200+ Red Dog Names (With Meanings)
James Livingood has been a dog sitter for several years. He has written numerous articles and a book about the topic because he loves dogs.
Black, yellow, and brown are colors often associated with man's best friend. However, there is another option. Dogs with red coats are a wonderful choice to add into any family. There are even famous red coated dogs (Clifford) that everyone knows. The following list digs into names that are perfect for that new canine in your life. In addition, I've included the definition of each word, to make things easier to sort.
Red Dog Names A-B
Name | Meaning |
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Agni | Fire deity of Hinduism |
Amaryllis | An autumn-flowering South African bulbous herb (Amaryllis belladonna of the family Amaryllidaceae, the amaryllis family) that is grown in gardens for its clusters of large, fragrant, usually white or pink flowers which resemble lilies and are borne on long, solid, leafless stems : belladonna lily |
Amber | Fossilized tree resin |
Apollo | The Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry |
Apple | A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates |
Apricot | The oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor |
Arizona | U.S. state |
Aspen | Common name for certain tree species |
Auburn | A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour |
Autumn | The season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically extending from the September equinox to the December solstice -called also fall |
Azalea | Any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals |
Bandit | An outlaw who lives by plunder; especially : a member of a band of marauders |
Barn | Agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace |
Bear | A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of family Ursidae |
Beau | A love or emotional interest |
Beets | A biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar beet) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red roots; also : its root used especially as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or for forage |
Berry | A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties |
Blaze | An intensely burning fire |
Bloom | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud |
Blossom | Flowers of stone fruit trees and of some other plants that flower in spring |
Blush | An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc |
Bono | A principle that probable responsibility for an act or event lies with one having something to gain |
Bordeaux | White or red wine of the Bordeaux region of France |
Bowie | A Bowie knife |
Brandy | Spirit produced by distilling wine |
Brick | A handy-sized unit of building or paving material typically being rectangular |
Brighton | Town and resort on the English Channel in East Sussex, southern England population 133,400 |
Brittany | Any of a breed of medium-sized gundogs of French origin that resemble spaniels in appearance and have a smooth or slightly wavy coat of orange and white or liver and white somewhat fringed on the chest, forelegs, and thighs |
Burgundy | A red or white unblended wine from Burgundy; also : a blended red wine produced elsewhere |
Red Dog Names C-D
Name | Meaning |
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Cabernet | A dry red wine made from a single widely cultivated variety of black grape -called also cabernet |
Cardinal | One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.) |
Carmine | A rich red to crimson pigment made from cochineal |
Carnelian | Yellow-red chalcedony variety |
Carnie | A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud) |
Carrot Top | American actor and stand-up comedian |
Cayenne | Cayenne pepper |
Cerise | A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink |
Cheddar | A hard white, yellow, or orange smooth-textured cheese with a flavor that ranges from mild to strong as the cheese matures -called also cheddar cheese |
Chelsea | City in eastern Massachusetts northeast of Boston population 35,177 |
Cherry | Fruit of some plants of the genus Prunus |
Chestnut | Any of a genus (Castanea) of trees or shrubs of the beech family; especially : an American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a dominant or codominant member of many deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. but has now been largely eliminated by the chestnut blight and seldom grows beyond the shrub or sapling stage |
Cheyenne | Native American Indian tribe from the Great Plains |
Chili | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking |
Chimney | Ventilation for hot gases or smoke |
Cider | Fermented apple juice often made sparkling by carbonation or fermentation in a sealed container |
Cinnamon | Spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum |
Claire | City on the Chippewa River in western Wisconsin population 65,883 |
Clementine | Hybrid citrus fruit |
Clifford | Big Red Cartoon Dog |
Comet | Astronomical object |
Conan | Comedian with red hair |
Copernicus | 1473-1543 Polish astronomer |
Copper | Chemical element, symbol Cu and atomic number 29 |
Coral | The calcareous or horny skeletal deposit produced by anthozoan or rarely hydrozoan polyps; especially : a richly red precious coral secreted by a gorgonian (genus Corallium) |
Cranberry | A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium |
Crimson | Any of several deep purplish reds |
Currant | A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4mm diameter when dried |
Current | Occurring in or existing at the present time |
Curry | Spicy Asian or Asian-influenced dishes |
Dahlia | Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico |
Damask | Reversible figured woven fabric |
Delicious | Affording great pleasure : delightful |
Derry | City in Northern Ireland |
Dynamite | An explosive that is made of nitroglycerin absorbed in a porous material and that often contains ammonium nitrate or cellulose nitrate; also : an explosive (such as a mixture of ammonium nitrate and nitrocellulose) that contains no nitroglycerin |
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Red Dog Names E-J
Name | Meaning |
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Echo | Reflection of sound delayed after direct sound as heard by listener |
Eclipse | The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
Edom | Iron age nation in the southern Levant |
Elmo | Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street |
Ember | A glowing fragment (as of coal) from a fire; especially : one smoldering in ashes |
Felicity | The quality or state of being happy; especially : great happiness |
Fennec | A small pale-fawn fox (Vulpes zerda synonym Fennecus zerda) with large ears that inhabits the deserts of northern Africa and Arabia |
Finch | Any of numerous passerine songbirds (families Fringillidae, Estrildidae, Emberizidae, and Cardinalidae) having a short stout usually conical bill adapted for crushing seeds |
Flame | The glowing gaseous part of a fire |
Fox | A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail |
Foxy | Resembling or suggestive of a fox : such as |
Freckles | Any of the small brownish spots in the skin due to augmented melanin production that increase in number and intensity on exposure to sunlight |
Fuchsia | Any of a genus (Fuchsia) of ornamental shrubs of the evening-primrose family having showy nodding flowers usually in deep pinks, reds, and purples |
Fuego | Archipelago off southern South America south of the Strait of Magellan; in Argentina and Chile area over 28,400 square miles (73,556 square kilometers) |
Fuji | A plain spun silk fabric |
Garfield | Comic strip created by Jim Davis |
Gargoyle | Exterior building sculpture |
Garnet | Mineral, semi-precious stone |
George | Either of two of the insignia of the British Order of the Garter |
Gideon | An early Hebrew hero noted for his defeat of the Midianites |
Gilroy | City in western California southeast of San Jose population 48,821 |
Ginger | A thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice and sometimes medicinally |
Gogh | Vincent Willem 1853-1890 Dutch painter |
Goldie | English musician and producer |
Grenadine | Fruit syrup with a flavor that is both tart and sweet |
Guinness | Irish brand of beer |
Habanero | Strain of chili (Capsicum) |
Harvest | Process of gathering mature crops from the fields |
Heinz | American food processing company known for its ketchup and condiments |
Henna | A reddish-brown dye that is used especially on hair and in temporary tattoos and is obtained from the leaves of an Old World tropical shrub or small tree |
Honey | A sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees |
Hong | A commercial establishment or house of foreign trade in China |
Hunter | A person who hunts game |
Ignatius | Saint died circa a.d. 110 Theophorus bishop of Antioch and church father |
Iron | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel |
Jalopy | An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile |
Jam | A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts |
Jasper | An opaque cryptocrystalline quartz of any of several colors; especially : green chalcedony |
Jelly | A soft somewhat elastic food product made usually with gelatin or pectin; especially : a fruit product made by boiling sugar and the juice of fruit |
Red Dog Names K-P
Name | Meaning |
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Ketchup | A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners |
Kidney | An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine |
Kremlin | (Russian architecture) A fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities |
Ladybug | Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra |
Laser | A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light |
Lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides |
Leif | Flourished 1000 son of Erik the Red Norwegian explorer |
Leo | A northern constellation east of Cancer |
Loki | A Norse god who contrives evil and mischief for his fellow gods |
Luna | A large mostly pale green American saturniid moth (Actias luna) with long tails on the hind wings |
Magenta | A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing |
Mahogany | Any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, having a valuable hard red-brown wood |
Malbec | A variety of grape used in making red wine |
Mango | A tropical usually large ovoid or oblong fruit with a firm yellowish-red skin, hard central stone, and juicy aromatic pulp; also : an evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) of the cashew family that bears mangoes |
Maple | Any of a genus (Acer of the family Aceraceae, the maple family) of chiefly deciduous trees or shrubs with opposite leaves and a fruit of two united samaras; also : the hard light-colored close-grained wood of a maple used especially for flooring and furniture |
Maraschino | A sweet liqueur distilled from the fermented juice of a bitter wild cherry |
Maroon | A dark red |
Mars | The Roman god of war |
Mauve | A moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
Melon | Any of various typically sweet gourds (such as a muskmelon or watermelon) usually eaten raw as fruits |
Merlot | A dry red wine made from a widely grown grape originally used in the Bordeaux region of France for blending; also : the grape itself |
Molly | Any of various small, often brightly colored tropical fish (genus Poecilia) that are live-bearers found in fresh, brackish, or salt water and include several that are highly valued as aquarium fishes |
Nick Nack | A small trivial article usually intended for ornament |
Nitro | Containing or being the monovalent group NO2 united through nitrogen |
Oakley | City in California northeast of Oakland population 35,432 |
Oxblood | Color considered to be a dark shade of red |
Papaya | Species of tropical fruit plant |
Paprika | Spice made from red peppers |
Peach | A low spreading freely branching Chinese tree (Prunus persica) of the rose family that has lanceolate leaves and sessile usually pink flowers and is widely cultivated in temperate areas for its edible fruit which is a single-seeded drupe with a hard central stone, a pulpy white or yellow flesh, and a thin fuzzy skin |
Pebbles | A small usually rounded stone especially when worn by the action of water |
Penny | A monetary unit of the United Kingdom |
Peony | Any of a genus (Paeonia of the family Paeoniaceae) of chiefly Eurasian plants with large often double flowers |
Pepper | Either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as condiments: |
Peppermint | Hybrid flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae |
Pepperoni | A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage |
Persimmon | A type of fruit, of orange colour, very sweet, quite astringent when immature |
Phoenix | A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes |
Poppy | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant |
Pumpkin | A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon |
Pyro | A pyromaniac |
Red Dog Names Q-Z
Name | Meaning |
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Radish | The pungent usually crisp root of a widely cultivated Eurasian plant (Raphanus sativus) of the mustard family usually eaten raw; also : a plant that produces radishes |
Rain | Water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere |
Ralph | To vomit |
Raoul | Raoul 1877-1953 French painter |
Raspberry | Any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries |
Red | Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc |
Redding | To free from entanglement |
Reed | Any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas |
Rhubarb | Any of a genus (Rheum) of Asian plants of the buckwheat family having large leaves with thick petioles often used as food; also : the petioles of rhubarb |
Robin | A small chiefly European thrush (Erithacus rubecula) resembling a warbler and having a brownish-olive back and orangish face and breast |
Rocket | Missile or vehicle which flies using thrust from a reaction gas engine |
Rojo | Salvador de 1886-1978 Spanish writer and diplomat |
Rose | A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers |
Rosebud | The bud of a rose |
Rosewood | The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell |
Rossi | Bruno 1905-1993 American (Italian-born) physicist |
Rosy | Of the color rose |
Rouge | Any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red |
Roux | A cooked mixture of flour and fat used as a thickening agent in a soup or a sauce |
Rover | (usually in the plural) A randomly selected target |
Rowan | Common name of a subgenus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae |
Ruby | Variety of corundum, mineral, gemstone |
Rufio | American rock band |
Rufus | Name of 4 kings of England: I (the Conqueror) circa 1028-1087 (reigned 1066-87); II (Rufus ) circa 1056-1100 (reigned 1087-1100); III 1650-1702 (reigned 1689-1702-see mary ii); IV 1765-1837 (reigned 1830-37) |
Rugby | A football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling, lateral passing, and tackling are featured |
Russet | Coarse homespun usually reddish-brown cloth |
Rusty | Affected by or as if by rust; especially : stiff with or as if with rust |
Saffron | The deep orange aromatic pungent dried stigmas of a purple-flowered crocus (Crocus sativus) used to color and flavor foods and formerly as a dyestuff and in medicine |
Salmon | A large anadromous salmonid fish (Salmo salar) of the North Atlantic noted as a game and food fish -called also Atlantic salmon |
Salsa | A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers |
Sangria | A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit |
Saturn | A Roman god of agriculture and father by Ops of Jupiter |
Saul | Biblical figure; first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel |
Scarlet | A brilliant red colour tinged with orange |
Sequoia | Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron |
Shiraz | A variety of black grape used to make wine |
Shona | A member of any of a group of Bantu peoples of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique |
Sienna | An earthy substance containing oxides of iron and usually of manganese that is brownish yellow when raw and orange red or reddish brown when burnt and is used as a pigment |
Slash | A slashing action or motion |
Smokey | Emitting smoke especially in large quantities |
Sol | The fifth note of the major scale in solf |
Spark | A small particle of a burning substance thrown out by a body in combustion or remaining when combustion is nearly completed |
Spice | Any of various aromatic vegetable products (such as pepper or nutmeg) used to season or flavor foods |
Spike | A very large nail |
Strawberry | The juicy edible usually red fruit of any of several low-growing temperate herbs (genus Fragaria) of the rose family that is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes on its surface |
Sundance | A solo or group solstice rite of American Indians; Movie festivel |
Sunny | Marked by brilliant sunlight : full of sunshine |
Sunrise | Time of day when the sun appears above the earth |
Sunset | Daily falling of the Sun below the horizon |
Terra | (astrogeology) A rough upland or mountainous region of the Moon with a relatively high albedo |
Thor | Hammer-wielding Norse god associated with thunder |
Tomato | The usually large, rounded, edible, pulpy berry of an herb (genus Solanum) of the nightshade family native to South America that is typically red but may be yellow, orange, green, or purplish in color and is eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable |
Tree | A woody perennial plant having a single usually elongate main stem generally with few or no branches on its lower part |
Tulip | A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa |
Valentine | An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th |
Venus | The Roman goddess of love and beauty |
Vermillion | A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide |
Vulcan | The Roman god of fire and metalworking |
Watson | James Dewey 1928- American geneticist |
Whiskey | A liquor distilled from fermented wort (such as that obtained from rye, corn, or barley mash) |
Wren | Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; true wren |
Zander | A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca |
Zeus | The king of the gods and husband of Hera in Greek mythology |
Zinfandel | A dry red wine of California |
Zinnia | Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid |
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
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