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Over 100 Awesome Scottish Dog Names

written by petlearner71

There are a lot of great ideas for Scottish Dog Names, in this article we will supply you with a variety of human names and whether they are male or female.

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On a side note, this is the country where I live so I know that there are many inspirational ideas – especially regarding the beautiful mountains, lochs and islands.

List

Name	Male or female	Meaning
ABI	FEMALE	Short form of ABIGAIL
AIFRIC	FEMALE	means “pleasant” in Irish.
AILSA	FEMALE	a Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde called the AIlsa Craig
ALLY	MALE	Diminutive of ALISTAIR
ALPIN	MALE	Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ailpein. It was the name of some Dal Riata and Pictish kings
ANGUS	MALE	Anglicized form of AONGHUS.
ARCHIE	MALE	Diminutive of ARCHIBALD
ARRAN	MALE	An island off the southwest coast of Scotland.
ARTAIR	MALE	Scottish form of ARTHUR.
BEATHAN	MALE	Scottish Gaelic beatha means “life”
BLAIR	FEMALE / MALE	derived from Gaelic blár meaning “plain, field, battlefield”
BRUCE	MALE	Robert the Bruce, Bruce Springsteen – that should be enough inspiration there
CAILEAN	MALE	Topical this one – means “whelp, young dog” in Gaelic
CALUM	MALE	Scottish form of COLUMBA.
CATRINA	FEMALE	Variant of CATRIONA.
CATRIONA	FEMALE	Gaelic form of KATHERINE.
CRAIG	MALE	derived from Gaelic creag meaning “crag” or “rocks”
DAND	MALE	Scottish diminutive of ANDREW.
DAVIE	MALE	variation on David
DONELLA	FEMALE	Feminine form of DONALD
DOUGAL	MALE	Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, this is derived from dubh “dark” and gall “stranger”.
DOUGLAS	MALE	Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas this is derived from Gaelic dubh “dark” and glais “water, river”
DUFF	MALE	Derived from the Gaelic word dubh which means “dark”.
DUGALD	MALE	Scottish variant of DOUGAL.
DUNCAN	MALE	Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh, this is derived from the Gaelic donn “brown” and cath “battle”.
EDAN	MALE	Variant of AIDAN.
EFFIE	FEMALE	Anglicized form of OIGHRIG.
ELSPETH	FEMALE	Scottish form of ELIZABETH.
EWAN	MALE	Anglicized form of EOGHAN.
FEARCHAR	MALE	from Gaelic fear “man” and char “dear”.
FIFE	MALE	a Scottish place name that was also the name of a kingdom in Scotland
FINGAL	MALE	derived from fionn “white, fair” and gall “stranger”
FINLAY	MALE	Anglicized form of FIONNLAGH which comes from Gaelic fionn “white, fair” and laogh “warrior”.
FIONA	FEMALE	Feminine form of FIONN
FORBES	MALE	a Scottish place name meaning “field” in Gaelic
FRASER	MALE
GLENN	MALE	derived from Gaelic gleann “valley”. An example would be John Glenn
GLENNA	FEMALE	Female form of GLENN
GREIG	MALE	Scottish diminutive of GREGORY.
HAMISH	MALE	Anglicized form of a Sheumais, popular name for a scottie dog
INNES	MALE / FEMALE	Anglicized form of AONGHUS
IONA	FEMALE	the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery
ISLA	FEMALE	a feminine version OF ISLAY
ISLAY	MALE	the name of the island of Islay, which lies off of the west coast of Scotland.
JAMIE	MALE / FEMALE	Scottish version of JAMES. Many famous people – Jamie Oliver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jamie Foxx etc
JOCK	MALE	the Scottish form of JACK, another popular name for a scottish breed of dog
JOCKIE	MALE	Scottish diminutive of JACK.
KEIR	MALE	a surname that was a variant of KERR
KEITH	MALE	a place in Scotland
KEITHA	FEMALE	Feminine form of KEITH.
KENNA	FEMALE	Feminine form of KENNETH
KENNY	MALE	Diminutive of KENNETH.
KERR	MALE	comes from a place name meaning “rough wet ground” in Old Norse
KIRSTY	FEMALE	Diminutive of KIRSTIN.
LACHLAN	MALE	a Scottish nickname for a person who was from Norway
MÀIRI	FEMALE	Scottish form of MARY
MAISIE	FEMALE	Scottish diminutive of MAIREAD.
MALCOLM	MALE	Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim, which means “disciple of Saint COLUMBA”. Malcom X would be a famous example
MALINA	FEMALE	Feminine form of MALCOLM.
MARCAS	MALE	Scottish form of Marcus
MHAIRI	FEMALE	Version of MÀIRI
MONROE	MALE	a Scottish surname meaning “from the mouth of the Roe”. This is a river in Ireland. One of the most famous examples is of course Marilyn Monroe
MÒR	FEMALE	Means “great” in Scottish Gaelic.
MORAG	FEMALE	A variation of MOR
MORAY	MALE	Variant of MURRAY. Also an area of Scotland and the Moray Firth
MORNA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of MUIRNE.
MORVEN	FEMALE	Morven is a Corbett in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 871 m high
MUIR	MALE	a Scottish place name meaning “moor, fen” or it also means “sea” in Scottish Gaelic.
MUNRO	MALE	Variant of MONROE. A Munro is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet
MURDO	MALE	Anglicized form of MUIREADHACH
MURRAY	MALE	Andy Murray the tennis player
NANDAG	FEMALE	Scottish diminutive of ANNA.
PÀDRAIG	MALE	Scottish form of PATRICK.
PÀL	MALE	Scottish form of PAUL.
RABBIE	MALE	Scottish diminutive of ROBERT. As in Rabbie Burns the famous poet
RAMSAY	MALE	Variant of RAMSEY. Can be used as a surname, also the first name of a character in Game of Thrones.
RHONA	FEMALE	the name of the Hebridean island Rona, which means “rough island” in Gaelic.
RODDY	MALE	Diminutive of RODERICK
RONALD	MALE	Scottish form of RAGNVALDR, this appears to be a name that was introduced to Scotland by Norse settlers and invaders
RORY	MALE	Anglicized form of RUAIDHRÍ. Rory Mcilroy the golfer is an example here
ROY	MALE	Anglicized form of RUADH. One of teh most famous examples from Scottish History is Rob roy
SAWNEY	MALE	Scottish form of SANDY.
SCOTTY	MALE	Diminutive of SCOTT. Its often the shortened name for a Scottish terrier
SENGA	FEMALE	The name was relatively common in West Central Scotland until the 1980s, and is sometimes said to derive from Agnes
SHEENA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of SÌNE.
SHOLTO	MALE	Anglicized form of SÌOLTACH.
SHONA	FEMALE	Anglicized form of SEONAG or SEÒNAID.
SHUG	MALE	Scottish diminutive of HUGH
SÌNE	FEMALE	Scottish form of JEANNE.
SORCHA	FEMALE	Means “radiant” in Gaelic.
SORLEY	MALE	Anglicized form of SOMHAIRLE
STEENIE	MALE	Scottish diminutive of STEPHEN.
STUART	MALE	originally belonging to a person who was a steward. The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a European royal house of Scotland
SWEENEY	MALE	Anglicized form of SUIBHNE which means “well-going” in Gaelic.
TAM	MALE	Scottish short form of THOMAS. A few people in Scotland with this as a first name
TAVISH	MALE	could be taken from the Scottish surname MacTavish
WALLACE	MALE	William Wallace, say no more.

Other Inspiration

Here are some ideas for inspiration

There are many fantastic island names of the coast of Scotland we present just a couple here

Name	Place
Lewis	Island of the North West of Scotland. The northern part of the island is called Lewis
Harris	Island of the North West of Scotland. The Southern part of the island is called Harris
Skye	the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
Mull	is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides
Bute	an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland
Balta	Uninhabited Shetland island
Barra	is an island in the Outer Hebrides
Fara	is an island in Orkney
Hunda	is an island in Orkney
Lamba	Uninhabited Shetland island
Muck	the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, part of the Inner Hebrides
Rùm	one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides

Now we move on to Lochs, theer are 1000's of these in Scotland. A Loch is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or fjord .

Name	Place
Ness	Home of the mystical monster
Lomond	Beautiful Loch
Morar	a freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland
Awe	a large body of freshwater in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands
Maree	a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands
Katrine	a freshwater loch in the Trossachs area of the Scottish Highlands
Arkaig	a body of freshwater in Lochaber, Scotland

Now we move onto another source of names for your dog which will inspire any climber, the Munros. Munros are defined as Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet in height, and which are on the Scottish Mountaineering Club official list. Lets have some examples

Name	Place
Macdui	As in Ben Macdui, second highest mountain in the UK
Nevis	As in Ben Nevis
Creise	a Scottish mountain that stands at the eastern end of Glen Coe,
Driesh	a mountain located in the Grampians of Scotland
Mayar	a mountain in the Grampians, in Angus, Scotland

There are many more but you would have to split the names up like Cruach Ardrain, Càrn Mairg and Bynack More. I highlighted in bold what part you could use

January 23, 2020 0 comment

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Over 100 Disney Related Names For Your New Dog

written by petlearner71

The world of Disney can provide a whole lot of inspiration to fin a name for new dog, there are many films and television series which feature dogs prominently. There are also countless classics which feature many characters that can also be used.

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In this article we present you with a collection of Disney themed names

Lets start with an all time classic

101 Dalmatians Dog Names

Here are some more Disney dog names from Disney’s 101 Dalmatians:

Pongo – The father of the 101 Dalmatians.
Perdita – The mother of the 101 Dalmatians.
Patch
Lucky
Rolly
Penny
Freckles
Pepper
Blackie
Blob
Blot
Bravo
Bulgey
Cadpig
Corky
Dipper
Dipstick
Dot
Fidget
Flapper
Jewel
Jolly
Latch
Lenny
Nosey
Pokey
Puddles
Purdy
Salter
Sleepy
Smokey
Spanky
Spark
Speedy
Sport
Spotty
Swifty
Thunder
Tiger
Two-Tone
Wags
Whitie
Wizzer
Yoyo

Disney Dog Names From Movies and TV series

This is from more animated TV series and movies first

Angel – This Scamp’s girlfriend in Land and the Tramp II
Annette – A Daughter of Lady & Tramp
Bolivar – Donald Duck’s Saint Bernard
Bolt – The German Shepherd from the movie Bolt, a great name for a white dog
Bowser – A puppy who was purchased by Goofy
Bruno – Pup from Cinderella who chases away Lucifer the cat
Buster – Leader of the Junkyard Dogs in Lady and the Tramp
Butch – Bulldog who is Pluto's enemy
Cash – Fox and the Hound 2
Chief – Fox and the Hound
Collette – Middle daughter in Lady and the Tramp
Copper – Fox and the Hound
Danielle – A Daughter of Lady & Tramp
Dinah – The girlfriend of Pluto
Dixie – From Fox and the Hound 2
Einstein – Great Dane from Oliver & Company
Fifi – Pluto’s girlfriend
Goofy – Mickey Mouse and Donald Ducks best friend
Jock – This was a Scottish Terrier from Lady & The Tramp, bet you wouldn't guess that from the name
Lady – Cocker Spaniel from Lady and the Tramp
Lafayette – This was a Basset Hound in The Aristocats
Max – From The Little Mermaid
Nana – Lovable Saint Bernard from Peter Pan
Napoleon – Bloodhound from the Aristocats
Otis – A Chihuahua who was in Lady and the Tramp II
Otto – A dog from Robin Hood
Peg – Lady and the Tramp
Percy – A Pug from Pocahontas
Pete – The enemy of Mickey
Pluto – You must know who Pluto is, Mickey Mouse's sidekick
Reggie – Lady and the Tramp II
Rolly – From Puppy Dog Pals TV series
Ronnie – Saint Bernard friend of Pluto
Rose – Granny in the Fox and the Hound 2
Roxanne – Love interest of Max Goof in A Goofy Movie
Ruby – Afghan Hound & part of the Junkyard Dogs in Lady & The Tramp II
Scamp – Son of Lady & Tramp
Scratchy – from Lady and the Tramp II
Sparky – from Frankenweenie
Stella – Bloodhound from The Princess and the Frog
Stitch – From Lilo & Stitch
Sultan – Beauty and the Beast
Talbot – The Sword in the Stone
Tiger – The Sword in the Stone
Tito – Chihuahua from Oliver & Company
Toby – Sherlock Holmes dog from The Great Mouse Detective
Tramp – from Lady & The Tramp
Trusty – A Bloodhound from Lady and the Tramp
Zero – The Nightmare Before Christmas

These are from more action movies, there are possibly many more you could look for. I have suffered some of these especially the Beverly Hills Chihuahua series

Beethoven – Saint Bernard from the Beethoven series
Buddah – Puppy from the Air Buddies film series
Chloe – Chihuahua from Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Delgado – Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Demon – Lead Husky in Snow Dogs
Dolly – Daughter of Beethoven & Missy
Duke – Great Dane from Swiss Family Robinson
Duchess – from Snow Dogs
Missy – Beethoven’s girlfriend
Nana – From Snow Dogs
Papi – Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Pedro – Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and 3
Quark – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Riley – Stray mutt from Homeward Bound II
Rosa – From Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and 3
RoseBud – Golden Retriever puppy in the Air Buddies film series
Scooper – From Snow Dogs
Shasta – Husky from Snow Buddies
Turk – Great Dane from Swiss Family Robinson
WhiteFang – Dog/Wolf hybrid from the movie White Fang
Yeller – From Old Yeller

Disney Princess Dog Names

If you have a female dog then these may be good options especially if you also have children

Anna – From the Frozen movies, topical at the moment
Ariel – The Little Mermaid
Aurora – From Sleeping Beauty
Belle – From Beauty and the Beast
Briar – Also from Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella – Probably the most famous princess from Cinderella
Elsa – From the Frozen movies, also topical at the time of writing
Jasmine – This is the Princess from Aladdin
Merida – From the Brave film
Moana – the princess from Moana

Other Disney Character Dog Names

There is of course a wide range of characters in other Disney films, here is a small selection to hopefully provide some inspiration. There are of course many films I have not included so plenty of ideas that you can use

Abu – Monkey from Aladdin
Aladdin – Main character in Aladdin
Ares – God from Hercules
Baloo – The Jungle Book
Bagheera – The Jungle Book
Beast – Beauty and the Beast
Chip – As in Chip ‘n Dale or Chip from Beauty and the Beast
Clayton – Villain from Tarzan
Cleo – Geppetto’s fish from Pinocchio
Cruella – The classic Villain from 101 Dalmatians
Daisy – Donald Duck girlfriend
Dale – As in Chip n Dale
Dewey – A Nephew of Donald Duck
Doc – Dwarf from Snow White
Dopey – Dwarf from Snow White
Eeyore – From Winnie The Pooh, maybe you dog looks sad or has floppy ears
Flora – Sleeping Beauty’s fairy godmother
Flounder – One of the main characters in The Little Mermaid
Gaston -Villain from Beauty and the Beast
Genie – character in Aladdin
Grumpy – Dwarf from Snow White
Gus – Cinderella’s Mouse
Huey – A Nephew of Donald Duck
Jafar – Villain from Aladdin
Kala – from the Jungle Book
Kaa -The Jungle Book
Khan – Shere Khan from the Jungle Book
Lilo – Girl from Lilo and Stitch
Louie – A Nephew of Donald Duck
Meeko – Pocahontas
Merlin – Wizard from the Sword in the Stone
Mickey – The famous mouse
Minnie – Another famous mouse
Mowgli – The Main character from The Jungle Book
Mr Big – Zootopia, if you had a big dog or ironically if you had a small dog
Mushu – Mulan
Nala – From the Lion King
Olaf – Elsa’s snowman in Frozen, very good for a white colored dog
Pumbaa – From the lion King
Rafiki – From the lion King
Rajah – Aladdin
Roo – The Kangaroo from Winnie the Poo
Scar – From the lion King
Scuttle – The Little Mermaid
Sebastian – The hermit crab from the Little Mermaid
Sleepy – Dwarf from Snow White
Thumper – From Bambi
Tigger – The Tiger from Winnie the Pooh
Timon – From the lion King
Tinker – As in Tinkerbell from Peter Pan
TinkerBell – Longer version of above
Wendy _ From the classic Peter Pan
Winnie – Winnie the Pooh

Summary

There you go a lot of ideas there and we obviously have not covered every Disney movie or television series in this article so we have missed your favorite

January 12, 2020 0 comment

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Over 100 Names For Male Dogs

written by petlearner71

Choosing a name for your male dog is an important task, a good name can help the responsiveness and communication between the dog and its owner so that there can be a better understanding,

Choosing A Male dog name

You want to pick a name that is easy to say (seems obvious), if you find it difficult then others will find it tricky and although you might not think this – your dog will struggle. So although it may seem funny to pick some long winded amusing name – that may not be the best idea.

There are various dog experts who recommend that when you pick a name for you dog that you pick something simple with at the very most one or two syllables. It has been proven that dogs find these names easier to recognise but you could still have a name that you use to communicate with your dog and a longer one if you wanted, maybe even look for a name that could be shortened.

You could pick a name based on how your dog looks, if it's a cute little dog you may want a cute name but I'm not sure that an Alsation would suit a name like ‘fluffy' for example. Is it a big dog, what color is the dog, do is it have any unusual features such as droopy eyes, spots, big ears, a long tail.

You should choose a name that will not be embarassing if you have to shout it in the park. Yep, it might have seemed funny at the time but if you have to run through the park and their are young kids and parents perhaps that amusing name with a double-meaning was not the best idea you had.

Try and avoid picking a name that will offend people – I can't say in this article but you should have a reasonable idea of what is a bad idea here. Politics, race and religion spring to mind as topics that should be avoided.

Avoid picking a name that can be mistaken for a command you would say to your dog – ‘sit' , ‘no' , ‘come here' and ‘good boy' are obvious things you would say so you may want to avoid a name that is quite close to some of these commands otherwise you may confuse your dog.

This is an important one but it's not a race to give your dog a name, get your dog home, let it acclimatise and get to know your dog a little better. You may rule out a name based on its personality if you just wait a little bit of time or even pick the ideal one.

Male dog ideas

There are many themes that come up for picking a name for your male dog and you probably will not be surprised to hear that some of these are inspired by various topics.

Movies – usually kids movies or animated movies like Frozen II which of course stars ‘Olaf' which has became popular recently,this would perhaps be a good name for a white dog. You can also use famous movie stars that have appeared in classic movies so how about ‘Clint', ‘Burt', ‘Dean' or ‘Heath'. The last one is topical at the moment.

Superheroes – Its probably best to go slightly off track and choose not the main superheroes so how about ‘Hulk' , ‘Thor', ‘Venom', ‘Stark' or ‘Joker' for some good examples. Not sure Hulk or Venom would appeal to any kids though.

TV – You could also consider famous dogs that have appeared in TV shows like Scooby but maybe not Scrappy and what about ‘Ghost' who was one of six direwolf pups that were found by the children of House Stark and was then adopted and raised by Jon Snow.

Sports stars – a lot of guys will go for their favorite sports stars name – so maybe ‘Kobe', ‘Jordan', ‘Pele', ‘Elton' but not sure about Tiger (that may be a little confusing, although quite funny admittedly)

Family members – You may have a deceased family member who had a name you liked, perhaps you could name your dog after them as a sort of tribute to their memory

Drink – I'm thinking alcohol here, so perhaps ‘Bud', ‘Miller', ‘Coors' would be unusual names for a dog.

Musicians – Have you got a favorite musician that you like, this can used as a source of some inspiration. Here are a couple of examples that I have come up with ‘Freddie', ‘David', ‘Sting', ‘Elvis' and ‘Prince'. You get the idea.

Colors – As I mentioned earlier you can name a dog after its color so for example if your dog was white you could call it ‘ghost', if it was light brown you could call it ‘Rusty'.

Training your dog to recognize its name

When it comes to actually training your dog to recognize its name then this is actually pretty easy and is just like an other training you would undertake. Here is an idea that you can use.

To begin with you should get your dog familiar with its name when its paying attention to you, when the dog responds you would reward it with a treat which can be an actual edible treat or simple praise or playing with your dog. You should repeat this a couple of minutes every day for a few weeks so it becomes second nature.

The next step is to take your dog out on its leash for a walk (an example) and then call their name, if the dog turns then thats great and once again you can rewartd them with a treat as above. If not then a little tug on the lead to get the dogs attention and then say their name to them directly.

At the start you should try and avoid saying things like ‘No, Scout' and just say ‘No'. If you say ‘No, Scout' then there is a chance that your dog will associate its name with negative situations, you want to avoid this – remember dogs are very intelligent animals.

Male dog names list

Hopefully that will have provided you with some inspiration, on with a selection of names if you are still struggling with ideas

Ace
Apollo
Archie
Arctic
Arnie
Bailey
Bandit
Baxter
Bear
Beau
Becks
Benji
Benny
Bentley
Blue
Bo
Boomer
Brady
Brody
Bruce
Bruno
Brutus
Bubba
Bud
Buddy
Burt
Buster
Casey
Cash
Casper
Champ
Chance
Charlie
Chase
Chester
Chico
Clint
Coco
Cody
Cooper
Copper
Dave
David
Dean
Dexter
Diesel
Duke
Echo
Elvis
Finn
Frankie
Freddie
Frosty
George
Ghost
Gizmo
Gunner
Gus
Han
Hank
Harley
Heath
Henry
Hunter
Jack
Jackson
Jake
Jasper
Jax
Jim
Jimbo
Joey
Jordan
Kobe
Leo
Loki
Louie
Lucky
Luke
Mac
Marley
Max
Mickey
Milo
Misty
Moose
Murphy
Neo
Oliver
Ollie
Oreo
Oscar
Otis
Peanut
Prince
Ranger
Rex
Riley
Rocco
Rocky
Romeo
Roscoe
Rudy
Rufus
Rusty
Sam
Sammy
Samson
Scooter
Scout
Shadow
Sid
Simba
Sky
Sparky
Spike
Sunny
Tank
Teddy
Thanos
Thor
Toby
Tucker
Tyson
Vader
Venom
Winston
Wolf
Wolfie
Woody
Yoda
Zeus
Ziggy

January 9, 2020 0 comment