Akita Names

The Akita is a large and powerful dog breed with a noble and intimidating presence. They were originally used for guarding royalty and nobility in feudal Japan. These dogs also tracked and hunted wild boar, black bear, and sometimes deer. The Akita does not back down from challenges and does not frighten easily. Consequently, they are fearless and loyal guardians of their families. Yet they are also affectionate, respectful, and amusing dogs when properly trained and socialized.

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• Adzuki

  Meaning: red bean
• Apollo

  Meaning: Destroyer; god of music, poetry, prophecy, archery and medicine
• Ash

  Meaning: Success
• Babe

  Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
• Bandit

  Meaning: A thief.
• Black Widow

  Meaning: Deadly female spider.
• Brutus

  Meaning: Bad.
• Bubbles

  Meaning: Bubbly, effervescent, lively and enthusiastic."
• Bull

  Meaning: Male bovine animal
• Bullseye

  Meaning: Targeted accuracy goal.
• Buster

  Meaning: Tough guy; a man of great strength.
• Camo

  Meaning: For camouflage
• Candy

  Meaning: Bright, Sweet
• Cercei

  Meaning: Protective, loving mother.
• Champ

  Meaning: Short for "champion".
• Checker

  Meaning: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
• Chip

  Meaning: A word short for a chipset, or a splinter. Also the diminutive form of Charles.
• Chipper

  Meaning: Happy and upbeat, also the name of the braves monosyllabic former baseman, chipper jones.
• Clifford

  Meaning: From the ford by the cliff
• Coal

  Meaning: burn to charcoal
• Coffee

  Meaning: a medium brown to dark-brown color
• Dai

  Meaning: great, large
• Dash

  Meaning: A short fast race; to move quickly.
• Desi

  Meaning: Longing
• Diva

  Meaning: A moody princess
• Duke

  Meaning: Leader, commander, governor of a province
• Eclipse

  Meaning: be greater in significance than
• Eri

  Meaning: blessed prize
• Fizz

  Meaning: Bubbly, effervescent.
• Folly

  Meaning: Foolishness, madness or lunacy, the ziegfeld follies were elaborately staged productions incorporating hundreds of beautiful smiling young ladies endlessly fanning out across the stage.
• Fuji

  Meaning: Wisteria
• Fumiko

  Meaning: child of abundant beauty
• Giant

  Meaning: a person of exceptional importance and reputation
• Godzilla

  Meaning: Giant monster lizard.
• Goliath

  Meaning: A giant from the bible.
• Gunner

  Meaning: Strong in battle (in Swedish).
• Hermione

  Meaning: Messenger or earthly, from the name Hermes
• Hulk

  Meaning: A fictional characterr.
• Huntress

  Meaning: A woman who hunts in mythology
• Huntsman

  Meaning: someone who hunts game
• Ichiro

  Meaning: first son
• Inky

  Meaning: of the color of black ink
• Jade

  Meaning: The first name of agatha christie's miss marple character
• Jet

  Meaning: To move or travel rapidly, especially if jet-propelled.
• Joy

  Meaning: Joy
• Katniss

  Meaning: From The Hunger Games.
• Kuro

  Meaning: Ninth Son
• Lady

  Meaning: a woman of refinement
• Licorice

  Meaning: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots
• Lightning

  Meaning: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
• Lively

  Meaning: Full Of Life, Energy
• Loki

  Meaning: The sneaky and trickster god in Norse mythology.
• Lucky

  Meaning: Fortunate
• Lucy

  Meaning: Light
• Luna

  Meaning: The divine embodiment of the moon in greek mythology
• Maggie

  Meaning: Pearl
• Magic

  Meaning: Mystical powers in mythology.
• Mama

  Meaning: informal terms for a mother
• Marmaduke

  Meaning: Lovable giant dog.
• Max

  Meaning: Greatest
• Mountain

  Meaning: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
• Mystique

  Meaning: An air of mystery
• Naoko

  Meaning: honest child
• Nightfall

  Meaning: the time of day immediately following sunset
• Nikita

  Meaning: Unconquerable in russian.
• Nocturne

  Meaning: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
• Oreo

  Meaning: Black and white
• Panda

  Meaning: large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
• Pango

  Meaning: Lovely, happy, joyous.
• Peanut

  Meaning: Ground Nut Legume
• Peyton

  Meaning: From Pacca's Town
• Pixie

  Meaning: Fairy
• Preta

  Meaning: Hungry ghost spirit.
• Princess

  Meaning: A daughter of a monarch.
• Ranger

  Meaning: Gamekeeper; a rover or wanderer
• Red

  Meaning: Red Haired
• Ren

  Meaning: Lotus / love
• Rikuto

  Meaning: person of land
• Rusty

  Meaning: Always slow-moving.
• Sable

  Meaning: Cool.
• Saki

  Meaning: blossom of hope
• Satoko

  Meaning: wise child
• Scrappy

  Meaning: full of fighting spirit
• Scruffy

  Meaning: shabby and untidy
• Share

  Meaning: the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
• Sharpshooter

  Meaning: someone skilled in shooting
• Shinji

  Meaning: true second son
• Shiori

  Meaning: poem
• Skyler

  Meaning: Scholar
• Slade

  Meaning: From the valley
• Sophie

  Meaning: Wisdom
• Speedy

  Meaning: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
• Spike

  Meaning: Stingy or pointed.
• Spirit

  Meaning: Soul
• Stella

  Meaning: Star
• Storm

  Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
• Susumo

  Meaning: to advance, proceed
• Tamotsu

  Meaning: protector, keeper
• Tango

  Meaning: A ballroom dance of Latin American origin, particularly Argentina
• Tiger

  Meaning: Powerful Cat, Tiger
• Tiny

  Meaning: very small
• Titan

  Meaning: Greek giants.
• Toby

  Meaning: God Is Good
• Tomiko

  Meaning: child of wealth, fortune
• Vixen

  Meaning: Attractive and quarrelsome.
• Voodoo

  Meaning: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
• Wyatt

  Meaning: Son Of Guy