237 Cute White Dog Names (male & girl) With Meanings

White coats reach the dog via at least three unrelated genetic routes. As such, a Samoyed and a white Boxer are white for different reasons. I picked these by hand as well as with their meanings.

Cute White Dog Names for Female Dogs and Their Meanings:

Leukothea

Greek for white goddess and comes from leukos and thea. In the Odyssey Leukothea gives Odysseus her veil so the water cannot pull him under.

Chione

”Snow,” and is from chion.

Aneira

”Much snow.”

Blodwen

Blodwen is symbolizing ”white flower” in Welsh and has roots in blodyn and gwen.

Ricotta

”Recooked.”

Selene

”Moon” or ”light.”

Soufflé

”Puffed up”.

Pearl

”Precious gem”. Hester Prynne’s daughter in The Scarlet Letter.

Kuura

Hoarfrost.

Dolly

”Gift of God,” as well as a sheep that was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

Azucena

From Arabic as-sūsana, ”white lily.”

Mizore

”Sleet”.

Nives

Nives comes from the Marian title Our Lady of the Snows. Its feast is on 5 August.

Valkea

Finnish for ”white” or ”bright.”

Tuhina

In Sanskrit tuhina is meaning ”frost” or ”snow.”

Qanik

Inuktitut for falling snow.

Baiyunî

A panda called Bai Yun produced the first panda cub born in the US to survive. Baiyunî (白云) is white cloud in Chinese.

Subhra

White and unstained in Sanskrit.

Alyssum

Alyssum is “curing madness” in Greek. Doctors once prescribed the herb for rabies.

Kaolin

Kaolin is named after Gaoling mountain ridge that supplied white clay to the Jingdezhen kilns. I recommend this one for dogs whose coat is closer to chalk.

Kunda

It is Sanskrit for the white jasmine, Jasminum multiflorum.

Snegurochka

Snegurochka (”snow maiden”) melts when she jumps over a bonfire in Russian tales.

Panna

”Cream” in Italian, and ”young lady” in Polish.

Anana

In Hebrew, Anana is “cloud” and graceful in Hawaiian. Save

Argia

Argia has origins in argos (”shining white”).

Amaryllis

To sparkle.

Magnolia

”Magnol’s flower,” after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Branwen

”White raven.”

Elaine

Elaine (”bright light”) of Astolat is Tennyson’s Lady of Shalott.

Olwen

”White footprint,” as well as white clover bloomed wherever she stepped.

Snaefrid

Snaefrid (”snow beautiful”) was a wife of Harald Fairhair, who watched over her body for three winters.

Drifa

Snowdrift.

Galatea

Root is gala, Greek for milk.

Helmi

Pearl in Finnish.

Bardha

Bardha has Albanian origins and is the feminine variation of bardhë and means ”white.”

Calla

”Beauty.”

Skadi

”Harm/shadow.” Skadi chose her husband by his feet alone.

Zima

Winter.

Lily

It has origins in Latin lilium.

Ecru

Raw, unbleached.

Neige

French for snow and comes from Latin nivem.

Gauri

Gauri is an epithet of Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva, and is meaning “the fair one” or ”shinning.”

Chandni

“Moonlit” or ”moonlight” and is from Hindi.

Fuyu

Winter in Japanese, written 冬.

Odette

Odette is a diminutive of Oda that comes from the Germanic word, ”wealth.”

Organza

“Thin, stiff, transparent dress fabric.” Organza is from the city of Urgench in Turkestan or the Italian organzino.

Tapioca

”Sediment.”

Phoebe

”Bright” or ”radiant”.

Swanhilda

Swanhilda (”swan battle”) is a village girl in Coppélia.

Daisy

”Day’s eye.”

Europa

”Wide face,” and Zeus came to her as a white bull.

Agnes

”Pure” or ”lamb.”

Barfi

”Snow” in Persian, as well as an Indian milk sweet.

Aput

Snow on the ground.

Chiffon

Rag.

Bronwen

It combines Welsh bron, ”breast,” and gwen, ”white.”

Spica

”Ear of wheat”.

Kasumi

In Japanese Kasumi is ”haze.”

Gypsum

Gypsos, chalk.

Calcite

Calcite comes from the Latin calx, ”lime.”

Niamh

Niamh Chinn Óir came from the sea and carried Oisín to Tír na nÓg. ”Radiance” in Old Irish and is pronounced as NEEV.

Eira

Welsh for snow. No mythology attached which is rare for a Welsh one.

Colombe

Colombe is ”dove” in French and has roots in the Latin columba. Colombine and Colombina are two diminutives that I like.

Mahina

Hawaiian for moon.

Candida

”White,” ”shining,” ”pure” and ”sincere.” Roman candidates wore chalk-whitened togas.

Lotus

”Rebirth” or ”purity.”

Tundra

Tundra comes from Russian Kildin Sami tūndâr and is symbolizing ”treeless high ground.”

Flurry

”A sudden burst of activity.”

Porcelain

Porcelain is from Italian porcellana, ”the cowrie shell.”

Freesia

Christian Ecklon named the genus after Friedrich Freese who was a German physician.

Edelweiss

Edelweiss is composed of the German elements edel and weiss, ”noble white.”

Coconut

Coconut is rooted in the Portuguese coco and is meaning ”skull” or ”a grinning face” after the three dark marks at the base of the shell.

Cotton

Arabic qutn.

Whitney

Mount Whitney has its origins in Josiah Whitney, California’s state geologist. It is from the Old English hwit and eg, ”the white island” or ”white water.”

Guinevere

White phantom.

Paloma

”Dove,” and Picasso named his daughter after his dove of peace poster.

Eirlys

Snowdrop.

Sugar

Sugar is from the Sanskrit sharkara, grit or gravel.

Crystal

”Ice,” and the Greeks thought quartz was ice frozen too hard to melt.

Muguet

”Lily of the valley”.

Brie

Hill.

Kea

”White,” as in Mauna Kea, a Hawaiian volcano with a snow cap.

Nephele

”Cloud.” Nephele is the mother of Phrixus and Helle, who fled on a golden ram.

Tsuru

”Crane.”

Aspen

”Shaking tree”.

Misty

From Old English mist, ”dimness.”

Diamond

Adamas, unbreakable.

Cloud

Cloud has origins in the Old English clud, ”rock” or ”hill.”

Akgül

White rose.

Marshmallow

It comes from marsh mallow, a plant whose root sap went into early sweets.

Shweta

Fair and white.

Icicle

From Old English īsgicel, ”ice spike.”

Chantilly

”Whipped cream.”

Blizzard

“Hail of gunfire” or “a violent blow”.

Alaska

Alaska comes from the Indigenous language Aleut and the term alaxsxaq (”mainland”)

Ivory

From Old French ivoire and Latin ebur.

Blanche

French for “white,” from the Germanic blank, “shining.”

Vanilla

From Spanish vainilla, ”little pod.”

Vega

”Swooping eagle.”

Rhiannon

”Great queen,” and no rider can catch her white horse.

Opal

”Jewel”.

Mallika

Jasmine.

Fionnuala

Irish fionn (“white, fair”) and guala (“shoulder”) and is pronounced fin-NOO-la.

Bayda

”White.”

Narcissa

”Sleep” or ”numbness.”

Ermine

”Armenian mouse.”

Yuki

Written 雪, Yuki is the Japanese word for snow.

Clara

”Clear/bright.”

Hedwig

”Battle”, and Harry Potter’s snowy owl.

Lulu

”Pearl.”

Giselle

”Pledge,” and a ballet where ghost brides dance in white.

Alba

”White” or ”dawn.”

Pavlova

”Small.” Pavlova is a meringue cake after ballerina Anna Pavlova.

Mjöll

”Fresh snow.”

Aphrodite

It comes from aphros, ”sea foam.”

Seol

Snow.

Yuri

”Lily” in Japanese, and ”farmer” in Russian.

Arare

”Hail,” or a tiny rice cracker in Japan.

White Dog Names for Male Dogs:

Leukos

”White and bright,” in Greek and is the root for leukocyte, the white blood cell.

Nanuq

Polar bear in Inuktitut.

Bijeli

White in Croatian and Serbian.

Belko

Belko is the short masculine variant of the Slavic bel (”white”). It is popular in Serbia and Bulgaria.

Siku

”Sea ice” in Inuktitut.

Boreas

Herodotus wrote that Athens prayed to him for aid against the Persian fleet. It means ”north wind.”

Slalom

From Norwegian sla, ”slope,” and låm, ”track.”

Everest

Pronounced as EEV-rest. ”Highest peak.”

Hrimfaxi

Hrimfaxi (”frost mane”) is Night’s horse.

Hamsa

”Swan.”

Mogul

Small hill.

Fionnbharr

Saint Fionnbharr was born in Connaught nd founded a monastery that would later become the city of Cork. It is made of the Irish fionn (”fair”) and barr (”crest”). It is pronounced FIN-var.

Ookpik

”Snowy owl.”

Aktan

White dawn.

Sefid

The Sefid Rud river is 670 kilometres (416 mi) long. ”White” in Persian.

Dhaval

The Dhavala Jain text is one of the surviving manuscripts from Karnataka. It means ”dazzling white.”

Himanshu

Himanshu is an epithet for the moon and is from the Sanskrit hima (”snow”) and anshu (”ray”). Short forms include Himu or Anshu.

Lumikko

Lumikko is Finnish for least weasel an elongated predator that turns white for winter.

Vetur

Icelandic for winter.

Snaer

King Snær the Old had four children (Thorri, Fönn, Drífa and Mjöll) and every one of them means a word for snow.

Albion

Albion is the oldest recorded name for Britain.

Alvis

Old Norse Alvíss, ”all wise.”

Haku

In Japanese Haku (白) means ”white.”

Mraz

”Frost” in Czech and Slovak and is cognate to Maroz (Belarusian).

Alvar

Old Norse alfr (”elf”) and herr (”warrior”).

Nevado

Nevado is Spanish for ”snow covered” and has roots in nieve.

Tofu

From the Chinese doufu, ”bean curd.”

Alabaster

Alabaster is from alabastros and is a jar for perfumed oil made from banded stone. It is also a fine-grained gypsum.

Sirius

”Scorching.” Sirius is the brightest star in our night sky, called the Dog Star.

Paneer

”Cheese.”

Kefir

Kefir is a fermented milk drink and means “good feeling” with Turkish roots.

Ghiocel

”Snowdrop” in Romanian.

Arjun

”White,” ”bright,” ”clear” and ”silvery.” Arjun is an archer in the Mahabharata.

Krypto

Krypto (”hidden”) is Superman’s white dog from Krypton.

Ayaz

”Frost” or ”clear cold night.”

Nougat

Nut cake.

Feta

Feta (”piece” or ”slice”) is a Greek cheese made from sheep’s milk and comes from the Italian fetta. Since 2002 the label is protected in the EU.

Kapok

From Malay kapuk, a silky tree fluff that fills life jackets.

Ullr

Glory.

Meringue

Meringue is a dessert that is made from sugar and whipped egg whites.

Koji

”Peace” or ”second son in Japanese. Koji is also a mold (Aspergillus oryzae) which breaks starch for sake and soy sauce.

Olaf

”Ancestor’s heir,” and Norway’s patron saint.

Bing

”Ice.”

Fionn

Irish for ”fair and white” and is cognate with Primitive Irish VENDO-. Fionn mac Cumhaill caught the Salmon of Knowledge in the River Slate.

Sterling

Sterling has origins in the Old English steorling that means “of high quality” or ”little star.” This was a mark stamped on early Norman pennies.

Jökull

Glacier.

Gandalf

Gandalf (”wand elf”) is a dwarf in Völuspá, before Tolkien used it.

Procyon

”Before the dog.”

Daikon

”Big root” or a mild-flavored winter radish in Japanese.

Finbar

Finbar is the Anglicized spelling form of Fionnbarra.

Sycamore

Sycamore is with Greek roots in sūkomoros (“fig-mulberry”).

Yukon

It is from a Gwich’in name for the great river.

Klondike

Klondike is the English form of the Hän word Tr’ondëk, ”hammer water.” It has its origins in the stakes that were hammered into the riverbed to anchor salmon nets.

Cirrus

Cirrus is Latin for a curl of hair.

Halo

The ring of light around the moon is called a halo as well as “divine aura” from halōs.

Domino

“Of the Lord.”

Chalk

Chalk is from the Old English cealc that comes from the Latin calx.

Snowball

A ball of packed snow.

Hvitserk

Hvitserk (”white shirt”) is a son of Ragnar Lodbrok.

Tushar

Frost, snow, mist and dew.

Ghost

”Disembodied soul of a dead being” and is from the Old English gast.

Nilas

“Victory of the people”) and a ”newly formed sea ice” in Russian.

Whitaker

“Wheat field”.

Cygnus

Latin for swan and the constellation on the plane of the Milky Way. Cygnus X-1 was the first object accepted as a black hole.

Iceberg

”Ice mountain.”

Casper

”Treasurer.”

Cauliflower

”Cabbage flower,” or as Mark Twain explained, cabbage with a college education.

Nandi

Nandi (”joyful”) is Shiva’s white bull.

Kori

Ice.

Baldur

”Lord” or ”prince.” A mistletoe dart killed him.

Avalanche

Avalanche is from the French avalance an the Old French phrase avaler that is symbolizing ”to go down to the valley.”

Hemant

Early winter.

Kailash

”Crystal.” Kailash is also a Tibetan peak no climber has ever summited.

Gelato

”Frozen.”

Snowy

”Covered in snow,” as well as Tintin’s white fox terrier.

Knut

”Knot.”

Taliesin

Pronounced as tal-YES-in. ”Shining brow.” A Welsh bard from sixth-century Britain.

Yogurt

To knead.

Sherpa

It combines Tibetan shar, ”east,” and pa, ”people.”

Dogmatix

Dogmatix, Idéfix in French (”fixed idea”), is Obelix’s tiny white dog.

Fannar

Snowdrifts.

Marble

”Shining stone”.

Ymir

”Twin” or ”groaner.”

Deneb

”Tail”.

Bolt

Old English bolt, the shaft fired from a crossbow. I think it is also good for a black dog.

Polar

“Of or pertaining to the poles”.

Yeti

It comes from Tibetan g.ya’ dred, rock bear.

Milky

Milky Way has origins in the Latin via lactea, itself a translation of Greek galaxias kyklos, ”milky circle.”

Frost

From Old English forst.

Comet

From komētēs, ”long-haired.” I like it for fluffy, long-coated dogs.

Shimo

Frost.

Albatross

It comes from Portuguese alcatraz, ”seabird.” Coleridge’s mariner shoots one.

Rigel

”Foot.”

Laban

”White,” and Jacob’s uncle, who tricked him into marrying Leah first.

Ukaliq

”Arctic hare.”

Bao

”Wrap/bun.”

Popcorn

It is one of the oldest snacks and the kernel pops only while it holds 14% moisture.

Wonton

From Cantonese wan tan, ”swallowing clouds.”

Shashi

”Hare-marked.”

Pegasus

From pēgē, ”spring,” and he was born from Medusa’s blood.

Puff

Puff comes from Old English pyffan and is an imitation of the sound of blowing air.

Marshall

It combines Frankish marah (”horse”) and skalk (”servant”).

Angelo

Italian from Greek angelos, messenger.

Nevis

Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea and was known as Nuestra Señora de las Nieves to the Spanish, Our Lady of the Snows.

Sushi

”Sour rice.”

Mochi

Mochi is Japanese for pounded rice cake.

Cashew

It comes from the Portuguese caju that has roots in the Tupi acajú (“nut that produces itself”).

Latte

Latte is Italian for milk.

Igloo

In Inuktitut, iglu is any house.

Gwyn

Welsh for “fair” or “blessed.”

Glacier

The word is French, from glace, “ice”.

Beluga

Beluga comes from the Russian belyy, “white.”

Birch

I like this one for dogs with a coat as clean as birch bark.

Ptarmigan

Pronounced as TAR-mih-gun. A grouse that is white in winter, from Scottish Gaelic tàrmachan. Its silent p came from a false link to Greek.

Narwhal

Old Norse nár is “corpse” and hvalr “whale.”

Regulus

Little king.

Heimdall

”World brightener,” and Snorri calls him the white god.

Cumulus

”Heap.”

Denali

”The high one.”