75 Cute & Funny Capybara Names With Meaning

I have selected 75 cute and funny capybara names with meanings included.

List Of 75 Capybara Names:

Llanos

Spanish for “plains”, Llanos is tropical grassland in northern South America.

Nyx

Greek for night, Nyx is the goddess who mothered Hypnos. Her relatives are on my list of moniker that mean darkness and night.

Paçoca

Paçoca is a typical Brazilian dish.

Brigadeiro

Portuguese for ”brigadier”. The chocolate ball is connected to Brigadier Eduardo Gomes, whose supporters sold the chocolate sweets to fund his 1945 presidential run.

Baramundi

Drop one r from barramundi, a saltwater fish of the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Pipoca

Popcorn in Brazil, from Tupi pi’poka, “skin that bursts.”

Guaraná

Guaraná comes from warana, a mystical plant from the Amazonian forest.

Bara Streisand

A pun on Barbra Streisand, whose first name respells Barbara, from Greek barbaros, and is meaning ”foreign.”

Count Capula

Count Capula combines capybara with Dracula, which Romanian spells Drăculea, “son of the dragon.” For more names with fangs, run the dark fantasy character generator.

Capiche

Italian-American slang for “got it?”.

Caplin

Caplin is the Newfoundland spelling of capelin, that is a small forage fish of the smelt family.

Caprese

Caprese is Italian for ”from Capri”. It is also from the Greek kapros (that means ”boar”) or Latin caprae (”goats”).

Capsicum

Greek word kapto “to bite.”

Capulet

Capulet (“little headstrong one”) and is composed of the Italian capo (“head”) and a suffix that means “little.”

Gnawbert

Gnawbert is made of the English verb “gnaw” (means ”to chew persistently”) and the Germanic suffix “-bert” (bright”). Save

Sobremesa

“Over the table,” sobremesa is the Spanish tradition of relaxing at the table after a meal.

Earl Grey

Earl comes from Old English eorl, nobleman. The bergamot tea has the title of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. He was the British prime minister from 1830 to 1834.

Hygge

Hygge is the Danish word for coziness, from Old Norse hugga, “to comfort”.

Mañana

Mañana is in Spanish “tomorrow” and ”morning.”

Senator Snoozington

Senator is comprised of the Latin root senex (that means “old man”) and Snoozington has a mock-aristocratic -ington added to snooze.

Mr. Unbothered

”Not feeling or showing worry.”

Lawnmower

English lawn and mower, and I believe the title is perfect for an adult capybara that grazes about 3 kilos of grass a day. Save

Kinako

Toasted soybean flour in Japan, kinako means ”yellow powder”.

Guru

Guru is Sanskrit for ”heavy” or weighty and is one of the spiritual ones.

Hojicha

Hojicha has hōji (means ”to roast”) and cha (”browned tea leaves”).

Hortense

Hortense de Beauharnais was the Queen of Holland. It is the French form of the Roman Hortensius and is symbolizing ”garden.”

Footstool

Footstool has origins in the Old English words, fōt and stōl, ”seat”. Save

Dango

”Hana yori dango” or “dumplings over flowers” is a way to tell someone to choose substance over style.

Anko

Sweet azuki bean paste.

Satsuma

Satsuma Province is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture.

Timothy

Greek Timotheos, “honoring God,” from ”timē” and ”theos”. Timothy the tortoise was a Royal Navy mascot in the Crimean War.

Alfalfa

”The best sort of fodder”. British and as lucerne in Australia.

Lebowski

The Dude in The Big Lebowski is after film producer Jeff Dowd. It means “one from Łebowo”.

Chillbert

William Gilbert was the physician to Queen Elizabeth and used the Latin electricus in 1600.

Baracuda

A person who is aggressive. Save

Mortimer

Mortimer comes from Mortemer, “dead sea” or ”still water.” Nicknames include Mort and Morty.

Gertrude

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles is the patron of cats and her feast is on March 17. It is made of the Germanic ger (that means “spear”) and trud (”strength”).

Mildred

Old English Mildþryð welds mild, ”gentle”, to þryð, might.

Jacuzzi

It has roots in the seven Italian brothers who were originally from Casarsa della Delizia in Italy.

Orinoco

“A place to paddle”.

Paraná

“Like the sea” in Tupi-Guarani and comes from pará, sea, and nã, similar.

Grumbles

Grumble is derived from Middle Dutch grommen that means ”to mutter.”

Siesta

Siesta is from the Latin sexta hora, the sixth hour after dawn, which was actually noon for the Romans.

Gnocchi

Italian gnocchi comes from nocchio, a knot in wood, or nocca, knuckle.

Fudge

In 17th-century English, to fudge was to fake something.

Lagoon

Lagoon is from Italian laguna, which has origins in the Latin lacuna, “pool” or ”gap.”

Baron

Baron came into Old French from Frankish baro, freeman or fighter.

Amazon

Amazones were a “race of female warriors in Scythia.” Jeff Bezos got the inspiration for its company after the river.

Namaste

The Sanskrit namaste is from namas, “bow,” and te, ”to you.”

Gus

Gus is the short form of Augustus, Latin for ”venerable,” or for Gustav and Angus.

Duke

Latin dux, “leader.”

Hippo

From the Greek hippopotamos, “river horse.”

Maracujá

“Food in a cuia” or “fruit that serves itself”.

Doug

“Dark stream.”

Humphrey

Germanic hun and frid, warrior and peace.

Reginald

It is a Latinized form of Reginold, from ragin (means ”counsel”) and wald (”rule”).

Gordito

”Chubby one”.

Gary

From gar, ”spear”.

Kevin

Kevin has origins in the Irish Caoimhín (”kind birth” or ”handsome birth”).

Tangerine

Tangerine is from the port of Tangier in Morocco.

Sir Chills-a-Lot

Sir is from Old French sire, itself from Latin senior and is symbolizing ”the elder.”

Capone

It is from cappone “capon” and means ”head.”

Pickles

Pickle cmoes from Middle Dutch pekel, ”brine”.

Taco

Taco is Mexican for a plug or wad.

Zabuton

Zabuton cobmines Japanese za (means ”sitting”) and futon (”cushion”).

Cupuaçu

Tupi for “big cupu” and is pronounced koo-poo-ah-SOO.

Pão de Queijo

Pão de Queijo is Portuguese for “cheese bread” that comes from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Ofuro

”Bathtub”.

Rodney

“Island in the clearing”.

Sudachi

“Citrus used as vinegar” in Japanese.

Barbarossa

Italian for ”red beard”.

Snorkel

Snorkel has roots in Schnorchel (”nose” or ”scout”).

Bossa Nova

Portuguese for ”new trend.”

Poncho

Poncho is from Mapudungun, the Mapuche language.