French Bulldog Names

The French Bulldog has enjoyed a long history as a companion dog. Created in England to be a miniature Bulldog, they accompanied English lacemakers to France, where they acquired their “Frenchie” moniker.

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• Angel

  Meaning: Messenger of god
• Apricot

  Meaning: a shade of pink tinged with yellow
• Arrow

  Meaning: A Projectile Fired From A Bow
• Aubree

  Meaning: Noble Ruler
• Babe

  Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
• Baby

  Meaning: Infant
• Bacon

  Meaning: English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
• Bandit

  Meaning: A thief.
• Basil

  Meaning: King
• Bean

  Meaning: The seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae.
• Belly

  Meaning: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
• Blithe

  Meaning: Carefree, heedless, joyful and merry
• Bubbles

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

  Meaning: Companion, partner; perhaps a version of the word "brother".
• Burly

  Meaning: muscular and heavily built
• Butcher

  Meaning: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
• Butterfinger

  Meaning: Crispy peanut butter candy.
• Butternut

  Meaning: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
• Button

  Meaning: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
• Cha-Cha

  Meaning: a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips
• Cherry

  Meaning: Cherry Fruit
• Chip

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

  Meaning: Little gift; little girl.
• Chloe

  Meaning: Daphnis and chloe, is an ancient greek novel
• Choco

  Meaning: Chocolate flavored treat.
• Cocoa

  Meaning: Powdered Chocolate
• Cucumber

  Meaning: a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
• Cutie

  Meaning: Cute and adorable.
• Doughboy

  Meaning: an American infantryman in World War I
• Duke

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

  Meaning: Extremely intelligent scientist, thomas edison
• Emmy

  Meaning: Rival
• Fido

  Meaning: Loyal
• Fig

  Meaning: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
• Fisher

  Meaning: Fisherman
• Fluffy

  Meaning: like down or as soft as down
• Hazel

  Meaning: The Hazel Tree
• Hershey

  Meaning: Chocolate brand
• Hoagie

  Meaning: sandwich
• Java

  Meaning: A type of coffee grown on the Java, an island of Indonesia.
• Jellybean

  Meaning: Small, sweet candy.
• Joker

  Meaning: A master criminal in dc comics' batman.
• Kahlua

  Meaning: Coffee liqueur
• Keen

  Meaning: Extremely sensitive and responsive, possessing acute perception and showing a strong desire.
• King

  Meaning: Ruler
• Kong

  Meaning: Bright
• Lacy

  Meaning: Lacy
• Lady

  Meaning: a woman of refinement
• Leela

  Meaning: Sport, Play
• Little

  Meaning: Small Man
• Loki

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

  Meaning: Sorrows
• Louie

  Meaning: Famous Warrior
• Lucky

  Meaning: Fortunate
• Lucy

  Meaning: Light
• Magdalena

  Meaning: Woman Of Magdala
• Magnus

  Meaning: A 16-year-old demigod in Greek mythology.
• Marshmallow

  Meaning: Lazy and fluffy.
• Max

  Meaning: Greatest
• Meaty

  Meaning: being on topic and prompting thought
• Naughty

  Meaning: suggestive of sexual impropriety
• Noodle

  Meaning: informal terms for a human head
• Odie

  Meaning: Lovable, loyal companion.
• Owen

  Meaning: The Yew Tree Or Youth
• Paddy

  Meaning: Pet Name of Patrick
• Pal

  Meaning: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
• Parker

  Meaning: Park Keeper
• Patch

  Meaning: Noble
• Peggy

  Meaning: Pet form of margaret, meaning pearl
• Pepper

  Meaning: The pepper pad a handheld game console.
• Pequeña

  Meaning: Small, little
• Pip

  Meaning: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
• Pookie

  Meaning: Cute nickname for child.
• Pork Chop

  Meaning: Fried pork cutlet.
• Porkchop

  Meaning: chop cut from a hog
• Porky

  Meaning: Fat, happy piglet.
• Porter

  Meaning: Delicious dark beer
• Pudge

  Meaning: Cuddly, chubby person.
• Rex

  Meaning: King
• Riley

  Meaning: Small stream
• Roxy

  Meaning: Dawn
• Sally

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Sarah
• Scooter

  Meaning: Small light mode of transportation.
• Scottie

  Meaning: old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
• Scruffy

  Meaning: shabby and untidy
• Sherbet

  Meaning: a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
• Shrek

  Meaning: Big green ogre.
• Shrimp

  Meaning: disparaging terms for small people
• Skeeter

  Meaning: Insect, mosquito, pest, bug.
• Skittle

  Meaning: a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
• Smoky

  Meaning: marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
• Sookie

  Meaning: Lily
• Sophia

  Meaning: Wisdom.
• Sophie

  Meaning: Wisdom
• Spaz

  Meaning: Spastic.
• Spunky

  Meaning: Spirited, plucky
• Squirt

  Meaning: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
• Sticky

  Meaning: hot or warm and humid
• Stimpy

  Meaning: Happy, silly, goofy, fun.
• Sumo

  Meaning: a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
• Sunny

  Meaning: Sunny
• Sushi

  Meaning: Raw Fish
• T-Bone

  Meaning: A bone.
• Teensy

  Meaning: (used informally) very small
• Tiger

  Meaning: Powerful Cat, Tiger
• Toby

  Meaning: God Is Good
• Toffee

  Meaning: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
• Tyson

  Meaning: Firebrand; son of Denis.
• Wag

  Meaning: move from side to side
• Wheezer

  Meaning: Asthmatic child nickname.
• Winnie

  Meaning: Whales - blessed reconciliation
• Wobbles

  Meaning: move sideways or in an unsteady way
• Wolfie

  Meaning: Lovable wolf character.
• Zippity

  Meaning: A play on Zip-a-Dee- Doo-Dah, Oscar winning song from Disney's Song of the South.
• Zoom

  Meaning: To increase or rise suddenly.
• Zuni

  Meaning: a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico