Spiritual Dog Names

Break away from the mainstream and give your dog a spiritual or mystical name. Here are some ideas to get you thinking.

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• Abel

  A Breath
• Adah

  Adornment.
• Aegis

  Shield of the gods.
• Aikido

  Japanese for 'harmony; spirit or energy
• Akasha

  Sanskrit for 'sky
• Amara

  Strong and beautiful
• Anand

  Happiness.
• Angel

  Messenger of god
• Ares

  God of War.
• Arial

  The lion of god
• Asher

  Hebrew for 'blessed, fortunate'
• Avani

  Earth.
• Balwinder

  Powerful king.
• Barak

  Lightning.
• Baron

  Noble Man
• Bernice

  Brings Victory
• Bhumi

  Earth; soil.
• Bless

  Holiness
• Bliss

  Supreme heavenly happiness; utter joy or contentment
• Bodhi

  Sanskrit for 'awakening'; God protect the King.
• Boreas

  God of the north wind.
• Brahma

  The creator of the whole universe, hindu
• Buddha

  Enlightened
• Budi

  To have reason, mind or a character.
• Caleb

  Faithful, devotion, whole-hearted, bold, brave
• Chakra

  Human energy center
• Chandra

  Shining moon; a lunar deity in india
• Chant

  Old french for 'song
• Chaos

  The void before the birth of the universe, titan god, total disorganization and confusion.
• Charism

  Spiritual gift
• Charity

  One of the seven virtues
• Christian

  Follower of Christ
• Clement

  Merciful
• Confucius

  Chinese philosopher
• Cosmo

  Order, harmony, beauty.
• Cyrus

  Sun.
• Darshan

  Observing and understanding.
• Deacon

  Ordained minister.
• Deity

  A god or goddess
• Dharma

  Sanskrit for 'law
• Druid

  Religious leader in ancient celtic religion
• Easter

  Fertility; spring.
• Eden

  Paradise
• Elijah

  Jehovah is my God.
• Eternity

  Time everlasting
• Ethan

  Strong, safe, solid, firm.
• Friar

  Monk
• Gideon

  Woodsman
• Gita

  Sanskrit for 'song
• Gohar

  Jewel, gemstone.
• Gypsy

  Nomad; free-spirited person; wanderer.
• Hades

  Bunny
• Halo

  Divine aura.
• Hope

  Good
• Horus

  One of the earliest and most important egyptian gods in egyptian mythology.
• Japa

  Meditative repetition of a mantra
• Juno

  The queen of the gods in roman mythology
• Justine

  As in justice.
• Kaleb

  Hebrew for 'a dog; faithful
• Kane

  Little battler
• Karma

  Destiny.
• Leslie

  Garden of holly
• Mantra

  Holy chants
• Maura

  Dark
• Mecca

  The holiest city for muslims
• Miko

  Female shaman or priestess
• Miracle

  Something wonderful
• Mojo

  Magical charm or spell
• Moksha

  Liberation; salvation
• Muraqaba

  Sufi word for meditation literally it is an arabic term which means 'to watch over', ''to take care of', or 'to keep an eye'
• Namaste

  Hindi salutation or greeting
• Nimbus

  Halo surrounding a supernatural being
• Nirvana

  Place of great bliss
• Pax

  Goddess of peace in roman mythology
• Paz

  Peace
• Pilgrim

  One who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
• Qigong

  Chinese system of physical exercises and breathing control related to tai chi
• Rector

  Head of a parish
• Reed

  Born again or reborn in french
• Sadhana

  One of a number of spiritual practices or disciplines which lead to perfection, these being contemplation, asceticism, worship of a god and living correctly.
• Saint

  Person acknowledged as holy or virtuous
• Salem

  Peace
• Santo

  Holy
• Satguru

  Great teacher; a supremely wise guide
• Shaina

  Hebrew for beautiful
• Shakila

  Beautiful, well-shaped
• Share

  the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
• Shiloh

  His Gift
• Shiva

  Kind, auspicious
• Simran

  Realization of that which is of the highest aspect and purpose in one's life, thus introducing spirituality
• Sinai

  Reference to mount sinai
• Solomon

  Peaceful One
• Spirit

  Soul
• Sprite

  Elf or fairy
• Teddy

  Gift of god
• Theism

  Belief in the existence of a god or gods
• Theosis

  In christian theology it is the transforming effect of divine grace
• Tibet

  Roof of the world
• Tiki

  Ancient symbol bringing good luck
• Tobiah

  Hebrew for 'god is good
• Torah

  Bearer of a great spiritual message
• Trinity

  Strong.
• Vida

  Life
• Virtue

  Moral excellence
• Warlock

  One who uses magic
• Yasu

  Peace
• Yin Yang

  Two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive (yang)"
• Yoga

  Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline
• Yogi

  One who performs yoga
• Yoko

  Child of sunlight
• Zion

  Hebrew for 'highest point

• Tenjin

  Spirit in Japanese.
• Spirit

  Soul
• Banshee

  An Irish spirit.
• Meiling

  beautiful spirit
• Wanniya

  spirit; courage
• Amadi

  lightning spirit
• Genius

  A protective spirit
• Morna

  High-spirited
• Spunky

  Spirited, plucky
• Cayden

  spirit of battle
• Uhane

  the soul; strong spirit
• Jollop

  Cheerful, merry spirit.

• Bengta

  Blessed
• Benita

  Blessed
• Benkt

  Blessed
• Megumi

  blessing
• Benedetto

  blessed
• Barack

  Blessed
• Ogbo

  "God's blessing" (or "Divine blessing")
• Gwen

  Blessed Ring
• Gwendolyn

  Blessed Ring
• Gwyndolyn

  Fair, blessed
• Eri

  blessed prize
• Benison

  blessing; benediction

• Satsag

  Selfless service
• Satnam

  Truth as the highest identity
• Avatar

  a new personification of a familiar idea
• Ajna

  The third eye chakra, which has to do with intuition
• Deva

  Male divine energy
• Sahy

  Masculine word for yogi
• Vishnu

  The Hindu god of preservation
• Dashan

  Spiritual vision
• Garuda

  Hindu god of strength and service
• Vinyasa

  Flow of movement.
• Mudra

  Symbolic hand gesture that means 'seal, gesture or mark.'
• Ashtanga

  Type of yoga based on a series of poses done in a specific order

• Bhavin

  Existing
• Anish

  Supreme
• Eshan

  Ruler
• Apporva

  Rare
• Chandan

  Moon
• Rohit

  Red
• Doma

  Someone of low caste.
• Rajiv

  Lotus flower
• Vihaan

  Dawn
• Parthiv

  Royal
• Divit

  Immortal
• Vipul

  Large

• Saul

  Borrowed
• Isreal

  Wrestled With God
• Ishmael

  God Will Hear
• Pope

  Clergy
• Jonah

  A Dove
• Isaiah

  God Is Salvation
• Judah

  Praised
• Mark

  Warlike
• Jericho

  Moon City
• Reuben

  Sandwich
• Abraham

  Father Of Nations
• Genesis

  Beginning, Birth

Spiritualism is on the rise. More and more young people are looking within themselves to become more self-aware, or “awoken”. And because the principles and symbols of spiritualism are so closely tied to nature, it’s easy to see how spiritual references would make great dog names.

Giving your dog a spiritual name creates a level of significance that goes beyond his appearance or his connection to you as his owner. Spiritual dog names set your pup up for life, as opposed to a cutesy name that both you and your dog could eventually outgrow.

For male dogs, we love the simplicity and tribal feel of Chant. If you like that, you might also like Mantra, which is two-syllable and clearer in sound, but also refers to tribal singing.

Another option we really like for male dogs is Cosmo, which is a popular choice for good reason. The name refers to the universe as a whole, focusing on order, harmony and beauty.