Calm Dog Names

If you want something chill or laid-back for your dog, these calm dog names will speak to you. Your dog might not be calm as a puppy, but one day the name will be suitable – we promise!

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• Airy

  Meaning: Delicate.
• Allay

  Meaning: Put at rest.
• Aloof

  Meaning: remote in manner
• Beans

  Meaning: informal terms for a human head
• Betty

  Meaning: Lazy girl.
• Bobby

  Meaning: Chess genius.
• Boy

  Meaning: a male human offspring
• Breezy

  Meaning: Relaxed.
• Bubba

  Meaning: Nickname for a boy in the south of the US; a slow moving individual.
• Bubby

  Meaning: Nickname for Bubba.
• Bum

  Meaning: Loves to bum around.
• Butter

  Meaning: a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
• Butterbean

  Meaning: Big and lazy.
• Chill

  Meaning: Loves to chill.
• Chilly

  Meaning: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
• Dally

  Meaning: Dilly dally.
• Dawdle

  Meaning: Slow and time waster.
• Decaf

  Meaning: coffee with the caffeine removed
• Dozer

  Meaning: Snoozing.
• Dreamy

  Meaning: Always sleepy.
• Easy

  Meaning: Easy going.
• Flex

  Meaning: bend a joint
• George

  Meaning: Farmer, worker of the Earth
• Hammock

  Meaning: Loves to sleep.
• Holiday

  Meaning: Rest day.
• Jacks

  Meaning: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
• Jaunty

  Meaning: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
• Lacuna

  Meaning: An interval, gap, or pause.
• Lane

  Meaning: Popular recliner brand.
• Lax

  Meaning: Relaxed.
• LB (Lazy Bones)

  Meaning:
• Liberty

  Meaning: Freedom
• Loll

  Meaning: To lay sprawled about.
• Loose

  Meaning: To hang loose.
• Lounge

  Meaning: Lazy manner.
• Lull

  Meaning: Interval of inactivity.
• Mac

  Meaning: Son
• Marshmallow

  Meaning: Lazy and fluffy.
• Mellow

  Meaning: Laidback and mellow.
• Miles

  Meaning: Soldier or servant
• Mosey

  Meaning: walk leisurely
• Napper

  Meaning: Always taking a nap.
• Oops

  Meaning:
• Piddle

  Meaning: To waste time on trivial things.
• Recess

  Meaning: A break.
• Serene

  Meaning: Laidback and calm.
• Shabby

  Meaning: showing signs of wear and tear
• Siesta

  Meaning: Afternoon nap.
• Simmer

  Meaning: Does not get over-excited.
• Slack

  Meaning: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
• Sloth

  Meaning: The most famous slow-moving animal.
• Slug

  Meaning: Slow motion.
• Snoozer

  Meaning: Asleep all day.
• Softie

  Meaning: Lounging all day.
• Solace

  Meaning: give moral or emotional strength to
• Stretch

  Meaning: Always stretching.
• Stroll

  Meaning: Hates running.
• Taper

  Meaning: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
• Toddle

  Meaning: Has a leisurely manner.
• Vacay

  Meaning: Vacation.
• Wade

  Meaning: Traveller By The Ford
• Weekend

  Meaning: Rest day.

Staying on the calm theme, these names mean calm or are in some way related to the word.

Staying on the calm theme, these names mean peace or are in some way related to the word.

Lay the foundations for a well-behaved dog by giving them one of these mellow dog names. Your puppy might not calm down for a few years, but at least they'll have a fitting name when they do!

Set your dog up right with these zen dog names. They're great for lovers of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, who want to inspire a sense of calm in their pup.