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.

Akita Names

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All Akita Names

  • Meaning: red bean
  • Meaning: Destroyer; god of music, poetry, prophecy, archery and medicine
  • Ash
    Meaning: Success
  • Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
  • Meaning: A thief.
  • Meaning: Deadly female spider.
  • Meaning: Bad.
  • Meaning: Bubbly, effervescent, lively and enthusiastic."
  • Meaning: Male bovine animal
  • Meaning: Targeted accuracy goal.
  • Meaning: Tough guy; a man of great strength.
  • Meaning: For camouflage
  • Meaning: Bright, Sweet
  • Meaning: Protective, loving mother.
  • Meaning: Short for "champion".
  • Meaning: variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
  • Meaning: A word short for a chipset, or a splinter. Also the diminutive form of Charles.
  • Meaning: Happy and upbeat, also the name of the braves monosyllabic former baseman, chipper jones.
  • Meaning: From the ford by the cliff
  • Meaning: burn to charcoal
  • Meaning: a medium brown to dark-brown color
  • Dai
    Meaning: great, large
  • Meaning: A short fast race; to move quickly.
  • Meaning: Longing
  • Meaning: A moody princess
  • Meaning: Leader, commander, governor of a province
  • Meaning: be greater in significance than
  • Eri
    Meaning: blessed prize
  • Meaning: Bubbly, effervescent.
  • 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.
  • Meaning: Wisteria
  • Meaning: child of abundant beauty
  • Meaning: a person of exceptional importance and reputation
  • Meaning: Giant monster lizard.
  • Meaning: A giant from the bible.
  • Meaning: Strong in battle (in Swedish).
  • Meaning: Messenger or earthly, from the name Hermes
  • Meaning: A fictional characterr.
  • Meaning: A woman who hunts in mythology
  • Meaning: someone who hunts game
  • Meaning: first son
  • Meaning: of the color of black ink
  • 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
  • Meaning: From The Hunger Games.
  • Meaning: Ninth Son
  • Meaning: a woman of refinement
  • 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
  • Meaning: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
  • Meaning: Full Of Life, Energy
  • Meaning: The sneaky and trickster god in Norse mythology.
  • Meaning: Fortunate
  • Meaning: Light
  • Meaning: The divine embodiment of the moon in greek mythology
  • Meaning: Pearl
  • Meaning: Mystical powers in mythology.
  • Meaning: informal terms for a mother
  • Meaning: Lovable giant dog.
  • Max
    Meaning: Greatest
  • Meaning: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
  • Meaning: An air of mystery
  • Meaning: honest child
  • Meaning: the time of day immediately following sunset
  • Meaning: Unconquerable in russian.
  • Meaning: a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano)
  • Meaning: Black and white
  • 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
  • Meaning: Lovely, happy, joyous.
  • Meaning: Ground Nut Legume
  • Meaning: From Pacca's Town
  • Meaning: Fairy
  • Meaning: Hungry ghost spirit.
  • Meaning: A daughter of a monarch.
  • Meaning: Gamekeeper; a rover or wanderer
  • Red
    Meaning: Red Haired
  • Ren
    Meaning: Lotus / love
  • Meaning: person of land
  • Meaning: Always slow-moving.
  • Meaning: Cool.
  • Meaning: blossom of hope
  • Meaning: wise child
  • Meaning: full of fighting spirit
  • Meaning: shabby and untidy
  • Meaning: the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
  • Meaning: someone skilled in shooting
  • Meaning: true second son
  • Meaning: poem
  • Meaning: Scholar
  • Meaning: From the valley
  • Meaning: Wisdom
  • Meaning: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
  • Meaning: Stingy or pointed.
  • Meaning: Soul
  • Meaning: Star
  • Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
  • Meaning: to advance, proceed
  • Meaning: protector, keeper
  • Meaning: A ballroom dance of Latin American origin, particularly Argentina
  • Meaning: Powerful Cat, Tiger
  • Meaning: very small
  • Meaning: Greek giants.
  • Meaning: God Is Good
  • Meaning: child of wealth, fortune
  • Meaning: Attractive and quarrelsome.
  • Meaning: a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
  • Meaning: Son Of Guy

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