200+ Spanish 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.
There are many reasons why you might be looking for a Spanish-inspired dog name. Maybe you're proud of your family heritage or you've recently adopted a dog with Spanish or Latin roots. Perhaps you have fond memories of sightseeing in Barcelona or soaking up the sun in Catalonia. Hispanic culture is among the world's most colorful and diverse, so it's no wonder that you're looking for a Spanish-inspired dog name for your new family member. Here are over 200+ names, along with meanings, to fit your new puppy.
Spanish Dog Names A-C
Name | Meaning |
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Abuelita | Mexican brand of chocolate by Nestle |
Alejandro | Spanish form of Alexander. This was the most popular name for boys in Spain from the 1990s until 2006 (and again in 2011) |
Alhambra | The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada, Spain |
Alicante | Province of eastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea south of Valencia province area 2264 square miles (5864 square kilometers), population 1,852,166 |
Alicia | Dame Alicia 1910-2004 originally Lilian Alicia Marks English dancer |
Alma | River 50 miles (80 kilometers) long in southwestern Crimea flowing into the Black Sea |
Almeria | Province of southern Spain southeast of Granada province area 3388 square miles (8775 square kilometers), population 688,736 |
Alonzo | Marcus Alonzo 1837-1904 Mark American businessman and politician |
Amor | Love of fate : the welcoming of all life's experiences as good |
Andalusia | Region of southern Spain including the Sierra Nevada and the valley of the Guadalquivir River |
Anna | A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee |
Antonio | Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see Anthony). This has been a common name in Italy since the 14th century. In Spain it was the most popular name for boys in the 1950s and 60s.A famous bearer was the Italian Renaissance painter Antonio Pisanello (c. 1395-1455). It is also the name of the main character in The Merchant of Venice (1596) by William Shakespeare |
Armando | Armando 1861-1928 Duca della Vittoria Italian general; marshal of Italy |
Barcelona | City in Catalonia, Spain |
Beatriz | Spanish and Portuguese form of Beatrix |
Bella | Short form of Isabella and other names ending in bella. It is also associated with the Italian word bella meaning "beautiful". It was used by the American author Stephenie Meyer for the main character in her popular Twilight series of novels, first released 2005, later adapted into a series of movies beginning 2008 |
Benito | Spanish form of Benedict. This name was borne by Mexican president Benito Jurez, and also by Benito Mussolini (who was named after Jurez), the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II |
Bernardo | City southeast of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil population 759,000 |
Beto | To begin serving as an apprentice to |
Bilbao | City in northern Spain; capital of the province of Vizcaya population 349,972 |
Blanca | Spanish and Catalan cognate of Blanche |
Bonita | Means "pretty" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin bonus "good". It has been used as a name in the English-speaking world since the beginning of the 20th century |
Bravas | Bravo -used interjectionally in applauding a woman |
Burrito | A flour tortilla rolled or folded around a filling (as of meat, beans, and cheese) |
Carina | A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat |
Carlos | Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles |
Carlota | Spanish and Portuguese form of Charlotte |
Carmelita | Spanish diminutive of Carmel |
Carmen | Opera by Georges Bizet |
Carmine | A rich red to crimson pigment made from cochineal |
Catalina | Island in southwestern California; one of the Channel Islands area 70 square miles (182 square kilometers) |
Charo | Spanish diminutive of Rosario |
Chica | A Latin-American girl; a Latina |
Chico | City north of Sacramento in western California population 86,187 |
Chorizo | A seasoned, coarsely ground, pork sausage |
Churro | A Spanish and Mexican pastry resembling a doughnut or cruller and made from deep-fried unsweetened dough and sprinkled with sugar |
Consuelo | Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Seora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation |
Corazon | (Maria) Corazon 1933-2009 neCojuangco president of Philippines (1986-92) |
Cordoba | The currency of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos |
Cornelia | 2nd century b.c. Mother of the Gracchi Roman matron |
Crema | The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso |
Cristina | Cristina (Elisabet) Fernndez de 1953- wife of Nstor Kirchner president of Argentina (2007-15) |
Cruz | Means "cross" in Spanish or Portuguese, referring to the cross of the crucifixion |
Spanish Dog Names D-G
Name | Meaning |
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Dahlia | Any of a genus (Dahlia) of American tuberous-rooted composite herbs having opposite pinnate leaves and rayed flower heads and including many that are cultivated as ornamentals |
Dali | Salvador 1904-1989 Spanish surrealistic painter |
Damita | American gospel singer |
Dante | Short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri, the 13th-century Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy |
Dario | Ruben 1867-1916 originally Felix Ruben Garcia Sarmiento Nicaraguan poet |
Diego | Possibly a shortened form of Santiago. In medieval records Diego was Latinized as Didacus |
Domingo | Spanish tenor |
Donato | Donato 1444-1514 originally Donato d'Agnolo or d'Angelo Italian architect |
Dos | A party, celebration, social function |
Drina | River 285 miles (459 kilometers) long flowing north along the border between Bosnia and Serbia into the Sava River |
Dulce | Sweetened caramelized milk that is traditionally made by reducing a mixture of milk and sugar over heat -often used before another noun |
Eduardo | Spanish and Portuguese form of Edward |
Eloy | Spanish form of Eligius |
Elsa | Short form of Elisabeth. Elsa von Brabant is the lover of Lohengrin in medieval German tales, and her story was expanded by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin (1850). The name had a little spike in popularity after the 2013 release of the animated Disney movie Frozen, which featured a magical princess by this name |
Emilia | District of northern Italy comprising the western part of Emilia-Romagna |
Enrique | Spanish form of Heinrich (see Henry) |
Esmeralda | Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Gypsy girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time |
Esperanza | Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope |
Esteban | Spanish form of Stephen |
Estrella | Spanish form of Stella 1, coinciding with the Spanish word meaning "star |
Eva | Always, frequently, forever |
Federico | Spanish and Italian form of Frederick. S |
Felipe | Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese form of Philip |
Feliz | Merry" as in Merry Christmas |
Ferdinand | From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements fardi "journey" and nand "daring, brave". The Visigoths brought the name to the Iberian Peninsula, where it entered into the royal families of Spain and Portugal. From there it became common among the Habsburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, starting with the Spanish-born Ferdinand I in the 16th century. A notable bearer was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), called Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth |
Fernanda | Spanish, Portuguese and Italian feminine form of Ferdinand |
Fernando | Island of Brazil in the Atlantic northeast of the city of Natal area 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) |
Flan | Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.) |
Flor | A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry |
Francisco | Spanish and Portuguese form of Franciscus (see Francis). This is the Spanish name of Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Other notable bearers include the Spanish painter and engraver Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) and the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) |
Frederica | Site in southeastern Georgia on the western shore of Saint Simons Island containing the site of a fort built under the leadership of James Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia, in 1736 |
Frida | Frida 1907-1954 ne Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon Mexican painter |
Gabriela | Gabriela 1889-1957 originally Lucila Godoy Alcayaga Chilean poet and educator |
Galeno | Brazilian footballer |
Galicia | Region of east central Europe including the northern slopes of the Carpathians and the valleys of the upper Vistula, Dniester, Bug, and Seret rivers; former Austrian crown land; belonged to Poland between the two world wars; now divided between Poland and Ukraine |
Galleta | Either of two perennial grasses (Hilaria rigida and H. jamesii synonym Pleuraphis rigida and P. jamesii) chiefly of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico used for forage |
Gazpacho | A spicy soup that is usually made from chopped raw vegetables (such as tomato, onion, pepper, and cucumber) and that is served cold |
Geraldo | Spanish and Portuguese form of Gerald |
Giselle | Romantic ballet in two acts |
Gonzalo | Gonzalo 1453-1515 El Gran Capitan Spanish soldier and statesman |
Granada | City in southwestern Nicaragua on the northwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua population 56,232 |
Guillermo | Spanish form of William |
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Spanish Dog Names H-M
Name | Meaning |
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Hada | Any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage -often used figuratively in phrases like have one's ducks in a row, get one's ducks in a row, or put one's ducks in a row to describe being or becoming thoroughly prepared or organized |
Hernan | Hernn or Hernando 1485-1547 Spanish conquistador |
Ibiza | Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea |
Inez | Ines de 1320?-1355 Spanish noblewoman |
Inigo | Inigo 1573-1652 English architect |
Isabel | Occitan form of Elizabeth. It spread throughout Spain, Portugal and France, becoming common among the royalty by the 12th century. It grew popular in England in the 13th century after Isabella of Angoulême married the English king John, and it was subsequently bolstered when Isabella of France married Edward II the following century.This is the usual form of the name Elizabeth in Spain and Portugal, though elsewhere it is considered a parallel name, such as in France where it is used alongside Élisabeth. The name was borne by two Spanish ruling queens, including Isabel of Castile, who sponsored the explorations of Christopher Columbus |
Isabela | City in northwestern Puerto Rico population 45,631 |
Ita | A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco |
Jacinta | Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Hyacinthus |
Jade | Ornamental stone, commonly green |
Jamin | To press down hard on the brakes of a car to make it stop suddenly |
Javier | Spanish form of Xavier |
Jorge | Spanish and Portuguese form of George |
Josefina | Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish feminine form of Joseph |
Juan | 1938- grandson of Alfonso XIII king of Spain (1975-2014) |
Juana | Municipality in southern Puerto Rico population 50,747 |
Julia | Julia (Carolyn) 1912-2004 ne McWilliams American chef |
Julio | Spanish form of Julius |
Leon | City in the state of Guanajuato, central Mexico population 1,436,480 |
Leonardo | 1452-1519 Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer |
Lisandro | Spanish form of Lysander |
Lola | Spanish diminutive of Dolores. A famous bearer was Lola Montez (1821-1861; birth name Eliza Gilbert), an Irish-born dancer, actress and courtesan |
Lorenzo | Spanish form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1). Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), known as the Magnificent, was a ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was also a great patron of the arts who employed Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and other famous artists |
Loretta | Perhaps a variant of Lauretta or Loreto. A famous bearer was the American actress Loretta Young (1913-2000), whose birth name was Gretchen |
Lucia | Island of the British West Indies in the Windward Islands south of Martinique that has been an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1979; capital Castries area 238 square miles (616 square kilometers), population 165,500 |
Luis | Spanish form of Louis |
Luna | A large mostly pale green American saturniid moth (Actias luna) with long tails on the hind wings |
Lupe | Short form of Guadalupe |
Luz | Means "light" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Seora de la Luz, meaning "Our Lady of Light |
Macaria | Daughters of Heracles and Hades in Greek mythology |
Madonna | Lady -used as a form of respectful address |
Madrid | Province of central Spain in northwestern New Castile area 3087 square miles (7995 square kilometers), population 6,421,874 |
Madrona | Any of several evergreen trees (genus Arbutus) of the heath family; especially : one (A. menziesii) of the Pacific coast of North America with smooth red bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries |
Magdalena | River 956 miles (1538 kilometers) long in Colombia flowing north into the Caribbean Sea |
Milaga | A sweet brown fortified wine from Mlaga, Spain; also : a similar wine made elsewhere |
Mallorca | Island in the Mediterranean Sea |
Manuel | Manuel 1897-1955 Mexican soldier and politician; president of Mexico (1940-46) |
Marbella | Municipality in Andalusia, Spain |
Marco | Luca 1399(or 1400)-1482 originally Luca di Simone di Marco Florentine sculptor |
Margarita | A cocktail consisting of tequila, lime or lemon juice, and an orange-flavored liqueur |
Maria | A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea |
Marina | A dock or basin with moorings and facilities for yachts and small boats |
Mario | Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American racecar driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). It is also borne by a Nintendo video game character, a mustached Italian plumber, who debuted as the playable hero of Donkey Kong in 1981. He was reportedly named after Mario Segale (1934-2018), an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo |
Mariposa | Any of a genus (Calochortus) of western North American plants of the lily family with showy flowers having three petals and three sepals -called also mariposa tulip |
Marques | A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque |
Marta | City and port on the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia east of Barranquilla population 467,000 |
Mona | Island of northwestern Wales |
Mora | The minimal unit of measure in quantitative verse equivalent to the time of an average short syllable |
Spanish Dog Names N-R
Name | Meaning |
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Nevada | U.S. state |
Nicolas | Nicolas 1636-1711 French critic and poet |
Nina | An irregularly recurring upwelling of unusually cold water to the ocean surface along the western coast of South America that often occurs following an El Nino and that disrupts typical regional and global weather patterns especially in a manner opposite to that of El Nino |
Olinda | Municipality in Northeast, Brazil |
Onofre | Spanish and Portuguese form of Onuphrius |
Orlando | Vittorio Emanuele 1860-1952 Italian statesman |
Oro | Mountain |
Pablo | Spanish form of Paulus (see Paul). Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a famous bearer of this name |
Paella | A saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables |
Paloma | Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish |
Pan | A usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
Pancho | Spanish diminutive of Francisco. This name was borne by Pancho Villa (1878-1923), a Mexican bandit and revolutionary |
Patia | Butterfly genus in family Pieridae |
Paulo | Portuguese and Galician form of Paulus (see Paul) |
Pedro | Spanish and Portuguese form of Peter. This was the name of the only two emperors of Brazil, reigning between 1822 and 1889 |
Pepito | Spanish diminutive of Joseph |
Perla | Spanish cognate of Pearl |
Picasso | Pablo 1881-1973 Spanish painter and sculptor in France |
Pilar | Means "pillar" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Mara del Pilar, meaning "Mary of the Pillar". According to legend, when Saint James the Greater was in Saragossa in Spain, the Virgin Mary appeared on a pillar |
Pimiento | Any of various bluntly conical thick-fleshed sweet peppers of European origin that have a distinctive mild sweet flavor and are used especially as a garnish, as a stuffing for olives, and as a source of paprika |
Pinta | A pint of milk |
Pisto | Spanish dish |
Ponce | A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's |
Querida | (in Latin-American contexts) darling |
Queso | A dipping sauce of melted cheese and chopped chili peppers : chili con queso |
Quito | Capital city in Pichincha, Ecuador |
Rafael | City on San Pablo Bay in western California population 57,713 |
Ramon | Santiago 1852-1934 Spanish histologist |
Raton | Pass 7834 feet (2388 meters) high in the Raton Range (the eastern spur of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains) in southeastern Colorado just north of the Colorado-New Mexico border |
Raul | Portuguese, Italian, Romanian and Estonian form of Radulf (see Ralph) |
Raymundo | Spanish and Portuguese variant form of Raymond |
Rey | City of ancient Media with ruins at the modern village of Rey south of Tehran, Iran |
Ria | A coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley |
Ricardo | Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard |
Rico | Short form of Ricardo, Enrico and other names ending in rico |
Rima | A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with a rhyme scheme of abababcc |
Rita | Short form of Margherita and other names ending in rita. Saint Rita (born Margherita Lotti) was a 15th-century nun from Cascia, Italy. Another famous bearer was the American actress Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) |
Roberta | Leymah (Roberta) 1972- Liberian peace activist |
Roberto | Roberto 1934-1972 American baseball player |
Rocio | Genus of cichlid fishes |
Rodan | Fictional giant monster, or kaiju |
Rodrigo | Name of 8 popes: especially VI (Rodrigo Borgia) 1431-1503 (pope 1492-1503) |
Rosa | Salvator 1615-1673 Italian painter and poet |
Rosario | Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Seora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian |
Rosita | Spanish diminutive of Rosa |
Spanish Dog Names S-Z
Name | Meaning |
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Salamanca | Province of western Spain bordering Portugal area 4763 square miles (12,336 square kilometers), population 350,018 |
Salvador | Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour", referring to Jesus. A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dal (1904-1989) |
San Sebastian | City in northwestern Puerto Rico population 42,430 |
Sancho | The squire of Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote |
Sangria | A usually iced punch typically made of red wine, fruit or fruit juice, and soda water |
Santana | City in a region of cattle ranches in Bahia, eastern Brazil population 556,756 |
Santander | Francisco de Paula 1792-1840 Colombian general and politician |
Santiago | City and capital of Chile in the central part of the country metropolitan area population 4,668,500 |
Santo | A painted or carved wooden image of a saint common especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S |
Savannah | River 314 miles (505 kilometers) long in eastern Georgia flowing southeast to the Atlantic and forming the Georgia-South Carolina boundary |
Sebastian | Seaport on the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain |
Segovia | Andrs 1893-1987 Spanish guitarist and composer |
Senorita | An unmarried Spanish or Spanish-speaking girl or woman -used as a title equivalent to Miss |
Serge | A type of worsted cloth |
Sergio | Spanish form of Sergius |
Seville | Capital and largest city of Andalusia and the province of Seville in Spain |
Sierra | Means "mountain range" in Spanish, referring specifically to a mountain range with jagged peaks |
Socorro | Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Mara del Socorro meaning "Mary of Perpetual Succour |
Soledad | Means "solitude" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Mara de Soledad, meaning "Mary of Solitude |
Sombrero | A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt |
Sonora | River 250 miles (400 kilometers) long in northwestern Mexico flowing southwest into the upper Gulf of California |
Taco | Mexican filled tortilla food |
Tamale | Traditional Mesoamerican dish |
Tasia | Short form of Anastasia |
Tenerife | Largest, most populous Canary Island |
Teresa | Mother 1910-1997 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Albanian religious in India |
Tierra | Means "earth" in Spanish |
Toledo | A finely tempered sword of a kind made in Toledo, Spain |
Tortilla | A thin round of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling (as of ground meat or cheese) |
Uno | With one mind : unanimously |
Valencia | From the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both derived from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour |
Ventura | City and port on Santa Barbara Channel in southwestern California east-southeast of Santa Barbara population 106,433 |
Veronica | The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this |
Vicente | Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent |
Vida | Marco Girolamo circa 1490-1566 Italian poet |
Villa | A country estate |
Vito | Spanish form of Vitus |
Xiomara | Possibly a Spanish form of Guiomar |
Yolanda | From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolnta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. It was also borne by Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century countess from Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend. Another notable bearer was a 15th-century duchess of Lorraine, the subject of the opera Iolanta (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Zelia | Genus of flies |
Zita | Italian saint |
Zoila | Genus of gastropods |
Zorro | Fictional character |
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