Winter Dog Names

Winter is as beautiful a season as any other. If you love Christmas, snowfall and warm mugs of hot chocolate, you'll love this list of winter dog names.

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• Angel

  Meaning: Messenger of god
• Aquarius

  Meaning: A water bearer god in the ancient babylonian empire
• Arctic

  Meaning: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
• Aspen

  Meaning: Quaking Tree
• Aurora

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

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

  Meaning: Unisexual name meaning ''beauty.''
• Blitzen

  Meaning: Lightning fast reindeer.
• Blizzard

  Meaning: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
• Boots

  Meaning: A covering for the foot and lower leg
• Capricorn

  Meaning: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius
• Christian

  Meaning: Follower of Christ
• Clarice

  Meaning: Medieval vernacular form of the Late Latin name Claritia, which was a derivative of Clara.
• Coal

  Meaning: burn to charcoal
• Cocoa

  Meaning: Powdered Chocolate
• Comet

  Meaning: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
• Cornelius

  Meaning: Horn
• Crystal

  Meaning: Earth Mineral Or Brilliant Glass
• Cupid

  Meaning: Ancient roman god of love.
• Dancer

  Meaning: One Who Dances
• Dasher

  Meaning: Fast, energetic, joyful.
• Donner

  Meaning: thunder
• Ebenezer

  Meaning: Means "stone of help" in Hebrew. This was the name of a monument erected by Samuel in the Old Testament. Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel A Christmas Carol (1843).
• Elf

  Meaning: below 3 kilohertz
• Elsa

  Meaning: Noble
• Eve

  Meaning: Life
• Faith

  Meaning: Belief, confidence
• Fluffy

  Meaning: like down or as soft as down
• Frost

  Meaning: Small ice crystals
• Frosty

  Meaning: pleasantly cold and invigorating
• Gabriel

  Meaning: From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man", derived from גֶּבֶר (gever) meaning "strong man, hero" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". Gabriel is an archangel in Hebrew tradition, often appearing as a messenger of God. In the Old Testament he is sent to interpret the visions of the prophet Daniel, while in the New Testament he serves as the announcer of the births of John to Zechariah and Jesus to Mary. According to Islamic tradition he was the angel who dictated the Quran to Muhammad.This name has been used occasionally in England since the 12th century. It was not common in the English-speaking world until the end of the 20th century.
• Garland

  Meaning: Wreath Of Flowers Or Leaves
• Glacier

  Meaning: a slowly moving mass of ice
• Glory

  Meaning: Glory
• Grace

  Meaning: Gracious, lovely
• Grinch

  Meaning: "Steals Christmas joy"
• Hermey

  Meaning: Elf who wants dentistry.
• Holly

  Meaning: Plant With Red Berries
• Ice

  Meaning: Frozen Water
• Jack Frost

  Meaning: Wintery magical being.
• Jingle

  Meaning: make a sound typical of metallic objects
• Jolly

  Meaning: Good humored, merry.
• Joseph

  Meaning: God Will Increase
• Jovie

  Meaning: Gift of God.
• Joy

  Meaning: Joy
• King

  Meaning: Ruler
• Kringle

  Meaning: Christmas gift giver.
• Kris

  Meaning: Short form of Kristian, Kristoffer and other names beginning with Kris.
• Lucia

  Meaning: Light
• Marley

  Meaning: Pleasant seaside meadow
• Mary

  Meaning: Of The Sea/Bitter/Beloved
• Max

  Meaning: Greatest
• Mercy

  Meaning: Forgiveness.
• Merry

  Meaning: Joyous and playful.
• Miracle

  Meaning: Something wonderful
• Miser

  Meaning: a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
• Mittens

  Meaning: Different color on feet
• Mitzi

  Meaning: Mary, Mother Of God (Bitter)
• Moose

  Meaning: Largest Species In Deer Family
• Nick

  Meaning: Short form of Nicholas.
• Noel

  Meaning: Christmas
• Noelle

  Meaning: English form of Noëlle.
• North

  Meaning: Geographical Direction
• Olaf

  Meaning: Ancestor's Heir
• Parka

  Meaning: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
• Pine

  Meaning: have a desire for something or someone who is not present
• Pisces

  Meaning: The Fish
• Polar

  Meaning: being of crucial importance
• Prancer

  Meaning: Reindeer with pride.
• Rudolph

  Meaning: Famous Wolf
• Sagittarius

  Meaning: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius
• Santa

  Meaning: As in Santa Claus, Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas.
• Snowball

  Meaning: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
• Spirit

  Meaning: Soul
• Star

  Meaning: Star
• Sugarplum

  Meaning: any of various small sugary candies
• Tinsel

  Meaning: adorn with tinsel
• Tiny Tim

  Meaning: Small, cheerful boy.
• Toboggan

  Meaning: move along on a luge or toboggan
• Tundra

  Meaning: a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
• Twinkle

  Meaning: Sporadically Light Up
• Vixen

  Meaning: Attractive and quarrelsome.
• Winter

  Meaning: The Season
• Yeti

  Meaning: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
• Yukon

  Meaning: a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
• Yule

  Meaning: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
• Zero

  Meaning: Nothing, Empty

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

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

Winter is a time for many of us to wrap up warm and celebrate indoors. But the cold season also carries a distinctive type of beauty, ranging from snowy peaks to Christmas wreaths. Winter also reminds us of some of the most resilient dog breeds, like Siberian Huskies, Akitas and Mountain Dogs, all of which were bred for cold, mountainous climates.

If you’ve adopted a dog in the winter months, choosing a dog name inspired by winter can bring a lot of sentimental value to you and your pup. And it’s ever more fitting if you own one of the rugged breeds listed above. So grab a cup of hot chocolate and take a look through these glistening winter dog names!

For male dogs, a beautiful name to open with is Aspen. There’s just so much to love about this elegant and natural moniker. It refers to both the upscale ski resort town in Colorado, as well as the tree with delicate, heart-shaped leaves, making this a fantastic winter-inspired name for your pup.

If you’re feeling festive and want to give your boy a Christmas-inspired name, why not go with Dasher? This was one of Santa’s reindeer, the brother of Blitzen, Comet, and Cupid. Another name we love for boys is Kringle. This name refers to the Northern European variety of pretzel, and carries a wintry Scandinavian vibe.

For female dogs, we’re thinking outside of the box by recommending Tundra. This name refers to the vast Arctic plains where subsoil is permanently frozen, and it invokes feelings of serenity and purity that make it a perfect winter-inspired name for girls. Elsa is another name that makes us think of winter, mostly because of the princess in Walt Disney’s Frozen.

For something on the cuter side, you can’t go wrong with Mittens for a girl dog. We think this makes a fantastic name for fluffy dogs at the smaller end of the scale, such as white Pomeranians, Shih Tzus and Malteses.