Small Dog Names

Small pup, big attitude. These adorable little names are perfect for small dogs of all kinds, including chihuahuas and pomeranians.

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Angel
Meaning: Messenger of god
Babe
Meaning: Death, destruction and run.
Baby
Meaning: Infant
Bambi
Meaning: Child
Bantam
Meaning: very small
Bean
Meaning: The seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae.
Bear
Meaning: Bear-like
Bitty
Meaning: (used informally) very small
Bubbles
Meaning: Bubbly, effervescent, lively and enthusiastic."
Buddy
Meaning: Companion, partner; perhaps a version of the word "brother".
Button
Meaning: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Chicklet
Meaning: Small, cute child.
Chico
Meaning: Diminutive form of Francisco; means small, boy or child.
Clementine
Meaning: Citrus fruit
Cob
Meaning: nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Coco
Meaning: Cook. it is also used as a nickname for names long names that begin with 'co-.
Cookie
Meaning: Small files that hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website.
Corky
Meaning: Light, buoyant, lively
Cub
Meaning: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
Cupcake
Meaning: small cake baked in a muffin tin
Cutie
Meaning: Cute and adorable.
Daisy
Meaning: Day's eye. The petals of a daisy open during the day, revealing its yellow centers, and then close at night.
Dolly
Meaning: Cute Child
Doodle
Meaning: To draw or sketch aimlessly.
Dumpling
Meaning: small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Elf
Meaning: below 3 kilohertz
Fifi
Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Josephine
Flick
Meaning: look through a book or other written material
Gidget
Meaning: A modern term for a silly ditzy girl.
Gigi
Meaning: Nickname
Half Pint
Meaning: disparaging terms for small people
Hazel
Meaning: The Hazel Tree
Hobbit
Meaning: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
Honey
Meaning: Sweet As Honey
Jellybean
Meaning: Small, sweet candy.
Klein
Meaning: Small, little
Lille
Meaning: Small, little
Liten
Meaning: Small, little
Little
Meaning: Small Man
Micro
Meaning: extremely small in scale or scope or capability
Mimi
Meaning: Faithful guard
Mini
Meaning: a very short skirt
Minnie
Meaning: Of The Sea Or Bitter
Morsel
Meaning: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Munchkin
Meaning: Small, cute people.
Nacho
Meaning: a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
Niblet
Meaning: Small, cute, morsel.
Noodle
Meaning: informal terms for a human head
Nugget
Meaning: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
Olive
Meaning: Olive Or From The Olive Tree
Opie
Meaning: Loving, endearing nickname.
Osito
Meaning: Teddy bear; little bear.
Pea
Meaning: A spherical green seed eaten as a vegetable.
Peanut
Meaning: Ground Nut Legume
Pearl
Meaning: Smooth, Round Bead Formed By A Mollusk
Pebbles
Meaning: Small Rocks
Peewee
Meaning: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Pequeña
Meaning: Small, little
Petit
Meaning: Small, little
Petunia
Meaning: Petulant
Piccolo
Meaning: Small, little
Pickles
Meaning: informal terms for a difficult situation
Pieni
Meaning: Small, little
Pip
Meaning: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Pippin
Meaning: any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
Pixie
Meaning: Fairy
Popcorn
Meaning: corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat
Poppy
Meaning: From The Flower
Porkchop
Meaning: chop cut from a hog
Puny
Meaning: (used especially of persons) of inferior size
Runt
Meaning: disparaging terms for small people
Scamp
Meaning: one who is playfully mischievous
Scout
Meaning: First Explorer
Scrappy
Meaning: full of fighting spirit
Shorty
Meaning: Small person nickname.
Shrimp
Meaning: disparaging terms for small people
Shrimpy
Meaning: Small and cute.
Skip
Meaning: To move in a light springy manner. to escape secretly in haste.
Skittles
Meaning: a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
Smalley
Meaning: American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943)
Smartie
Meaning: Small, round chocolate candy; colloquial for an intelligent person.
Spot
Meaning: a job in an organization
Spud
Meaning: Potato
Squirt
Meaning: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
Sugar
Meaning: Sweet Crystal Spice
Sweet Pea
Meaning: Fragrant flower petals.
Sweetie
Meaning: a person loved by another person
Tad
Meaning: Praise
Teddy
Meaning: Gift of god
Teensy
Meaning: (used informally) very small
Thumbelina
Meaning: Tiny fairy tale girl.
Tic Tac
Meaning: "Time to play!"
Tinker
Meaning: small mackerel found nearly worldwide
Tiny
Meaning: very small
Titch
Meaning: Small or tiny
Tonka
Meaning: Strong, sturdy, durable.
Toto
Meaning: Dog in Oz stories.
Trixie
Meaning: A fictional sleuth, made famous in books
Tweek
Meaning: Anxious, nervous energy.
Twiglet
Meaning: Small, thin twig.
Twinkle
Meaning: Sporadically Light Up
Twist
Meaning: twist suddenly so as to sprain
Webster
Meaning: Weaver
Wiggles
Meaning: move to and fro
Yoshi
Meaning: Lucky / righteous
Zippy
Meaning: quick and energetic

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