Military Dog Names

The military trains everything we expect to see in our dogs: strength, loyalty and discipline. If you've got a larger, more powerful breed, try these military dog names on for size!

Military Dog Names

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All Military Dog Names

  • Meaning: High mountain; exalted, enlightened
  • Ace
    Meaning: One Or Expert
  • Meaning: A hero of the trojan war; the greatest greek warrior in greek mythology.
  • Meaning: protector
  • Meaning: high chief
  • Meaning: well known fighter
  • Meaning: The site of the famous battle (and fort) in Texas.
  • Meaning: Defender Of The People
  • Meaning: defender of mankind
  • Meaning: defender
  • Meaning: Defender Of The People
  • Meaning: Defender Of The People
  • Meaning: noble
  • Meaning: daring
  • Meaning: A golden ram in greek mythology
  • Meaning: Army man; soldier; warrior.
  • Meaning: protector
  • Meaning: young warrior
  • Bea
    Meaning: Happy
  • Meaning: Originally it meant 'female warrior' in Latin, but it's had a pop culture revival thanks to the character Bellatrix Lestrange in the 'Harry Potter' series.
  • Meaning: One of the fiercest fights in Marines history was the Battle of Belleau Wood during World War I."
  • Meaning: Inspired by Berkline.
  • Meaning: powerful
  • Meaning: Large, loud or notable; also a slang term for people of the Baby Boomer generation.
  • Meaning: Battle, Fight
  • Meaning: From The Broad Meadow
  • Meaning: Refers to a curious detective in the show
  • Meaning: From muddy place
  • Meaning: Juniper
  • Meaning: For camouflage
  • Meaning: The leader of a group of people
  • Meaning: Son Of Carr
  • Meaning: war or soldier
  • Meaning: Free man
  • Meaning: This Bulldog, officially known as Chesty XV, is the Marines' official mascot.
  • Meaning: strips of potato fried in deep fat
  • Meaning: Ruddy warrior
  • Meaning: a great hero
  • Meaning: leader
  • Meaning: large American feline resembling a lion
  • Meaning: General Custer is most famously known for his last battle, the Battle of Little Bighorn, but before that he was a hero in the Civil War.
  • Meaning: Upholder Of The Good
  • Meaning: Brilliant Gem
  • Meaning: The people???™s ruler
  • Meaning: Pledge, Nobleman
  • Meaning: fighting a battle
  • Meaning: fit for battle
  • Meaning: Diminutive Form Of The Name Elizabeth
  • Meaning: Adventurous, courageous
  • Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Gabrielle
  • Meaning: God's bravest man
  • Meaning: This Newfoundland became the mascot of a Canadian battalion during World War II.
  • Meaning: A lion-eagle in iranian mythology.
  • Meaning: Warrior
  • Meaning: Strong in battle (in Swedish).
  • Meaning: Warrior
  • Hap
    Meaning: Henry H. Arnold was a famous five-star general who was taught to fly by the Wright Brothers and became U.S. commanding general of the armed forces during World War II.
  • Meaning: a guard in the army
  • Meaning: Before the NATO alphabet was adopted in the mid-50s, there was one from the 1920s that used the names of cities for the alphabet. Havana, the famous city in Cuba, was used for the letter H.
  • Meaning: fighting a battle
  • Meaning: courageous protection
  • Meaning: The queen of the gods and is the wife and sister of zeus in greek mythology
  • Meaning: courageous in battle
  • Meaning: fighting a war
  • Meaning: Person From India
  • Meaning: The Lord exists
  • Meaning: The name of the Marines' first Bulldog mascot, circa 1922.
  • Meaning: During World War II, this English Pointer became a prisoner of war and helped saved the lives of other Allied prisoners by scavenging food for them.
  • Meaning: The word for the letter J in the NATO alphabet.
  • Meaning: powerful
  • Meaning: free man
  • Meaning: Intelligent
  • Meaning: victorious people
  • Meaning: Irish for handsome
  • Meaning: woman of victory
  • Meaning: This Shepherd-Husky mix was rescued by Marines stationed in Iraq, who kept him despite the no-pets rule.
  • Lex
    Meaning: Defender of men in greek.
  • Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Alexander Or Alexis
  • Meaning: Strong willed
  • Meaning: Freedom
  • Meaning: well known fighter
  • Meaning: well known fighter
  • Meaning: Famous Warrior
  • Meaning: Warrior
  • Meaning: rebellious woman
  • Meaning: Better; a military rank
  • Meaning: Dark
  • Meaning: Lord
  • Meaning: Soldier, or merciful
  • Meaning: Of The Sea Or Bitter
  • Meaning: This poodle protected French troops during the Napoleonic Wars by warning them of a surprise attack by Austrian soldiers.
  • Meaning: courageous
  • Meaning: noble
  • Meaning: Goddess of war and wisdom in Egyptian mythology
  • Meaning: armored warrior woman
  • Meaning: Form of Nora
  • Meaning: This cross between a truck and a jeep is a multipurpose armored vehicle that was designed to be resistant to mine blasts.
  • Meaning: defender of man
  • Meaning: woman of honor
  • Meaning: The first woman to become a Marine, in 1918, was Opha May Johnson, who became a sergeant and a clerk at Marine headquarters.
  • Meaning: Latin american for a bitter lady
  • Meaning: first in battle
  • Meaning: From The Priest's Field
  • Meaning: extremely brave
  • Meaning: Capable one
  • Meaning: measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
  • Meaning: Two American soldiers adopted this brave little terrier in France during World War I.
  • Meaning: Before they were known as SEALs, these special forces were called Scouts and Raiders.
  • Meaning: advisor
  • Ria
    Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Maria
  • Meaning: daring power
  • Rip
    Meaning: To move with great speed or violence.
  • Meaning: From Rome, Italy
  • Meaning: Famous Wolf
  • Meaning: savior
  • Meaning: Defender of mankind
  • Meaning: defender of mankind
  • Meaning: By pretending she was a man, Sarah Emma Edmonds was able to join the infantry and fight in the Civil War, where she served as a nurse and a spy.
  • Meaning: An Australian special forces explosives detection dog who saved lives by sniffing out IEDs in Afghanistan.
  • Meaning: First Explorer
  • Meaning: a lawman with the rank of sergeant
  • Meaning: This lovely name comes from Arabic, where it originally meant 'ready for battle.
  • Meaning: Cloth Cutter
  • Meaning: protector of humanity
  • Meaning: Mountain
  • Meaning: marvelous victory
  • Meaning: Victorious Protector
  • Meaning: Expedition, Invasion
  • Meaning: serious
  • Meaning: Peaceful One
  • Meaning: woman of wisdom
  • Meaning: fair, rightful
  • Meaning: Believed to a Boston Terrier mix or some type of pit bull, Stubby served in World War I where he alerted troops in the trenches to gas attacks.
  • Meaning: house of strength
  • Meaning: A ballroom dance of Latin American origin, particularly Argentina
  • Meaning: warrior's attendant
  • Meaning: powerful and mighty in battle
  • Meaning: The famous city named in the Marines' Hymn.
  • Meaning: An acient city in Greek mythology.
  • Meaning: Spear Strength
  • Ula
    Meaning: pearl
  • Meaning: bright fighter
  • Meaning: From the little mermaid.
  • Val
    Meaning: powerful, strong
  • Meaning: Valor, Health
  • Meaning: Strength, health
  • Meaning: brave
  • Meaning: After Veronica Mars
  • Meaning: Winner, Conqueror
  • Meaning: This Scandinavian name means 'war,' and dates back to the Vikings.
  • Meaning: stout protector
  • Meaning: Army Ruler
  • Meaning: victory bearer
  • Meaning: Feminine Form Of Will
  • Meaning: protector of humanity
  • Meaning: The name Southerners gave soldiers from the North of the US during the Civil War.
  • Meaning: courageous
  • Yut
    Meaning: war
  • Meaning: protector of humanity
  • Meaning: Victorious Protector

Military Dog Names meaning Soldier

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

Meaning: soldier
Meaning: war or soldier
Meaning: Soldier or servant
Meaning: Soldier, or merciful
Meaning: Knight; soldier; horseman.
Meaning: The winter soldier in captain america.
Meaning: Army man; soldier; warrior.
Meaning: German military unit trained for sudden assaults.
Meaning: The name Southerners gave soldiers from the North of the US during the Civil War.
Meaning: Two American soldiers adopted this brave little terrier in France during World War I.
Meaning: This poodle protected French troops during the Napoleonic Wars by warning them of a surprise attack by Austrian soldiers.

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As of September 2023, military dog names are trending down with new puppy owners. Our stats suggest that they are less fashionable than they were six months ago.

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