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Great Names for Big Dogs

Big dogs need big names: names that mean large or great, names too dramatic or wild to use on a baby. Naming your large dog can be a chance to use one of those guilty pleasure names, a name that was just a bit too imposing to use on a baby, or a name that gives your pooch dignity and gravitas. Or you can spin things in the opposite direction and choose a name that means small. Here, major names for large dogs.

Gulliver

Meaning: glutton

Origin:Irish
1561
Odin

Meaning: god of frenzy; poetic fury

Origin:Variation of Óðinn, Old Norse
229
Grover

Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

Origin:English
888
Buddy The meaning of Buddy is 'friend' or ‘brother...
Origin:English, nickname name
833
Buster The meaning of Buster is 'an individual who ...
Origin:Modern nickname
1272
Origin:English rank of nobility
1327
Bear

Meaning: bear

Origin:Animal name
1368
Leonidas

Meaning: lion

Origin:Greek
532
Zeus The meaning of Zeus is ‘to shine’. It is a n...
Origin:Greek mythology name
820
Jupiter

Meaning: godfather

Origin:Latin
953
Winston

Meaning: wine's town

Origin:English
263
Sirius

Meaning: burning

Origin:Latin from Greek
434
King

Meaning: monarch

Origin:English
489
Nero

Meaning: stern

Origin:Latin
282
Rex

Meaning: king

Origin:Latin
323
Dexter

Meaning: dyer, right-handed

Origin:Latin
367
Montana

Meaning: mountainous

Origin:Spanish place-name
3229
Jazz The name Jazz is of American origin. The mea...
Origin:Word name
7088
Lexi

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Diminutive of Alexandra, Greek
1647
Sable

Meaning: animal name

Origin:English
2034