Dog Names That Mean Love
Names that mean love, beloved, or dear.
Love-meaning names span every tradition. Latin Amanda ("worthy of love") and Amy (French Aimée — "beloved"); Hebrew David ("beloved"); Sanskrit Priya ("loved one") and Kama ("love"); Spanish Querida ("dear one"); Welsh Carys ("love"); Hawaiian Aloha. The list below covers every name in our database whose meaning touches love, beloved, dear, cherished, or affectionate. Particularly common for first dogs and for dogs who came home in difficult times — naming a dog "love" is naming the relationship.
164 dog names with meaning related to "love"
| # | Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adora | Loved child | Female | Latin | |
| 2 | Agape | Love | Male | Greek | |
| 3 | Ahava | Love | Female | Hebrew | |
| 4 | Ai | Love | Female | Japanese | |
| 5 | Aiko | Love child | Female | Japanese | |
| 6 | Aimee | Dearly Loved Variant Of Amy. | Female | English | |
| 7 | Amado | Loves God | Male | English | |
| 8 | Amador | One who loves | Male | Latin | |
| 9 | Amanda | She who must be loved | Female | Latin | |
| 10 | Amandine | She who must be loved | Female | Latin | |
| 11 | Amarus | Unfading Love | Male | Greek | |
| 12 | Amata | Beloved | Female | Latin | |
| 13 | Amato | Beloved | Male | Latin | |
| 14 | Amie | Loved | Female | French | |
| 15 | Amor | Love | Unisex | Latin | |
| 16 | Amora | Love | Female | Spanish | |
| 17 | Amy | Loved | Female | French | |
| 18 | Anabel | Easy to love | Female | Latin | |
| 19 | Anabelle | Easy to love | Female | Latin | |
| 20 | Annabel | Easy to love | Female | Latin | |
| 21 | Annabella | Easy to love | Female | Latin | |
| 22 | Aroha | Love, mercy, pity, compassion and poor | Female | Maori | |
| 23 | Asta | Love | Female | Norwegian | |
| 24 | Atilla | Beloved Father | Male | Hungarian | |
| 25 | Beaman | Lovely hill | Male | French | |
| 26 | Beaumont | Lovely hill | Male | French | |
| 27 | Bel | Fair: Lovely One. | Female | English | |
| 28 | Bevis | Dear son | Male | French | |
| 29 | Breezy | From Briseis The Woman Achilles Loved In Homer's Iliad. | Unisex | English | |
| 30 | Buttercup | A bright yellow flowered plant. Also a term of endearment. | Unisex | English | |
| 31 | Caradoc | Beloved | Female | Welsh | |
| 32 | Carey | Well loved | Male | Gaelic | |
| 33 | Carina | Beloved | Female | Latin | |
| 34 | Carine | Beloved | Female | Latin | |
| 35 | Caron | Love | Female | Welsh | |
| 36 | Carys | Love | Female | Welsh | |
| 37 | Charu | Lovely | Female | Sanskrit | |
| 38 | Chaviva | Cherished | Female | Hebrew | |
| 39 | Cher | Dear one | Female | French | |
| 40 | Cheri | Dear one | Female | French | |
| 41 | Cherie | Darling | Female | French | |
| 42 | Cheryl | Darling | Female | French | |
| 43 | Conner | Lover of hounds | Male | Gaelic | |
| 44 | Connor | Lover of hounds | Male | Gaelic | |
| 45 | Conor | Lover of hounds | Male | Gaelic | |
| 46 | Dae | Shining Beloved | Female | English | |
| 47 | Dafydd | Beloved | Male | Hebrew | |
| 48 | Dagmar | Dear + great | Female | German | |
| 49 | Dai | Beloved | Female | Hebrew | |
| 50 | Daralis | Beloved | Female | English |
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