Mack
An old slang word for a strong man
Magnum
Latin for great, also a wine bottle twice the usual size · Latin · big dogs
Marauder
A raider who roams in search of plunder
Mastiff
The giant, gentle guard dog breed · big dogs
Maximus
Latin for greatest · Latin · big dogs
Musketeer
A soldier armed with a musket, like the three musketeers
Ox
A big working bull, a byword for strength · big dogs
Panther
A big cat, and the usual name for a black leopard or jaguar · big dogs
Privateer
A sailor licensed to raid enemy ships
Rampage
A spell of wild, reckless charging about · big dogs
Rampart
A broad defensive wall around a fort · big dogs
Razor
A sharp blade for shaving, from the Latin radere, scrape
Renegade
A rebel who goes their own way
Rhino
Short for rhinoceros, Greek for nose horn · Greek · big dogs
Rumble
A deep rolling sound, and a rough and tumble
Sasquatch
The big, hairy ape like giant of North American folklore · big dogs
Sentinel
A guard who keeps watch · big dogs
Shark
The ocean's top predator, most of them grey backed · big dogs
Silverback
An adult male gorilla, named for the silver saddle of hair on his back · big dogs
Sledge
A big heavy sledgehammer · big dogs
Spartan
A warrior of ancient Sparta, now anyone tough and plain living · Greek · big dogs
Stag Beetle
A big black beetle with antler like jaws
Steel
Hard iron alloy, for a dog with nerves of it · big dogs
Stomper
A dog with heavy, thumping feet · big dogs
Taipan
A large, fast Australian snake
Tank
An armoured tracked vehicle, used for heavy, solid dogs · 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
Titanium
A strong, light, grey metal named after the Titans · Greek · big dogs
Torpedo
A self propelled underwater missile, named after the electric ray · Latin · big dogs
Torque
Turning power, for a dog with plenty of pull
Trebuchet
A huge medieval siege engine · French · big dogs
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
Tungsten
A very dense grey metal, Swedish for heavy stone · Swedish · big dogs
Tusk
The long tooth of an elephant, boar or walrus · big dogs
Typhon
The monstrous storm giant of Greek myth, father of Cerberus · Greek · big dogs
Wrecker
A tow truck, or a dog who wrecks every toy

Names for either (10)

Battleaxe
A heavy war axe, also a fierce, formidable person
Blaze
A bright fire, also the white stripe down a dog's face
Bullet
A small fast shot, from the French boulette, little ball · small dogs
Fury
Wild anger, from the Latin furia
Havoc
Widespread disorder, from the Old French havot, plunder
Hyena
The spotted hyena, the largest hyena, famous for its whooping laugh · big dogs
Mamba
A fast, venomous African snake, named black mamba for the inky inside of its mouth
Mayhem
Wilful chaos, from an old legal word for maiming · big dogs
Nitro
Short for nitrous oxide, used to boost engine power
Riot
A noisy disturbance, also slang for something very funny

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