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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.

Prunella

Meaning: small plum

Origin:Latin
4371
Mannix

Meaning: a little monk

Origin:Irish
3464
Attila

Meaning: little father

Origin:Hungarian
1547
Banning

Meaning: small, fair one

Origin:Irish
8128
Fidel

Meaning: faithful

Origin:Latin
3013
Carina

Meaning: dear little one

Origin:Italian
807
Pasha

Meaning: small

Origin:Russian, diminutive of Pavel
3303
Rousseau

Meaning: little redhead

Origin:French surname
7011
Bogart

Meaning: orchard

Origin:Dutch surname
4806
Obama

Meaning: bending or leaning; little beach

Origin:Luo; Japanese
3109
Queenie

Meaning: queen

Origin:English
1887
Bambalina

Meaning: little girl

Origin:Italian
5581
Chiquita

Meaning: little one

Origin:Spanish
6655
Perkin

Meaning: little Peter

Origin:English
8634
Origin:Variation of Kimberly
12702
Paulo The name Paulo is a popular name around the ...
Origin:Portuguese, Swedish, and Hawaiian variation of Paul
5876
Max

Meaning: greatest

Origin:English and German diminutive of Maximilian or Maxwell
105
Stella

Meaning: star

Origin:Latin
72
Bella

Meaning: beautiful

Origin:Diminutive of Isabella, Italian
431
Maxie Maxie is typically a name given to baby girl...
Origin:American
8921