Italian Dog Names

Italian Names

There are some Italian dog names that are so traditional that you won’t need any explanation for choosing it: Umberto, Fausto, Faustine, Anselmo, Benedetta, Bianca, Cara, Gioconda, Giovanni or Guglielmo.

As a pet owner, you surely know how beautiful it is to name your dog. The task implies many things (much more than what is usually believed) because it is the moment in which from then on you will bind your dog with a special meaning and identity. Perhaps this is the right time to leave the traditional options behind and start thinking about a nice and magical name to make your dog unique.

Historical Italian names are particularly abundant, and this relates directly with the importance Italians had for so long in human history as the center of all power. So perhaps these options will suit you if you love history or if you like some special historical characters.

For roman emperors and politicians you have these examples: Adriano, Cesar, Constantino, Favio, Ludovico, Lorenzo, Tiberio, or Octavio. All of these will give your dog a strong identity and he won’t undoubtedly go unnoticed. There are also some other historical names such as Donatello, Michelangelo, Calvino, Cristoforo, Davide, Pietro, or Matteo. The names mentioned here are all for male dogs. As well as in other languages, Italian dog names may sometimes imply features of the nature. These options are always beautiful and poetic.

Look out: Pietro or its female form Pietra (meaning “rock”), Silvano (meaning “of the woods”), Zaira (meaning “dawning”), the particular Cascata (meaning “waterfall), Adolfo (“wolf”) and Orsino (meaning “little bear”) among many others. For celestial features there is Celina (meaning “heaven”), Donnatella (“beautiful star”), Angelina (“little angel”), or Cira (meaning “the sun”). The ultimate celestial names are Cosmo and Cosima as the female form because they mean “universe” and “harmony”.