Traditional Dog Names

If you want to give your dog a time-honored, classic name, look no further. Here's a list of the best traditional dog names.

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• Bailey

  Meaning: Courtyard within castle walls; steward or public official.
• Bandit

  Meaning: A thief.
• Bella

  Meaning: Beautiful; short for Isabella.
• Blackie

  Meaning:
• Brownie

  Meaning: A legendary good-natured elf that performs helpful services at night. Also a small square of rich chocolate cake.
• Buddy

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

  Meaning: Tough guy; a man of great strength.
• Champ

  Meaning: Short for "champion".
• Charlie

  Meaning: Free man
• Chloe

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

  Meaning: The Spice
• Cocoa

  Meaning: Powdered Chocolate
• Cody

  Meaning: Helpful
• Coffee

  Meaning: a medium brown to dark-brown color
• Cuddles

  Meaning: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
• Daisy

  Meaning: Day's eye. The petals of a daisy open during the day, revealing its yellow centers, and then close at night.
• Duke

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

  Meaning: Loyal
• Fluffy

  Meaning: like down or as soft as down
• Freckles

  Meaning: a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
• Ginger

  Meaning: Reddish Orange Color
• Goldie

  Meaning: Made Of Gold
• Jack

  Meaning: God Is Gracious
• Jade

  Meaning: The first name of agatha christie's miss marple character
• Joker

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

  Meaning: Joy
• King

  Meaning: Ruler
• Lady

  Meaning: a woman of refinement
• Lola

  Meaning: Sorrows
• Lucky

  Meaning: Fortunate
• Lucy

  Meaning: Light
• Maggie

  Meaning: Pearl
• Max

  Meaning: Greatest
• Molly

  Meaning: Of The Sea Or Bitter
• Nibbles

  Meaning: eat intermittently; take small bites of
• Patch

  Meaning: Noble
• Pepper

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

  Meaning: Royal Son
• Princess

  Meaning: A daughter of a monarch.
• Queenie

  Meaning: Fun and sassy.
• Red

  Meaning: Red Haired
• Rex

  Meaning: King
• Rocky

  Meaning: Inspired by Rocky Balboa.
• Rover

  Meaning: an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement
• Rusty

  Meaning: Always slow-moving.
• Sadie

  Meaning: Princess
• Sally

  Meaning: Diminutive Form Of Sarah
• Scamp

  Meaning: one who is playfully mischievous
• Scooter

  Meaning: Small light mode of transportation.
• Scout

  Meaning: First Explorer
• Scruffy

  Meaning: shabby and untidy
• Shadow

  Meaning: Shade From Sun
• Socks

  Meaning: hit hard
• Sophie

  Meaning: Wisdom
• Sparky

  Meaning: An electrician
• Speedy

  Meaning: characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
• Spot

  Meaning: a job in an organization
• Teddy

  Meaning: Gift of god
• Tiny

  Meaning: very small
• Toby

  Meaning: God Is Good
• Wag

  Meaning: move from side to side