Roman Dog Names

Who can forget the Romans, some of the greatest conquerors of all time? These Roman dog names are perfect for history buffs, or just those who want to name their dog something powerful.

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• Aello

  Meaning: Whirlwind
• Aeolus

  Meaning: The divine keeper of the winds
• Agnes

  Meaning: Hunter
• Alke

  Meaning: Might or valor
• Apollo

  Meaning: Destroyer; god of music, poetry, prophecy, archery and medicine
• Argiodus

  Meaning: white tooth
• Asbolus

  Meaning: soot
• Aurora

  Meaning: The goddess of dawn in greco-roman mythology
• Bacchus

  Meaning: The divine liberator and the patron of wine
• Bellona

  Meaning: The goddess of war
• Caladrius

  Meaning: A pure white bird that lived in the home of kings and had mythical healing abilities
• Canache

  Meaning: Gnasher
• Cardea

  Meaning: The goddess of spiritual and physical thresholds
• Cece

  Meaning: The goddess of agriculture, and motherly love
• Celer

  Meaning: Speedy, quick
• Cerva

  Meaning: Deer
• Craugis

  Meaning: Yapper
• Cupid

  Meaning: Ancient roman god of love.
• Cyclops

  Meaning: One-eyed giants in greek mythology
• Cyprius

  Meaning: Cyprian; the cypress tree
• Decima

  Meaning: Tenth; a member of the three fates that measured the thread of life
• Diana

  Meaning: The goddess of hunting in roman mythology
• Dorceus

  Meaning: gazelle
• Dromas

  Meaning: runner
• Fauna

  Meaning: The goddess of prophecy and fruitfulness in Roman mythology
• Faunus

  Meaning: A god of the wilderness who was also a musician that could see the future
• Ferox

  Meaning: Ferocious in roman mythology.
• Flora

  Meaning: Flower; the goddess of flowers in Roman mythology
• Fortuna

  Meaning: Goddess of fortune and good luck in Roman mythology
• Genius

  Meaning: A protective spirit
• Harpalos

  Meaning: grasper
• Harpy

  Meaning: Snatcher; winged monsters of Roman mythology
• Harpyia

  Meaning: seizer
• Honos

  Meaning: The god of chivalry
• Hylactor

  Meaning: barker
• Hylaeus

  Meaning: Sylvan
• Hyrcanus

  Meaning: from Hyrcania
• Ichnobates

  Meaning: trail-follower
• Issa

  Meaning: Her little ladyship
• Jana

  Meaning: God is gracious; feminine form of John
• Janus

  Meaning: God of the beginning in roman mythology.
• Juno

  Meaning: The queen of the gods in roman mythology
• Jupiter

  Meaning: The king of the gods in roman mythology.
• Labros

  Meaning: fury
• Lachne

  Meaning: Shaggy; laughter
• Ladon

  Meaning: catcher
• Laelaps

  Meaning: hurricane
• Lakon

  Meaning: Spartan
• Lane

  Meaning: Popular recliner brand.
• Lemure

  Meaning: The wrathful or mischievous dead
• Leucon

  Meaning: white
• Liber

  Meaning: The god of freedom, viticulture and fertility
• Libera

  Meaning: The goddess of freedom, viticulture and fertility
• Luna

  Meaning: The divine embodiment of the moon in greek mythology

• Lupa

  Meaning: A she-wolf in roman mythology
• Lycisce

  Meaning: Wolf; one of Actaeon's hounds
• Lydia

  Meaning: From lydia
• Mace

  Meaning: The collective dead in the afterlife
• Maia

  Meaning: The goddess who embodies growth
• Margarita

  Meaning: Pearl, daisy
• Mars

  Meaning: God of war in roman mythology.
• Melampus

  Meaning: black foot
• Melanchaetes

  Meaning: black hair
• Melaneus

  Meaning: black
• Mercury

  Meaning: The quick and agile messenger to the gods in Roman mythology. The closest planet to the Sun.
• Minerva

  Meaning: Goddess of wisdom in roman mythology
• Morta

  Meaning: A member of the three fates that cut the thread of life
• Myia

  Meaning: Beautiful
• Nape

  Meaning: glen
• Nebrophonos

  Meaning: fawn-killer
• Neptune

  Meaning: The god of freshwater in roman mythology
• Nona

  Meaning: Ninth
• Numetor

  Meaning: mythological grandfather of Romulus and Remus
• Opis

  Meaning: A divinity of plenty and fertility
• Orcus

  Meaning: A god of the underworld who punished broken oaths
• Oresitrophos

  Meaning: mountaineer
• Oribasos

  Meaning: mountain ranger
• Page

  Meaning: Roman household spirits of the pantry
• Pamphagos

  Meaning: voracious
• Patricus

  Meaning: noble
• Pax

  Meaning: Goddess of peace in roman mythology
• Perseus

  Meaning: derived from 'to destroy
• Picus

  Meaning: A minor god of agriculture; woodpecker or magpie
• Pluto

  Meaning: God of hell and wealth in roman mythology.
• Poemenis

  Meaning: Shepherd
• Pomona

  Meaning: The goddess presiding over fruit trees and orchards
• Pterelas

  Meaning: winged
• Pyrrhus

  Meaning: fire or flame-colored
• Remus

  Meaning: Twin brother of Romulus
• Rhea

  Meaning: Priestess who was the mother of romulus and remus
• Romulus

  Meaning: Mythological founder of Rome and twin brother to Remus
• Rose

  Meaning: Strength
• Sancus

  Meaning: The god of trust, and oaths
• Saturn

  Meaning: God of time in roman mythology.
• Skylax

  Meaning: puppy
• Spoude

  Meaning: Zeal
• Sticte

  Meaning: spot
• Strix

  Meaning: A bird that fed on human flesh
• Terminus

  Meaning: The god that lived in and protected boundary markers
• Terra

  Meaning: Ancient goddess who governed the productivity and fertility of the Earth
• Theridamas

  Meaning: beast-killer
• Theron

  Meaning: Hunter
• Thoos

  Meaning: Swift; quick water
• Tigris

  Meaning: Tiger
• Trivia

  Meaning: The goddess of crossroads and magic; place where the roads meet
• Victoria

  Meaning: Goddess of triumph in roman mythology
• Vulcan

  Meaning: The ancient god of fire in roman mythology.