200+ Spanish Dog Names (With Meanings)

Author:
James Livingood
Updated date:
May 4, 2022

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
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
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
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
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
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