Energetic Dog Names

If you've got a bouncy or hyperactive dog, these energetic dog names will help you represent your dog's boundless energy and zest for life.

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Amp
Meaning: Voltage and an energy drink.
Apollo
Meaning: Destroyer; god of music, poetry, prophecy, archery and medicine
Aston
Meaning: Aston martin sports cars remain james bond's preferred mode of conveyance.
Babe
Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
Ballistic
Meaning: To become irrational. Ballistics is the study of projectiles and bombs.
Bang
Meaning: Energy drink.
Banzai
Meaning: Japanese battle cry.
Bedlam
Meaning: A state of uproar and wild confusion.
Bolt
Meaning: Explosive leap forward or upright; the action of a rifle.
Boogie
Meaning: To dance energetically, especially to rock music or blues.
Boost
Meaning: Extra power given to a rocket on lift off.
Booster
Meaning: The first stage of a rocket or missile.
Brio
Meaning: From Italian and ancient Celtic, determination, energy, power and force.
Brisk
Meaning: Active, quick or lively.
Bullet
Meaning: Projectile.
Burn
Meaning: Combustion in rockets.
Bustle
Meaning: Hustle and Bustle is frenzied activity and excitement.
Calamity
Meaning: A disaster or great misfortune. Calamity Jane was a renowned scout and a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Chaos
Meaning: The void before the birth of the universe, titan god, total disorganization and confusion.
Chase
Meaning: Skilled hunter or huntsman.
Chispa
Meaning: Sparkle
Clash
Meaning: Noise, collision, artful Punk band of the 1970s.
Crash
Meaning: Always on the couch.
Crave
Meaning: To desire urgently.
Cyclone
Meaning: Violent tropical storm, circular in nature.
Dart
Meaning: Sudden swift movement.
Dash
Meaning: A short fast race; to move quickly.
Daze
Meaning: Accomplishing
Dazzle
Meaning: To daze or confuse with bright light
DeLorean
Meaning: Named for auto executive John DeLorean, this sports car came to fame twice.
Diesel
Meaning: Fuel; diminutive form of Matthias.
Disco
Meaning: Club or party at which people dance to recorded music.
Elon
Meaning: A combination of style and vigor. The high drive Elon Musk is the creator of Paypal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX among a large variety of projects and business ventures.
Ferrari
Meaning: High-end Italian race car.
Flaunt
Meaning: To parade or display one's self conspicuously.
Flit
Meaning: To hop about quickly.
Flow
Meaning: To proceed smoothly and continuously.
Flurry
Meaning: A gust of wind or the move in a hurried fashion.
Flux
Meaning: To flow in flow of the tide. The Flux Capacitor made time travel possible in Back to the future.
Fly
Meaning: To soar or to move at great speed. fly is a common name for working herding dogs.
Havoc
Meaning: Devastation or ruinous damage.
Hooligan
Meaning: Ruffian or hoodlum. British soccer fans.
Hoopla
Meaning: Bustling activity or excitement, ballyhoo, hullabaloo.
Hopper
Meaning: One that jumps from activity to activity. Famous American painter Edward Hopper, most notable painting, Nighthawks.
Inferno
Meaning: A place that resembles hell.
Jet
Meaning: To move or travel rapidly, especially if jet-propelled.
Jiffy
Meaning: An instant or a flash.
Jolt
Meaning: A high surge of electricity.
Juice
Meaning: The power of a wave. Electrical current.
Kick
Meaning: To drive or force as in ''she kicked it into high gear.'' Also Kathleen ''Kick'' Kennedy.
Lash
Meaning: To dash or fling violently.
Lilt
Meaning: A buoyant motion.
Lotus
Meaning: From homer's the oddysey
Mayhem
Meaning: A state of uproar and wild confusion. Devastation or ruinous damage.
Melee
Meaning: Confusion, turmoil, involving hand-to-hand combat.
Motor
Meaning: Engine (noun) or to move about (verb).
Moxie
Meaning: Verve, vigor or courage. the origins of the term are from an american soft drink, trademarked as ''moxie.''
Piston
Meaning: Reciprocating engine device.
Porsche
Meaning: The Porsche 956/962 dominated the LeMans as well as the American and Japanese tracks for over a decade.
Pow Pow
Meaning: Dominican expression for subjugating naughty young children in the throws of a temper tantrum.
Pronto
Meaning: Spanish for quickly or immediately.
Punch
Meaning: Power, zest and forcefulness.
Rascal
Meaning: Mischievous person or animal.
Raze
Meaning: High power energy drink.
Red Bull
Meaning: Energy drink powerful enough that it got Anna Nicole Smith off of her lounge chair for 20 minutes at a time.
Ricochet
Meaning: Of French origin meaning Skipping stone on water. Ricochet means bouncing from object to object or place to place.
Riot
Meaning: Violent or wild disorder, confusion. A bright display of color.
Rip
Meaning: To move with great speed or violence.
Rokkit
Meaning: A play on rocket and rock it.
Rout
Meaning: To gain total victory over your opponent.
Ruffian
Meaning: Tough, lawless, and brutal.
Rush
Meaning: To move with great speed, often in a hurried manner.
Scooter
Meaning: Small light mode of transportation.
Scramble
Meaning: To move hastily or in a hurry.
Scurry
Meaning: To rush or move quickly in great haste.
Sharknado
Meaning: Series of films featuring tornados swirling with live great white sharks in their midst.
Shelby
Meaning: The shelby cobra; initially manufactured in 1962 using the a/c ace shell.
Skip
Meaning: To move in a light springy manner. to escape secretly in haste.
Smasher
Meaning: Smashing, English slang for fabulous.
Smoke
Meaning: Slang for moving out rapidly. ''He smoked the competition.''
Snap
Meaning: A jiffy; instant of flash.
Sonic
Meaning: Fast as the speed of sound.
Spark
Meaning: Small, fiery particles; ignition.
Sparkle
Meaning: To be brilliant, lively and vivacious or to effervesce.
Sparkles
Meaning: Shine brightly with flashes of light.
Spaz
Meaning: Spastic.
Sprint
Meaning: Short fast race. To dash.
Static
Meaning: Difficulty or trouble.
Stoked
Meaning: Surfer slang, excited or euphoric.
Storm
Meaning: To deliver a violent attack or assault. barrage.
Strife
Meaning: Discord, quarrel, clash.
Surge
Meaning: Sudden strong increase or to burst forward.
Sweep
Meaning: To handily beat all competition; to clear an area; to drive in a steady force. Sweep is a common herding dog name.
Swift
Meaning: Fleet capable of moving at high velocity.
Tesla
Meaning: Refers to the curious scientist
Testarossa
Meaning: Unveiled in Paris 1984, Ferrari's Testarossa sports car is Italian for ''redhead.'' A nice name for any of the speedy copper colored breeds.
Tilt
Meaning: To rush at or charge. Also Janis Joplin's band, Full Tilt Boogie.
Trouble
Meaning: To disturb the mental calm or to worry another.
Trounce
Meaning: To defeat decisively.
Tsunami
Meaning: Massive tidal wave.
Turbo
Meaning: Short for turbocharger, the turbo kicks speed up a notch.
Typhoon
Meaning: Pacific hurricane.
Vandal
Meaning: One who deliberately mars something of beauty or value.
Verve
Meaning: Enthusiasm, vivaciousness and vigor.
Vitesse
Meaning: French pronounced VEE-tessa. Means speed. Also the name of a top Dutch soccer team.
Whirl
Meaning: To move or go forth rapidly.
Whisk
Meaning: To pass or go forward lightly and rapidly.
Whiz
Meaning: Genius or to move with a rush and a sound.
Whoop Ass
Meaning: Typically packaged in a can, this substance is intended to prevent the recipient from proceeding in an action repugnant to the conferrer of the can. Once opened the recipient should expect total devastation.
Wreck
Meaning: The ruin or destruction of anything. Member of the Wrecking Crew, a loose band of top notch studio musicians in LA in the 1970s.
Yeager
Meaning: In 1947, General Chuck Yeager, then a test pilot, became the first man to officially break the sound barrier.
Zeal
Meaning: Fervor, ardor, enthusiasm.
Zephyr
Meaning: Powerful sweeping wind.
Zing
Meaning: Vitality, enthusiasm, zest.
Zip
Meaning: Energy, vim and vigor.
Zipper
Meaning: One who zips around at lightening speed.
Zoom
Meaning: To increase or rise suddenly.

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

Planning to raise a lean machine? If you have an active breed, these athletic dog names will help to represent their speed, agility and zest for life.

Bring some extra joy and energy to your family by naming your dog with one of these lively dog names. Made for bright, active and energetic pups of all shapes and sizes.

People talk about “having the zoomies” as if it’s a brief blitz of energy that a dog exerts once dinner has been demolished. But some dogs are just naturally rambunctious to the point that they spend most of the day zooming. And this relentless energy is often what makes larger, sporty breeds so much fun to adopt.

If you’re adopting a pup that just never slows down, what better way to represent their zest for life than with an energetic name? The list above draws upon concepts like speed, athleticism and the natural world to offer some fantastic monikers for your spritely dog.

For male dogs, there’s just so much to love about Pronto. It’s a masculine sounding name that conveys the sense of urgency your boy has to explore the world – and because it’s a Spanish word, it carries a nice exotic twist as well. We also love Bullet, which brings a touch of menace to your crazy canine.

For a more classic name that represents power and energy, why not run with Turbo? It’s a cute name for boys that perfectly represents the way your dog’s energy level is always cranked up to the max.

For female dogs, our first recommendation would be the Spanish-infuenced Chispa. This cute name means a small particle of glowing matter, which does a lot to represent the energy level of a small but mighty dog. Sparkles is, perhaps, the more traditional English equivalent of this name, and works great for energetic girls too.

If you want to stand out from the crowd, another exotic name meaning speed is the French-influenced Vitesse. Although it might sound like a weird name for a dog at first, it shortens beautifully to Tess, which not only gives your girl a much-loved nickname, but also an extra layer of meaning.